etyesteinberg.bsky.social
@etyesteinberg.bsky.social
Philosophy. PhD @ UofToronto. Postdoc @ Hebrew U (and Tel-Aviv U; and UofHaifa). All opinions are cognitive attitudes.
Laundry used to be a once a week thing.
Now, if we do it once a day, we're just slightly behind.
November 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I think it's really cool when journals decide to slow down the peer-review process so that job candidates can truthfully write 'under review at...' on their CV.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 PM
On the one hand, 1yo has been going to daycare since sep, on a week-on-week-off basis because he keeps getting whatever virus they're handing out that week.
On the other hand, daycare costs like renting another apt.
So it's a really sweet deal for everyone.
November 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Give drugs to kids = Go to jail
Give drug-like tech to kids = Make billions
#NihilismAndTechnology
Top Meta staff allegedly compared Instagram to a drug and worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children, even as they appeared to acknowledge their technology was harmful. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
‘We’re basically pushers’: Court filing alleges staff at social media giants compared their platforms to drugs
Meta said the allegations “rely on cherry-picked quotes and misinformed opinions” to present a misleading narrative.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Gonna apply for this open-open TT position highlighting my ethics-action-pol.phil-ai-business.ethics-mind-early.modern mega specialty on the one hand, and how on the other hand I'm still improving my PRs with a simple 3-day full body workout split, emphasizing recovery over volume.
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So far, this baby has experienced sleep regression in the following months:
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I'm excited to see what the future holds for this guy.
November 23, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Congrats to these guys on their new job¡ (I'm guessing they're non binary)
November 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Ilana Shpaizman and I are chairing a super interesting panel in IWPP5 in Ottawa in July, on the Politics of Government Ministries in the Policy Process. Please share and consider submitting your work - we'd love to see you there! call for papers👇
www.ippapublicpolicy.org/conference/i...
IPPA - List of Panels
www.ippapublicpolicy.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
First rejection letter of the season.
And so it begins to end.
November 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
This final paper is probably the worst I've ever read.
November 3, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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BREAKING: economist discovers “second shift,” a concept coined by sociologists almost 50 years ago; gives it new, stupider, and less explicitly labor-oriented name
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
היו המון מים חמים בימים האחרונים, מה שהפך את המקלחות לממש ארוכות ומהנות.

מסתבר שהבוילר היה דלוק שבוע.
October 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
אני איתי, ואני אוהב וופלים לימון
October 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I love how they just put up a huge ladder and everyone around was just 'ah, such is life, oui?'
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Man Still Trying To Find Right Work-Anxiety–Life-Anxiety Balance https://theonion.com/man-still-trying-to-find-right-work-anxiety-life-anxiet-1819575766/
October 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis
CAIRO—As part of a historic ceasefire agreement with Hamas following two years of war, the Israeli government reportedly agreed Thursday to go back to killing Palestinians on a less frequent basis. “I...
theonion.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm not one to brag much, but apparently, according to PhilPeople, someone for University College Dublin viewed one of my papers.
That's right.
I'm sooo getting a job* now thanks to this.

* Not in academia, not in philosophy.
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
In Warsaw, went to the royal palace, got some ideas for department design
October 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just had Oreos for dinner.

I will not be taking any questions at this time.
September 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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People are still organizing international conferences in the US. Have you lost your mind?
September 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
אני לא מבין למה אין שקיות גדולות יותר של במבה אדומה
September 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Urs is on FIRE!
🇩🇪🐻
September 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I'd like to thank the student who wrote in their teaching evals that I was the worst Prof they had in their entire undergrad studies. It really increased my productivity today, and I have definitely not been scrolling through YouTube for the last 3 hours avoiding anything life-related.
September 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Original footage of my 9mo left at daycare for the first time ever:

youtu.be/3ZWoWB1JTnA?...
Family Guy - (S5xE1) Get back in here and love me
YouTube video by dontMINDmyCONTROLler
youtu.be
September 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM