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okay Kelly @kmdoublev.bsky.social · 3h

the job market is hard, and not to victim-blame, but: have you tried putting ten coins in your pocket?

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okay Kelly @kmdoublev.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We can do it. We can replace academic journals with a vast network of pen pals.

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

once as a grad student a faculty member observed my teaching, and their only criticism was "put the coffee down," and I think of that every day when I do the exact opposite

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

the existence of the least weasel implies the existence of the most weasel

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okay Kelly @kmdoublev.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I Can't Know It's Not Butter!

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Philosophical Investigations §250: "Why can't a dog simulate pain? Is he too honest?"

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surrogate corpse @consume.red · 16/09/2026

the empirical ontological argument: the internet shows that every conceivable type of guy is actual. god is a conceivable type of guy. therefore god is actual

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Sam @mardiroos.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bro, be straight with me: was it eldritch or merely uncanny?

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

just casually averting my eyes from all multi-part posts

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I embraced *so much* new technology due to Covid for new course modalities--Notability, Jamboard (RIP), Discord, Zoom, video recording programs; it's absurd to call professors who did this technophobic because we correctly recognize the threat AI poses to education

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Brett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

People always asking "how is this philosophy?!" but never "how is this philosopher?" 😰😰😭😓

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP.

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Plato (posting): inside you there are 2 horses

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Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

this just seems really obvious to me. what is the point of a philosophical insight that isn't being thought through by a philosopher? the unexamined thought is not worth thinking

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Andrew Bahle @andrewbahle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Mr Wittgenstein, tear down this wall!

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It was only a matter of time

Epistemic Assholes
Cameron Boult
Synthese (forthcoming)

Abstract
In this paper, I develop and defend the concept epistemic assholes. An epistemic asshole is someone who exhibits a distinctive form of epistemic badness characterized not by gross irrationality or hostility to truth, but by a stable, entitled disregard for one’s epistemic relations with others. Drawing on Aaron James’s (2012) account of moral assholes, I examine how people can systematically exploit epistemic cooperation by allowing themselves special advantages—such as “freedom from inquiry”, “doxastic comfort”, and “freedom to criticize”—while remaining insulated from criticism by an entrenched sense of entitlement. The resulting view, the Relational Approach to Epistemic Assholes (REA), explains why epistemic assholes are not epistemically the worst, yet are nonetheless deeply galling. After motivating the need for this concept, I show how REA captures both “impure” cases (involving both epistemic and moral assholery) and “pure” epistemic assholes, whose objectionable conduct is driven by epistemic aims themselves. I further explore connections between epistemic assholes and epistemic vice, and the causal role that epistemic assholery can play in active ignorance and epistemic exploitation. Through this latter connection, I argue that epistemic assholes play an insidious causal role in sustaining objectionable social power dynamics. The concept of epistemic assholes provides a valuable lens for understanding and calling out important but often-hidden hazards in our social epistemic environment.

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Kip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is the No True Scotchgard fallacy.

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TH @tylerhower.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Out of the blue, our printer activated itself and printed something I sent six days ago. Technology is amazing. Please make it all autonomous. Give it control.

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

this is what I think of whenever I see phil action papers about "agents"

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Kenneth Black @kennethblack.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Happened across this unhinged Wittgenstein line

We speak of birds singing. When I was a boy I was bothered in listening to birds, because it obviously isn't singing. Finally someone said to me, "All right, don't call it singing, call it something else"
'. And soon I could listen to birds and enjoy it.

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surrogate corpse @consume.red · 19/08/2026

hard disagree, philosophy is and should be all about working through therapeutic issues publicly

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

philosophy documentation center exists to document the existence of articles no one can ever access

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Melissa @yournerdyfriend.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The problem of induction? I’m actually solutions oriented, thanks though

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Fintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com · 13/06/2026

Some people think that the best way to comprehend their time in thought is to sample lots of other’s judgements about that time. But that‘ll only give you access to the pollstergeist.

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I have seen the Odyssey, and what I have to say is that I especially liked the music and sound design

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

did you nerds know about the Kant ink www.de-atramentis.com/en/ink-inks-...

de-atramentis.com

Immanuel Kant

Ink for fountain pen.

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I see my favorite Ryle quote is being posted again

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Joachim Vandekerckhove 🏖️ @joachim.cidlab.com · 06/08/2026

I do genuinely love how resilient it is

QUERY:

I am a PI and see the PhD student who is 10,000 spiders in a trenchcoat approaching. What should I do

GEMINI:

Do not panic or run away. Acknowledge them with professional respect. Offer them a high-level administrative task or a massive grant proposal to review. Spiders love data entry and organizing small files.

Immediate Actions

Stay calm.
Do not make sudden moves.
Keep your voice low and steady.

How to Communicate

Speak to the head area of the trenchcoat.
Ask about their thesis progress.
Do not mention the extra eyes or the skittering sound.
Offer them a dark, quiet corner of the lab

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

about the sharp chest pains I'd gotten from time to time since childhood: "that's just a thing that women get"

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

this essay helps explain a lot of the bewilderment I had about Disclosure Day

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Hane @hane.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

if Lois flirts with Clark, but Lois does not believe that Clark is Superman, is Lois flirting with Superman?

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Malaclypse the Middle @malaclypse.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

And the runner up is Nick Cave playing Nick Cave in the same film.

youtu.be

Peter Falk and Bruno Ganz in Berlin

YouTube video by regenbogenjohnny

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ʤan~ʤɑn~ʤɔn @languagedoodad.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

working on a conscript inspired by Keith Haring and Sherlock Holmes.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

NYRB should do their own version of the Criterion Closet for their book publishing arm imo

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ʤan~ʤɑn~ʤɔn @languagedoodad.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

RELEASE THE HOUND CUT, NOLAN YOU COWARD

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doleful moo of a cow @oulipien.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Heideggerian saying your efforts have redounded to your disadvantage: ownmost goal

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

(England fan pointing out where the ball went) OYARZABAL

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talking lion @talkinglion.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

I already took the GRE 3 times and if someone tries to make me do it again I will Lose It

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Kotu @kingoftheu.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

(He did the mesh) He did the Gilgamesh (The Gilgamesh) He and Enkindu sure did mesh (He did the mesh) He ripped off tons of flesh (He did the mesh) He did the Gilgamesh

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Liker of Cookies @purplefroth.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

In this thread, I have cast the Princess Bride in a Muppets remake. First, let's get the obvious out of the way. Westley and Buttercup

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