Reposted by Jonathan WebberStrategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is why people try to destroy music, why the music industry, streaming industry, AI are all designed to function in a way that crushes and humiliates music. Because for people who dislike music, there is no other outlet. This is the only way our society accepts an expression of not liking music. 2131
Reposted by Jonathan WebberRethinking Existentialism @rethinkexistent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#philsky #booksky #bristol @stgeorgesbris.bsky.social at St George's Bristol on World Philosophy Day 2026 –– Philosophy Salon: Existentialism as Therapy? Julian Baggini with Emmy van Duerzen and Jonathan Webber Thursday 19 November, 7.30pm Full details: bit.ly/PSEAT 061
Reposted by Jonathan WebberCardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026#philsky British Society of Aesthetics and Welsh Aesthetics Forum present … Environmental Aesthetics & Valuing the Natural World 9.00 - 17.30 Wednesday 30 September 2026 Council Chamber, Main Building, Cardiff University Free! All welcome! Register here:eventbrite.co.ukEnvironmental Aesthetics & Valuing the Natural World: A BSA/WAF WorkshopThis workshop brings together some of the most prominent thinkers to reflect on the role and future of environmental aesthetics. 064
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 14/09/2026On a table! Very exciting. I was a regular there when it was still dillons. (Always, for some reason, dillons. Never Dillon’s or even Dillons.) 010
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Philosophers who regularly read Daily Nous or Leiter and will then respond to a survey about philosophy could well be a distinctive subset of the discipline. 131
Reposted by Jonathan WebberJonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#philsky #booksky ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Coming soon ... ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ @routledgebooks.bsky.social 13613
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 08/09/2026#philsky #booksky ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ Coming soon ... ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ @routledgebooks.bsky.social 13613
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I’ve spent many wasted hours in meetings that concluded in minutes. 010
Reposted by Jonathan WebberPast Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode exploring how 20th-century philosophy and biography intersect David talks to philosopher and biographer @philosofemme.bsky.social about Jean-Paul Sartre, a thinker whose life has been as closely scrutinised as his ideas. Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com 297
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Best auto-reply I ever received said: I am on research leave, so your email has been automatically deleted. If it is super-urgent, please resend it to [nameredacted]superurgent@gmail.com 020
Reposted by Jonathan WebberAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Incidentally on both occasions - Tuesday's statement and PMQs - gilt rates spiked the moment markets opened (the hallmark of imported volatility) and actually came down while Burnham was on his feet. Every single part of the media machine confecting the narrative understands this and does it anyway. 316127
Reposted by Jonathan WebberDavid Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We are hiring—a permanent lectureship in Ethics/Political Philosophy—deadline 15 Nov www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/144566-...kcl.ac.ukLecturer in Ethics and/or Political Philosophy | King's College London 02928
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Okay - in that case I’ll definitely watch it. 010
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I remember an interview with them when that album came out where they claimed to be bigger than the Beatles. It turned out they meant taller. Suspect it was the future fatboy slim dragging their average up. 100
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026« “Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal Anthropic planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.” »forbes.comAre AI Companies Really Buying—And Destroying–Antique Books?Millions of physical books are being scanned to train AI models. They’re then dumped in the trash. 032
Reposted by Jonathan WebberJonathan Calder @lordbonkers.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Boy the home office tried to deport at 9 wins British chess championship at 17 Congratulations to Shreyas Royal. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2026/08/boy-... 25512
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Oh but you totally can heckle a book or throw tomatoes at it. 111
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Headline of the Day surely goes to @theguardian.com — 141
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Yes I agree. I think the similarity in the ministerial team isn’t really important. Starmer stasis seems to have been largely due to lack of clear direction from the top. The fish rots from the head down. Burnham has a clear agenda from the start and is generally more decisive and insistent. 020
Reposted by Jonathan WebberRethinking Existentialism @rethinkexistent.bsky.social · 17/06/2026#philsky #booksky ✨✨ The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy is now published in North America! ✨✨ here are some of the things people have said about it ...penguinrandomhouse.comThe Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy: 9780241645413 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: BooksA powerful new anthology that redefines ourunderstanding of existentialism and argues for itscontemporary relevance A Penguin Classic In the aftermath of the Second World War, a group of intellectua... 1126
