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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches," the special issue of Feminist Philosophy Quarterly that I guest edited to commemorate the centennial of Foucault's birth in Oct 2026, has now been published! Check out this amazing issue of FPQ! ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fp...

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Vol. 12 No. 2/3 (2026): Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches | Feminist Philosophy Quarterly

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💜Ⓐster💚 @a573r.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Farm Sanctuary pioneered the US sanctuary movement, providing direct lifelong refuge to thousands of survivors while shifting over $130 billion in federal farm policy. You know that I care what happens to you. Go vegan. #EcoPunk

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Adorable Piggster Meeboo

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

'A Russell Group university will no longer use ubiquitous anti-cheating tools provided by Turnitin because of concerns that the company might use students’ work to train artificial intelligence.' Maybe time for UK universities to develop and commercialise their own tools?

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Southampton dumps Turnitin over use of students’ work to train AI

Academic integrity giant denies accusations as university declines to renew contract in favour of ‘other options’

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gquaggiotto.bsky.social @gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Especially sobering with this proliferation of “dizzying, ever-changing schemes, prophesies, and predictions” is that the Artificial State has come at the expense of the natural world, leading to catastrophic loss of wildlife habitat and biodiversity wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State

Best Books of August: Barnes & Noble, Goodreads“Lepore is our best scholar of the culture of governance, and our most vital historian. Here she repudiates the prospect of AI as a replacement...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

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Patrick deHahn @pdehello.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Sharing in case if you missed it: My look at the current American moment of dissonance for queer people for @thenation.com. Many thanks to editor @jackmirkinson.bsky.social for his support with this one. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

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The "Heated Rivalry" Paradox

What does it mean that TV's biggest hit is a mega-steamy gay romance at the same time as anti-queer hatred rages out of control?

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The latest installment of Dialogues on Disability: my interview with Damion Scott! [Description of photo below: a selfie of Damion. He is wearing a dress-shirt and patterned tie. The heads of other people can be seen behind him, as well as tall pine trees and a tall building with many windows,]

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Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Damion Scott

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-sixth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled ph…

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Yonette Joseph @sugarcane99.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Dozens of Meta employees have sued over claims the company used artificial intelligence tools to tag workers for mass layoffs. The workers allege that those tools targeted them after they asked for protected or maternity leave or disability accommodation. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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Meta used AI to tag workers who took leave to be laid off, lawsuit claims

Lawsuit filed by dozens of employees says people who took maternity or disability leave were disproportionately selected for layoffs

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza‼️ Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza‼️ Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza‼️ Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza‼️ Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza‼️ Israel is still committing genocide in Gaza‼️

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/07/13/h... A wonderful essay by Daniele Lorenzini about the importance of Foucault.. [Description of photo below: Daniele, who has short dark hair, a beard, and mustache, is wearing a long-sleeved shirt with buttons and a watch with a large face.]

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How Foucault Changed My Life (Guest Post by Daniele Lorenzini)

HOW FOUCAULT CHANGED MY LIFE By DANIELE LORENZINI [Description of photo below: Daniele, who has short dark hair, a beard, and mustache, stands in front of a wall with his arms crossed in front of h…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

veganpractically.com/2026/07/10/s... Here's a post at Vegan Practically about the *amazing* vegan Brazilian street food at the Hamilton Farmers' Market in Hamilton, Ontario! If you are in or near Hamilton, Ontario, be sure to check it out!

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Sau Bake: Vegan Brazilian Street Food in Hamilton, Ontario

I love discovering new vegan food options. Though it is true that veganism isn’t only about food choices, the relentless focus on animal products in the food industry is a demoralizing daily …

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Nathan Moore @nathanmoore-nd.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Here's a thread a posted on twitter almost exactly 4 years ago. I think it's worth repeating so here it is: Philosophers need to recognize and take responsibility for the way they not only reproduce systemic ableism, but expand and worsen its effects. 1/18

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The latest installment of Dialogues on Disability! Abby Gosselin talked abt mental illness, stigma, care, and more! Description of photo: a smiling Abigail, who has glasses and curly hair, stands holding one of her furry grey rabbit friends in her arms. biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/06/17/d...

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Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Abigail Gosselin

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-fifth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled ph…

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 09/06/2026

Activist Arab Barghouti joined the English band ‘Massive Attack’ on stage at Berlin’s Citadel Music Festival on Sunday, calling for the release of his father, Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/06/05/h... Annual in-person meeting of the Cdn Philosophical Assoc begins at Dalhousie University tomorrow. Given that DU has played a formative role in the development of bioethical and legal arguments that promote MAiD, eugenics will b “in the air” again at the CPA

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How Canadian Philosophy Plays a Vital Role in the Project of Eugenics: Or, Gender, Schafer, and Other Nondisabled White Male Bioethicists

The annual in-person meeting of the Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) begins at Dalhousie University tomorrow. Given that Dalhousie has played, and continues to play, a formative role in the…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Last week, I interviewed Kristin Rodier in the Dialogues on Disability series. [Image: Kristin, who is a fat white woman with dark shoulder length hair and black rimmed glasses, smiles proudly as she hold a tremendous purple cabbage that she grew. t.] biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/05/20/d...

