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Jordi Cat
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 58m
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Into the void: how Trump killed international law
The rules-based global order, its institutions and value system face a crisis of legitimacy and credibility as the US turns away
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 1h
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Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 7d
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Jorinde Voigt - Hatje Cantz
In ihren Zeichnungen entwickelt Jorinde Voigt (*1977 in Frankfurt am Main) eine Art Zeichencode, der ausgeprägt subjektiv und individuell erscheint und strengen Regeln und Systemen unterworfen ist. Ih...
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 11d
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Letter: Sir Tom Stoppard obituary
Adrian Phillips writes: My doctor in Nairobi, Dr Gellert, also Jewish, told me a story about this. He had been a friend and colleague of Sträussler in Czechoslovakia
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 16d
Especially in a war, as opposed to a debate.

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 17d
Looks like (1) is the data model and (2) is the hypothesis that calls for more indep testing and explanation.

Reposted by Alan Richardson, Jordi Cat

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 17d
Obituaries reveal shifting cultural values across time and place. Here’s what psychology researchers found when they sifted through 38 million published from 1998 to 2024 buff.ly/oTAueW7
What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a ‘life well lived’
Obituaries reveal shifting cultural values across time and place. Here’s a glimpse into how the moral vocabulary has evolved over several decades.
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 17d
Do zombies count as boundary systems?

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 19d
The missing episode of Netflix's House of Guinness reason.com/2025/12/01/o...
Rethinking statistical significance
From medicine to economics, significance testing misleads. Estimation offers a clearer way forward.
reason.com

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 20d
AI-powered Netflix.edu

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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 21d
“We are sold the myth that the language of legality is preferable to the language of morality because it is impartial and fixed. But as this whole dispute makes plain, that is least apt to be true precisely when it matters most.”

Joseph Margulies on Trump’s murders in the Caribbean:
The Moral Stupefaction of the American Public - Boston Review
Trump’s actions are illegal, yes. Worse than that, they are wrong—precisely what the legality debate is meant to obscure.
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 21d
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Climate-driven changes in Mediterranean grain trade mitigated famine but introduced the Black Death to medieval Europe - Communications Earth & Environment
Post-volcanic climate downtown in southern Europe around 1345–1347 CE caused widespread famine, leading to Italian maritime republics importing grain from the Black Sea region and introducing fleas ca...
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 23d
the current (ant)political-(anti)legal regime is predicated on the presidential power of pardon.

Reposted by Michela Massimi, Jordi Cat

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LSE Philosophy @lsephilosophy.bsky.social · 24d
🎥 Watch the Lakatos Award Lecture 2025 by Mazviita Chirimuuta on "Apocalyptic Technology: #AI and the Limits of #Science"

Mazviita Chirimuuta received the award for her book “The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience”

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Mazviita Chirimuuta (University of Edinburgh): Apocalyptic Technology: AI and the Limits of Science
YouTube video by LSE Philosophy
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 26d
The cave was a mine.

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · 26d
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Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Sir Tom won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Nov 21
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.

Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 20
We are deep in Girardian territory.

Reposted by Brooke Harrington, Jordi Cat

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · Nov 16
Alexei ❤️
four panel cartoon by Jon Bailey 1) East Berlin 1971, kitchen. A woman preparing food says "Alexei, play Tchaikovsky". 2) close-up of a blue telephone behind her on a table showing there is microphone taped under a table in the same kitchen, next to a speaker 3) a man in a grey uniform wearing headphones sits in front of a record player and selects a record from the shelf above. 4) back to original woman in kitchen preparing food, now listening to music coming from the speaker under the table and smiling @jbaileyofficial @jbaileycartoons https://x.com/jbaileyofficial/status/1233356763598139394

Reposted by Carlos Spoerhase, Jordi Cat

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Sjang ten Hagen @sjangtenhagen.bsky.social · Nov 13
Just published: our introduction to the history of peer review in the humanities! (with Marie-Gabrielle Verbergt) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Past and Present of Peer Review in the Humanities: An Introduction - Minerva
This Introduction to the Special Issue “The Past and Present of Peer Review in the Humanities” situates the currently dominant evaluative regime of peer review within a longer and broader history of s...
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Nov 12
While AI earbuds promise to eliminate language barriers for tourists, researchers say true language learning offers far more: creative thinking, deeper cultural understanding and access to communities you can't reach through a translator.
What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another language
AI-fueled technologies make communicating in other languages easier than ever, but it still can’t replace the transformative value of learning a new language.
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 11
www.techpolicy.press/local-govern...
Local Governments are Learning How to Negotiate With Data Center Developers | TechPolicy.Press
Christopher Jordan from the National League of Cities and Kate Stoll from the AAAS Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues consider examples.
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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 11
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
UK minister unveils plan to cut animal testing through greater use of AI
New funding for researchers and streamlined regulation part of roadmap for phasing out use of animals in science
www.theguardian.com

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 11
Blackmail

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 11
What significant aspects of it will be declared automatable and be automated?

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 10
Valuing vs value. Sometimes shared valuing is more valuable than a shared value.

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 9
Participants in private scientific and technological collaborations? Or more indirectly in philanthropic institutions indirectly funded through industry profit?

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 9
Can science study fields –e.g., history, philosophy, sociology and anthropology of science– only survive attached to privatized science and technology research?

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Jordi Cat @jordicat.bsky.social · Nov 9
Science research is increasingly privatized, especially away from academic settings. What does it mean for the survival of research in the humanities, especially within academia? At the mercy of private funding and no less discretionary government interests? Can it survive outside academia at all?