Emily Heydon
@emilyheydon.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD student @ Buffalo 🦬 | California transplant | recovering homeschooler | thinking about niche construction theory and Bayesian games | 💜🏳️🌈⛸🌎🌿
gotta push back on that second one. if someone reminds you of your abuser that doesn’t mean anything good
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
gotta push back on that second one. if someone reminds you of your abuser that doesn’t mean anything good
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If someone told me this were AI, I would believe it, because, wut?!
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If someone told me this were AI, I would believe it, because, wut?!
really tired of academics who continue to pretend that “climate doomerism” results from irrational risk attitudes and not, like, being more informed than average about about the actual climate risks we are facing
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
really tired of academics who continue to pretend that “climate doomerism” results from irrational risk attitudes and not, like, being more informed than average about about the actual climate risks we are facing
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The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The part where they threatened to break a judge’s car windows should be a bigger story … they feel comfortable treating judges this way, which means they are being told that they can do literally anything to nearly everyone
this is wild
the webpage for my fellowship words everything so carefully. Yes, it’s a merit fellowship for people who have overcome barriers to higher ed, but they have to formally state that it’s open to all genders and races and complies with all national anti-discrimination laws
the webpage for my fellowship words everything so carefully. Yes, it’s a merit fellowship for people who have overcome barriers to higher ed, but they have to formally state that it’s open to all genders and races and complies with all national anti-discrimination laws
“DNH is seeking a declaratory judgment that the scholarship violates the Equal Protection Clause and Title VI, as well as a permanent injunction "barring Defendants from seeing or considering applicants’ race when selecting the recipients" for the scholarship.”
www.foxnews.com/politics/sch...
www.foxnews.com/politics/sch...
Scholarship programs slapped with lawsuits for alleged discrimination against White men
FIRST ON FOX: Nonprofit organization Do No Harm is challenging two separate scholarship programs over their use of race in candidate qualifications.
www.foxnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
this is wild
the webpage for my fellowship words everything so carefully. Yes, it’s a merit fellowship for people who have overcome barriers to higher ed, but they have to formally state that it’s open to all genders and races and complies with all national anti-discrimination laws
the webpage for my fellowship words everything so carefully. Yes, it’s a merit fellowship for people who have overcome barriers to higher ed, but they have to formally state that it’s open to all genders and races and complies with all national anti-discrimination laws
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
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Not a single student I’ve met with when I’ve suspected their work was AI-generated has denied it. I think it’s endemic at this point.
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Not a single student I’ve met with when I’ve suspected their work was AI-generated has denied it. I think it’s endemic at this point.
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Me with a blocked nose thinking about all the good times I had without a blocked nose.
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Me with a blocked nose thinking about all the good times I had without a blocked nose.
so apparently we almost had a campus shooter situation… absolutely unreal
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
so apparently we almost had a campus shooter situation… absolutely unreal
staring at the APDA data and wondering why I ever let the PGR convince me that I needed to try to “stick it out” at a toxic program on the assumption that prestige translates into eventual job security
current dept doing better than old one…first column is permanent acad jobs, second is temporary
current dept doing better than old one…first column is permanent acad jobs, second is temporary
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
staring at the APDA data and wondering why I ever let the PGR convince me that I needed to try to “stick it out” at a toxic program on the assumption that prestige translates into eventual job security
current dept doing better than old one…first column is permanent acad jobs, second is temporary
current dept doing better than old one…first column is permanent acad jobs, second is temporary
fascinated by how the Tr*mp administration is revising student loan policy in order to disincentivize people from becoming physician’s assistants but not to disincentivize them from becoming chiropractors
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
fascinated by how the Tr*mp administration is revising student loan policy in order to disincentivize people from becoming physician’s assistants but not to disincentivize them from becoming chiropractors
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Deer grazing on side of mountain near Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Deer grazing on side of mountain near Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.
I am just…convinced that the masses do not understand how academia works. Some folks over on threads pointed out that most of those “online, 100% acceptance rate” management and leadership PhDs that you pay to do are predatory and scammy and can actually blacklist you from many jobs.
