Another example that supports my long held belief that philosophy should just be for the philosophers. No public philosophy!

What is something that the very wealthy inherit more of from their parents? This paper shows the answer is "a job." In Canadian data, on average 40% of all kids worked at some point at the same place of work as their dad, but for the top 1%, it is 70%. iza.org/publications/d…

Infographics in the mood of Tolkien, Lovecraft, Dr. Seuss, Borges.

#vacancy Did you ever wonder why #ScienceStudies has mainly studied the apparatus of natural and technical sciences but has neglected the epistemic tools 🛠 of the #humanities? Apply for one of our 4 #PhD scholarships and join us to fill the gap sfb1567.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/blog-post/stel…

„Klingt wie ein schlechter Witz: Das Buch, das die AfD erklären will, entsteht unter tätiger Mitwirkung eines AfD-Politikers – und wird danach gefeiert. [] Eine selbstkritische Revision der Koppetsch-Begeisterung in den Feuilletons wäre geboten.“ 1/ deutschlandfunk.de/kolumne-dell-n…

🚩New event announcement! On Wednesday 22nd February at 7pm (online) we will be hosting a discussion with Jacopo Galimberti and Nicholas Thoburn (Nick Thoburn 🇵🇸) on ‘Class and/or Architecture’!

Sociologist Nick Thoburn 🇵🇸 and photographer Kois Miah launched their online exhibition chronicling the lived experience and architecture of the Robin Hood Gardens council estate in East London in its last years before demolition. manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/…

Ich glaube, mein Kopf ist gerade kurz explodiert. Koppetsch hat nicht nur heftig plagiiert, sie ist auch mit nem AfD-Heini zusammen, der eine Frau verprügelt und gebissen hat, weil er auf dem N-Wort besteht??? Die Geschichte ist so wild, unfassbar... faz.net/aktuell/feuill…

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Das ist Yazy Almiah. Die sechsfache Mutter aus Syrien wurde Opfer eines Brandanschlags auf ein Haus mit Geflüchteten in Berlin in der Nacht vom 25. auf den 26. Januar. Sie erlitt Verletzungen und verstarb dann am 10. Februar auf der Intensivstation des Charité-Krankenhauses.

I asked ChatGPT to rewrite Hannah Arendt's The Origins of Totalitarianism, but for today. It told me one source of this new totalitarianism is the increasing power of tech companies and the proliferation of deepfakes in which truth is undermined and replaced by fabricated reality

In 1997, Walmart tried to enter the German market, and became a case study in failure. My favourite story from this period was that staff were trained to be friendly to customers, which freaked out some shoppers, but made others think staff were hitting on them.

🎶 Join us for an online lecture series on '#assetization in practice' at #TechnologyStudies SHSS University of St Gallen and supported by STS-CH (find us at STS-CH.bsky.social) The series focuses on the variety of practices involved in assetizing #food and #music. No prior registration required.

Was bleibt von #Giffey, neben ihren Plagiaten, ihrer Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit, dem schlechtesten Wahlergebnis der SPD und ihrer Missachtung für demokratische Volksentscheide? Dass sie sogar auf das Amt der Bürgermeisterin verzichtet, damit keine linke Politik gemacht wird.

cringiest "public intellectual" tweet ever?

Top of the morning and happy St. Patrick's Day to all.

Something so satisfying about this man’s refusal to take the bait with the usual leading questions on migration. Just calmly & stubbornly fair-minded, straightforward, no nonsense answers in a perfect Wexford accent right in the middle of the town. 10/10