Gen Eickers
@geneickers.bsky.social
Critical/Feminist Philosophy of Mind of Emotion, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology @ Uni Osnabrück - Working on Scripts, Social Norms, Interaction, Emotion, Gender & Transness, Social Media
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I think we should *speak to* the topics as they come and go and *offer courses* on them. We often have interesting things to say. We should not *restructure the discipline* or *designate positions* to such topics. (I talked about this 2023 with decision makers in my institution. but alas ...)
January 9, 2026 at 11:12 AM
I think we should *speak to* the topics as they come and go and *offer courses* on them. We often have interesting things to say. We should not *restructure the discipline* or *designate positions* to such topics. (I talked about this 2023 with decision makers in my institution. but alas ...)
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Grund achtundreißig dafür, genauer auf Ostmitteleuropa zu schauen: das Klischee der kleinen, ignorierten Nationen wird zunehmend zum politischen Instrument.
Fico spricht ständig von den "großen Jungs" in Europa, gegen die nur er sein Land verteidigen könne. Bratislava werde in Brüssel ignoriert. 1
Fico spricht ständig von den "großen Jungs" in Europa, gegen die nur er sein Land verteidigen könne. Bratislava werde in Brüssel ignoriert. 1
January 8, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Grund achtundreißig dafür, genauer auf Ostmitteleuropa zu schauen: das Klischee der kleinen, ignorierten Nationen wird zunehmend zum politischen Instrument.
Fico spricht ständig von den "großen Jungs" in Europa, gegen die nur er sein Land verteidigen könne. Bratislava werde in Brüssel ignoriert. 1
Fico spricht ständig von den "großen Jungs" in Europa, gegen die nur er sein Land verteidigen könne. Bratislava werde in Brüssel ignoriert. 1
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Terrible decision that will damage scientific integrity to the core
DFG erlaubt Einsatz von KI in der Begutachtung.
Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
Wenn wir jetzt noch die AI dazu kriegen, die komplette Forschung zu machen, haben wir den Menschen komplett von der Last des Forschungsprozzeses befreit und er kann sich komplett auf wichtige Dinge wie Reisekostenerstattungsanträge konzentrieren.
Künstliche Intelligenz in der Begutachtung
www.dfg.de
January 8, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Terrible decision that will damage scientific integrity to the core
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On the 34th anniversary of the end of the USSR, I’m reposting my article from earlier this year, which argued that we should have understood the moment as liberation rather than only as collapse: www.eurozine.com/liberation-n...
Liberation, not collapse
The fall of the Berlin Wall, and not the human chain across the Baltics, is emblematic of 1989. But what if this show of unity had become iconic of communism’s disintegration? Could acknowledging East...
www.eurozine.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
On the 34th anniversary of the end of the USSR, I’m reposting my article from earlier this year, which argued that we should have understood the moment as liberation rather than only as collapse: www.eurozine.com/liberation-n...
maybe don’t use AI to create references? …. or for any work on your papers? wild, i know
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
maybe don’t use AI to create references? …. or for any work on your papers? wild, i know
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Just saw people arguing that the shooting in Sydney wasn’t antisemitic because Chabad is a Zionist movement, and killing Zionists is fine.
Fucking ghouls. Get fucked.
Fucking ghouls. Get fucked.
December 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Just saw people arguing that the shooting in Sydney wasn’t antisemitic because Chabad is a Zionist movement, and killing Zionists is fine.
Fucking ghouls. Get fucked.
Fucking ghouls. Get fucked.
🫣 Ha, I’m looking for people willing to review my scripts book!
"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—"
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
Reviews.
Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.)
Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
🫣 Ha, I’m looking for people willing to review my scripts book!
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Just published: our paper with Selbi Durdiyeva, taking a close look at the legacy of Angela Davis, much of the Western left and the ongoing disengagement with dissent knowledges and liberation struggles in Europe’s East, Central and North Asia, emphasising the urgent need for epistemic reparations
December 8, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Just published: our paper with Selbi Durdiyeva, taking a close look at the legacy of Angela Davis, much of the Western left and the ongoing disengagement with dissent knowledges and liberation struggles in Europe’s East, Central and North Asia, emphasising the urgent need for epistemic reparations
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Not a remotely original point, but I truly cannot understand the mindset of people who feel not just comfortable with hording huge amounts of wealth and resources, given how others live, but driven to preserving and even deepening those inequalities. I wouldn't know how to live with the shame.
'Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to a report that argues global inequality has reached such extremes that urgent action has become essential'
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Not a remotely original point, but I truly cannot understand the mindset of people who feel not just comfortable with hording huge amounts of wealth and resources, given how others live, but driven to preserving and even deepening those inequalities. I wouldn't know how to live with the shame.
There’s a new journal I am happy to be part of as section editor!
December 9, 2025 at 8:52 AM
There’s a new journal I am happy to be part of as section editor!
