Which got me thinking how nice it is to give to others and how people like Chestnut and Wolff have managed to do that even after their passing. Also how sad it is that we have the option of organizing our societies to have more of that but we fail to.
It has a line: "Oh, death you hector me, decimate those dear to me", which reminded me of the late Robert Paul Wolff and this post: robertpaulwolff.blogspot.com/2018/08/etym....
I was listening to this beautiful song this morning: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgN3...
b) if we want science-based policies that remain democratically accountable, we need to think seriously about the incentives of scientific advisors and politicians, and limitations of the public. Ultimately, we need to think about institutions.
Two studies each making a "moderately cautious" adjustment can combine into an aggregate that is far more cautious than any democratic mandate supports, without anyone having made a mistake.
Two thoughts: (a) value-laden choices in different studies interact, so getting them right one study at a time is not enough — and sometimes not even necessary.
New paper: philpapers.org/archive/KURS... Part n of me slowly realizing how complicated science-based policymaking in a democracy is.
I wrote something for @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social on Marx on self-realisation in work, and how the prevailing interpretation - put forward by G.A.Cohen - gets Marx wrong.
jacobin.com/2025/10/marx...
8. "How to Fight Turkey’s Authoritarian Turn" by
@berkesen.bsky.social and @sebnemgumuscu.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
#Turkey is accelerating its use of facial recognition to detain and prosecute protesters - often with little or no evidence. I’ve been investigating how #AI is contributing to the erosion of the rule of law & supercharging authoritarianism 🧵
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/tu... @newlinesmag.bsky.social
I am currently chairing a network very close to my heart, namely the Eastern European Network for Philosophy of Science. It finally has an account here @eenphilsci.bsky.social. To start here's a moving piece by a Bulgarian philosopher and a founding member Lilia Gurova on how it all began.
Just published! Jan Kandiyali (@jankandiyali.bsky.social) and I writing, open access in *Political Philosophy*:
"We Cease to be Mere Fragments: Justice, Alienation, Liberalism and Socialism "
Hopefully of interest to both liberals and socialists!
politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/1...
The way Rumeysa Öztürk holds her heart as she testifies for her own freedom at a bail hearing in federal court is truly heart-rending.
She cannot be freed soon enough.
It was a wonderful tribute to to civic courage, human resilience and moral decency.
Gene Sharp spoke, alongside people who had taken part in civil resistance in their own countries—including participants from Tiananmen.
This reminded me of a conference I attended ages ago as a graduate-student assistant. I was embarrassingly clueless about the speakers, but it was possibly the most inspiring event I’d ever attended.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
yarın!
Bluesky sansüründe son durum:
• 63 hesabın, çeşitli hakimlikler tarafından erişime engellenmesine hükmedildi.
• 19 hesap, Bluesky PBC tarafından Türkiye'den görünmez kılındı.
• 5 paylaşım, Bluesky PBC tarafından Türkiye'den görünmez kılındı.
ifade.org.tr/engelliweb/b...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL34...
Seeing police snatch a Turkish PhD student off the street for writing an op-ed was horrifying. And familiar.
With Turkey colleagues @heissenstat.bsky.social + @nicholasdanfort.bsky.social, we wrote about how repression functions by starting with minority groups.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
We wrote a short piece on Turkey’s protests and how/why we arrived at this moment with Berk Esen for @jodemocracy.bsky.social
We also discuss what may come next:
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
A bar chart titled 'Prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants, 2021, 2022' displays data for various European countries. The EU average is represented as a bar around 100 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants for both years. Turkey stands out with the highest figures, exceeding 300 prisoners per 100,000 inhabitants in both 2021 and 2022, significantly above the EU average.
A bar chart titled 'Police officers per 100,000 inhabitants, average 2020-2022' displays data for various European countries. The EU average is represented as a bar around 350 police officers per 100,000 inhabitants. Turkey stands out with one of the highest figures, exceeding 600 police officers per 100,000 inhabitants, significantly above the EU average. O
Here are two data points to put their bravery in perspective:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcDI...
