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JB_AU @jbau.bsky.social · 10d

AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”

Mike Dickison @adzebill.bsky.social · 10d

Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

Pluralistic: The real (economic) AI apocalypse is nigh (27 Sep 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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Abbie Richards @abbierichards.bsky.social · 19d

what can i say? i’m good at what i do

Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 19d

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

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conceptartpod.bsky.social @conceptartpod.bsky.social · 19d

Back after a short hiatus, in our latest episode,
@ptmcconville.bsky.social speaks with Anya Daly. They discuss meditation and perception, the divide between continental and analytic philosophy, and human and animal lifeworlds. Follow the show and listen wherever you find your podcasts!

Season 2, Episode 6: Conceptual Digestion with Anya Daly – Concept : Art

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 8

"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?"

A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons.

Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.

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Ben Walter @benwaltez.bsky.social · Sep 6

Here's me in Guardian Australia on the total debacle with Meanjin.

www.theguardian.com/books/commen...

The end of Meanjin after 85 years is as sad as it is infuriating | Ben Walter

MUP says it is ‘no longer viable’ to make the literary magazine – but almost none of them are financially viable. That’s not their purpose or value

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:

"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."

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Our ANU @ouranu.bsky.social · Aug 25

“Universities educate students, but they are also incubators of new knowledge and discovery. ... For example, by supporting areas of research that might not be economically “efficient” but which will be required for our future.”

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Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer

Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Aug 6

Exemptions to copyright legislation for AI would disadvantage Australian writers – and set a bad precedent.

👉 Read the full story: theconversation.com/the-pro...

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Pat McConville @ptmcconville.bsky.social · Jul 31

Interesting discussion. As someone who routinely masks, and is trying to encourage institutions to take durable measures to ensure indoor environments have clean air, the spectrum of reactions runs from bemusement through suspicion and resentment to downright hostility.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jul 24

WU-TANG FOREVER 👐🏽

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Pat McConville @ptmcconville.bsky.social · Jul 21

One of the best experiences I had in graduate school was joining a reading group on @bryanvannorden.bsky.social's Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy (and the accompanying books of readings). There is still so much missing from mainstream philosophy.

Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · Jul 21

“It was a very heated response, and one that reflected immense ignorance”
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World Philosophy

Want to expand your knowledge of world philosophy but don't know where to start? Bryan Van Norden chooses foundational texts of traditions around the globe.

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Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · Jul 21

“It was a very heated response, and one that reflected immense ignorance”
fivebooks.com/best-books/w...

World Philosophy

Want to expand your knowledge of world philosophy but don't know where to start? Bryan Van Norden chooses foundational texts of traditions around the globe.

fivebooks.com

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Kate Fullagar @kfullagar.bsky.social · Jul 19

An especially good one today on the humanities in Oz. Every word true. graemeturner.org/2025/07/20/w...

Why do they hate us? That’s the question academics in the humanities are asking. - Graeme Turner

This is the question I was asked last week. Why are government, the media, even university administrations, so carelessly participating in the gradual demolition of one of the foundation stones of our...

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conceptartpod.bsky.social @conceptartpod.bsky.social · Jul 7

In our latest episode, @ptmcconville.bsky.social speaks with
Lexi Eikelboom. They discuss rhythm and time in cubist painting, letting the shapes of art speak for themselves, and art as confrontation and incitement to change. Follow the show and listen wherever you find your podcasts!

Season 2, Episode 5: Rhythm, Exorcism, and Confrontation with Lexi Eikelboom – Concept : Art

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Rodney Croome @rodneycroome.bsky.social · Jun 25

As you can see, I'm not keen on UTas' proposed cuts to the humanities, social sciences and creative arts.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · Jun 19

Mind-blowingly revelatory point about AI as a socially & eocnomically disruptive technology, from @chrislhayes.bsky.social's recent interview with @karenhao.bsky.social on her new book Empire of AI on OpenAI:

They're DEFINING "artificial general intelligence" as AI capable of replacing human labor!

