Matthew Shields, Diving for pearls: conceptual abandonment, conceptual engineering, and the limits of thought and language - PhilPapers References to conceptual abandonment are ubiquitous in philosophy. I argue that making a case for abandonment is much harder than philosophers have realized and that this difficulty has striking, broa...

I have a new paper coming out on conceptual abandonment: philpapers.org/rec/SHIDFP-2. Abandonment is a ubiquitous strategy in the history of philosophy – philosophers have advocated getting rid of folk psychological concepts, the concept of harm, the concept of democracy, among many others.

Breaking: #waleg passes SB 6355 to establish a state transmission authority, with bipartisan support.

One big step to expanding our grid so we can connect more wind and solar and free ourselves from polluting, dangerous, and expensive fossil fuels.

app.leg.wa.gov/BillSummary/...

WA's electricity grid needs a state transmission authority | Editorial A bill aims to focus state government on the urgent task of building transmission to power new electricity demands and fulfill the clean energy transition.

ICYMI, state transmission authority may happen in #waleg this year (i.e., today or tomorrow), after all!

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/edit...

Ayyy congrats on becoming a dad!

Fire Hazard: The Mounting Costs of Northwest Sprawl Honest information about homes’ fire risk can forge the way for more transformative changes to build out of harm’s way.

My colleague @rpelai.bsky.social and I are out with a new @sightline.org report on wildfires. The PNW is continuing to expand into high-hazard areas, risky choices that all of us (no matter where we live) are paying for in one way or another.

www.sightline.org/fire-hazard-...

Op-Ed: Katie Wilson Can Be Seattle’s Climate Mayor for Renters » The Urbanist # Seattle renters are largely locked out of the cost-saving and comfort-improving clean energy appliances, like heat pumps, induction stoves, and solar panels. Newly inaugurated Seattle Mayor Katie Wi...

NEW // Op-Ed: Katie Wilson Can Be Seattle’s Climate Mayor for Renters

Op-ed by Emily Moore via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2026/01/08/o...