Reposted by Joyce Havstadcmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student! 29484479
Reposted by Joyce Havstadlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I think this Take on Taylor Swift's You're On Your Own Kid is fundamentally correct and more people should be saying it. sherdenpact.neocities.org/4thWall#Swiftsherdenpact.neocities.orgBehind the Brush 1312
Reposted by Joyce HavstadAdrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Methods in the Philosophy of Science: A User's Guide, edited by the inestimable @phieveigl.bsky.social (and me!), has 27 chapters from super-cool philosophers of science explaining how they do their thing, and is now open access! Our baby is free! #philsci direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...direct.mit.eduMethods in the Philosophy of Science: A User's GuideA guidebook to methods and methodology, encouraging deeper engagement across the philosophy of science and beyond.The last twenty years have seen multiple 414873
Reposted by Joyce HavstadPhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New on the Archive: Wilholt, Torsten (2026) Is Trust in Science a Good Thing? [Preprint] philsci-archive.pitt.edu/31011 031
Joyce Havstad @philosofir.bsky.social · 08/09/2026cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st... future STS case study happening nowcims.nyu.edu 020
Reposted by Joyce HavstadMatt Makel @mattmakel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I made a mistake. And because of that mistake, I no longer have confidence that results that I reported in several research papers are an accurate reflection of replication rates. 1/ 19430
Reposted by Joyce HavstadKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 01/09/2026Yes it was.newyorker.comThey Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie?Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino became famous for their research into why we bend the truth. Now they’ve both been accused of fabricating data. 37515
Reposted by Joyce HavstadAnnette Zimmermann @drzimmermann.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Amazing feeling to finally unpack a physical copy of #DemocratizingAI! #publicationday Get your anti-broligarchic treatise here: www.amazon.com/Democratizin... @manchesterup.bsky.social #philosophyofAI #AIethics 4174
Reposted by Joyce HavstadAlex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE. 4130120
Reposted by Joyce Havstadlastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Just to have something to do on my blog, I wrote out some advice that I find myself often giving to junior scholars and PhD standings re how to think about journals' prestige and reputation when deciding how to place one's publications. sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2026/08/jour...sootyempiric.blogspot.comJournal Prestige Advice for Graduate StudentsI don't have time to blog much nowadays, but I want to keep this place active. One recurring use for the site is to outline to things th... 66513
Reposted by Joyce HavstadDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/08/2026Spoken like someone who has never taken a biology class in their life 4655866914
Reposted by Joyce HavstadAnna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Losing Exeter philosophers of science would be devastating to our field and to the international standing of U.K. universities. Please help us publicise this letter and put pressure to the Exeter execs. Their work as teachers and researchers is irreplaceable #philsci #HigherEd 19567
Reposted by Joyce HavstadPhilosophy of Science @philscijournal.bsky.social · 08/08/2024📣Announcement 📣 To support best practices for citation in philosophy of science, we've updated our word limit policy to exclude reference sections. Articles are now limited to 9000 words including abstract, footnotes, in-text citations, figures, and tables; reference sections have no word limit. 24310
Reposted by Joyce HavstadChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026For @aftermath.site's Hater Week, I wrote about how deeply I hate Adobe aftermath.site/i-hate-adobe/aftermath.siteI Hate AdobeAdobe is a wretched, exploitative company that loves generative AI. Many are coerced into paying money for their software and the software runs like garbage. 48801192
Joyce Havstad @philosofir.bsky.social · 28/07/2026“genocide operates on a continuum... In Stanton's framework, persecution is stage eight of ten, immediately preceding extermination. It is not hyperbole to say that the machinery of state operating upon trans life is genocidal in nature… The state has said so itself, in its own press releases.” 061
Reposted by Joyce HavstadLisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 28/07/2026A few days left for our call for papers on Philosophy through Art, Games and Fiction, dedicated to Helen De Cruz think.taylorandfranc... I am convinced that being playful and creative makes us better philosophers. Prove me right! #philsky #philosophythink.taylorandfrancis.comPhilosophy through Art, Games, and FictionCan we do philosophy by writing fiction, drawing, designing a game, or telling a story? Submit work to this special issue honouring the legacy of Helen De Cruz. 27245
Joyce Havstad @philosofir.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Resistance is possible www.thebanner.com/sports/rugby...thebanner.comA trans ban came to rugby. Baltimore’s Ferals played on.In February, USA Rugby banned transgender women from competing with other women at all levels. Something interesting happened: Many teams refused to listen. 020
