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So a whole lot of my talented Humanities colleagues are now unemployed as of today. A lot of understandable concern over Exeter. But for over two decades my Hums colleagues were in the top quartile for their research contribution to society. History top 10. Now gone with only a national whisper.

It's very painful inside 95% of universities. The reality is that (a) 25% to 33% of posts will close; (b) a handful of unis will go bust and be forcibly merged; (c) Arts and Humanities will be restricted to a small number of institutions whose disgraceful behaviour certainly won't be forgotten.

Owen Davies@odavies9.bsky.social · 4d ago

So a whole lot of my talented Humanities colleagues are now unemployed as of today. A lot of understandable concern over Exeter. But for over two decades my Hums colleagues were in the top quartile for their research contribution to society. History top 10. Now gone with only a national whisper.

I have this.

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I seem to be prefacing everything with ‘I seem to’ these past few days and it would seem this might be because I’ve been reading a lot of Sextus

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Happy 100th to Mel Brooks! It’s still not too late to make ‘A History of the World Part II’

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Our Book Prize judges have their work cut out! We've received an impressive stack of entries for the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Book Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy. Pictured: the Chair of the 2026 Judging Panel, @csandis.bsky.social Watch this space for updates later in the year.

And there are still more on the way!

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Our Book Prize judges have their work cut out! We've received an impressive stack of entries for the Nayef Al-Rodhan International Book Prize in Transdisciplinary #Philosophy. Pictured: the Chair of the 2026 Judging Panel, @csandis.bsky.social Watch this space for updates later in the year.

In the 1997 film Contact (and the Carl Sagan novel it is based on), the word ‘Vegans’ refers to the alien inhabitants of a planet orbiting the bright star Vega. Us earthly vegans have come a long way…

With our friend and collaborator, the one and only Scarlet Rivera 🎻 who blew the roof off Dingwalls in Camden last night! Oh and check out her ‘Fk ICE’ t-shirt 👌 Picture credit: the lovely Madelyn Most

Elated to receive my copies of Why Camus Matters, by the inimitable Matthew Sharpe! Out now (including a strikingly affordable paperback edition) with @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social, as part of the Why Philosophy Matters series I co-edit with Evgenia Mylonaki. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/why-camus...

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Well, it happened. A client disregarded my advice about using generative AI and guess what? It gave them bad advice AND the judge ruled that by using it, Client waived confidentiality and ordered us to turn a bunch of private stuff over. STOP USING GENERATIVE AI FOR LEGAL THINGS. I BEG YOU.

Wouldn’t surprise me if Streeting defected to Reform, quite frankly

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