Justin Tiehen
@jttiehen.bsky.social
Philosophy Professor at the University of Puget Sound. Working on philosophy of mind, AI, science.
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I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
November 4, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
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AI ETHICS QUESTION: Is this good?
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
AI ETHICS QUESTION: Is this good?
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This is also bad in that it's not a one off op-ed writer. These articles are coming from the editorial board.
People really need to cut their subscriptions to WaPo and move on to supporting other outlets
People really need to cut their subscriptions to WaPo and move on to supporting other outlets
I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges
Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
This is also bad in that it's not a one off op-ed writer. These articles are coming from the editorial board.
People really need to cut their subscriptions to WaPo and move on to supporting other outlets
People really need to cut their subscriptions to WaPo and move on to supporting other outlets
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As Gov. Pritzker says in his opening statement, ICE and CPB are attempting to provoke a reaction by their actions in Chicago. And as he says -- more or less -- at the time stamp below, he won't order state police to physically confront them, b/c he can't.
If you still know anyone who imagines that Pritzker or Johnson will order police under their command to arrest federal agents, you can send them this (1hr12min42sec timestamp). They are explicit that they will not and they view courts as only venue for enforcement.
www.youtube.com/live/vqP4YFV...
www.youtube.com/live/vqP4YFV...
LIVE: Illinois' JD Pritzker on Trump's use of National Guard
YouTube video by Reuters
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October 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
As Gov. Pritzker says in his opening statement, ICE and CPB are attempting to provoke a reaction by their actions in Chicago. And as he says -- more or less -- at the time stamp below, he won't order state police to physically confront them, b/c he can't.
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If you could win a prize by guessing the number on a die 🎲 hidden under a cup, would you want to guess before the die was rolled, or after?
The odds of winning are the same in both, but they can feel different. 🧵
The odds of winning are the same in both, but they can feel different. 🧵
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you could win a prize by guessing the number on a die 🎲 hidden under a cup, would you want to guess before the die was rolled, or after?
The odds of winning are the same in both, but they can feel different. 🧵
The odds of winning are the same in both, but they can feel different. 🧵
I think the “somewhat useful” category is u helpful. If they asked me personally, I would say it’s “somewhat helpful,” because there are some benefits, but also that on balance it’s more harmful then helpful, because the costs of the inaccuracies and hallucinations outweigh the benefits.
So far at least, Americans are lukewarm about AI summaries in search results. Relatively few who have seen them think they're extremely or very useful (20%) or have a lot of trust in the information they get from them (6%). New data from @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I think the “somewhat useful” category is u helpful. If they asked me personally, I would say it’s “somewhat helpful,” because there are some benefits, but also that on balance it’s more harmful then helpful, because the costs of the inaccuracies and hallucinations outweigh the benefits.
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genuinely its really funny that the "online american catholic" position is that the pope is wrong about the bible and the "online american secular" position is that the pope is always right about the bible
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
genuinely its really funny that the "online american catholic" position is that the pope is wrong about the bible and the "online american secular" position is that the pope is always right about the bible
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Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.
Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment
The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.
www.aaup.org
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.
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According to Oregon, Trump got the idea that Portland is on fire because Fox News illustrated a September 5 story on protests of ICE with video from the George Floyd riots in 2020.
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September 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
According to Oregon, Trump got the idea that Portland is on fire because Fox News illustrated a September 5 story on protests of ICE with video from the George Floyd riots in 2020.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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My most controversial post-ejection take is that treating voters as adults with agency and telling them the truth isn’t looking down on them, while telling voters things you know to be false to validate their feelings in an attempt to manipulate them is considerably more condescending.
it's a great interview, and what's striking is that at the end of the day both klein and coates believe in winning people over. the difference is that coates thinks you do this by telling them the truth, and klein thinks you do it by empathizing with them and recognizing their concerns as Real
This was revealing. Worth reading. The basic demand is that Coates spend less time thinking/writing his true feelings and more time playing political strategist. Klein asks him over and over him to do Dem strategy; he says no, over and over. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/o...
September 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My most controversial post-ejection take is that treating voters as adults with agency and telling them the truth isn’t looking down on them, while telling voters things you know to be false to validate their feelings in an attempt to manipulate them is considerably more condescending.
