Tootfinder

The First Amendment in the US says — wisely — that we should avoid giving the government the power to determine with the force of law what beliefs are unacceptable. That is •not• because all beliefs are acceptable, however; it is because giving the government such power opens the floodgates of authoritarianism.
Here’s the thing: some beliefs •are• unacceptable. We deny the government the power to determine which ones with the understanding that we •must• do that job ourselves, through social negotiation.

LLMs Homogenize Values in Constructive Arguments on Value-Laden Topics
Farhana Shahid, Stella Zhang, Aditya Vashistha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10637 https://

LLMs Homogenize Values in Constructive Arguments on Value-Laden Topics
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to promote prosocial and constructive discourse online. Yet little is known about how they negotiate and shape underlying values when reframing people's arguments on value-laden topics. We conducted experiments with 347 participants from India and the United States, who wrote constructive comments on homophobic and Islamophobic threads, and reviewed human-written and LLM-rewritten versions of these comments. Our analysis shows that LLM systemat…

«Hayek, whose company is the world’s largest watchmaker, said the CEOs’ visit sent a signal of weakness. Instead, he suggested that Switzerland — the seventh-largest investor in the US — should retaliate by threatening to cut investment, or ditch a deal to buy US-made F-35 jets.
“Are we William Tell,” he quipped in reference to the Swiss hero of folklore, “or are we a vassal?”»

Oscillating Heat Transfer Prediction in Porous Structures Using Generative AI-Assisted Explainable Machine Learning
Lichang Zhu, Laura Schaefer, Leitao Chen, Ben Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11863

Oscillating Heat Transfer Prediction in Porous Structures Using Generative AI-Assisted Explainable Machine Learning
Predicting and interpreting thermal performance under oscillating flow in porous structures remains a critical challenge due to the complex coupling between fluid dynamics and geometric features. This study introduces a data-driven wGAN-LBM-Nested_CV framework that integrates generative deep learning, numerical simulation based on the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), and interpretable machine learning to predict and explain the thermal behavior in such systems. A wide range of porous structures …

Negotiations: An International Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/08/negotiations-an-international-journal-of-literary-and-cultural-studies

Day 20: bell hooks.
Despite having decided to continue to 30, number 20 feels important, and hooks gets the spot in part because I haven't yet included a non-fiction feminist author, which feels like an obvious thing to include on such a list. The one category of author being bumped out of the first 20 here is anime writers, but I'll follow up with one of them, along with more academics and mangaka who I've been itching to include.
In any case, hooks is absolutely legendary as a feminist writer for good reason, and as a teacher I've especially appreciated her writing on pedagogy like "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" and "Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom". These have challenged me to teach at a higher level, and while I'm not sure I've completely succeeded, they're important to me. They also pair well with Paolo Friere's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed", but hooks always seems to be focused on very practical advice and it's incredibly direct in her writing, even though her advice isn't always straightforward to implement. In fact, that's one of the things I value about her writing: when the truth is complicated or the real work is messy interpersonal relationships that need to be negotiated with each student, she's not afraid to say so and give good advice for navigating those waters instead of trying to dispense simple-seeming platitudes or formulas for success that paper over the deeper issues. Her concern has always been truth, rather than simplicity or audience comfort and the popularity it might seem to entail, which I think is part of why her legacy endures so well.
#20AuthorsNoMen
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Ukraine's top negotiators to again meet Trump's envoys after Moscow talks, Zelensky says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/03/ukraines-top-negotiators-to-again.html

I find there is a lot of overlap between the following groups:
- people who are mission-driven and want to fight for a better future
- people who hate negotiation and think it makes them "selfish"
If you fall into those groups, please check out my negotiation tutorial. It is written specifically for YOU. 💖

How to Negotiate Without Being Pushy: The Empathy-Based Approach That Actually Works
Negotiation doesn’t have to be a battle of wills. Learn how to reach agreements through empathy, clarity, and mutual respect — even if you hate confrontation. This step-by-step guide shows you how to stay calm, connected, and confident in any negotiation.

Sounds like divide-and-conquer to me.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/trump-trade-us-canada-mexico-cusma-usmca-jamieson-greer-9.7010300

my negotiation tutorial (packed with 10y of hard-won negotiation knowledge) is finally up! https://www.brichapman.com/p/negotiation-for-people-who-hate-negotiation?r=1o5n19&utm_campaign=post…

How to Negotiate Without Being Pushy: The Empathy-Based Approach That Actually Works
Negotiation doesn’t have to be a battle of wills. Learn how to reach agreements through empathy, clarity, and mutual respect — even if you hate confrontation. This step-by-step guide shows you how to stay calm, connected, and confident in any negotiation.