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Richard Moore

@richardmoore.bsky.social

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Professor of Philosophy and Director of the EPP BA/BSc at the University of Warwick. My UKRI-funded FLF Communicative Mind project researches human and non-human great ape communication and cognition, and the evolution of language. 🇪🇺🍉 he/him

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 13h

It wasn't clear what you meant. Maybe that's because I'm stupid, or maybe the lack of context made the post less clear than you thought. Please don't tell me to fuck off.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 15h

I don't disagree, but that's not what Liam initially said.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 16h

It's not at all morally objectionable *if* the people want it. But it's morally objectionable if they don't.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 16h

I've always worried about Thiel being so rich, sinister, and clever. Turns he's just rich, sinister, and a deluded fantasist whose mind has lost touch with reality.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 3d

I guess it's hard to argue with that. Especially when I'm so invested in you settling down and raising children with Dominic Cummings.

A picture of Dominic Cummings wearing an oversized coat and looking gaunt and intense. He is grimacing and holding a stack of printed papers, the writing on which is indecipherable. He seems to be walking through a back alley and is surrounded by discarded bits of furniture.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 3d

And yet when asked how they'd vote, they say no. I genuinely don't know what you think you're showing. There's clearly a difference between having a passport and having political unification, and that difference matters to the people being asked. Your saying otherwise doesn't change their reply.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 3d

Except that a majority of people in NI still don't want unity.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 3d

I don't know what this shows. You can have passports from twi different countries and not want those countries to be politically unified.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 3d

That's a weird thing to hope for when a majority of people in NI don't want it.

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 4d

The genocide in Palestine is real, and Netanyahu and his peers belong in the Hague. But this comment is still appalling.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 9d

For anyone unfamiliar with her work, In the Shadow of Man is a great place to start.

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 9d

What a loss for the field of primatology. A genuine pioneer, a brilliant scientist, and an inspirational writer.

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour

www.theguardian.com

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 10d

First thing, unless you're on the job market, unsubscribe from every Listserve and notification. If people want you for something, they can write to you personally with a non-spammy subject line.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 10d

I'd delete the unread ones, at least. My OCD can't cope with the prospect of 850 people demanding my attention.

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 20d

It's a real life Mary case.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 20d

Max Dowman has a year to break it. I would expect him to do it before Christmas.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 21d

Combine this with the fact that you don't have an account and don't want one, they make one for you anyway ...

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 24d

They got you a scented box. That's much better than an unscented box.

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 26d

Omg weak you should go to Sevilla instead.

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Sep 11

Don't disinfect it though. Just maybe leave more raisins and seeds and grains.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Sep 11

Omg. I think it's a mouse.

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Sep 10

Well she looks thrilled to be there.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Sep 10

rofl

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Sep 8

Eleven weeks for a rejection without comments!

What does 'Withdrawn/Failed Pre-Assessment' mean, and how is it different from a desk reject? I can imagine some of those might be authors who got sick of waiting 77 days for a rejection without comments, but surely not all of them?

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Sep 6

So much money and still they're willing to sell their dignity.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 6

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault