Mark Schroeder
@philosophymark.bsky.social
Writer, philosopher, teacher, dad, lapsed runner. Ethics, conflict, epistemology, language, metaphysics, mind, research methods. Interested in where the deepest questions in philosophy bump up against the most mundane experiences in ordinary life.
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"Dad, I never see one of your books win a Newberry Award."
- 10yo last night on the topic of whether I have a real job
- 10yo last night on the topic of whether I have a real job
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now - especially now - a reminder that we are going to win. and this is why
I attempted to go to an ICE patrol training here in LA this morning and they had to turn most of us away because of capacity issues and even as I was leaving I saw a ton more folks showing up
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
so that’s how well their attempts to scare everyone away are going, even in the face of murder
January 24, 2026 at 7:50 PM
now - especially now - a reminder that we are going to win. and this is why
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It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
January 24, 2026 at 5:15 PM
It has gotten so bad that the @nytimes.com has stopped using the passive voice to describe the violence.
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing
January 24, 2026 at 3:47 AM
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“.. People take part in a rally on the day of a general strike to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's deployment of thousands of immigration enforcement officers on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
January 23, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
I spent four of the most formative years of my life living in Minnesota. Feeling vicariously proud today despite the quarter century since then.
January 24, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I spent four of the most formative years of my life living in Minnesota. Feeling vicariously proud today despite the quarter century since then.
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There is evil and then there is this
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:33 AM
There is evil and then there is this
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Legalize Plato at Texas A&M.
#DefendHigherEd
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@texasaaup.bsky.social
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#DefendHigherEd
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Legalize Plato at Texas A&M.
#DefendHigherEd
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
#DefendHigherEd
@tamu-aaup.bsky.social
@texasaaup.bsky.social
@texasaft.org
I don’t think these questions are actually so independent. The author of a serial novel can shape the essence of their novel by what they write in later chapters. You can shape the narrative of your life by what you do next. What America’s essence is *depends* on what we do going forward.
"Given our past, how should we move forward?" is an important question.
"What is the essence of America?" is not.
"What is the essence of America?" is not.
January 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
I don’t think these questions are actually so independent. The author of a serial novel can shape the essence of their novel by what they write in later chapters. You can shape the narrative of your life by what you do next. What America’s essence is *depends* on what we do going forward.
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Cannot recommend this book highly enough. Excited to talk to C Thi Nguyen today for #WITHPod
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The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
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January 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Cannot recommend this book highly enough. Excited to talk to C Thi Nguyen today for #WITHPod
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bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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We have always been at war with Minnesota
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 AM
We have always been at war with Minnesota
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ME (when Phil Review rejects my paper again): I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
ME (when Phil Review rejects my paper again): I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace
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Forever chasing the high I felt the day I discovered Henri Bergson was an anagram of Herring bones
January 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Forever chasing the high I felt the day I discovered Henri Bergson was an anagram of Herring bones
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Texas A&M decided to publicly cancel my Ethics class, and share a false statement that I declined to provide information, which made it impossible for [them ] to request an exemption. See for yourself, if this statement is true.
They are getting creative!
They are getting creative!
ETHICS IS NOW CANCELED AT TEXAS A&M
Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....
Statement from Dr. Leonard Bright....
January 14, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Texas A&M decided to publicly cancel my Ethics class, and share a false statement that I declined to provide information, which made it impossible for [them ] to request an exemption. See for yourself, if this statement is true.
They are getting creative!
They are getting creative!
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🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
January 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
#Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
Let's normalize refereeing invitations where reading the submitted paper and writing a report is less work than logging into the journal management website.
January 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Let's normalize refereeing invitations where reading the submitted paper and writing a report is less work than logging into the journal management website.
Stephen Miller could apparently do with a review of the first few paragraphs of chapter 13 of Leviathan. Any of my students in Phil 270: Conceptual Foundations of Conflict this semester could explain the importance of the concept of _relative_ equality.
January 6, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Stephen Miller could apparently do with a review of the first few paragraphs of chapter 13 of Leviathan. Any of my students in Phil 270: Conceptual Foundations of Conflict this semester could explain the importance of the concept of _relative_ equality.
If I haven't gotten around to replying to an e-mail from 2020, how safe is it to assume that its sender has given up on me by now?
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
If I haven't gotten around to replying to an e-mail from 2020, how safe is it to assume that its sender has given up on me by now?
January 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Welp. Just sent the manuscript for When Things Get Personal to the press. Looking forward to working with @princetonupress.bsky.social and seeing the product in print in time for next year's holiday gifts!
December 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Welp. Just sent the manuscript for When Things Get Personal to the press. Looking forward to working with @princetonupress.bsky.social and seeing the product in print in time for next year's holiday gifts!
Philosophy writing normally suits my micromanagerial personality really well. I get to indulge my tendency to be controlling over how my ideas are understood. When Things Get Personal is totally different. My goal is to entice the reader to think things, not control what they are thinking.
December 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Philosophy writing normally suits my micromanagerial personality really well. I get to indulge my tendency to be controlling over how my ideas are understood. When Things Get Personal is totally different. My goal is to entice the reader to think things, not control what they are thinking.
Great opportunity today to pin down copyright on “54 minutes” and start recruiting reporters.
December 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Great opportunity today to pin down copyright on “54 minutes” and start recruiting reporters.
I often tell students that the best way to go through their writing carefully and see what is really in it is to go through it in reverse order, sentence by sentence. So at some level I know that works. But I'm actually doing it today with my book manuscript, and oh, boy.
December 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I often tell students that the best way to go through their writing carefully and see what is really in it is to go through it in reverse order, sentence by sentence. So at some level I know that works. But I'm actually doing it today with my book manuscript, and oh, boy.
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“AI is ruining the achievements of 3,000 years of meticulous scholarship. And they are refusing to pay me for my part in the destruction.”
Does seem to be the wrong battle.
Does seem to be the wrong battle.
We made a mistake by calling the output of AI ‘slop’. In academia it is now looking much more like toxic pollution, on the verge of laying waste to previously fertile plains. Suing for royalties is only a small part of the battle.
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
“AI is ruining the achievements of 3,000 years of meticulous scholarship. And they are refusing to pay me for my part in the destruction.”
Does seem to be the wrong battle.
Does seem to be the wrong battle.