Re-reading Marx’s Capital, and man, this guy has hands, huh?
11.03.2026 21:06
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Re-reading Marx’s Capital, and man, this guy has hands, huh?
Most AI bros are this irl lol
Am really reallt not trying to toot my own here because am feeling, theoretically and academically, speechless, but if there has ever been any moment to take the thought of gulf thinkers and scholars seriously , now is the moment.
Have a new pub out here: philpapers.org/rec/FRICPA-7 was originally a conference paper but got picked up as an editor's pick of the conference proceedings (Society for Advancement of American Philosophy). I argue that if we want diversity in philosophy, we need jobs for philosophers.
I wrote a paper about adaptationism. It demonstrates my ability to count to one. I didn't have to count higher because, despite contrary rumors, there's only one kind of adaptationism. It'll be nicely typeset for Biology & Philosophy soon, but those with the virtue of impatience can read it now
A strike on a residential area (polite way of saying labour accommodation) in Saudi has left two dead (Indian national and a Bangladeshi national), and 12 injured—all Bangladeshis.
The attacks are killing migrant workers who’ve come to earn a living. They’re the ones bearing the brunt of this war.
Also, made a list to keep up with the news. Bsky isn’t as fast as Xitter, but I’m trying to build reliable feeds (nodes). Please let me know if there are others I should add
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Walid Khalidi, an exceptional Palestinian scholar and one of the most important memory-holders of Palestine has passed away.
الله يحفظه و يكافيه الشر
What apocalyptic scenes. The ecological and environmental impact of this will be devastating. The human loss is even worse.
Evil exists and it is US-Israel. These disasters will percolate wrapping us all with it. I’m so fucking furious and despondent
finally finished the complete rework of translations for 2 short essays Horkheimer wrote (w/ Adorno) printed alongside the 1st version of Dialectic of Enlightenment in 1944:
“Struggle & Non-Violence”; “Poetry & Morals.”
On militants & martyrs, & the crisis of modern art!
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new episode out today! we discuss Horkheimer's essay "Traditional and Critical Theory", asking what actually makes critical theory critical, and whether there's any genuinely critical theory going on right now. the social totality causing all kinds of problems rn fr www.patreon.com/posts/130-ma...
He has two names actually, but his main name is the Spanish one! We named him after both my mother’s surgeon and Kinder Bueno!
The most photogenic gray Scottish fold car looking to the light source on his right.
Say happy birthday to Bueno!
The level of fear and uncertainty I have been feeling has been quite destabilizing. Everything worthy of love will be destroyed by the US and Israel.
Saint Nick
NEW:
Critique of the Podcast Form, Episode 14: Discussing the Discorsi
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Header and abstract page of an original research article in History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (2026, volume 48, article 12) titled "Modeling versatility as the hallmark of model organisms," authored by Guido I. Prieto and Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda. Abstract In recent years, discussions on the epistemology of model organism-based research have emerged in the philosophy of science. A key topic of discussion is how the epistemic insights gained from model organisms differ from those gained through other experimental organisms used in laboratory and field research. Here, we argue that model organisms are epistemically special due to their nature as ontogenetically changeable, standardized, and evolved material model carriers. These characteristics afford six important kinds of modeling versatility that biologists marshal in their investigations: (i) synchronic target versatility; (ii) synchronic scope versatility; (iii) diachronic target versatility; (iv) diachronic scope versatility; (v) manipulation versatility; and (vi) discovery versatility. In presenting these dimensions of modeling versatility, we also clarify key notions such as ‘representational target,’ ‘representational scope,’ and ‘representational power’ as these apply to modeling practices that involve model organisms.
It has been argued that what sets model organisms apart from other experimental 🐋🌱 is their high representational power. In our latest 📃, we argue otherwise: the hallmark of MOs lies in the dimensions of modeling versatility they afford to scientists 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #HPS
It is without a doubt that the ZOG theory currently in fashion on Twitter is one of the stupidest things one can believe. The theory assumes too much, and you get better predictions w/o it. It also somehow completely misunderstands the US, which is what you want to capture!
Really these are 3 more sketches towards Adorno-Horkheimer’s planned histomat response to Freud’s Moses & Monotheism, which is one of the secret keys to A&H’s 1940s theory & social research
30,000 people displaced in lebanon in basically a day. That’a almost half the population of the city i currently live in…
The oral histories of Palestinians who survived the slaughter by the Yishuv has borne witness to this bloodshed for decades, and the archival material now catches up.
Bahrain has long been a powder keg, ready to implode. This is not Sunni/Shia, just as it wasn’t in 2011. Nowhere in the Gulf is deep-seated anger and disgust at US presence & alliance more palpable than there. US military presence in Bahrain is being physically & politically dismantled in real time.
The main drawback of this website is and forever will be that as a % it is completely unviable to follow MENA when vast supermajority are just Americans. You can not follow anything about the ongoing developments in Bahrain, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq on here
Portrait of Bill Wimsatt
I’m excited to finally announce a Festschrift SI at Acta Biotheoretica honoring the work of Bill Wimsatt with the SI’s first publication by @consume.red and @philosofir.bsky.social! The editors (@caitlinmace.bsky.social and I) are delighted! #philsci #hpbio link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Dear white people
For the iranians and arabs in your life, ‘oh man i have no idea what to say… hope your people are all ok’ is totally acceptable and nice to hear
First Khaleeji casualty of war, Kuwaiti Sergeant Waleed Majid Suleiman, a member of the naval force.
No mention of how/why, but he’s referred to as ‘martyr’.
The deceased might not be the only Khaleeji casualty of this war, but Gulf states tend to not announce.
Critical support to the braveness of the Kuwaiti army against the US jets