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Finally got a hold of my new book. Loneliness in World History. Learn about loneliness but also how we do comparative emotions research.

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When I lived in Washington DC, 23 years ago now, I would sometimes get lonely, far from home as I was, home being across the sea. At such times I would head down to Bridge Street Books on M Street and hang out among my textual friends, ancient and recent, in the philosophy and social theory room.

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We're delighted share this video about @helendecruz.net's fantastic article, "Friendship with the Ancients," which was published by the Journal of the American Philosophical Association. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGp4... @apaphilosophy.bsky.social Article here: doi.org/10.1017/apa....

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Great review of #StoryofaMurder in this weekend’s Financial Times

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If you're in New York City and want to see incredible data visualizations, this is where to go!

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“Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all.” | Emily Dickinson

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Bigger-Than-Watergate scandal. Please watch this segment from Rachel Maddow about the Whistleblower in IT at the NLRB saying they have proof of data leaks connecting to Starlink, which is connected directly to Russia. They're saying even nuclear information could be compromised due to DOGE.

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"Within minutes after DOGE accessed the NLRB's systems, someone with an IP address in Russia started trying to log in. The attempts were 'near real-time'... "Whoever was attempting to log in was using one of the newly created DOGE accounts..." www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...

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Smart strategy: "The compact's funds would be distributed to provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution under direct political or legal infringement, including legal counsel, expert testimony, legislative advocacy and countersuit actions..." www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

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My essay about teaching fascism in the Trump era just appeared in Spanish. 🗃️ letraslibres.com/ideas/lerner...

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You don’t have to be particularly sharp to decipher the code here. But if you need someone to say it, this is a major technology company and a sizable defense and intelligence contractor publicly declaring, with only the thinnest patina of deniability, that its cause is white nationalism.

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When our own universities offer free subscriptions to Copilot, when "AI" is being hyped in every single field, students are bound to fall for the bullshit. Painfully ironic that the critical thinking skills they need to see through the hype can only come from reading/thinking on their own.

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What if sharing our freelancer rates was something we did as routinely as taxes? Enter your rates today at bit.ly/share-rates! It’s a mundane act of solidarity that helps us build campaigns for fair pay. #FreelanceSolidarityChallenge

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scammers are using LLMs to take up all the slots in community college courses in San Diego as part of a financial aid scam. Hard to see a way this doesn't eventually kill remote learning for these colleges. Huge deadweight loss generated by LLMs.

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Wonderful comments on literacy here and a nice chance to post a classic in the field about this question in the ancient Japanese context: David Lurie's fantastic Realms of Literacy: Early Japan and the History of Writing (Harvard, 2011) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

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Discworld QOTD, from Night Watch

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More support needed for jurors after 'traumatising' trials www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Weren't interventions to support jurors through and after challenging trials being tested? Anyone got an update? Current approaches of no formal help, see a GP, or call the Samaritans isn't remotely adequate.

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4Chan was hacked, its source code was leaked, admin emails were leaked, AND a lot of registered users used their real names and .edu email addresses. Lotta CHUDs getting exposed to sunlight today.

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This paper has now been published 🤠

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This director's 'controversial' policies included: aiming for more consent of the deceased on display, investigating more thouroughly questionable accession histories (i.e., stolen or grave-robbed), and removing some displays temporarily while ethical issues were considered...

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I leaned heavily on the ex-evangelical world to help me with my recent report on Girls Gone Bible, a wildly popular podcast that attempts to lure girls and young women to the MAGA movement. www.salon.com/2025/04/04/g...

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If you are looking for a sublease in Bloomington for the academic year 2025/26, or know someone who does, contact me for further information. Away for a residential fellowship and subleasing.

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"The international press didn’t know what to make of this sarcastically pro-fascism blockbuster either." I really wish I was at this panel.

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Just another example of a Coillte forest (Castlefreke in Cork) riddled with invasive species. When is this state agency going to take responsibility for its role in the biodiversity crisis?

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"After ICE abducted Khalil, Mahdawi sheltered in place for more than three weeks for fear of being picked up himself. Instead of taking him off the street, however, immigration authorities scheduled the citizenship test at the Colchester USCIS office and took Mahdawi into custody when he arrived."

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new preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... aphantasics reported to feel less 'absorbed' as they read stories, but they dwelled just as much on words that typically evoke imagery. so perhaps they just didn't realize they have (non-conscious) imagery too Ali Moharramipour's 1st paper as senior author 🧠📈

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