Reposted by Joyce HavstadChemistry World @chemistryworld.com · 21/07/2026The German Research Foundation has outlined how independent research is increasingly vulnerable to political interference, urging the research community to take action to become more resilient to such attacks. www.chemistryworld.com/news/german-...chemistryworld.comGerman research funder issues warning over threats to academic freedomExternal influences - such as politics, funding and the media - are increasingly putting the autonomy of research under pressure 096
Joyce Havstad @philosofir.bsky.social · 17/07/2026c.org/GGSXMQmgbP Support workers at the University of Exeter via this petition. Protest their callous treatment. Call out administrative slop.c.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 040
Reposted by Joyce HavstadCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 14/07/2026deeply annoying that creative breakthroughs don’t come on schedule from direct work but from things like “open-ended conversations with interesting people” and “doing nothing” 594396906
Reposted by Joyce HavstadSabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Hasok Chang opening the 11th biennial conference of the Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice #spsp2026 - as ever, fantastic to see so many dear friends and beautiful minds together in one (large!) room! #philsci spspcambridge2026.com 2559
Reposted by Joyce HavstadUljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Heading to Cambridge today: spspcambridge2026.com/program #spsp #philsci #hpsspspcambridge2026.comSPSP Conference 2026 Program | SPSP Cambridge 2026The Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice 2026 conference program. Hosted at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. 0343
Reposted by Joyce HavstadAnna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Science coverage of this open letter with quotes from @bayesianboy.bsky.social @cailinmeister.bsky.social Craig Callender, Matthew Liao @naomioreskes.bsky.social and me. Journals, the ball is in your court now.science.orgPhilosophers call for their journals to require conflict of interest disclosuresA new petition urges greater transparency amid growing ties to AI and other companies 16419
Reposted by Joyce HavstadCailin O’Connor @cailinmeister.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Philosophers! Craig Callender and I are circulating an open letter calling for better COI disclosure in our journals. If tech companies fund and employ philosophers working on AI, we need to know and to be thinking about the impacts 1 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comOpen Letter about Industry Funding and Disclosure in Philosophy*For full list of signatories, updated every few hours, please click here.* In recent years, philosophical writing on areas such as climate change, technology, misinformation, and artificial intellige... 14733
Reposted by Joyce HavstadSabina Leonelli @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social · 06/07/2026And it’s out - our homage to the inimitable John Dupré, a giant of contemporary philosophy, from his loving colleagues and a stellar cast of contributors link.springer.com/book/10.1007... : #philscilink.springer.comLife Beyond Human Boundaries: John Dupré’s Philosophy and the Interdisciplinary Study of the Life SciencesThis open access book is self-standing as the only substantive anthology of writings centered on John Dupre’s work. 57126
Reposted by Joyce HavstadH.K. Andersen @hkandersen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026About to do the annual Applying for Philosophy PhD Programs session. If you have undergrads or MA students, now is a great time to start thinking about application prep. Guide here: www.hkandersen.com/applying-for... #philsky #philscihkandersen.comApplying for Ph.d. programsThese notes were developed over the years for the annual "Applying to a PhD program" session for Simon Fraser University Philosophy MA students. This offers a perspective on how to prioritize your... 11913
Reposted by Joyce HavstadPhilipp Haueis @phaueis.eurosky.social · 25/06/2026Finishing an exciting workshop on concepts and normativity today @iphilluh.bsky.social with a commentary response format: seen here are my comments on Bryce Huebner‘s work on dynamic views of concepts and minds, discussing great work by @smellosopher.bsky.social amongst many others! #cogsci #philsky 1144
Reposted by Joyce HavstadAnna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Been signing many such pleas lately, lost count. But for some reason this particular new instalment of vandalism towards the incredible humanists at Exeter is hitting me especially hard c.org/TMyFPYcBDhc.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 2133
Reposted by Joyce HavstadLeibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) @unihannover.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Das Forum Wissenschaftsreflexion ist eröffnet! Der erste geistes- und sozialwissenschaftliche Neubau an einer technischen Universität in Deutschland bündelt Forschung der #LUH zu drängenden Zukunftsfragen und zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. go.lu-h.de/zLXYE 042
