erica bigelow
@ericabigelow.bsky.social
philosopher studying disability, emotions, technology, and care 🏳️🌈 research asst @ bkc
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It's not great that a student can turn in a bad essay but vaguely point to the Bible and religious beliefs as an excuse for not following the actual assignment and terrible writing. That's not what college is supposed to be.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It's not great that a student can turn in a bad essay but vaguely point to the Bible and religious beliefs as an excuse for not following the actual assignment and terrible writing. That's not what college is supposed to be.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
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the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
the fact that nick fuentes isn’t here but ms rachel is illustrates perfectly that groups like this don’t actually care about antisemitism at all
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oh word, other academics would have designed the assignment and graded it differently? wow, that changes everything
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
oh word, other academics would have designed the assignment and graded it differently? wow, that changes everything
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Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
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2026 Conference
Call for Papers: Science and Technology in the Anthropocene April 2 – 3, 2026 A conference about human experience in a world with non-biological intelligent systems and the environmental prob…
uchumanitiestech.org
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Call for abstracts for the first conference of our new Center for Humanities and Technology. Please share!
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
uchumanitiestech.org/2026-confere...
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“Why Wearing a Barrel As Pants is The New Hot Style”
Chat, is it a good sign when the Atlantic's Thanksgiving take is "cabbage is affordable"?
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“Why Wearing a Barrel As Pants is The New Hot Style”
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Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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he's right and he's right to say it
June 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
he's right and he's right to say it
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We printed the first batch of the zine today! And of course we made the cover in 13 different colors 🌈 #beingtransinphilosophy
June 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We printed the first batch of the zine today! And of course we made the cover in 13 different colors 🌈 #beingtransinphilosophy
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APA member Colin Marshall coauthored this @us.theconversation.com piece on empathy and why it should be considered a strength. theconversation.com/empathy-can-...
Empathy can take a toll – but 2 philosophers explain why we should see it as a strength
Empathy affords us a more accurate understanding of others’ experiences and emotions. Just like pain, it can be hard to bear – but that’s also the source of its strength.
theconversation.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:20 PM
APA member Colin Marshall coauthored this @us.theconversation.com piece on empathy and why it should be considered a strength. theconversation.com/empathy-can-...
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The FBI is seeking to criminally investigate gender affirming care providers, even in blue states with shield law protections.
www.thedissident.news/fbi-posts-om...
www.thedissident.news/fbi-posts-om...
FBI Posts Ominous Call for "Tips" on Gender Affirming Care Providers
This is an alarming escalation by the Trump administration and it's campaign of eradication of trans people.
Today, the FBI tweeted a call for the public to report hospitals or clinics performing gen...
www.thedissident.news
June 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The FBI is seeking to criminally investigate gender affirming care providers, even in blue states with shield law protections.
www.thedissident.news/fbi-posts-om...
www.thedissident.news/fbi-posts-om...
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RFK is a eugenics freak first and foremost and everything falls downstream from that. he *wants* excess deaths. he thinks that only the "fit" should survive.
These motherfuckers are going to kill children. I've been saying it for a year, but RFK Jr might as well be a serial murderer.
Watch: they'll start vaccine *bans* within a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
Watch: they'll start vaccine *bans* within a year.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/h...
RFK Jr. Turns to a Discredited Vaccine Researcher for Autism Study (Gift Article)
David Geier has been hired as a senior data analyst at H.H.S. According to several people, he will examine any potential links between vaccines and autism that were debunked long ago.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
RFK is a eugenics freak first and foremost and everything falls downstream from that. he *wants* excess deaths. he thinks that only the "fit" should survive.
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Donald Trump said he'd abolish the Department of Education, and that's exactly what he's doing.
If you send your kids to public school, Trump is sending you a clear message: he doesn’t care about you.
If you send your kids to public school, Trump is sending you a clear message: he doesn’t care about you.
Education Department to Fire 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff
The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.
www.nytimes.com
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Donald Trump said he'd abolish the Department of Education, and that's exactly what he's doing.
