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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 19h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Maria Bustillos @handle.invalid · 1d

An old friend once told me he'd been reading Descartes and I saw him some weeks later and asked him so, how did you like it? and he goes: 'I read each word.'

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mpete91 @mpete91.bsky.social · 1d

Going to try and cross-shitpost.

After a bye week break, welcome back

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE! I spent minutes of research this morning looking up helpful information about our next football foe, the University of Chapel Hill in Carolina! Please help spread the word so that we are all well educated!

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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 2d

I hope philosophers of science will chime in on the Prize Committee's discussion about kinds of knowledge, and its dissemination, as drivers of innovation and competition: www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2025... #PhilSci #NobelPrize

Useful knowledge
So – what creates this sustained economic growth? This year’s laureates used different methods to
answer this question. Through his research in economic history, Joel Mokyr has demonstrated that
a continual flow of useful knowledge is necessary. This useful knowledge has two parts: the first is
what Mokyr refers to as propositional knowledge, a systematic description of regularities in the natural
world that demonstrate why something works; the second is prescriptive knowledge, such as practical
instructions, drawings or recipes that describe what is necessary for something to work.
Mokyr shows that prior to the Industrial Revolution, technological innovation was primarily based on
prescriptive knowledge. People knew that something worked, but not why. Propositional knowledge, such
as in mathematics and natural philosophy, was developed without reference to prescriptive knowledge,
which made it difficult, even impossible, to build upon existing knowledge. Attempted innovations were
often haphazard or had approaches that someone with adequate propositional knowledge would have
understood were futile – such as building a perpetual motion machine or using alchemy to make gold.

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Abigail Goben @hedgielib.bsky.social · 2d

There wasn't a backup

jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"The bathroom. It's... bad."

Ryan "Spirit Halloween of '76" Randall @ryanpatrickrandall.com · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

Mandatory mid-semester LMS migration.

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admirablewomen.bsky.social @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD in 2009, Elinor Ostrom became the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. She won "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons." #WomenInSTEM

nobelprize.org/prizes/econo...

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Karolina Heyduk @kheyduk.bsky.social · 2d

"More of a comment"

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure why it has taken until late 2025 to see this, but this is how you do it. Every time. For every one of these guests.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 2d

Slow, unsexy, even pedantic and boring. But it won’t do *that*.

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 2d

The Thiel stuff is a real advertisement for the virtues of analytic philosophy.

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John Wilbanks @wilbanks.bsky.social · 3d

We’ll integrate data afterwards

Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

There is no date.

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 3d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

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Elle Cayabyab Gitlin @ellegitlin.com · 3d

surely if you’re doing a race-themed wedding during a grid walk, you should be waving green flags and not checkered flags #IMSA

A wedding ceremony held during the grid walk for the 2025 Motul Petit Le Mans

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 3d

Haven't been to the post office in ages; surely someone needs a #sciart artologica.etsy.com

various science themed ink and watercolor paintings

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 3d

There are some nice silk science scarves in the sale section #sciart www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 4d

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · Apr 23

It’s really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it’s clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it’s all “please don’t forget you have to feed your troops” and “if someone asks if you’re going to attack them consider lying about it”

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Harry Lyles Jr. @harrylylesjr.bsky.social · 4d

Good morning

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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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John Wilbanks @wilbanks.bsky.social · 4d

Broke my pinkie toe once leaning over to pet the dog

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Liz @smithdrygoods.bsky.social · 5d

It would be so nice if we are reclaiming cartoon frogs. Next I want the Betsy Ross flag back

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 5d

Be the posts you want to see on Bsky

a list of things to do including look at art be art make art and show art

Alt: a list of things to do including look at art be art make art and show art

media.tenor.com

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John Wilbanks @wilbanks.bsky.social · 5d

Last night, repentance took the form of bringing the vulnerable deck plants inside

REPENT REPENT REPENT

WEATHER IS HAPPENING @weatherishappening.com · 5d

/ IN2 THE L 60S ON UR FRIDAY
/ W/ DANKLESS DEW PTS IN THE 30S
/ IT GOT DOWN 2 37 DEGREES ON THIS FRIMORN
/ THATS COLD
/ BUT IT SHULD BE GOOD REPENTING WEATHER THIS FRIAFT
/ GOOD ENOUGH 4 U 2 REPENT 2 UR WEATHER LORDS?

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Sean Martin McDonald @seanmartinmcdonald.bsky.social · 6d

FWIW, "service providers prioritizing their interests over their patients/students/clients, etc." is exactly why fiduciary duties exist. Teachers and schools have an incredible power to shape young peoples' minds, it's extremely important that they actually focus on that, and not market cap.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 6d

Accepting this as an argument means accepting that, as an educator, your primary commitment is not to educating your students, or to propagating knowledge of your subject, but to finding and securing new markets for products in whose success your employers (or their bosses) have some kind of stake.

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John Carpenter’s ‘Halloran’ @profhalloran.bsky.social · 6d

Said on the local weather this morning: “It went from 80 to 55 like it saw a state trooper.”

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Gilly @gillyarcht.bsky.social · 6d

Bird architecture FTW

Laura Kelley @lauraakelley.bsky.social · 7d

Back in the land of bowers this week! Investigating how male courtship signals are affected by urbanisation #greatbowerbirds @uniexecec.bsky.social

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