Michael Otsuka

Professor of Philosophy, Rutgers. On UCU's national USS negotiating team 2021-22. Photo not up to date. Neither is yours, unless it's a live webcam image.

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

"...upon our retirement or deferral during the past decade, @USSpensions had undervalued my and tens of thousands of other member pensions, in many cases making us hundreds of pounds worse off in our annual pension than that which we are due." See👇
https://t.co/kZlF5lBRs4

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

@SteveOSullivan1 @guardian @trussliz @phillipinman Fixed in "Business Live" feed, but wrong headline still appearing here,👇 however.

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

Link to a blog post in which I explain the relevance of governing body oversight to the provision of job security in the UK which is equivalent to North American academic tenure:
https://t.co/zOlNwWDrrl

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

An email I've just sent to @LSEnews's VCAB, Chair of Academic Board, and Secretary👇. 1/2

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

This matter will be discussed at an extraordinary meeting of LSE's Academic Board on Monday at 9:30 am. See this🧵👇for relevant background. 2/2
https://t.co/JBomlQGFuX

[Bryan Roberts 🏳️‍🌈️ @SoulPhysics]

The worst attack on 'tenure' at the London School of Economics in years was just revealed by the @ucu @LSE_UCU branch. It is ongoing and impacts all LSE academics, from Research Staff to Full Professors. Please share widely, as we're in trouble here (1/12)

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

@Tyler_A_Harper Link: https://t.co/WZ49008Kb6

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

@Tyler_A_Harper We have over 25 years of experience of similar legislation in Oregon, and these dystopian fears have not been borne out there.

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

A very welcome ban on legacy admissions for private as well as public universities in California.
https://t.co/b7X8FqrDSs

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

Krugman's assessment is spot on and also hard to reconcile with your assessment of Vance's capabilities. Do you reject Krugman's assessment, or do you accept it, while maintaining that it's consistent with your assessment? 3/3

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

.@DouthatNYT, you maintain that @JDVance is "as capable at arguing about public policy as any Republican candidate in my lifetime". Do you also agree with @paulkrugman that Vance's recent remarks on healthcare: 1/3

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

"sounded like someone completely unaware of the history of health care economics and the reasons we ended up with the policies we have — someone who completely missed the debates that led to the creation of the A.C.A., a.k.a. Obamacare." 2/3
https://t.co/oIYed0TgxX

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

@JohnRalfe1 "...pension dropped so much because the PPF used to cap payments based on age. As recently as 2021, the most a 65-year-old could receive was £41,461, even if their actual pension was much higher. In his case, £17,500 was the 90pc of the 2003 capped amount he was entitled to."

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

The successor to the journal Philosophy & Public Affairs (called Free and Equal) will also be published by the OLH. I hope more and more excellent journals migrate over to platforms such as this one, and the oligopoly of commercial academic publishers is broken. 3/3

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

A paper of mine called "Equal Chances versus Equal Outcomes: When Are Lotteries Fair and Justified?" has just been published in Political Philosophy, the successor to the Journal of Political Philosophy. Link and abstract.👇1/3
https://t.co/D9cBdu5LR6

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

Like all articles in this journal, it's open access. The journal is hosted by a not-for-profit publisher, the Open Library of the Humanities, which is supported by modest subscriptions fees from a consortium of university libraries. 2/3

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

@PensionsDave My reaction is the opposite of 'oh no'. This gives me hope that he'll decide to sell X to someone willing to pay a decent amount, who would have to be someone whose views and practices are not so toxic as to repel so many advertisers.

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

👀The @USSpensions website👇has been updated today to let us know that "Sam [@sam_marsh101] became a Director of Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited on 12 August 2024." I cannot think of a better choice to represent the interests of members. @ucu
https://t.co/cUWQh3wPK9

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

@itaisher @KaplanEthan But what if Harris/Walz lose the election while winning Pennsylvania (perhaps plus whatever else Shapiro was supposed to deliver)?

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

@ADioumaev @Tyler_A_Harper These sorts of corrections aren't a new practice on the part of the WH. They've been doing this for a while. I assume since the beginning of his term.

[Michael Otsuka @MikeOtsuka]

@ADioumaev @Tyler_A_Harper Yes. The White House posted that:
https://t.co/jUslE4qLBt