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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · 8d

We’re all trying to find the guy who did this

Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · 15d

SSHRC needs to kick in a bonus to letter writers to make up for the hours lost in waiting for their recommendation portal to load

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · 25d

Debate undergrads on campus while putting their profs on lists so that people who hate what they say can try to kill them is an approach, can’t say it’s a good one

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 26d

Look at us staring at our screens like fools, searching for coherence in the politics of very online murder guys in their twenties.

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Sep 2

People in North America should already care about Israel targeting Palestinians but it’s *also* a testing ground for all kinds of scary surveillance tech that’s going to be weaponized more widely

W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · Sep 2

ICE obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps

Ice obtains access to Israeli-made spyware that can hack phones and encrypted apps

Trump administration contract with Paragon Solutions gives immigration agency access to one of the most powerful stealth cyberweapons

www.theguardian.com

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Aug 28

I feel like I’ve had so many arguments with other professional philosophers about how we need to just stop acting like Singer is this pivotal figure for animal rights, we can get there better without him and without sacrificing all kinds of marginalized people along the way

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Aug 28

I didn’t even make it there since I had to stop once it went yay Peter Singer. Like I know the guy is famous but we don’t need someone who values disabled people’s lives so very little. I get that @ologies.bsky.social can’t vet everything but this was like an impossible listen for me

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Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social · Aug 27

New York Times journalists as well - go on, quit your jobs

Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · Aug 26

Canadian photojournalist Valerie Zink has resigned from Reuters after 8 years, citing the agency’s role in “justifying and enabling the systematic assassination of 245 journalists in Gaza.”

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Aug 26

This article just reminded me of this old tweet

Sarah Lazarus
@sarahclazarus
every day we have to wake up, confront the most upsetting shit we've ever seen, and then walk around obeying laws and saying "it's tomato season"
11:10 PM • 8/10/19 • Twitter for iPhone
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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Aug 12

Where’s the lie, babe

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · Aug 4

People who are interested can now find a book symposium on my Cambridge Element, Logical Empiricism as Scientific Philosophy here: link.springer.com/collections/...

Thanks to Elisabeth Nemeth, James Pearson, and @audreysh.bsky.social for participating!

#philsci
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Book Symposium: Logical Empiricism as Scientific Philosophy (Alan W. Richardson).

Alan W. Richardson, Logical Empiricism as Scientific Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 2023. Richardson’s book offers a new account of the philosophical ...

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Aug 2

In all possible worlds you did this last summer

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Jul 1

I remain stressed about when this podcast comes for the role academic philosophy has to play in this whole travesty

If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social · Jun 30

This month's bonus episode is about how the anti-trans panic turned a series of unhinged tweets into a whole Supreme Court case.

The Supreme Court Goes Full TERF | If Books Could Kill

www.patreon.com

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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social · Jun 27

See if you can spot the difference between New York Times propaganda and the Israeli press. I know it’s subtle, let me know if you can’t figure it out.

NYT vaguely describing Palestinian deaths while Haaretz describes “killing fields” of Israeli troops murdering people seeking aid.

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · Jun 6

Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons?

Summer Heat in Prison: Just How Hot Are Our Nation’s Prisons?

Prison writers from across the U.S. describe how hot their prisons get in the summer. One prison reached 117 degrees.

prisonjournalismproject.org

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Jun 20

Helen was a beautiful person, philosopher, and artist, and I’m glad to have been their friend. They certainly will be remembered.

Helen De Cruz @helendecruz.net · Jun 20

Dear all,

Helen passed away at 13:21 local time. Helen would not have wanted us to be sad for a long time. All they wanted was to be remembered. They looked forward to being rid of pain and to being at rest. Helen took great comfort in you, their friends and readers.

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Jun 10

I taught this in philosophy of language last year and it was great!

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Jun 9

I wrote a really short piece for Hypatia about being an abolitionist and a survivor and why philosophers are such jerks (Literally I started writing this after giving a talk about the book I wrote with Barrett Emerick since Q&A made me feel like utter shit) doi.org/10.1017/hyp....

But What about the Really Bad People? Anti-Carceral Feminism and Surviving Violence | Hypatia | Cambridge Core

But What about the Really Bad People? Anti-Carceral Feminism and Surviving Violence

doi.org

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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · Jun 3

Another 27 Palestinians were massacred by Israeli soldiers while trying to access food. No international condemnation by every western politician. No two way sanctions. Nothing.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

At least 27 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at food point, Gaza officials say

Gaza spokesperson says Israel fired with tanks and drones as Israeli military acknowledges troops shot at ‘suspects’

www.theguardian.com

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Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social · Jun 2

FYI: survivedandpunished.org

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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · May 22

May 25 marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. His death sparked worldwide protests, but long before that moment, Floyd’s life told a story that many people in prison recognize.

I Could Have Been George Floyd

May 25 marks five years since George Floyd was murdered by police in Minneapolis. His death sparked worldwide protests, but long before that moment, Floyd’s life told a story that many people in priso...

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · May 23

It’s funny how this kind of article never gets written when, say, an American member of the “pro-Israel movement” murders a 6 year old child of Palestinian heritage at the outset of a conflict that would see the world’s most moral army slaughter more than 16,000 children with utter impunity

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 23

The killings of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington on Wednesday cast a harsh spotlight on the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S. and the impact even peaceful protests might be having on attitudes against people connected to Israel.

Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After Embassy Attack

www.nytimes.com

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Alex S. Vitale @alexvitale.bsky.social · May 19

How can people say Oregon's drug decriminalization effort failed, when it was never implemented properly? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Revealed: Oregon spent funds meant for addiction services on prosecutors and police gadgets

As the state abandons decriminalization, treatment grants are going to sheriffs and district attorneys: ‘that might be two or three case managers’

www.theguardian.com

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · May 17

Israel announced the initial phase of “Gideon’s chariots,” the expanded ground invasion to permanently “conquer” Gaza, amid reports that Trump reneged on his deal with Hamas to lift the blockade, and will reportedly expel 1 million Gazans to Libya.

mondoweiss.net/2025/05/isra...

#Palestine #Israel

Israel launches expanded ground invasion to ‘conquer’ Gaza as Trump Gulf tour wraps up

Israel announced the initial phase of “Gideon’s chariots,” the expanded ground invasion to permanently “conquer” Gaza, amid reports that Trump reneged on his deal with Hamas to lift the blockade,...

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · May 25

old enough to remember the breathless litigation over whether or not it was credible that the IDF may have possibly bombed 1 (one) hospital

CNN @cnn.com · May 25

At least 10 people, including children, died in Gaza on Saturday after a drone strike hit the school they were sheltering in, according to local health workers.

At least 10 people killed in drone attack on Gaza school used as shelter | CNN

The Al-Nazla school in Saftawy, on the outskirts of Jabaliya, was being used as a temporary shelter by people – including children – fleeing violence when the strike took place.

www.cnn.com

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