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Michael Cholbi
@thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social
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'No true Scotsman': US-ish philosopher HQ'd in Edinburgh. Death & dying, work & labor, Kantian ethics, paternalism, etc.. Unapologetic coffee snob. More at https://michael.cholbi.com/ and https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/michael-cholbi
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Michael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social · 59m
Sorry for setting a high-ish bar for yours!
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 12h
We have built a society in which people of different skin tones, religious backgrounds & cultures get along, share power, work alongside each other, procreate with each other, recognise the each other’s humanity and democratic rights. It is a STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT OF WORLD HISTORIC PROPORTIONS.
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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 1d
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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Brad Weslake @bweslake.org · 1d
A perfect table of contents.
1 Happiness 1 2 Death 61 3 The Remainder of Life 106
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d
It's so incredible how low homicide rates are in Europe. The UK, with a population of 70 million people, had fewer than 600 murders in 2023.
www.connexionfrance.com/news/double-...
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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 4d
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 4d
Working in A & E we call motorcyclists "donors"
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DougExeter @dougexeter.bsky.social · 5d
*beastie boys*

well old homer simpson made nuclear POWER
getting paid peanuts by the HOUR
all the employees are taking TURNS
getting abused by mr BURNS

and so he became a union MAN
going on strike for a dental PLAN
didnt want his daughter to make FUNNY FACES
because after all LISA NEEDS BRACES
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 6d
American Christians deciding the Pope doesn't know the Bible because he said immigrants are human is the perfect summary of the evangelist movement
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 6d
really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today
Pope Leo XIV Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal Austin I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 6d
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.

This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 6d
Philosophers of emotion, the call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Hosted at Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Southern Germany by our lovely president Imke von Maur on 24-26 June 2026 💕

#philsky
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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 6d
PSA 🔈Our call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Our 2026 annual conference will be hosted in Germany by Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on 24-26 June 2026 💫

Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025

www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...
Call for Abstracts | EPSSE
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worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 6d
really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today
Pope Leo XIV Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal Austin I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says
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Michael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social · 8d
Very happy to have my "Fearing Our Deaths, Grieving Our Selves" appear in this just published anthology on moral psychology of fear! I argue that fear of death is harder to vindicate than anxiety, which in turn mirrors self-directed grief www.bloomsbury.com/us/moral-psy... philpapers.org/rec/CHOGOD
The Moral Psychology of Fear
The Moral Psychology of Fear brings together contemporary philosophers to consider how fear can shape or compromise moral motivation, and in particular the ways…
www.bloomsbury.com
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Michael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social · 8d
Received a 'split decision' rejection from a Bigshot Journal of Prestigious Philosophy yesterday. Rejection is never fun, but the comments from one referee ('this paper should definitely appear in a top journal') are at least encouraging! 🫤
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School of PPLS at The University of Edinburgh @schoolofppls.bsky.social · 9d
Are certain personality traits linked to a longer life?
A new study co-authored by Professor in #psychology @renemottus.bsky.social suggests being organised, responsible & hardworking can lower mortality risk—while worry-prone traits may raise it. Read more: edin.ac/4nBx4gn #Research #Personality
Experts reveal the personality traits linked to living a longer life
Those who are ‘organised, responsible and hardworking’ have a lower risk of dying, a new study suggests
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Michael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social · 13d
Chickenshit among America's elites archive.is/7j4aN
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Michael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social · 14d
Very pleased to have had this podcast chat with Ricardo Lopes, aka The Dissenter, on all things philosophy of death and dying: nature of death, immortality, grief, suicide, the whole lot! youtu.be/w0YMZl4je-E?...
#1152 Michael Cholbi: The Philosophy of Death and Dying
YouTube video by The Dissenter
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Uncle Duke @uncleduke1969.bsky.social · 16d
“Shhh… You’ve gotta hear this guitar part.”
a dog places its paw over a woman’s mouth as she appears to be speaking
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Caleb Althorpe @calebalthorpe.bsky.social · 16d
I have a new paper just published in Economics & Philosophy!

"Community through Market Competition"

I argue the ostensible tension between market exchange and community can be overcome.

It is open access and you can read it here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19d
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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Michael Cholbi @thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social · 19d
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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 21d
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.
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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 23d
#philsky

A Sad Philosophy Workshop

GRIEF, HEARTBREAK, & HALLUCINATIONS

Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp)
Becky Millar (Cardiff)
Lucy Osler (Exeter)

13:30-17:30, Friday 26 September

1.57 John Percival Building
Cardiff University

Free! All welcome!

Register here: bit.ly/CdfGHH#philsky
Poster has image of a tearful cyborg woman and the same text as in this post.
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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 24d
Shot, chaser

Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 24d
I spent much of yesterday at the Tommy Robinson march. I couldn’t find a way to write about it that didn’t sound contentious and maybe even condescending – so I didn’t try. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
Tommy Robinson’s march was a drunken, coked-up mess
He claimed the world was watching, but most of London barely noticed - and much of what was on view was appalling
www.thenewworld.co.uk
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schleiermocker @schleiermocker.bsky.social · 25d
if you’re an isolated, angsty, strange young man, please know that you can become a Kierkegaard scholar instead of joining fringe online communities
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