We're are now accepting applications for an exciting DPhil at the @oxprimarycare.bsky.social, *FUNDED* by the THRIVING Food Futures research hub! The project is about divisive policies, supervised by me, Dr Rachel Pechey @petescarbs.bsky.social @ashakaur.bsky.social lnkd.in/eezGaZZ3 Pls share! ✨

anyone still using Meta-products: you may want to reconsider (and read Wynn-Williams amazing book!)

the obviousness of this would even be kind of funny (if it wasn't so sad that the super-wealthy can't find it in them to share tiny fractions of their wealth with society)

I mean - OF COURSE Europe's richest man would say that, why even ask??

Institutional food policy matters. When it comes to addressing food insecurity, school lunches matter most. But I would be remiss not to note mine and my co-authors' article from Lancet Planetary Health arguing that universities should lead on food sustainability. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Goodreads be like: Oh, you have enjoyed Alasdair Cochrane's "Should Animals Have Political Rights?" You'll love "Blood Meridian." Super related books.

bit.ly/4mqep6M Can laws and constitutions enacted in the present subject future generations? In "Intergenerational Subjection," now out in Legal Theory, Iñigo González-Ricoy and I suggest an account of intergenerational subjection, and respond to some recent critiques.

was recently reminded of the wonderful book "Quiet" by @susancain.bsky.social - highly recommend for all fellow introverts! susancain.net/book/quiet/

People who know reptiles well say they don't only experience fleeting pains and pleasures, but also lasting emotional states: happiness & sadness, or at least good & bad moods. But how do you show this in a scientific way? My latest for @nytimes.com on a clever @coldbloodedcog.bsky.social study:

Now on the Oxford University Press website, complete with cover: Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka's Animals and the Right to Politics, the long-awaited sequel to 2011's Zoopolis. An expected release date of 11 December. Just in time for Christmas! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

This was such a great conference. It is always brilliant to meet people working on stuff you're enthusiastic about, but working on animal rights often means we're "the animal person" in our departments. It's so rare to get such a large group together, and it's so affirming when it happens!

🚨📢 I am hiring a PhD candidate /research assistant in Swiss Politics and/or Comparative Politics (100%)! 🚨📢 Je recrute un·e assistant·e diplômé·e en science politique en politique suisse et comparée! Please join me @unil.bsky.social, Switzerland! Thanks for sharing! polisky @sspunil.bsky.social

at the conference dinner :) It was such a great event, fantastic talks, wonderful people, and perfectly organized - thanks so much to the organizers and especially @stevecooke.org!!

It's been a wonderful first day of the conference, looking forward to day 2 today!!

The fabulous Saskia Stucki is kicking off Forgotten Animals, our conference on animals in political theory. It's so good to see a year of planning come to fruition.

getting ready for the "forgotten animals" conference in Leicester, very much looking forward!! philevents.org/event/show/1... @stevecooke.org @joshmilburn.bsky.social @drsvg.bsky.social

There. Is. No. Such. Thing. Cattle ranching is among the most destructive of all the world's industries. "Regenerative" cattle ranching is simply greenwash.

We're hiring TWO social psychologists (one health, one any area of social) at U of Utah! Pls share widely, and reach out if you have any questions! utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/186...

coming up on the podcast: James Fishkin on deliberative democracy Liam Bright @lastpositivist.bsky.social on white psychodrama & message discipline Yolonda Wilson @profyolonda.bsky.social on bioethics Henrietta Moore & Arthur Kay on freedom & the car www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com

Coming up soon at CETE-P! Seminar "Immanent and Intimate Technologies" with @shannonvallor.bsky.social organized by @johndorsch.bsky.social Come by if you're around! All info here: cetep.eu/immanent-and... #technology #AI

Coming up soon at CETE-P! Seminar "Immanent and Intimate Technologies" with @shannonvallor.bsky.social organized by @johndorsch.bsky.social Come by if you're around! All info here: cetep.eu/immanent-and... #technology #AI

Yay, done working through my inbox! Always a pleasure after coming back from vacation 😜

I think I remember reading or hearing Habermas saying recently that everything he has dedicated his life to (fought for/defended) is being destroyed - but I can't find this now. Does anyone know where he says this or something like it?

the colors of vegan food 😋 #vegan

How could journalists better incorporate nonhuman angles into stories about farmed animals? Our Journalist Fellow Anne Salomäki explores what’s wrong with animal agriculture journalism and practical ways of fixing it in her fellowship project:

Just a bug enjoying the view 🤷‍♀️

Hi #philsky, I'm searching for philosophies of complicatedness,- so not philosophy of complexity, but specifically complicatedness. There might be an overlap, but it seems rather complicated. ; ) I would love to discover philosophies or philosophers who wrote about this matter.

