Darian Meacham
@posteurope.bsky.social
Bruxellois. Philosopher at Universiteit Maastricht. Trying to talk about Europe, technology, politics, and complaining. Editor JBSP. Posting in personal capacity, re-post not (always) endorsement.
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Assistant Professor in Political and Social Philosophy
Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, philosophy plays a vital role in understanding a world marked by political tensions, technological upheaval, and societal transformations. H...
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the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
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#JBSP Online & OPEN ACCESS: ‘Tool Usage and Self-Carving in the Zhuangzi: A Heideggerian Perspective’ – Agne Veisaite (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
New article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/12/07/j...
#phenomenology #philosophy
New article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/12/07/j...
#phenomenology #philosophy
December 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#JBSP Online & OPEN ACCESS: ‘Tool Usage and Self-Carving in the Zhuangzi: A Heideggerian Perspective’ – Agne Veisaite (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
New article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/12/07/j...
#phenomenology #philosophy
New article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/12/07/j...
#phenomenology #philosophy
So after repeated efforts to charm, placate, roll over and play dead....this is the result, disdain, dismissal and a commitment to supporting the far-right. Maybe time for a rethink of how to deal with an empowered executive intent on rewriting the world order.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/w...
Trump Has Long Disdained Europe’s Elites. Now, It’s Official.
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So after repeated efforts to charm, placate, roll over and play dead....this is the result, disdain, dismissal and a commitment to supporting the far-right. Maybe time for a rethink of how to deal with an empowered executive intent on rewriting the world order.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/w...
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Trump is illegally attacking boats allegedly carrying drugs. He brags about being tough on drug dealers.
Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.
You can’t make this stuff up.
December 2, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Trump is illegally attacking boats allegedly carrying drugs. He brags about being tough on drug dealers.
Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.
You can’t make this stuff up.
Meanwhile, he pardons the former Honduran president — a man convicted in American court of bringing hundreds of tons of cocaine to the U.S.
You can’t make this stuff up.
🚨🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨🚨 Assistant Professor of Political and Social Philosophy @maastrichtu.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
@hdijkstra.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @masssimons.bsky.social
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...
@hdijkstra.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @masssimons.bsky.social
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...
Assistant Professor in Political and Social Philosophy
Welcome to Maastricht University! At Maastricht University, philosophy plays a vital role in understanding a world marked by political tensions, technological upheaval, and societal transformations. H...
www.academictransfer.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🚨🚨 We're #hiring! 🚨🚨 Assistant Professor of Political and Social Philosophy @maastrichtu.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
@hdijkstra.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @masssimons.bsky.social
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...
@hdijkstra.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @masssimons.bsky.social
www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3566...
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Do you need your toes to think?
YESS!
Happy to see this one out 😎!
From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem :
How to stay alive 😎😅
YESS!
Happy to see this one out 😎!
From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem :
How to stay alive 😎😅
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Do you need your toes to think?
YESS!
Happy to see this one out 😎!
From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem :
How to stay alive 😎😅
YESS!
Happy to see this one out 😎!
From your humble toes to your noble neurons, you need all your cells to solve your most important problem :
How to stay alive 😎😅
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A Call to End University War Complicity (UK)
Demilitarise Education - dED - are calling institutions to restore their sites as places of research and learning for the public good, not war.
Sign the open letter to leadership at every UK university.
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Demilitarise Education - dED - are calling institutions to restore their sites as places of research and learning for the public good, not war.
Sign the open letter to leadership at every UK university.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/11/25/a...
November 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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"One of the most paralyzing myths of our day is that new technologies, such as automation or artificial intelligence, cannot be controlled." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Opinion | What Even Is a ‘Good’ Job?
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November 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"One of the most paralyzing myths of our day is that new technologies, such as automation or artificial intelligence, cannot be controlled." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
Brussels wildlife.
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Brussels wildlife.
Takes a few reads to grasp what this headline is saying. The federal government is impeding assistance to hungry Americans. Hunger as domestic policy.
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamp Benefits
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November 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Takes a few reads to grasp what this headline is saying. The federal government is impeding assistance to hungry Americans. Hunger as domestic policy.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
#JBSP Online & OPEN ACCESS: ‘Shaky Groundlessness: A Phenomenological Critique of the Enactive Approach’ – Andrij Wachtel (University of Copenhagen)
New article for the Journal of the British Society for #Phenomenology
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/11/05/j...
#philosophy
JBSP ed: @posteurope.bsky.social
New article for the Journal of the British Society for #Phenomenology
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/11/05/j...
#philosophy
JBSP ed: @posteurope.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
On 7 November I'll give my inaugural lecture as Professor of Practical Philosophy with a thematic focus on the politics of socio-technical systems. If you can't make it to Maastricht there is a live feed. @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
Join @posteurope.bsky.social for his inaugural lecture as Professor of practical #philosophy with a thematic focus on the #politics of socio-technical systems @maastrichtu.bsky.social
🗓️ 7 Nov 2025, 16:30
💬 "Instelling, werk en technologie"
🎥 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
🗓️ 7 Nov 2025, 16:30
💬 "Instelling, werk en technologie"
🎥 Watch live: www.youtube.com/watch?v=037m...
