@philosophyamg.bsky.social
Dad, teacher, some kind of philosopher, writer, hiker
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If you're looking for a Critical of AI reading list before you are in front of governments... A few dozen titles to consider here
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(Let me know what new ones are coming out!)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(Let me know what new ones are coming out!)
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
If you're looking for a Critical of AI reading list before you are in front of governments... A few dozen titles to consider here
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(Let me know what new ones are coming out!)
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
(Let me know what new ones are coming out!)
The biggest advertising victory the tech industry ever achieved was getting us all to call their product ‘AI’. It’s not: it’s a bullshit machine that outputs slop with complete indifference to its truth or falsity (or utter vacuity)
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The biggest advertising victory the tech industry ever achieved was getting us all to call their product ‘AI’. It’s not: it’s a bullshit machine that outputs slop with complete indifference to its truth or falsity (or utter vacuity)
Beautiful. This makes me proud to be an American, this is who we are—not some dimwit taking someone else’s trophy.
Incredibly emotional to hear my poem has been turned into a song of resistance and is being sung in Minneapolis right now. Please do not give up.
January 19, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Beautiful. This makes me proud to be an American, this is who we are—not some dimwit taking someone else’s trophy.
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Don’t know who made this but….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
January 17, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Don’t know who made this but….😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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ICE just released new detention statistics.
As of January 7, 2026, ICE is detaining 68,990 people across the United States.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
As of January 7, 2026, ICE is detaining 68,990 people across the United States.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
Detention Management
www.ice.gov
January 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
ICE just released new detention statistics.
As of January 7, 2026, ICE is detaining 68,990 people across the United States.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
As of January 7, 2026, ICE is detaining 68,990 people across the United States.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
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The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
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There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 4, 2026 at 9:57 PM
There are a hundred more important things to say, and I tried to say some of them in my essay for "Thinking About...", but: invading a country for oil is also just atavistic at this point. Even if it worked, which it won’t, it still wouldn’t work.
One bizarre feature of the Trump regimes comments that hasn't been emphasized yet, re: Venezuela. They are using the language of a corporate takeover. Specifically, they are claiming the U.S. is going to 'run' Venezuela by sending U.S. oil companies there to make it 'profitable' (for whom, exactly?)
January 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
One bizarre feature of the Trump regimes comments that hasn't been emphasized yet, re: Venezuela. They are using the language of a corporate takeover. Specifically, they are claiming the U.S. is going to 'run' Venezuela by sending U.S. oil companies there to make it 'profitable' (for whom, exactly?)
Extremely useful thread
Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
1/
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
1/
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Extremely useful thread
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Just learned the Irish word "aonarán" which is someone who is totally content with their own company--not lonely, not sad--just someone who just enjoys solitude; and yes
January 3, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Just learned the Irish word "aonarán" which is someone who is totally content with their own company--not lonely, not sad--just someone who just enjoys solitude; and yes
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Trump's major foreign policy failures 2025:
-Destroying US soft power tools
-Irrational tariffs on allies
-Ending aid to Ukraine
-Playing chicken w/ Xi & backing down
-Selling best chips to China
-Tiptoeing into war w/ Venezuela
-Alienating allies (Canada, Greenland)
-Supporting Putin
I could go on
-Destroying US soft power tools
-Irrational tariffs on allies
-Ending aid to Ukraine
-Playing chicken w/ Xi & backing down
-Selling best chips to China
-Tiptoeing into war w/ Venezuela
-Alienating allies (Canada, Greenland)
-Supporting Putin
I could go on
The Trump administrations biggest foreign policy achievements in 2025: ending the war in Gaza, sanctioning Rosneft and Lukhoil, and pledging an $11 billion arms sales to Taiwan.
(Future posts coming of their failures)
(Future posts coming of their failures)
January 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Trump's major foreign policy failures 2025:
-Destroying US soft power tools
-Irrational tariffs on allies
-Ending aid to Ukraine
-Playing chicken w/ Xi & backing down
-Selling best chips to China
-Tiptoeing into war w/ Venezuela
-Alienating allies (Canada, Greenland)
-Supporting Putin
I could go on
-Destroying US soft power tools
-Irrational tariffs on allies
-Ending aid to Ukraine
-Playing chicken w/ Xi & backing down
-Selling best chips to China
-Tiptoeing into war w/ Venezuela
-Alienating allies (Canada, Greenland)
-Supporting Putin
I could go on
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The greatest metaphor in print this year, courtesy of @edzitron.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:33 AM
The greatest metaphor in print this year, courtesy of @edzitron.com
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THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
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The Writing Systems of the World Explained, from the Latin Alphabet to the Abugidas of India
The Writing Systems of the World Explained, from the Latin Alphabet to the Abugidas of India
The Korean alphabet, hangul, is 'the most scientific writing system.' One often hears that in South Korea, a society that has taken to heart Asia scholar Edwin O.
www.openculture.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The Writing Systems of the World Explained, from the Latin Alphabet to the Abugidas of India
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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"My buddy Steve, who doesn't wash his ass and calls women 'females,' whose last steady job was cleaning the 7-Eleven hot dog machine and he got fired, can't get laid. Here's 4,000 words about why that's the fault of Susan, a constitutional lawyer/supermodel who rescues puppies in her spare time."
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"My buddy Steve, who doesn't wash his ass and calls women 'females,' whose last steady job was cleaning the 7-Eleven hot dog machine and he got fired, can't get laid. Here's 4,000 words about why that's the fault of Susan, a constitutional lawyer/supermodel who rescues puppies in her spare time."
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
After this insane period of our history is over, it seems to me more and more likely that we will need something analogous to de-nazification. Hundreds of experienced and talented lawyers have resigned or been fired from DOJ...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
After this insane period of our history is over, it seems to me more and more likely that we will need something analogous to de-nazification. Hundreds of experienced and talented lawyers have resigned or been fired from DOJ...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Recognition as an Ethic of Living Beings
by @karenkyng.bsky.social
www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/57...
by @karenkyng.bsky.social
www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/57...
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Recognition as an Ethic of Living Beings
by @karenkyng.bsky.social
www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/57...
by @karenkyng.bsky.social
www.transcript-verlag.de/media/pdf/57...
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago