Nico Müller
@nicodmueller.bsky.social
🐾 Animal rights | 🐭 Animal experimentation ethics | ☝️ Kantian ethics | 📚 I post about books I'm reading & engage in shameless self-promotion
Philosopher at University of Basel🇨🇭| https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-8235
Philosopher at University of Basel🇨🇭| https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0866-8235
🥳 I'll post the paper when it's out!
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🥳 I'll post the paper when it's out!
I just found out that Taylor Swift's cat has her own wikipedia page.
Apparently she's the world's second-richest cat, worth an estimated US$97 million.
She's also a Scottish Fold, a breed so unhealthy it's banned in some countries, yet it's popular because people like TS promote it. 👎👎👎
Apparently she's the world's second-richest cat, worth an estimated US$97 million.
She's also a Scottish Fold, a breed so unhealthy it's banned in some countries, yet it's popular because people like TS promote it. 👎👎👎
October 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I just found out that Taylor Swift's cat has her own wikipedia page.
Apparently she's the world's second-richest cat, worth an estimated US$97 million.
She's also a Scottish Fold, a breed so unhealthy it's banned in some countries, yet it's popular because people like TS promote it. 👎👎👎
Apparently she's the world's second-richest cat, worth an estimated US$97 million.
She's also a Scottish Fold, a breed so unhealthy it's banned in some countries, yet it's popular because people like TS promote it. 👎👎👎
Not gonna lie, this ego boost came at just the right time. It's nice to see some people actually read what I write… and like it!
Here's that paper for free: doi.org/10.1007/s107...
Now I'll go respond to peer reviewers for another paper that were *not* so thrilled about my work. Wish me luck…
Here's that paper for free: doi.org/10.1007/s107...
Now I'll go respond to peer reviewers for another paper that were *not* so thrilled about my work. Wish me luck…
October 2, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Not gonna lie, this ego boost came at just the right time. It's nice to see some people actually read what I write… and like it!
Here's that paper for free: doi.org/10.1007/s107...
Now I'll go respond to peer reviewers for another paper that were *not* so thrilled about my work. Wish me luck…
Here's that paper for free: doi.org/10.1007/s107...
Now I'll go respond to peer reviewers for another paper that were *not* so thrilled about my work. Wish me luck…
Animals constantly give off information – what if there was a disease that forced humans to listen and understand?
People would love it, if this book has it right. And society might collapse. A really, really fun read! #BookSky #AnimalRights
People would love it, if this book has it right. And society might collapse. A really, really fun read! #BookSky #AnimalRights
September 29, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Animals constantly give off information – what if there was a disease that forced humans to listen and understand?
People would love it, if this book has it right. And society might collapse. A really, really fun read! #BookSky #AnimalRights
People would love it, if this book has it right. And society might collapse. A really, really fun read! #BookSky #AnimalRights
If we focus on the highest severity, we actually see an *increase* of 990 animals, or 3.75%.
Part of this picture is that more genetically modified animals are being used. Another is a trend toward more high-severity animal use in 🇨🇭 cancer research.
Part of this picture is that more genetically modified animals are being used. Another is a trend toward more high-severity animal use in 🇨🇭 cancer research.
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If we focus on the highest severity, we actually see an *increase* of 990 animals, or 3.75%.
Part of this picture is that more genetically modified animals are being used. Another is a trend toward more high-severity animal use in 🇨🇭 cancer research.
Part of this picture is that more genetically modified animals are being used. Another is a trend toward more high-severity animal use in 🇨🇭 cancer research.
We see a decrease of 12.2% fewer animals used in experiments from 2023 to 2024. That's massive.
Importantly, the biggest decrease was in severity 0 studies. Almost 50k fewer animals were used than in 2023, most of them pigs and fish. But severity 1 and 2 saw a 12k and 13k decrease too. Interesting!
Importantly, the biggest decrease was in severity 0 studies. Almost 50k fewer animals were used than in 2023, most of them pigs and fish. But severity 1 and 2 saw a 12k and 13k decrease too. Interesting!
September 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
We see a decrease of 12.2% fewer animals used in experiments from 2023 to 2024. That's massive.
Importantly, the biggest decrease was in severity 0 studies. Almost 50k fewer animals were used than in 2023, most of them pigs and fish. But severity 1 and 2 saw a 12k and 13k decrease too. Interesting!
