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Janet D. Stemwedel

@docfreeride

Academic philosopher, lapsed chemist, occasional science writer, perpetual ethics booster. All views my own. (she/her)

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this is just true.

for now. Jewish groups should rally to pressure for censure and expulsion for Ogles because it's the right thing to do in the face of bigotry. But if that's not good enough for you, recognize it'll be us next.

09.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 201 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.

10.03.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 1025 πŸ” 337 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 20
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Miyaoi Yasuo’s Perspective on Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan: Intersecting Humans and Animals, Shared Emotions and Ethics Miyaoi Yasuo’s 1858 collection of tales, Kidan zasshi, challenges assumed human–animal boundaries, portraying shared ethics, reincarnation, and emotional connections by blending folklore and insights ...

Miyaoi Yasuo’s 1858 collection of tales, Kidan zasshi, challenges assumed human–animal boundaries, portraying shared ethics, reincarnation, and emotional connections by blending folklore and insights drawn from Edo-period experience. Read Tomoya Masuda's new Arcadia article to learn more! #EnvHist

10.03.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

β€œIs that the reason why Germany’s culture commissioner, Wolfram Weimer, is now consulting the domestic intelligence agency before approving funds to bookshops?… A quick look at the three bookshops is telling: they are antifascist, they are proud of it and they are institutions in their communities.”

10.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

This is AI, sorry everyone! This guy didn't make this. The guy he credits in his pinned post ALSO didn't make it. I found the guy who "made" it on instagram and he didn't make it either: a computer did. Oh well!

10.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 901 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 20

My toddler consistently subjects me to epistemic injustice

10.03.2026 11:30 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
An open red briefcase packed with small stuffed squirrels wearing little blue β€œH&A at SJSU” shirts.

An open red briefcase packed with small stuffed squirrels wearing little blue β€œH&A at SJSU” shirts.

Ready to rep SJSU (& Cal State University) on the Hill for Humanities Advocacy Day!

10.03.2026 11:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The fact that Donald Trump is going to try to subvert the 2026 elections doesn't mean he will be successful. We have shown before that we can fight back in court and win. The key is that we must educate everyone about what is going to happen and what they can do as well to defend democracy.

10.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 3367 πŸ” 1094 πŸ’¬ 47 πŸ“Œ 27

I present to you, the polemicist who published a hit piece on me in the NYT:

10.03.2026 01:37 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump bought Netflix and Warner Bros bonds at height of bidding war with Paramount U.S. President Donald Trump bought more than $1.1 million of Netflix bonds over the last three months as the streaming giant unsuccessfully fought Paramount Skydance to ​buy Warner Bros Discovery , ac...

Most naked corruption in the history of the presidency, right out in the open
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

09.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If brevity is the soul of wit, does that make long winded people soulless or witless?

09.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Probably because we've had to learn to suss out intentions out of necessity, we listen to the words they actually say and not the filler allistic people seem to surface instead.

When someone tells us they're awful or dangerous, we notice and remember it.

09.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

08.03.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 12309 πŸ” 2696 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 188

Medical transition for trans kids is now banned for new referrals on the NHS. Trans kids in the UK can still go private or DIY (for now).

This means the new clinics that replaced GIDS are close to useless at best, conversion therapy at worst. 1/5

09.03.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 2096 πŸ” 795 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 25

At a conference, wondering if I am missing the AI bubble (at least in the financial markets) bursting right now.

09.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Who did you vote for?" is a really easy question with a really easy answer. She told on herself with her response. If she was proud of it, and could defend it, she would, but she knows damn well, she can't.

08.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 112 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

I also just have to say that diminishing Mills’s brand of racism in order to center your concerns about Platner’s history of racism undercuts the position that you care about racism and suggests a primary concern with symbolism over material impact

bsky.app/profile/chan...

08.03.2026 17:40 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s all β€œlisten to Black people” until those people make a strategic calculation that you don’t like and then it’s like β€œI can’t even bother to understand why you did that because calling you names is easier”

08.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

And you’re an asshole β€” yes a whole asshole β€” if you haven’t considered that people like me and Shay have to do safety calculations regarding the local Nazis that you keep saying we are apologists for

*because we get death threats from them*

So honestly? Fuck you

08.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We don’t all have to agree on how to navigate a fucked up array of choices but folks should be clear here that we are talking about *politicians* not besties and *actual political conditions* not wishcasting

08.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Your Data Will Be Used Against You (and not just by ICE/CPB). All these technologies will make their way to ordinary law enforcement.

08.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 263 πŸ” 143 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 6

Every gay person you know, they were a child once. At some point in that childhood, they found out what homosexuality was.

You can't stop either of these things happening and I don't know what you hope to achieve by intentionally making these things difficult, confusing and lonely.

08.03.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 300 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Stand Up for Science’ rally on National Mall targets Trump administration policies, RFK Jr. More than 2,000 demonstrators gathered in Washington as part of a global day of action calling for increased research funding and changes in health leadership.

More than 2000 demonstrators gathered on the National Mall yesterday for a rally organized by the advocacy group Stand Up for Science. Speakers criticized Trump regime policies & called for the ouster of RFKjrπŸ‘‡

08.03.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 46 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It’s not really about energy, climate, or affordability.

These are just weaponized talking points of the β€˜Abundance’-flavored EnergyTech alliance.

It’s about power & the direction we set as a countryβ€”and who gets to set that direction.

It’s about oligarchy vs. democracy.

This. Is. The. Fight.

08.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

This is at least the third attack on democratic official residences by right wing actors in under a year no?

there were the murders of the minnesotta state reps
the burning of the PA governor residence
and now this?

08.03.2026 00:28 πŸ‘ 680 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 3

While the oil fires are dramatic, the far greater evil is the US attacked an Iranian desalination plant.

Now Iran has attacked Bahrain's desalination plant.

Water sources are now on the table as valid targets.

There's a reason water sources are A#1 on the UN / Geneva Convention's NO list.

08.03.2026 12:38 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Inside Plastic Executives’ Late-20th-Century Campaign to Blame Consumers for Their Industry’s Waste This TPM Cafe article is an excerpt from PLASTIC INC.: The Secret...

The story of how plastic industry executives convinced American society that their industry's waste should be everybody's problem.

08.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

There's something deeply obscene and broken about the fact that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are bombing elementary schools in an illegal war of aggression, and there's still a sense among the opposition that it has to be explained in terms of gas prices in order to get American voters to care.

08.03.2026 02:12 πŸ‘ 17776 πŸ” 4791 πŸ’¬ 618 πŸ“Œ 249

Coming soon to an NIH near you.

07.03.2026 22:44 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

The blackjack game I made in BASIC on a Commodore Teacher’s Pet (complete with graphics, following Hoyle’s rules, with the computer as the dealer) in 5th grade stays undefeated.

07.03.2026 17:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0