Record heat. Bone-dry landscapes. Strong winds. Then the wildfires arrive. None of this should be surprising anymore. As heatwaves become more intense, the impacts cascade through ecosystems, infrastructure, public health, and emergency services. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Major incident declared in Wales as wildfires burn across UK

Residents near the Conwy fire have been evacuated, with at least 10 other fires across the UK this weekend.

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More than 2,700 deaths linked to UK heatwaves

For the first time on record temperatures of 35C or higher had been recorded in May, June and July of the same year in UK

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“The companies selling us new technology often assume that people most familiar with it will like it most. Our findings [about AI] show that this isn’t true." ⬇️

Kate Devlin@drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 4w ago

The UK AI pushback: 42% of people are deliberately limiting their AI use and 70% of people think it would be difficult or impossible to avoid being exposed to AI even if they wanted to. New report from us at @kings-dfi.bsky.social : www.kcl.ac.uk/news/over-40...

Montesquieu on #writing: “Often have I begun, and as often have I laid aside this undertaking. I have a thousand times given the leaves I have written to the winds […].”

Thanks to the Maison Française d’Oxford (@mfoxford.bsky.social) for hosting another wonderful UK Sartre Society conference this year…

British Academy President's statement on the UK's higher education crisis, July 2026.

British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

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Glad London has cooled down a little.

There are now over 2,300 people on my Philosophers list, plus over 250 philosophy groups and organisations in the orgs list! The #PhilosophySky (formerly PhilSky＋) feed is still the best place to catch up with all the latest #philosophy posts on Bluesky. Pin and ❤️ the feed if you find it useful! 🙏

Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · last yr.

Resources for philosophers on Bluesky: 1. Starter packs go.bsky.app/kiKSKZ (people) go.bsky.app/RMuQBg3 (orgs) 2. New PhilSky＋ feed 🦋 bsky.app/profile/did:... – uses #PhilSky & other common hashtags (see profile for more) 3. Lists bsky.app/profile/did:... (people) bsky.app/profile/did:... (orgs)

Keynote Addresses for this year's conference: Negritude and Ecology in Sartre, Fanon, and Césaire – Jane Hiddleston (Oxford) Will We Make It? Beauvoir and Jeunes Mères – Marguerite La Caze (Queensland) Ontological Pluralism in Sartre and Heidegger – Mark Wrathall (Oxford) 1–2 July in Oxford ...

UK Sartre Society 2026: Keynote Address titles and full information 1–2 July, Maison Française d'Oxford. Keynote Addresses from Jane Hiddleston, Marguerite La Caze, & Mark Wrathall - plus 28 selected papers. www.thebsp.org.uk/2026/06/07/u...

🏛️ Was Plato the first feminist? Or is Plato the feminist a myth? We're giving free access to 100 Papers That Shaped Our Thinking. 📖 Read this 1976 paper by Julia Annas: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #Philosophy #Feminism #Plato

Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Nottingham puts 2,700 staff at risk of redundancy

The University of Nottingham says it is facing

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Sign the Petition

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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I enjoyed two years in the Philosophy department at UH and had stellar students there from Herts and the north London commuter belt. This closure of Philosophy and local opportunities for young people like them is heartbreaking.💔

Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · 3mo ago

Can an institution that doesn’t teach #philosophy even call itself a university? This is a terrible loss to Hertfordshire and UK #HigherEducation. My heart goes out to staff and students who are affected. dailynous.com/2026/05/08/h...

A couple of weeks ago I gave a talk at the New York Institute of the Humanities about philosophy and the literary forms of biography and commentary (and how I have found Bernard Williams' scaffolding metaphor useful for thinking about both).

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JOB: Philosophy at Warwick are advertising two one-year Teaching Fellowships. Come and work with us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

Time to bring up that old post on what to call your favourite dead French philosopher. @philosofemme.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social www.sandrineberges.com/liberty-in-thy-name/what-to-call-your-favorite-dead-french-philosopher It has mistakes, but, as Kate says, it’s complicated.

There are indeed lots of exceptions. - when the particle is d' (d'Alembert) or du (du Bellay) - when the name is monosyllabic (de Lattre) But even then, exceptions have exceptions (Broglie is monosyllabic – it's pronounced "Breuille" – but nobody says "de Broglie did this"). Welcome to France 🤪

Also, it's 'Collins', not 'Hill Collins', and apparently no amount of pointing this out makes a shred of difference

Kate Kirkpatrick@philosofemme.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Liam has reminded me of something I've been meaning to do for a while: Why "Beauvoir" and not "de Beauvoir"? A thread 🧵

Liam has reminded me of something I've been meaning to do for a while: Why "Beauvoir" and not "de Beauvoir"? A thread 🧵

@lastpositivist.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Citing de Beauvour like

For London philosophy folks: a workshop on 'The Political Dimensions of Hegel's Aesthetics' (1 May, Senate House) #philtwit #philsky www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Political Dimension in Hegel's Aesthetics

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OUP tells me I should share this. And publicise my book. So here it goes. Please read my book. It has a pretty cover. It's cheap (for an academic book) and you can have this discount! Also please review it, somewhere fancy if possible!

I've created a list for Bluesky users who were part of philosophy Twitter back in the day. Help me populate it! Also happy to add people who wish they had been part of the old community. I've added a few names already. (Ask if you'd like to be removed.) bsky.app/profile/did:...

Parution aujourd'hui : Écrits et paroles féministes de Simone de Beauvoir

Went to the Gwen John exhibition at the National Museum in Cardiff yesterday and it was wonderful

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Bodleian Libraries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk · 4mo ago

NEW: Introducing the Bodleian Whispering Service. Too busy to read? Our expert librarians can now quietly narrate books, articles, and selected manuscripts directly to you in our reading rooms. Please note: whispering remains subject to standard library noise regulations.

L’édition Pléiade du Deuxième Sexe est sortie aujourd’hui !

Looking forward to this ”When knowledge isn’t power” workshop Wednesday at @philoswarwick.bsky.social ! It is taking place during #BritishPhilosophyFortnight – for more information about events and why #PhilosophyMatters see link in next post. ⤵️

Chenwei Nie@chenweinie.com · 8mo ago

Save the date (25 March 2026) for a workshop at Warwick on 'When knowledge isn't power', with an amazing line of speakers: Heather Widdows, Fiona MacCallum @fimaccallum.bsky.social, Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies @kmurphyhollies.bsky.social, and Quassim Cassam.

Thanks to @michaelreand.bsky.social and Philosophy and Gender Studies @notredame.bsky.social for the invitation to talk about my forthcoming commentary on *The Second Sex* earlier this week, and for the excellent questions and conversations!