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Jonathan Wolff, Political Philosopher. Fellow British Academy Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford Wolfson College President The Royal Institute of Philosophy THFC supporter in 'early season false hope’ mode. #academic .. more

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Jonathan Wolff is a British philosopher. He is a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy and Public Policy and Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. He was formerly the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Prior to his joining the Blavatnik School in 2016, Wolff's academic career had been spent at University College London (UCL), where he was, latterly, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. .. more

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 21

I’ve changed my header photo to this one. It shows my father Herbert and his sister Lotte with their parents Fritz and Marta in their Frankfurt apartment before Herbert and Lotte were sent to England on the Kindertransport, and later Fritz and Marta transported to Lodz Ghetto, final fate unknown.

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susankay81.bsky.social @susankay81.bsky.social · 43m

Breaking news: Nobel Peace Prize just awarded to Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela for her work seeking to move that country from dictatorship toward democracy.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it, Felon 47!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 45m

Starter Packs were once all the rage but what about Finisher Packs? Who to follow to break your addiction?

(Rhetorical question, not seeking suggestions. I could quit any time I wanted, thanks.)

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1h

What do you do?

Oh, I’m in Mergers and Acquisitions.

Really? I didn’t realise you are in finance.

No no! I’m a pluralistic political philosopher.

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3h

What are the tariffs on Finnish icebreakers?

CNN @cnn.com · 7h

The US Coast Guard is buying four icebreaker ships from Finland, further bolstering America’s ability to put military assets in the Arctic at a time when Russia and China’s influence in the region is growing — and as experts have worried the US is not moving quickly enough. https://cnn.it/4h7JcmX

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3h

Haha!! Posting without my glasses on always a bad idea.

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CNN @cnn.com · 7h

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 7h

Given his repeated legal failings can’t Trump be declared a vexatious president or something?

Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 12h

Perry: Four (4) federal judges have issued rulings in the past two (2) days in separate cases that cast significant doubt on federal officials' "credibility and assessment of what is happening on the streets of Chicago."

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 12h

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 13h

They’ve been on executive training courses and know the jargon.

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 13h

I’ve had several roles in this process. Been Dean. Been on panel to appoint a Dean in my own university. Been on a panel to appoint a Dean at another university. Typically goes better if they don’t see the post as just the next rung up the administrative career ladder.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h

The advice I give young people on choice of degree programme. Choose something you love. You’ve got the rest of your life to be frustrated and miserable.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h

I just mistyped ‘which’ and auto-correct offered me ‘feuchtwanger’. I’m not even joking.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h

For me it’s library access etc but nothing formally expected in return, which I believe is usual.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h

If you think Professors are absent minded wait until you meet an Emeritus Professor.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 17h

Alright. Anyone here actually heard of László Krasznahorkai before? Yet again feeling the depth of my ignorance.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20h

Even so, it would have been much better as a suppressed thought.

Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel Peace Prize news flash!

Trump still not getting it.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

I asked someone if his company had benefited from AI. He said ‘yes, the price of x (a material his company supplies) has rocketed’.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

Must be why so much academic work is so repetitive. People think they have to write a chorus.

Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Mar 19

#protip for academics: try singing your own new texts before publishing. If you cannot sing it, don’t publish it. Thank me later.

#AcademicChatter

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Sean O’Kane @seanokane.bsky.social · 1d

WSJ is reporting that the Truth Social post where Trump told Pam Bondi to prosecute Comey *really was supposed to be a private message*

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Inside the Justice Department Where the President Calls the Shots

The president has executed a wholesale transformation of the Justice Department, taking control in ways he could have only dreamed of in his first term.

www.wsj.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

You laugh but a lot of people have already made a fortune out of AI. Energy supply companies and companies that sell the materials grid infrastructure is made from, primarily, but business is business.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

Not thrilled with the term ‘Antifa’. Sounds sort of sneaky. Anti-Fascist has a much better roar to it.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

Some people like order, some thrive on chaos.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone remember The Pirate Bay?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

This was not a sample of academics.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

A German revolutionary living in Paris. Almost certainly real, just as there are police spy reports on Marx living in London 20 years later.

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Caroline Fiennes @carolinefiennes.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah,but you also recommended @jowolff.bsky.social and he turned oùt to be a total rabbit hole 🤣🤣

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