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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 16h

Coming up: Mon. Oct. 19 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK "The Philosopher & the News: Can We Imagine the End?" Rafael Holmberg with Alexis Papazoglou Is it really easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism? Can we imagine humanity's non-existence? www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Select tickets – "Can we imagine the end?": Rafael Holmberg in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom

"Can we imagine the end?": Rafael Holmberg in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom, Mon 19 Oct 2026 - Talk about the end of the world is everywhere, from Silicon Valley tech-bros to US Vice Pre...

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BSA Race & Ethnicity @bsarace.bsky.social · 18h

1/2 Join us for the final #CriticalCurrents session of the year! 📅 10 November, 1pm (UK) |Teams: Nabila N. Islam and Adam Kluge will explore digital #surveillance, #detention, #border violence and their impact on #migrant families. Programme and Teams link below ⬇️ #Migration #Family #Deportation

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Today: Tues. Oct. 13 ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK "Ask the Philosopher" Ask members of our Editorial Team any questions about philosophy!! Submit your questions here: tinyurl.com/msb35c6u and register for the event here (FREE or by donation): www.tickettailor.com/events/theph... #Philosophy

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Ask the Philosopher – Zoom, Tue 13 Oct 2026 - Join The Philosopher for an informal, philosophical chat with members of our Editorial Team. Bring your philosophical questions*, and we will try our best...

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Coming up: Tues. Oct. 13 ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK "Ask the Philosopher" Ask us anything ... about philosophy! Join panelists Michael Bavidge and Johanna Fisher, chaired by Noemi Magnani. NEW: submit questions in this google form: tinyurl.com/msb35c6u Register: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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BSA Race & Ethnicity @bsarace.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

1/4 Next Tuesday: the 8th session of #CriticalCurrents! We’re bringing together two papers on migrant women, #citizenship and #belonging in the UK. 📅 Tuesday 13th Oct 2026, 1pm 💻 Online via Teams 🔗 Full abstracts + link: Critical Currents programme (below) #Sociology #Migration #Race #Ethnicity

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Join us for this amazing conversation between Henrike and Fred Moten!

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

How does patriarchy shape love, desire, and daily life? How can relationships be transformed within inequalities that structure them? Since the Pelicot trial, how can women trust men in their lives? Join us Mon. Sept. 28 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK #Philosophy #Feminism www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Select tickets – "On Living with Men": Manon Garcia in conversation with Lori Marso – Zoom

"On Living with Men": Manon Garcia in conversation with Lori Marso – Zoom, Mon 28 Sep 2026 - How can women live with men in a society where so many men are ready to rape an unconscious woman? In this ...

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Join us for this important conversation with Manon Garcia and Lori Marso on the #PelicotTrial and what it says about women living with men. #Feminism #Justice #Sexuality #Gender #MeToo

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

TODAY! Mon. Sep. 21 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK "The Philosopher & The News: Are We Living in End Times" Join us for Alexis Papazoglou in conversation with Émile P. Torres on AI as a potential existential threat to humanity. #Philosophy #AI Register FREE or by donation: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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"Are we living in End Times?": Émile P. Torres in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom, Mon 21 Sep 2026 - People have been writing about the existential risk AI potentially poses to humanity fo...

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Could we really be living through end times? Is AI an existential threat to humanity? Why are companies developing this tech allowed to continue? How do we explain the MAGA-tech synergy? Join us for the discussion: Mon. Sept. 21 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

TODAY! Tues. Sept. 15 ~ 1pm ET / 6pm UK Ask the Philosopher A fun and informal philosophy chat with Michael Bavidge, James Andow, and Noemi Magnani answering YOUR questions. Submit questions in advance to thephilosopher1923@gmail.com See you there! #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Ask the Philosopher – Zoom, Tue 15 Sep 2026 - Join The Philosopher for an informal, philosophical chat with members of our Editorial Team. Bring your philosophical questions*, and we will try our best...

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Your Sunday read: "Money" Stefan Eich traces money's relationship with trust, capitalism and democratic power, arguing that making monetary power visible is essential to reclaiming the future as a domain of collective political decisions. #Philosophy thephilosopher1923.substack.com/p/sunday-rea...

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Sunday Read: “Money” by Stefan Eich

On the importance on making monetary power visible.

