Prof. Felipe Gusmão
@fgusmao.bsky.social
"A minor marginalised philosopher writing in the early twenty-first century"
Professor of Conservation at UNIFESP
I was once suspended from Twitter for defending animal rights...
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and I love cats...
Professor of Conservation at UNIFESP
I was once suspended from Twitter for defending animal rights...
Ⓐ 🇦🇺 🇧🇷
and I love cats...
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On the #InternationalDayofEducation, we’re resharing this Essay drawing on the radical vision of Jean-Jacques Rousseau to ask what we really mean by learning. Is education merely a system for transmitting knowledge and preparing people for work or could it be something more expansive and humane?
It’s time we revived Rousseau’s radical spirit in schooling | Aeon Essays
Rousseau’s child-centred ideals are now commonplace but his truly radical vision of educational freedom still eludes us
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January 24, 2026 at 11:30 AM
On the #InternationalDayofEducation, we’re resharing this Essay drawing on the radical vision of Jean-Jacques Rousseau to ask what we really mean by learning. Is education merely a system for transmitting knowledge and preparing people for work or could it be something more expansive and humane?
"Rights of Nature: A Reading List
What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature."
daily.jstor.org/rights-of-na...
What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature."
daily.jstor.org/rights-of-na...
Rights of Nature: A Reading List - JSTOR Daily
What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature.
daily.jstor.org
January 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
"Rights of Nature: A Reading List
What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature."
daily.jstor.org/rights-of-na...
What would it mean for rivers, forests, and animals to have legal rights? A global movement is rethinking law’s relationship to nature."
daily.jstor.org/rights-of-na...
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Werner Herzog
"A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred"
Werner Herzog
"A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred"
Where The Green Ants Dream (1984) Dir. Werner Herzog | HD
YouTube video by rumatazero
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January 21, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
Werner Herzog
"A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred"
Werner Herzog
"A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred"
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Writing is a process, an experience, a practice and the fact that we've moved away from that framing over the last couple of decades, making everyone amenable to the text extruding homework machine doesn't mean we can't reclaim our own humanity. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
More Than Words
A veteran writing teacher makes a “moving” (Rick Wormeli) argument that writing is a form of thinking and feeling and shows why it can’t be replaced by...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Writing is a process, an experience, a practice and the fact that we've moved away from that framing over the last couple of decades, making everyone amenable to the text extruding homework machine doesn't mean we can't reclaim our own humanity. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
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🎧 Ever wonder how animals make collective decisions?
In our exclusive flock bonus content, Sue Donaldson reveals fascinating research on how emotions shape animal politics.
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#AnimalRights #VeganPodcast
In our exclusive flock bonus content, Sue Donaldson reveals fascinating research on how emotions shape animal politics.
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#AnimalRights #VeganPodcast
January 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM
🎧 Ever wonder how animals make collective decisions?
In our exclusive flock bonus content, Sue Donaldson reveals fascinating research on how emotions shape animal politics.
Join our flock for content you won't hear anywhere else! ourhenhouse.org/support
#AnimalRights #VeganPodcast
In our exclusive flock bonus content, Sue Donaldson reveals fascinating research on how emotions shape animal politics.
Join our flock for content you won't hear anywhere else! ourhenhouse.org/support
#AnimalRights #VeganPodcast
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A better world is possible 🌼
December 16, 2023 at 8:15 AM
A better world is possible 🌼
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Compartilhando esse vídeo lindo neste domingo: o flagrante de uma mamãe #preguiça com seu #filhotinho. O registro foi feito no Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, uma das mais belas e bem preservadas áreas verdes da capital fluminense. Mais sobre essa história aqui ➡️ buff.ly/0lrcd0m
January 18, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Compartilhando esse vídeo lindo neste domingo: o flagrante de uma mamãe #preguiça com seu #filhotinho. O registro foi feito no Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, uma das mais belas e bem preservadas áreas verdes da capital fluminense. Mais sobre essa história aqui ➡️ buff.ly/0lrcd0m
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In a widely anticipated move, House Republicans released a draft bill that would roll back several provisions in the nation’s premier chemical safety law with the stated goal of bolstering manufacturing and innovation.
House GOP Bill Would Roll Back Key Protections in US Chemical Safety Law
“This bill is a chemical lobby wish list,” said one critic.
truthout.org
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
In a widely anticipated move, House Republicans released a draft bill that would roll back several provisions in the nation’s premier chemical safety law with the stated goal of bolstering manufacturing and innovation.
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Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.
US Senate passes bill to boost federal science spending after White House sought major cuts
The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to approve billions of dollars in funding for federal science agencies, rejecting deep cuts proposed by President Donald Trump in space and other areas.
www.reuters.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Wow! Yay! The Senate just rejected Trump’s proposed science cuts, voting 82–15 to boost funding for NOAA, NASA, and the NSF. The bill already passed the House 397–28. Strong bipartisan support for science still exists.
