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Tony Chemero
@tonychemero.bsky.social
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Philosophy and Psychology professor at University of Cincinnati. Embodied cognition, AI, social cognition, phenomenology, critical theory. Against fascism, like everyone should be.
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Philosophy at Cincinnati has a new NEH-funded research center on AI and humanities. Honored to be among the speakers at the upcoming inaugural conference.

Of note to early career folks, there is funding to subsidize travel!
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!

uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
uchumanitiestech.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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davidgraeberinst.bsky.social
We recently published a lesser known article by David Graeber written in 2013 called - Buncombe.

Here is the piece and an extract.

davidgraeber.org/articles/bun...
"America is a country made possible by hucksterism and carnival buncombe. It's the birthplace of both modern PR and advertising, the first place on earth to apply techniques of commercial marketing to politics, and a country where, for at least thirty years, the economy has been driven by the engine of finance, that is, by the magical creation of wealth through financial securities and derivatives. When you consider those U.S companies that still produce commodities now devote themselves mainly to developing brands and images, you realize that American capitalism conjures value into being chiefly by convincing everyone it’s there." . - David Graeber
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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meganranney.bsky.social
New paper reminds us yet again: HOMICIDE is the leading cause of death for pregnant women.

Gun violence & partner violence are related.

All-cause homicide & firearm homicide of pregnant women are higher, in states w/ higher calculated firearm ownership (1/x 🧵

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Firearm Homicide in Pregnant Women and State-Level Firearm Ownership
This cross-sectional study examines firearm homicide rates in pregnant compared with nonpregnant women and whether estimated state-level firearm ownership is associated with homicide deaths among preg...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
Failed country.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Ok, so this is multiply nerdy and maybe I am insane, but… in chapter 18 of his new book ”Shadow Ticket”, Thomas Pynchon seems to have a song about the Heaviside step function.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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@edbaggs.bsky.social, @valtour.bsky.social, Sarah Bro Trasmundi, and yours truly teach a Ph.D. course on Cognitive Processes in Social Settings - at Syddansk Universitet – University of Southern Denmark, January 7-9, 2026.
November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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edbaggs.bsky.social
@zachpeck.bsky.social and @tonychemero.bsky.social argue that radical embodiment has implications for ethics - if embodiment erodes the boundaries of the self, does it also erode the boundaries of moral agency? Happily, feminist philosophers have thought carefully about this

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A Radical Embodied Account of Responsibility - Topoi
In this paper, we argue that radical embodied cognitive science implies an ethics of responsibility that prioritizes what we refer to as taking collective responsibility. By taking responsibility, we ...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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New paper out today with Zach Peck, “A radical embodied account of responsibility”. Not open access alas. Hit me up if you want a copy.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A Radical Embodied Account of Responsibility - Topoi
In this paper, we argue that radical embodied cognitive science implies an ethics of responsibility that prioritizes what we refer to as taking collective responsibility. By taking responsibility, we ...
link.springer.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
tonychemero.bsky.social
Yesterday was an inspiring day in the US, the best of the year. Today is also good: a new Juana Molina album came out.
Cover of Doga, album by Juana Molina.
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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I would love to be a subscriber to Teen Rogue.
kellylynnedang.bsky.social Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 21d
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.

we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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hammancheez.bsky.social
You heard me
90s kid giving fingerguns in stylised video game neon backdrop saying “I don’t really give a fuck what people buy with food stamps and if you do it’s because you’re a fucking loser”
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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For months now, @teenvogue.com has been our media’s greatest caller of bullshit. Apparently this is over.
lexmcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 22d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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rodneyabrooks.bsky.social
A short essay following up on the recently rediscovered poem by Adrienne Rich, titled "Artificial Intelligence", and written in 1961. I do what she suggested back then. I forced AI systems to write some poems. rodneybrooks.com/a-prophetic-...
A Prophetic Poem about Artificial Intelligence Written in 1961 – Rodney Brooks
rodneybrooks.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Apparently there was a Gatsby party at Mar a Lago, while Trump is trying to kick 42 million off SNAP
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Looking forward to this!
#philsci #cogsky #CognitiveNeuroscience

www.merex-project.org/workshop-2026

@tonychemero.bsky.social @dcm.social.sunet.se.ap.brid.gy @davidcolaco.bsky.social @francesegan.bsky.social @gualtiero.bsky.social @laurennross.bsky.social @okaydaniellle.bsky.social
nirfresco.bsky.social nirfresco.bsky.social @nirfresco.bsky.social · 27d
We are pleased to announce that our next workshop on explanatory paradigms in cognitive neuroscience (examining pluralism, integration, and elimination as competing alternatives) will take place on 25th to 27th February at TU Berlin. You're most welcome to join us there 😀
October 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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October 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
WATCH: “A MASTER PLAN”

Usually stoic Kushner silently panics as Witkoff spills the beans on the Trump regime’s war profiteering in Gaza - they’ve been working on for ‘TWO YEARS’🤔

(But don’t worry, apparently $50 Billion is “not a lot of money”! 💰🙃)

PSA: This slip-up should be a big deal.
October 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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At some point it has to become clear that this tech exists is to create a more toxic society and enrich its owners. These uses are not aberrations but rather the entire purpose.
OpenAI's Sora 2 Can Generate Videos of Celebrities Appearing to Shout Racial Slurs
OpenAI's Sora 2 video generation model can be exploited to push misinformation and depict public figures behaving badly despite promised guardrails.
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October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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abeba.bsky.social
dear US friends, when a sitting president (re)builds the seat of government, it almost always means the president has no intention of leaving at the end of term. your African friends with decades of experience
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I've been talking about ecological neuroscience and other topics with @braininspired.bsky.social on the Brain Inspired podcast. You can check it out here 👇
youtu.be/Aj3LyStBgpg
BI 223 Vicente Raja: Ecological Psychology Motifs in Neuroscience
YouTube video by Brain Inspired
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October 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
X post today from Homeland Security @DHSgov that says "Remigrate." 3:06 PM · Oct 14, 2025
October 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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darrigomelanie.bsky.social
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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surkea.bsky.social
We don't need AI, but we do need a livable Earth. We can't have both.

#fuckAI#ArtistsAgainstAI#AgainstAI#SayNoToAI
July 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM