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Behind the Scenes of Classics of Political Thought for Today with Colin Farrelly We're pleased to introduce you all to Colin Farrelly, Professor of Political Theory at Queen's University and author of the upcoming Classics of Political…

Q&A with Author Colin Farrelly, briefly describing his new Hackett book, Classics of Political Thought for Today
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Canada's Supreme Court upholds capacious reading of a law exempting people who seek help or stay at the scene of an overdose from being charged with drug possession--if cops arrest you when they shouldn't and find other bad stuff while searching you, can't charge decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-...

Open Access Philosophy Books - Daily Nous It's International Open Access Week. In honor of the occasion, I invite those who have authored or edited an open access book in philosophy to share it in the comments here, with a link to where it is...

Philosophers — it’s International Open Access Week. Tell us about any open access books you’ve authored or edited…

Iran: Three Prisoners Dead after Denied Medical Care Three women died in Qarchak prison, a Tehran women's prison notorious for abysmal conditions, between September 16 and September 25, 2025.

Three women died in Qarchak prison, a Tehran women’s prison notorious for abysmal conditions, between September 16 and 25, following a lack of medical care.

The deaths highlight Iranian authorities’ violation of prisoners’ right to life.

could do with a lot less open advocacy for ethnic cleansing in global politics tbh

Considering the Potential Benefits of Alternative Waitlist Models in Mental Healthcare on Healthcare Provider Moral Distress Published in The American Journal of Bioethics (Vol. 25, No. 11, 2025)

Thrilled to share my new AJOB piece with Michael Montess! We respond to the target article on waitlist ethics by highlighting how different waitlist models can create moral distress for mental health providers. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#Bioethics #MentalHealth #moraldistress

Tonight marks a milestone for all of us at the PBS News Hour. On this day 50 years ago, we aired our first broadcast. The show had a different name, but the same mission to deliver thoughtful & trustworthy journalism. Half a century later, we're still at it & guided by the same principles & mission.

UVA the Fifth University to Reject Trump Higher Ed Compact The university is the first public, and Southern, institution to publicly turn down the administration's “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

UVA Becomes Fifth University to Reject Trump Higher Ed Compact

The university is the first public,
and Southern, institution to publicly turn down the administration's “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

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The philosophy blogosphere - a useful list of blogs in generalist and specialist areas of philosophy.

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#philosophy #blogs #philosophers #ideas #people #cool

Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination

A study of nearly 300,000 people published today in the New England Journal of Medicine found “that last season’s 2024–2025 mRNA COVID vaccines reduced people’s risk of emergency department visits by 29 percent, their risk of hospitalizations by 39 percent and their risk of death by 64 percent.”

Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Colorado’s ban on harmful ‘conversion therapy’ The dangerous practice has been discredited by all major medical associations.

“We were told by pastors and Focus on the Family that we had to fix him. Instead, we taught him to hate himself. And when a child is dead, you don’t ever get to repair that,” Linda Robertson, whose son died by suicide after conversion therapy, told me at the court.

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The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

NEW

WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.

This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it

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For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions. Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica ...

Over 90 psych hospitals have violated EMTALA since 2010. The vast majority are for-profit

Yet only a handful have faced sanctions. When they have, the penalties are trivial vs $$ billions these companies, like UHS & Acadia, raked in last yr

Part 2 @propublica.org
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I realised after I reposted this that this content is a few years old. Is there any update?

Your reminder that the UK's fast-track visa for prize-winning researchers received zero applications. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

FDA brings back GSK's leucovorin drug that RFK Jr. touted as autism treatment The Trump administration is touting leucovorin as a treatment for autism.

This is bonkers. FDA is going to change leucovorin's label based on a lit review with data on 40 patients w/ cerebral folate deficiency and comparisons to "known natural history."

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I did, and thank you.🙏

Anyone curious… this, seriously, is the Canadian national news headliner 🤷‍♂️ on #cbc

Canada might want to catch a wake-up, as they say in South Africa

Honestly, thanks for saying this. I briefly tuned into CBC News this morning, and it was breathless second-by-second reporting on and from the event. 😅

If you oppose abortion, just don’t get one Enshrining access to abortion in Luxembourg’s constitution would safeguard a human right, says editor-in-chief Cordula Schnuer

Cordula Schnuer writes: "By enshrining this right in the constitution, Luxembourg is ensuring that women have choice. It is not imposing ideology or forcing women to terminate their pregnancies. If you don’t believe in getting an abortion, just don’t get one."

Opinion | What the Mayor Got Away With Has Already Changed America

“The implications extend far beyond the five boroughs of NYC... Each turn of the gears moves us further from the ideal of public officials who observe the rule of law. The most wrenching turn of all was how the Trump administration ordered prosecutors to make the case against Mr. Adams disappear”

Bodies of three transgender people found in Pakistan Police said the victims were shot dead by unidentified assailants in the southern city of Karachi.

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OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

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Dalhousie and Ontario college staff sound alarm for post-secondary education Caps on enrollment for international students is uncovering chronic funding issues in post-secondary education.

Dalhousie and Ontario college staff sound alarm for post-secondary education #canlab

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Time to cancel #Disney+ #Kimmel

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