Stranger Things: Free Will and Morality in an Age of Engineered Choice A different kind of Christmas Carol

We cannot be moral beings, or even human, without freedom of choice.

#StrangerThings #philsky #philosophy #christmas
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From Free Spirits to Metrics The Left’s Quiet Revolution into Medical Materialism

If you think numbers are neutral… think again.

👉 Read why cultural meaning lost ground to expertise-by-metrics — and what it means for the future of #LeftPolitics.

#LeftPolitics #MedicalMaterialism #DataVsExperience #CapitalismCritique #HealthPolitics

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"To Gabriel Horcasitas, the man who shot me," the AI avatar said to the jury and judge.

Forget about "fake news" what are the implications of fake testimony in a court of law? A fascinating development...

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‘We are free only because we are part of a collective world.’ But what does it mean to make collective choices without reliance on stories of higher purposes to give our lives meaning? buff.ly/YMhPgEQ

When science can be trusted, it can be used to make better decisions. But even good science does NOT replace good governance. What is "best" for society is determined democratically by the People, NOT a conclave of "experts."

When science can be trusted, it can be used to make better decisions. But even good science does NOT replace good governance. What is "best" for society is determined democratically by the People, NOT a conclave of "experts."

“The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.”

-Barry Commoner

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#philsky #sci-ethics.fun #scienceethics
#edusky #edchat #homeschoolscience #criticalthinkingforkids #elementaryscience #stemeducation

This is a low-engagement but potentially high-impact role, and they are especially interested in having input from scholars across feminist subfields and around the world, especially in the global south

ethical science adventures welcome!

Interested in teaching #scienceethics for elementary students?

Checkout this instructor guide + student workbook + interactive projects + curated online resource!

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#edusky #edchat #homeschoolscience #criticalthinkingforkids #elementaryscience #stemeducation

"‘What works’ EBP often fails to account for teacher and student agency – the capacity to act within and shape educational environments. It assumes that successful strategies can be imposed top-down, disregarding the role of educators in adapting methodologies to their unique classrooms."

Rescuing Diotima from the Feminists It’s largely assumed that ancient Athenian culture was misogynistic, I stripped away the modern discourse and found a different story.

Does assuming the misogyny of ancient Athens bury a history of parity between the sexes?

#archaeology #AncientBlueSky #archeology #Greece
#philsky #philosophy #plato #socrates #history #ancienthistory #feminism

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Women in Science - Ethical Science Adventures Lesson Sample Exploring Biases and Assumptions: Margaret Cavendish Margaret Cavendish, a 17th-century philosopher, scientist, and writer, faced significant biases and assumptions about women's intellectual capabili...

FREE Classroom Resource - #WomensHistoryMonth

This Ethical Science Adventures selection explores bias, assumptions, and an often overlooked #WomaninScience Margaret Cavendish.

Appropriate for grades 3-6. Download the FREE activities on TPT: bit.ly/Mad-Madge

#teachingphilosophy
#teachingethics

Matrilineal Dyads and Time Travel Complications Not only does the presence of matri-dyads change the terrain of time travel from smooth railroad tracks to cavernous hollows and swells, it…

Looking for audacious writing by women this month in celebration of #WomensHistory. We are honoring Empress #MargaretCavendish this year.

Add #MadMadge to highlight the work!

#philsky
#philosophy
#SciFi
#timetravel
#writingcommunity
#WomenInSTEM #WomenInScience

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Women Scientists in the Scientific Revolution Women scientists during the Scientific Revolution (1500-1700) were few in number because male-dominated educational institutions, as well as scientific societies and academies, barred women entry, mea...

Oh yes! Women have always worked, even in male-dominated professions. And this doesn’t just apply to poor women in industrial jobs. I just taught students about Margaret Cavendish, Maria Sibylla Merian, and Laura Bassi yesterday in my lesson on the Scientific Revolution.

Resources for philosophers on Bluesky:

1. Starter packs
go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ (people)
go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 (orgs)

2. New PhilSky＋ feed 🦋
bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #PhilSky & other common hashtags (see profile for more)

3. Lists
bsky.app/profile/did:... (people)
bsky.app/profile/did:... (orgs)

Panpsychism: thoughts matter!

Want to try out a free sample #magazine? Seven stories of great #literary #fiction with a focus on #ethics and #Philosophy Just click on the link! buff.ly/3z10ePB

#literarycommunity #writingcommunity #reading #freereading #freebooks

Some of us would rather party with ideas, eh? 😏

#autodialectics #autodidactics #lonersarecool

The School of Information and Communication Studies @ucddublin.bsky.social is hiring an Ad Astra Fellow in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

feminist political philosopher Alison Jaggar, a white woman with white hair in autumn outdoor clothes, drawing and aiming a modern composite bow

Can't keep up to follow everyone back, so if we missed you & you see this & are feminist philosophy/theory(-adjacent), followed us in the old place, etc., please comment!

Also feel free to tag us when your femphil work comes out and we'll boost!

bonus pic: Alison Jaggar being a badass
#philsky

👇 we agree!

This is similar to a point @jayrosen.bsky.social has made, correctly: If a counter-argument doesn’t link to or quote the original argument, it’s probably a straw man.

1. Create Bluesky bots to ping and repost information from government accounts.
2. Aggregate those bots into a starter pack.
3. Create a more useful collection of government information without rewarding Musk.

Mass Layoffs Under the Guise of ‘Poor Performance’: A Corporate and Federal Tax Strategy? Over 200,000 workers have already been cut in 2025, with both corporations and federal agencies justifying these terminations under “poor…

Not feeling 'good enough' at work?

It's not you, it's them. And it's intentional.

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The Library of the Future: How Public Libraries and Federated Learning Can Build a Democratic AI Libraries provide a model for open, democratic, free AI systems — an alternative to censorship and monopolies.

An ethical, democratic AI doesn't need censorious guardrails or commercial monopolies to thrive.

Public libraries offer an old timey solution to a problem for the future.

#AI #libraries #FederatedLearning #democraticAI #ethicalAI

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