If you send your kids to public school, Trump is sending you a clear message: he doesn’t care about you.
If you send your kids to public school, Trump is sending you a clear message: he doesn’t care about you.
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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it is the moral duty of every person to protect as many as we possibly can from this fucking monster. anything less than the most we can do is unacceptable. whatever power you have, use it
Politico reports this morning that Erik Prince, the war profiteer behind Blackwater, the PMC which engaged in extensive human rights violations in Iraq, is part of a group of military contractors that is asking the Trump White House to get in on the deportation game. The blood chills at the thought.
February 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
it is the moral duty of every person to protect as many as we possibly can from this fucking monster. anything less than the most we can do is unacceptable. whatever power you have, use it
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I'm giving my first lecture for the year tomorrow at this event on queer feminist translation, affect & decoloniality. Glad I can be there all day to absorb & listen & learn.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/events/2025/queer-feminist-translation-affect-and-decoloniality
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/events/2025/queer-feminist-translation-affect-and-decoloniality
Queerfeministtranslatiion
www.queerfeministtranslation.uk
February 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm giving my first lecture for the year tomorrow at this event on queer feminist translation, affect & decoloniality. Glad I can be there all day to absorb & listen & learn.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/events/2025/queer-feminist-translation-affect-and-decoloniality
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/languages/events/2025/queer-feminist-translation-affect-and-decoloniality
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Third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are among the best little readers in the nation. For nearly 20 years, the elementary schools in this economically depressed area have produced better readers than some of the wealthiest places in the country. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
Most school districts have lots of kids who struggle with reading. This one is different.
The third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are among the best little readers in the nation. For nearly 20 years, 93% or more of them have scored proficient on state reading tests. In fact, the elementar...
www.apmreports.org
February 20, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are among the best little readers in the nation. For nearly 20 years, the elementary schools in this economically depressed area have produced better readers than some of the wealthiest places in the country. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
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Philosophers: At least one thing in America doesn't suck. The Central APA (starting tomorrow) is looking really good. Lots of innovative sessions, a smooth online platform, and a bunch of great people involved. Please consider tuning in - several sessions are free and open to the public.
February 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Philosophers: At least one thing in America doesn't suck. The Central APA (starting tomorrow) is looking really good. Lots of innovative sessions, a smooth online platform, and a bunch of great people involved. Please consider tuning in - several sessions are free and open to the public.
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the “make america healthy again” agenda appears to be an elaborate op conjured up by sentient strains of listeria and salmonella www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
FDA’s Food Safety Chief Resigns
The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nation’s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s new health secretary, has pledged to gut the division.
www.nytimes.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
the “make america healthy again” agenda appears to be an elaborate op conjured up by sentient strains of listeria and salmonella www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...
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Philosophers: Please get your department to host a Watch Party for the Central APA! A great way to build community and watch live philosophy in chaotic times.
January 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Philosophers: Please get your department to host a Watch Party for the Central APA! A great way to build community and watch live philosophy in chaotic times.
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Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
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Skrmetti oral arguments live thread.
First question is from Justice Thomas asks why it's not an age based classification rather than sex based classification.
First question is from Justice Thomas asks why it's not an age based classification rather than sex based classification.
December 4, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Skrmetti oral arguments live thread.
First question is from Justice Thomas asks why it's not an age based classification rather than sex based classification.
First question is from Justice Thomas asks why it's not an age based classification rather than sex based classification.
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Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
The Oxygen of Amplification
New Data & Society report recommends editorial “better practices” for reporting on online bigots and manipulators; interviews journalists on accidental amplification of extreme agendas
datasociety.net
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 AM
Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators
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Daily reminder that Kathy Stock is a C-tier philosopher whose entire body of work can be reduced to a justification for transphobia at any cost.
Well, well, well… it seems someone argued themselves into an inconvenient corner.
July 21, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Daily reminder that Kathy Stock is a C-tier philosopher whose entire body of work can be reduced to a justification for transphobia at any cost.