John Parkinson
@jrparkinson.bsky.social
Professor of Social & Political Philosophy at Maastricht University. Half Tigger, half Eeyore.
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I can’t decide if fellow academics don’t know or don’t care, but I would love a simple calculator popup that says “this search will burn X amnt CO2 and use Y gallons of water”
I know academics who use AI regularly, for work and play, and I'd really like them, and universities, to tell me how they contend with AI's bottomless appetites for power and water.
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
Is asking ChatGPT to interpret a Xmas song or making it write your syllabus worth this to you?
December 23, 2024 at 3:07 PM
I can’t decide if fellow academics don’t know or don’t care, but I would love a simple calculator popup that says “this search will burn X amnt CO2 and use Y gallons of water”
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Bots going crazy on Bluesky but this might be my favorite one yet
December 24, 2024 at 7:54 AM
Bots going crazy on Bluesky but this might be my favorite one yet
Noodling away on the piano with Bach's Jesus bleibet meine Freunde and a glass of chardonnay. The boy is quietly humming it in the background while watching YouTube videos. That counts as a damn fine Friday evening :)
December 20, 2024 at 5:22 PM
Noodling away on the piano with Bach's Jesus bleibet meine Freunde and a glass of chardonnay. The boy is quietly humming it in the background while watching YouTube videos. That counts as a damn fine Friday evening :)
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I've built myself a website, which includes a list of journals for animal rights philosophers to submit to (organised by publisher), a couple of syllabi, my essay writing guide for political philosophy students, & articles that philosophers say have changed their minds: stevecooke.org
Steve Cooke – Adventures in Philosophy
stevecooke.org
December 5, 2024 at 1:04 PM
I've built myself a website, which includes a list of journals for animal rights philosophers to submit to (organised by publisher), a couple of syllabi, my essay writing guide for political philosophy students, & articles that philosophers say have changed their minds: stevecooke.org
Good.
Grovelling apologies from Yoon and some generals will be nice, but only a start.
Grovelling apologies from Yoon and some generals will be nice, but only a start.
South Korea’s Yoon says he will drop martial law order
https://www.ft.com/content/99191702-78dd-4d06-b4ec-301694e99e83
https://www.ft.com/content/99191702-78dd-4d06-b4ec-301694e99e83
South Korea’s Yoon says he will drop martial law order
President backs down after parliament rejects his emergency decree
www.ft.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Good.
Grovelling apologies from Yoon and some generals will be nice, but only a start.
Grovelling apologies from Yoon and some generals will be nice, but only a start.
When we said "defend democracy" we usually didn't mean with tanks...
December 3, 2024 at 2:49 PM
When we said "defend democracy" we usually didn't mean with tanks...
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Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
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Especially in large #urban areas, public spaces can be highly threatening to #children. Why are children excluded from equal use of public spaces? Do children have a right to responsive and inclusive urban design?
by Nico Brando & @katepitasse.bsky.social
#philsky
by Nico Brando & @katepitasse.bsky.social
#philsky
Small in the City: The Exclusion of Children from Public Spaces
by Nico Brando and Katarina Pitasse-Fragoso I know what it’s like to be small in the city…The streets are always busy. It can make your brain feel like there’s too much stuff in it. Sydney Smith – …
buff.ly
November 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Especially in large #urban areas, public spaces can be highly threatening to #children. Why are children excluded from equal use of public spaces? Do children have a right to responsive and inclusive urban design?
by Nico Brando & @katepitasse.bsky.social
#philsky
by Nico Brando & @katepitasse.bsky.social
#philsky
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I was invited to speak about the upcoming Trump era and share some lessons and optimism. I declined politely. After more than 25 years of researching the far right, I have no more (new) lessons and optimism to share.
November 29, 2024 at 2:30 PM
I was invited to speak about the upcoming Trump era and share some lessons and optimism. I declined politely. After more than 25 years of researching the far right, I have no more (new) lessons and optimism to share.
Starting an occasional thread called #thingsIlearnedfrommystudents. Today, Romanian presidential wannabe and fascist-adjacent Georgescu "parted ways with" (Wikipedia) / "was thrown out of" (angry Romanian student) the far right AUR for being too far nutty even for them...1/2
November 26, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Starting an occasional thread called #thingsIlearnedfrommystudents. Today, Romanian presidential wannabe and fascist-adjacent Georgescu "parted ways with" (Wikipedia) / "was thrown out of" (angry Romanian student) the far right AUR for being too far nutty even for them...1/2
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I’ve made a starter pack for feminist philosophy adjacent people — please tell me who else to include! #philsky go.bsky.app/Fy5Z6kk
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
I’ve made a starter pack for feminist philosophy adjacent people — please tell me who else to include! #philsky go.bsky.app/Fy5Z6kk
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Newskies!
Quiet Posters is such an incredible feed
It shows you posts from people you follow and who post infrequently
Can’t recommend it enough
Quiet Posters is such an incredible feed
It shows you posts from people you follow and who post infrequently
Can’t recommend it enough
November 16, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Newskies!
