Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Andrew Lopez

@andrulus.bsky.social

720 followers 590 following 310 posts

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State. Views my own, etc. Animal Philosophy, Social & Political Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · May 24

I have a new paper coming out in Ergo on what I think is the relevance and usefulness of Mexican philosopher Jorge Portilla for thinking about politics and social dynamics on the internet. Linked here: A short thread: philpapers.org/rec/LOPIJA

Andrew Lopez, It's Just a Joke: Thinking Online Politics with Jorge Portilla - PhilPapers

I argue that the philosophy of Jorge Portilla can help us understand the current social and political conditions of the United States. In particular, I draw from Portilla's account of relajo ...

philpapers.org

1 4 25

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 15h

Eyyy we both got papers in Ergo this year

1 1

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 15h

Send it to me!

1 1

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 16h

the fellas just keep winning!

1 1

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 1d

Gracias! Btw, hoy enseñe uno de tus ensayos en mi seminario de posgrado 😁

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 1d

R&R is now an acceptance, hell yea

4 28

Reposted by Andrew Lopez

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket

Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 1d

Christopher Columbus was dragged back to Spain in chains by a crusading knight, convicted of tyranny and immeasurable cruelty, pardoned by Isabella but banned from returning to Hispaniola.

Fuck Columbus.

88 2.3K 7.8K

Reposted by Andrew Lopez

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

easy for me to say as another Large Account perhaps but: the idea that how you should treat another grown adult turns directly on which of you has more followers is among the most "please touch grass" opinions I encounter on here - and I am a leftist anime enjoyer

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 2d

This guy gives the game away with the misogyny but man—this attitude (if you have a lot of followers you should just let people be assholes to you) drives me nuts.

You walk into my dojo looking for a fight you’re gonna get it lol

@[email protected] on Mastodon @electricheadpt2.cryptoanarchy.network · 2d

This guy rocks (derogatory). You’re apparently a “thirst trap white woman” and were just all simps for thinking he’s a dumbass.

12 40 620

Reposted by Andrew Lopez

Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 2d

police are gangs that we all collectively pretend answer to elected officials because the truth is scary

i'm not even properly an anarchist but i thought we all knew this

Charlotte Moore-Lambert @charlottereads.com · 3d

sorry, who’s the ultimate authority of state police again?

36 170

Reposted by Andrew Lopez

Daniel J Nicholson @djnicholson.bsky.social · 4d

My little book on Schrödinger's famous classic 'What Is Life?' is out! Offering the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of the book's origins, reception, impact, and legacy, it uncovers Schrödinger's motivations in writing it, and shows how it has shaped our current understanding of the cell

<i>What Is Life?</i> Revisited

Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - <i>What Is Life?</i> Revisited

www.cambridge.org

7 30 83

Reposted by Andrew Lopez

TresTiffany 🎃 @trestiffany.bsky.social · 6d

“What’s your barber name?” is crazy 😂

40 450 2.1K

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 7d

I don't know. Plausible. My claim isn't about all derogatory terms for AI, but about terms that we have good reason to think are modified from slurs for people. Like wireback.

2 3

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 7d

not sure I see reason for taking that as decisive. I don't think it would excuse an unobservant person if they began using a term for AI created by adding a prefix to the n-word. Or, at least, not their continued use of the term after it was pointed out to them because they "don't mean it that way"

1 2

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 7d

I think the claim is charitably that these terms are modeled after existing slurs, that there's something objectionable about taking the slur "wetback" and modifying it to "wireback". It doesn't make you an "anti-computer racist", but why are you modeling your language off anti-Mexican slurs.

3 5

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 8d

the fact that there's an energy source responsible for life on earth that will just keep stably emitting tons of energy for another five billion years and that the most powerful country in the world has an administration that wants to wholly reject harnessing it is crazy

2 8 38

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 10d

The mimoids are ai hallucinations of real babies

Reposted by Andrew Lopez

Huw Price @huwprice.bsky.social · 13d

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics, making them even more beautiful than before. Here’s a fine example in our favourite local Japanese restaurant.

4 10

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 13d

"AMPA receptor (AMPAR)"

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 13d

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.

Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog

Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...

scitechdaily.com

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 13d

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 14d

Mildly confused about this, people keep noting that no one clapped, but why would we expect military top leadership to clap. I believe I've seen clips of meetings like this before (nowhere near this scale) and they never clap. Especially since they were called to attention right after.

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 16d

youtu.be/e5BLqK_xgGk?...

im latina so i just want to have fun

YouTube video by mushroom

youtu.be

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 18d

Re: the former, dudes are #1

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 18d

Running????? This is the time to squat heavier

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18d

it occurs to me that I should ask a version of this separately for sprinters / people that do speed work (including strides I guess but anything 400m pace or quicker)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18d

Bluesky runners: winter is coming. how do yall keep consistent with your miles? do you migrate to indoor tracks, just pray there's no ice, moderate your speed when it has snowed, switch to running on road, make peace with the treadmill?

1 2

Reposted by Andrew Lopez

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 20d

CHOTINER: And when was that?
MY CAT: I mean at least 14 hours ago
CHOTINER: Well hold on. You're telling me you haven't been fed at all today but if I look in your bowl here I see a-
MY CAT: An untouched serving, I know, but if you'd let me finish-
CHOTINER: Yeah, of course.

27 480 3K

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 20d

Normally not nosey like this, but someone had ChatGPT open on their phone screen on the bus and I looked long enough to see their query:

"when is [our university's] Thanksgiving break?"

There is a webpage dedicated to displaying every important date on our academic calendar, come on

Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 20d

Have often seen people reference this but has anyone looked into whether this is specific to American Gen Z or the anglosphere?

Urban Land Rent🚰 @handle.invalid · 21d

A TikTok from this film industry account was posted about how an industry survey of Gen Z media consumers found that a near supermajority of young people thought television and cinema had too much sexual content. These were the comments.