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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks for the generous review, Leon! Really helpful for me to hear about how persuasion and compassion look from a therapist's perspective.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I suspect the quasi-corporate game of academic administration set the scene for this. If someone's job is to squeeze faculty to maximize profits, they've already taken a step away from intrinsically valuing education or research. (Some administrators do keep their souls, but it's not easy.)

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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/08/2026

“It’s just chaos there. We’re hearing tears. There’s a woman who just had a baby who quit because she can’t be away from her child. We have people who are taking care of elderly relatives & there’s just no way they can do that & be on the road for 4 hours a day.” — Teresa Klein, TX AAUP President

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Faculty Quit as Texas University Orders Them Back to Campus

The new policy, announced in June, is a response to a Texas law restricting remote work for public university faculty. The Texas AAUP says it has prompted chaos and tears.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Thank you for covering this! Very important that the word gets out. I'll be at the public hearing on Tuesday.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Seattle-area friends: I'm having a launch party for my persuasion book on Sept. 17th at the UW bookstore. The inimitable José Jorge Mendoza will be interviewing me. It would be nice to have some friendly faces there!

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Author Colin Marshall in conversation with José Jorge Mendoza

Just Hear Me Out: How to Change Minds Without Lies, Bullshit, or Moral Compromise

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

A conversation with PJ Wehry about 'Just Hear Me Out.' PJ Wehry asked excellent questions - you can see a few points where I was squirming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Te...

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How to Change Minds Without Lies, Bullshit, or Moral Compromise | Dr. Colin Marshall

YouTube video by The Chasing Leviathan Podcast

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The UW administration figured out a mechanism to give 'internal loans' to make up for Athletics' budget shortfall. No such loans for the College of Arts and Science, which does the bulk of undergraduate education here.

seattletimes.com

Why UW’s out-of-whack budgets are a ‘sore point’

The UW is propping up Athletics with loans as costs go up, but has put its main teaching arm, the College of Arts & Sciences, through rounds of cuts.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A great topic! Eli Israel has a nice recent paper on moral trust, if you haven't come across that already. For myself, I found Schopenhauer really helpful - he offers a sharp formulation of why we're reasonable in being slow to trust others.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/06/2026

UMN Board of Regents approves tuition hikes, academic cuts for second consecutive year: “One of the things that we’ve learned year after year is that there is quite a gap between those of us on the front lines, and the people making the decisions about the budget.” —Emma Molls, UMN AAUP VP

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Yes, exactly. (I forgot one part, though: it is also topped by a vision.) Our President tried to defend this all in some recent remarks - basically admitting that Pillar 4 is a foundation.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

The University of Washington's new strategic plan (now a 'framework,' not a plan), is remarkable in many ways. One of them is that it has four pillars, three of which are vertical, somehow all sitting atop the fourth one, which is horizontal...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/06/2026

Days before the largest-ever layoffs at Portland State, faculty & students rallied to demand an alternative: “President Cudd: the worst of this can be avoided. There’s still time to stand with the PSU community & save this university.” @psuaaup.bsky.social

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AAUP @aaup.org · 29/05/2026

The campaign to impose narrow political loyalty on universities continues… “These are hugely sweeping changes that are just going to completely undermine the accountability system as we know it in higher education.”

insidehighered.com

Trump’s Accreditation Overhaul Advances

The administration proposed sweeping changes to how accreditors evaluate institutions that officials say will lower the cost of college. Critics are skeptical.

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AAUP @aaup.org · 26/05/2026

UW AAUP delivered a petition to the president & provost demanding faculty input in addressing UW’s financial crisis. “They're not giving us an honest picture of what the needs are & problems are...The trajectory we see UW on is getting worse for the students who we're dedicated to." #AcademicSKy

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More than 550 faculty sign petition accusing UW leadership of sidelining input amid cuts, AI expansion

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It would be funny if it weren't such a perfect symbol of how out of touch UW leadership is...

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AAUP @aaup.org · 25/04/2026

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

At our department's APA Watch Party now - a few undergrads, grad students, and faculty all eating cookies and watching Duncan Pritchard talk about AI and education. Done right, an online conference can build community.