Quiet Posters is such an incredible feed
It shows you posts from people you follow and who post infrequently
Can’t recommend it enough
Quiet Posters is such an incredible feed
It shows you posts from people you follow and who post infrequently
Can’t recommend it enough
Been away from social media for 10 months, just popped by, and my word all of a sudden there's a lot of us. Hello everyone! Looking forward to re-engaging.
November 16, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Been away from social media for 10 months, just popped by, and my word all of a sudden there's a lot of us. Hello everyone! Looking forward to re-engaging.
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My review of The Tangle of Science is out. Have a look at this book for how to think of reliability of science without appealing to the usual suspects of confirmation, scientific method, rigour etc. I found it genuinely important and refreshing if incomplete. #philsci #philsky #metasci #scipol
The Tangle of Science: Reliability Beyond Method, Rigour, and Objectivity, by Nancy Cartwright, Jere...
The Tangle of Science undertakes to change the focus of philosophy of science towards the reliability of scientific products. Both parts matter. Reliability is
academic.oup.com
January 9, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Omg this thread. See? There is intelligent life on Earth, just not so much on X
Scared of being roofied by the servants.
January 11, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Omg this thread. See? There is intelligent life on Earth, just not so much on X
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“Gamed by carnies”
Perfect
Perfect
If you're a mainstream outlet and you're being gamed this easily by a guy who is laying out his playbook days or months in advance, maybe the problem isn't the right-wing grifters.
Maybe the problem, after all, is the mainstream places that allow themselves to be gamed by carnies.
Maybe the problem, after all, is the mainstream places that allow themselves to be gamed by carnies.
December 21, 2023 at 6:00 PM
“Gamed by carnies”
Perfect
Perfect
Now this is interesting - in an era of more remote, distant collaboration, it's face-to-face that's more likely to produce the breakthroughs. Even more likely in arts and socsci, I wonder?
Over the past six decades, remote collaborations have become significantly more common, with the average distance between collaborating researchers increasing tenfold. According to a new study, those remote collaborations are not fulfilling their full potential. 🧪⚛️
physics.aps.org/articles/v16...
physics.aps.org/articles/v16...
Disruptive Discoveries More Likely between Scientists Who Meet Face to Face
Collaborations between scientists at far-off institutions are less likely to produce breakthrough discoveries than those between scientists who can meet face to face on a regular basis.
physics.aps.org
December 15, 2023 at 5:43 AM
Now this is interesting - in an era of more remote, distant collaboration, it's face-to-face that's more likely to produce the breakthroughs. Even more likely in arts and socsci, I wonder?
Had the enormous pleasure of joining the panel for a PhD defence by Ronald van Crombrugge at Leuven Law last night. Possibly the best PhD I've read. Deliberative systems theory, administrative and constitutional law, and the role of referendums in democracy.
December 14, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Had the enormous pleasure of joining the panel for a PhD defence by Ronald van Crombrugge at Leuven Law last night. Possibly the best PhD I've read. Deliberative systems theory, administrative and constitutional law, and the role of referendums in democracy.
Ok, it’s worse than I thought. One or two more seats dotted around after the final count and the racist may have enough liberal collaborators to make it work. If Omtzigt decides to play then it’s dark days ahead for the Netherlands.
November 23, 2023 at 8:40 AM
Ok, it’s worse than I thought. One or two more seats dotted around after the final count and the racist may have enough liberal collaborators to make it work. If Omtzigt decides to play then it’s dark days ahead for the Netherlands.
It’s Dutch election night and the horrified headlines will soon be rolling in: Wilders and his band of nutters (PVV) the biggest party. But biggest does not equal government. You have to make friends, and PVV doesn’t have enough 1/2
November 22, 2023 at 8:19 PM
It’s Dutch election night and the horrified headlines will soon be rolling in: Wilders and his band of nutters (PVV) the biggest party. But biggest does not equal government. You have to make friends, and PVV doesn’t have enough 1/2
You know this place is starting to build in importance when posts here get reposted on other social media. A vain hope, but I want it to stay (relatively) below the radar. Twatter was a welcoming home until it really started to matter.
November 21, 2023 at 8:27 AM
You know this place is starting to build in importance when posts here get reposted on other social media. A vain hope, but I want it to stay (relatively) below the radar. Twatter was a welcoming home until it really started to matter.
Here's a little thing I wrote (first in a while), a wee musing for a Sunday morning.
johnrparkinson.wordpress.com/2023/11/12/u...
johnrparkinson.wordpress.com/2023/11/12/u...
November 12, 2023 at 10:32 AM
Here's a little thing I wrote (first in a while), a wee musing for a Sunday morning.
johnrparkinson.wordpress.com/2023/11/12/u...
johnrparkinson.wordpress.com/2023/11/12/u...
Ahem (cough). Tap tap.
One, two.
Is this thing on?
One, two.
Is this thing on?
October 30, 2023 at 7:20 PM
Ahem (cough). Tap tap.
One, two.
Is this thing on?
One, two.
Is this thing on?