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Even in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are choosing people over wildlife. By analysing what mosquitoes had fed on, researchers found a strong preference for human blood, helping explain how disease risks can follow us into natural environments.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
Frontiers | Aspects of the blood meal of mosquitoes (Diptera: culicidae) during the crepuscular period in Atlantic Forest remnants of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Identifying their food sources provides insights into mosquito foraging behaviors and directly impacts the epidemiology of mosquito-borne pathogens such as d...
www.frontiersin.org
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Even in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest, mosquitoes are choosing people over wildlife. By analysing what mosquitoes had fed on, researchers found a strong preference for human blood, helping explain how disease risks can follow us into natural environments.
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
www.frontiersin.org/journals/eco...
Happy #WorldLogicDay !
Here is "On interpreting truth tables and relevant truth table logic" by Richard Sylvan
Enjoy!
Here is "On interpreting truth tables and relevant truth table logic" by Richard Sylvan
Enjoy!
projecteuclid.org
January 14, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Happy #WorldLogicDay !
Here is "On interpreting truth tables and relevant truth table logic" by Richard Sylvan
Enjoy!
Here is "On interpreting truth tables and relevant truth table logic" by Richard Sylvan
Enjoy!
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Happy World #Logic Day! Proclaimed by @unesco.org in 2019, what better reason to listen to our 2024 episode with Patrick Girard from @aucklanduni.bsky.social, author of "Logic in the Wild." More at philosophytalk.org/shows/logic-....
#PhilSky #philosophy @kalwradio.bsky.social
#PhilSky #philosophy @kalwradio.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Happy World #Logic Day! Proclaimed by @unesco.org in 2019, what better reason to listen to our 2024 episode with Patrick Girard from @aucklanduni.bsky.social, author of "Logic in the Wild." More at philosophytalk.org/shows/logic-....
#PhilSky #philosophy @kalwradio.bsky.social
#PhilSky #philosophy @kalwradio.bsky.social
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Vast stretches of our landscape is off bounds, held by a handful of private owners
Locked out of nature
Why England’s countryside remains off-limits - and the movement fighting to open it up for everyone.
theecologist.org
January 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Vast stretches of our landscape is off bounds, held by a handful of private owners
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A major ecological shift has been quietly taking place
Mussel atrophy
All over the world, freshwater mussels are declining with worrying effects for ecosystems.
theecologist.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A major ecological shift has been quietly taking place
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📢 New article: Holding up the skies: Is #Starlink occupying Low Earth Orbit?'
We calculate that the megaconstellation, which forms a privately-owned planetary infrastructure, equals
→ 52% of all mass in LEO 🛰️
→ 75% of all mass launched LEO btw 2019-2023 🚀
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We calculate that the megaconstellation, which forms a privately-owned planetary infrastructure, equals
→ 52% of all mass in LEO 🛰️
→ 75% of all mass launched LEO btw 2019-2023 🚀
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Holding up the skies: is Starlink occupying low Earth orbit?
Starlink is occupying low Earth orbit (LEO) with thousands of small satellites, which provide global high-speed internet. We calculate that the privately owned megaconstellation, which we contend f...
www.tandfonline.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:42 AM
📢 New article: Holding up the skies: Is #Starlink occupying Low Earth Orbit?'
We calculate that the megaconstellation, which forms a privately-owned planetary infrastructure, equals
→ 52% of all mass in LEO 🛰️
→ 75% of all mass launched LEO btw 2019-2023 🚀
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We calculate that the megaconstellation, which forms a privately-owned planetary infrastructure, equals
→ 52% of all mass in LEO 🛰️
→ 75% of all mass launched LEO btw 2019-2023 🚀
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Here now are all ten of my "rules" for writing about the history of philosophy combined as a single blog post. Hope they will be useful to students and teachers, even if only to prompt disagreement!
www.historyofphilosophy.net/rules-writin...
#philsky #philosophy #writing #history
www.historyofphilosophy.net/rules-writin...
#philsky #philosophy #writing #history
All Ten Rules for Writing about the History of Philosophy | History of Philosophy without any gaps
Having spent the last 25 years of my life teaching history of philosophy, I’ve obviously had a lot of opportunity to give advice and feedback to students on their writing projects. I often find myself...
www.historyofphilosophy.net
January 12, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Here now are all ten of my "rules" for writing about the history of philosophy combined as a single blog post. Hope they will be useful to students and teachers, even if only to prompt disagreement!
www.historyofphilosophy.net/rules-writin...
#philsky #philosophy #writing #history
www.historyofphilosophy.net/rules-writin...
#philsky #philosophy #writing #history
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I welcome the new year with a new publication in the journal Climatic Change!
I ask: What would Aldo Leopold think about Geoengineering? In reply, I contend that from his vantage both success and failure in geoengineering should deeply trouble us.
