Professor Power
@powerofacademe.bsky.social
16thC after it was cool. Any pronouns except 'it.' Political theorist (ops =/= my employer's). Tired Jew. Solo parent. Curmudgeon extraordinaire.
Pinned
My summary of the 'torah' of gender, standing on one foot:
Gender can and should be a home, not a prison. That is the entire teaching. The rest is interpretation.
(inspiration: www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.31a....)
Gender can and should be a home, not a prison. That is the entire teaching. The rest is interpretation.
(inspiration: www.sefaria.org/Shabbat.31a....)
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Kant's moral philosophy
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Kant's moral philosophy
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This is very important. It's beyond astonishing that a former Cabinet minister and Canadian diplomat just appeared *again* before a Parliamentary committee pushing demonstrably false claims and it's gone unnoticed--and unreported-on--til now.
After former MP Chris Alexander's explosive accusations against reporter David Pugliese were debunked by experts, the media simply moved on. In his latest editor's letter, @cstarnino.bsky.social considers why journalists left the case's tough questions untouched: thewalrus.ca/was-chris-alexan...
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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I came; I froze in line for two hours; I was shuffled by the celebrities before I knew what was going on. With any luck, Connor & Hudson will become such megastars that I'll be able to sell their early career signatures & buy myself a sweet retirement gift in 30 years. Hurray for gay hockey romance!
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I came; I froze in line for two hours; I was shuffled by the celebrities before I knew what was going on. With any luck, Connor & Hudson will become such megastars that I'll be able to sell their early career signatures & buy myself a sweet retirement gift in 30 years. Hurray for gay hockey romance!
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Respectfully, what he said.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Respectfully, what he said.
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Grateful to The Verge for publishing my essay on why large-language models are not going to achieve general intelligence nor push the scientific frontier.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Here are my top 10 dogs carrying big sticks!
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"Hormone Therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time, extending prior findings with a larger sample and longer follow-up." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Changes in Suicidality among Transgender Adolescents Following Hormone Therapy: An Extended Study
To examine changes in suicidality following hormone therapy (HT) among transgender and gender-diverse adolescents and young adults.A retrospective cha…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"Hormone Therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time, extending prior findings with a larger sample and longer follow-up." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Marriage [absolutely not]
Hope
Butt
Hope
Butt
the first 3 words you see will define your 2026 😳
beach
friend
boobs
beach
friend
boobs
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Marriage [absolutely not]
Hope
Butt
Hope
Butt
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just straight up just saying the "see? men simply need patriarchy. we have to bring back literal father-rule, literal father-entitlement. to save men" quiet part out loud now huh
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 PM
just straight up just saying the "see? men simply need patriarchy. we have to bring back literal father-rule, literal father-entitlement. to save men" quiet part out loud now huh
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we don't need to do this
we could stop it if we wanted to
we could stop it if we wanted to
“After having extensive conversations with ChatGPT about his depression and suicidal ideation, ChatGPT still provided Joshua with information on how to purchase and use a gun, according to the court complaint reviewed by USA TODAY.”
He told ChatGPT he was suicidal. It helped with his plan, family says.
A lawsuit against OpenAI claims that Joshua Enneking, 26, was coached into suicide by ChatGPT after confiding in the chatbot for months.
www.usatoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
we don't need to do this
we could stop it if we wanted to
we could stop it if we wanted to
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just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
I’m a novelist who’s just bought a video games company. Here’s why you should care about games writing | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 AM
just incredibly thrilled to announce that after months and months of uncertainty over the future of the game, and several I have bought Zombies, Run!, the game I co-created and have been making for the past 12 years:
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
zombiesrungame.com
observer.co.uk/the-critics/...
Just missed a call from "Antarctica."
Hope it wasn't important...
Hope it wasn't important...
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just missed a call from "Antarctica."
Hope it wasn't important...
Hope it wasn't important...
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A shameful day for Ontario.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
A shameful day for Ontario.
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The U.S. State Department is repeating a white nationalist conspiracy theory.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
November 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The U.S. State Department is repeating a white nationalist conspiracy theory.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
On Friday, it claimed that “mass migration poses an existential threat to Western civilization.”
That line comes straight from the Great Replacement myth: the lie that immigration is a plot to erase white populations.
It's been a while since I was tempted to check out the Musky hellsite, but it seems like all the exciting updates from people at the Heated Rivalry premiere screening in Montreal tonight are over there...
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 AM
It's been a while since I was tempted to check out the Musky hellsite, but it seems like all the exciting updates from people at the Heated Rivalry premiere screening in Montreal tonight are over there...
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Donald Glover says he suffered stroke during Childish Gambino tour
Donald Glover suffered a stroke during Childish Gambino tour: 'They found a hole in my heart'
Donald Glover has revealed that he suffered a stroke during his 2024 Childish Gambino tour: 'They found a hole in my heart.'
ew.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Donald Glover says he suffered stroke during Childish Gambino tour
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
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Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Fascinating read on how a suspicious pitch highlighted a growing problem in freelance journalism: A flood of generative AI that even prestige publications don't catch, complete with fabricated quotes, from scammers who see opportunity in a field so many real humans are struggling to survive in.
Bluesky needs to give us the option of limiting who can mention us (e.g. only followers or mutual follows, etc.). Is there, like, a petition I can sign for this or something?
November 23, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Bluesky needs to give us the option of limiting who can mention us (e.g. only followers or mutual follows, etc.). Is there, like, a petition I can sign for this or something?
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
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Broken Promises- Sexual Exploitation of Children on Facebook (2020)
www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/bro...
www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/bro...
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Broken Promises- Sexual Exploitation of Children on Facebook (2020)
www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/bro...
www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/bro...