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"Children Fishing on Dock" (Cleveland, 1964) #Art

"The ethos typically puts the cart before the horse, replacing challenging epistemic labour—figuring out what is actually happening in societies characterised by profound ambiguity, uncertainty, and complexity—with a much simpler moral posture." open.substack.com/pub/conspicu...

"Speaking Truth to Power" Is Bad EpistemologyIf intellectuals want to hold power accountable, they should focus less on power and more on truth.open.substack.com

"Students Coming to Me for Manuscript Editing in the Last Three Weeks of Summer Break" (1880) #Art

James Gleeson, "Fête Champêtre, a Lethal Regulation" (1944) #Art

I've probably posted before, but I love this painting. I expect to have the same expression on my face when I die. Paulus Bor, "The Annunciation of the Virgin's Death" (c. 1640) #Art

Howard Pyle, "Old Jacob Van Kleek Had Never Favored Our Hero's Suit" (1908) #Art

Théodore Chassériau, "Portrait de Mademoiselle de Cabarrus" (1848) #Art

Doing random reading this morning, and am starting to get the feeling that we may be undergoing some sort of vibe shift toward responsibility, judgment, and the acknowledgment of tough choices. (Lord, let it be true!) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... unherd.com/2026/07/lies...

Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language DieWhen cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.www.newyorker.com

I love this book. #kidlit #Art

Juan de Pareja, "Flight Into Egypt" (1658) #Art

Jaime Corum, "The Red Tapestry" (2011) #Art

Justyna Kopania, "Ship" (2014) #Art

Mary Hutchinson, “The Student” (c. 1937) #Art

1/ This week in Conservative Educational Thought, we are spending one meeting on "policy" (in the abstract) and the need for epistemic humility, using two new (for me) readings:

From Henri Bergson's "Introduction to Metaphysics" (1909) #philosophy

Paula Modersohn-Becker, "Infant With the Hand of the Mother" (1903) and "Girl With Child" (1902) #Art

Post a perfect album from the 1990s.

Someone posted this a while ago (from Heidegger) and I think it's beautiful.

Albert Bierstadt, "The Burning Ship" (c. 1869) #Art

Georgia O'Keeffe, "Black Cross, New Mexico" (1929) #Art