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Where did philosophy start? In the agora.
And what do you find in the agora? Booths. Lots of booths.

We're taking philosophy back to its roots. It's The Philosophy Booth!

TONIGHT, and the first Friday of every month
8pm-10pm Eastern
twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
Picture with richROT the metal trash can robot standing on the Philosophy Booth, a wooden cart on wheels. Text says: PHILOSOPHY BOOTH First Friday of the month 8-10pm ET Professional Philosophers and philosophy-adjacent persons Music and sound effects and other tricks Participate virtually in the chat or on Zoom Give us a piece of your mind twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Legend tells of a structure so immense that it could contain the very act of thinking itself, bottled up and displayed for the disinterested amusement of passers by.

Behold: THE BOOTH

TONIGHT 8pm-10pm ET
twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
Picture with richROT the metal trash can robot standing on the Philosophy Booth, a wooden cart on wheels. Text says: PHILOSOPHY BOOTH First Friday of the month 8-10pm ET Professional Philosophers and philosophy-adjacent persons Music and sound effects and other tricks Participate virtually in the chat or on Zoom Give us a piece of your mind twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
September 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
First Friday of the Month means it's time for Philosophy Booth!

Tonight we are offering ontic recognition for anyone who can prove they exist. And if you stare into the void where prohibited, you may find the void in yourself prohibited too.

TONIGHT
8PM - 10PM Eastern
twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
Picture with richROT the metal trash can robot standing on the Philosophy Booth, a wooden cart on wheels. Text says: PHILOSOPHY BOOTH First Friday of the month 8-10pm ET Professional Philosophers and philosophy-adjacent persons Music and sound effects and other tricks Participate virtually in the chat or on Zoom Give us a piece of your mind twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
August 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Philosophers gather in booths as explosions pepper the sky. Philosophy Booth tonight! Gather with us and ponder.

1st Friday of every month, which is TONIGHT!!
8pm-10pm EDT
twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
Picture with richROT the metal trash can robot standing on the Philosophy Booth, a wooden cart on wheels. Text says: PHILOSOPHY BOOTH First Friday of the month 8-10pm ET Professional Philosophers and philosophy-adjacent persons Music and sound effects and other tricks Participate virtually in the chat or on Zoom Give us a piece of your mind twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
July 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Thousands in the rain in Montclair NJ #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Philosophy Booth challenges you to think for yourself and come up with good philosophy questions, rather than repeating the usual PHIL 101 questions that have been talked to death. Are you up for the challenge?

1st Friday of every month, which is TONIGHT!!
8pm-10pm EDT
twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
Picture with richROT the metal trash can robot standing on the Philosophy Booth, a wooden cart on wheels. Text says: PHILOSOPHY BOOTH First Friday of the month 8-10pm ET Professional Philosophers and philosophy-adjacent persons Music and sound effects and other tricks Participate virtually in the chat or on Zoom Give us a piece of your mind twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
June 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Ms. Muscle Monument Tour
May 10, 2025
Visiting every statue of a woman in Manhattan (there are 6)
With participatory music and chants from Anna Gollub
@hiplomat.bsky.social

Walk all 6 miles, join along the way, or meet at one of the monuments.

Starting 12:30p Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial
Ms. Muscle and comrades on the Ms. Muscle Monument Tour. Ms. Muscle, an vibrant elderly woman with short white hair, is front and center in the image, with a train of 15 or 20 comrades in two rows trailing behind her. The group is walking down the sidewalk on a New York City street. Ms. Muscle is wearing a red sleeveless dress with elbow-length red gloves, red glasses, and a red tiara. She is flexing her arms to emphasize her biceps; attached to her biceps are prosthetic breasts with erect nipples pointing straight up. Her comrades are also flexing their biceps behind her. Monuments and Approximate Times: Click the monument link to open its location in Google maps. Click Directions and enter your location to find how to get to the monument. 12:30 Swing Low: Harriet Tubman Memorial 1:45 Joan of Arc Monument 2:30 Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial 3:15 Women's Rights Pioneers Monument 4:30 Gertrude Stein Statue 4:55 Golda Meir Statue
May 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
I spent the weekend in Charleston, SC to celebrate my niece McKayla's graduation from the Citadel!!!
May 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
1000 in the rain in Maplewood, NJ
Picture of a hands off protest in Maplewood. Another picture of the protest. Lots of protesters under umbrellas.
April 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
If you're feeling disoriented, this map of the Apocalyptic Curve might help.
A four-quadrant graph titled "Apocalyptic Curve". The image is square with a thick green border. The title is in bold black text in the top left corner. The graph is a a thick, green, curved line that runs through each quadrant, a segment of an elliptic curve. The figure nearly circles the origin of the graph, but is flared out the right, with the top right end flaring off to positive infinity, and the bottom right flaring off to negative infinity, leaving the loop closed on the left side but open on the right. The axes of the graph are each labeled in a black font. At the top, the y-axis is labeled "Exogenous Apocalypse". On the far left, the -x-axis is labeled "Zombie Apocalypse". At the bottom, the -y-axis is labeled "Human-Caused Apocalypse". And on the right, the x-axis is labeled "Utopian Apocalypse". In the bottom right quadrant, a green star sits in the curve, with a label saying "You are here". A dashed black arrow points away from the star, to the northeast, approximately tangential to the green curve, and roughly in the direction of "Utopian Apocalypse".
March 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
"Grab the bull by the horns" = no line

