Nate Adams
@npadams.prof
UVA philosophy asst prof
Social-political-legal
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Social-political-legal
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"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
Ryan and Sheridan provide full accounts of Ryan’s resignation. They differ significantly
“I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,” former Board Rector Robert Hardie said.
www.cavalierdaily.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"The Cavalier Daily corresponded with former Rector Robert Hardie, whose term ended June 30, regarding the two accounts. He confirmed that he agreed with Ryan’s account.
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
'I concur fully with President Ryan’s recollection of events,' Hardie said."
Welp
www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve "Lake Mindset" | Defector
The popular culture of the 1970s is almost impossible to parse in retrospect. The people making the movies and music and television of the era were horny and ambitious and earnest, they were ingesting...
defector.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A fine day to remember Jim Harbaugh's unique relationship with "The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald" and the remarkable interpretive work that his and other football brains have done on this important text. (This is a gift link; I believe this news must be shared widely.) defector.com/the-edmund-f...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Over 400 faculty and staff from the #uva College of Arts and Sciences convened for an emergency vote. 97% of eligible voters endorsed a resolution demanding President Mahoney refuse to consider the Trump admin's Compact for Academic Freedom!!
October 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Over 400 faculty and staff from the #uva College of Arts and Sciences convened for an emergency vote. 97% of eligible voters endorsed a resolution demanding President Mahoney refuse to consider the Trump admin's Compact for Academic Freedom!!
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You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
![“[t]he freedom of individuals verbally to oppose or challenge police action without thereby risking arrest is one of the principal characteristics by which we distinguish a free nation from a police state.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vpkw7cvu6eu742hvjk5wsxf2/bafkreicrlxzxja6qeixsnutjxdwddofgxqymqtw7n4kgfol4wg5tabcdhq@jpeg)
October 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.
It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.
That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.
Rightly confident in his impunity.
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Excellent resolution from UVA. Well done, @uvahumanities.bsky.social
Now, friends at Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Texas, etc need to step up.
Now, friends at Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Texas, etc need to step up.
October 4, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Excellent resolution from UVA. Well done, @uvahumanities.bsky.social
Now, friends at Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Texas, etc need to step up.
Now, friends at Dartmouth, MIT, Vanderbilt, Texas, etc need to step up.
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"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Meaning: “To Follow a Rule Blindly” | Reviews | Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews | University of Notre Dame buff.ly/tJO97oP
Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Meaning: “To Follow a Rule Blindly”
Interest in the thought of the later Wittgenstein was hugely revived by Saul Kripke’s groundbreaking Wittgenstein On Rules and Private Langua...
buff.ly
September 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Wittgenstein and the Possibility of Meaning: “To Follow a Rule Blindly” | Reviews | Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews | University of Notre Dame buff.ly/tJO97oP
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win (h/t @miriamposner.com)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Startin to get that Innsmouth look
September 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Startin to get that Innsmouth look
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I'll stop reposting this when it stops helping us understand why so many Democratic politicians are failing to rise to the occasion:
![A table with three headings at the top which read: Friend-Enemy Politics, Pluralist Politics, and Technocratic Politics. The first row is titled "social ontology of politics (what is the political world made of?), the second is titled "task of politics (what do we think we're doing in politics?), the third is titled "goal of politics (what does politics generate?):"
The social ontology of politics in friend-enemy politics is a "world made up of friends and enemies. No neutrality or fairness. Identity overriding," in pluralist politics it is a "world made up of innumerable groups who must find ways to live together. Identity is central," in technocratic politics, the "world [is] composed of individuals who experience common problems. No groups, no identity."
The task of politics in the friend-enemy mode is "for the virtuous 'Us' to defeat the evil 'Them,'" in pluralist politics it is "conciliation of different groups and their competing interests," in technocratic politics it is "solving social problems."
The goal of politics in friend-enemy politics is "public tokens of 'our' domination or of enemy's defeat;" in pluralist politics it is "fair compromise;" in technocratic politics it is "effective policy."
A red arrow points to the column titled "friend-enemy politics" with text above it reading "Politics as practiced by the Republican Party in the age of Trump."
A blue arrow points to the column titled "pluralist politics" with text above it reading "Politics as practiced by the Democratic Party."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2c4hmyxdfk4aky3jeoulhog5/bafkreibvmgvisfopye7bznyaw7zaaw6dr4aifoaza4sewria6xoziabfcy@jpeg)
July 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I'll stop reposting this when it stops helping us understand why so many Democratic politicians are failing to rise to the occasion:
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Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.
one thing that keeps happening is Trump taking major steps which impose large, often asymmetric costs on American business, and American business doing fucking nothing in response
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lemme just say if President Bernie Sanders had unilaterally imposed, by executive fiat, hundreds of billions of new taxes, personally browbeat executives about job cuts and investments and then fired the head of BLS, the Chamber of Commerce and the business orgs would not be sitting idly by.
Having just submitted my tenure file and really looking forward to just taking it easy, then being completely unable to do so for more than a few days at a time, it occurs to me that the last decade of professionalization has mainly made writing psychologically necessary for me
July 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Having just submitted my tenure file and really looking forward to just taking it easy, then being completely unable to do so for more than a few days at a time, it occurs to me that the last decade of professionalization has mainly made writing psychologically necessary for me
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
Update: The Metropolitan Museum of Art has put online 492,000 high-resolution images of artistic works. Even better, the museum has placed the vast majority of these images into the public domain, mea...
www.openculture.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Puts 490,000 High-Res Images Online & Makes Them Free to Use
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A statement by 400+ UVa faculty members:
A statement by 401 concerned faculty regarding the crisis of President Ryan’s forced resignation
We call on the Board to collaborate closely with faculty in appointing an Interim President to guide the university through this perilous time.
www.cavalierdaily.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
A statement by 400+ UVa faculty members:
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New Dig: @socialists.nyc co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo & Grace Mausser on how DSA & @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign won this historic victory. A behind scenes look at how DSA built most powerful socialist org in USA—and how we replicate the victory everywhere. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/how-...
How Zohran Won w/ NYC DSA
Featuring NYC DSA co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo and Grace Mausser on how Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic mayoral primary. NYC DSA spent years building an electoral juggernaut that has now made history ...
www.thedigradio.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
New Dig: @socialists.nyc co-chairs Gustavo Gordillo & Grace Mausser on how DSA & @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaign won this historic victory. A behind scenes look at how DSA built most powerful socialist org in USA—and how we replicate the victory everywhere. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/how-...
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A great post by Elizabeth Barnes on the value of conversations across serious disagreement: dailynous.com/2025/07/08/t...
The Personal Value of Conversations Across Serious Disagreement (guest post) - Daily Nous
"I know that people are reluctant to voice objections to things I’ve said, not because I’ve given a convincing argument, but because I’m a person with a disability making claims about disability, and ...
dailynous.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
A great post by Elizabeth Barnes on the value of conversations across serious disagreement: dailynous.com/2025/07/08/t...
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WASHINGTON: THE WELCOME WAGON HELICRAFT HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN BY THE ALIEN SPACECRAFT OVER WASHINGTON WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION!
July 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
WASHINGTON: THE WELCOME WAGON HELICRAFT HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN BY THE ALIEN SPACECRAFT OVER WASHINGTON WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION!
Bow or bend, resist or roll over, Trumpistas are coming for higher ed
University of Virginia President Under Pressure From Trump’s D.O.J. to Resign
www.nytimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Bow or bend, resist or roll over, Trumpistas are coming for higher ed
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AI in the wild? This tray tissue I was given at a restaurant is full of errors and hallucinations…!
June 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
AI in the wild? This tray tissue I was given at a restaurant is full of errors and hallucinations…!
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Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science
These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults
www.scientificamerican.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪
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This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
June 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is a vital message: one of the larger reasons BlueSky is refreshingly free of alt-right shitlords is because in the early days we made a gentleperson’s agreement to starve these fuckos out and it worked. No likes, no quotes, no engagement. They got bored and left. Please keep the Old Ways.
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the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
June 15, 2025 at 1:11 AM
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president