Paul Kelleher
@paulkelleher.net
Moral and political philosophy, climate economics, bioethics
Author of *The Social Cost of Carbon* (OUP 2025) | Faculty @UWMadison, posting in personal capacity
Likes: Boston Celtics ☘️, bouldering, ebikes, funding public ed.
paulkelleher.net
Author of *The Social Cost of Carbon* (OUP 2025) | Faculty @UWMadison, posting in personal capacity
Likes: Boston Celtics ☘️, bouldering, ebikes, funding public ed.
paulkelleher.net
where is Uwe when you need him
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
where is Uwe when you need him
The new guy also needed coaxing, despite treads.
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The new guy also needed coaxing, despite treads.
George, circa 2012 BT (Before Treads).
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
George, circa 2012 BT (Before Treads).
EB White once explained how to end a sentence in 5 prepositions.
A father heads upstairs to read to his kid before bed, and the kid says:
A father heads upstairs to read to his kid before bed, and the kid says:
![[Sign in the Mamdani style:]
WHY DID YOU BRING THIS BOOK THAT I DON'T WANT TO BE READ TO OUT OF UP
FOR](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c7vqw26ejxgheeuju7luuydk/bafkreicoc5o5edttv3d3as4mc7o2litmyszmhsjnypkz7ifjmlhcdq3b4u@jpeg)
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
EB White once explained how to end a sentence in 5 prepositions.
A father heads upstairs to read to his kid before bed, and the kid says:
A father heads upstairs to read to his kid before bed, and the kid says:
If only I’d taken a class in college on how to prompt AI better
![[prompt] at a soccer tourney today we'll have 3 games (so 6 halves) and 9 players who want to play goalie. What's a fair way to divvy up the goalie time?
[LLM’s answer] With 6 halves and 9 players who want to play goalie, you can't divide it perfectly evenly, but here's a fair approach:
Most equitable solution: Have 3 players play goalie for 1 half each, and 6 players not play goalie at all.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c7vqw26ejxgheeuju7luuydk/bafkreiadi4htqq3f3tth7jufqq52kujjepytm7zd57qsm6p3kabpvalddy@jpeg)
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If only I’d taken a class in college on how to prompt AI better
Happy Halloween to everyone but Lucy
November 1, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Happy Halloween to everyone but Lucy
when your favorite thing in the world---BUS!---dresses up as YOU for Halloween.
(a fave pic from 2019)
(a fave pic from 2019)
October 31, 2025 at 12:54 PM
when your favorite thing in the world---BUS!---dresses up as YOU for Halloween.
(a fave pic from 2019)
(a fave pic from 2019)
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
October 27, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@mikebenchcapon.bsky.social 7th anniversary. I was proud of this one
October 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
@mikebenchcapon.bsky.social 7th anniversary. I was proud of this one
no, really, tell me what
October 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
no, really, tell me what
New Nike Air Jordan logo just dropped.
October 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
New Nike Air Jordan logo just dropped.
October 21, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Have a feeling I’m gonna hate the latest ep of Slow Horses
October 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Have a feeling I’m gonna hate the latest ep of Slow Horses
I don’t spam y’all much anymore about my book but a photographer at a department event snapped this handsome pic so send tweet
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I don’t spam y’all much anymore about my book but a photographer at a department event snapped this handsome pic so send tweet
Related: My first philosophy professor once lent me a book of his and I was immediately blown away. I saw for the first time what it means to inhabit a text, to work to try to understand why the author said what they said, and what I might---might---have to say in response. My life changed forever.
October 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Related: My first philosophy professor once lent me a book of his and I was immediately blown away. I saw for the first time what it means to inhabit a text, to work to try to understand why the author said what they said, and what I might---might---have to say in response. My life changed forever.
Likewise, in LP, the parties to the second-level OP must protect peoples' "fundamental interests", which R says are embodied in their domestic principles of justice. I take it that means they too bottom out in the two moral powers. So I think your answer must connect up with those. 2/3
October 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Likewise, in LP, the parties to the second-level OP must protect peoples' "fundamental interests", which R says are embodied in their domestic principles of justice. I take it that means they too bottom out in the two moral powers. So I think your answer must connect up with those. 2/3
back to back posts in my timeline 🤝
October 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
back to back posts in my timeline 🤝