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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m still so happy we got to write something together Mike! I hope it is our first rather than our only 😍

Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Really chuffed to have got to written with @lvself.bsky.social on endometriosis and the problem of (under)diagnosis. Hopefully the first of our collabs!

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 15/07/2026

"Humanities are being extinguished by university bosses across the country. We desperately need an emergency rescue package to stop the death-rattle of Britain's great universities." @drjogrady.bsky.social in the Guardian 👇 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

looking forward to reading it ☺️

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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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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

We're on Bluesky now! 🦋 Follow us here for updates, we're just getting started. @ucu.org.uk @exetergreens.bsky.social @exeterlabour.bsky.social Here are our six key messages:

'EXETER UCU: OUR SIX KEY MESSAGES

1. EXETER UNI'S FINANCES ARE STRONG. WE'VE LARGE CASH RESERVES (£200M IN 24/25). NEVER HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS 'CRISIS' IS MANUFACTURED.
2. EXECUTIVE PAY AT EXETER IS OUT OF CONTROL. IF JUST THE 16 HIGHEST-PAID EXECS CAPPED THEIR SALARY AT £120K, WE'D SAVE MORE MONEY THAN ALL THE CUTS TO ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY!
3. NO MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION, BUT A CONFUSED MESS: FAULTY AND INSUFFICIENT DATA, NO REAL DISCUSSION, AND AN IMPOSSIBLE, INSULTING AND UNREASONABLE TIMETABLE TO PUSH THIS THROUGH OVER THE SUMMER.
4. AN ALL-STAFF MEETING OF 600 STAFF RESOUNDINGLY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN VICE CHANCELLOR LISA ROBERTS (WHOSE PAY IS PUSHING £400K). WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE VOTE BY ANY UNI STAFF IN THE HISTORY OF UK HE.
5. REDUNDANCIES ARE A MANAGEMENT CHOICE, NOT A FINANCIAL NECESSITY. THEY EVEN HAVE ALTERNATIVE COSTED PLANS WITH NO CUTS, BUT THINK IT'S EASIER TO GO FOR JOB LOSSES.
6. EXETER IS A FANTASTIC UNI, WITH WORLD CLASS RESEARCH, CREATIVE AND INSPIRING TEACHING, THOUGHTFUL AND IMAGINATIVE COMMUNITY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.'

At the bottom of the poster:
#DefendExeterUni
Instagram handle @uniexeterucu
QR link to sign the petition

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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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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

If you asked me, off the top of my head, to name a non-Oxbridge university in England synonymous with excellence in the Humanities - I would probably think of Exeter first. This feels like a very deliberate, targeted and ideological Bonfire of the Humanities

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Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic @dittemunch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Next up is the panel on "Good girls, bad times" w Marie Wuth, @hkohpeiss.bsky.social and @lucyosler.bsky.social on historical and contemporary fascist imaginaries of the "good girl', heteropessism and the "good girl love" (Beauvoir) we see in the trad wife movement & AI #philsky @epsse.bsky.social

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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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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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Ditte Marie Munch-Jurisic @dittemunch.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

@epsse.bsky.social here we come! Looking so much forward to our panel with @eabyrne.bsky.social and Paula Muhr!

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Enormous thanks to my fellow debaters Charlotte Blease, Iain Gilchrist and Argyris Stringaris, plus the BMJ team and everyone who attended (especially my Dad ❤️ )

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Will AI do more harm than good to the UK's mental health? It was a huge honour to be invited to take part in the Maudsley Christmas Debate at KCL in Decemeber 2025. You can now see the write up of the main points of debate in the BMJ: www.bmj.com/content/393/...

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Will AI do more harm than good to the UK's mental health?

The benefits and harms of AI to mental health are constantly in the headlines. Iain McGilchrist and Lucy Osler say that this is warranted given widespread public access to chatbots. But Charlotte Blea...

