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mikesbarnes.bsky.social
philosophy of words on the world wide web & the work behind it all. assistant research professor at notre dame. michaelrandallbarnes.com/about
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Norrin Radd, relatable as always.

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at the very end of this episode of in our time, melvin bragg whispers to his guests 'that was a cracker' and you know what, he's right. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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just noticed this book (coming out in may) now has a cover. but just look all the great contributors (and me). seriously #blessed to be a part of this. big thanks to patrick connolly, sandy goldberg and @jennysaul.bsky.social for putting this together

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Willem Dafoe playing pickleball… no. this is wrong. he should not even pretend to do that

submitted 14 days ago • 3 comments

to destroy drake while wearing those jeans is a power move

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put this in the moma

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Companies calling things “censorship” rather than say…”product safety” has done a lot of work in terms of letting them off the hook for unleashing deadly technologies upon the public.

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'censorship' has become such a meaningless catch-all it's the go-to non answer from tech companies evading responsibility for harmful products

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brb posting about not posting: www.404media.co/email/61d4c5...

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Nous & Society

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all philosophy journals should add '& Society' to their titles and watch the citations roll in

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heading to nyc to do philosophy, see friends, and go to an abortion fundraiser/concert, just as the founders intended

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New from 404 Media: Meta is laying the narrative groundwork for Trump's mass deportations. Meta now says users can call migrants pieces of trash, vomit, etc. Multiple experts drew parallels to when Facebook contributed to a genocide in Myanmar. Now U.S. www.404media.co/meta-is-layi...

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zuck finally agrees to being transparent, but of a different sort than we asked

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the ai beatings will continue until morale improves

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winter this year vs last year. questioning my life choices

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reunited

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canada

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alright everyone, we did it, 2024 is officially not a failure

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current 3 are: @noupside.bsky.social Invisible Rulers Joseph Weizenbaum, Computer Power and human Reason Scott Hawkins, library at mount char

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