Shhh don’t tell my oldest but we’re unwrapping the home alone house tomorrow morning!
25.12.2025 01:34
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Shhh don’t tell my oldest but we’re unwrapping the home alone house tomorrow morning!
Really psyched for this visit!
Proud to announce that after decades as an awkwardness practitioner, I have finally been upgraded to awkwardness researcher! slate.com/life/2025/12...
If you are looking for a gift that will really get inside someone’s head and subtly undermine their confidence (and who isn’t?!), might I recommend gifting them a copy of ‘awkwardness’ with zero context or explanation? Now on sale for $17, but hurry— only 9 copies left!
a.co/d/bw2KIaS
Yeah you gotta really lean in and start getting up at like 4:30/5 and sending them in real time; it’s true that you’ll be tired all day but you also get a minor energy boost from the moral superiority
Philosophy friends: planning a spring meta ethics seminar. I haven’t kept up much the last 5 years or so— what books did I miss that would be fun to read with advanced undergrads?
Hmmm, I have been thinking of teaching a meta ethics seminar again— maybe it’s a sign…
And rolling it out at Kann— wonder what the other 3 restaurants will be, v curious to try this!
wrapped up intro to moral theory w/this Aeon piece on annoyance by @dryan149.bsky.social and @evanwestra.bsky.social- big hit, great way to wrap up a semester, by looking to future and thinking concretely about change: aeon.co/essays/why-d...
This is so good— I have been thinking about an emotions course and I love this assignment! Would you be able to email me the prompt you use? Also I really want to hear more about what they come up with for cringe!!
Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva and I are thrilled with the cover for our book, Somebody Should Do Something
The release date is 9/16, but you can do preorders now
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204978...
#CoverReveal #Bookstagram @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social tein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
Oh I forgot about southern charm… now I have to do some soul searching, how much of a bravo completist am I deep down…
I didn’t keep up w past few seasons— is this one good so far? Debating a catch up (or just dropping in on current season) vs a pre-premiere rewatch of The Valley…
Great essay by @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Yessssss thank god I need something to look forward to lord knows
Also idk sober sports bar seems like a good idea to me?
I just started s8 and it’s good again! s7 was such a dud (I blame whatshisface… Chris? Ugh) but the Lindsay/Carl toxicity plus the two new guys I’m so into it
new (version of an) SEP entry just dropped, maybe time to give the ol' evolution and morality seminar syllabus an overhaul...
Oh oh oh I know this one, Jerry Orbach as Bernard Williams!
Honestly ‘enjoyable and irritating’ seems like the job description of philosophy done right!
I’m so sorry, Aidan. It’s pretty shocking for those of us observing and I can only imagine what it must be like on the ground.
usually keep the blackboard page pretty austere but this semester I needed to cheer myself up...
reposting this because I've seen a few people wondering where to direct resources and this seems like a non-obvious but important one.
big fan of putting things in bowls but i gotta ask, is that a wedge of cabbage hanging out there? do you just eat it au naturel like that?
what a great idea for a conference, and the associated pedagogy workshops look great too
Aw, thank you! I’m so glad to enjoyed it.
This is great. A perfect pre-semester read
www.noemamag.com/the-danger-o...
As I make my syllabi for the semester this is exactly what I needed to read. Thanks for sharing.
That sounds amazing. If you get a chance to share the reading list I know many of us would be v interested (including some of my students!)