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

And a huge thank you to our endorsers: Thomas Brudholm for calling it "exceptionally critical and conceptually alert" Mihaela Mihai for describing it as "a must read" on politics & affectivity @katiestockdale.bsky.social for deeming it "rich with new insights and timely examples"

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Part V: Spaces of Antagonism @moujanmirdamadi.bsky.social & @joelkrueger.com on online antagonism and empowerment; @lvself.bsky.social on religious freedom and meaning vertigo; @tomroberts.bsky.social on affective bubbles

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Part IV: Unmasking Antagonism @sannatirkkonen.bsky.social on incels & hostile loneliness; @trishedges.bsky.social Hedges & I on affective doubt; André Grahle & @alfredarcher.bsky.social on admiration as a moral wrong; Sullivan, Rudolph & Wunderlich on hubris; Gerhard Thonhauser on the unfelt

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Part III: Complicating Narratives of Antagonism @proflaurasilva.bsky.social & Alexandre Gajevic Sayegh on mobilising anger for climate justice; Alba Montes Sánchez & Alessandro Salice on group-based shame; John Protevi on anger and altruism in human evolution; Dan Degerman on the fear of fear

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Part II: Hostile Antagonistic Political Emotions @kkthomason.bsky.social on spite and yard-sign politics; Paul Katsafanas on ressentiment and identity; Mikko Salmela & Tereza Capelos on collective victimhood; James Jaspers on blame and hostility

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Part I: Emotional Politics and Political Emotions Agneta Fischer & Jan Willem Duyvendak on the emotionalisation of society; Berit Brogaard on what makes an emotion political, using affective polarisation as a test case

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

By driving and reinforcing identities, political emotions deepen divisions and empower feelings of hatred but also establish allegiance and belonging. Challenging binaries of positive v negative emotions, this volume shows how antagonistic feelings place us simultaneously for, against, and together

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Our volume For, Against, Together is officially available online with Cambridge University Press! Together our incredible contributors rethink antagonistic political emotions in our current climate. www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... Here’s a taste of what’s inside 🧵

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For, Against, Together

Cambridge Core - Social Psychology - For, Against, Together

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Had a great conversation with Jackie Snow about chatbots’ memory function and the way their personalised callbacks to information and stories you have shared about yourself can calcify your own self-narratives and self-understanding (which I’ve elsewhere described as narrative railroading) 🤖✒️🛤️

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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Many congratulations to Dr Anneli Jefferson who has been awarded a ✨ Leverhulme Fellowship ✨ to work on her book 📕 Responsibility Through the Lifespan Llongyfarchiadau mawr, Anneli! #philsky @annelijefferson.bsky.social

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Adrian Currie @adrian-currie.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Exeter’s got a two-year teaching stint for someone into philosophy of data and related - the job’s pretty plush as far as non-permanent ones go - and Exeter is an amazing place to do this kind of philosophy - please pass around! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQZ094/l... #philsci

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Lecturer in Philosophy or Sociology of Data and Artificial Intelligence at University of Exeter

Apply for the Lecturer in Philosophy or Sociology of Data and Artificial Intelligence role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 20/03/2026

At the AI psychosis, Hearing Voices, & Suicidality workshop, Lucy Osler talks about the interaction between users & chatbots, the narration process that shapes our experiences, the emotional import of the evaluative lens that AI imposes on distressing situations #BPF2026 #philosophymatters #philsky

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Celebrating the sunshine finally emerging in Exeter with Another Sad Philosophy Workshop today!

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

more work in progress stuff on my end. I recommend Archer & Robb’s paper on the ethics of parasocial relationships. Also not a Phil paper but I’ve been teaching Kuwort and Emory Jr.’s work on one and a half sided PSRs.

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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

#philsky Call for papers :: Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language Keynote Speakers: Professor Emma Borg Professor Jennifer Mather Saul Conference dates: 24-25 June Abstract deadline: 2 April Full details:

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Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language

The Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June. In recent years, t...