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Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain Interviews Kristin Rodier

Hello, I’m Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the one hundred and thirty-fourth installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled p…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I wrote a post about the NDP's developing position on MAiD in Canada that comprises a reprint of a Substack by Gabrielle Peters, an incomparable disabled policy researcher add activist biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/05/13/m...

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MAiD in Canada and Its Discontents

If you read Canadian media, you might have come across news items that indicate how the new federal leader of the New Democratic Party, Avi Lewis, has ‘voiced concerns about the trajectory of…

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

If anyone is interested, I've posted a longer version of my testimony to the Special Joint Committee on MAiD about Eligibility of Persons Whose Sole Underlying Medical Condition is a Mental Illness open.substack.com/pub/mssineno...

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My Testimony to Special Joint Committee On MAID.

Re: Eligibility of Persons Whose Sole Underlying Medical Condition is a Mental Illness

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Back in 2021 while fighting MAiD expansion I said to @kwardvancouver.bsky.social that we live in a country that will deny you access to proper pain meds bc 'risks' but will offer to kill you instead. That's what happened here. www.canadianaffairs.news/2026/04/21/t...

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'The only thing left': One woman's journey from MAID critic to MAID widow

Michelle Hewitt has long warned MAID endangers people with disabilities. But she made the ‘hardest decision’ to support her husband’s MAID

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Gabrielle Peters @mssinenomine.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Several media outlets have been obligingly regurgitating a Dying with Dignity narrative and talking point without doing their own research. Finally someone - @spichaksimon.bsky.social - actually watched the MAID Committee hearings before writing. simonspichak.beehiiv.com/p/who-s-shap...

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Who's Shaping the Conversation On MAiD Expansion

As the CEO of Dying with Dignity is set to testify, I highlight potential gaps in lobbying disclosure and question media coverage of the so-called bias in the hearings.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Here is this month's anniversary installment of Dialogues on Disability which I posted to BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY earlier this month!! biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/04/15/d... Image: Élaina wears a brimming smile and one of her knitted creations embellished with a design of her making.

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Dialogues on Disability: Shelley Tremain With Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril and Emily R. Douglas

Hello, I am Shelley Tremain and I would like to welcome you to the eleventh-anniversary installment of Dialogues on Disability, the series of interviews that I am conducting with disabled philosoph…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Excellent article by @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social ! Most philosophers, esp. analytic philosophers and including (analytic) feminist philosophers, continue to misrepresent power and how it operates, circulates, functions; hence, the limited role that philosophers currently play in social change.

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

"Today, virtually every single claim about psychopathy has been either thoroughly refuted or failed to find empirical support in experimental settings. Psychopathy may not exist at all." Exactly. That philosophy continues to appeal to the idea exemplifies its ableism. aeon.co/essays/psych...

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/02/13/q... "With their cherished trove of liberal constructs and rhetoric, Can. bioethicists and philosophers have produced a discourse about euthanasia and assisted suicide that the Liberal gov't of Can. has drawn from to justify and extend its eugenic policies."

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Quote of the Week: MAiD, Bioethics, and the Culture of Eugenics in Canada

In a host of posts at BIOPOLITCAL PHILOSOPHY (for e.g., here, here, and here), in my monograph Foucault and Feminist Philosophy of Disability, in “Disaster Ableism, Epistemologies of Crisis, …

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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

For nearly a year, the feds have been quiet about a scathing UN report on Canada's treatment of disabled people, including MAiD expansion and paltry financial supports @spichaksimon.bsky.social presses the government for answers in our latest for @breachmedia.ca breachmedia.ca/canada-sides...

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Canada sidesteps UN scrutiny over assisted dying ⋆ The Breach

Calls by disability advocates and the UN to halt an expansion of medically assisted death have gone largely unacknowledged by the federal government

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The first two days of #PhiDisSocCh6 have been remarkable. The presentations and Q and As have been outstanding! Today is the third and final day. You can find today's program/schedule of events and registration link in this BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY post! biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/01/30/p...

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Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6): Day Three

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY’S EVENTS: (All times shown are in EST) Friday, January 30, 2026 10:00am-10:05am Welcome to Day Three of #PhiDisSocCh6 Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY) 10:05am…

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Shelley Lynn Tremain she/her/they @shelleytremain.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

biopoliticalphilosophy.com/2026/01/29/p... Yesterday's sessions at the sixth edition of Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change were outstanding. Today's session will be too! You can still register! Full program and link to registration in the BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY post.

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Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6): Day Two

SCHEDULE FOR TODAY’S EVENTS: (All times shown are in EST) Thursday, January 29, 2026 10:00am-10:05am Welcome to Day Two of #PhiDisSocCh6 Shelley Lynn Tremain (BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY) 10:05am…

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