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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 3h

Some thoughts on publishing venues as heuristics in evaluating academics, commercial publishing, and the rise of fascism: amwaltermann.com/2025/10/15/o...

Open access and anti-fascism

Monday, I had a long discussion with a colleague about academic publishing, quality control, and open access. This morning, I came across this article on science guide (unfortunately behind a paywa…

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 6h

Als @arjenlubach.bsky.social nog even zo doorgaat, kunnen we binnenkort een opleiding Nederlands recht en politiek in elkaar timmeren puur op basis van z'n video's.

BBB heeft kritiek op de Raad van State | LUBACH

YouTube video by LUBACH

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 15h

Disbar them now. This is not a matter of professional ethics or about the function of the courts: this is a battle between nihilism on the one side and the conviction that shit matters on the other.

404 Media @404media.co · 22h

An attorney in a New York Supreme Court commercial case got caught using AI in his filings, and then got caught using AI again in the brief where he had to explain why he used AI, according to court documents filed earlier this month.

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Lawyer Caught Using AI While Explaining to Court Why He Used AI

The attorney not only submitted AI-generated fake citations in a brief for his clients, but also included “multiple new AI-hallucinated citations and quotations” in the process of opposing a motion fo...

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 1d

I forgot my phone at home this morning, so no MFA for me, either, but... access to emails regardless. For better or for worse.

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Larisa Heiphetz Solomon @drlarisa.bsky.social · 2d

Me, some days: Wow, I can't believe how much I am getting done today! It feels good to cross so many things off my to-do list! *whistles happily*
Next day, every single time: My brain does not work at all today. I wonder why, no one can tell, it will be a mystery forever.
#AcademicSky

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Pablo Magaña @pmagana94.bsky.social · 2d

This is a thoughtful essay, which I recommend. In my neck of the woods, some of the most influential literatures (Parfit & population ethics, animal ethics, longtermism, etc.) make strikingly revisionary claims, with many authors claiming precisely that "common sense morality" is inconsistent/wrong.

Ben Burgis @benburgis.bsky.social · 2d

This week's Philosophy for the People essay:

If You Want to Critique Analytic Philosophy, It Helps to Know Something About It

A note on Neil Vallelly's essay "Analytic Philosophy Is a Dead End for the Left."

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Julieta Rabanos @jrabanos.bsky.social · 8d

In recent decades, authority has mainly been treated as a reason-based concept within legal philosophy, understood through practical reasoning

Here, I analyse this choice & its theoretical & practical consequences - and why we may want to reconsider it

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Steve 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧 @wohyeahwohyeah.bsky.social · 18d

Timeline cleanser 🐈

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michael veale @michae.lv · 14d

Either real-time bidding data or app SDK data is being bought and used by ICE to seize people from the streets. If you didn’t believe that the adtech stack is a human rights concern, I’m not sure what more evidence you need. www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 15d

Couldn't agree more!

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 20d

Inderdaad: de universiteit is geen talkshowtafel (en zou dat ook niet moeten worden ) 👇🏻

Opinie: De universiteit is geen talkshowtafel

De druk op academische vrijheid komt niet vanuit studenten, maar vanuit politieke partijen die zich willen bemoeien met de inhoud van colleges. Ook media dragen daar aan bij door onvoldoende kritisch ...

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Roland Pierik @roleo.bsky.social · 21d

After having chaired the colloquia 38 times, next Wednesday I will be the one who will be grilled.
Title: Why the right to bodily integrity is redundant in discussions on childhood vaccination
Join us in Maastricht or online. We serve wine.
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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · 21d

Next Wednesday, October 1st, 16-18h,
@lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Roland Pierik on why the ‘right to bodily integrity’ is redundant in discussions on childhood vaccination.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377

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Antonia Waltermann 🟥 @amwaltermann.com · 23d

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De Correspondent @decorrespondent.nl · 23d

Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil Antifa aanmerken als terroristische organisatie. Dat de Tweede Kamer daar niet over gaat en dat Antifa geen organisatie is, doet er niet toe. Het gaat erom dat volksvertegenwoordigers mensen die de democratie verdedigen tot vijand verklaren: corr.es/f4cdfc

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Hubert Smeets @hubertsmeets.bsky.social · 23d

Overtuigend hoofdartikel waarin @mickpersson.bsky.social een helder lijn trekt tussen VS en Nederland.

