Perhaps you'd enjoy seeing academics making fun of their own teaching and research, including the continued hijinks of a New Yorker teaching the Scottish Enlightenment in Scotland. If so, you can get discounted £4 tickets by using the code BRIGHTCLUB at this link: www.thestand.co.uk/performance/...

Still can't quite believe that an old university classmate is now the biographer of an old high school classmate, let alone that I'm quoted in said biography. Can't wait to read the whole thing. www.americantheatre.org/2025/09/09/a...

Our #UofGSpotlight episode Trump 2.0: What’s Next? hit 41,000+ listens!🎙️🌎 Revisit what was predicted and compare it to what’s unfolding now by listening to the episode with our guests @michaelfrazer.bsky.social & @jkaarbo.bsky.social. Listen here 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/71pi...

If you like jokes about the Scottish Enlightenment, you'll love my local stand-up debut. youtu.be/sIFBvz9KekM

Time to drop the really big bomb: Reason is, and ought only to be, the slave of the passions. Have a nice day!

Any ideas where a teenager should send a short story for consideration for publication or prizes or something like that?

Pete Hegseth yesterday: "Nobody was texting war plans." Well sure if you don't consider minute-by-minute details including what kind of planes and when missiles are launched "war plans" then we're cool

Any ideas who Waltz intended to include in the chat when he accidentally added Jeff Goldberg? I have my theories...

Reminder: The deadline for paper and panel proposals is TODAY. Hope to see lots of you at this great conference in Glasgow on July 15! philevents.org/event/show/1...

There's still time to submit your proposals before the Monday deadline! philevents.org/event/show/1...

I've gotten giggles when lecturing on the categorical imperative with my New York accent. Apparently the Maltese accent creates similar issues. Either that, or the EBU are all hardcore empiricists and consequentialists. #Kant #Eurovision eurovoix.com/2025/03/04/k...

Stuck in the middle with you... and John Swinney and Thomas Reid. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2496609...

The Jewish community in Norwich is tiny, so this strange group was unavoidable when we lived there. Disturbed to learn that it's probably a dangerous cult and not just a weird example of cultural appropriation. www.thejc.com/news/uk/syna...

Not to spoil anything, but we here in #Glasgow were very pleased with our shout-out in the latest #Severance.

💥4000 downloads over the weekend! 💥 Have you already listened to our latest episode of #UofGSpotlight on the return of Trump? 🎧 Tune in: www.uofgspotlight.com Featuring hosts @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social & @kezdugdale.bsky.social with guests @michaelfrazer.bsky.social & @jkaarbo.bsky.social.

Stopped hiding in West Wing boxset to confront reality for our new @uofgpolicy.bsky.social #UofGSpotlight podcast. Fascinating political philosophy insights from @michaelfrazer.bsky.social & I discuss leadership style with the always brilliant Prof @jkaarbo.bsky.social. Well worth a listen!

NEW #UofGSpotlight podcast🚨 Hosts @profnicolamcewen.bsky.social and @kezdugdale.bsky.social are joined by expert guests @michaelfrazer.bsky.social and @jkaarbo.bsky.social to discuss the return of President Donald Trump and what's next for US and global politics. 🎧 www.uofgspotlight.com

...fascinating insights from our guests @michaelfrazer.bsky.social, Lecturer in Politics at @uofgsps.bsky.social, and @jkaarbo.bsky.social Professor of Foreign Policy at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social and founding co-director of @scga.bsky.social. Tune in to the episode! 🎧 www.uofgspotlight.com

Call for Papers: The Association for Social and Political Conference Annual Meeting, University of Glasgow, 15-16 July 2025... Now PhilEvents Official! philevents.org/event/show/1...

Social/Political Philosophers/Theorists, The Association for Social and Political Philosophy will be meeting in Glasgow this July. Please see the call for papers below. And please share widely!

This should be of interest to any social scientist who ever had trouble with ethics review, and any ethicist who ever wondered why ethics review has so little to do with ethics. It was a great workshop which I was proud to attend. www.gla.ac.uk/schools/soci...

🎄🎅 From tomorrow until Christmas we'll post a sovereignty-themed advent calendar. After all Levia-clause is sovereign! He makes law determining who is naughty or nice and dispenses justice, giving gifts to some and punishing the others (taking away bad kids to the forest, in some traditions).

Looks like the University of Sydney will need a philosopher to co-teach every course, interrupting the main lecture to “make the meaning of contested words and phrases clear." amp.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Last few days of university redundancy news: *Essex *Leeds Trinity *Leicester *Loughborough *Sheffield *Sussex *UEA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We're now on Bluesky! Spread the word 📣

Hard to believe that it was 20 years ago that feminist political philosopher Susan Moller Okin died at only 57 years old. It was a bracing professional and personal loss. New newspaper article about her just published, including reflections from her family. newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/d...

November 12, 1973 --- The day Philosophy & Public Affairs started treating Rawls like Jesus.

modern German-Jewish thought alignment chart, come at me. (bonus points if you can figure out which of their perspectives the chart is true from)

These folks and #UCL neeed to arrange a joint event with Bentham. thomisticinstitute.org/upcoming-eve....

I made a #history of #philosophy starter pack. Have I missed anyone? Do you object to being on the list? Let me know. #WorldPhilosophyDay #philsky #academicsky

Intellectual History & Friends Part 3 is here! Do let me know if there is anyone I should add or if you would like to be added go.bsky.app/MX1ZBPL

Since it seems like these classics from the bad place are re-circulating here, I humbly present my most (only?) viral post to date: types of political theory paper…

You, boy! Which UK university has declared itself in financial crisis today?

Centuries from now, an annoyingly pedantic historian of political thought will point out that one cannot POSSIBLY understand any political philosophy from 2024 unless one remembers that, as we all know full well, The Cambridge School officially switched to BlueSky from X on 18 November of that year.

Hi, new academic followers! Let's give the collective practical wisdom of this thing a test drive: What's the best and/or cheapest platform for collecting conference fees? The events team at Glasgow wants us to use Eventbrite, which charges 7% and may not even get us the funds before the conference.

Nazi symbolism block list bsky.app/profile/did:...

Welcome, Michael! Here’s my favourite article by him #philsky

I'm here now, if any of my old followers from the other places want to find me. Who should I be following?