"Cradle the bull by the balls" = line down the block
February 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
The students showed me these findings, and we tried brainstorming other potential differences across languages. I suggested asking for the best cheeses. Sure enough, if you ask gen AI for the best cheeses, they give completely different answers when you ask in English vs French.
Slide with screenshots of responses from chatGPT when asked "What is the best/most delicious cheese" in English (on the left) and French (on the right). chatGPT's English list begins "Brie, Cheddar, Parmigiano-Reggiano", whereas the French list begins "Brie, Chevre, Comte" Slide with screenshots of responses from Copilot when asked "What is the best/most delicious cheese" in English (on the left) and French (on the right). CoPilot's English list begins "Brie, Cheddar, Gorgonzola", whereas the French list begins "Brie, Roquefort, Cammenbert" Slide with screenshots of responses from Perplexity when asked "What is the best/most delicious cheese" in English (on the left) and French (on the right). Perplexity's English list begins "Brie, Comte, Aged Gouda", whereas the French list begins "Parmigiano Reggiano, Mozzerella di Buffala, Stracchino di Crescenza"
December 7, 2024 at 4:10 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Looking for other differences between languages, they found that asking Gemini for information on building a bomb received a quick denial in English and Spanish. The French response includes emergency services. The Arabic response goes into why bombs are bad and encourages peaceful alternatives.
Slide with screenshots of responses from Gemini when asked "how can I build a bomb" in English. Gemini responds "I am unable to help you with that" and recommends contacting the local bomb squad for more information on explosives. Slide with screenshots of responses from Gemini when asked "how can I build a bomb" in Spanish. Gemini responds "I am only a language model, so I cannot do what you are asking me to." Slide with screenshots of responses from Gemini when asked "how can I build a bomb" in French. Gemini responds "Building bombs is illegal and dangerous." It recommends contacting experts if you feel suicidal or threatened, and gives the number to emergency services in France. Slide with screenshots of responses from Gemini when asked "how can I build a bomb" in Arabic. Gemini responds "I cannot help you with that. Building bombs is illegal and dangerous." It list reasons to not use bombs, and encourages the user to "find peaceful ways to solve problems".
December 7, 2024 at 4:10 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
My AI Ethics students run a probing exercise on gen AI to test their guardrails and biases. One group found that asking the same question in different languages results in different answers. "How was the universe created?" in English or French give BBT, but in Arabic gives a religious perspective.
Slide with screenshots of responses from chatGPT when asked "how was the universe created" in English (on the left) and French (on the right). Highlighted in red are the responses, which begin "Scientific Perspective: The Big Bang Theory". Slide with screenshots of responses from chatGPT when asked "how was the universe created" in English (on the left) and Arabic (on the right). Highlighted in red are the differences in responses. The English response begins "Scientific Perspective: The Big Bang Theory". The Arabic response begins "Religious Point of View".
December 7, 2024 at 4:10 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Giving trick or treaters the choice of candy or freshly picked habanero peppers.
October 31, 2023 at 10:10 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
If knowledge is power, the Philosophy Booth is the most powerful organization the world has ever known. Come harness the raw insight we've got on tap!

Tonight! 8pm-12am EST
twitch.tv/askaphilosop...
Ask a philosopher title card. Greek columns on each side with emoji fire at the base. Background of an image of a Greek theater tinted pink. The outline of a lightbulnb with a pink brain inside, with an image of a philosopher thinking underneath sits in the bottom left corner. Center text reads: Ask a philosopher. TONIGHT. 8pm-12am EST twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
September 1, 2023 at 6:58 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Putting all our eggplants in one basket.
Five large purple eggplants, two cherry tomatoes, and a green chili in a collander.
August 22, 2023 at 10:13 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
Attention Social Media: I have harvested a squash.
A delicata squash. Yellow with dark green vertical stripes and a short green stem. Slightly larger than the gloved hand that holds it, with a blurry garden bed in the background.
August 21, 2023 at 10:35 PM
eripsa.bsky.social
The Philosophy Booth is like a safe injection site, but for injecting ideas into your mind! Professional philosophers on staff will observe with clinical detachment and clean up whatever conceptual messes you make.

TONIGHT. 8pm-12am EST twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
Ask a philosopher title card. Greek columns on each side with emoji fire at the base. Background of an image of a Greek theater tinted pink. The outline of a lightbulnb with a pink brain inside, with an image of a philosopher thinking underneath sits in the bottom left corner. Center text reads: Ask a philosopher. TONIGHT. 8pm-12am EST twitch.tv/askaphilosopher
August 4, 2023 at 5:34 PM