Alan Richardson

@alanrichardson.bsky.social

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Professor of Philosophy, UBC
Faculty Member, Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program, UBC
Philosophy of Science
History of Philosophy of Science

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 46m

Are you telling us that Freddie was doing it earnestly?

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1h

I’d move my stage coach a bit farther away from the huge white lady. She isn’t looking where she’s stepping.

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UBC Philosophy @ubcphilosophy.bsky.social · 1h

Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2025! Each undergraduate and graduate student has worked tremendously hard and has accomplished so much. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.

Congratulations to the UBC Philosophy Class of 2025! - Department of Philosophy

Message from the Head Congratulations to our new graduates! In today’s commencement ceremony, we celebrate twelve new BAs with a Philosophy major or joint major and two new Philosophy MAs.…

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1h

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends. I am grateful for the decades you spent as the largest public finder of science in the world—and deeply baffled why you are dismantling all those programs.

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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 1h

Mark Carney drops Trudeau-era climate measures in energy deal with Alberta

rime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is scrapping plans for a major national climate policy and immediately suspending another in Alberta alone, as part of a wide-ranging accord that softens

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1h

I just stick with “be sure to answer these questions by conceiving their subject matter under the form of eternity.”

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1h

I just thought it was a funny way to think about homework

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1h

But that wasn’t the assignment, Leo!

Vulture @vulture.com · 1d

Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’

Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT

Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’

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Evan May @gianttourtiere.bsky.social · 2h

This is of course fucking grim and all I can say is that Satan will be going to work in a snow plow before I turn a student away from my class for wearing niqab or anything else.

Fuck that forever.

(great column by @nolore.bsky.social)

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Quebec's new secularism bill expands the scope of who the government officially hates

Today, the Coalition Avenir Québec is introducing, An Act respecting the reinforcement of laicity in Québec (the name is better in French, surely).

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 14h

Stupidest time to be alive

Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 15h

Thanksgiving remarks of @VP J.D. Vance: "Think about turkey. Who really likes, be honest with yourselves, who really likes turkey? You're all full of shit. Everybody who raised your hand." Vance said to U.S. troops at Fort Campbell
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#wtf?

Vice President Vance Tells Soldiers, ‘You’re All Full of Sh*t’ for Saying They Like Eating Turkey

Vice President JD Vance told U.S. Army soldiers that he did not believe them when they claimed to enjoy eating turkey.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14h

the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

It didn’t even take 6 hours.

USCIS
@USCIS
X.com
Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols.
The protections and safety of our homeland and of the American people remains our singular focus and mission.
10:04 PM • 11/26/25 • 2.1K Views

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Todd Graham @metrogram.bsky.social · 15h

Vice President Vance Tells Soldiers, ‘You’re All Full of Sh*t’ for Saying They Like Eating Turkey

Vice President JD Vance told U.S. Army soldiers that he did not believe them when they claimed to enjoy eating turkey.

www.mediaite.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15h

yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 15h

It didn’t even take 6 hours.

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 16h

Plus the whole Trudeau thing

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Jornal Nacional @jnoficial.bsky.social · 16h

Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.

Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.

Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN

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khwalz @khwalz.bsky.social · 16h

This is so fucking sick. Why would this young woman be on anyone's radar. Yeah, dangerous gang members and drug dealers my Aunt Matilda. Fuck you, Donald Trump. You're a worthless little shit and may you and your miscreant minions burn in Hell for all eternity.

Babson student detained at Logan Airport, deported to Honduras while trying to travel for Thanksgiving - Boston News, Weather, Sports | WHDH 7News

BOSTON (WHDH) - A 19-year-old student at Babson College was detained at Logan Airport then deported to Honduras while she was trying to travel to<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/new...

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 17h

big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts

No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor

The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.

www.utilitydive.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 18h

$937,989.39: That's the amount of the penalty owed by Trump and Alina Habba, according to a new appeals court decision, which upheld a 2023 ruling that Trump and Habba committed "sanctionable conduct" by filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and James Comey.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 19h

A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...