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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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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am very happy for myself that pigeons are my favorite animals. If you live in a city, and pigeons are your favorite animals, you can see them pretty much every time you leave the house. A real jackpot right there.

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

my just partner asked a guy who was loudly livestreaming, talking and watching videos on a full coach for hours to be a bit quieter, after which he flipped out, filmed her, put it on social media and asked people *again on livestream* to share it everywhere. truly great times we are living in

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 16/08/2026

We would encourage all UCU members in London to attend the vigil for Jason Arday which will take place on Monday in Trafalgar Square at 6pm. Bring your love and solidarity.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

TransActual is launching the Trans Lives Survey 2026. It's quick, anonymous and will help us campaign for our community! Take the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3 #TransLives #TransSurvey #Trans

A pink and blue graphic with a black and white cartoon of some people on the bottom.

Text reads: TransActual is launching its biggest survey for the trans community yet!

TRANS LIVES SURVEY

2026

We want to hear about your experiences as a trans person living in the UK.

It's quick, anonymous, and will help us campaign for our community!

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Late last night, I met an injured pigeon. It looked like its wing was hurt, and it couldn't fly, but was able to walk. Over the course of a couple of hours or so, my partner and I managed to gently put it in a rescue box and take it to a vet. /1

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I submitted a paper to a journal almost a month ago, and it is *still* with the journal administrator - hasn't even gone to an editor to decide whether to send it to peer review. Should I withdraw or message them? Even for philosophy journal standards, this seems like a very long time..

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/08/2026

It’s always odd to me when I get asked if I am wearing a mask because I am sick. In my experience, these days most people wearing a mask are doing so to prevent themselves getting sick, and most people who are sick don’t wear a mask at all.

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Sorting through old unneeded text notes from years ago is bearing interesting insights

screenshot of text note app on phone reading ''I have zero idea what this man is talking about, could be anything''

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

youve heard of failing upwards. well academic careers in 2026 encapsulate the reverse: succeeding downwards. so many talented, highly qualified people, being punished for their achievements

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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

This is why the Philosophy Tube episode on conversion therapy in Britain was so carefully worded and went through lawyers first! It’s difficult to educate the public on topics that rich and powerful groups do not want people to know about

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Clarence Thomas citing MIT philosopher Alex Byrne to support his ultra-transphobic opinion. I hope all the analytic philosophers who defended Byrne as a serious, apolitical scholar see this and learn something, but I'm not hopeful.

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This headline is a bit unfair on Exeter colleagues, and a tad rage/ clickbaity. But remember: no-one who works in a non-Oxbridge university is safe or even secure in their employment. The way policy is set up a large % will *inevitably and inexorably* lose their jobs.

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Heather Hogan @heatherhogan.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Older lady peeped the rainbow flag on my bike, asked in a thick Russian accent “It’s your Pride?” She told me her youngest grandchild is “not she berry or he berry but no berry.” I said “Nonbinary?” She got so excited. Yes! Yes! And “Is a secret, but they are my“ *looks around, whispers* “favorite.”

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

By happenstance, I googled a philosophy colleague’s distinctive terminology today to find her papers on it. The first dozen search results were ALL her papers, or citations of them. The AI Overview didn’t mention her once. It falsely attributed her (non-tech) concept to some tech bros at Stanford.

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

As part of our conference "Speech and Society", we are holding a public round table on Language Politics & Revitalization in Wales - in Welsh, with live translation! If you're around, please drop by!! **June 23rd, Room 1.62 Glamorgan Building, Cardiff Uni** @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social

Poster shows light pink background, with black writing, and an image of two black cable phones.

It reads:

Language Politics & Revitalization in Wales
Roundtable with Heledd Melangell, Owain Rhys Lewis & Huw L Williams

1330 Tuesday 23rd June in Speech and Society. Contemporary Philosophy of Language
Room 1.61 Glamorgan Building

Supported by the Mind Association
Contact: phillangcardiff@gmail.com

Gwleidyddiaeth ac Adfer Iaith yng Nghymru
Trafodaeth Ford Gron gyda Heledd Melangell, Owain Rhys Lewis a Huw L Williams

1330 Dydd Mawrth 23ain Mehefin
yn Lleferydd a Chymdeithas. Athroniaeth laith Gyfoes

Ystafell -1.61
Adeilad Morgannwg

Wedi ei noddi gan y Mind Association
Cyflwyniad: https://forms.gle/5VLszXeDpM4tjyiN8
Cyswllt: phillangcardiff@gmail-com

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I think any institution hiring people should be required to have an "annoyance score" that indicates how annoying it is going to be working for that institution based on how annoying current staff find it, and it should be publicly available information.

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Kay @gothwhoreofbabylon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Green and Black Cross are offering trans-specific know your rights protest training this Friday. The link to sign up is here, and I’d appreciate it if you could share this widely.

greenandblackcross.org

Trans-Specific Know Your Rights Training – 12th June, 6.30pm-8.30pm (ONLINE) | Green and Black Cross

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A bit ago I talked to ORFScience about my research on gender & names. This resulted in an article and a radio interview. I enjoyed my first experience doing this a lot more than I thought I would. So, if you read or understand German, you can listen/read here science.orf.at/stories/3235...

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Wie wir uns einen Namen machen

Namen sind Ausdruck von Individualität, geben aber auch Hinweis auf sozialen Hintergrund. Zumeist bestimmen Eltern den Vornamen ihrer Kinder, die Nachnamen werden vererbt. Doch manche Menschen bestimm...

