I'm thrilled to share that I am the winner of one of @leverhulme.ac.uk's 2026 Philip Leverhulme Prizes. Among other things, I will spend the prize money supporting a series of conferences on animal politics. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/2026PLP

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What Mercutio doesn't realize is that you only really need to wish a plague on one of their houses and it'll quickly spread to the other one

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A bit of a follow-up on my last post: kind of a weird thing for me to think, given that I'm at an R1 university and love research, but (in the humanities at least) I really do believe heavily emphasizing in-person teaching is gonna be the only way we make it through the AI deluge

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Red de Evaluación Ética en Invertebrados (REEI) is hosting its first International Conference on Invertebrate Animal Welfare! Speakers include Bob Fischer, Meghan Barrett, and @martingiurfa.bsky.social. Sessions in English and Spanish. The event is free and virtual, on October 28 and 30.

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Kinda think the only way to deal with AI in higher ed is to hire a fuckton of professors to teach small classes with lots of in-class engagement and assessment. Maybe we could divert some of the millions going to OpenAI to buy the shiniest ChatBoy to, uh, that instead

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