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Alan Richardson
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Professor of Philosophy, UBC
Faculty Member, Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program, UBC
Philosophy of Science
History of Philosophy of Science

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 13h
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
yasharali.bsky.social Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14h
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
Pete Hegseth * G @PeteHegseth X.com Your wish is our command, Andrew. Just sunk another narco boat. Andrew Kolvet • @AndrewKolvet • 3h Every new attack aimed at Pete Hegseth makes me want another narco drug boat blown up and sent to the bottom of the ocean. x.com/SenSchumer/sta...

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 16h
Supreme Court sides with tyranny over democracy
stevenmazie.bsky.social Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 17h
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16h
No one could’ve predicted that putting a lot of Opus Dei weirdos on the Supreme Court would end our democracy

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 16h
Jake Paul is now Wykeham Professor of Logic

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Prism @prismreports.org · 16h
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 16h
Framing GenAI as a battle between teachers and students is a red herring. Students and educators are on the same side. The real opposition are the data extraction firms and brokerages and their allies among the managerial class.

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Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 17h
BREAKING: Supreme Court sides with Texas Republicans in fight over congressional map. The new gerrymandered map will be used in the 2026 midterms. The vote is 6–3, with the Republican appointees siding with Texas.

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 17h
#BREAKING: Over dissents from the three democratic appointees, #SCOTUS puts Texas's new House maps back into effect for (and, presumably, through) the 2026 midterms.

The three Democratic appointees, in an opinion by Justice Kagan, dissent.

I'll post the ruling shortly.

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 17h
CNN has so much to answer for. $20 trillion?!! What a joke.

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 18h
You don’t want to burn down the world for a chance to drive a Pinto Woody revival? Surely everyone knows 70s American cars were the apex of the industry!
1973 blue Pinto wagon with fake wood paneling

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 18h
This is a parody, right? Does he think that beneath the crust is a soft warm apple filling?

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 18h
“Eating and shelter??” Democrat hoax!!
nycjayjay.bsky.social Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 18h
I give it two weeks.

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 18h
Carney is such a tone deaf politician. Few of the Canadians worried about the weaponized federal police unit in the USA—you know the people who voted for Carney—find these things reassuring at this moment.
mark-carney.bsky.social Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 21h
Canadians deserve to be safe in your communities.

That’s why we’re hiring 1,000 more RCMP personnel and strengthening the Criminal Code — to help keep violent and repeat offenders off your streets.

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 18h
Turn off Fox News and get your vaccinations, including the flu shot.

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Children’s hospitals face flood of flu visits as physicians urge Canadian families to get vaccinated | CBC News
An early start to Canada’s flu season is hitting children hard, sending a flood of young patients into multiple pediatric hospitals as medical teams warn that emergency visits and admissions could kee...
www.cbc.ca

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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 18h
I give it two weeks.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 19h
hi i'm a billionaire my company, which will definitely not murder everyone, is named SauronMurdersEveryone Inc after the beloved jrr tolkien character sauron whom i have always admired for his disruptive use of world changing technology and for murdering everyone

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 19h
$1200 is only higher than 2.9% if you earn less than about $41,000 and the average wage in the USA is about $66,000 so what is this asshole talking about?
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
FOX: The numbers that we looked at show that inflation is still higher than wage growth

HASSETT: No. Wage growth is higher than inflation now. I'll send you an email

FOX: Inflation is at 2.9%

HASSETT: Real wage growth is $1,200 over the year. I'll show it to you

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 19h
“Everything is gender” theory finds more confirmation
manhattan.institute/article/the-...
Manhattan Institute The Current GOP overwhelmingly—69% to 24%— believes that American society is "too feminine" and that more masculine thinking is needed. Men are the most likely to hold this view (78% to 17%), but women also agree by a substantial margin (58% to 31%). Support is especially high among black Republicans (77% to 19%) and Hispanic Republicans (75% to 21%). The data also provide evidence for a broader generational and educational backlash among younger conservatives, particularly men. Although college graduates in the general population are less likely to support Trump, college-educated Republicans are more likely than their non-college counterparts to endorse the view that society has become too feminine. Younger Republican men, who have experienced these dynamics most directly, express the strongest support: 83% of Current GOP men under 50 agree, and nearly half (46%) strongly agree.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h
FOX: The numbers that we looked at show that inflation is still higher than wage growth

HASSETT: No. Wage growth is higher than inflation now. I'll send you an email

FOX: Inflation is at 2.9%

HASSETT: Real wage growth is $1,200 over the year. I'll show it to you

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Brett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 19h
Those asking me for advice about the philosophy job market should know I once set up a custom RSS feed so I would get notified every time someone posted a comment on the Cocoon job market thread (so I could be sad about not getting job X as quickly as possible). So uh you don't want my advice

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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 20h
Palmer Luckey Wants to Take War Beneath the Earth's Crust https://gizmodo.com/palmer-luckey-wants-to-take-war-beneath-the-earths-crust-2000695764
Palmer Luckey Wants to Take War Beneath the Earth's Crust
"People think it's some kind of crazy, crazy, nutty thing," said Luckey.
gizmodo.com

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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov · 20h
Pete Hegseth is not qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense. Our troops deserve better.

He must resign.

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Toby Svoboda @tobysvoboda.bsky.social · 20h
Although very distinguished, the Wykeham Professor is required to fight Mike Tyson, a fact that is strangely omitted in the job description. #philsky philjobs.org/job/show/30445
Wykeham Professorship of Logic, University of Oxford - PhilJobs:JFP Wykeham Professorship of Logic, University of Oxford
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 21h
Canadians deserve to be safe in your communities.

That’s why we’re hiring 1,000 more RCMP personnel and strengthening the Criminal Code — to help keep violent and repeat offenders off your streets.

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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 22h
Apologies for yelling, but—

ERIC TRUMP'S NET WORTH HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT $360 MILLION IN THE PAST YEAR.

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 22h
Terrible writer who is a terrible person writing terribly about terrible people, especially herself, isn’t really a winning pitch.
kissphoria.bsky.social gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d
people do not care about niche media gossip besides people in media

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 22h
A picture is worth a 1000 words. The birth dose of hepatitis B vaccines in the USA eliminated perinatally acquired hepatitis B infection from over 20,000 cases a year before the vaccine was introduced to <20 cases a year. The gaslighting by the current members ACIP is obscene, unethical and cruel.

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 22h
And we all saw it on tv
macfarlanenews.bsky.social Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 22h
Reminder about Jan 6:

it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 22h
Reminder about Jan 6:

it really happened
It was a horror
140+ police were injured
A range of violent weapons were used by attackers
Chants to hang Mike Pence were heard
There was a gallows and guns
Pipe bombs diverted police as mob approached

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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 22h
That last point. Cassidy really has enormous leverage if he wants to use it. He would win this fight. Worst case is he winds up losing a primary and spends his 70s (he's 68 now) as a hero to millions. He'll likely never have as much influence over anything again as he has over this right now.
mattmotta.bsky.social Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 1d
ACIP may end universal Hep B vaccination today.

Hep B prevention is Cassidy's passion, as he made clear during RFK Jr's confirmation hearings.

But let's not forget... his vote to confirm RFK Jr. got us into this mess!

He needs to use every lever of power he has in the Senate to fix it.
A picture of Senator Bill Cassidy.