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I inherited my copy of Plato's Republic from my father, and I have always assumed he got it while he was at university. He probably did. But I assumed he bought it new, and he didn't. He's written his name on the flyleaf, but above it someone else has written 'A H Pearce, Jan 88' (very nice handwriting). The title page dates it to 1881.
So this wee book is probably one hundred and forty five years old. It's in remarkable condition.

A university in Texas will stop teaching anything related to Plato because it's gay.
I'm not even kidding.

And he's not the only one.
Texas A&M banned this philosophy professor from teaching Plato. So he's leaving. - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/texas-am-banned-this-philosophy-professor-from-teaching-plato-so-hes-leaving/

We talk endlessly about what AI can and cannot do. We talk very little about the assumptions built into the question itself. This dialogue follows a philosopher and an AI practitioner.
https://ocrampal.com/from-plato-to-gradient-descent-the-frame-we-forgot-w…

From Plato to Gradient Descent: The Frame We Forgot We Chose
Practitioner: I’ll be honest—I find the "philosophy of AI" a bit indulgent. We aren’t guessing anymore. We’re building systems that work. GPT, AlphaFold, Sora... these aren't accidents. We’ve clearly cracked the code on how intelligence functions. Philosopher: I don’t doubt the results. But results

Plato Understood Why Masking Would Turn ICE Agents Into Devils (Paul Rosenzweig/The UnPopulist)
https://www.theunpopulist.net/p/plato-understood-why-masking-would
http://www.memeorandum.com/260208/p53#a260208p53

Another banger by J. B. Crawford in his "Computers Are Bad" series, this time going through computer history from PLATO to Lotus Notes. PLATO is probably the most influential computer system almost nobody knows about (unlike, say, Mother of All Demos).
https://computer.rip/2026-03-14-lotusn

LotusNotes

What are #exoplanets and how do researchers find them? Learn more in our kids’ lecture on Astronomy Day, March 28th, at 3 PM. Including hands-on fun! In German.
More info here: https://www.mps.mpg.de/astronomietag2026

millennial: iykyk
plato: NOT SO FAST
#philosophy #joke

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/academic-freedom/2026/04/20/faculty-defect-texas-publics-citing-censorship

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship
Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

millennial: iykyk
plato: NOT SO FAST

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Leonard Bernstein, Jaap van Zweden, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Riccardo Chailly:
🎵 Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'
#LeonardBernstein #JaapvanZweden #RoyalConcertgebouwOrchestra #RiccardoChailly