Reposted by Joyce HavstadStephen Curry @scurry.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Interesting perspective of the 6 camps within the growing ‘discourse coalition’ that is metascience. open.substack.com/pub/macrosci...open.substack.comThe Six Camps of MetascienceA field guide for policymakers (and everyone who cares about American science). 063
Reposted by Joyce HavstadBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026It’s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: “Do these people actually believe they’re getting any money?” He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.ms.nowThe Onion says it won’t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook familiesThe Onion’s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jones’ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month. 275225655258
Reposted by Joyce HavstadHigh Country News @highcountrynews.org · 16/06/2026All the efforts to rewild a Northern California stream leads to salmon rewilding themselves.hcn.orgThe curious comeback of Putah Creek’s salmon - High Country NewsAll the efforts to rewild a Northern California stream leads to salmon rewilding themselves. 03718
Reposted by Joyce Havstadwaldokanto.bsky.social @waldokanto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026 45104853380
Joyce Havstad @philosofir.bsky.social · 03/06/2026obviously, i am too square for this rad workshop. nonetheless, bwsah.orgbwsah.orgBerlin Workshop on Speech and HarmJoin the Berlin Workshop on Speech and Harm, an academic event focused on speech research. Register now for free! 130
Reposted by Joyce HavstadDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/06/2026Incredible! Scientists receive a rare standing ovation after announcing that a new treatment can double the survival time for pancreatic cancer, the deadliest cancer which was once considered “undruggable.” When we fund and support science, we can achieve anything! (Video: Dr. Wish Dhillon) 266147633496
Joyce Havstad @philosofir.bsky.social · 23/05/2026heck yeah i am excited for this workshoptoknowsciencethought 083
Reposted by Joyce HavstadEric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them 87175206744
Reposted by Joyce HavstadBritish Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 11/05/2026From the new issue: Effective and Selective Realisms – John Dougherty Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #philsci #philsky 082
Reposted by Joyce HavstadAhmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/05/2026There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality. 379114303777
Reposted by Joyce HavstadSam @samd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I’ll vote for whichever 2028 candidate promises reconstruction 2.0 at this point 462627443
Reposted by Joyce HavstadDanny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Witnessing southern states rush to dismantle black voting power is truly truly some heartbreaking shit to behold 467120142803
Reposted by Joyce Havstadjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/05/2026yeah man, we’re all just dummies who don’t understand that you’re just judicial monks operating in a sphere of pure law [puts finger to ear] what’s this, clarence thomas gave another speech blaming progressives for hitler?nbcnews.comChief Justice John Roberts says American public wrongly views the justices as ‘political actors’In remarks at a judicial conference, Roberts bemoaned what he characterized as the American public’s misconceptions about the Supreme Court. 27497271859
Reposted by Joyce HavstadTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 06/05/2026I DO NOT WANT TO 'CHAT WITH MY FILES' 1394583580
Reposted by Joyce HavstadMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Regular reminder that every time we are in a position to evaluate "signaling" vs. "human capital" models of education, "human capital" wins hands down. 1847964
Reposted by Joyce HavstadJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Today inside NIH I heard senior leaders endorse an idea that banning the term "social determinants of health" improves science by making us more precise. The same people who championed SDOH research just over a year ago are now toeing the party line. Taking a moment to unpack this. 🧵1/? 615253
Reposted by Joyce HavstadDanny Weltman @dweltman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026My article "Lack of Literature Engagement is a Reason for Rejecting a Paper in Philosophy" in the journal Philosophical Exchange has been put online www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... philpapers.org/rec/WELLOLtandfonline.comLack of Literature Engagement is a Reason for Rejecting a Paper in PhilosophyBjörn Lundgren has argued that failure to sufficiently engage with the relevant literature is not a reason to reject a philosophy paper. I reply that there are in fact reasons to reject papers that... 271
Reposted by Joyce HavstadAlessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social · 29/04/2026My university administrators censored a student who put “environmental justice” and “communities disproportionately affected by climate change” on an Earth Day flyer. I really have no words to express my anger and disappointment anymoresltrib.comIn rare move, University of Utah faculty say school leaders should apologize to student over Earth Day flyersThe student was told to remove phrases including “environmental justice” from the flyers. 30929312