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Every person who emails is vital, and every MP who formally objects makes a difference. equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

Text reads: Reject the code. Our communities deserve better than this. Below the text are the logos for Trans+ Solidarity Alliance, TransActual and Scottish Trans.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“Experimenting with unproven technology to determine whether or not a child should be granted protections they desperately need and are legally entitled to is cruel and unconscionable.” The rise of “artificial intelligence” tools in border policing is just so disturbing. We should reject such uses.

bbc.com

AI will be used to estimate age of asylum seekers from next year

The Home Office says the tool will make it easier to identify adult migrants "attempting to game the system".

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

as I really do suffer frequently because of this condition & all I mostly get from doctors (except one back in Austria, I'm still so grateful) is essentially a shrug or 'go on the pill', I just hope that this actually a sign that things move forward

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My partner talking about the election results: ''There is no Britain, there's only a bunch of garbage floating in the sea''

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Extra boost for this wonderful thing 🖤

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Society for LGBTQ Philosophy @philosophy.lgbt · 12/04/2026

Join philos-QT, the listserv of the Society for LGBTQ Philosophy!

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Friends, I am co-organising (another) conference "Critical Political Epistemology" (in Freiburg, September) with really awesome keynote speakers! Deadline for abstracts is the 13th of April - please consider submitting something! :) 🖤 philevents.org/event/show/1... cpenetwork.wixstudio.com/home

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Home | Critical Political Epistemology Network

The Critical Political Epistemology Network is a transdisciplinary community of scholars and practitioners working on the intersections of knowledge, power, governance, politics, oppression, and ignor...

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We've extended our deadline for submissions until April 9th :) send us all the cool philosophy of language you've been up to recently! 💫💫💫 #philosophy #cfa @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Hayfever attack, help 🌻😭

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Randomly remembered today that my maths teacher in middle school always sat noisy boys next to me so I would keep them quiet, and then gave me a bad participation mark when I didn't succed. Really hope today's kids have better teachers than that.

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

if Anita Bryant was still alive and promoting Florida orange juice, you couldn't pay me enough to drink it. how is Harry Potter any different? here is a timeline of JK Rowling's transphobia: web.archive.org/web/20241225... & here is where her HP money is going: www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowl...

advocate.com

J.K. Rowling uses Harry Potter wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 21/03/2026

Memories from the heart of the Aids crisis Gideon Mendel’s The Ward began in 1993 when he spent a number of weeks on the Charles Bell wards in London’s Middlesex Hospital. All the patients on the ward were dying with the knowledge that there was no cure for the disease. gideonmendel.com/the-ward/

a man lying on a hospital bed hugging another man in the bed

an older woman, holding tha hand of an emaciated man lying on a hospital bed

nurse leaning in and kissing a person on a hospital bed

man holding the hand of an man in a hospital bed, they are gazing at each other lovingly

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

This is looking awesome!! 👀👀👀

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Slightly updated event date (23rd-24th of June), but still happening this summer in Cardiff, with awesome keynotes in an awesome city and now a poster! If you work in social/feminist/political philosophy of language, consider submitting something to our call Deadline April 2nd #philosophy

CfA Speech and Society - Contemporary Philosophy of language
June 23rd-24th 2026, Cardiff University
Supported by the Mind Assocation, Submission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfIQQV4wAiMUNd9z1ifcb2Zs23XBYzI4P-dbKhmup0g5uPAwQ/viewform
Contact: phillangcardiff@gmail.com

Keynote speakers:
Prof. Emma Borg (University of London)
Prof. Jennifer Saul (University of Waterloo/St. Andrews)

Deadline for abstrat submissions: April 2nd, 300 words

All on pale pink-purple-grey background with black writing, including a photo of three black phones connected with cables on a grey background.

CfA Lleferydd a Chymdeithas - Athroniaeth laith Gyfoes
23ain-24ain o Fehefin - Priffysgol Caerdydd

Wedi ei noddi gan y Mind Association
Cyflwyniad: https://forms.gle/5VLszXeDpM4tjyiN8
Cyswllt: phillangcardiff@gmail-com

Areithwyr Gwadd:
Emma Borg (Prifysgol Llundain)
Jennifer Saul (Prifysgol Waterloo / St
Andrews)
Dyddiad Cau ar gyfer
cyflwyno Crynodeb
Ebrill 2il, 300 o eiriau

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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 03/03/2026

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

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She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. — Assigned

A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I'm co-running a weekly online reading group on trans philosophy. We're now meeting Thursdays, 16:00-17:00 UK time. If you want to be added to the mailing list, please drop me a message :) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Saving the people of Iran from being massacred by their government in the streets by massacring elementary schoolgirls from the air.

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

We are organising a conference!! Our main goal with this is to bring together the awesome emerging philosophical work in the social, political, aesthetic & ethical dimensions of language. CfP now open - deadline 2nd of April :) philevents.org/event/show/1... @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social

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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 · 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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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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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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Rosa. @rosadluxe.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If you're interested in why I think calls for greater "authenticity" in porn are weird and misguided, do listen here! ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-resea...

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Ethics Untangled Podcast

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Reading stuff about what is going on with ICE, whenever I see "federal agents" in a report or headline my brain changes it to "feral agents" which, to be honest, is actually pretty accurate.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 22/01/2026

The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff. Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for. This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

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Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield

The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action

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A. @nonamename.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

This is such an awesome paper - prize so well deserved!! Everyone, go read it 🥳

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Agri Ismaïl @agri.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

BREAKING: everything. Everything is breaking.

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