Andy Burnham has been making the case for comprehensive education for more than a decade. From "I oppose selection with everything I've got" to "call time on the test", we've brought together some of his key comments on grammar schools and fair admissions. comprehensivefuture.org.uk/prime-minist...

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has long been one of the strongest political voices against school selection – Comprehensive Future

As Andy Burnham settles into Downing Street, Comprehensive Future is highlighting his longstanding support for comprehensive education and fair school admissions — ... Read more

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Using the internet using the train wifi. Strangely reminiscent of using the internet in the days of dial-up: opening multiple tabs at a time so the next one can be loading while you read the first.

My department is hiring a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. It's an open call in terms of research specialization, but we're keen to hire someone whose teaching/research speaks to PPE in some way. This is a great job in a great department. Please help me spread the word!

Loughborough International Relations, Politics and History@irph.bsky.social · 3w ago

JOB KLAXON! We're looking to hire a lecturer or senior lecturer in philosophy. This is a permanent, full-time teaching-and-research position. The deadline for applications is 26 August. Further details below. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSG697/l...

I love discovering that celebrities I like are big nerds. Did y'all know Dua Lipa runs a book club? Here she chats with @leaypi.bsky.social about the latter's book, Free.

Free: Dua Lipa & Lea Ypi On Freedom, Communism And Growing Up In Albania

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It's officially happening!

Are you interested in African Philosophy? I’ve made my notes and the course content available here: www.alexguerrero.org/africanphilo...

Just yesterday I discussed academic writing with students and distinguished Passable prose - academic tone & norms; very teachable Good prose - getting your points across well; teachable but requires a lot of practice Stylistic prose - life long quest, beyond the reach of most of us. Read a lot!

Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep@innkeep.bsky.social · 4w ago

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

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!

Donald Trump declared making more than 22,000 stock transactions in 2025, according to the FT analysis. His immediate predecessor, Joe Biden, made 13 transactions over four years. In his first term, Trump made 517. ft.trib.al/ld3ItuQ

Looking for a book cover for /Fitting Happiness/ (suggestions for themes welcome!). Amongst some better options, I was amused to discover this messed-up diagram: www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/...

Officially out on Thursday but these arrived today. So happy with how it looks. 🎉

What do you learn at university? 1. The difference between considering an idea for purposes of evaluation and advocating it. 2. The distinction between evaluating an idea and evaluating the person who proposes it. 3. The tension between ‘big picture’ and ‘fine-grain’. Skills, not (only) facts

I have a personal bias in favour of numbered sections. I think that they make cross-references easier and, more importantly, they make it possible to univocally identify citations when citing from a book/an e-book/a not yet laid out version of the same book. Page numbers are much less reliable.

"Today, on your way home, look at the “green” light on a traffic signal. It’s not green." [...] "But don’t bother taking a picture. It won’t work." Got to try this! moultano.wordpress.com/2026/06/19/w...

Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You

An atlas of the vibrance of the real world

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Open letter about philosophy job losses at Nottingham. Please consider signing docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open Letter: Opposing Compulsory Redundancies in the Department of Philosophy, University of Nottingham

We, the undersigned, call on the University of Nottingham to reverse its plans to impose compulsory redundancies on its staff in the Department of Philosophy. The University threatens to cut around o...

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Yes, self promotion sucks, academics, but if you don’t do it nobody will find out about your work. The point is to publish and be read, not publish and hope you are discovered by fate, lifted out of a humble and pure obscurity so that you may be both famous and retiring

We need the concept of an anti-tragic event.

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Who says there’s no good news around these days? 🥳🎉🍾

In my book I have a theory about fitting attitudes, which is that fittingness corresponds to facts about when the outputs of that attitude are permissible. Should I call this: 1) "FTP", Fittingness Tracks Permissions 2) "FITNOP" FIttingness corresponds to NOrmal Permissions 3) ?

In my book I have a theory about fitting attitudes, which is that fittingness corresponds to facts about when the outputs of that attitude are permissible. Should I call this: 1) "FTP", Fittingness Tracks Permissions 2) "FITNOP" FIttingness corresponds to NOrmal Permissions 3) ?

Next book on fitting fervor, or the fervible?

arr@arr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

english isn't for cowards. if you're not saying 'torpify,' that's a skill issue. there's no Académie Française telling you what to do. if you try to type 'pallific' and freak out when you see a little red underline, maybe you're not ready to roll with the big dogs.

Incredible!

womensartbluesky.bsky.social@womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter, London, 1916 #FridayFeeling ❤️

Beyond my book on happiness, I've been working away on /The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Desire/. The volume has 35 entries from many fantastic talented people, on a vast range of topics - wellbeing, decision, action, neuroscience, animals, pleasure, love, economics, AI, and more.

Yay. Very pleased to have contributed in a small way to this superbly edited volume, which will undoubtedly be a fantastic resource.

Alex Gregory@alexgregory.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Beyond my book on happiness, I've been working away on /The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Desire/. The volume has 35 entries from many fantastic talented people, on a vast range of topics - wellbeing, decision, action, neuroscience, animals, pleasure, love, economics, AI, and more.

Beyond my book on happiness, I've been working away on /The Routledge Handbook of the Philosophy of Desire/. The volume has 35 entries from many fantastic talented people, on a vast range of topics - wellbeing, decision, action, neuroscience, animals, pleasure, love, economics, AI, and more.

I've finally found some time to get back to work on my book. It's always a nice feeling when the finish line is in sight: it should be complete by the end of the year. alexgregory.name#HAPbook

This is a nice account of (some of) the value of the humanities, especially philosophy: napinillos.substack.com/p/the-honest...

The Honest Case for the Humanities

Or: Why I’m Tired of My Colleagues Making Arguments That Only Work on Us

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I'm always impressed how @wiglet1981.bsky.social generously promotes *others'* successes on here and Facebook - it seems only fitting to congratulate him in turn on this fantastic honour! An excellent choice for Oxford.

Rebecca Buxton@rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Extremely sad for us at Bristol, but delighted for my lovely friend and colleague @wiglet1981.bsky.social. All hail the new Wykeham Professor of Logic! *bows*

“It’s just common sense!” Bertrand Russell:

I mean, the food here looks fairly edible in the context of something made in the front seat of a van, and there is some serious skill here in not cutting, poisoning, or burning anyone involved.

George Pearkes@peark.es · 3mo ago

Saving this as reference for the next time the Brits get frisky about accurate assessments of the dire state of British “food”. (1/2)