Nikhil Venkatesh
@nikvenkatesh.bsky.social
Mainly philosophy and cricket
I was there last time and I will be there again!
one of these promoted teams is going to break Derby's points records at last. unfortunately it might be Derby again.
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I was there last time and I will be there again!
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Just looked back at this, which I wrote two and a half years ago. A foray into decision theory in memory of a true hero, Daniel Ellsberg. I'm quite proud of it. www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
Daniel Ellsberg: Real Life Decision Theory
www.lse.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Just looked back at this, which I wrote two and a half years ago. A foray into decision theory in memory of a true hero, Daniel Ellsberg. I'm quite proud of it. www.lse.ac.uk/philosophy/n...
The most rational economic system ever devised, ladies and gentlemen!
January 28, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The most rational economic system ever devised, ladies and gentlemen!
"For the good of all, first the poor" - Rawls lives on in Mexico www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...
The Fourth Transformation | David Adler, Vanessa Romero Rocha, and Michael Galant
The political economy of Claudia Sheinbaum’s popularity
www.phenomenalworld.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 AM
"For the good of all, first the poor" - Rawls lives on in Mexico www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...
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Composition by Jean Hélion, 1934
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137344
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137344
January 26, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Composition by Jean Hélion, 1934
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137344
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137344
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It's obviously good that citizens with smartphones can create multiple records of these shootings and undercut propaganda and government lies about them. But I find it a little deranging that being an informed news consumer in 2026 requires watching what are essentially snuff videos in slow-mo.
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
It's obviously good that citizens with smartphones can create multiple records of these shootings and undercut propaganda and government lies about them. But I find it a little deranging that being an informed news consumer in 2026 requires watching what are essentially snuff videos in slow-mo.
Preventing the most popular politician in the country from standing for Parliament is a total dereliction of duty by the NEC www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee
Decision likely to set off ferocious row between Keir Starmer loyalists and allies of Greater Manchester mayor
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Preventing the most popular politician in the country from standing for Parliament is a total dereliction of duty by the NEC www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"I really like the ideas of Jeremy Bentham."
"The ones about maximising pleasure and treating everyone equally?"
"Not those ones, no."
"Animal welfare? Decriminalising consensual sexual acts? Expanding democratic accountability?"
"Not exactly."
"Which ones then?"
"Oh, you know the ones..."
"The ones about maximising pleasure and treating everyone equally?"
"Not those ones, no."
"Animal welfare? Decriminalising consensual sexual acts? Expanding democratic accountability?"
"Not exactly."
"Which ones then?"
"Oh, you know the ones..."
Shabana Mahmood here, whose “ultimate vision” is to turn the world into a prison
January 23, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"I really like the ideas of Jeremy Bentham."
"The ones about maximising pleasure and treating everyone equally?"
"Not those ones, no."
"Animal welfare? Decriminalising consensual sexual acts? Expanding democratic accountability?"
"Not exactly."
"Which ones then?"
"Oh, you know the ones..."
"The ones about maximising pleasure and treating everyone equally?"
"Not those ones, no."
"Animal welfare? Decriminalising consensual sexual acts? Expanding democratic accountability?"
"Not exactly."
"Which ones then?"
"Oh, you know the ones..."
Very interesting thread
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 23, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Very interesting thread
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My Sheffield colleagues are locked out for not mitigating strike action and doing the teaching they haven’t been paid for, please donate to @sheffielducu.bsky.social if you can spare a few quid: www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 21, 2026 at 2:23 PM
My Sheffield colleagues are locked out for not mitigating strike action and doing the teaching they haven’t been paid for, please donate to @sheffielducu.bsky.social if you can spare a few quid: www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Well that’s me locked out. No pay for the foreseeable future, all because I refuse to reschedule lost teaching, for which I have already lost pay as part of the strike. Please donate to support @sheffielducu.bsky.social members like me at www.gofundme.com/f/heubvb-sup...
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Gilt traders be like..
January 22, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Gilt traders be like..
Not my subdsicipline, but I remember enjoying and being persuaded by Bas van Fraassen's The Scientific Image when I read it as an undergrad dailynous.com/2026/01/21/b...
dailynous.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Not my subdsicipline, but I remember enjoying and being persuaded by Bas van Fraassen's The Scientific Image when I read it as an undergrad dailynous.com/2026/01/21/b...
I don't think it's morally wrong to use ChatGPT in this way, but it doesn't appeal to me. Talking ideas over with colleagues is fun, getting into a new area of literature is fun, first drafts are where I do most of my thinking dailynous.com/2026/01/19/h...
Have Pen, Laptop, and ChatGPT, Will Publish (guest post) - Daily Nous
How, as a researcher, can you use AI tools like ChatGPT in a way that doesn't compromise your integrity, creativity, and independence? In the following guest post, Jimmy Alfonso Licon (Arizona State U...
dailynous.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I don't think it's morally wrong to use ChatGPT in this way, but it doesn't appeal to me. Talking ideas over with colleagues is fun, getting into a new area of literature is fun, first drafts are where I do most of my thinking dailynous.com/2026/01/19/h...
