Dani Wenner
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Dani Wenner
@daniwenner.bsky.social
· Mar 5
Structural Injustice, Exploitation, and Static Non-Ideal Theory
This is an accepted article with a DOI pre-assigned that is not yet published.We argue for two claims in this paper. First, we argue that existing taxonomies of ideal and non-ideal theory must be expa...
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Very excited to share that this paper co-authored with Derrick Gray is finally making its way into publication. In this paper, we use debates about exploitation to complicate taxonomies of ideal and non-ideal theory, and to highlight a problematic ideological bent in some non-ideal theorizing 🧵
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Leaderships’ inability to live up to their mandate demonstrates even more strikingly how important shared governance is. For one, there are typically world-class experts on these campuses who could help contextualize and offer input. But they don’t even think about us in that way.
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Leaderships’ inability to live up to their mandate demonstrates even more strikingly how important shared governance is. For one, there are typically world-class experts on these campuses who could help contextualize and offer input. But they don’t even think about us in that way.
Among other things, a giant red flag for faculty at private institutions that our "advisory" faculty governance bodies are wholly inadequate, we should be fighting for shared governance with actual teeth
So apparently the administrators at Northwestern have caved to the extortionist demands of the Feds. Faculty voted 595-4 AGAINST this measure.
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Among other things, a giant red flag for faculty at private institutions that our "advisory" faculty governance bodies are wholly inadequate, we should be fighting for shared governance with actual teeth
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Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
This is the second largest payout from a private university to the Trump admin yet, second only to Columbia’s $200m
November 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Northwestern and Columbia being famous for journalism and bending over for Trump seems a little too on the nose these days
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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WE'VE ALL GOT BOOKS TO WRITE TOM I'M STILL HAVING LOTS OF OPINIONS AND THAT'S HAD NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE BOOK WRITING PROCESS AT ALL HAS IT OH GOD
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
WE'VE ALL GOT BOOKS TO WRITE TOM I'M STILL HAVING LOTS OF OPINIONS AND THAT'S HAD NO NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE BOOK WRITING PROCESS AT ALL HAS IT OH GOD
Nothing like your bus driver forgetting what route he's driving to spice up the evening commute
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Nothing like your bus driver forgetting what route he's driving to spice up the evening commute
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"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
November 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
It is the day before thanksgiving break, how many students do we think will show up to my morning class today (current enrollment = 24)
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It is the day before thanksgiving break, how many students do we think will show up to my morning class today (current enrollment = 24)
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the screams were actually us from the future
We should have listened when the modems screamed at us.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
the screams were actually us from the future
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So tired of old white men and their dumb opinions
November 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
So tired of old white men and their dumb opinions
Our entire economy is a house of cards stacked on top of some data centers that are balancing on top of an AI bubble like bears at the circus running on top of giant balls while wearing tutus
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Our entire economy is a house of cards stacked on top of some data centers that are balancing on top of an AI bubble like bears at the circus running on top of giant balls while wearing tutus
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From CDC:
"As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 19 states..."
"As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that Influenza infections are growing or likely growing in 42 states..."
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling....
"As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 19 states..."
"As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that Influenza infections are growing or likely growing in 42 states..."
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling....
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
From CDC:
"As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 19 states..."
"As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that Influenza infections are growing or likely growing in 42 states..."
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling....
"As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that COVID-19 infections are growing or likely growing in 19 states..."
"As of November 18, 2025, we estimate that Influenza infections are growing or likely growing in 42 states..."
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling....
Josh Shapiro is teaming up with Republicans to push for fossil fuel deregulation, signaling to local communities all across PA that we are on our own in the fight against rampant data center scale up and all the environmental harms that come with it
Deep blue states MA & RI should have incredible progressive governors
Instead we have corporate centrists Maura Healey & Dan McKee
At least RI’s McKee has challengers - no one in MA has the guts to primary Healey
Instead we have corporate centrists Maura Healey & Dan McKee
At least RI’s McKee has challengers - no one in MA has the guts to primary Healey
6 Democratic Governors Have Linked Arms With the GOP to Push Fossil Fuels
A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.
truthout.org
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Josh Shapiro is teaming up with Republicans to push for fossil fuel deregulation, signaling to local communities all across PA that we are on our own in the fight against rampant data center scale up and all the environmental harms that come with it
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There’s a word we used to say. They don’t let you say it anymore, but I think it’s a beautiful word. We call it: dialectic. You have the thesis, and then the antithesis, and if you put them together it’s a synthesis. Very powerful. We’ll be looking into that. Very materialist, the theory of history
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
There’s a word we used to say. They don’t let you say it anymore, but I think it’s a beautiful word. We call it: dialectic. You have the thesis, and then the antithesis, and if you put them together it’s a synthesis. Very powerful. We’ll be looking into that. Very materialist, the theory of history
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
for days we got the "Showdown with Socialism" buildup only to get the payoff of Trump essentially saying "wow this socialist guy fuckin rules. I, on the other hand, am a fascist". what a country. what an era
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WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This is exactly what I'm seeing, and spent an hour discussing with our department's student advisor today. Students are citing materials we have not covered in my class and which they cannot plausibly be assumed to have read in other courses. I can't prove they're cheating, but they are.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is exactly what I'm seeing, and spent an hour discussing with our department's student advisor today. Students are citing materials we have not covered in my class and which they cannot plausibly be assumed to have read in other courses. I can't prove they're cheating, but they are.