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American Philosophical Association @apaphilosophy.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Register to host a watch party for your philosophy department, club, or other group during the Pacific Division meeting! Watch party registration is just $100 until March 30. Learn more: bit.ly/4rbpD12 #APAPacific26

Host a Watch Party. 2026 APA Pacific Division Virtual Meeting April 8-12. Watch party registration is available to philosophy departments, clubs, and other groups.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Thanks for sharing this, Carrie, and for agreeing to be part of it. This is going to be an important session - I hope you and others feel free to speak candidly about the APA's decision, and what the (ethically) best way forward is.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The book cover is out! This project consumed much of my brain for several years, and I learned a ton working on it.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Thanks so much, Amy!!! (The official release is in Sept., but the Intro is on PhilArchive).

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The APA's decision to cancel was procedurally questionable, at best. Hundreds of APA members petitioned in favor of the experiment, which was ended ahead of schedule. There was no survey or general discussion about the decision to cancel.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

An eye-opening article from a friend of mine about the left / right divide. I found it really illuminating, especially in explaining some of the contempt between the two.

aeon.co

Why Hume is better at explaining modern capitalism than Marx | Aeon Essays

In 1752, David Hume discerned that wealth was becoming untethered from land. Here lies the origin of our political divisions

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

A really powerful story about persuasion, with great reflections about identity, kindness, compassion, and confrontation. Definitely worth ~20 minutes of your day.

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I Renounced My Affiliation & Came Out | I Changed My Mind Ep. 5

YouTube video by Brief But Spectacular

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I can't find an appropriate emoji for this. Maybe a mix between a barf face and an eye-roll?

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

That's great - congrats, David!!!

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Fellow academics: Ever considered doing a Watch Party for a virtual conference? Last February, Mark Brennan organized an extremely successful watch party for undergrads at Northern Virginia Community College. I asked him how he pulled it off - here's his answer. blog.apaonline.org/2025/12/04/o...

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Our APA Central Watch Party Experience | Blog of the APA

The 2025 Central APA Watch Parties left an impact on our students, some of whom expressed surprise that a community college would have been invited to participate in any capacity. The result of our pa...

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

How Jane Goodall’s Explanation for Persuading People Who Disagree With You Is Backed by Science Beyond her many scientific contributions, she was also a model for how to communicate across differences. www.inc.com/jessica-stil...

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How Jane Goodall's Explanation for Persuading People Who Disagree With You Is Backed by Science

Beyond her many scientific contributions, she was also a model for how to communicate across differences.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Very understandable, Samantha. Can I make a plug for the 2026 Pacific APA, though, which will be virtual? I agreed to be the Program Chair for it, in part, because the virtual format offers the only opportunity for some philosophers to network.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Philosophers: the 2026 Pacific APA has some new submission options. If you've got some early-stage projects, please consider submitting something for 'Workshop' or 'Lightning' sessions. We're trying out new ways of making the online APA meeting useful to as many people as possible.

blog.apaonline.org

What’s Brewing for the 2026 Pacific APA Online Conference

The APA Pacific Division Program Committee and Executive Committee are working diligently to make the 2026 Pacific Division Meeting (held online only April 8–12, 2026) to be more than just the in-pers...

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Young Schopenhauer. Old Schopenhauer would have goaded his followers into doing it for him.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Thanks, Karl! And thanks for your awesome chapter.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

American academics: is your university or department doing anything to improve its public image? We have a PR problem, but it seems like a fixable one: it's just a myth that we're brainwashing the youth with CRT or Marxism.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Thanks, Neil! I reposted with (I think) a working link.

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

"human stupidity, perversity, and depravity appear in every country in a different form... Disgusted with one, we praise another, until we become disgusted with that one too. - Every nation mocks the other, and all are right." -Schopenhauer

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Colin Marshall @profcolin.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Academics: My university (UW) recently hatched a plan for widespread layoffs of department-level staff. The plan is both immoral and imprudent. But it's bringing faculty, staff, and students together in ways I've never seen before...

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