Ethan Landes
@ethanlandes.bsky.social
Experimental philosophy | Video games | Expat malaise | linguistic nerdery
r/AskBrits: where you can relive that time my American aunt asked me if there are grocery stores in the UK (left) and consume agiprop (right), all in the same place!
February 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
r/AskBrits: where you can relive that time my American aunt asked me if there are grocery stores in the UK (left) and consume agiprop (right), all in the same place!
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Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Once again, it turns out “fully autonomous” means “a guy in the Philippines.”
"We call the discipline psychology because the Greek word carried meanings the Latin couldn't preserve."
Half-tempted to write a 35+ post response thread about the philosophy of labels that boils down to:
Half-tempted to write a 35+ post response thread about the philosophy of labels that boils down to:
February 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
"We call the discipline psychology because the Greek word carried meanings the Latin couldn't preserve."
Half-tempted to write a 35+ post response thread about the philosophy of labels that boils down to:
Half-tempted to write a 35+ post response thread about the philosophy of labels that boils down to:
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Perjury is often explained (including to juries) as the legal name for the folk concept of lying, but it is narrower.
Lying has a dual character, research by @izaskoczen.bsky.social suggests, and perjury corresponds only with the concrete aspect:
buff.ly/xeYPHBm
HT @xphilosopher.bsky.social
Lying has a dual character, research by @izaskoczen.bsky.social suggests, and perjury corresponds only with the concrete aspect:
buff.ly/xeYPHBm
HT @xphilosopher.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Perjury is often explained (including to juries) as the legal name for the folk concept of lying, but it is narrower.
Lying has a dual character, research by @izaskoczen.bsky.social suggests, and perjury corresponds only with the concrete aspect:
buff.ly/xeYPHBm
HT @xphilosopher.bsky.social
Lying has a dual character, research by @izaskoczen.bsky.social suggests, and perjury corresponds only with the concrete aspect:
buff.ly/xeYPHBm
HT @xphilosopher.bsky.social
Just adding a final passage to an experimental philosophy paper, and I thought I had stopped being upset years ago about the absurd chauvinism of anti-xphi philosophers claiming that we are the only people who actually understood concepts like "knowledge" and "justice".
Turns out I'm still upset
Turns out I'm still upset
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Just adding a final passage to an experimental philosophy paper, and I thought I had stopped being upset years ago about the absurd chauvinism of anti-xphi philosophers claiming that we are the only people who actually understood concepts like "knowledge" and "justice".
Turns out I'm still upset
Turns out I'm still upset
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You bet your ass I filled this out. What an absolutely ghoulish proposal!
PS. Not too late to tell the government what you think about their proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain - the public consultation is open until 12th Feb.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
February 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
You bet your ass I filled this out. What an absolutely ghoulish proposal!
Same vibes as Philip IV
February 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Same vibes as Philip IV
New example for teaching Gricean implicature just dropped
i would be overjoyed if the U.S. had a president as ethical and even-tempered as Chancellor Gowron
February 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM
New example for teaching Gricean implicature just dropped
Thinking about how much time and energy I've sunk into job applications over the last few years and trying not have an existential crisis.
Or at least keep the crisis mild enough to work on the current job applications.
Or at least keep the crisis mild enough to work on the current job applications.
February 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Thinking about how much time and energy I've sunk into job applications over the last few years and trying not have an existential crisis.
Or at least keep the crisis mild enough to work on the current job applications.
Or at least keep the crisis mild enough to work on the current job applications.
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most important movie ever made youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?...
You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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February 2, 2026 at 2:03 PM
most important movie ever made youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?...
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Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
“Jaywalking is permitted in London. In 1966, the police tried to crack down on it, but gave up after three months.”
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
People walk and cycle on roads by right, people drive under licence.
Jaywalking is not a thing in English law and Waymo must not change that.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Self-driving taxis are coming to London – should we be worried? | Jack Stilgoe
Waymo’s cars were first rolled out in San Francisco, but the English capital’s old roads, pelican crossings and jaywalkers may pose issues for AI, says science and technology professor Jack Stilgoe
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Reminder that "jaywalking" was literally made up by american car manufacturers to shift the blame for accidents from drivers to pedestrians. "Jay" was a slang term meaning "idiot" or "rube".
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Being interdisciplinary mostly means everyone agrees your work is interesting but not for their journal.
February 2, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Being interdisciplinary mostly means everyone agrees your work is interesting but not for their journal.
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I am in the bottom 10% of people able to follow elaborate thought experiments. I am in one of very few careers in the world where that actually matters for my professional competence. Ironic.
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 AM
I am in the bottom 10% of people able to follow elaborate thought experiments. I am in one of very few careers in the world where that actually matters for my professional competence. Ironic.
