Tim Brown

Assistant Professor @UWBioethics 🐺 | feminist bioethics 🧬, neuroethics 🧠, aesthetics 🎨 | Nerdy 🤓

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

Also, every post I make here feels like a scream in hell, amongst the wailing damned. Futile.

It’s not that way for everyone. Some are able to build coalitions here. I’ve chosen to focus instead on closer relationships with friends, family, and colleagues for my mental health.

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

I haven’t posted on here in a while, and won’t post here ever again. Every post I make here now supports Elon Musk’s sociopolitical aspirations, drives up engagement with his platform. I cannot in good conscience stay here anymore.

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@jeffzwang I wouldn't be able to tell who you were from this essay. It reads pithy and cutesy, in an "I don't know what else to say" way. I know so many great kids who have real things to say. Do they really have to write this kind of thing? 😔

[Ryan Calo @rcalo]

I can’t believe Biden signed this TikTok law. 😔 If there’s going to be bipartisan consensus to ignore a Constitutional Amendment, how about the Second?

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@MikeKatell Oof. Still not breaking up with him, are we? 😩

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

Recently, I've had a hard time using social media. Posting feels futile or even harmful, responding to posts is worse. I've lost faith in social media. But I want to stay connected.
How do you keep your relationship to SM healthy? How do we repair our relationships to SM?

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

For the record, I feel overwhelmed daily… but I'm comforted by the thought that I'm not alone.

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

This comes up quite a bit when I talk with my white cishet colleagues. Some of them get overwhelmed (😳) when they realize what justice requires of them. Sometimes I think that's a litmus test: if they don't feel overwhelmed, then they don't understand.

[Harpsona on 🦋 @harpsonaTweets]

So honored to have contributed to a Grammy nominated soundtrack!

Fingers crossed for Stray Gods 🤞

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@harpsonaTweets Yeah, people definitely do this, and it's a bad idea. Once upon a time, my microwave melted a hole in the styrofoam, and the broth spilled everywhere. 😅

[Academic Chatter™ @AcademicChatter]

Email anxiety is real.

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@roqdrummer You might notice it more subconsciously, tho. I think lots of people do. Like… Hades is a game that celebrates prose and lyricism in a way that honors the Greek and Latin texts it draws from. I think people understand this, even if they're not aware that they do.

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@roqdrummer RPGs in this style are just, for me, really nice interactive novels. Enjoying the writing is part of the experience. For a game like this to have bad grammar is just as bad as having glitchy graphics or broken mechanics — and I just don't have the patience for it.

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@harpsonaTweets I guess that means it's time to play more Chrono Trigger music! 🙌🏾

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@SpeckerLaura @_brainstorm_12 @JasmineKwasa No problem. :)

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@SpeckerLaura @_brainstorm_12 @JasmineKwasa If I were you, also, I would assign your paper with @anna_wexler on Translational Neuroethics. You should be proud of it. :)
https://t.co/ihPwhIkVvf

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@SpeckerLaura A few of my favorites:

- Olivia Matshabane on African neuroethics https://t.co/Bt5gu2djml
- @_brainstorm_12 and @JasmineKwasa on phenotype bias in neuroscience https://t.co/IYjiIxcMfl
- Collins and Elein (!!) on Invasive neurotech https://t.co/H25QtwAH5P

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

@Overdenken Likewise. ❤️

[Tim Brown @keyofnight]

I'm trying to return to social media, after quite a long break, but so far all its done is make me feel anxious and dreadful. Especially today with people reacting to Vision Pro: I wonder if they grasp the irony of griping about an MR headset on Twitter for likes and follows. 😵‍💫

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