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i keep rereading this
September 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
i keep rereading this
My Bluesky profile image is taken from a student artwork of me painted grue (the student was doing an art project on philosophical thought experiments and I had mentioned that grue was my favorite).
September 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My Bluesky profile image is taken from a student artwork of me painted grue (the student was doing an art project on philosophical thought experiments and I had mentioned that grue was my favorite).
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Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
September 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Latest projection suggests that more than 505,000 adults and kids have died due to USAID's illegal dismantling by Musk, Rubio, and Lewin
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
Source: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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actually that checks out
Trump: Charlie Kirk was like a son to me.
Also Trump: Laughs and chats through Charlie Kirk’s memorial service and eulogies.
Also Trump: Laughs and chats through Charlie Kirk’s memorial service and eulogies.
September 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
actually that checks out
In the American League, there are 6 playoff spots but 7 different teams that have more than a 50% chance of making the playoffs. Mathematically possible but counterintuitive.
September 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In the American League, there are 6 playoff spots but 7 different teams that have more than a 50% chance of making the playoffs. Mathematically possible but counterintuitive.
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Trump just likes dropping bombs and committing war crimes so I don't think we'll be invading Afghanistan
September 20, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Trump just likes dropping bombs and committing war crimes so I don't think we'll be invading Afghanistan
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Bluesky policy discussion: “You’ve got this detail wrong but it’s cool that you’re even here.”
Twitter policy discussion: “I just told your boss you wanna fuck kids.”
Twitter policy discussion: “I just told your boss you wanna fuck kids.”
September 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Bluesky policy discussion: “You’ve got this detail wrong but it’s cool that you’re even here.”
Twitter policy discussion: “I just told your boss you wanna fuck kids.”
Twitter policy discussion: “I just told your boss you wanna fuck kids.”
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One of the natural consequences of blurring the line between state censorship and “cancel culture” was making it easier to engage in state censorship.
I leave it to your imagination whether the people who did that intended that result or were merely recklessly indifferent to it.
I leave it to your imagination whether the people who did that intended that result or were merely recklessly indifferent to it.
This isn’t “cancel culture,” it is markedly way worse
September 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
One of the natural consequences of blurring the line between state censorship and “cancel culture” was making it easier to engage in state censorship.
I leave it to your imagination whether the people who did that intended that result or were merely recklessly indifferent to it.
I leave it to your imagination whether the people who did that intended that result or were merely recklessly indifferent to it.
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The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
September 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?
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For decades everyone on the list argued they only knew Epstein in a professional capacity while all the notes to him are "I sure love being pedophiles together with you, my friend Jeffrey Epstein"
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
For decades everyone on the list argued they only knew Epstein in a professional capacity while all the notes to him are "I sure love being pedophiles together with you, my friend Jeffrey Epstein"
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i'm kind of with will here. one of the *strangest* features of this age is that nominally liberal elites seem totally enervated in the face of fascism--meanwhile the liberal base is screaming our heads off. this doesn't comport at all with the standard story--
If Biden had said even one-tenth of this, he’d have been impeached and removed as a dictator. What is wrong with our elites? They’re paralyzed by their fear of looking unsavvy or biased against MAGA. They’re going to keep pretending everything is normal until the bullet passes through their face
How is this not a screaming massive headline across every news site? This is insane, a virtual declaration of civil war. We fought a revolution to not be subjected to this kind of tyranny
September 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
i'm kind of with will here. one of the *strangest* features of this age is that nominally liberal elites seem totally enervated in the face of fascism--meanwhile the liberal base is screaming our heads off. this doesn't comport at all with the standard story--
This addresses some but not *all* of my concerns about the world of watches.
The world of watches can feel like a secret society.
To help you avoid unintentionally committing a faux pas, we’ve compiled seven guidelines that will help you spot what’s cool, what conveys status and what just comes across as obnoxious. 🔗: on.wsj.com/47YgthM
To help you avoid unintentionally committing a faux pas, we’ve compiled seven guidelines that will help you spot what’s cool, what conveys status and what just comes across as obnoxious. 🔗: on.wsj.com/47YgthM
September 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This addresses some but not *all* of my concerns about the world of watches.