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is the state just a tool of the elites who will stifle any attempted reform? Can oppressed groups wield the tools of the state to claim agency and dismantle the sources of the oppression? Join us Mon. Sept. 14 at 2pm ET / 7pm UK #Philosophy www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/harne...

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Coming up: Monday, Sept 14 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK "Harnessing the State" Hari Ramesh in conversation with Neil Roberts How can citizens in nominally democratic countries use the state to address the persistence of group-based social oppression? #Philosophy www.thephilosopher1923.org/events/harne...

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Our Autumn Programme is out! Registration for the first events are now open! As always, our events are free but your donations make these events possible! #Philsophy #AcademySky #State #BlackStudy #Palestine #ClimateChange #Feminism #PelicotTrial #Addiction #FredMoten #NewBooks #Books2026

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sunday Read: "Towards a Critical Theory of Finance" Paul North examines finance as a force that shapes production, debt, inequality, and democracy. Is finance removable, necessary, contestable, or ultimately governable? #Philosophy #Finance #Capital thephilosopher1923.substack.com/p/sunday-rea...

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Sunday Read: Towards a Critical Theory of Finance

Paul North examines finance as a force that shapes production, debt, inequality, and democracy.

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

@theguardian.com is silencing criticism against his role in the public lynching of PROF JAYSON ARDAY. We won't be silenced. We didn't have much hope in The Times, The Spectator and and other right wing pamphleteers, but The Guardian? (1/2)

@guardian has apparently just discovered that comments can be turned off ‘in the interest of safeguarding individual contributors’ 🤡🤡🤡

So where was this concern for safeguarding when you received emails and messages warning you about Prof Jason Arday’s mental state? Where was your consideration of vulnerability, proportionality and foreseeable harm then?

This contradiction tells us something about the burden placed on Black people in a white world. We are expected to safeguard ourselves against institutions that refuse to safeguard us. We must anticipate the violence, manage its consequences, remain composed while experiencing it and then produce enough evidence of our suffering to persuade others that the harm is real. Even then, our vulnerability can be treated as irrelevant, manipulative or less important than an institution’s supposed right to ‘ask questions’.

Prof Arday was expected to withstand public scrutiny, suspicion and humiliation while remaining endlessly available to explain himself. Yet the moment Guardian journalists face criticism, the institution immediately recognises vulnerability, draws a boundary and calls it safeguarding. Protection becomes imaginable when their own people need it.

This is how racial power works: not simply through openly racist language, but through the unequal distribution of care, credibility and protection. White institutions reserve for themselves the right to be vulnerable, while Black people are expected to absorb the harm they produce.

You cannot invoke safeguarding to protect your journalists while refusing to reckon honestly with the harm your journalism helped produce. And you cannot hide behind the right-wing press as though being less vicious somehow makes your own conduct responsible.

This editorial is not accountability. It is institutional self-exoneration. Prof Arday deserved the same care you are now extending to yourselves.

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Call for Reviewers! We're looking for 2,000-2,500 words of thoughtful analysis that highlights the significance of a book from this thread or at the link to our catalogue below. Email the book title, a short bio, and links to previous publications to thephilosopher.print@gmail.com #Philosophy

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Many in the migrants' rights sector have been warning about exactly this. AI is absolutely not suitable for being used in asylum cases. Not only because of the risk of "hallucination", but also because it is unable to deal with the nuance and complexity. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggests

Upper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’

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Cities and Memory @citiesandmemory.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We’re super excited to bring you our latest open call - we’re working with Oxford’s Schwarzman Centre and artist Edmund de Waal, and we’d love to invite you to join a new commission called Sanctuary. This is a limited paid commission with just 20 spaces: citiesandmemory.com/sanctuary/

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BSA Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions Study Group @bsa-asmr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Our feature article outlining our goals and the idea behind the new group is out now in BSA's Network Magazine, pp. 46-47. @britsoci.bsky.social

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The recording of the last session of #PhilosophiesOfTheSouth is now live. In this session, Leny & Lily engage with stories about their journey from decolonial to Indigenous theories of the #self. #Philosophy #Indigenity #Decolonial #Theory

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

TODAY: Mon. July 13 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK "Schopenhauer: Philosophy's Greatest Pessimist" David Bather Woods with Patrick Hassan Schopenhauer's pessimism is interesting in the context of his life experiences. The pressing question is how to live. #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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"Schopenhauer: Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist": David Bather Woods in conversation with Patrick Hassan – Zoom, Mon 13 Jul 2026 - Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) almost wasn’t one of the greatest phil...