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- White Refugees Only
- restoring Confederate names and memorials
- allowing swastikas, nooses and Confederate flags in the Coast Guard
- mass-arresting nonwhite people and telling citizens their IDs must be fake
- removing Black history (incl military history) markers
What do they mean by this?🤔
- restoring Confederate names and memorials
- allowing swastikas, nooses and Confederate flags in the Coast Guard
- mass-arresting nonwhite people and telling citizens their IDs must be fake
- removing Black history (incl military history) markers
What do they mean by this?🤔
November 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
- White Refugees Only
- restoring Confederate names and memorials
- allowing swastikas, nooses and Confederate flags in the Coast Guard
- mass-arresting nonwhite people and telling citizens their IDs must be fake
- removing Black history (incl military history) markers
What do they mean by this?🤔
- restoring Confederate names and memorials
- allowing swastikas, nooses and Confederate flags in the Coast Guard
- mass-arresting nonwhite people and telling citizens their IDs must be fake
- removing Black history (incl military history) markers
What do they mean by this?🤔
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Really excellent point that often gets lost in the (deserved) mockery.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
The grok stuff is pathetic but it’s also a perfect and undeniable illustration of chatbots as ideology. It’s no less true for chatgpt or other bots, but sometimes not as visible.
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Really excellent point that often gets lost in the (deserved) mockery.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
These things are not neutral arbiters of truth. They are easily manipulated extensions of the ideology of their creators.
The attempt to shove them into every conceivable knowledge space is an explicitly political project.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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If we want people to use alternative transportation, then we need to make those easier and more accessible.
Frequent and free public transportation.
Safe and convenient bike paths.
Prioritize peds.
Look, even drivers will be happier in fewer people are in cars.
Frequent and free public transportation.
Safe and convenient bike paths.
Prioritize peds.
Look, even drivers will be happier in fewer people are in cars.
Iowa City made buses free in August 2023 with a goal of lowering emissions and encouraging people to take public transit.
Now ridership is up, traffic is down, and the program is extremely popular.
So popular that the City Council has voted to extend it for another year.
Now ridership is up, traffic is down, and the program is extremely popular.
So popular that the City Council has voted to extend it for another year.
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If we want people to use alternative transportation, then we need to make those easier and more accessible.
Frequent and free public transportation.
Safe and convenient bike paths.
Prioritize peds.
Look, even drivers will be happier in fewer people are in cars.
Frequent and free public transportation.
Safe and convenient bike paths.
Prioritize peds.
Look, even drivers will be happier in fewer people are in cars.
Saw this out of context and sincerely thought it was an rfk parody
In this house we don't tolerate bitch-ass disrespectful worms.
November 20, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Saw this out of context and sincerely thought it was an rfk parody
quite aside from all of the labor they're working to displace, and all of the people they are indeed to learn how not to think
there's also the fact that we're all still going to have to exist in this world once all the people who never learned how to think are in the majority
so that'll be fun
there's also the fact that we're all still going to have to exist in this world once all the people who never learned how to think are in the majority
so that'll be fun
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
quite aside from all of the labor they're working to displace, and all of the people they are indeed to learn how not to think
there's also the fact that we're all still going to have to exist in this world once all the people who never learned how to think are in the majority
so that'll be fun
there's also the fact that we're all still going to have to exist in this world once all the people who never learned how to think are in the majority
so that'll be fun
I ask my students to apply conceptual frameworks from class to current events or cultural products like tv shows, books, etc in papers
Now I find myself writing comments including phrases like "the ability to see her as a full pony" and "social acceptance via a change in the ethics of the mane six"
Now I find myself writing comments including phrases like "the ability to see her as a full pony" and "social acceptance via a change in the ethics of the mane six"
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I ask my students to apply conceptual frameworks from class to current events or cultural products like tv shows, books, etc in papers
Now I find myself writing comments including phrases like "the ability to see her as a full pony" and "social acceptance via a change in the ethics of the mane six"
Now I find myself writing comments including phrases like "the ability to see her as a full pony" and "social acceptance via a change in the ethics of the mane six"