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I am just…convinced that the masses do not understand how academia works. Some folks over on threads pointed out that most of those “online, 100% acceptance rate” management and leadership PhDs that you pay to do are predatory and scammy and can actually blacklist you from many jobs.
honestly, idk what took me so long to decide to break up with the “friend” who told me that if I felt like people were discriminating against me for having super short hair I could just grow it out again. The first red flag came long before that
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
honestly, idk what took me so long to decide to break up with the “friend” who told me that if I felt like people were discriminating against me for having super short hair I could just grow it out again. The first red flag came long before that
has anyone yet done a study on the phenomenon of conventionally attractive young women who believe that the reason powerful men invite them into selective spaces is because they’re more qualified than their peers while not realizing that they are being merely regarded as toys and used as pawns?
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
has anyone yet done a study on the phenomenon of conventionally attractive young women who believe that the reason powerful men invite them into selective spaces is because they’re more qualified than their peers while not realizing that they are being merely regarded as toys and used as pawns?
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I know everyone is fed up with the state of the world but what if you didn’t take it out on people you have mild disagreements with on social media
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I know everyone is fed up with the state of the world but what if you didn’t take it out on people you have mild disagreements with on social media
just met a guy who was standing outside (it’s 40F) carving a 300-pound pumpkin to look like a turkey
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
just met a guy who was standing outside (it’s 40F) carving a 300-pound pumpkin to look like a turkey
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"Iran is facing its worst water crisis in decades. With no end in sight and authorities warning they may even have to evacuate the capital of 10 million people, residents like Ensani are scrambling to respond."
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
Taps run dry as water crisis forces Iran to consider evacuating its capital
A prolonged drought along with years of overconsumption, an inefficient agricultural sector and mismanagement have led to the problem, analysts say.
www.nbcnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"Iran is facing its worst water crisis in decades. With no end in sight and authorities warning they may even have to evacuate the capital of 10 million people, residents like Ensani are scrambling to respond."
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/i...
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granted, we were more Catholic than evangelical, but this stuff about “women and men have different brains” and “committing suicide is just as bad as committing murder” and “the separation of church and state was a mistake and our ultimate goal is to establish a theocracy” was in our textbooks
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 PM
granted, we were more Catholic than evangelical, but this stuff about “women and men have different brains” and “committing suicide is just as bad as committing murder” and “the separation of church and state was a mistake and our ultimate goal is to establish a theocracy” was in our textbooks
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maybe the scariest part is that I’m not appalled by most of the stuff he says. Most of it feels very familiar, similar to the expressed thoughts and feelings of the adults around me when I was a child bsky.app/profile/holl...
Folks, Hegseth is tied to Doug Wilson, a controversial church leader who believes women are inferior.
See more here. Go down to where it talks about women.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
See more here. Go down to where it talks about women.
www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
What to know about the archconservative church Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends
The church network has connections to Christian nationalism and practices complementarianism, emphasizing traditional gender roles.
www.pbs.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
maybe the scariest part is that I’m not appalled by most of the stuff he says. Most of it feels very familiar, similar to the expressed thoughts and feelings of the adults around me when I was a child bsky.app/profile/holl...
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America can't be fascist because I'm not doing anything about it
November 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
America can't be fascist because I'm not doing anything about it
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This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This is nauseating: “As the emails stretch through the years, they show how that protected realm vanished into the mists of time, pulled under by the rising forces of the internet and the #MeToo movement.” A “Gone With the Wind” framing for sexual abuse and harassment.
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Climate change is already making it dangerous to work outdoors and in factories in India — and we’re not even st 1.5C yet.
“Summers have gotten so much worse in the past five years that…she ends up losing a week’s worth of work each month because of dehydration and vomiting.”
“Summers have gotten so much worse in the past five years that…she ends up losing a week’s worth of work each month because of dehydration and vomiting.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Climate change is already making it dangerous to work outdoors and in factories in India — and we’re not even st 1.5C yet.
“Summers have gotten so much worse in the past five years that…she ends up losing a week’s worth of work each month because of dehydration and vomiting.”
“Summers have gotten so much worse in the past five years that…she ends up losing a week’s worth of work each month because of dehydration and vomiting.”
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and you might think sexual harassment at work is about desire, or maybe a lack of boundaries
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
November 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
and you might think sexual harassment at work is about desire, or maybe a lack of boundaries
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good
let me tell you it is about shrinking the pool of competitors
if it's a boys' club you only have to be better than the other boys to look good