Tim Brown

@keyofnight

Philosopher. Feminist bioethics, neuroethics, aesthetics. NIH postdoc at 🐺. Nerdy! 🤓

Seattle, Washington
Joined September 2007

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    9 Dec 2019

    So, I'm a doctor now. 💁🏾‍♂️

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  2. Feb 1
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  3. Feb 1

    Aren't anti-Aristotelians dogmatic too? Show some σωφροσύνη, why don't you… 🙃

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  4. Feb 1

    Related: yesterday, I almost called myself a graduate student. It's like saying '2019' instead of '2020'—except more imposter syndrome-y.

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  5. Feb 1

    A Q for my recently minted doctor friends: do you ever just think to yourself randomly, "Damn, I can't believe I'm a doctor now…"? It really is surreal.

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  6. Jan 31

    CV Dazzle is probably one of most cyberpunk, mirror's edge things in this world right now, and I love it.

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  7. Jan 29

    I'm writing up letters of recommendation for my excellent students, and I keep coming back to this excellent handout on how to avoid gender bias. I know I probably don't need it, but better safe than sorry.

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  8. Jan 28
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  9. Jan 28

    But more importantly, the same folks who tell me to "be careful" not to catch the are the same ones who are cover their mouths every time they see a Chinese person. I've seen this with SARS, avian flu, etc.: people use public safety as an excuse to be racist.

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  10. Jan 28

    I'm nervous about the way folks are talking about the . I keep seeing the "confirmed deaths" number rise, but are those "age adjusted" numbers like the ones CDC releases every year? Or are they just the raw numbers? I think people forget that the flu is deadly.

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  11. Jan 28
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  12. Jan 25

    All the time. But some people also sometimes think I don't have a "real job." 😅

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  13. Jan 24

    Decades later, those same skills are helping my mom in her own fight against cancer—with chemotherapy, infusions, injections. Yes, disability is a skill, and you get better at it. The more we ignore our experiences of disability, the more we forfeit those skills.

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  14. Jan 24

    My mom got so good at it that a visiting nurse figured a way for her to get paid for it. This is how she supported three kids in the late 90s. (That, and a few side-hustles.) It's also how she got to spend so much time with grandma in the end.

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  15. Jan 24

    I remember how my mom had to learn to care for my grandma's feeding tube—this was after grandma had a stroke. My mom soon learned to make sure that the line was clear, that the bag was full of food, etc. Her penalty for failure was hearing that annoying beep, beep, beep…

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  16. Jan 24

    I argue something like this in a piece forthcoming in . Agency is a set of skills we learn. Learning to use a medical device or living with an intervention can be a challenge for, or means of cultivating, our agential skills.

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  17. Retweeted
    Jan 24
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    I think metaphilosophical/disciplinary questions are the most important right now—especially: which roles should philosophy play in which discourses, and how can we ensure that philosophy includes perspectives that would otherwise face neglect/erasure?

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  18. Jan 23

    Stickers on laptops?

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  19. Jan 23

    Wow, what a hurtful view: "'I think that assisted reproductive technology should be reserved only for married couples, not for single women,' she said. 'There’s adoption. There are other solutions than making a child just for fun.'"

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  20. Jan 22

    This made me nauseous. My first reaction, "…so… all people of color are just needy?"

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  21. Jan 21

    "You want a trifecta… I'll give you a trifecta!" Wow. Really?

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