Check it out open access here: rdcu.be/eYFAC
I ask: What would Aldo Leopold think about Geoengineering? In reply, I contend that from his vantage both success and failure in geoengineering should deeply trouble us.
Check it out open access here: rdcu.be/eYFAC
Client Challenge
rdcu.be
January 12, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I welcome the new year with a new publication in the journal Climatic Change!
I ask: What would Aldo Leopold think about Geoengineering? In reply, I contend that from his vantage both success and failure in geoengineering should deeply trouble us.
Check it out open access here: rdcu.be/eYFAC
I ask: What would Aldo Leopold think about Geoengineering? In reply, I contend that from his vantage both success and failure in geoengineering should deeply trouble us.
Check it out open access here: rdcu.be/eYFAC
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Every year, on my birthday, I watch Koyaanisqatsi. It has become sort of a tradition. I first watched this film when I was a teenager, and it had a huge impact on me. I invite you to join me and watch #Koyaanisqatsi today, and think about what it means to live "a life out of balance"
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) | WatchDocumentaries.com
Experimental documentary directed by Godfrey Reggio that looks at the relationship between nature and humanity through stunning cinematography.
watchdocumentaries.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Every year, on my birthday, I watch Koyaanisqatsi. It has become sort of a tradition. I first watched this film when I was a teenager, and it had a huge impact on me. I invite you to join me and watch #Koyaanisqatsi today, and think about what it means to live "a life out of balance"
Every year, on my birthday, I watch Koyaanisqatsi. It has become sort of a tradition. I first watched this film when I was a teenager, and it had a huge impact on me. I invite you to join me and watch #Koyaanisqatsi today, and think about what it means to live "a life out of balance"
Koyaanisqatsi (1982) | WatchDocumentaries.com
Experimental documentary directed by Godfrey Reggio that looks at the relationship between nature and humanity through stunning cinematography.
watchdocumentaries.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Every year, on my birthday, I watch Koyaanisqatsi. It has become sort of a tradition. I first watched this film when I was a teenager, and it had a huge impact on me. I invite you to join me and watch #Koyaanisqatsi today, and think about what it means to live "a life out of balance"
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Hopefully ecocentric ESG will be one of the growing trends in 2026 and beyond. See The inclusion of biodiversity into Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework: A strategic integration of ecocentric extinction accounting - ScienceDirect share.google/8fPrxKkXHlu6...
The inclusion of biodiversity into Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework: A strategic integration of ecocentric extinction accounting
Traditional Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics have primarily focused on promoting sustainable finance, positive screening, and susta…
share.google
January 2, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Hopefully ecocentric ESG will be one of the growing trends in 2026 and beyond. See The inclusion of biodiversity into Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) framework: A strategic integration of ecocentric extinction accounting - ScienceDirect share.google/8fPrxKkXHlu6...
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"Thoreau developed a sense that connecting deeply to nature was the way to reconnect with his lost brother."
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
The Best Henry David Thoreau Books
Henry David Thoreau's biographer Laura Dassow Walls discusses five key texts that give us insight into the Thoreauvian way of thinking.
fivebooks.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
"Thoreau developed a sense that connecting deeply to nature was the way to reconnect with his lost brother."
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
fivebooks.com/best-books/t...
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Things like student loan debt is great, because it puts workers into massive debt before going into the workforce, which gives capitalists leverage over us.
But really it doesn't go far enough. We should just be born with debt. Babies have been getting off scot-free for far too long.
But really it doesn't go far enough. We should just be born with debt. Babies have been getting off scot-free for far too long.
January 2, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Things like student loan debt is great, because it puts workers into massive debt before going into the workforce, which gives capitalists leverage over us.
But really it doesn't go far enough. We should just be born with debt. Babies have been getting off scot-free for far too long.
But really it doesn't go far enough. We should just be born with debt. Babies have been getting off scot-free for far too long.
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“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“While the AI industry claims its models can “think,” “reason,” and “learn,” their supposed achievements rest on marketing hype and stolen intellectual labor. In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests.”
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Congratulations on surviving 2025, one of the most difficult years in living memory.
It is clear now what the challenges are before us and what the consequences will be if we do not rise to them.
We believe the tide can turn in 2026.
Let's be part of turning it.
crimethinc.com/2025inreview
It is clear now what the challenges are before us and what the consequences will be if we do not rise to them.
We believe the tide can turn in 2026.
Let's be part of turning it.
crimethinc.com/2025inreview
December 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Congratulations on surviving 2025, one of the most difficult years in living memory.
It is clear now what the challenges are before us and what the consequences will be if we do not rise to them.
We believe the tide can turn in 2026.
Let's be part of turning it.
crimethinc.com/2025inreview
It is clear now what the challenges are before us and what the consequences will be if we do not rise to them.
We believe the tide can turn in 2026.
Let's be part of turning it.
crimethinc.com/2025inreview