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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yes but the uptick in submissions in the last 18 months or so is noticeable and I can’t think of another explanation

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Establish that violations of the Emoluments Clauses and the Establishment Clause are impeachable. Establish that war crimes are impeachable. None of these require the mens rea questions that so sidetracked the first two Trump impeachments. The facts are the facts.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If journal submissions are going up, ppl are using AI wrong. By all means use it to stress-test your arguments. Publish fewer, better things. Sloppy substantially AI-generated research papers will soon lose most of their value anyway. Quantity-heavy CVs will be suspect. Citations metrics will change

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Academics! Suppose several people for whom you are a reference—not your students—want to apply for the same job. You don’t have to choose, right? My letters stay the same, and the search committee can make up its mind, I would’ve thought. Am I doing this wrong?

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hi folks. You now have until November 4th to submit a paper/panel to the 'political philosophy' section at the biennial IPSA conference in Rome (07/27). We're trying to make it the biggest ever pol-phi IPSA conference, and already have lots of fun things planned... wc2027.ipsa.org/wc/submit-pa...

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Submit a Paper

Covered in this section: Key Dates Rules for Participation Guidelines for paper proposals Submit or revise a paper proposal Guidelines for full papers Paper Proposal Key Dates 08 SEP 2026 Call for Pap...

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

So folks, will we see you next year in Barcelona? After all, LaSagradaFamila is FINALLY finished, so maybe book your ticket already now? @psapolthought.bsky.social @biapt.bsky.social @jamespattison.bsky.social @adrianblau.bsky.social @enzoreds.bsky.social @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Do have you a political theory/philosophy book manuscript? Would you like a one-day workshop dedicated to it in Spring 2027? If so, Bristol is here for you, and as promised a while ago, here's the very short form you need to fill in between now and roughly 4 weeks time: forms.gle/uCvi7sMMT7kW...

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The Bristol Political Philosophy Manuscript Workshop 2027

The Bristol Political Philosophy group will be hosting its first manuscript workshop in 2027. This will give scholars who are currently preparing a book manuscript a chance to engage in a day-long wor...

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The AI lords don’t want to slow down to regulate the tech. They want to make sure they control what ‘regulation’ means.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I think human extinction is a morally neutral outcome per se. But the likely pathways there are morally catastrophic in terms of the suffering involved. So, if AI promises to kill us all in our sleep in one fell swoop, I’m OK with the risk. Pinky promise?

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Because his smarts are extremely domain-bound, with trade-offs to boot

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Next month at Edinburgh Uni - 'Conflict on Campus': www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conflict-o...

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Kinda cute how we’re debating writing nerdy papers with AI when the main purpose of the technology is making autonomous doomsday machines.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

More grist to my mill: did that stop the rise of their party?

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What are the odds that the AI Amish (c) will manage to drag the world back to 2022 and keep it there?

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's now 10 days until the pol-theory plenary I'm chairing @ecpr.bsky.social in Krakow. Here you will get, not just a star-studded roundtable on the horrible/hopeful future of democracy, but also the official announcement of our 1st ever Onora O'Neill book prize winner! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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If democracy is dying, isn't it time political theorists thought of something else?

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

What do liberalism and fascism have in common? The view that ideas and sheer political will--not material factors--are the key forces shaping history. Hilariously, this is most evident in liberals' panicked writings about fascism.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

To be clear, I have zero time for Cofnas.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The Arday affair is a lot like the Dreyfus affair—except Dreyfus was innocent.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

We have the word “insular” for a reason

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I honestly don’t think Singer or Minerva are racists. In principle I oppose sacking people for their views. In the Cofnas case—now there’s a racist—there is the complication that, given his views on academic freedom, it may not be the best cause to actively support.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Thank you, Gordon, it was great fun!

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gordon-arlen.bsky.social @gordon-arlen.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thrilled to organize, plan, and host a 3 day early career researcher (ECR) conference at the University of Melbourne (August 18-20). Theme was "Political Theory in Oligarchic Times." Keynote from Enzo Rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social. 15 participants. Great panels on diverse topics. A career highlight.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Grrr... I am going to write to him again. And I will ask him who these alleged other people who compiled the Gdoc are.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If I get a public apology from them you still won't remove the file, for the reason you just stated, I presume. So you see the problem for my reputation. I posted a comment on your site, which I guess is better than nothing. But I still don't know why you'd host a misleading document. Your call ofc.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A small silver lining might be that the relatively multiracial GOP '24 coalition seems unlikely to survive something of this magnitude into the midterms

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Well, yes, but maybe if that file has names on it that shoudn't be, best to remove it from your site also?

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

See my post immediately after the previous one

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just from my convos on here 5 mins ago (Josef is a friend and a wise person and philosopher, but also representative of this common German view): bsky.app/profile/frue...

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Inference to the best explanation as to why those restrictions are there. The claim is at least that they would help prevent it. A comparative perspective seems to point in the other direction. Also, ever talked to a German about this? They overwhelmingly buy some version of the Popper argument.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ikr Add to the image what “SS” stands for and it’s even subtler

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is good. “Viewpoint diversity” is not really about improving how we pursue epistemic aims, or not significantly. It is more of a power grab. So it’s no better than the left-leaning activist scholarship its proponents despise. www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

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Seven Theses Against Viewpoint Diversity

Demands for “viewpoint diversity,” a pillar of the Right’s strategy to remake higher education, collide with the pursuit of truth.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Re: how restrictions fare, just look at the rise of the AfD, sigh

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Why? It’s a standard, textbook distinction: incompatibility between propositions vs lack of rational support across propositions.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A claim pointing to evidence about the lack of a causal effect the proponents of restrictions hypothesised

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sorry to be pedantic but that is not a causal claim

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The Björnen formerly known as Beelzebjörn @beelzebjorn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sitting in a country where the ruling right-wing coalition are propped up on support from a party literally founded by an SS-volunteer, and the parties of that coalition are STILL referred to as centre-right. Meanwhile when someone says "from the river to the sea" all Hell breaks loose.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Though not inconsistent it may however be incoherent on some construals, which is why I didn’t sign

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The thought that principled stands on academic freedom trump any other consideration

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Perhaps. But if that was actionable it wasn't about speech anyway

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

What is the causal claim you think I'm making?

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Speech restrictions are at best useless. Germany has some of the strictest anti-hate speech laws, and yet this thinly-veiled Nazi-lite party continues to rise and rise.

AfD poster with what looks like nazi salutes

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One thing to remember about Cofnas is that he’s against other people’s academic freedom. That’s why I’m not signing the letter defending him on those grounds.

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Sure, counting blades of grass is new knowledge

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Which is what a lot of 100% certified organic human research is anyway

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I’d have to look up the whole thing. As it happens I want to put together a grant appl on university governance and related issues so I will revisit this

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enzo rossi @enzoreds.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Judging from what ‘readings’ one sees around (present company excluded!), I’m confident they’re mostly staring. But seriously, this idea that PT is *fundamentally* about reading texts, come on, it needs to end. It’s dooming the subfield, for one thing.

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