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an internet person has made a searchable version of Borges‘ library of Babel and it’s way more horrifying than the actual story libraryofbabel.info
Library of Babel
A project towards a universal library. By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters.
libraryofbabel.info
January 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
an internet person has made a searchable version of Borges‘ library of Babel and it’s way more horrifying than the actual story libraryofbabel.info
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"nails hammered through red candles, chalked symbols and red tape in which the words “anti meta physical front” were printed."
Defenders of Thomasson from Williamson have gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Defenders of Thomasson from Williamson have gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Edinburgh tomb of philosopher David Hume vandalised with ‘satanic’ symbols
Tour guide reports drawing of naked woman pointing knife at baby and coded writing at Old Calton burial ground
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"nails hammered through red candles, chalked symbols and red tape in which the words “anti meta physical front” were printed."
Defenders of Thomasson from Williamson have gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Defenders of Thomasson from Williamson have gone too far.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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PhilPapers categorisation update! The 'Feminist Philosophy of Science' leaf has been moved up from the miscellaneous sub-category into the main category of 'General Philosophy of Science' on PhilPapers. 🧡
January 30, 2026 at 12:47 PM
PhilPapers categorisation update! The 'Feminist Philosophy of Science' leaf has been moved up from the miscellaneous sub-category into the main category of 'General Philosophy of Science' on PhilPapers. 🧡
Now that I am untethered from institutional restrictions on my email client, nonsense like this is why I am only one free Saturday away from migrating out of the Microsoft ecosystem entirely.
January 30, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Now that I am untethered from institutional restrictions on my email client, nonsense like this is why I am only one free Saturday away from migrating out of the Microsoft ecosystem entirely.
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The £10 million expansion plan for the Avro Heritage Museum at Stockport, Greater Manchester. 👇
BBC News - Aviation museum's £10m expansion plan approved
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Aviation museum's £10m expansion plan approved
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aviation museum's £10m expansion plan approved
The Avro Heritage Museum opened in 2015 in Stockport and houses a range of fabled aircraft.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 8:00 AM
The £10 million expansion plan for the Avro Heritage Museum at Stockport, Greater Manchester. 👇
BBC News - Aviation museum's £10m expansion plan approved
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Aviation museum's £10m expansion plan approved
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I don't think philosophy nowadays is especially bad, but I do think it is particularly unlikely to be found uninteresting by future generations. My reasons for thinking this I put in this blogpost.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-...
January 28, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I don't think philosophy nowadays is especially bad, but I do think it is particularly unlikely to be found uninteresting by future generations. My reasons for thinking this I put in this blogpost.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-...
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No plan for a paper survives first contact with data
May 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
No plan for a paper survives first contact with data
This might be insane, but has anyone tried writing a multi-disciplinary empirical paper where the text discusses different disciplinary perspectives but keeps them relatively separate?
I can't think of seeing it before, but it might be the best way forward for a project.
I can't think of seeing it before, but it might be the best way forward for a project.
January 28, 2026 at 4:58 PM
This might be insane, but has anyone tried writing a multi-disciplinary empirical paper where the text discusses different disciplinary perspectives but keeps them relatively separate?
I can't think of seeing it before, but it might be the best way forward for a project.
I can't think of seeing it before, but it might be the best way forward for a project.
Few things are as emblematic of the tendency for tryhards to suck the fun out of things as the fact competitive Super Smash Bros Melee is only played on 6 stages with items turned off
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Few things are as emblematic of the tendency for tryhards to suck the fun out of things as the fact competitive Super Smash Bros Melee is only played on 6 stages with items turned off
Oooooh, today's article by @nationalreview.bsky.social editors shows just how mixed up MN has got them.
It chides people for confusing can and ought (left) literally paragraphs after not acknowledging the difference between describing what the law is vs describing what the law should be (right)
It chides people for confusing can and ought (left) literally paragraphs after not acknowledging the difference between describing what the law is vs describing what the law should be (right)
January 27, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Oooooh, today's article by @nationalreview.bsky.social editors shows just how mixed up MN has got them.
It chides people for confusing can and ought (left) literally paragraphs after not acknowledging the difference between describing what the law is vs describing what the law should be (right)
It chides people for confusing can and ought (left) literally paragraphs after not acknowledging the difference between describing what the law is vs describing what the law should be (right)
Watching @nationalreview.bsky.social grapple with MN is fascinating. Multiple articles, including by editors, have criticized for DHS for lying about MN.
But it is also running articles arguing ICE protestors and media are lying about MN. The main evidence offered? Statements by the DHS.
But it is also running articles arguing ICE protestors and media are lying about MN. The main evidence offered? Statements by the DHS.
January 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Watching @nationalreview.bsky.social grapple with MN is fascinating. Multiple articles, including by editors, have criticized for DHS for lying about MN.
But it is also running articles arguing ICE protestors and media are lying about MN. The main evidence offered? Statements by the DHS.
But it is also running articles arguing ICE protestors and media are lying about MN. The main evidence offered? Statements by the DHS.