Antonia Waltermann 🟥
@amwaltermann.com
Legal theory & philosophy @ Maastricht University (NL). Interests: non-human agents and the social construction of (legal) reality, law & cognitive science. Also: plants, cats, food, hiking, mostly at @gardenandlibrary.bsky.social
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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Join us in Maastricht on 14 November for the VSR–VWR Symposium: Vulnerability and the Law – Multidisciplinary Perspectives.
A full day of engaging talks and discussion on how vulnerability shapes law, justice, and society.
🕓 Register by 10 November → www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/vsr-v...
A full day of engaging talks and discussion on how vulnerability shapes law, justice, and society.
🕓 Register by 10 November → www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/vsr-v...
November 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Join us in Maastricht on 14 November for the VSR–VWR Symposium: Vulnerability and the Law – Multidisciplinary Perspectives.
A full day of engaging talks and discussion on how vulnerability shapes law, justice, and society.
🕓 Register by 10 November → www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/vsr-v...
A full day of engaging talks and discussion on how vulnerability shapes law, justice, and society.
🕓 Register by 10 November → www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/events/vsr-v...
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Absolutely fucked that I now have to consent to an AI scanning my data to improve Wiley’s systems in order to publish in a top journal.
As if they don’t profit enough from hosting my intellectual property. My data is now a training pipeline.
As if they don’t profit enough from hosting my intellectual property. My data is now a training pipeline.
November 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Absolutely fucked that I now have to consent to an AI scanning my data to improve Wiley’s systems in order to publish in a top journal.
As if they don’t profit enough from hosting my intellectual property. My data is now a training pipeline.
As if they don’t profit enough from hosting my intellectual property. My data is now a training pipeline.
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I was thinking of being a bat for Halloween, but I just couldn't imagine what it would be like.
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I was thinking of being a bat for Halloween, but I just couldn't imagine what it would be like.
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🟥 D-Day voor de democratie vandaag. Maar ook voor onderwijs en onderzoek! Onderstaand overzicht geeft een idee op basis van NL verkiezingsprogramma's. Geen verdere bezuinigingen!
via @remcobreuker.bsky.social
via @remcobreuker.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🟥 D-Day voor de democratie vandaag. Maar ook voor onderwijs en onderzoek! Onderstaand overzicht geeft een idee op basis van NL verkiezingsprogramma's. Geen verdere bezuinigingen!
via @remcobreuker.bsky.social
via @remcobreuker.bsky.social
Elections today in the Netherlands. As a foreigner (former study migrant here), I am not allowed to vote, so I can only keep an eye on the liveblogs and hope for the best.
Beste Nederlanders: ik hoop dat jullie met hart en verstand tegen fascisme stemmen vandaag!
Beste Nederlanders: ik hoop dat jullie met hart en verstand tegen fascisme stemmen vandaag!
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Elections today in the Netherlands. As a foreigner (former study migrant here), I am not allowed to vote, so I can only keep an eye on the liveblogs and hope for the best.
Beste Nederlanders: ik hoop dat jullie met hart en verstand tegen fascisme stemmen vandaag!
Beste Nederlanders: ik hoop dat jullie met hart en verstand tegen fascisme stemmen vandaag!
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When your Halloween decorations are getting pretty niche but you are having fun
For you @drnajimagi.bsky.social ❤️
For you @drnajimagi.bsky.social ❤️
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 AM
When your Halloween decorations are getting pretty niche but you are having fun
For you @drnajimagi.bsky.social ❤️
For you @drnajimagi.bsky.social ❤️
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📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
It’s also concerning. 1/
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#OAweek Support diamond #openaccess scholar-controlled journals, such as those listed at freejournals.org.
October 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
#OAweek Support diamond #openaccess scholar-controlled journals, such as those listed at freejournals.org.
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Wir sehen daran auch, dass gerade Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften 1 enormes Potential zukommt, um menschenfeindliche, demokratiegefährdende Politik als solche zu benennen & zu analysieren. Und ja, genau deshalb stehen diese Disziplinen von rechts außen derart unter Druck!
Zum Glück sind seit der Debatte um #Stadtbild und #Töchter eine ganze Menge kluge Stimmen aus der Wissenschaft in den Medien zu hören, nicht mehr nur in der zweiten Reihe wie bisher oft.
October 22, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Wir sehen daran auch, dass gerade Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften 1 enormes Potential zukommt, um menschenfeindliche, demokratiegefährdende Politik als solche zu benennen & zu analysieren. Und ja, genau deshalb stehen diese Disziplinen von rechts außen derart unter Druck!
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Kennen jullie deze website al? alledaagsantifascisme.nl
Alledaags antifascisme
Trek gauw je pluriform aan en word ook een alledaagse antifascist! Het is nodig. En het is vanzelfsprekend.
alledaagsantifascisme.nl
October 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Kennen jullie deze website al? alledaagsantifascisme.nl
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Tomorrow, Oct. 22, 16-18h, Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Anne Ruth Mackor (Groningen): On Bayesian modelling of criminal cases as a whole.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tomorrow, Oct. 22, 16-18h, Maastricht Centre for Law & Jurisprudence @lawinmaastricht.bsky.social: Anne Ruth Mackor (Groningen): On Bayesian modelling of criminal cases as a whole.
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
Please join us in Maastricht or online. For registration: Https://www.aanmelder.nl/169090/subscribe?survey_id=199377
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Number of times the Wikipedia entry about the ship of Theseus has been edited since it was published in 2003 :
2,052
Number of sentences from the original entry that remain today : 0
October 2025 • Source: Harper's research
2,052
Number of sentences from the original entry that remain today : 0
October 2025 • Source: Harper's research
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Number of times the Wikipedia entry about the ship of Theseus has been edited since it was published in 2003 :
2,052
Number of sentences from the original entry that remain today : 0
October 2025 • Source: Harper's research
2,052
Number of sentences from the original entry that remain today : 0
October 2025 • Source: Harper's research
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Analyse van de partijprogramma's van de verschillende politieke partijen aangaande hun plannen met het wetenschappelijk onderwijs.
Maakt het wat makkelijker te besluiten wat te stemmen, wat mij betreft. #WOinActie
Maakt het wat makkelijker te besluiten wat te stemmen, wat mij betreft. #WOinActie
October 16, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Analyse van de partijprogramma's van de verschillende politieke partijen aangaande hun plannen met het wetenschappelijk onderwijs.
Maakt het wat makkelijker te besluiten wat te stemmen, wat mij betreft. #WOinActie
Maakt het wat makkelijker te besluiten wat te stemmen, wat mij betreft. #WOinActie
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If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
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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October 15, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Some thoughts on publishing venues as heuristics in evaluating academics, commercial publishing, and the rise of fascism: amwaltermann.com/2025/10/15/o...
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
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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.
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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.
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.
🔗 www.404media.co/lawyer-using...
🔗 www.404media.co/lawyer-using...
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...
www.404media.co
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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.
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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
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
October 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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
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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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.
October 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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.
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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
👇
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
Here, I analyse this choice & its theoretical & practical consequences - and why we may want to reconsider it
👇
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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
👇
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
Here, I analyse this choice & its theoretical & practical consequences - and why we may want to reconsider it
👇
dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781...
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Timeline cleanser 🐈
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Timeline cleanser 🐈
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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.
www.404media.co
October 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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...
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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September 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Inderdaad: de universiteit is geen talkshowtafel (en zou dat ook niet moeten worden ) 👇🏻