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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition)

@agholdier.bsky.social

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giant bag of mostly water ~*~ philosophy postdoc at Notre Dame thinking about the chaos of language, power, and technology ~*~ my spreadsheets are cooler than yours

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 2d

okay but, to her credit, this might have also been @kmdoublev.bsky.social compromise to reign in my affinity for clownish acronyms

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Tanya @tonk.bsky.social · 2d

incredible abstract, 10/10, no notes

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 3d

Since the FBI's new challenge coin is again making the Punisher logo politically relevant, here's something I wrote in 2022 about Wittgenstein, symbols, and cultural contexts:

www.prindleinstitute.org/2022/01/mean...

Meaning-as-Use and the Punisher’s New Logo - The Prindle Institute for Ethics

Having been co-opted by various organizations, it's unclear what the long-toothed skull stands for.

www.prindleinstitute.org

AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 3d

four-sided triangle?

AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 5d

A great alt-ac phil. language job just opened:

KKTV 11 News @kktv.com · 7d

The Colorado Rockies announced Wednesday that the team’s General Manager Bill Schmidt had stepped down from his role.

Rockies General Manager steps down, team begins search for new head of baseball operations

The Colorado Rockies announced Wednesday that the team’s General Manager Bill Schmidt had stepped down from his role.

www.kktv.com

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Tony Clark @anthonyclark.bsky.social · 8d

If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)?

Hoover
FDR
Truman
Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Ford
Carter

And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 13d

the mean girls extended universe goes hard

AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 21d

brb reserving everything the library has on derrida

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 21d

yeah, i do peer review

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 23d

Celebrating this Postdoc Appreciation Week in the traditional manner (working from home on job applications)

A photo of a small brown cat resting on my lap facing away from the camera. I'm sitting at a desk with two computer monitors (both with windows open, though they are too blurry to read), a keyboard, a coffee mug with a crossword puzzle on it, and a small handmade statue.

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okay Kelly @kmdoublev.bsky.social · 24d

It's postdoc appreciation week eve, so make sure to leave out some extra pens and a travel coffee mug from an institution you didn't even know they were affiliated with.

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 29d

🫡

A badly photoshopped image of Kid Anakin Skywalker from 'The Phantom Menace' in a cockpit, wearing aviator goggles: "Now THIS is [public philosophy]!"

AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · 29d

I think it's almost a requirement for philosophers of language to write at least one paper about baseball 😆

AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Sep 8

Yup

Powerline from 'A Goofy Movie' in the midst of a performance with two backup dancers

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Sep 8

I'm sure it really tied the paper together 🫡

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Sep 8

Just read a footnote in a (great!) paper that apologized for using a "pop culture reference" (to Tywin Lannister from ASoIaF/Game of Thrones).

What are more examples of philosophers referencing "low" art (vs. something like Shakespeare or a Bach concerto)?

A screenshot of Tywin Lannister, an older man dressed in fancy armor, sitting at a table and looking stern

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Aug 31

RETVRN

AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Aug 28

Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨

A clip of Plato and Aristotle from Raphael's 'School of Athens' painting

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ahh, that makes sense!

Maybe microwave ovens? Early ads were certainly unrealistic
youtu.be/m_bscfynyaE

Kenmore Microwave 'Thanksgiving' Commercial (1978)

YouTube video by Bionic Disco

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Aug 27

look, you should've known better than to try and celebrate pumpkin spice day while abroad

AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Aug 26

😎📚

A room with a wooden floor, absolutely filled with wooden bookcases piled high with books. In the foreground a table sits, but is barely visible under the mountain of books sitting on it, as well as a vase of dried flowers

A tall wooden bookshelf completely filled with books to the point that books are stacked on top of shelved books. Another similarly crammed bookcase is visible in the background

A closer shot of a different bookcase filled with books. The titles of several are visible with the name 'Rorty' on a few

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Caro Flores @floresophize.bsky.social · Aug 26

People who know tech history: what are some examples of past hypes around new technologies that didn’t come true and which seem silly now? Where people thought the world and our lives would change rapidly and radically… and then they didn’t.

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Aug 26

Would panics work for what you're looking for?

Fears about UPC barcodes were pretty widespread in certain religious circles in the 1980s. Similar "Mark of the Beast" stories exist for credit card numbers, RFID chips, and vaccines (just to name a few).
www.wired.com/2012/12/upc-...

Why the Bar Code Will Always Be the Mark of the Beast

Joe Woodland invented the bar code -- that collection of lines and numbers used to ring up your groceries every time you visit the supermarket -- and after the longtime IBMer passed away earlier this ...

www.wired.com

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AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Aug 26

because it should just be 'one-shot'? 🤔

AG Holdier (Academic Job Applicant Edition) @agholdier.bsky.social · Aug 26

two men are looking at each other and one is making a face

Alt: Zac Efron and Adam DeVine grimace as they exchange an intense high-five

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