Our new issue is out with not one, not two, but FIVE open access articles 🔓. academic.oup.com/bjaesthetics... #philsky

Name them shame them

That‘s the spirit.

Specifically, we need people to understand WHAT #AI systems actually do and WHEN it is appropriate to use them—or not. Quick primers on HOW to use them are next to useless, not least because they are supposed to be super easy to use. It’s understanding the implications that is lacking.

🚨 The British Journal of Aesthetics is calling for proposals for guest-edited special issues to be published in the BJA in 2028. We welcome applications either for individual or for joint guest editors. 🚨 Deadline: 1st March 2026 Details here: british-aesthetics.org/british-jour...

Philosophers, I kindly ask that you share this CFP for the University of Calgary’s annual Graduate Student Conference to your networks. The link to the full announcement on PhilEvents can be found in the comments. Thanks in advance! #philsky #philosophy #philosophycfp #CFP #gradconference

This is a fantastic article pushing back against how the Metropolitan Police treat drill rap music, where the claim of “inciting violence” is used to justify draconian treatment. A great example of how research in philosophy of language and sociology can help dissect and debunk this kind of claim!

Love this new evidence of the cognitive sophistication of cows and hope that it might make a few people rethink whether they want meat on their plates www.newscientist.com/article/2511...

How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’: This timely article by @alex-fisher.bsky.social is based on research funded by TRIP.

I wrote an article for @theconversation.com on how philosophy can help us understand the deep harms of AI-generated sexual images, e.g by Grok on X, as well as other digital misogyny like assault in virtual reality. #philsky #philtech theconversation.com/how-ai-gener...

Surely it's unlawful to ask #Grok to 'put her in a bikini'? Many people have been asking about the legal position of the #Grok #X abuse of women and girls. There's been a lot of misunderstanding and confusion. Here's my take on the current law in the UK and how it applies... #nudify #bikini #enough

If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How is technology reshaping modern love? Great panel discussion we are holding on this topic on 26 March with @drkatedevlin.bsky.social @lukebrunning.bsky.social @shannonphilip.bsky.social Book here - free - in person or online www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/the-a...

Can AI address Loneliness? In this episode of DatOS I introduce some necessary conceptual clarification before we can begin answering this question. AI as as an epistemic technology may be able to address one kind loneliness—epistemic loneliness— but only to a certain extent. #philtech #AIethics

A very quick 2025 year end report! We had over 850,000 views and over 450,000 visitors! We published 15 new essays this year: all available here: 1000wordphilosophy.com/essays/ Please share our essays to amplify our impact for learning! #philosophy #education #ethics #learning #curriculum

The AI gossip paper @joelkrueger.com and I wrote got picked up by Vice! We argue that chatbots generate gossip about people and consider how this gossip becomes ‘feral’ without the social constraints that usually moderate human rumor-spreading 🗣️🤖💬🫢 www.vice.com/en/article/a...

Call-for-papers: Hypatia Special Issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026 Details and links to submit on the website:

On the stupidity of the proposed EU ban on calling veggie burgers/sausages “burgers” and “sausages”:

Time to look back over 2025, which has been a fantastic year for us.

We're once again taking submissions for the New Horizons Award. Two honorariums are available for the best papers submitted to the Annual Conference by a member of a group traditionally underrepresented in philosophical aesthetics. Deadline March 2nd. british-aesthetics.org/new-horizons...

The BSA essay prize competition is open to early-career researchers. The winning author will receive £1,500 and an opportunity to present the paper at the Society’s annual conference. The winning essay will normally be published in the BJA. british-aesthetics.org/bsa-essay-pr...

🚨BREAKING 🚨 Trump has put previously-agreed investment in the UK tech industry on hold. Why? Likely to strong-arm the UK into dropping taxes on US big tech firms. 🧵Here’s what you need to know about the tax Trump wants scrapped & why we need to hold firm…

Looking for an intro-friendly text on the impact of tech and AI on aesthetic life? Check out this chapter I wrote, just published in the new Routledge Introduction to Contemp Aesthetics by @emmiemalone.bsky.social and @lizscar.bsky.social philarchive.org/rec/CROALI #philtech #techethics

Misogyny online is still violence. It's not just "trolling." It is real, and it has devastating consequences; harming confidence, identity and opportunities for women and girls everywhere. If you see it, report it, speak out, and support those who are targeted. #16DaysOfActivism

Over the last two days I was at the On Asexualities conference in Berlin. The aim of the meeting was to catalyse research and activism around asexuality and aromanticism. Here are 10 observations from the event.

