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DiverseGrief @diverse-grief.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We are launching the Diverse Grief Blog today! This blog provides a forum for exploring the diversity and complexity of grief. Our inaugural post is written by Tanya Evans and explores the complex relationship of family stories, grief, and the meaning of life. #philsky #grief diverse-grief.com

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Also let’s not “Not All Cyclists” yet again, come on dudes, we’ve been through this repeatedly

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This is going to a short piece I’m writing titled “Riding like a Girl” (shoutout to IMY). Let’s not have a cycling culture that inherits the worst broisms of car-centrism, tnx. Also: no bell ringing in shared paths, or do you shout at people to get out of the way when you’re walking in a hurry??

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Now I kind of regret not writing my breakups talk for Friday on spineless men who deal with casual nonmonogamous dating pathetically and write the whitest rap of all time about the matter.

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Ed Sheeran - Don't (Official Lyrics)

YouTube video by endless sounds

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Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What happens with claims about "manifesting" and “staying positive” in contexts of oppression? TLDR: self-help discourse (given its core principles) blames victims and causes epistemic and affective injustice. w/ @sallylatham.bsky.social & @almagro.bsky.social summarized in this blog post ⬇️

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I love this and I’m writing an email right now! Btw I know Rousseau would have said that Kant would have been a way better person had he travelled. What do you think Paula? Would he have been… less Kantian? ;)

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I do have serious thoughts about getting the ick and I love your work @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social so I am definitely game!

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

To mark the start of the academic year, I’m resposting this brief summary of my current research project on affect, justice & cities. I also run an online working group for Europe-based philosophers interested in local normative theory (think ethics/politics of the city) so if that’s you, email me!

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In all seriousness I could design a whole course on philosophy of love around this film, I am going to answer that next time I am asked in a job interview what are my career aspirations

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

La La Land at the cinema for its tenth anniversary — once again I take this chance to certify as an expert on love that this is one of the best romantic films ever made

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Alfred Archer @alfredarcher.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My and Jack Casey's open access paper 'The ethics of artificial intelligence in sport' has just been published in AI & Ethics. We argue that the use of AI in sport risks changing a sport's cluster of excellences, with a focus on the role of the football manager. shorturl.at/vhLp9 #philsky

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The ethics of artificial intelligence in sport - AI and Ethics

What reason, if any, is there to object to the use of Artificial Intelligence in sport? While the existing literature has investigated several issues about the ethics of AI in sport, these studies hav...

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Next month I’ll join Essex’s Department of Government for my MSCA placement, to work with Prof Paul Bou-Habib on distributive affective justice. I’ll be around the UK until May, between Colchester & Cambridge—you know where to find me if you’re interested in love, cities & affective (in)justice!

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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Breakups hurt, upend our lives, and change how we relate to each other but have been curiously neglected by philosophers. Our workshop next month aims to look closer at this often messy part of life. Here is the fantastic line up.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

AOC sharing her day-by-day egg freezing process is the best I have seen in social media this year. Someone in her comments called it “a small act of resistance” and as a good friend put it, it’s actually a massive one

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Matthew L Reznicek @drreznicek.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Ok lemme ask why we’re so fascinated by scientists’ take on relationships and not the millions of years of literary representations of successful and unsuccessful relationships.

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Luke Brunning @lukebrunning.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Tomorrow is the final day for PhDs and post-docs to express interest for this workshop on breakups.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Este podcast es un enorme descubrimiento, porque aunque ellas son más continentales, lo explican todo de una forma que suena súper clara a mis oídos analíticos. Me apunto este sobre las dimensiones espaciales del amor para un artículo que tengo en el cajón sobre “Love and the City”:

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Un imaginario rural: la dimensión espacial del amor | Punzadas Sonoras 5x19 | #RPS

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Filosofía en español ⬇️ El último episodio de Punzadas Sonoras trata sobre rupturas amorosas y me deja muchas cosas sobre las que pensar. Son las primeras en darse cuenta de que el título de mi artículo “The Break-Up Check” es un guiño a las comedias románticas—solo han hecho falta 8 años!

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Dejar de amar: la ruptura amorosa | Punzadas Sonoras 5x21 | #RPS

YouTube video by Radio Primavera Sound

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Today with 40+ other organisations and individuals, I’ve supported a vital call, for more space for children to play on their doorsteps, as Andy Burnham - central to Labour's 2008 national play strategy - is himself on the doorstep of No. 10. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Andy Burnham and Ed Balls playing on swings at the launch of the 2008 National Play Strategy.