October 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
On 7 November I'll give my inaugural lecture as Professor of Practical Philosophy with a thematic focus on the politics of socio-technical systems. If you can't make it to Maastricht there is a live feed. @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social
Next article in our special issue on #phenomenology and #ChinesePhilosophy has dropped! @thebsp.org.uk #JBSP
#JBSP Online: ‘#Heidegger’s Phusis (φύσις) and Daoist Ziran (自然): A Phenomenological Comparison of “Things-Themselves” in Inter-dependence’ – Steven Burik
Journal of the British Society for #Phenomenology
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/28/j...
#philosophy #Daoism
JBSP ed: @posteurope.bsky.social
Journal of the British Society for #Phenomenology
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/28/j...
#philosophy #Daoism
JBSP ed: @posteurope.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Next article in our special issue on #phenomenology and #ChinesePhilosophy has dropped! @thebsp.org.uk #JBSP
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Visiting Fellowships in Applied #Phenomenology
Up to four junior fellowships are available for early career researchers working in applied or interdisciplinary phenomenology for a one-month stay at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/26/v...
Up to four junior fellowships are available for early career researchers working in applied or interdisciplinary phenomenology for a one-month stay at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/26/v...
October 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Visiting Fellowships in Applied #Phenomenology
Up to four junior fellowships are available for early career researchers working in applied or interdisciplinary phenomenology for a one-month stay at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/26/v...
Up to four junior fellowships are available for early career researchers working in applied or interdisciplinary phenomenology for a one-month stay at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU).
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/26/v...
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#JBSP Online: ‘Articulating #Heidegger’s Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Method’ – Álvaro Ledesma Albornoz (Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ)
Out now a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/24/j...
JBSP editor: Darian Meacham
Out now a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/24/j...
JBSP editor: Darian Meacham
October 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
#JBSP Online: ‘Articulating #Heidegger’s Hermeneutic-Phenomenological Method’ – Álvaro Ledesma Albornoz (Universidad San Francisco de Quito USFQ)
Out now a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/24/j...
JBSP editor: Darian Meacham
Out now a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/24/j...
JBSP editor: Darian Meacham
💯% Agree! Come join us.
We're organizing an event on technological refusal in Maastricht, Feb '26 and I'm super excited about it. Details below 👇 Deadline for contributions Oct 31st. Come join us!
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal
www.aanmelder.nl/techrefusal
‘No & ...’ : A Forum on Technological Refusal - Home
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October 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
💯% Agree! Come join us.
Finally, the phone company putting some respect on my name!
October 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Finally, the phone company putting some respect on my name!
The first article from our upcoming issue on Phenomenology and Chinese Philosophy published online first. #ChinesePhilosophy #Phenomenology #JBSP @thebsp.org.uk
#JBSP Online: ‘Opening Nothingness: Maldiney and Daoism’ – Erik Lind (University of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal)
Out now a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/17/j...
#phenomenology #philosophy
JBSP editor-in-chief: @posteurope.bsky.social
Out now a new article for the Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology.
www.thebsp.org.uk/2025/10/17/j...
#phenomenology #philosophy
JBSP editor-in-chief: @posteurope.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The first article from our upcoming issue on Phenomenology and Chinese Philosophy published online first. #ChinesePhilosophy #Phenomenology #JBSP @thebsp.org.uk
Happy to see this published. @fratava.bsky.social and I can't seem to leave Jan Patočka alone.
"Philosophy as a European way of life and the role of the European intellectual in the age of technical reason."
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"Philosophy as a European way of life and the role of the European intellectual in the age of technical reason."
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
www.elgaronline.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Happy to see this published. @fratava.bsky.social and I can't seem to leave Jan Patočka alone.
"Philosophy as a European way of life and the role of the European intellectual in the age of technical reason."
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
"Philosophy as a European way of life and the role of the European intellectual in the age of technical reason."
www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...
A few highlights from @hypestudies.bsky.social conference day 2! Thanks to all involved for another great day 🙏
September 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Looks like an amazing conference organised by the @hypestudies.bsky.social crew in Barcelona. Great work from @danishanley.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social and many [email protected].
Here we go, keynote time @hypestudies.bsky.social conference.
Packed room here and around 50 people tuning in online!
@gemmamilne.bsky.social rocking it, as per. 🔥🔥🔥
Packed room here and around 50 people tuning in online!
@gemmamilne.bsky.social rocking it, as per. 🔥🔥🔥
September 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Looks like an amazing conference organised by the @hypestudies.bsky.social crew in Barcelona. Great work from @danishanley.bsky.social @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social and many [email protected].
Going, going, gone. Leaving Greece and back to Brussels. Another wonderful summer, basking in the beautiful generosity of North Evia.
August 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Going, going, gone. Leaving Greece and back to Brussels. Another wonderful summer, basking in the beautiful generosity of North Evia.
Lizard life in the dog days of Greek summer.
August 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Lizard life in the dog days of Greek summer.
August 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What is this amazing thing? @andreasdeblock.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
What is this amazing thing? @andreasdeblock.bsky.social