Sign of the times: here's what incoming PhD students are worried about

A student starting a PhD program in the fall writes:

Thank you for what you do for the profession. I have been distressed about the Tuvel situation, and the climate in philosophy (especially on social media) and have been worrying that the community of thinkers and defenders of bold, creative, flexible, ambitious thinking, even when its uncomfortable, that I so fell in love with as an undergraduate and cannot wait to join, might be disintegrating before I've even got started!