Reposted by Jonathan WebberAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Open plan offices are the best approach for office space. But the open plan desks should be used by managers. The actual workers need to concentrate and should have individual, soundproofed offices. Managers need to chitchat, so they need a noisy room. 612015
Reposted by Jonathan WebberStrategic Tape Reserve @strategictaper.bsky.social · 07/06/2026They should build loads of data centers all over the place that contain huge quantities of books that people can borrow for free if they fill out a form to get a data center card and promise to return the books on time and don’t make too much noise in the data center. 1164636912
Reposted by Jonathan WebberJonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 29/05/2026“The corporate takeover of language and thought will only succeed if academics and students allow it.” Edinburgh Philosophy telling it like it is #philsky #aidailynous.comDoes Your Department Have an AI Policy? Here’s Edinburgh’s - Daily NousHas your department instituted an AI policy? If so, whom does it govern, and what does it say? What should such a policy say? Has your department considered an AI policy but held off on writing or imp... 0136
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 29/05/2026“The corporate takeover of language and thought will only succeed if academics and students allow it.” Edinburgh Philosophy telling it like it is #philsky #aidailynous.comDoes Your Department Have an AI Policy? Here’s Edinburgh’s - Daily NousHas your department instituted an AI policy? If so, whom does it govern, and what does it say? What should such a policy say? Has your department considered an AI policy but held off on writing or imp... 0136
Reposted by Jonathan WebberSonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 298105782675
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 21/05/2026In a university I know the senior management structure includes something called the Academic Oversight Committee, with hilarious consequences. 110
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 20/05/2026“investigation had found that AI services gave voters misinformation to 34% of the questions it posed … invented fictitious scandals, gave the wrong date for the election, claimed wrongly that voters in Scottish elections needed ID at polling stations and placed candidates in the wrong contests.”theguardian.comChatGPT and other AI bots made huge errors before Scottish election, study findsExclusive: Electoral Commission calls for new controls as Demos finds tools made up fake scandals, invented candidates or gave wrong date 000
Reposted by Jonathan WebberKate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I enjoyed two years in the Philosophy department at UH and had stellar students there from Herts and the north London commuter belt. This closure of Philosophy and local opportunities for young people like them is heartbreaking.💔 1205
Reposted by Jonathan WebberCraig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukUniversity of Nottingham puts 2,700 staff at risk of redundancyThe University of Nottingham says it is facing 23720
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 10/05/2026“everyone has the right to be imaginative; it’s up to the person you’re talking to whether they believe it or not” I suspect he needs a new lawyer. 000
Reposted by Jonathan WebberAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Every General Election, Panini should bring out a parliament sticker album. 2040154
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 06/05/2026There used to be an optician on Tottenham Court Road with a sign outside that said “eye tests while you wait” but I never found out what you had to be waiting for. 130
Reposted by Jonathan WebberSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 24/04/2026This entire pointlessly destructive war so far has cost the US military around $60 billion, which is around twice the amount cut from USAID which saved millions of lives. 11519158
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Yes, but think there’s less political distance than there was between TB and GB. 010
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Further suspect the best outcome from Ed’s perspective is through the king of the north returning to parliament. 100
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I think (a). Suspect he doesn’t want to go back to electorate in 2029 as someone they’ve previously rejected. Only Wilson did that successfully for Labour and he had won previously as well as lost previously. 110
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 17/04/2026“This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk and vomit, and fall to rise no more” - Jeremiah 25:27 (and, yes, I know it doesn’t end there) 000
Reposted by Jonathan WebberAnon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 16/04/2026If AI was genuinely useful your employees would choose to use it, you wouldn't have to mandate its use. 920931
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I do especially like this little kerfuffle, though, especially RS’s comment about “good value for money in a business largely conducted by shysters and sharks” ::pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.govPro-tobacco writer admits he should have declared an interest 020
Jonathan Webber @jonathanwebber.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I don’t know about other academics but here’s the basics of the pet shop boys tale …thecritic.co.ukThe politics of the Pet Shop Boys | Alexander LarmanAmidst the coverage of Roger Scruton’s death earlier in January, one detail was not given enough attention. In his book… 130
Reposted by Jonathan WebberKate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Went to the Gwen John exhibition at the National Museum in Cardiff yesterday and it was wonderful 2353
