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Robert Wallace

@philosobobby.bsky.social

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Philosophy Prof. @ Cal Poly, Free Will + Moral Responsibility but interested in everything. https://www.roberthwallace.com/ Views my own etc.

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okay Kelly @kmdoublev.bsky.social · 8h

been thinking lately about how much of the gospel is contained in "I was a stranger and you welcomed me"

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 15h

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 20h

Coalition for Spirituality & Public Life host a Eucharistic Procession from St. Eulalia in Maywood to the ICE Detention Center in Broadview where there will be prayer & Communion. The Coalition will also try to bring Holy Communion to those detained in the facility, which is a right by Illinois law.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d

The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.

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Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 1d

I really regret cutting the following line from one of my papers: “we ought to be disgusted by bigots and tyrants.”

Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 1d

Disgust is about getting extreme distance from sources of contagion - there are some differences that emerge in what things people find disgusting between right and left, but the emotion is there.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

They say the only things certain in life are death and taxes.

But America’s billionaires, having taken care of the latter, are now trying to disrupt the former—and make sure nobody can pry their fortunes from their cold dead hands.

These billionaires want to disrupt death—and keep their fortunes forever

Sci-fi meets Silicon Valley meets the trust industry.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

Four cheers for MIT.

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Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

They are not planning "a violent crackdown" on 10.18. What they are doing is sending a signal to their shock troops to try to cause havoc. But those shock troops will be vastly outnumbered. Go out and protest freely. Do not be cowed.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 2d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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ustadh 🔒 @dragoman.bsky.social · 2d

"Faith without works is dead" really is the vibe and while this is just one example I found it a particularly striking rebuke of the idea that you can be Spiritually supportive of the poor or whatever while doing fuck-all

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Indigo Wendigo @obdurodon.bsky.social · 2d

Counterpoint: *segregation* might not be enough for them.

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Jon Passantino @passantino.bsky.social · 3d

CNN is now using the Trump preferred “Department of War” name in its official statements

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Caro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · 3d

For anyone working in Cool Philosophy (social philosophy intersected with M&E), this looks like a fantastic opportunity! philjobs.org/job/show/30010

Lecturer or Associate Professor, University of Leeds - PhilJobs:JFP Lecturer or Associate Professor, University of Leeds

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 3d

“Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family’s food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.”

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 3d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Reposted by Robert W. Wallace, Lesley A. Hall, Christian E. Weller , and 1 more Robert W. Wallace, Lesley A. Hall, Christian E. Weller, Alan Richardson

Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 4d

My department is hiring! Tenure-track assistant professor in philosophy (AOS: philosophy of technology) jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/55...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology

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Reposted by Cas Mudde, Jan W. Mueller, Norbert Schwarz , and 28 more Cas Mudde, Jan W. Mueller, Norbert Schwarz, Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark, Scott L. Greer, Robert W. Wallace, Rosemary A. Joyce, Marina Jirotka, David Rothschild, Eric Goldman, Christian E. Weller, Daniel W. Drezner, Melanie C. Green, David R. Miller, Lesley Bartlett, Paolo Beria, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Michael D. McDonald, Jason Lyall, Aurélien Mondon, Ann Bartow, Colm O’Cinneíde, Blair Fix, Tim Fish, Claire Sécail, Daxton R. Stewart, Olivier Mannoni, Nancy M. Wingfield, Christopher Blair, James M. Thomas

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s video of the incident

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Reposted by Richard Price, Robert W. Wallace, Juan Cole , and 5 more Richard Price, Robert W. Wallace, Juan Cole, Silvia Secchi, Michael H. Whitworth, David C. Kimball, Mark Rice, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 4d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

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Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 4d

The AI revolution going exactly as expected

Clemens Vasters 🇪🇺🇩🇪 @clemens.vasters.com · 5d

Techmeme front page:

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Andrew Lopez @andrulus.bsky.social · 5d

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

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Reposted by Robert W. Wallace, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Lesley A. Hall , and 3 more Robert W. Wallace, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Lesley A. Hall, Zen Faulkes, Kathleen Kennedy, James A. Benn

Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 5d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 5d

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Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 5d

Exactly!

Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 5d

The secret is that almost all American Catholics, so almost all the rightCaths, including even the integralists, have an essentially Protestant understanding of religion as a category. Ironically, they cannot submit to the authority of the Church *in the name of the authority of the Church*.

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 5d

Cool! That makes sense.

Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 5d

Also introducing bias should produce variance so long as the bias isn’t systematic in the data set, right? (Seriously asking this is not an AOS for me lol)

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Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, I think so. I don’t use the example to teach the details though, but to help students cope with being unsettled by the “biased” course material. I explain that my undergrad prof once told me: “in philosophy, you know more by knowing less”, then I complain about the phrase, and then unpack it.

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Robert Wallace @philosobobby.bsky.social · 5d

I love teaching the difference between accuracy and precision for this reason. If your shots are precise but inaccurate, you can sometimes become more accurate—have more shots on target— by having less tight groupings of shots.

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