Bjørn Ralf Kristensen
@bjornkristensen.com
Environmental Philosopher | Animal and Environmental Ethics, Multispecies Studies, American Pragmatism | Sawyier Fellow, Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions, Illinois Tech | PhD Candidate, Environmental Studies, University of Oregon
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Call for Abstracts: 2nd Sawyier Philosophy Conference on Ethics of Technology: Promises and Perils
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September 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Call for Abstracts: 2nd Sawyier Philosophy Conference on Ethics of Technology: Promises and Perils
See full call for proposals and register for this free event at 2025sawyierconference.eventbrite.com
See full call for proposals and register for this free event at 2025sawyierconference.eventbrite.com
I recently had the opportunity to present some of my research on street dogs and multispecies waste relations at Waste Matters: The Many Afterlives of Junk conference in Helsinki. An amazing interdisciplinary conference focused on social, political, ethical, and aesthetic considerations of waste!
June 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I recently had the opportunity to present some of my research on street dogs and multispecies waste relations at Waste Matters: The Many Afterlives of Junk conference in Helsinki. An amazing interdisciplinary conference focused on social, political, ethical, and aesthetic considerations of waste!
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Here is a piece on Mary Midgley that I wrote for the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social public philosophy blog!
#marymidgley #philsky
#marymidgley #philsky
Mary Midgley and The Necessity of Philosophy
Mary Midgley has become an increasingly prominent name in recent years. This could be attributed to her passing in 2018, which, along with the rise in Midgley and “Wartime Quartet” scholarship, has dr...
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May 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Here is a piece on Mary Midgley that I wrote for the @apaphilosophy.bsky.social public philosophy blog!
#marymidgley #philsky
#marymidgley #philsky
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Take a look at @science.org's article describing our work in
@globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders!
science.org/content/arti...
@globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders!
science.org/content/arti...
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Take a look at @science.org's article describing our work in
@globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders!
science.org/content/arti...
@globalchangebio.bsky.social showing that beak morphology of hummingbirds has changed in association with feeders!
science.org/content/arti...
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Ahead of this Sunday's episode on Mary Midgley, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to explore Midgley’s ideas about animals and the Gaia hypothesis with @philosophellie from King's College London and Mara-Daria Cojocaru, Project Director of "Philosophy in the Wild." youtu.be/yraIY5Uhb98?...
Mary Midgley: Roving Philosophical Report
YouTube video by Philosophy Talk
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May 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Ahead of this Sunday's episode on Mary Midgley, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to explore Midgley’s ideas about animals and the Gaia hypothesis with @philosophellie from King's College London and Mara-Daria Cojocaru, Project Director of "Philosophy in the Wild." youtu.be/yraIY5Uhb98?...
What I really care about is obvious, because the first thing I noticed when I saw this breaking news was the seagulls. Currently the most visible birds on the planet.
May 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
What I really care about is obvious, because the first thing I noticed when I saw this breaking news was the seagulls. Currently the most visible birds on the planet.
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Today is the day! My book Lab Dog is out from @uchicagopress.bsky.social a week early and you can find it wherever you find books. For @thedrift-mag.bsky.social, I put it in context with xenotransplantation, “trans rats,” & contemporary lab animal politics newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/from-capit...
From capitalist pigs to poisoned puppies
Brad Bolman on the shifting politics of animal experimentation
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May 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today is the day! My book Lab Dog is out from @uchicagopress.bsky.social a week early and you can find it wherever you find books. For @thedrift-mag.bsky.social, I put it in context with xenotransplantation, “trans rats,” & contemporary lab animal politics newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/from-capit...
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Proof this guy is full of SITH.
In Star Wars. those who have embraced the Dark Side of the Force wield red lightsabers. So, in other words, perfect.
May 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Proof this guy is full of SITH.
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The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
Joint Lawsuit over Dismantling of National Endowment for the...
(New York, NY) — The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), the American Historical Association (AHA), and the Modern Language Association (MLA) filed a lawsuit in federal district court today,...
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May 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a lawsuit in federal district court today, seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities. www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
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#Zoos aren't woke, but they've never been apolitical.
Check out a short piece I wrote for The Conversation.
