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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXwr... Whose coming into your child's school? Let's make sure STEM is a force for good, not evil! #STEMForPeace

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Robot dogs in UK schools: good dog or bad dog?

YouTube video by Forces Watch

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Like yoga, "philosophy is the sort of practice that is open to anybody who is interested in participating". I like this analogy: it's open to everyone, but doesn't mean we're all as good at doing it as others. But everyone can improve with practice.

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

My blog piece is currently on the front page of the APA Blog! I argue that the practice of having chicks in primary schools isn't just bad for chicks (which is plenty bad enough). It's also bad FOR CHILDREN, pulling against some core educational aims. Link in comments. ⬇

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Approving getting more oil out of the ground when the country is on fire? PLEASE, NO! Email objections to OPRED@Energysecurity.gov.uk by 17 Aug, quoting reference number ES/2022/001. drillordrop.com/2026/07/27/p...

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Public consultation underway on Rosebank oil and gas field

People have three weeks to comment on the controversial Rosebank development, Britan’s biggest undeveloped oil and gas field.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A fire now the size of 140 football pitches Drought in half of England & all of Wales Heat alerts across the country. Already 3000 dead from the heat. The crisis is here. We can see it, we can smell the smoke. We cannot sit by while government sit on their hands. www.lbc.co.uk/article/new-...

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Drivers told to flee cars ‘if you want to stay alive’ after New Forest fire spreads | LBC

An area the size of 140 football pitches has reportedly been destroyed

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

My first monograph was published online today! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teaching-...

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

🚨 Only 9 hours left - UK Gov consultation on school meals closes at midnight Schools in England are currently required to serve meat, fish and dairy for most meals. There's an opportunity to weigh in on this as the Government is seeking to make school meals healthier.

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School Food Standards Consultation

🚨 ONLY HOURS LEFT 🚨 Did you know that schools in England are still required to serve meat, dairy, and fish? Tonight is the deadline for the Government's consultation on school food. It's the first t...

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

An amusing aside: I welcome the proposed change of "requiring at least one portion of pulses" and as a Mum and a Brit, love that they have to immediately follow this with "not including baked beans".

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Government consultation on their proposed changes to the School Food Standards. Deadline 12 June. Do respond with your opinions. But please consider including that they could think more about sustainability and avoiding the exploitation of animals. consult.education.gov.uk/school-food-...

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School Food Standards: updating the legislative framework - Department for Education - Citizen Space

Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education

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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

If scientists keep changing their minds, how can their advice be trusted? 📚 In the latest edition of THINK #journal, @chreaston.bsky.social argues for the importance of public understanding of #science, & how to promote it. 🔗 Open-access article: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philosophy

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"My proposal is that the 'worship of science' and science denialism are two sides of the same coin, in that both result from seeing science as all-encompassing, infallible and unchanging." www.cambridge.org/core/service...

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I am reminded of Elmer the elephant by the Birmingham political map of 2026 though the quite positive patchwork of harmony message of that storybook may be challenging to emulate in city local politics

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

What should schools be teaching children to tolerate and what should schools be teaching them not to tolerate? Can tolerance be taught? Deadline is Tuesday for submission of abstracts to the MANCEPT workshop on this topic: philevents.org/event/show/1...

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Tolerance and Education: Concepts, Justifications, and Limits (MANCEPT Panel 2026)

Tolerance and Education: Concepts, Justifications, and Limits  Panel at the 2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 2-4 September 2026 “Toleration” has long been a central concept...

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I'm sad to learn of the death of Lord Harries of Pentregarth. Been watching closely for over a year whether his bill, asking for 'individual worth' and 'respect for the environment' to be added to the 'values of British citizenship', ever got read in the Commons.

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

20 years ago, Gordon Brown argued that the Union flag needed to be recaptured from the far-right and instead associated with progressive values of tolerance, liberty, inclusion, fairness and responsibility. How's that going? 🫣

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Applications close Friday 24th April. Funding is available for travelers within the UK. www.multispeciescollective.com/event-detail...