Importantly, the biggest decrease was in severity 0 studies. Almost 50k fewer animals were used than in 2023, most of them pigs and fish. But severity 1 and 2 saw a 12k and 13k decrease too. Interesting!
📉🐭 New numbers out today: 🇨🇭 reports the lowest annual use of animals in #AnimalExperimentation since records began in 1983.
A fortunate development for sure, but there's no guarantee it'll continue. Thoughts in 🧵
A fortunate development for sure, but there's no guarantee it'll continue. Thoughts in 🧵
September 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📉🐭 New numbers out today: 🇨🇭 reports the lowest annual use of animals in #AnimalExperimentation since records began in 1983.
A fortunate development for sure, but there's no guarantee it'll continue. Thoughts in 🧵
A fortunate development for sure, but there's no guarantee it'll continue. Thoughts in 🧵
A missed opportunity: The 🇨🇭 Council of States just voted *not* to pursue a parliamentary initiative for a phase-out plan for animal experiments.
This means the bill is off the table. But there's always next time…! 🐭📉
This means the bill is off the table. But there's always next time…! 🐭📉
September 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
A missed opportunity: The 🇨🇭 Council of States just voted *not* to pursue a parliamentary initiative for a phase-out plan for animal experiments.
This means the bill is off the table. But there's always next time…! 🐭📉
This means the bill is off the table. But there's always next time…! 🐭📉
This week, a 🇨🇭 parliament commission debated whether the country should develop a phase-out strategy for experiments that harm animals.
They said no – and rather bizarrely wrote they don't want a "phase-out plan for 3Rs research." Make it make sense… 🤷♂️
www.parlament.ch/press-releas...
They said no – and rather bizarrely wrote they don't want a "phase-out plan for 3Rs research." Make it make sense… 🤷♂️
www.parlament.ch/press-releas...
June 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This week, a 🇨🇭 parliament commission debated whether the country should develop a phase-out strategy for experiments that harm animals.
They said no – and rather bizarrely wrote they don't want a "phase-out plan for 3Rs research." Make it make sense… 🤷♂️
www.parlament.ch/press-releas...
They said no – and rather bizarrely wrote they don't want a "phase-out plan for 3Rs research." Make it make sense… 🤷♂️
www.parlament.ch/press-releas...
Great signal placement: "Politics course for researchers" and "dead end" 😅
June 16, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Great signal placement: "Politics course for researchers" and "dead end" 😅
…and thanks for this "final reminder" for a thing that "can be ordered at any time" in the future.
@springernature.com why isn't there an unsubscribe button in these emails?
@springernature.com why isn't there an unsubscribe button in these emails?
June 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
…and thanks for this "final reminder" for a thing that "can be ordered at any time" in the future.
@springernature.com why isn't there an unsubscribe button in these emails?
@springernature.com why isn't there an unsubscribe button in these emails?
As #Basel is getting a publicity boost for hosting #eurovision, let me share my favorite spot in the city:
This is where a seawater aquarium _wasn't_ built after the zoo lost at the ballot in 2019. A rare political win for animals in 🇨🇭! 🐠
This is where a seawater aquarium _wasn't_ built after the zoo lost at the ballot in 2019. A rare political win for animals in 🇨🇭! 🐠
May 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
As #Basel is getting a publicity boost for hosting #eurovision, let me share my favorite spot in the city:
This is where a seawater aquarium _wasn't_ built after the zoo lost at the ballot in 2019. A rare political win for animals in 🇨🇭! 🐠
This is where a seawater aquarium _wasn't_ built after the zoo lost at the ballot in 2019. A rare political win for animals in 🇨🇭! 🐠
Workshops are all about the coffee breaks. ☕ You don't get to network if you're just zooming in.
At least my name is getting some decent exposure! 💁♂️
At least my name is getting some decent exposure! 💁♂️
May 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Workshops are all about the coffee breaks. ☕ You don't get to network if you're just zooming in.
At least my name is getting some decent exposure! 💁♂️
At least my name is getting some decent exposure! 💁♂️
Cleaning up the homeoffice a little and found this bizarre sticker. I got it from a colleague who in turn got it at some 3Rs conference. It really borders on a cult of personality…
May 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Cleaning up the homeoffice a little and found this bizarre sticker. I got it from a colleague who in turn got it at some 3Rs conference. It really borders on a cult of personality…
Very giddy – I'm on in about an hour at this great workshop! 🐴🐮🐷
May 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Very giddy – I'm on in about an hour at this great workshop! 🐴🐮🐷
I asked NIH when more details about the initiative would be published and whether stakeholders were/will be included in some way.
As per their answer, they… don't know. 😅
As per their answer, they… don't know. 😅
May 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I asked NIH when more details about the initiative would be published and whether stakeholders were/will be included in some way.
As per their answer, they… don't know. 😅
As per their answer, they… don't know. 😅
I would read this as: You can ignore that many people right now wouldn't want to comply with a conception of justice for contingent reasons. We can deal with that later, in nonideal theory. But there's smth wrong with your ideal conception if it doesn't reproduce the initial willingness to comply.
April 21, 2025 at 10:37 AM
I would read this as: You can ignore that many people right now wouldn't want to comply with a conception of justice for contingent reasons. We can deal with that later, in nonideal theory. But there's smth wrong with your ideal conception if it doesn't reproduce the initial willingness to comply.
Could they simply be responding to the competency talk used by the "don't intervene" camp? Here's Zoopolis p.175.
March 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Could they simply be responding to the competency talk used by the "don't intervene" camp? Here's Zoopolis p.175.
This little guy sat on my blazer in the visitors' entrance hall. I only noticed upon leaving the building that he had been sitting on my neck this whole time. 😁🐞
March 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This little guy sat on my blazer in the visitors' entrance hall. I only noticed upon leaving the building that he had been sitting on my neck this whole time. 😁🐞
Currently in this building, having interesting discussions* about the role of strategies in animal experimentation policy & getting input from MPs. 🐭📉
*periodically interrupted by MPs running for some vote they're late for. 😁
*periodically interrupted by MPs running for some vote they're late for. 😁
March 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Currently in this building, having interesting discussions* about the role of strategies in animal experimentation policy & getting input from MPs. 🐭📉
*periodically interrupted by MPs running for some vote they're late for. 😁
*periodically interrupted by MPs running for some vote they're late for. 😁
To be fair, I checked some of the Kant quotes and they were all real. The use of Kantian terminology is also pretty competent. In some aspects, this reads like an actual book by a weird French philosopher.
But the joke is obvious when you have titles like "The Thing in Itself – Totally Naked" 🤣
But the joke is obvious when you have titles like "The Thing in Itself – Totally Naked" 🤣
February 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
To be fair, I checked some of the Kant quotes and they were all real. The use of Kantian terminology is also pretty competent. In some aspects, this reads like an actual book by a weird French philosopher.
But the joke is obvious when you have titles like "The Thing in Itself – Totally Naked" 🤣
But the joke is obvious when you have titles like "The Thing in Itself – Totally Naked" 🤣
"The Sexual Life of Immanuel Kant" 😝
Yes, this book actually exists. The author, however, is entirely fictional.
Yes, this book actually exists. The author, however, is entirely fictional.
February 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"The Sexual Life of Immanuel Kant" 😝
Yes, this book actually exists. The author, however, is entirely fictional.
Yes, this book actually exists. The author, however, is entirely fictional.
I'm also wondering: If fear of retaliation keeps a person from reporting intimate partner violence, why would they consent to a test for biomarkers of IPV-related brain injury…?
February 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I'm also wondering: If fear of retaliation keeps a person from reporting intimate partner violence, why would they consent to a test for biomarkers of IPV-related brain injury…?
In more 🇨🇭 animal experimentation politics news, the Federal Council yesterday responded to a postulate by @meretschneider.bsky.social for a report on what we can learn from other countries (see older thread below).
The response, essentially: Nico's already looking into it. 😳🤦♂️
The response, essentially: Nico's already looking into it. 😳🤦♂️
February 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
In more 🇨🇭 animal experimentation politics news, the Federal Council yesterday responded to a postulate by @meretschneider.bsky.social for a report on what we can learn from other countries (see older thread below).
The response, essentially: Nico's already looking into it. 😳🤦♂️
The response, essentially: Nico's already looking into it. 😳🤦♂️