Criticising Keir Starmer for not conscripting me to fight an unwinnable war for Denmark's control of Greenland (from the left)
January 19, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Criticising Keir Starmer for not conscripting me to fight an unwinnable war for Denmark's control of Greenland (from the left)
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Hi it's me, author of "Fuck Unions: Why Dems Need To Destroy Those Dirty Sweaty Hogpeople" back with my latest book, "Gone Woke: How Democrats Lost Their Connection To The Working Class"
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Hi it's me, author of "Fuck Unions: Why Dems Need To Destroy Those Dirty Sweaty Hogpeople" back with my latest book, "Gone Woke: How Democrats Lost Their Connection To The Working Class"
Who put it better: Bruce Springsteen or Karl Marx?
![Lyrics to Bruce Springsteen, 'Because the Night', live version.
[Verse 1]
Take me now, baby, here as I am
Pull me close, try and understand
I work all day out in the hot sun
Break my back 'til the morning comes
[Pre-Chorus]
Come on now, try and understand
The way I feel when I'm in your hands
Take me now as the sun descends
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now
They can't hurt you now
[Chorus]
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
Because the night belongs to lovers
Because the night belongs to us
[Verse 2]
What I got, I have earned
What I'm not, baby, I have learned
Desire and hunger is the fire I breathe
Just stay in my bed 'til the morning comes](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:owmyoibsm4nzsnzrjij5bgb2/bafkreifkxxyjgqjucpfdfkhtbb3xqv6mbqayc3yb4tes55vrhy6q7eucmq@jpeg)
January 16, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Who put it better: Bruce Springsteen or Karl Marx?
Very confusingly, the new leader of Reform in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, founded an investment firm named 'Badenoch and Co.' badenoch.scot/about-us/
Kemi Badenoch's husband is in finance but I don't think was involved in the firm
Kemi Badenoch's husband is in finance but I don't think was involved in the firm
About Us
badenoch.scot
January 15, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Very confusingly, the new leader of Reform in Scotland, Malcolm Offord, founded an investment firm named 'Badenoch and Co.' badenoch.scot/about-us/
Kemi Badenoch's husband is in finance but I don't think was involved in the firm
Kemi Badenoch's husband is in finance but I don't think was involved in the firm
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Gascoigne: "Bad luck, the capital of France is 'Paris'!"
Paxman: "No, I wanted [reading these words for the first time in his life] 'Khertek Anchimaa-Toka'. Obviously."
Rajan: "I can't accept that I'm afraid. It's [you miss the answer because you're dazzled by the studio lights off his huge watch]"
Paxman: "No, I wanted [reading these words for the first time in his life] 'Khertek Anchimaa-Toka'. Obviously."
Rajan: "I can't accept that I'm afraid. It's [you miss the answer because you're dazzled by the studio lights off his huge watch]"
January 15, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Gascoigne: "Bad luck, the capital of France is 'Paris'!"
Paxman: "No, I wanted [reading these words for the first time in his life] 'Khertek Anchimaa-Toka'. Obviously."
Rajan: "I can't accept that I'm afraid. It's [you miss the answer because you're dazzled by the studio lights off his huge watch]"
Paxman: "No, I wanted [reading these words for the first time in his life] 'Khertek Anchimaa-Toka'. Obviously."
Rajan: "I can't accept that I'm afraid. It's [you miss the answer because you're dazzled by the studio lights off his huge watch]"
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
The world of politics is pretty depressing in various ways, but there is nothing that cheers me up more than seeing Tories rip each other apart
ROBERT JENRICK SACKED FOR PLANNING DEFECTION
Badenoch: "I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his Shadow Cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party."
Badenoch: "I was presented with clear, irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect in a way designed to be as damaging as possible to his Shadow Cabinet colleagues and the wider Conservative Party."
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The world of politics is pretty depressing in various ways, but there is nothing that cheers me up more than seeing Tories rip each other apart
For vaguely feminist reasons (and because we inherited a lot of clothes from boy cousins and friends) we often dress our baby daughter in clothes made for boys. But I'd feel much weirder about dressing a baby boy in girl-coded clothes. This attitude seems irrational but I think is widespread
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
For vaguely feminist reasons (and because we inherited a lot of clothes from boy cousins and friends) we often dress our baby daughter in clothes made for boys. But I'd feel much weirder about dressing a baby boy in girl-coded clothes. This attitude seems irrational but I think is widespread
For vaguely feminist reasons (and because we inherited a lot of clothes from boy cousins and friends) we often dress our baby daughter in clothes made for boys. But I'd feel much weirder about dressing a baby boy in girl-coded clothes. This attitude seems irrational but I think is widespread
January 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
For vaguely feminist reasons (and because we inherited a lot of clothes from boy cousins and friends) we often dress our baby daughter in clothes made for boys. But I'd feel much weirder about dressing a baby boy in girl-coded clothes. This attitude seems irrational but I think is widespread