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Gyruum @gyruum.bsky.social · 12h

Questa è, o era, l'ambulanza che un nostro caro amico e volontario di Bologna ha portato in Ucraina.

Centrata da un drone ieri pomeriggio, i volontari stanno tutti bene, ma urge il bisogno di trovare un'altra ambulanza. Non ho più parole per descrivere questo infinito terrore.

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

The enemies of freedom

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 3d

Miller is a nazi.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 3d

Every word of this is a lie.

The issue before is now is very simple and clear. There is a large and growing movement of leftwing terrorism in this country. It is well organized and funded. And it is shielded by far-left Democrat judges, prosecutors and attorneys general. The only remedy is to use legitimate state power to dismantle terrorism and terror networks.

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Trekkie Bill 🖖🏻 @trekkiebill.bsky.social · 6d

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

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Frances Egan @francesegan.bsky.social · 6d

Shamelessly promoting my favorite paper. Everybody who was anybody in the history of science/philosophy/mathematics had a view on the moon illusion. frances-egan.org/uploads/3/5/...

frances-egan.org

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John Howl Boo @jholbo.bsky.social · 6d

Conversely, there are no prominent R's who have the sobriety and integrity to point out that high-level elected officials - like the President and the VP - have a special duty not to spew inflammatory lies. There are no D's inflaming violence & no R's who will call out their side for doing so.

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Marco Facchin @marcofacchin.bsky.social · 8d

SC =?

Marco Facchin @marcofacchin.bsky.social · 8d

All this, whilst she remains entirely silent on the real war on science both ideological (insert classic outraged "are we really financing THAT" popular article here) and practical (let's get rid of these unproductive funds/positions)

Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 8d

Great piece by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social on the descent of Sabine Hossenfelder, from science communicator to contrarian outrage-monger www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Sabine Hossenfelder Asks If Science Is Dying. It’s Not.

Physics is dying. It’s mathematical fiction. Science is failing. Most of academic research that your taxes pay for is almost certainly bullshit. I don’t trust scientists. Would you believe me if I tol...

www.mcgill.ca

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 8d

In fact, criticising specific scientific work IS scientific work! That's how science works!

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Ed Baggs @edbaggs.bsky.social · May 29

Our special issue of Topoi on "Progress in radical embodiment" can be found here

I'll post the articles in the thread below as they are published

link.springer.com/collections/...

Progress in Radical Embodiment

Paper submissions are invited for the special issue/collection of Topoi entitled: Progress in radical embodiment. The special issue aims to explore progress ...

link.springer.com

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Marco Facchin @marcofacchin.bsky.social · 16d

Don't miss the ISPSM 2025 - register here
#philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy

ispsm @ispsm.bsky.social · 16d

✨🪩Our website just got a fresh update! 🪩✨

Click on the following link for access to all things ISPSM2025, including the registration form for this years conference: www.ispsmind.com/internationa...

#philmind #philsci #philsky

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ispsm @ispsm.bsky.social · 16d

✨🪩Our website just got a fresh update! 🪩✨

Click on the following link for access to all things ISPSM2025, including the registration form for this years conference: www.ispsmind.com/internationa...

#philmind #philsci #philsky

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Beate Krickel @beakr.bsky.social · 19d

😊 So proud this is out now:
"Cognitive ontology in terms of cognitive homology: The role of brain, behavior, and environment for individuating cognitive categories" #philsci #CognitiveNeuroscience

Thanks to @marielgoddu.bsky.social and to @gualtiero.bsky.social!

www.routledge.com/Neurocogniti...

Neurocognitive Foundations of Mind

This volume provides a cohesive and comprehensive case that cognitive neuroscience is maturing into an integrated, interdisciplinary science that is transforming our understanding of the mind. The ris...

www.routledge.com

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Beate Krickel @beakr.bsky.social · 18d

Here is a summary of our contribution to www.routledge.com/Neurocogniti...

by @marielgoddu.bsky.social

#cogsky #philsci #CognitiveNeuroscience 🧠🧪

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 23d

Racism all the time.

Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · 23d

National park to remove photo of enslaved man’s scars

The Trump administration is ordering the removal of information on slavery at multiple national parks in an effort to scrub them of “corrosive ideology.”

dlvr.it

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Marco Facchin @marcofacchin.bsky.social · 28d

'Sometimes'

Peter Schulte @peterschulte.bsky.social · Aug 29

New paper: Is Millikan's biosemantics a consumer theory? THE ANSWER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU!

doi.org/10.1007/s112...

Millikan vs. Millikan: biosemantics and the role of the consumer - Synthese

Millikan’s biosemantics is commonly characterized as a “consumer theory” of representational content. Proponents of this characterization interpret Millikan as privileging representation consumers ove...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 29d

No one would be confused about what is happening here if they saw it in another country.

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David Barack @dlbarack.bsky.social · Aug 31

You know, these are rights we have. Full stop. You can violate them, hell you can have them unacknowledged by the law or the powers that be, but these are rights we have all the same. That’s what makes them inalienable. Amendments codify and enshrine, they don’t create. These are our rights

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Nov 10

I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.

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Scott Innes @flyinginside.bsky.social · Aug 30

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · Aug 29

This came to me in a vision

Listening to discourse?
I'll show you something interesting
The two types of
philosophy are Pleasant
Bureaucrat and Sexy Murder Poet. Rawls?
Bureaucrat. Mishima?
Murder poet.
YEAH.
Hobbes? Bureaucrat
Nietzsche? Murder poet.
Despite the adjective he became, Machiavelli?
Bureaucrat
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Aug 29

I will be participating in four protests this weekend to resist the ongoing destruction of science, healthcare, and democracy in this country.
Please consider joining one of the many labor day rallies, you can find many of them here www.mobilize.us/mayday/
A few further thoughts in this thread...

Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Petitions Near Me · May Day Strong on Mobilize

Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with May Day Strong.

www.mobilize.us

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Bartosz Radomski @bartoszradomski.bsky.social · Aug 27

We are organising the 1st Basic Principles of Cognition conference at RUB, Germany, 9-10 October 2025. Save the date! #MinimalCognition #BasalCognition #CognitiveScience #CogSci #Philosophy #Mind #Life #Organism #Evolution basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

#EPSA25 #ESPP #GAP12 #KogWiss

Basic Principles of Cognition

1st Basic Principles of Cognition Conference. October 9-10 , Bochum, Germany.

basicprinciplesofcognition.wordpress.com

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Aug 27

FUCK YEAH SCIENCE

arstechnica.com/science/2025...

Bluesky now platform of choice for science community

It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

arstechnica.com

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