Paul Kelleher
@paulkelleher.net
Moral and political philosophy, climate economics, bioethics
Author of *The Social Cost of Carbon* (OUP 2025) | Faculty @UWMadison, posting in personal capacity
Likes: Boston Celtics ☘️, bouldering, ebikes, funding public ed.
paulkelleher.net
Author of *The Social Cost of Carbon* (OUP 2025) | Faculty @UWMadison, posting in personal capacity
Likes: Boston Celtics ☘️, bouldering, ebikes, funding public ed.
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Paul Kelleher
@paulkelleher.net
· Oct 14
I don’t spam y’all much anymore about my book but a photographer at a department event snapped this handsome pic so send tweet
If you are an environmental econ or philosophy grad student who would like to read my book but can’t buy or otherwise access it, just email me!
Assuring my wife that No, no I didn’t fall asleep during The Diplomat why do you ask
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Assuring my wife that No, no I didn’t fall asleep during The Diplomat why do you ask
Every Nov 1 I awake charged that this is the month I get to enjoy Home for the Holidays (all-star cast, directed by Jodi Foster) over Thanksgiving leftovers. The only holiday film I absolutely have to watch every year.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Every Nov 1 I awake charged that this is the month I get to enjoy Home for the Holidays (all-star cast, directed by Jodi Foster) over Thanksgiving leftovers. The only holiday film I absolutely have to watch every year.
Befitting its eventual demise, my diaper posts on Twitter were legendary. I fondly remember one that featured this gif (no one got the Dad joke then either).
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Befitting its eventual demise, my diaper posts on Twitter were legendary. I fondly remember one that featured this gif (no one got the Dad joke then either).
He was very explicit this morning: after his new 2x2 cube arrived in the mail (while he’s at school), I was to set the new cube next to his 3x3 one on the ottoman so they could read Minecraft Blockopedia together.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
He was very explicit this morning: after his new 2x2 cube arrived in the mail (while he’s at school), I was to set the new cube next to his 3x3 one on the ottoman so they could read Minecraft Blockopedia together.
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I'm looking forward to moderating a conversation next Tuesday with former state officials from Massachusetts and Florida, as states look ahead to a health care landscape that can, understatedly, be described as "in flux"
You can register to stream live on YouTube: hsph.harvard.edu/events/whats...
You can register to stream live on YouTube: hsph.harvard.edu/events/whats...
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm looking forward to moderating a conversation next Tuesday with former state officials from Massachusetts and Florida, as states look ahead to a health care landscape that can, understatedly, be described as "in flux"
You can register to stream live on YouTube: hsph.harvard.edu/events/whats...
You can register to stream live on YouTube: hsph.harvard.edu/events/whats...
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What it looks like in the transcript versus what I actually said.
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What it looks like in the transcript versus what I actually said.
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
post a movie from where you are from
November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
post a movie from where you are from
Lindsey Halligan, just now: "That's right sir, dismissed. And sadly, this also means the statue of limitations has expired."
BREAKING: Comey case dismissed without prejudice. Halligan invalidly appointed, judge rules. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Lindsey Halligan, just now: "That's right sir, dismissed. And sadly, this also means the statue of limitations has expired."
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📣 New call for paper in OEconomia: "History of Climate Economics", edited by Christophe Cassen, @beatricecointe.bsky.social and Antoine Missemer.
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
History of Climate Economics
Editors of the Special Issue Christophe Cassen (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Béatrice Cointe (CNRS, CSI Paris) Antoine Missemer (CNRS, CIRED Paris) Call for Papers In 2018, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Eco...
journals.openedition.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📣 New call for paper in OEconomia: "History of Climate Economics", edited by Christophe Cassen, @beatricecointe.bsky.social and Antoine Missemer.
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
Extended abstract submission: January 15, 2026
More info ➡️ journals.openedition.org/oeconomia/19...
unconscionable. bsky academics would never
Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
I'm still relatively new to this journal associate editor business, but it already sucks… I've had a paper on my desk for more than a month now:
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
Reviewers invited: 12
Of those…
Declined: 5
No response: 7
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
unconscionable. bsky academics would never
In Memoriam: The Sudden Demise of the AMA Journal of Ethics
by @mattwynia.bsky.social and Kayhan Parsi.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
by @mattwynia.bsky.social and Kayhan Parsi.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | In Memoriam: The Sudden Demise of the AMA Journal of Ethics
A great loss for physicians, the profession, and the public
www.medpagetoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In Memoriam: The Sudden Demise of the AMA Journal of Ethics
by @mattwynia.bsky.social and Kayhan Parsi.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
by @mattwynia.bsky.social and Kayhan Parsi.
www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Beginning to worry my posting here isn't going to change the world.
UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%
Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Beginning to worry my posting here isn't going to change the world.
Lovely article. And in the back of my mind I kept thinking: This doesn't happen with out the ACA.
I loved this.
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
#books #booksky #amreading #writingcommunity #amwriting
#mindfulness #meditation #selfimprovement #wellness
How to Fix a Typewriter and Your Life (Gift Article)
This is the story of how a man traded steady, grinding corporate security for a dying craft and, in the process, found his soul.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Lovely article. And in the back of my mind I kept thinking: This doesn't happen with out the ACA.
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“Fewer than 1/4 of U.S. physicians are members of the AMA. Its financial stability now depends mostly on [licensing fees for AMA-created billing codes]. Financial dependence on a single, government-supported revenue stream leaves the AMA highly vulnerable to political pressure.”
The AMA is starting to fracture under political pressure. Our analysis explains what changed this week, and why it matters.
Why the AMA’s actions are raising alarms canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/11/22/w... by @codeblackamerica.bsky.social, @nicktsergas.ca
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Fewer than 1/4 of U.S. physicians are members of the AMA. Its financial stability now depends mostly on [licensing fees for AMA-created billing codes]. Financial dependence on a single, government-supported revenue stream leaves the AMA highly vulnerable to political pressure.”
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You can now preview the book, which means you can look and search inside, and I think read the acknowledgements (the most personal part of it by far) and the preface - there's a 'preview book' button below the cover:
Epistemic Injustice: An Introduction
Epistemic injustice is one of the most important yet complex subjects to have emerged in philosophy in recent years. It refers to the idea that a person can be wronged when they are not properly belie...
www.routledge.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
You can now preview the book, which means you can look and search inside, and I think read the acknowledgements (the most personal part of it by far) and the preface - there's a 'preview book' button below the cover:
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Unfortunately there's no option that turns off the permission for the LLM to be trained on your e-mails but retains spellcheck and the crucial automated tab sorting. When I turned it off my primary inbox jumped from 1300 to 83,000. I'm really not sure what to do here.
If you don't want your Gmail contents to be used to train Google's AI - here's how to opt out:
If You Use Gmail, You're Going To Want To Turn Off This 1 Automatic Setting ASAP
Plus: a quick guide to the two-step process for opting out.
www.huffpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Unfortunately there's no option that turns off the permission for the LLM to be trained on your e-mails but retains spellcheck and the crucial automated tab sorting. When I turned it off my primary inbox jumped from 1300 to 83,000. I'm really not sure what to do here.
A meeting? Meh. Wake me when Mamdani writes him beautiful letters and they fall in love.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
A meeting? Meh. Wake me when Mamdani writes him beautiful letters and they fall in love.
What if the more advisable successor to MOOKs turned out to be...BOOKs?
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.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What if the more advisable successor to MOOKs turned out to be...BOOKs?
Lately, instead of playing with Legos or talking my ear off about Minecraft, the kiddo has been choosing to spend his free 10-15min after breakfast and before the school bus doing this. Everyone wins.
November 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Lately, instead of playing with Legos or talking my ear off about Minecraft, the kiddo has been choosing to spend his free 10-15min after breakfast and before the school bus doing this. Everyone wins.
The only player ever to block *4* of Michael Jordan’s shots in one game. youtu.be/ni7t4swtdYw?...
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The only player ever to block *4* of Michael Jordan’s shots in one game. youtu.be/ni7t4swtdYw?...
When you shuffle a deck of cards, the chances the resulting order of cards has *ever* been obtained before by shuffling is so small that “if no it hasn’t then you get a ice cream, and if yes it has you get dead” is a more rational gamble than you’d take by driving to the shop for an ice cream.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
When you shuffle a deck of cards, the chances the resulting order of cards has *ever* been obtained before by shuffling is so small that “if no it hasn’t then you get a ice cream, and if yes it has you get dead” is a more rational gamble than you’d take by driving to the shop for an ice cream.
Is this because nurses are America’s most trusted source of health information?
I’m sorry that I don’t have anything intelligent to say right now because I am so fucking angry
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Is this because nurses are America’s most trusted source of health information?
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WTF - what kind of country are we living in?
This week, I withdrew from a speaking engagement at a public university because they sent me a list of prohibited “words & concepts.” I will not humor this censorship. It does a disservice to the stories I’m discussing & the audience, who deserve unfettered access to information & conversation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
WTF - what kind of country are we living in?