#worldwarzoos @uchicagopress.bsky.social
theconversation.com/pandas-and-p...
Check out a short piece I wrote for The Conversation.
#worldwarzoos @uchicagopress.bsky.social
theconversation.com/pandas-and-p...
Pandas and politics − from World War II to the Cold War, zoos have always been ideological
Zoos aren’t woke, but they aren’t politically neutral, either.
theconversation.com
May 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
#Zoos aren't woke, but they've never been apolitical.
Check out a short piece I wrote for The Conversation.
#worldwarzoos @uchicagopress.bsky.social
theconversation.com/pandas-and-p...
Check out a short piece I wrote for The Conversation.
#worldwarzoos @uchicagopress.bsky.social
theconversation.com/pandas-and-p...
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"Invasive species" -- the very term creates an "ethical shortcut" that makes killing non-native animals easier.
(People, too.)
@soljbrager.bsky.social explores this conundrum in a comic co-published today by @therevelator.org and @crucialcomix.bsky.social therevelator.org/invasive-swa...
(People, too.)
@soljbrager.bsky.social explores this conundrum in a comic co-published today by @therevelator.org and @crucialcomix.bsky.social therevelator.org/invasive-swa...
We Can't Kill Our Way Out of a Problem • The Revelator
As ecologists debate what to do about “invasive” swans in New York City, volunteers fight to keep them alive.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:11 PM
"Invasive species" -- the very term creates an "ethical shortcut" that makes killing non-native animals easier.
(People, too.)
@soljbrager.bsky.social explores this conundrum in a comic co-published today by @therevelator.org and @crucialcomix.bsky.social therevelator.org/invasive-swa...
(People, too.)
@soljbrager.bsky.social explores this conundrum in a comic co-published today by @therevelator.org and @crucialcomix.bsky.social therevelator.org/invasive-swa...
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Read Hannah’s article “You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local”: ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...
You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local
“Eat local” is a common recommendation to reduce the carbon footprint of your diet. How does the impact of what you eat compare to where it's come from?
ourworldindata.org
April 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Read Hannah’s article “You want to reduce the carbon footprint of your food? Focus on what you eat, not whether your food is local”: ourworldindata.org/food-choice-...
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While we might intuitively think that “food miles” — how far our food has traveled to reach us — play a big role, transport accounts for just 5% of the global emissions from our food system.
April 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
While we might intuitively think that “food miles” — how far our food has traveled to reach us — play a big role, transport accounts for just 5% of the global emissions from our food system.
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Most food is transported by boat, so food miles are a relatively small part of the carbon footprint of most diets
April 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Most food is transported by boat, so food miles are a relatively small part of the carbon footprint of most diets
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1. There has been a major effort by that old combination – big business and the far right – to diss foods derived from plants. The meat lobby invests big time in misinformation. And the far right hates “soyboys”, while associating itself with red meat-eating. It's a match made in hell. 🧵
April 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
1. There has been a major effort by that old combination – big business and the far right – to diss foods derived from plants. The meat lobby invests big time in misinformation. And the far right hates “soyboys”, while associating itself with red meat-eating. It's a match made in hell. 🧵
A belated post in honor of World Penguin Day on Friday. Here are a few photos from September of 2022 when I had the honor of visiting the African penguin colony at Boulders Beach in Cape Town, South Africa.
April 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A belated post in honor of World Penguin Day on Friday. Here are a few photos from September of 2022 when I had the honor of visiting the African penguin colony at Boulders Beach in Cape Town, South Africa.
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People don’t need to “learn to use AI”. They need to learn how to think and make connections themselves and thus will facilitate their efficient use of whatever technology comes along. Crafting the right prompt for AI doesn’t take AI training, it takes liberal arts training.
April 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
People don’t need to “learn to use AI”. They need to learn how to think and make connections themselves and thus will facilitate their efficient use of whatever technology comes along. Crafting the right prompt for AI doesn’t take AI training, it takes liberal arts training.
