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Dr. Michael Nagenborg

@mnagenborg.bsky.social
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Roleplaying nerd with a bad taste in movies and a day job in a Philosophy department. My more professional posts: bsky.app/profile/mnagenborg.social.…

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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On my way to the #Philosophy of #Human #Technology #Relations conference in #DenHaag . Too bad that I couldn’t make it earlier and will have to miss some splendid talks. But I am happy to reconnect with the field in 3d soon :) #PhilosophyOfTechnology #academicchatter #phtr #phtr2026
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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A great piece on Deleuze’s thinking about Israel and Palestine. When political theory meets political reality. illwill.com/forbidden-de...
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The Forbidden Deleuze: For Palestine, Against Genocide • Ill Will
For Pasquale Liguori, Deleuze's pro-Palestinian writings offer a paradigm for political individuation.
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies @ieet.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Resilience factors that show up most are geographic isolation (e.g. islands), self-sufficiency (esp in food production), high gov quality (more democratic and lower inequality) and decentralization to mitigate catastrophic failures (trade or food)." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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No Place to Hide? Regional Resilience and Vulnerability to Global Catastrophic Risk
No location on Earth withstands every global catastrophe. This review maps the geographic, institutional and infrastructural factors shaping resilience to nuclear, volcanic and impact winters, infras...
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Sean McCoy @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com · 26/08/2026
Mothership Month is back this year, with one big caveat: no crowdfunding, no new releases. Instead we're investing back in the community: For starters: the Jump-9 Writers Grant will invest $9k in 3 new writers to help them each create a Mothership zine. www.failuretolerated.com/mothership-m...
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Mothership Month 2026
<p><strong>Mothership Month is coming November 1 - November 30,</strong> back to our regularly scheduled timeslot. With one big caveat: <strong>No crowdfunding this year.</strong></p> <p>I don’t know ...
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Guten Morgen! Falls ihr heute Morgen einen älteren Herren mit #Feldherr Tasche, #BattleMap und Köfferchen im Zug nach #Osnabrück seht: das bin ich :) Sehe ich noch jemanden bei der #SommerCon ? Ich bringe #MACAttack , #MothershipRPG und #DungeonInc mit. #PnPde
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Ok, look, what's been particularly infuriating about the redundancies at Exeter (and Nottingham and Newcastle and and and) is this weird idea that it only affects those individuals and institutions. It harms us all because we are so closely interconnected.
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
In May, my 2nd term as Programme Director of our #MSc #Philosophy of #Science , #Technology and #Society did come to an end. Today, at our teaching day, I am officially handing my task over to my successor (who will be appointed by the rector in July). I also will enjoy a small farewell event :)
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Frau Knurrkater @frauknurrkater.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Die Con startet und Königreich Vendima ist ausverkauft und die DCC-Hefte auch fast. Jetzt müsste ich schon überlegen, ob drei Exemplare pro Stück zu wenig waren. Meine 1. Con mit Verkaufsstand, also meine 1. Erfahrungsrunde was das angeht. #pnpde
Der Verkaufsstand schon etwas ausgedünnt.Hexfeld-Visitenkarten von Barcosa und von mirFoto vom selbstgebastellten Barcosa-Schild
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Since I will be in #Edinburgh : where do I need to go for #TTRPG and #MiniatureGaming ? I am not into Warhammer, but I love #ForbiddenPsalm and #Indie28 . Also, would love to buy local #zines .
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JP Coovert @jpcoovert.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Love listening to two creative people who are curious, encouraging, and transparent talk about their creative process. Looking forward to more of these conversations @gamesomnivorous.bsky.social and @nohr.se www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xiO...
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Making Games Podcast - Episode 1: Where do games come from
YouTube video by Games Omnivorous
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Rise Up (From the Grave) Comus @riseupcomus.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
[level up music plays]
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I hope to meet some of you today at Brian’s PhD defence! It has been a stimulating project. I am sure the conclusion will be fabulous. #Philosophy #GeoAI #CriticalRemoteSensing #DisasterPreparedness #Resilience www.utwente.nl/en/education...
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PhD Defence Brian Masinde | Accountable Geo-intelligence - Mechanisms for Protecting Demographically Identifiable Information in Humanitarian Geo-intelligence Workflows
Accountable Geo-intelligence - Mechanisms for Protecting Demographically Identifiable Information in Humanitarian Geo-intelligence Workflows
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Nolen Gertz @ethicistforhire.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"the performance builds a path between body and screen, between will and system, between being and functioning, passing through the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Nolen Gertz and Albert Borgmann." www.iabilet.ro/bilete-timis...
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Timișoara: Nietzsche says it’s way past your bedtime 30.05
30 mai, ora 21:00, Faber, Timișoara
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
I will in #Prague this week. Any cool #TTRPG or #Wargaming spots, I shouldn’t miss? I am into #ForbiddenPsalm and other #Indie28 stuff. #OSR is my thing.
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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Now also in The Nerve: about #Palantir and #technofascism www.thenerve.news/p/palentir-a...
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Palantir's social media manifesto is a blueprint for technofascism
The surveillance firm’s viral X post calls for hard power, conscription and the end of pluralism. AI expert and academic Mark Coeckelbergh on what happens when technology becomes the gateway to author...
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Lars @herrvonspeck.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Wenn ihr da jetzt schon reinfolgt, habt ihr in ein paar Jahren einen klassischen Fall von „Ich kannte @bardandraven.bsky.social schon, als die noch in ganz kleinen Clubs gespielt haben“. #PNPDE
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keep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 23/04/2026
The removal of public seating is part of a long process of "designing out crime" which began in the late 60s and in the name of security has morphed into creating hostile and surveillable spaces, to force homeless people and other less economically valuable people from public space.
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Today in Teaching in Higher Ed
Screenshot of slide. The title reads: Boring Yet Practical Teaching Tip.

