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This is good advice for readers.
But also, academics, put up a website! Put drafts of papers as submitted on it!
If you don't feel like doing that, at least post drafts to PhilPapers, or SSRN, or arXiv, or somewhere. You're getting paid to provide a public good, not support commercial publishers.
But also, academics, put up a website! Put drafts of papers as submitted on it!
If you don't feel like doing that, at least post drafts to PhilPapers, or SSRN, or arXiv, or somewhere. You're getting paid to provide a public good, not support commercial publishers.
Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
May 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This is good advice for readers.
But also, academics, put up a website! Put drafts of papers as submitted on it!
If you don't feel like doing that, at least post drafts to PhilPapers, or SSRN, or arXiv, or somewhere. You're getting paid to provide a public good, not support commercial publishers.
But also, academics, put up a website! Put drafts of papers as submitted on it!
If you don't feel like doing that, at least post drafts to PhilPapers, or SSRN, or arXiv, or somewhere. You're getting paid to provide a public good, not support commercial publishers.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
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And much like how deregulation and the Volcker Shock are legacies kicked off by Carter but owned by Reagan, the Biden admin will ultimately be remembered as a time of continuity with the two Trump terms, where AP history students will get bonus credit for naming under whom Roe fell and Gaza vanished
trump will be the next reagan in the sense that in 30 years every time you notice some horrible defect in society you'll do some quick research and trace it back to trump
Politico knows no shame.
January 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
And much like how deregulation and the Volcker Shock are legacies kicked off by Carter but owned by Reagan, the Biden admin will ultimately be remembered as a time of continuity with the two Trump terms, where AP history students will get bonus credit for naming under whom Roe fell and Gaza vanished
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Drezner looks back at the future. Hard to find much here with which to disagree.
January 4, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Drezner looks back at the future. Hard to find much here with which to disagree.
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My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM
My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
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“‘America First’ as a phrase is often associated with the idea of isolationism. But Trump is not an isolationist,” David Frum told @isabelfattal.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily. “What he is interested in is a more predatory approach to foreign countries.”
Trump’s Predatory Version of ‘America First’
A conversation with David Frum on the dangers of Trump’s approach to the world
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2024 at 10:57 PM
“‘America First’ as a phrase is often associated with the idea of isolationism. But Trump is not an isolationist,” David Frum told @isabelfattal.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily. “What he is interested in is a more predatory approach to foreign countries.”
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BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
BREAKING: Amnesty Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide
“We will look back and say, ‘Why did we not do more earlier?” Amnesty's director tells Zeteo.
zeteo.com
December 5, 2024 at 12:12 AM
BREAKING: Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza in new report:
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Dr. Rahier’s class was flagged as having “unproven, speculative or exploratory content.” Wouldn’t want any of that in our intellectual lives.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
Republicans Target Social Sciences to Curb Ideas They Don’t Like
Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing subjects like sociology from core requirements.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Dr. Rahier’s class was flagged as having “unproven, speculative or exploratory content.” Wouldn’t want any of that in our intellectual lives.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
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Wrote about Pete Hegseth and the state of American masculinity today. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
Pete Hegseth, American Man?
What Hegseth means about American masculinity.
danieldrezner.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Wrote about Pete Hegseth and the state of American masculinity today. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/pete-hegse...
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Hoo boy. abcnews.go.com/amp/Internat...
South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities
South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities
abcnews.go.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Hoo boy. abcnews.go.com/amp/Internat...
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I genuinely don't think I can handle the next four years of New York Times headlines.
Kill me now.
Kill me now.
December 2, 2024 at 5:19 PM
I genuinely don't think I can handle the next four years of New York Times headlines.
Kill me now.
Kill me now.
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Transformative experience in The New Yorker @newyorker.com! Nice profile of philosopher Laurie Paul @lapaul.bsky.social.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Philosopher L. A. Paul Wants Us to Think About Our Selves
To whom should we have allegiance—the version of ourself making choices, or the version of ourself who will be affected by them?
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Transformative experience in The New Yorker @newyorker.com! Nice profile of philosopher Laurie Paul @lapaul.bsky.social.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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surprise kyiv visit by german chancellor olaf scholz after being criticized by kyiv for his phone call with putin
December 2, 2024 at 4:28 PM
surprise kyiv visit by german chancellor olaf scholz after being criticized by kyiv for his phone call with putin
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I love this idea that Biden pardoning Hunter will somehow ‘justify’ or ‘excuse’ Trump pardoning the Jan 6th prisoners, ignoring the fact that:
1. Trump had promised to pardon them long before Biden did this.
2. There is nothing comparable between Hunter’s crimes & their crimes.
1. Trump had promised to pardon them long before Biden did this.
2. There is nothing comparable between Hunter’s crimes & their crimes.
December 2, 2024 at 2:07 PM
I love this idea that Biden pardoning Hunter will somehow ‘justify’ or ‘excuse’ Trump pardoning the Jan 6th prisoners, ignoring the fact that:
1. Trump had promised to pardon them long before Biden did this.
2. There is nothing comparable between Hunter’s crimes & their crimes.
1. Trump had promised to pardon them long before Biden did this.
2. There is nothing comparable between Hunter’s crimes & their crimes.