Our article is finally published! "Against AI welfare: Care practices should prioritize living beings over AI" 🎉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thank you so much to my incredible co-authors1 #AIethics #ArtificialIntelligence #PhilosophyOfAI #AIWelfare #EnvironmentalEthics

Project led by @johndorsch.bsky.social ; co-authors: me, @kathrynnave.bsky.social, Tillman Vierkant, @coeckelbergh.bsky.social, Paula Gürtler, @petrurban.bsky.social, @friderikespang.bsky.social, & @maximilianmoll.bsky.social We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers spanning the ethics of

🎓📢 We’re hiring! Come join us @uni-muenster.de 🇩🇪 as a W3 Professor in Political Science (🌍 IR & ♻️ Sustainability) 💼 Permanent position 📍 Münster, Germany 🕒 Deadline: Sept 26, 2025 jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...

Competitive spreadsheeting, wow. As someone with a deep aversion to (& inability to properly use) Excel, I'm duly impressed

We're hiring! The @au-spa.bsky.social is hiring an assistant professor specializing in political violence and terrorism. Deadline: September 22nd. Feel free to reach out if you have questions! See below for the job ad and application. american.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/AU/job/Main-...

“Which #animals do we gender, and why? A data analysis of animal gender in children’s books” https://pudding.cool/2025/07/kids-books/

@carelesspeople.bsky.social One of the must absurd scenes in the book: FB does a performance review of Sarah while she's hospitalized, severely ill, and even in a coma for a while, and their critique is that she wasn't responsive enough - christ jesus

Just about to finish @carelesspeople.bsky.social so this is not surprising at all 😠 Btw: great book, highly recommend!

@carelesspeople.bsky.social One of the must absurd scenes in the book: FB does a performance review of Sarah while she's hospitalized, severely ill, and even in a coma for a while, and their critique is that she wasn't responsive enough - christ jesus

Just about to finish @carelesspeople.bsky.social so this is not surprising at all 😠 Btw: great book, highly recommend!

📣 The Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P) is organizing an Art-A-Hack™ Rapid Prototyping Workshop "AI Ecologies: Ecological-Technological Entanglements" With Ellen Pearlman, this September! Deadline: 4 August 2025 #AI #Art #Ecology #Tech cetep.eu/news/call-fo...

🚨 NEW OA ARTICLE 🚨 In many countries, animal experimentation overall isn't decreasing or becoming less severe. Some argue that overall numbers are misleading – that they don't tell us anything about whether we're making progress in alternatives. I argue this is isn't totally wrong, just mostly.

📣 The Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague (CETE-P) is organizing an Art-A-Hack™ Rapid Prototyping Workshop "AI Ecologies: Ecological-Technological Entanglements" With Ellen Pearlman, this September! Deadline: 4 August 2025 #AI #Art #Ecology #Tech cetep.eu/news/call-fo...

people amaze me: today in the tram, a person is coughing non-stop, no mask, no elbow-cough, nothing - yet, no one around moves away or even seems bothered (except for me, moving right to the other end of the wagon).

it's a nice idea, but "just" 89 dollars??

Me: off to the AI & Animals symposium! DB: all your connections are cancelled. Me: okay... I'll just use this alternative. DB: also cancelled. Me: this alternative? DB: that one too. *rinse & repeat* DB: Also, please enjoy this complementary train breakdown at 34 C with no AC and no updates 🥵

Alright, 32 degrees - time to get the ventilator going 🥵 (US-folks: nope, no air-conditioning here...)

Papierstrohhalme und Bambuszahnbürsten für den Pöbel, Privatjets für Milliardäre. Das ist wie: Vermögenssteuer verhindern und dem Volk erzählen, dass Bürgergeldbetrug das Problem wäre 😂

Sadly I never met Helen in person while we overlapped in Amsterdam, but we had some good exchanges about the city and the sociology of academia. Her contribution to the latter is one of many aspects of her legacy I hope will endure. Prestige bias is real. It distorts academic life, badly.

Finally my review copy arrived, very much looking forward to reading!! #Animals #PhilSky #EvaMeijer

It was lots of fun teaching at this years Visegrad Environmental Philosophy Summer School! vepss.eu/programme/ Big thanks to @snargleprince.bsky.social for the pictures! #Academic #Environment #Animals

I think it would be good to get some women in charge of the countries that have nuclear weapons. Women talk to each other. Women can be reasonable. Enough with the macho men and swinging dicks.