Full text here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hapPkX028b7YY7dczC5hdOXyFfbZayGn/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=110161622811866488176&rtpof=true&sd=true

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Carme Isern-Mas @isernmas.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

New publication!✨ The Harms of Self-Help Discourse We argue that self-help (given its core principles) blames victims and causes epistemic and affective injustice w/ @sallylatham.bsky.social & @almagro.bsky.social 🔓 doi.org/10.1017/hyp....

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Since some people seem to need a periodic reminder: being dull is not a requirement for being a serious philosopher. So if a woman in academia is outgoing, funny, and wears bright clothes/make up, that does not automatically mean that she is a PhD student (in the sense of being junior)

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Christian B. Miller @charactergap.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Philosophers I'm the book review editor at the Journal of Moral Philosophy. We have a pile of books looking for reviewers. If interested in reviewing a book in ethics/political/social/action/moral psychology, that came out in 2023, 2024, 2025, or 2026, please keep reading. And please share this!

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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Philosophers have mostly neglected breakups, despite their impact on our lives. Our next workshop aims to catalyse more research into the ethics of breakups.

Poster for breakup workshop on the 17-18th of September at the University of Leeds

A list of confirmed speakers at the breakups workshop including Monika Betzler, Pilar Lopez-Cantero, Giulia Cavaliere, Christopher Cowley, Richard Healey, Becky Millar, and Katy Wells.

Thanks to the Society for Applied Philosophy for funding the event.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Thanks! Already in my to do list for the Autumn :)

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Glad to have the chance to keep up with my old tradition of never having climbed Arthur’s Seat despite seeing it every day

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵

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The bonfire of the humanities

150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

That’s a wrap! An enormous thank you to our incredible community of scholars across all career stages for making our annual conference collegial, fun & intellectually stimulating—bringing all their energy to the talks and saving some more for art, bbq & dancing in the middle of the heatwave 🖥️🎻⛪️🌭🪩

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

The Philosophy department at Exeter is exceptional. It has both a concentration of world leading researchers in the philosophy of the biological and cognitive sciences, and a unique departmental profile in the UK. It would be a catastrophic loss to the UK philosophy scene.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Just gave a talk against SUVs under this ceiling (Summerhall, KU Eichstätt-Ingoldstat)

Ceiling fresco with a lively scene in vivid colours

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Getting ready for the EPSSE annual meeting at the very picturesque town of Eichstätt, where our president Imke von Maur has put together a fantastic pre-conference workshop on philosophy of place — don’t worry if you have missed it, it will turn into a special issue of Passion!

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is finally out! I fixed multiple typos and added all the literature that came out during the unusually lengthy production process. Very apt that it comes out on the first day of EPPSE! Here’s a free link to the published version: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

I normally don’t do online commemoration, and I know having this up looks rather basic, but I will never not be mesmerised by the splash.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The gods having a question that isn’t so much a question as it is a comment

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Remember that paper that said that men need romantic love more than women that made the rounds last year? Well, Carme and I have a different theory. It was great to think together about psychology and philosophy and to find out about FOBS (fear of being single)

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

This has been YEARS in the making and it’s one of those papers that couldn’t have done without the input of reviewers and audiences—unfortunately the acknowledgements got cut, so thanks to commenters in Pardubice, Tartu, and Tilburg! It’s also part of a SI on the ethics of travel coming soon 🏖️✈️🛤️

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Is curiosity a good motivation for travelling? In my new article I argue that this depends on how we understand curiosity, with a lot of help from Maria Lugones’s work on ’world’-travel and @perryzurn.bsky.social’s view on feminist curiosity. Free to read:

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Travel and Curiosity

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Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Pleased to have a chapter on social infrastructure and policymaking in Alan Latham and Jack Layton's book published today on social infrastructure in neighbourhoods and cities. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/social-infra...

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Tim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I wrote this almost 4 years ago, but I was amazed at how I could find research on heat stress in union venues but practically nothing in academic literature. sampol.be/2022/09/het-...

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Het recht op siësta

Misschien is luiheid verstandiger dan jezelf doodwerken onder onverdraaglijke temperaturen.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Oh I remember this now and I might have had the exact same reply then! Coming from Andalusia this is a topic close to my heart

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

When I was a tour guide, our German multinational company had a 'cold clause' (you could refuse a tour at -10C, which I had to do when I worked in Edinburgh). However, they flat out refused refused us a 'heat clause' (made me work at 47C in Madrid!). Heat is simply not a rich country problem.

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Pilar Lopez-Cantero @lopezcantero.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

I am not at all! Heat has not really been a problem for centres of power for a very long time, so it has always been an afterthought. This manifests itself not only in our analyses of climate change but also about working conditions (definitely something to think about w regards to the gig economy)

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