The body reads: Every assignment you give students, is an assignment you have to grade
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This will make a great double feature with Razorback :)
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I am looking forward to the amazing presentations in our sessions on “Orbiting and Hovering – Critical Remote Sensing and Volumetric Regimes” at the #STS-NL conference at #Utwente . @fmeissner.bsky.social did all the hard work, but at least I created a playlist. open.spotify.com/playlist/0TX...
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Satelliten and drones
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Curious whether the Master’s in Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society (PSTS) at the University of Twente is the right fit for you? Join our Taster Day on Thursday 7 May (13:45–15:30) on campus. 📍 Location: Horst building, room OH113 👉 Sign up here: www.utwente.nl/en/education...
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Try out your future studies | University of Twente
Try out your favourite bachelor's or master's on campus (or online). Follow a workshop set up by lecturers and students to get to know the study programme better.
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Dungeons & Dragons @dndbeyond.com · 09/04/2026
Watch the D&D Animated Series on our YouTube channel.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Animated Series | Episodes 1-3
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
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𝕯𝖚𝖓𝖌𝖊𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙🌙🦇 @dungeonlust.com · 28/06/2024
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
„A chatbot did not kill those children. People failed to update a database, and other people built a system fast enough to make that failure lethal.“ Great read.
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UTwente PSTS Master's Program @utwentepsts.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Unsure if PSTS is right for you? Then you are warmly invited to join us for a Taster Day on May 7th, 2026 at the University of Twente! Learn more about our interdisciplinary MSc program at the intersection of Philosophy of Technology, Ethics of Technology, and STS: www.utwente.nl/en/education...
Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society
Choose date:

Thursday, 7 May 2026 13.45 - 15.30
Join the on-campus Taster Day
During the Taster Day on campus, you will discover what it is like to study Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society at the University of Twente. You will learn more about the programme and can ask all your questions to the programme staff or students.


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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Are views on research ethics and questionable research practices discipline-specific? New work by Amanda Lindkvist, @linakoppel.bsky.social, @danielvastfjall.bsky.social, et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.re...
Are views on research ethics and questionable research practices discipline-specific? This study investigates attitudes toward research misconduct and questionable research practices (QRPs) among researchers (n = 11,050) and ethics reviewers (n = 144) across academic fields. Our findings indicate that while most questionable practices are viewed as unacceptable overall, attitudes vary systematically across fields. Medical researchers and ethics reviewers generally viewed questionable practices as less acceptable than researchers and reviewers in other fields. Female researchers and full professors also had stricter attitudes.
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Goblin's Henchman @goblinshenchman.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Hey #OSR Interested in watching good and bad fantasy (and adjacent) movies for yor (well 70 & 80's mainly) and sharing your thoughts will the collective? Once a month a group of us watch the same movie (whenever you can fit it in) and then leave an audio message for @freethrall.bsky.social podcast
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
So, I am taking a week off. Let’s see what I can do.
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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Happy Chinese New Year! And for those born in 1966 or 2026: "Year of the Fire Horse"
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Krish Raghav @krishraghav.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Excited to announce a trial run of [Untitled Games Event], a new Amsterdam-based space for experimental games and playable arts 👾 This will be a monthly 'book club' of sorts for games and conversations about play, inspired by @molleindustria.org + others' LikeLike. Help us spread the word!
A poster for [Untitled Games Event] on Sunday the 18th, in Amsterdam! 

Sunday 18 Jan 2026
5-7PM

Tussen de Bogen 46
1013JB Amsterdam
(canal side through the gate)
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato." surreal times dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 09/12/2025
Today, higher education in NL takes to the streets once again to fight against budget cuts and for science, education, critical thinking and solidarity. 🟥 #WOinActie 🟥
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Rutger K. 🟥 @anotheraspirin.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Angry Academics in Amsterdam, hoping the next government may put a stop to the systematic destruction of higher education in the Netherlands. #WOinActie
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Jan Overwijk @jloverwijk.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Action group 0.7: ‘To @d66.nl, if you break your promise to retract the budget cuts, you will lose the votes of students and academics forever.’
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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
sfeerimpressie van de Dam bij de Nationale Hogeronderwijsstaking. #WOinActie @aob.nl
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Ersatz Doctor @ersatzdoctor.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I’ve never actually heard Ted talk
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Today is a good day to remind the incoming Dutch government about the necessity to provide adequate funding for Higher Education. I wish everyone save travel to #Amsterdam ! www.fnv.nl/cao-sector/o... #CabinetDemolishesHigherEducation
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Kabinet sloopt hoger onderwijs - 9 december landelijke stakingsdag
Verzet je tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Sluit je aan bij de strijd: 9 december landelijke hoger onderwijsstaking.
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Rosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A must read about #AI and higher education!
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This is a good start if the day. (1) I am on my way to the Dutch DiGRA Symposium 2025 in Utrecht: gameresearch.nl/2025/05/dutc...
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Dutch DiGRA Symposium 2025: Futures for Game and Play Research. | Center for Game Research
Programme, sign-up sheet, and abstracts now available! This year the Dutch DiGRA is hosted by Utrecht University. The programme is filled with research about the future of game studies, gamification...
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Has been a while since I have been presenting a Philofilm. If you are in Enschede tomorrow, come and join me for discussing old guys and transhumanism.
Poster for the event at Concordia (Enschede): The World’s End. I will do the introduction and a bit of discussion. The poster shows a pint of beer, of course.
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Kai @kaixiang.info · 07/11/2025
If you've ever wondered how pig-butchering or love scams begin, here's how. Made all the more timely by that recent Reuters report published yesterday on how Meta's internal research estimated that its platforms were involved in a third of all successful scams in the US.
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‘Are you single, old man?’: Scam artistry has never been easier
Going down the rabbit hole of online scams and exploitation, one finds an audience eager to believe the lies. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Joshua Earle, Ph.D. @cyborgapologist.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
This is horrifying and awful. TV has been a beacon of excellent and accessible political journalism for at least a decade now. To unceremoniously fire every black woman and trans person in your organization is just fucking gross and Conde Nast should be ashamed.
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The Amazing World Of Tomorrow
A comic strip titled The Amazing World of Tomorrow.
A food delivery robot cooler drives down a sidewalk.
It crashes into a rental scooter. 
It backs up.
It crashes into the rental scooter again. The scooter wobbles.
The scooter falls to the ground as the food delivery robot backs up again.
A driverless taxi crashes into both the scooter and the food delivery robot sending them flying.
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Dr. Michael Nagenborg @mnagenborg.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
It‘s that time of the year! Please invite your brilliant Bachelor students to get informed about our amazing international MSc programme Philosophy of Science, Technology and Society! I am also happy to take your questions.
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Nolen Gertz @ethicistforhire.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
“Will we, as scientists, no longer respect sources, where ideas come from? A university should value and prioritise intellectual property.” #NihilismAndTechnology
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Dr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
RIP Soo Catwoman www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/f...
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Soo Catwoman, ‘the Female Face of Punk,’ Is Dead at 70
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Nolen Gertz @ethicistforhire.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
My campus is prettier than your campus...
Fall foliage at the University of Twente
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Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) @clpskuleuven.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Hello, #AcademicSky! We are the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) at KU Leuven. Our senior and junior researchers focus on #logic, #epistemology & #philsci. We’re here to share our work and connect with logicians and philosophers of science worldwide—help us spread the word! #philsky
Cobblestone pathway leading to the red-brick Institute of Philosophy building at KU Leuven in Belgium (home of the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science), framed by ivy-covered walls, arched windows, and lush greenery with purple wisteria flowers in the foreground.
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Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Wow, these guys have been doing WORK. This looks amazing. Ludwig and El-Hani: "The humbling experience of doing philosophy in fishing communities far away from the philosophical armchair puts a spotlight on many limitations of academic philosophy. ...
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Johan Nohr @nohr.se · 07/09/2025
My players’ exploration after a full weekend of playing. World map purchased. Rumors collected. 24 hexes visited.
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