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I have been critical of a lot of trans 101 style public education strategies but one little bit of progress I hoped we had made with cis people is that categorizing us “non-biological” doesn’t make sense
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I have been critical of a lot of trans 101 style public education strategies but one little bit of progress I hoped we had made with cis people is that categorizing us “non-biological” doesn’t make sense
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Es macht mich richtig betroffen, als Anglistin Hausarbeiten zu lesen, die ganz offensichtlich mit LLM verfasst wurden. Klar liest sich das oft flüssiger bzgl. der Grammatik etc., aber die Lesarten sind oberflächlich, hohl & die Stimmen der Studis überhaupt nicht mehr hörbar. 1/6
October 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Es macht mich richtig betroffen, als Anglistin Hausarbeiten zu lesen, die ganz offensichtlich mit LLM verfasst wurden. Klar liest sich das oft flüssiger bzgl. der Grammatik etc., aber die Lesarten sind oberflächlich, hohl & die Stimmen der Studis überhaupt nicht mehr hörbar. 1/6
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College Instructor Put on Leave Over Zero Grade for Gender Essay
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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
October 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
📣 New publication! The second article of my postdoc project on the far right and anti-gender mobilization is now out #openaccess in #GermanPolitics doi.org/10.1080/0964...
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
It examines antifeminism in far-right party politics through the case of AfD
Key findings:
Antifeminism ✅
Radicalization ✅
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Another example of the burdens created when tech companies behave as untrustworthy social actors - people then go to great lengths to protect themselves even when it’s not necessary, at personal cost and compromising their ability to use the technology that does work
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Another example of the burdens created when tech companies behave as untrustworthy social actors - people then go to great lengths to protect themselves even when it’s not necessary, at personal cost and compromising their ability to use the technology that does work
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I resent LLMs for many reasons, but forcing me to act like a cop to keep fake garbage out of publication is high on the list. I want to read people’s work in a spirit of generosity and curiosity again (‘I wonder what cool ideas might be in here?’) instead of ‘I got you now, you lying little shit’
November 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I resent LLMs for many reasons, but forcing me to act like a cop to keep fake garbage out of publication is high on the list. I want to read people’s work in a spirit of generosity and curiosity again (‘I wonder what cool ideas might be in here?’) instead of ‘I got you now, you lying little shit’
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Trailblazer in trans scholarship: professor emeritus earns award for life's work www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
Trailblazer in trans scholarship: professor emeritus earns award for life's work - YFile
Known for groundbreaking work in gender theory, Michael Gilbert/Miqqi Alicia Gilbert has been recognized for a lifetime of advancing transgender visibility, rights and inclusive education.
www.yorku.ca
November 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Trailblazer in trans scholarship: professor emeritus earns award for life's work www.yorku.ca/yfile/2025/1...
Heute in Wien! trans Philosophie Workshop mit @sigmondrime.bsky.social & mir :-)
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November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Heute in Wien! trans Philosophie Workshop mit @sigmondrime.bsky.social & mir :-)
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urise.univie.ac.at/mod/booking/...
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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1/ In case you missed it: on Sunday evening, Jason Stanley was invited to speak at the Jewish Community of Frankfurt to commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938 (referred to as 'Kristallnacht' in English). His talk was cut short after members of the audience shouted him down. German interview below:
Streit um Gedenken zum 9. November: „Leute im Publikum haben mich angeschrien“
Der US-Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Stanely ist schockiert.
taz.de
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
1/ In case you missed it: on Sunday evening, Jason Stanley was invited to speak at the Jewish Community of Frankfurt to commemorate the November Pogrom of 1938 (referred to as 'Kristallnacht' in English). His talk was cut short after members of the audience shouted him down. German interview below:
Keynoting this cool workshop on affective and epistemic injustice tomorrow! 💕
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Keynoting this cool workshop on affective and epistemic injustice tomorrow! 💕
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This is terrible. Teen Vogue were a vital source of political critique and social commentary.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is terrible. Teen Vogue were a vital source of political critique and social commentary.
My paper “trans perspectives in philosophy of mind” is out now in APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy!
#philsky #philosophy #transphilosophy
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#philsky #philosophy #transphilosophy
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October 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
My paper “trans perspectives in philosophy of mind” is out now in APA Studies on Feminism and Philosophy!
#philsky #philosophy #transphilosophy
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#philsky #philosophy #transphilosophy
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I'm hiring! A 2-year postdoc on my ERC project "KNOW-HOW" at the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre University of Glasgow. (Deadline for applications 9 November.) Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Details below
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
Research Associate in Philosophy
College of Arts and HumanitiesSchool of Humanities Research Associate in PhilosophyVacancy Reference: 184814Salary: Grade 7, £41,064 - £46,049 per annum We have an opportunity for a Research Associ...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk
October 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I'm hiring! A 2-year postdoc on my ERC project "KNOW-HOW" at the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre University of Glasgow. (Deadline for applications 9 November.) Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Details below
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...
www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...