I think, then, she should sue and see what comes out in Discovery.

This is the first time something like this has really excited me. Proper butterflies. Aristotle writes that Empedocles claims a universal law against killing living creatures, & Cicero says he argues for the same legal standing for humans & animals. But their sources are lost. Will these be them?

Tom Swarbrick has an ex-vegan on LBC to talk about how people are abandoning veganism. The guy he‘s interviewing drank his own piss, did a 35 day water fast, & is clearly a total nutter in search of a magic woo health diet. Not sure this is the advert for meat eating Swarbrick thinks it is

Disinformation has evolved. We've moved beyond isolated false claims to a "Fantasy-Industrial Complex" — a loosely coordinated ecosystem that floods the zone with distrust, distraction & anti-democratic sentiment. The goal isn't to convince — it's to confuse. 3/10

This is catastrophic.

Just accepted: my Phil Compass article on affective injustice! It synthesizes the debate into an overarching definition ('the unjust interference w people’s affective lives, w regard to their own affective practices or through those of others') & brings out many connections between existing views/1

I've created a list for Bluesky users who were part of philosophy Twitter back in the day. Help me populate it! Also happy to add people who wish they had been part of the old community. I've added a few names already. (Ask if you'd like to be removed.) bsky.app/profile/did:...

At no point in this story does the TD say why. There‘s not a single hint of what the benefits are, just assertions that they exist. Nowhere does he explain why a teacher using AI is better in any way than one who isn‘t - there‘s no justification for his claim at all. Typical for the genre really.

Yeowch, someone very bad at web development has been let lose on the British Library website and now it is awful. It looks like it has been designed for a child’s touch screen. Old links (such as from our own library catalogue) no longer work either. It‘s offensively bad.

Some bad ideas in policy are very powerful, and “maybe we should spend a lot of money on new* edtech”, “maybe the trad approaches are now outmoded” are some of them. *It’s never that new, and in practice.

Cue people (probably economists) ‘discovering’ the power of maritime strategy, commerce, and the influence of the sea upon world politics…

Trump's war is looking increasingly like a mafia outfit attacking a smaller gang in order to take them over and operate a franchised extortion racket.

There is a rare permanent job in the UK - assistant prof (lecturer) in political science with a focus on quant methods www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD143/a...

Presenting the reopening the Strait of Hormuz as a victory is like the Greeks failing to take Troy but celebrating the safe return of their wooden horse

Yanis Varoufakis being a terrible person remains a reassuring constant in life.

"Is Support for Authoritarian Rule Contagious? Evidence from Field and Survey Experiments" www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...

I'm coming back to this because it's really annoying. Why do we need REF managers to be doing creative things to improve research? The role of a REF manager only exists because the ref overburdened us, taking time away from research. It's not REF managers who need freeing, it's researchers.

Congratulations on finding a way to make the REF somehow worse.

The US president starting and losing wars so he, his family, and his cronies can profit isn't even hard to believe any more.

Very relieved this morning that Trump always chickens out.

It‘s quite hard to concentrate while waiting to see if Trump is going to nuke a country for an as yet barely unarticulated reason (possibly to demonstrate that no country should have nukes?).

“Will you stand for sovereignty and democracy“ asks a man with no respect for either, giving a speech intended to undermine both to a crowd of authoritarians. I want to see European leaders returning the favour by openly & materially supporting US Democrats - see how these cocks respond.

"The customer is always right" + "the customer is constantly changing" really is a nightmare for university workloads

I would like someone to explain how this can be anything other than ethnic cleansing.

It’s easy to make fun of Ian Leslie at a terrible time like this. So let’s do that.

The madman strategy is more unnerving when practiced by a madman

'The UK’s two richest universities already attract a disproportionate share of educational philanthropy....overall, huge disparities in fundraising serve to increase the gap that already divides the oldest and most selective institutions from the rest'.

Quite apart from the debate about whether the government should ban Kanye West from entering the UK, the organisers of the Wireless decided to pay a Nazi to perform. Every person who buys a ticket is also choosing to give money to a Nazi. Shame on all of them.

“Fewer people are using the postal service so we have to increase the price.“ “Why are fewer people using the postal service?“ “Because the price is too high & the service too bad.“ Makes perfect sense.

"its use is growing more widespread and it's important that educators understand how they could integrate it as a tool in their classrooms" This is why I taught in lowrise jeans from 2001 to 2005.

Trump has to have video briefings showing explosions, his staff considered FOX-style TV recordings for because he doesn’t read, he has said he likes bullets & reports limited to a single page, & is famously only semi-literate! The most well read! This is North Korea ‘dear leader’ shit.

The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.

Delighted to have received the first copies of my new book (co-edited with John Olusegun Adenitire) on fundamental rights for non-humans - covering animal rights, rights of nature, and AI rights. Many thanks to the wonderful team @hartpublishing.bsky.social and our excellent contributors!

I‘m sure this is the Easter message his followers were hoping for. Big Christian energy.

Not sure ‘I collect all kinds of terrorist memorabilia’ is that much of a defence tbh. She’s so horrid and weird.

Spending my Easter Sunday writing about why behavioural ecology makes good ethical analysis almost impossible. Also reading about Skinner’s ‘Walden Two’ ideal world with my mouth hanging open. It really is amazing what can happen to psychology & sociology once you start with a denial of free will.

Rightwing dudes: "Women shouldn't be in leadership. Women shouldn't vote. They're not rational like men." Also, somehow, rightwing dudes: "The hand of God teleported me to a Waffle House."

My parents have some fancy super high resolution TV and I can't believe how awful it makes every film and TV programme look. All sets become more obviously sets, special effects become less special, & camera depth seems lessened. It's a weird, unpleasant experience. The marketplace is strange.

You just type into ChatGPT "how do I become certified AI proficient?" and then cut and paste its answer into a Word doc and turn that in to your teacher.

🚨 BSA POSTDOCTORAL AWARD 🚨 The British Society for Aesthetics invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral award in philosophical aesthetics, to the value of £30,000 per annum with up to £3,000 additional geographical allowance, to start in the Autumn term in 2026.

Bluesky isn’t dying, it just says it is all the time because it’s a millennial

There are masses of people who take medication requiring them to avoid grapefruit. Being able to quickly tell what marmalade is made out of is helpful. I don't remember ever seeing a jam that was just labelled 'jam', & I probably wouldn't have bought it if I had. Nevertheless, tabloids will rage.

Apparently we're hiring another two-year postdoc, for Aaron Cotnoir's Unity Project. AOS in Metaphysics, Social Ontology, or Formal Ontology. Apply here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA671/r... #philsky

I cannot believe this.* Pretty much every cyclist knows not to advertise where their expensive bike is stored via Strava, & women know to be careful with sharing their movements via the app (because men). Soldiers at secure sites however, those guys are apparently idiots. * I can well believe this.

It’s annoying that there’s no way to automatically number comments in Acrobat. There, that’s my morning grump.

Folks, I give you the New York Times

you may not like it but this is what peak performance looks like

Ameliorating my sadness about Tottenham being an ethical shitshow, led by a couple of rape apologists, by listening to Forest Green beating Brackley Town on Radio Gloucester. A very different experience to supporting Spurs because Forest Green have scored first & are doing well.

It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇 www.ft.com/content/5032...