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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 2d

“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”

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Democrats Abroad @demsabroad.bsky.social · 2d

Calling all overseas Pennsylvania voters! This is your reminder to fill out your Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) now. Filling out this form annually allows you to receive your ballots and vote in any special elections that may occur. Head on over to votefromabroad.org to request your ballot!

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 8d

Omg that’s so fantastic!!!!

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 9d

This is a truly wonderful graphic. Note that they even made the worst possible choice with the one on the right.

Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 9d

Facebook memories reminds me that this was a year ago - undoubtedly the greatest political graphic of all time, taken from the 'Conservatism in Crisis' pamphlet released by Kemi Badenoch.

Two equilateral triangles side by side. The one on the left is labeled 20th century politics and is cut in half horizontally, with the smaller top half labeled 'right' and the larger bottom half labeled left. The triangle on the right is cut in half vertically, with the left side labeled right and the right side labeled left - this triangle is captioned 21st century politics.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 11d

An incredibly important election in a tiny country just went the right way. Moldova has resisted a huge Russian disinformation campaign and will not become a Russian puppet state.

Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 12d

Moldova 🇲🇩 👍

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Luvell Anderson @luke-rage.bsky.social · 14d

wrote something about disagreeable speech. find it here theopinionpages.com/2025/09/thou...

Thoughts on fighting disagreeable speech in the disinformation age | The Opinion Pages

We are currently at an inflection point, with a nation on the precipice. In moments of national crisis, presidential administrations often soothe a restless population with aspirational rhetoric. Lynd...

theopinionpages.com

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you for writing this!

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Andrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 17d

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 17d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 18d

Philosopher Talia Bettcher is starting a new series, responding to misconceptions about trans people. Here's her first, Part 1 of "Are Trans People Delusional?" She's so incredibly clear and careful-- I hope this reaches people.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyXj...

Are Trans People Delusional? (Part 1)

YouTube video by Trans Resistance Radio, Los Angeles

www.youtube.com

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 18d

This is really good and really important. Please share.

slick nik @coleskiiiiii.bsky.social · 19d

shit ain’t over til it’s over

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 19d

Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time

“While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'”

www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...

Alex O'Keefe, Award-Winning Black Screenwriter, Pulled From Train After White Woman Objects To How He Was Sitting

Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning Black screenwriter, was pulled from a train by the police after a white woman objected to his posture.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · 23d

www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...

Britain’s Bathroom Ban

The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 27d

Any news organization with a shred of decency would fire Brian Kilmeade immediately. There is no gray area about this.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27d

In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed

'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People

"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.

www.huffpost.com

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27d

wrote on charlie kirk for the newsletter this weekend

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

www.nytimes.com

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Sep 6

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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Abstract: Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or
even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in
the 21st with social media. For these collective blunders, we now regret our involvement or
apathy as scientists, and society struggles to put the genie back in the bottle. Currently, we
are similarly entangled with artificial intelligence (AI) technology. For example, software updates are rolled out seamlessly and non-consensually, Microsoft Office is bundled with chatbots, and we, our students, and our employers have had no say, as it is not
considered a valid position to reject AI technologies in our teaching and research. This
is why in June 2025, we co-authored an Open Letter calling on our employers to reverse
and rethink their stance on uncritically adopting AI technologies. In this position piece,
we expound on why universities must take their role seriously toa) counter the technology
industry’s marketing, hype, and harm; and to b) safeguard higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, and scientific integrity. We include pointers to
relevant work to further inform our colleagues.

Figure 1. A cartoon set theoretic view on various terms (see Table 1) used when discussing the superset AI
(black outline, hatched background): LLMs are in orange; ANNs are in magenta; generative models are
in blue; and finally, chatbots are in green. Where these intersect, the colours reflect that, e.g. generative adversarial network (GAN) and Boltzmann machine (BM) models are in the purple subset because they are
both generative and ANNs. In the case of proprietary closed source models, e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT and
Apple’s Siri, we cannot verify their implementation and so academics can only make educated guesses (cf.
Dingemanse 2025). Undefined terms used above: BERT (Devlin et al. 2019); AlexNet (Krizhevsky et al.
2017); A.L.I.C.E. (Wallace 2009); ELIZA (Weizenbaum 1966); Jabberwacky (Twist 2003); linear discriminant analysis (LDA); quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA).

Table 1. Below some of the typical terminological disarray is untangled. Importantly, none of these terms
are orthogonal nor do they exclusively pick out the types of products we may wish to critique or proscribe.

Protecting the Ecosystem of Human Knowledge: Five Principles

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · Sep 4

Brilliant analysis by Tim Kenyon explaining how Trump's use of bald-faced bullshit can help us to understand the anger of some of his most loyal supporters over the Epstein files.

theconversation.com/donald-trump...

Donald Trump’s penchant for bullshit explains MAGA anger about the Epstein files

Donald Trump’s supporters perceive, perhaps for the first time, that they are now targets of his political bullshit about Jeffrey Epstein rather than amused witnesses to it. And they don’t like it

theconversation.com

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · Sep 3

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

Opinion | Why the Texas Democrats’ Walkout Worked

www.nytimes.com

Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · Sep 3

NASSP/CSWIP Conference: Joy, Care, and Resistance (July 16-18. 2026)

www.northamericansocietyforsocialphilosophy.org/2026-nassp-c...

Please share widely!

2026 NASSP & CSWIP CFA (due March 1, 2026) – NASSP

www.northamericansocietyforsocialphilosophy.org

Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · Aug 23

How cool!

Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · Aug 22

Omg!! What article, and where?

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm very pleased to share this new short paper! It's a response to a very nice review, but also a preview of some new directions in my research.

social-epistemology.com/2025/07/14/d...

Dogwhistles, Figleaves, and Slogans in the Second Trump Term, Jennifer Saul

social-epistemology.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · Jul 11

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

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Jenny Saul @jennysaul.bsky.social · Jul 10

I am delighted to announce that I'm going to be a Professorial fellow at St Andrews for the next 4 years, spending 6 weeks per year in residence! It will be great to spend so much time back in the UK, and to get to know St Andrews!
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

News - Department of Philosophy - University of St Andrews

Three new Professorial Fellows in Philosophy appointed | University of St Andrews

www.st-andrews.ac.uk

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