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agholdier.bsky.social
giant bag of mostly water ~*~ philosophy/policy multi-classed PhD candidate researching the chaos of language, power, and technology ~*~ my spreadsheets are cooler than yours
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*stares directly at philosophers*

submitted 19 hours ago • 2 comments

Of course ChatGPT is an idealist: it doesn't have any hands 👋

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

The deadline for submissions (abstracts of 250–500 words) to NASSP's annual conference is extended to March 15th!

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Periodic reminder that the 'o' in 'Academic Job Market' should be pronounced with a long vowel, like in 'hose', and not a short vowel, like 'rob'. This is because 'Job' in this context is actually not the English word that means 'employment', but instead a reference to this one guy in the bible

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

this week i: 1. checked my email 2. checked my email 3. double-checked when i might see an update on my interview 4. checked my email 5. checked my email

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Note to Self: Clarify that your students should NOT record their video reading responses while driving.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

A paper I'm really proud of has found a home. In “Brazen Dogwhistles,” I give a name to those dogwhistles that are not quite meant to be secret, placing them alongside standard accounts and illuminating the role each of us can play in furthering or hindering their use. philpapers.org/rec/WEIBDV

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

how i think i look when teaching / how i actually look

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Hi, friends. My mini shop, Life of the Mind, is debuting 3 new designs in a two-week fundraiser to support legal protections for immigrants and trans people. All designs come in shirts, sweatshirts, tanks, and totes. Check out the link and more info below.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

The National Science Foundation says that it is complying with Friday's court order and will resuming funding to grants and projects. new.nsf.gov/executive-or...

submitted 31 days ago • 10 comments

I cannot overstate just how good my experience was at NASSP's conference last year — the deadline for 2025 abstracts is March 1st!

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Academics in Jan: So happy to have sent off those papers before classes started! Those same academics later in Jan: How am I getting so many referee requests! It’s only January!

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

🫡👍

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Media Studies, Information Law, anyone very online (me, me, me):

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Uh, wow. Hey, ADL, you guys should come to my APA talk on [Brazen] Dogwhistles and Relinquishing the Benefit of the Doubt.

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submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

this is so good. this is so so so good. i'm running around my office screaming the lev manovich quote about how software is ideology

submitted 49 days ago • 48 comments

🚨 This is your reminder to make your course page available to your students 🚨

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

If teachers treat students like mere learning machines, then we shouldn't be surprised when they use other machines to do their gratuitous work. (A great thread from @angrycassie.bsky.social — who you really should hire to teach and do philosophy in/with your department!)

submitted 52 days ago • 1 comment