A red-tailed hawk on campus today at the University of Oregon
April 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A red-tailed hawk on campus today at the University of Oregon
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Winnipeg will gas ground squirrels to death in public parks using toxic "Giant Destroyer" gas bombs starting May 20 💔
🐿️ Take action before April 30—urge Manitoba to reject this cruel plan & choose humane, non-lethal alternatives:
➡️ animaljustice.ca/GroundSquirrels
🐿️ Take action before April 30—urge Manitoba to reject this cruel plan & choose humane, non-lethal alternatives:
➡️ animaljustice.ca/GroundSquirrels
April 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Winnipeg will gas ground squirrels to death in public parks using toxic "Giant Destroyer" gas bombs starting May 20 💔
🐿️ Take action before April 30—urge Manitoba to reject this cruel plan & choose humane, non-lethal alternatives:
➡️ animaljustice.ca/GroundSquirrels
🐿️ Take action before April 30—urge Manitoba to reject this cruel plan & choose humane, non-lethal alternatives:
➡️ animaljustice.ca/GroundSquirrels
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Ila and John Mellow Prize winner @bjornkristensen.com puts Dewey & Singer in conversation, focusing on commonalities/differences in their moral approaches, in particular conceptions of how individuals can be understood within moral problems. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pluralis...
April 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ila and John Mellow Prize winner @bjornkristensen.com puts Dewey & Singer in conversation, focusing on commonalities/differences in their moral approaches, in particular conceptions of how individuals can be understood within moral problems. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pluralis...
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A paper in Nature Communications maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines and finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-23 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston. 🧪
The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom - Nature Communications
The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.
go.nature.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
A paper in Nature Communications maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines and finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-23 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston. 🧪
One of the highlights of my recent trip to San Francisco was meeting Major, who is perhaps the most famous dog in the city. His human, Omar, owns Key Food Market in Lower Haight, where Major “works” behind the counter and is a central part of the local community.
April 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
One of the highlights of my recent trip to San Francisco was meeting Major, who is perhaps the most famous dog in the city. His human, Omar, owns Key Food Market in Lower Haight, where Major “works” behind the counter and is a central part of the local community.
Excited to be in San Francisco for the American Philosophical Association Pacific division meeting! I’m part of a session this evening on new directions in American philosophy where I’m presenting some research on John Dewey and animal agency.
#APAPacific25
#APAPacific25
April 17, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Excited to be in San Francisco for the American Philosophical Association Pacific division meeting! I’m part of a session this evening on new directions in American philosophy where I’m presenting some research on John Dewey and animal agency.
#APAPacific25
#APAPacific25
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Please share with students interested in #Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies
Call for papers closes 16 June:
#AIP2025 is a perfect opportunity for 1st-time presenters to present, network, & learn. Check out website for FAQs & links to resources: anthrozoologyconference.com
Call for papers closes 16 June:
#AIP2025 is a perfect opportunity for 1st-time presenters to present, network, & learn. Check out website for FAQs & links to resources: anthrozoologyconference.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Please share with students interested in #Anthrozoology #HumanAnimalStudies
Call for papers closes 16 June:
#AIP2025 is a perfect opportunity for 1st-time presenters to present, network, & learn. Check out website for FAQs & links to resources: anthrozoologyconference.com
Call for papers closes 16 June:
#AIP2025 is a perfect opportunity for 1st-time presenters to present, network, & learn. Check out website for FAQs & links to resources: anthrozoologyconference.com
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is already celebrating the news of “de-extinction” technology as a win for conservation, but he’s forgetting our best de-extinction tool: the Endangered Species Act.
We can’t Frankenstein our way into the future while we destroy our present.
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We can’t Frankenstein our way into the future while we destroy our present.
dfnd.us/4jt6mUU
Genetic Technology Is No Solution for Species Loss
Secretary of Interior Doug Burgum quickly embraced the news of de-extinction technology Monday, as news broke of a bioscience engineering company genetically modifying gray wolf DNA to include charact...
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April 9, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is already celebrating the news of “de-extinction” technology as a win for conservation, but he’s forgetting our best de-extinction tool: the Endangered Species Act.
We can’t Frankenstein our way into the future while we destroy our present.
dfnd.us/4jt6mUU
We can’t Frankenstein our way into the future while we destroy our present.
dfnd.us/4jt6mUU