What is university senior management (the word 'leadership' doesn't apply to this lot) good for if it can only manage decline?

The location of the Strait of Hormuz on google with the opening hours shown at Mon-Fri 9.30am - 4pm

Someone has actually done this on Google 😂😂👏

I feel seen.

Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

The critical Atlantic current system appears significantly more likely to collapse than previously thought after new research found that climate models predicting the biggest slowdown are the most realistic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Very proud of my former PhD student Rodrigo Valencia Pacheco for a nicely done 1000-word primer on non-cognitivism about moral judgment! #Philosophy

It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...

This was the "Choose Canada" export promotion drive of the UKVI reportedly rejecting an aspirant international student for not preferring Canada to Britain

Another hand up here, please!

Nerds: This is basically an amazing open ended RPG set in important scenes in philosophical history.

Pedagogy nerds: This is like Reacting (to the Past) simulations but single player. And philosophy.

It’s not generic LLM generated but based on lots of research into academic and popular sources.

Fuel prices have gone up because there are shortages. Given that, I don’t understand why politicians have queued up to discourage change in behaviour (or to subsidise no change). During shortage, maintaining demand is stupid. Govt. should be giving advice & alternatives, & helping the most needy.

Another one who thinks the response to a global shortage of something which makes it more expensive is to subsidise people to buy more of it. Truly British politics is blessed with genius.

The reason Moby Dick is the most American novel ever written is because it is about a violent white man enacting a confusing revenge fantasy against a cheap source of oil.

1/4🧵

A brief summary of what the #Trump regime has achieved in its war with #Iran after 5 weeks:

a)
The Strait of Hormuz is closed. It was open before the war began.

b)
#China and #Russia observe that the #US has not adapted to drone warfare.

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Honestly, after that Trump post, I’m begging @nytimes.com, @apnews.com, @reuters.com, @washingtonpost.com, @npr.org and all of the other newspapers and media outlets to take this seriously. This is not normal and we need to stop pretending. This is a crisis.

The great irony of April Fools Day is that it's the only day most people approach the news headlines with the appropriate level of scepticism.

Ok *now* it’s philosophy’s time to shine

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Ellen’s book is a fantastic treatment of one of the most fascinating intersections between biology and philosophy.

We (@leedsprhs.bsky.social) are super-excited that Katie Zhou will also be joining University of Leeds in August, as Lecturer! Her research focuses on social and political philosophy, the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and feminist/queer/trans theory. #philosophy
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My School has some Masters scholarships for Philosophy students. University of Leeds offers many further opportunities, inc. 500 scholarships to support eligible international students. Please spread the word! #philosophy

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The Iran war yet another notch in the Trump-Russia theory's belt.

And tomorrow, the universal general principles of aesthetics?

Oh but what *is* a successful analysis?

Relatable! (I lost a +500-day streak simply by forgetting to do wordle one day last week.)

Journals hardly ever ask me to review books because I've only done a few (and none for 20 years now). If they did, I would probably still say no. But I'm all the more resolved that if I said yes, I would say so only if I were guaranteed a print copy. Life's too short for this.

Risk and Uncertainty in Ethics Join us for a 2-day workshop on risk and uncertainty in ethics, hosted by the Centre for Aesthetic, Moral, and Political Philosophy (CAMP) at the University of Leeds! Risk and uncertainty pose challen...

2nd CfA: Risk and Uncertainty in Ethics!

A cool workshop at University of Leeds, 20-21 May 2026.

Keynotes: Hilary Greaves, Claire Field, Weng Kin San.

Submit an abstract (max 500 words) to Nick Makins (n.d.makins@leeds.ac.uk) by 20 March. More info at philevents.org/event/show/1...

#philosophy

Helsinki just went a full year without a single traffic death The capital city is Finnish’ed with car-related fatalities.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement

The migration doom loop at work: does anyone in government seriously think that a strategy designed to keep out skilled workers and students makes either economic or political sense?

://www.ft.com/content/7408ad00-e4eb-41c7-8849-36061bc0eac1

PM: You get those migration numbers down?

Home Sec: Sure did boss, real fuckin damaging to public services and increasing the one voters hate most, just like you asked

PM: what

Arrr-guing about Concepts.