Friday eve after a long week & I feel a cold coming on, ugh. Cat makes it slightly less ugh.

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

Call for papers: 'Public Humanities' journal on the topic of global health solidarity www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Glastonbury Abbey in the sunshine. First visit for me. Very peaceful in the surrounding gardens. Apart from the rig building for a forthcoming concert!

'Artificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England’s councils are downplaying women’s physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research [led by Sam Rickman, LSE] has found.' 1/2

I recently gave a talk, "Trust & Care: The Ethics & Politics of Participatory Research", in a sth London community centre to a very engaged audience of community organisers, academics, health leaders, policymakers, funders, local councillors & more. Great Q&A after, felt truly collaborative #philsky

Some good discussion in this episode of the podcast series, 'Bioethics in the Margins'. rss.com/podcasts/bio...

Doctors are writing "social prescriptions" to get people engaged with nature, art, movement and volunteering. Research shows it can help with mental health, chronic disease and dementia.

Lighthouse at Chania

Barbican lilies

"If Evin [prison in Iran] taught me anything it was that freedom does not come from bombs & brutality, nor clever stunts for the cameras. It lies in human connection and empathy.' - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A brave and principled and brilliant scientist

Philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre has died.

Spotted in Senglea (the smallest of Malta's fortified 'Three Cities') not long ago. Zoom in!

I recently co-authored & circulated (with @polphilpod.bsky.social ) an open letter against Starmer’s anti-immigrant rules & rhetoric. Over 100 of my UK-based colleagues signed it. Read the whole thing here: www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/starmer

Retro signage in Valletta, Malta. Wondering which font this is...?

Very impressive collection, in honour of Joseph Raz, now published in electronic form. academic.oup.com/book/59879?s...

Some sort of fabulous fringed tulip in Regent's Park today

A timely listen and well worth your while imo

'The Diogenist', apparently. It looks like him, with his bowl! Statue by a car park in Golders hill, northwest London.

People should read this article by @sashapanaram.bsky.social The stories about Lorde's cancer will by now be familiar to many, but Panaram brings really useful insight into Andaiye's Caribbean context and how networks of support fed Black women's revolutionary movements in the Caribbean

Orangey sunset over Blackfriars bridge last night, reflected in the usually murky waters of the Thames

Same tree, night & day. High street noise & fumes, but the blossom spreads in splendour.

“Freedom of speech, assembly, and fair trials are an essential part of free public debate which underpins democracy." www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

'A person’s degree of disablement is socially constructed; illness is dynamic & responsive to stress & care, mental illness especially so. Withdrawing basic support from people who are not considered sufficiently ill or disabled risks making them more ill or disabled' www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

I am loving the campaign that the BPA has put together to spread awareness about the value of studying and doing Philosophy. This short video titled “I didn’t know that philosophers did that!” is a fantastic example of, well, what we do #philosophymatters #philofortnight2025

Sandra Harding, a philosopher well-known for her work in feminist theory, postcolonial theory, and philosophy of science, has died.

Lots of great stuff going on during the British Philosophical Association’s #PhilosophyMatters campaign: bpa.ac.uk/activities/p...

UK universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock (@davehitchcock.bsky.social) on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be approached as an interdependent system. www.historyworkshop....

Miranda Fricker on the current relevance of Foucault's analysis of avowal (great piece!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'The Diseases are Coming' www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

'Kingston University’s acclaimed philosophy centre is set to close under plans to shut the institution’s humanities department – a move that would also end English literature and modern languages courses.' 1/2

"Weathering" and how the stress of racism on poor health and life expectancy -

"Two-thirds of the Earth's surface experienced record heat in 2024" - see this visualised & keep sounding the alarms www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Ugh. Grim. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I was delighted to be an invited speaker on a brilliant panel last week celebrating a year of The British Academy's London Cluster of its ECR Network #BAECRN. It felt inspiring & timely to discuss ways to sustain & promote SHAPE subjects at this particular critical historical conjuncture.

χρόνια πολλά. Here's a kalanta to welcome St Basil at New Year (my mother remembers singing it as a child) youtu.be/_IkDVBKC2cw?...

“The humanities help us to understand our histories, cultures, and society, and have never been more valuable to answering the big questions and challenges that we all face." Prof David Olusoga, who'll give an inaugural national lecture on why we need the humanities. www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

This looks great if you're into oral histories - as I am! Free zoom event: 'Remaking Britain: South Asian Connections and Networks, 1830s to the present'  www.history.ac.uk/events/dialo...

9 films by arab filmmakers about women in the middle east (£1 for 10 days access) vimeo.com/ondemand/ara...

The Philosophy of Charles Mills: Race and the Relations of Power is available for pre-order at a discounted price over at Routledge: www.routledge.com/The-Philosop... #PhilSky #Philosophy #PhilosophyofRace #Race #Mills

🧵Unpaid carers provide support that is equivalent to 4 million paid care workers. But are these carers getting the support needed to care for their loved ones & themselves? This #CarersRightsDay we look back at our report into caring in a complex world. www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...

Catching up on some important stuff now I'm better... “Ethics is not just about avoiding evil,” he says: “It’s also about promoting good.” The declaration is “quite silent” on potential benefits to participants, says Caesar Atuire www.science.org/content/arti...

#CatsofBluesky he already had a bunch of dreamies, though you wouldn't know it!

CFP for Hypatia Special Issue: Politics of Self-Care in an Unjust World Deadline extended to 2 Dec 2024