Nathan Smith

Philosophy professor and #OER Coordinator at Houston Community College, Dad of two. Views are mine, all mine. He/him

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

Philosophriends, I worked with @openstax (et multi alibi) to write an Intro to Philosophy textbook that covers the bases--from a global perspective. It's completely free & you'll appreciate the quality and breadth. Use it as a primary text or supplement: https://t.co/zgzx3vozP7

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@morallawwithin (Oh, and one more: marginalizing a genuine attempt at some more objective ranking of the merits of grad programs in philosophy.) Arguably, each of these effects were intentional in the design of the PGR.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@morallawwithin That, and, it has had three principle effects: 1) elevating schools outside the Ivies and traditional powerhouse schools who had really great Phil depts, 2) obliterating the reputation of Continental-focused schools, 3) enshrining the status of BL as king-maker.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@bkpark Opposite problem. I use about half a small can when I make a soup or sauce. I never need much more. I've tried storing it, but it goes bad before the next use.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

Do any of y'all know if Trump is going to do something about getting smaller cans of tomato paste?

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@NoamChompers This is the way. I just can't find it in the stores I usually shop at.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@itaisher Sorry for the late reply, I'm not on here much anymore. Deplatforming as a strategy originated among student organizations in the UK and it continues to be something (typically) marginalized groups advocate for. I don't think it's about paternalistic protection.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

Every single day when I log into this god-forsaken platform at twitter dot com

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@jimenezincasper @JonStoneNews @chrisvanderveen I think y'all are on some revisionist history: https://t.co/SN2ycDKv0s

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

Your daily reminder that the IRS will launch a pilot of its first free tax online filing tool in a matter of weeks.

It will be available in 12 states In English and Spanish.

Intuit spent $3.8 MILLION in the past year alone to stop this from happening.

We didn’t let them win.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@shahaoul @biblioracle I suspect that's true. Also, you get better results from AI when you know what kinds of questions to ask. Finally, you have to take the outputs and shape them into a final product that is polished. And that takes skill.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@biblioracle That's an interesting thought. It runs slightly counter to the results of this study https://t.co/HtjFykIkDZ where the greatest benefits were seen among the least skilled. But quality remains an issue, and time savings are pretty scattered.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@SnafuSociety @biblioracle You might try reading again.

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

🚨Breaking 🚨
@GOVUK has approved the use of a banned bee-killing pesticide for the fourth year in a row‼️
This is a:
❌deathblow for wildlife
😡a backward step in evidence-based decision-making
🌱betrayal to farmers who try to produce food sustainably. https://t.co/HSknR6PSDo

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@bkpark Ugh. Good luck.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@bkpark don't neglect to trim back the dead parts as well.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@JohnProtevi This is a great point. As chair of a department at a community college, I can tell you that it's endlessly frustrating to read publications in philosophy pedagogy with elaborate plans for weeding out chatbot usage when we are teaching over 150 students a semester.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@Sstrkr1702 @JohanSalomon Bc7
Kxf6...

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

@KBYip Aw it's so cute. I took that little devil off my phone a year and a half ago.

[Nathan Smith @smithnd]

Good thing that X is still on https://t.co/pxhrxTzFnf because otherwise I would have to forget about this app entirely.