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De reactie van gematigd rechts op rechtsextremisme bepaalt hoe het de democratie vergaat

In de VS wordt de cancelcultuur van Donald Trump geholpen door bedrijven. In Nederland is het de VVD die extreemrechts normaliseert.

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 25d

This is good. #USFascism explained in 90 seconds…

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 26d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 27d

I always decline invitations to take part in debates as I don’t want to commit in advance to defending anything without reservation. Discussion is something completely different, cooperative rather than fiercely competitive.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 27d

I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 27d

The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas

Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…

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Izabela Skoczeń @izaskoczen.bsky.social · 29d

The fabulous @jrabanos.bsky.social and @BojanSpaic discussed experimental jurisprudence with me in their awesome podcast! If you want to know why experimental jurisprudence is not like theoretical physics, or what does lying and reasonableness have in common, check it out!

Julieta Rabanos @jrabanos.bsky.social · 29d

Ep. #10 of Heavily Accented Philosophy of Law Podcast is here!

In this episode, we delve with Iza Skoczeń (@izaskoczen.bsky.social - Jagiellonian Centre for Law, Language and Philosophy) into the topic of experimental jurisprudence.

Listen to it here 👇
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Episode 10 - Experimental Jurisprudence (ft. Izabela Skoczeń) by Heavily Accented Philosophy of Law

In this episode, we delve into the debate about experimental jurisprudence (also known as xJur). What is exactly “experimental jurisprudence”? What is in turn “experimental philosophy”? What are the m...

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Genevieve Renard Painter @genevievepaintr.bsky.social · 28d

it's just absolutely essential to remember we can have good things. we can talk about them. imagine them. work together to build them. fix them when it doesn't quite work out. try again.

Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 28d

Damn, he's good, and right.

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Sep 11

Nochmal: die Klimaziele sind politisch beschlossen, völkerrechtlich verbindlich und vom Verfassungsgericht und internationalen Gerichtshof untermauert.
Das zu ihrer Einhaltung notwendige Tempo der Emissionsminderung ist dann nicht optional oder verhandelbar, sondern Physik!

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · Sep 8

My collaboration with Ivan Ehlers for the @latimes.com

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Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @um-foundations.bsky.social · Sep 4

Next week, September 10th, 16-18h, @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Massimo Fichera (UM)(@massimofichera.bsky.social) will present a paper on Communal Constitutionalism and the notion of legitimate authority. Please join us online or in Maastricht. For registration: www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subsc....

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Tamara Keel, but spooky @tamslick.bsky.social · Sep 4

Marcus Aurelius has already released you from the obligation to have a take.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 3

Doctor: Who am I to tell you what to put in your body?

Patient: A physician, educated for that purpose, licensed to practice medicine, familiar with the empirical research and established best practices.

Doctor: Oh, right. OK. Get your shots.

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Mathieu Carpentier @mathieucarpentier.bsky.social · Sep 3

I am delighted to share the program of Season 3 of the Constitutional Philosophy Seminar. I'm quite happy with this amazing line-up of scholars. Save the dates!

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Remco Breuker 🟥 @remcobreuker.bsky.social · Sep 1

Een politieke partij die als @ministerocw.bsky.social iemand benoemt die homorechten vergeleek met nazipraktijken en regenboogzebrapaden met hakenkruizen, verdient het niet om dit recht te hebben.

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Nieuwe BBB-minister van Onderwijs Gouke Moes vergeleek regenboogsymbool met hakenkruis - Joop - BNNVARA

De partijen in de Groningse Provinciale Staten distantieerden zich van de schokkende uitlatingen.

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