Chris Hayes: Would you just, can we just stop there and can you just explain what AGI means?

Karen Hao: Okay. AGI refers to artificial general intelligence, and this is an incredibly poorly defined term. The very hand wavy summary of what people typically describe it as is an A.I. system that can ultimately do anything that humans can do. But this is a really challenging measure because like what makes humans intelligent, doesn’t have any scientific consensus. And so, when you’re trying to capture in software, something that we don’t understand about humans --

Chris Hayes: Right.

Karen Hao: -- you end up with lots of different opinions about how to do it, what it should look like, who it should serve, all of those things. And so, throughout the decades of A.I. research and development, all the way from the 1950s until present day, there have been just tons and tons of debates, egos clashing, opinions clashing about these kind of core questions of what A.I. and AGI ultimately is.

The way that OpenAI has specifically defined it is highly autonomous systems that outperform humans in most economically valuable work. And so, they’ve specifically defined it as a labor automating machine. That is also really key, important dimension to understanding the truly deeply capitalistic nature of OpenAI.

Karen Hao: And, and also to understanding the trajectory that they’re taking as a company. Ultimately, they’re trying to build systems that they can sell to CEOs for a lot of money --

Chris Hayes: To replace humans.

Karen Hao: -- to say --

Chris Hayes: To automate human work.

Karen Hao: Exactly. To automate a way, yeah. If they’re trying to build systems that outperform humans at the thing that makes people want to pay you, you’re no longer going to be paid. They’re just going to opt for the AI.

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conceptartpod.bsky.social @conceptartpod.bsky.social · Jun 8

In our new episode, @ptmcconville.bsky.social speaks with
Timothy Deane-Freeman. They discuss bourgeois culture, shock, chronopolitics, and Afrofuturism as the place of the new. Follow the show and listen wherever you find your podcasts!

Season 2, Episode 4: Snotty Punk Bands and Ancient Aliens with Timothy Deane-Freeman – Concept : Art

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · May 22

Selfie-editing technologies are leading some young people to want to start altering their physical bodies.

‘Perfect bodies and perfect lives’: how selfie-editing tools are distorting how young people see themselves

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conceptartpod.bsky.social @conceptartpod.bsky.social · May 19

You will want to crack into this impressive edited collection on social epistemology (with a striking, impressionistic cover) edited by @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social and Jennifer Lackey. Do yourself a favour and also listen to chapter author @ywcath.bsky.social's podcast episode.

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conceptartpod.bsky.social @conceptartpod.bsky.social · May 4

In our most recent episode, @ptmcconville.bsky.social speaks with @ellie-ibis.bsky.social. They discuss music and the state of mind for writing technical philosophy, being part of a philosophical ensemble, and the local heritage of logic. Follow the show and listen wherever you find your podcasts!

Season 2, Episode 3: Fast, Loud, and Super Funky with Ellie Ripley – Concept : Art

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Apr 3

Our PBS is a national treasure.

Our research shows the prices Australians would pay if the US had its way and dismantled our Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

Heart disease/cholesterol medicine: $25 v $968
Depression medicine: $32 v $2,244
Female contraception: $28 v $621

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conceptartpod.bsky.social @conceptartpod.bsky.social · Mar 29

This month, @ptmcconville.bsky.social speaks with @michelleybliu.bsky.social. They discuss representing music in visual forms, whether arguments have aesthetic properties, and the role of mental imagery in poetry and philosophy. Follow the show and listen on your favourite podcast platform!

Season 2, Episode 2: Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu – Concept : Art

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Pat McConville @ptmcconville.bsky.social · Mar 29

Fantastic Maks, congratulations on being shortlisted!

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Pat McConville @ptmcconville.bsky.social · Mar 14

Artificial hearts are remarkable devices with great promise. But patients and families also deserve to know how these extraordinary treatments might change how they feel about themselves and the world.

An artificial heart may save your life. But it can also change you in surprising ways

Patients and families need to know how these extraordinary treatments might change how they feel about themselves and the world.

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