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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 1d

Interview about slopaganda on the ABC Philosophers Zone www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Are you troubled by the way that social media has enabled the spread of propaganda? Well, get ready for slopaganda, which is propaganda that's AI-powered and unprecedented in terms of speed, scale, au...

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no earthquake (cultural tutor) @noearthquake.bsky.social · 1d

LLMs have convincingly demonstrated that coding is the easiest activity, maths is medium hard, and having taste is the hardest

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 6d

Donald trump can still win the Nobel Peace prize if Mike Pence has the courage

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 8d

new paper on bullshit questions just dropped link.springer.com/content/pdf/...

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 14d

PSA 🔈Our call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Our 2026 annual conference will be hosted in Germany by Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on 24-26 June 2026 💫

Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025

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Call for Abstracts | EPSSE

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 14d

Sorry of my life over the last year

Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 14d

[Werner Herzog voice] Charlie Brown seems surprised when Lucy pulls away the football, and yet he knows that failure is his destiny

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Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 14d

[Werner Herzog voice] Charlie Brown seems surprised when Lucy pulls away the football, and yet he knows that failure is his destiny

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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 14d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 15d

If I were an ICE agent, I would do it for the exposure, for instance by removing my balaclava and presenting my identification on request

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15d

Hundreds of thousands of stasi agents won’t even get paid. Are you happy now libs? Not so funny when the secret police have to work for free

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 15d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 15d

Hundreds of thousands of stasi agents won’t even get paid. Are you happy now libs? Not so funny when the secret police have to work for free

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 17d

DMV Worker: Stop staring at your phone while I take your driver's license photo

Guy: But this is how I look when I drive

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 18d

truly we live in the stupidest of timelines

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 18d

That's some pretty heavy slopaganda #slopaganda @michalk.bsky.social

Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 18d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 18d

Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · 29d

They're really going to go full Horst Wessel, aren't they?

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Ian Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · Sep 16

Proposal for how to fix family wise error rates.

For every uncorrected p value you must add an extra letter to the claim.

“Eating chocolate maaaaaaaaay be associated with lower rates of stroke”

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · Sep 16

I saw goody proctor celebrating charlie kirk’s assassination

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · Sep 16

merry as-many-citations-this-year-as-all-of-last-year day to all those who celebrate

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Ryan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · Sep 16

Cool how the Vice President (not a real job) has the time to livestream (also not a job) threats to destroy the lives of people with actual jobs

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am advertising two PhD positions in philosophy -- one for a domestic student, one for an international student. Both positions are 1 + 3 years, meaning that the first year is an MRes and the next three years are for the PhD.

www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

PhD on the philosophy of networks of trust

This PhD scholarship is intended to benefit a researcher in empirically-oriented philosophy. Learn more and submit an expression of interest.

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · Aug 30

at least two of these things are true

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Netherlands is a lovely place! The cities are charming and walkable, the people friendly and honest, the food is often sufficient for typical calorific needs.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Aug 30

The Netherlands is a lovely place! The cities are charming and walkable, the people friendly and honest, the food is often sufficient for typical calorific needs.

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Mark Alfano @markalfano.bsky.social · Aug 30

fighting words are not protected speech

FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · Aug 29

Since social media is terrible now, I mainly go online to argue with Australians about what day it is.

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👹👻 boo-rit 👻👹 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · Aug 30

if it happens, we all know jd vance is a suspect here considering what happened to pope francis

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Hell-issa Johnson, PhD 🎃 @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · Aug 29

I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus

Hell-issa Johnson, PhD 🎃 @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · Aug 29

I love this idea and also want a list of academic murder books. Please reply with recs

Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hear me out: a dark academia murder book that opens at a department beginning-of-the-year celebration on a boat (I know a department that does this) and a professor goes overboard. The intrepid department chair must figure out who did it. Everyone is a suspect, including the chair herself.

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Hell-issa Johnson, PhD 🎃 @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · Aug 29

I love this idea and also want a list of academic murder books. Please reply with recs

Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hear me out: a dark academia murder book that opens at a department beginning-of-the-year celebration on a boat (I know a department that does this) and a professor goes overboard. The intrepid department chair must figure out who did it. Everyone is a suspect, including the chair herself.

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FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · Aug 29

Since social media is terrible now, I mainly go online to argue with Australians about what day it is.

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · Aug 29

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

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Michael Prinzing @mprinzing.bsky.social · Aug 29

I had a great chat about how studying philosophy can make people better thinkers with @mvazquez.bsky.social, @markalfano.bsky.social, Deborah Mower, and Heather Battaly. Thanks to @apaphilosophy.bsky.social for hosting and making the recording available!
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Benefits of Studying Philosophy | APA On DemandAPA Mission - The American Philosophical Association

To activate captions, click on the CC icon at the bottom of the video, then select English from the menu.

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