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Very proud of the work we've accomplished this year! Join us if you haven't already. And support us by becoming member of @britsoci.bsky.social!

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

TODAY! Mon. July 6 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK "The Philosopher and the News: Who Decides the Future?" Jonathan White with Alexis Papazoglou Politics is becoming elected leaders managing crises, while tech company CEOs are at the G7 table. #Philosophy #Tech www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Select tickets – "Who decides the future?": Jonathan White in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom

"Who decides the future?": Jonathan White in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom, Mon 6 Jul 2026 - Keir Starmer has resigned. The sixth U.K. prime minister to do so in 10 years. A common objec...

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

TODAY! Mon. June 29 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK "Decolonizing the Self: Learning Land, Unlearning Empire" Join Leny Mendoza Strobel and S. Lily Mendoza as they explore how reclaiming Indigenous knowledge can transform the self. #Philosophy FREE or by donation: www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Select tickets – "Decolonizing the Self: Learning Land, Unlearning Empire ": Leny Mendoza Strobel and S. Lily Mendoza – Zoom

"Decolonizing the Self: Learning Land, Unlearning Empire ": Leny Mendoza Strobel and S. Lily Mendoza – Zoom, Mon 29 Jun 2026 - This event is part of our "Philosophies of the South" series. In this con...

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm deeply honoured to be mentored by Dr Victoria Okoye during my time at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social. Thanks to all the comrades, friends and colleagues who help me working on this application!

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm really excited to join this cohort of brillant fellows at the @iashedinburgh.bsky.social! I'll examine black spatial politics through walking #ethography, while revisiting Stuart Hall's notion of #race as "floating signifier". (1/2)

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 28/06/2026

Congrats DR Congo! They had to quarantine in Belgium before the World Cup due to the devastating Ebola outbreak, yet still made it to the knockout stage for the first time in history!

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Palantir's "manifesto" offered sweeping claims of everything from Silicon Valley's moral obligation to US power to the hierarchy of civilizations. Our video of the week maps the ideology of techno-fascism. Feat. @moiraweigel.bsky.social et al. at @philosopher1923.bsky.social buff.ly/scGkQ1N

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

TODAY: Mon. June 22 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK "AI and the Digital: Data Equals" Jonathan Zittrain in conversation with Audrey Borowski On challenges in AI: from regulation and privacy to trends in AI developments. Register for FREE or by donation: #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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"Data Equals": Jonathan Zittrain in conversation with Audrey Borowski – Zoom, Mon 22 Jun 2026 - This event is part of our "AI and the Digital" series, hosted and convened by Dr. Audrey Borowski. In th...

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Finance packages up the productive economy to resell it by its own rules, which ruin living conditions and dominate the global order. We need a critical theory of finance to study the ill effects of this. Join us Mon Jun 15 ~ 10am ET / 3pm UK #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Select tickets – "Towards a Critical Theory of Finance": Melinda Cooper, Radhika Desai and Stefan Eich in conversation with Paul North – Zoom

"Towards a Critical Theory of Finance": Melinda Cooper, Radhika Desai and Stefan Eich in conversation with Paul North – Zoom, Mon 15 Jun 2026 - Hegel turned the world onto its head and Marx turned it...

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

ICYMI: "Decolonizing Knowledge" Radha D'Souza in conversation with Rinaldo Walcott On the intellectual and political stakes of challenging dominant forms of knowledge produced through colonial and imperial histories. #Philosophy www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwXX...

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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This is TODAY at 7pm BST (London). Online. Free. Book via link BELOW 👇🏾!

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The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

How have Māori and Indigenous practices shape community, resist injustice, and offer pathways for decolonial futures? What are their ethical traditions confront colonial frameworks? Join us for the discussion Mon. June 8 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK #Philosophy www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...

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Select tickets – "On Indigenous Inhumanities": Mark Minch-de Leon in conversation with Krushil Watene – Zoom

"On Indigenous Inhumanities": Mark Minch-de Leon in conversation with Krushil Watene – Zoom, Mon 8 Jun 2026 - This event is a part of our "Philosophies of the South" series. Indigenous philosophies gu...

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