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

*Workshop on tolerance and education* 2-4 September, Manchester, UK Call for papers is here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This time next week I am giving the Royal Institute of Philosophy lecture at the University of Keele. If you're in the area, do please come along. It's on the uneven, gendered distribution of mental load in parenting, a subject close to my heart! www.keele.ac.uk/research/our...

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Royal Institute of Philosophy lectures

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

This evening I was a judge for the Philosothon hosted at King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham. Honestly, that young people from diverse backgrounds could talk and listen together so intelligently, compassionately and responsively fills me with hope for the future.

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

*London talk, this Wednesday evening* "From Lunch to Lessons: The Case for Promoting Plant-Based Diets in Schools" With thanks to @ioe.bsky.social and @pesgb.bsky.social for hosting.

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

PhD scholarships at the University of Birmingham. Application deadline: 27 February 2026. ⬇️

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

*Published today*, in the Journal of Philosophy of Education, my article "Teaching evolution in schools: A thin comprehensive liberal approach". It gives a taster of the view I defend in my forthcoming book. doi.org/10.1093/jope...

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Ray Monk @raymodraco.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Meanwhile, the government published this report today. Among its conclusions is that "Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse." www.gov.uk/government/p...

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Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security

This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This is in my daughter's school newsletter. I really hope she doesn't take it too literally as I feel like the requirement to be "inspiring" each time you speak sets expectations a little high. Also now pondering what constitutes "necessary" speech.

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

It exists in physical form! 🎉

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

""individual freedom will always be as much a social matter as an individual matter ... it is on the bedrock of social toleration that free speech stands tall as an individual privilege." psyche.co/ideas/tolera...

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Tolerance isn’t just nice, it’s a civic virtue we all can build | Psyche Ideas

At a time of rising intolerance, the century-old work of C E M Joad reminds us what tolerance really is and why we need it

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

"Morally as well as physically, there is only one world, and we all have to live in it." Mary Midgley

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Jes Lynning Harfeld @harfeld.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

My son (11yo) likes to be given LEGO tasks. Yesterday, I told him to 'make me a philosopher in the style of The School of Athens for my office at the university.' I love how he even captured some Diogenes-like too-cool-for-school. And of course a couple of really excellent NPUs going on. #philosophy

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Tomorrow, 16 Dec, in the next meeting of the Flourishing Network, Jon Beale and I will introduce our forthcoming co-edited book with @oxfordunipress.bsky.social The Future of Education: Reimagining Its Aims & Responsibilities. 3-4pm ET over Zoom. All welcome: hfh.fas.harvard.edu/flourishing-...

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Luckily wishing people Happy Easter is not such a thing, otherwise it'd be Happy Easton! [Pointed out to me today by Rickard Karlsson.]

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I just sent an email ending Happy Christina. This is not the first time this has happened. My fingers and brain say that that's what you write after 'Christ'. And the rule works well most of the year. Any other Christinas out there who can sympathise?

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Targeted advertising for those who read philosophy articles: those for whom the most sought-after feature of a shoe is stability.

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Accidentally arranged March next year so that I am giving a fairly big deal* talk each week, and all vastly different topics. Nice to keep things varied, hey? 🫠 *subjectively, for me, at my early career stage.

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Just spotted this free item ad, perfect for philosophers!

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

It's #DíaMundialDeLaFilosofía! Did you know that philosophers can (sometimes!) be good at answering practical questions ? Questions such as: "What should state-mandated Relationships Education look like?" "Am I obliged to mentor my students?" Like in this new book! academic.oup.com/book/61645

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The Future of Education: Reimagining its Aims and Responsibilities

Abstract. This book brings together leading international scholars in the philosophy of education to address some of the most pressing issues facing educat

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

It's #WorldPhilosophyDay! And did you know that philosophers can (sometimes) be quite good at answering practical questions? Questions such as: "What should state-mandated Relationships Education look like?" "Am I obliged to mentor my students?" Like in this new book! academic.oup.com/book/61645

academic.oup.com

The Future of Education: Reimagining its Aims and Responsibilities

Abstract. This book brings together leading international scholars in the philosophy of education to address some of the most pressing issues facing educat

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Christina Easton @chreaston.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

#Philosophy sat amongst fairies and crop circles at my local library. 🤔🤬

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