Vanessa Bentley (she/her)
Philosopher of science (neuroscience). Experiment, science & values, neuroethics, and feminist philosophy of science. University of Central Oklahoma
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)AAUP President Todd Wolfson issued the following statement in response to Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt's Executive Order issued today immediately eliminating academic tenure at the state’s public regional universities and community colleges.
- Hoooooly crap. The Chronicle article is paywalled, but here’s the executive order: www.sos.ok.gov/documents/ex...
- Breaking, from me: An executive order from Oklahoma's governor directs most of the state's public colleges to "phase out tenure." #AcademicSky #HigherEd @chronicle.com www.chronicle.com/article/tenu...
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)"We would have lost so much if we'd driven him away" is the justification. But we lost all those girls. We lost the women they would have become. We lost the work they would have done. Why was his future work so much more valuable than theirs?
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)GET IN, DORKS! The stakes are high and we have a LOT to stand up for in 2026. Join us on March 7th, 2026! www.standupforscience.net/march7 Want to host an event in your area? Sign up here: fight2win.standupforscience.net/sign_up/14434/ #Standupforscience #takebackourscience
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)TODAY: the myth the icon the legend the peanut butter and jelly sandwich on the making of a myth, and how it became ubiquitous (alas, george washington carver did not invent peanut butter) buttondown.com/theswordandt...
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)New Book on Women and Republicanism Just out on Oxford Academic Online and in print in March or June (depending where you are in the world), this book features eleven chapters on women political philosophers who engaged with republican thought from the 18th to the early 20th century, in Brazil,…
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- My daughter and I have a snow day tomorrow and I’m as giddy as a schoolgirl! (Though the snow won’t really start for us until the evening… but Saturday will be snow much fun!)
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊 Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)🔥 My book Conversations on Rational Choice is finally out: Conversation partners include Kenneth Arrow, Gary Becker, C. Bicchieri, D. Kahneman, P. Suppes, Christian List, Vernon Smith, Tom Schelling, L.A.Paul, C. Camerer, Martin Shubik, R. Kranton, and many others. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)🔔 We're launching our Bluesky account today! Can you help us spread the word by retweeting this post? 😀 #Theoria #diamondopenaccessjournal
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)who's published the best public-facing stuff on global political realism and the recent actions of the Trump regime? looking for accessible week 1 content for a course on global justice #polisky #poltheory #InternationalRelations
- In better news, I realized today that all the books I’m using for my spring courses (4) are available as course reserves at the library. Win for student affordability!
- I don’t like the new Outlook.
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)Invited speaker lineup is out for SPP 2026! More information on the meeting here: www.socphilpsych.org/meetings.html Submissions accepted until Jan 16! Come hang in Baltimore; conference is at Johns Hopkins from June 17-20, 2026! @socphilpsych.bsky.social @joshrottman.bsky.social #SPP2026
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- “The school released a statement Monday, saying the graduate instructor's prior grading standards and patterns, as well as the graduate teaching assistant's own statements relating to the matter, were "arbitrary" in grading OU junior Samantha Fulnecky's essay.“ koco.com/article/sama...
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research: they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
- Great news, everyone! Supernatural is coming to Peacock Dec. 22! www.cnet.com/tech/service...
- After putting it off for years, I finally started watching Supernatural earlier this year, but Netflix just took it down. Wondering if I can convince my department chair to buy the last 7 seasons. For teaching and research.
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- Art from a real person, if you’re looking for a unique gift.
- The worst part of my job is completing travel paperwork. They keep changing Concur but it never seems to get better.
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)Out soon: *Contemporary Debates in the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence*, co-edited by me, @atoosakz.bsky.social & John Zerilli. Out on Jan 21, but preview already available on Google books: books.google.de/books?id=beK... #aiethics
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
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- Just gave my last final exam of the semester. That means it’s grading season - fueled by white mochas and chocolate! ☕️🍫
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- Wrapping up the semester teaching Engineering Ethics. Ended on philosophy of technology and thinking about individual and social values and how technology fits with our values. I had some really thoughtful students this semester. It's been a lot of fun.
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)Hey all, The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships. Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits. You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)I love this idea so much: Washington Dept of Fish & Wildlife just released an anthology of poetry and art exploring how each of the state's ecoregions is being affected by climate change, and how fish & wildlife managers are responding. I just ordered my copy.
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)This year, universities are giving $228 million to football coaches who failed at coaching football so that they won't coach football anymore.
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)We can't really say this enough... > Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate. www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
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- Reposted by Vanessa Bentley (she/her)In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps: /1