Two days left to send stuff in for this!

Academic Philosophy and Data Analysis is collecting information about philosophy departments. If you're a current philosophy PhD student or received your PhD within the past 10 years, and you haven't heard from them, see this.

Abstract deadline tomorrow if anyone is interested in joining us in Exeter in February to talk all things Social AI!

We pour billions into saving an economically tiny steel industry whilst actively destroying one of our largest export industries. (Yes, higher education to overseas students who already massively subsidise UK students, are counted as exports).

Today is World Philosophy Day! 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 Here is why philosophers should care about the asexual and aromantic spectrum (aspec) 👇

✨#Philosophy really can change minds. ✨To mark #WorldPhilosophyDay, here's a reminder of what a difference it can make. As our Chair, @lucyobrien.bsky.social, puts it: “Philosophy teaches skills integral to cultivating social values and conduct. It changes people's minds.”

🚨 Call for papers: Close personal relationships and AI technologies. Great opportunity for global perspectives on the philosophical implications of Close Personal Relationships and AI-driven technologies (from Chatbots to robots). Please share! (Reach out if interested). #AIethics / #philtech

A new issue of Philosophy and Phenomenological Research is out, featuring my article on moral concerns about the corruptive effects of imagination in games/VR. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/19331592... You can read a short summary here: newworkinphilosophy.substack.com/p/imaginativ... #philtech

🦷 DIY dentistry should never be anyone’s only option. Across the country people can’t get an NHS dentist. Children end up in hospital with tooth decay and adults live in pain. NHS dentistry needs urgent funding and reform. It’s time for the Government to fix this gap for good.

I briefly discuss some related issues about the difficulties of obtaining empirical evidence right at the end of the book. There I was happy enough with the line that careful use of fictional and detailed nonfictional examples is enough (on the former, agreeing with @alex-fisher.bsky.social)

Wrote about what the real threat Grokipedia poses is + some suggestions for addressing it! Drawing on @brendannyhan.bsky.social's work on misinformation. (Lots more to say about erosion of epistemic standards, models of knowledge-production, etc.!)

Philosophy of Football Manager - now we’re talking! (Warning: addictive substance. I am on a long-term enforced break from FM due to its propensity to take over my life.)

Very happy to see the UK government making a commitment to phasing out animal testing www.gov.uk/government/n...

Here's a CFP for this year's Digital Worlds Workshop. It's a great conference for trying out new ideas and a pretty friendly group. Digitalworldsworkshop.com/virtual-workshop #philsky #philtech #philosophy #philosophyoftechnology

"Following the scandal of the BBC editing a clip of Donald Trump to make it look like he was inciting an insurrection in a more concise way than he actually did..."

How many monkeys died for the polio vaccine? One million. Excellent reporting and solid analysis by Ava Kofman. It’s genuinely shocking to learn just how much contemporary scientific research depends on animal suffering on a massive scale

This is a really good interview with Baroness Charlotte Owen, who has been spearheading in the House of Lords new legislation to criminalise creating AI-generated sexual images/videos of people. As ever, new technologies immediately being put to use to perpetuate misogyny! youtu.be/woMtATKrLpA?...

While we’re at it maybe also treat inheritances as taxable income spread over, say, 10 years. As many have pointed out absurd that we tax income earned through labour more heavily than other forms of income and acquired wealth.

Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market. This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.

To mark two weeks since the launch of the @aroaceresearch.bsky.social based at CLSR, @isobellogan.bsky.social sat down with the organiser @kristin-kaeuper.bsky.social to hear more about the network, plans for the future, and how you can get involved! 🧡💛💙 ⬇️Give it a listen⬇️

UK university news just this week: 163 jobs at risk + course closures at Leicester; 300 jobs at risk at Dundee; modern language & music courses being closed at Nottingham. Every week it‘s the same. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Last week I gave a talk to the British Postgraduate Philosophy Association. What advice would you give to philosophy postgraduates in 2025?

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book. Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been. ZEN AND SLOW GAMES Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...

When Elden Ring had been announced but not yet released, its subreddit started collectively pretending the game was already out. I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research. This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...