Michael Cholbi
@thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social
'No true Scotsman': US-ish philosopher HQ'd in Edinburgh. Death & dying, work & labor, Kantian ethics, paternalism, etc.. Unapologetic coffee snob. More at https://michael.cholbi.com/ and https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/michael-cholbi
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Just dropped: fabulous interview with Scottish philosophy legend David Hume youtu.be/OXGJJevK4MU?...
Alfred Philosophy Interviews... David Hume
YouTube video by Paul Butterfield - Alfred University Philosophy
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November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just dropped: fabulous interview with Scottish philosophy legend David Hume youtu.be/OXGJJevK4MU?...
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Wealth inequality harms our economy in five ways - reducing demand, wasting talent, extracting wealth, skewing investment and undermining competition. Read more about the evidence base - and how to fill the gaps in it - in our joint briefing with @acadsocsciences.bsky.social, written up here 👇
Is inequality starving the economy?
Exploring the evidence base for how wealth inequality undermines growth, and what we can do about it, with the Academy of Social Sciences
www.faircomment.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Wealth inequality harms our economy in five ways - reducing demand, wasting talent, extracting wealth, skewing investment and undermining competition. Read more about the evidence base - and how to fill the gaps in it - in our joint briefing with @acadsocsciences.bsky.social, written up here 👇
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I think about this post every day 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I think about this post every day 🧪
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"Most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors; decreasing their numbers will only decrease their contributions."
"Most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors; decreasing their numbers will only decrease their contributions."
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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"Most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors; decreasing their numbers will only decrease their contributions."
"Most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors; decreasing their numbers will only decrease their contributions."
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Are our vices increasingly vicious? Have we swapped social vices (drinking) for anti-social ones (online gambling)? archive.is/z7k1M
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November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Are our vices increasingly vicious? Have we swapped social vices (drinking) for anti-social ones (online gambling)? archive.is/z7k1M
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Call for Papers, 'Doing Right by the Digital Dead' -- deadline 15 October 2026 filozofia.sav.sk/en/mi2026
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Call for Papers, 'Doing Right by the Digital Dead' -- deadline 15 October 2026 filozofia.sav.sk/en/mi2026
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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Who really runs Britain?
Book review: Born to Rule
We're always hearing about the "elite", but what does the data tell us about who runs Britain?
newhumanist.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Who really runs Britain?
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1) I ❤️ radio - its synchronicity, immediacy, humanness, unpredictability
2) AM radio is a powerful democratising force, vital to rural areas and the digitally underserved. Shame on automakers who won't spend pennies to ensure its availability in new cars!
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-tec...
2) AM radio is a powerful democratising force, vital to rural areas and the digitally underserved. Shame on automakers who won't spend pennies to ensure its availability in new cars!
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-tec...
AM Radio Is a Lifeline in Rural America. So Why Do Carmakers Want It Gone?
As automakers lobby to yank the 105-year-old tech from new models, broadcasters argue that the trusty medium is an irreplaceable resource. But is anybody listening?
www.popularmechanics.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1) I ❤️ radio - its synchronicity, immediacy, humanness, unpredictability
2) AM radio is a powerful democratising force, vital to rural areas and the digitally underserved. Shame on automakers who won't spend pennies to ensure its availability in new cars!
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-tec...
2) AM radio is a powerful democratising force, vital to rural areas and the digitally underserved. Shame on automakers who won't spend pennies to ensure its availability in new cars!
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-tec...
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They're calling him the most French man in history
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They're calling him the most French man in history
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No neede for expensyve consultinge firmes. Heere ys a planne for excellent higher education:
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes
3) Emphasyze engagemente & delighte
4) Sustayne & cultivate a varietye of fieldes and disciplines, even currentlye unfashionable ones -- thys ys ed, not retail
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes
3) Emphasyze engagemente & delighte
4) Sustayne & cultivate a varietye of fieldes and disciplines, even currentlye unfashionable ones -- thys ys ed, not retail
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
No neede for expensyve consultinge firmes. Heere ys a planne for excellent higher education:
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes
3) Emphasyze engagemente & delighte
4) Sustayne & cultivate a varietye of fieldes and disciplines, even currentlye unfashionable ones -- thys ys ed, not retail
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes
3) Emphasyze engagemente & delighte
4) Sustayne & cultivate a varietye of fieldes and disciplines, even currentlye unfashionable ones -- thys ys ed, not retail
Why real Americans will be rooting for the Blue Jays to win the World Series slate.com/culture/2025...
If You’re an American, There’s One Team to Root For This World Series
The Death Star didn’t need any more encouragement either.
slate.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Why real Americans will be rooting for the Blue Jays to win the World Series slate.com/culture/2025...
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PhD scholarship in Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh registryservices.ed.ac.uk/scholarships...
James Forrester PhD Scholarship in Moral Philosophy | Scholarships and Student Funding | Student Administration
This scholarship has been created through the generous bequest of James Forrester to the Philosophy Department of the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. The scholarship aims to nu...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
PhD scholarship in Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh registryservices.ed.ac.uk/scholarships...
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
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International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying will be holding its sixth biennial conference June 9-11, 2026 at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. The deadline for abstract submissions is 3 November 2025.
www.philosophyofdeath.org/sixth-bienni...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:14 AM
International Association for the Philosophy of Death and Dying will be holding its sixth biennial conference June 9-11, 2026 at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. The deadline for abstract submissions is 3 November 2025.
www.philosophyofdeath.org/sixth-bienni...
www.philosophyofdeath.org/sixth-bienni...
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From Taylor's Schmidt to Taylor Swift: A History of the Work Ethic from Exploitation to the Individual as Brand
October 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
From Taylor's Schmidt to Taylor Swift: A History of the Work Ethic from Exploitation to the Individual as Brand
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5th Workshop on Philosophy of Emotions
The School of Philosophy at Zhejiang University is happy to invite submissions for our 5th Workshop on Philosophy of Emotions, dedicated to the theme of grief, to be held on June 5th, 2026.
We welcome...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM