Michael Cholbi
@thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social
'No true Scotsman': US-ish philosopher HQ'd in Edinburgh. Death & dying, work & labor, Kantian ethics, paternalism, etc.. Unapologetic coffee snob. More at https://michael.cholbi.com/ and https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/michael-cholbi
Bus sinning = my kind of sinning #Edinburgh
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Bus sinning = my kind of sinning #Edinburgh
Gotta say, if I were in my 20's, these research findings about how the brain matures would freak me the f**k out www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Gotta say, if I were in my 20's, these research findings about how the brain matures would freak me the f**k out www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
So I'm going to be at McGill next week, talking up philosophy of grief, AI, griefbots, the whole bit! Hope those of you in and around Montreal can find the time to drop by...
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
So I'm going to be at McGill next week, talking up philosophy of grief, AI, griefbots, the whole bit! Hope those of you in and around Montreal can find the time to drop by...
Don't know if fall vibe's your thing, but this is the National Gallery of Scotland from the Princes Street garden in Edinburgh this morning
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Don't know if fall vibe's your thing, but this is the National Gallery of Scotland from the Princes Street garden in Edinburgh this morning
IQ is down, intelligence is derided, LLM's fed their own data devolve with each generation -- maybe digitech creates a dysfunctional form of universal solipsism? archive.is/WTY9m
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
IQ is down, intelligence is derided, LLM's fed their own data devolve with each generation -- maybe digitech creates a dysfunctional form of universal solipsism? archive.is/WTY9m
Me and Mark Twain, University of California Berkeley 2022
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Me and Mark Twain, University of California Berkeley 2022
Listen to old Frankie R: 'Those who seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers who seize power by force call this a 'new order.' It is not new and it is not order.'
October 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Listen to old Frankie R: 'Those who seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers who seize power by force call this a 'new order.' It is not new and it is not order.'
Word du jour
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Word du jour
Sad about Diane Keaton - will never forget her hilariously convoluted but spot on monologue in Love and Death
October 13, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Sad about Diane Keaton - will never forget her hilariously convoluted but spot on monologue in Love and Death
Pretty sure only one of these is a chargeable offence
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Pretty sure only one of these is a chargeable offence
No greater aspiration for a philosopher to write an "excellent" book that is "nevertheless difficult to recommend to anyone"
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM
No greater aspiration for a philosopher to write an "excellent" book that is "nevertheless difficult to recommend to anyone"
Chickenshit among America's elites archive.is/7j4aN
September 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Chickenshit among America's elites archive.is/7j4aN
September 10, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Dusk, Royal Botanic Garden #Edinburgh
August 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Dusk, Royal Botanic Garden #Edinburgh
BREAKING pedagogical news from my employers
August 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
BREAKING pedagogical news from my employers
Concur with this anti-wrap diatribe
June 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Concur with this anti-wrap diatribe
Long felt Democrats have overlooked a potent anti-Trump message: He craves power but is indecisive and fearful of accountability www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Long felt Democrats have overlooked a potent anti-Trump message: He craves power but is indecisive and fearful of accountability www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Annual reminder: 81 years ago today, tens of thousands of brave soldiers (my dad included), undertook the largest amphibious invasion in military history in an effort to defeat the the most horrifying fascist regime the world has even known. Please don't forget! www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/...
June 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Annual reminder: 81 years ago today, tens of thousands of brave soldiers (my dad included), undertook the largest amphibious invasion in military history in an effort to defeat the the most horrifying fascist regime the world has even known. Please don't forget! www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2019/...
To my shock, finished top 10 in my category in Edinburgh 5K
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May 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
To my shock, finished top 10 in my category in Edinburgh 5K
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Great opening gambit, now go directly for the jugular duckduckgo.com?q=christmas+...
May 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Great opening gambit, now go directly for the jugular duckduckgo.com?q=christmas+...
Oslo’s opera house isn’t Sydney’s, but it’s a strong runner up
May 1, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Oslo’s opera house isn’t Sydney’s, but it’s a strong runner up
Turns out LibGen has pirated only 89 of my publications for AI training 🤬 Search for your own work here www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
March 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Turns out LibGen has pirated only 89 of my publications for AI training 🤬 Search for your own work here www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Me jumping on the AI ethics bandwagon with this new article on posthumous avatars. The takeaway: 'griefbots' etc. probably won't extend or enrich our relationships with the dead, but may have short-term uses #philosophy #philsky philpapers.org/rec/CHOMAM-4
March 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Me jumping on the AI ethics bandwagon with this new article on posthumous avatars. The takeaway: 'griefbots' etc. probably won't extend or enrich our relationships with the dead, but may have short-term uses #philosophy #philsky philpapers.org/rec/CHOMAM-4