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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Dr Daisy Dixon's new book –– DEPRAVED: The Story of Dangerous Art –– an analysis of the varieties of immoral art and the ways that we should respond to it –– is now available to preorder! Waterstones are offering a 25% discount until 20 February – used code FEB26: bit.ly/Dixon-DSDA #philsky

Bright red book cover with the title and author's name in black.

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Leda Berio @ledaberio.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Currently on a bus in Bristol, heading to this awesome event -- great poster, for starters!

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Attendance is free and hybrid but does require registration. Programme in the registration links ✨ In person registration (limited spaces): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Online registration: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Just one week til our “Social AI: A Philosophy Workshop” 🌟We will be joined by Pii Telakivi, Rob Clowes, Kris Goffin, Shahd Omar, Kesavan Thenagopal, Mike Barnes, Mercedes Corredor, Ben White, Leda Bario, Allister Lee, Àger Pérez Casanovas, Shane Glackin, Tom Roberts, & Joel Krueger 🌟

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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

✨ Many congratulations to Thom Hamer, whose PhD viva was this afternoon and was passed with flying colours! Thom’s thesis title is: Rethinking the Absurdity of Life: A Metaexistential Inquiry Llongyfarchiadau mawr, Dr Hamer! Gefeliciteerd! 🎓

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European Philosophical Society for the Study of Emotions @epsse.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

The CFP for the one-day pre-conference workshop “The Power of (Dis-)Placing: Affect, Practice and the Political” is open until the 15th of feb. Send your abstracts (500w) to imke.von.maur[at]ku.de with the subject ‘EPSSE 2026 Pre-conference’

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Sven Nyholm @svennyholm.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Coming soon: my new book *The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: A Philosophical Introduction*. More info - including three very generous blurbs from @davidgunkel.bsky.social, @briandavidearp.bsky.social, & Crystal L'Hote, PhD - here: hackettpublishing.com/new-forthcom... #aiethics #philosophy

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Orangetronic @orangetronic.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

“feral gossip” is such an excellent coinage from @lucyosler.bsky.social and @joelkrueger.com to describe the way LLMs amplify gossip about real people as they pass slop back and forth between training sets. www.vice.com/en/article/a...

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AI Chatbots Are Quietly Trading Gossip About People With Zero Fact-Checking

AI chatbots already say questionable things to humans. Now, they may be swapping those same questionable takes with each other.

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

The AI gossip paper @joelkrueger.com and I wrote got picked up by Vice! We argue that chatbots generate gossip about people and consider how this gossip becomes ‘feral’ without the social constraints that usually moderate human rumor-spreading 🗣️🤖💬🫢 www.vice.com/en/article/a...

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AI Chatbots Are Quietly Trading Gossip About People With Zero Fact-Checking

AI chatbots already say questionable things to humans. Now, they may be swapping those same questionable takes with each other.

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Tom Roberts @tomroberts.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Daisy Dixon and I have a friendly-critical review of Dominic Lopes’s *Aesthetic Injustice* out in the new issue of Ethics. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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Lopes, Dominic McIver. Aesthetic Injustice. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 208. $100.00 (cloth). | Ethics: Vol 136, No 2

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Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience @kingsioppn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We’re at the 63rd Maudsley Debate on ‘The Chatbot will see you now: This house believes AI will do more harm than good to the nation's mental health. #MaudsleyDebate

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Loving the anachronistic mood of getting ready for a Christmas debate later today! Paired with a good old fashioned risk of a family argument, as my dad’s attending 🫣 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/63rd-mauds...

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63rd Maudsley Debate

The Chatbot will see you now: This house believes AI will do more harm than good to the nation's mental health.

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Lucy Osler @lucyosler.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Cheeky little chapter on Knowing oneself with and through AI for an edited volume forthcoming in 2026 🤗 Had fun playing around with the move from Clark and Chalmers’ Otto to Rob Clowes’ Cloud-Otto to my LLM-Otto 📓☁️🤖

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