Alan Richardson
@alanrichardson.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy, UBC
Faculty Member, Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program, UBC
Philosophy of Science
History of Philosophy of Science
Faculty Member, Science and Technology Studies Graduate Program, UBC
Philosophy of Science
History of Philosophy of Science
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A really good long read about the terrible Amazonesque anti-union moves Concordia is doing right now by not renewing all Limited Term teaching positions so they don't have to make them into Extended Term positions.
thelinknewspaper.ca/article/conc...
thelinknewspaper.ca/article/conc...
Concordia draws outcry over decision to cut limited-term teaching positions | News
Concordia University’s decision to cancel all limited-term teaching appointments next year has sparked grief and outrage among faculty, several of whom believed they were on the verge of securing more...
thelinknewspaper.ca
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
A really good long read about the terrible Amazonesque anti-union moves Concordia is doing right now by not renewing all Limited Term teaching positions so they don't have to make them into Extended Term positions.
thelinknewspaper.ca/article/conc...
thelinknewspaper.ca/article/conc...
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Transparency has not been our Mayor's strong suit.
Worth noting that because Sim brought forward his proposal for a property tax freeze requiring millions in cuts with just weeks left in the budget process, this is not up for public debate and is not outlined in the documents available to councillors when they vote on this
SCOOP: Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes in his proposed 2026 budget.
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
Great source work by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson to uncover this
www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/11/n...
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Transparency has not been our Mayor's strong suit.
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Ken Sims has never worked for the people of Vancouver, he works for those who hate the city and who want to gut it of all of its social services, its defining wins around sustainability and wants to turn the city over to those who are exorbitantly wealthy and only care about sustaining their wealth.
Vancouver has spent decades building up a now well-earned reputation for leadership on environmental sustainability.
Apparently, the mayor and ABC majority don't see the value in it.
Hard to imagine a better way to damage the city's brand.
Apparently, the mayor and ABC majority don't see the value in it.
Hard to imagine a better way to damage the city's brand.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Ken Sims has never worked for the people of Vancouver, he works for those who hate the city and who want to gut it of all of its social services, its defining wins around sustainability and wants to turn the city over to those who are exorbitantly wealthy and only care about sustaining their wealth.
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Imagine being this stupid
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Imagine being this stupid
Hesse knew what was what
Mary Hesse on "the political aspect of...the Vienna Circle" and why analytic philosophers had "lost the urgency" of epistemological questions given that they "divorced their philosophy from ideological and practical interests" (1980, xiii).
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archive.org/details/revo...
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Hesse knew what was what
When the leadership passes to new people
Voters want a Democratic Party that fights back against the forces that have rigged the system and made their lives more difficult.
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
A party that comforts the afflicted and afflicts the comfortable —not a party that buckles and capitulates.
When will party leadership learn this lesson?
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
When the leadership passes to new people
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
NEW: Councillors and sources inside the City of Vancouver say the city's mayor, Ken Sim, will put forth a budget Wednesday that will eliminate the city's celebrated climate and sustainability department.
Vancouver mayor plans to eliminate city's climate and sustainability department
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is planning to eliminate the city's sustainability and climate department under the guise of a push to prevent increases to property taxes. Canada's National Observer learned a...
www.nationalobserver.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Vancouver had 117 people die during the 2021 heat dome climate disaster.
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These guys...
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
These guys...
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
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UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
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The proposal's definitions of "race ideology" and "gender ideology" are exactly as thoughtful and workable as you'd expect
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The proposal's definitions of "race ideology" and "gender ideology" are exactly as thoughtful and workable as you'd expect
Academic indentured servitude
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Academic indentured servitude
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
I love how Adobe now tells me a 14 pp document is “long” and offers an AI summary. Oh, sweetie, I’m an academic. 14 pp is almost absurdly short.
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I love how Adobe now tells me a 14 pp document is “long” and offers an AI summary. Oh, sweetie, I’m an academic. 14 pp is almost absurdly short.
The Manhattan Real Estate Project has reached critical mass of stupidium.
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Manhattan Real Estate Project has reached critical mass of stupidium.
“We have a good poker hand. but what if we are playing bridge??”
Democrats were overwhelmingly united on their shutdown demands.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
Americans understood that Trump and Republicans were to blame.
Voters made it known last Tuesday that they'll elect leaders who stand up to Trump.
Democrats held the cards — and folded for no reason.
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“We have a good poker hand. but what if we are playing bridge??”
O ffs, what is the lethal dose of stupid? How am I still alive?
Mike Johnson on the Republican healthcare plan: "We've got notebooks full of ideas."
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
O ffs, what is the lethal dose of stupid? How am I still alive?
Charlie Brown successfully negotiated Lucy into having a vote on whether he’ll be given the chance to kick the football.
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Charlie Brown successfully negotiated Lucy into having a vote on whether he’ll be given the chance to kick the football.
An, an 8:30 am Monday final exam slot! My students are going to be stoked!!
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An, an 8:30 am Monday final exam slot! My students are going to be stoked!!
This is why Musk never wears rubbers
we live in an era where we are burning the legacy of civilization on the altar of men who don't want to do what their mothers told them when they were 6
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is why Musk never wears rubbers
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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.
Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
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I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
The Canada Student Grant Cut | HESA
Somewhat remarkably, no media have picked up the story that the Canada Student Grants were slashed in last week’s budget. Possibly, this is because the government did not issue a press release saying ...
higheredstrategy.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I know no media is covering the Canada Student Grant cuts, but it's real and it's going to cost several hundred thousand students about $1200 this year. Here's the explainer.
Thread about how lacking in vision Vancouver city government is
42% of residents and 37% of businesses surveyed supported a 5% property tax increase in order to maintain the current level of services in the city of Vancouver
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Thread about how lacking in vision Vancouver city government is
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42% of residents and 37% of businesses surveyed supported a 5% property tax increase in order to maintain the current level of services in the city of Vancouver
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
42% of residents and 37% of businesses surveyed supported a 5% property tax increase in order to maintain the current level of services in the city of Vancouver
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...
but wait there’s more
a lot more
1/?
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/doc...