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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.

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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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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.

Not long ago every tech related story was about machine learning and algorithmic bias. Presume that's still going on, although all we hear about now is LLM hallucination.

From BBC website. Trump's vainglory, creepiness, fraud, and ultimate futility wrapped into one.

Fair point!

Christ on a bike. Something the US is good at. And instead of showing magnanimity and humility the press turn it into a preening American supremacist boast.

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The U.S. women’s hockey team came into the Milan-Cortina Winter Games ranked No. 1 in the world. And two games into group play, it’s shown that ranking might be something of an understatement.
Hilary Knight ties US Olympic goal record in 5-0 rout of Finland team coming off stomach virus
The U.S. women’s hockey team came into the Winter Olympics ranked No. 1 in the world. Two games into group play, it has shown that ranking might be an understatement.
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Zuckerberg. Haven’t heard much about him lately. Must be weepingly grateful that the other tech billionaires are making him look like almost a regular nerd.

Social trust is the bedrock of a decent society.

Justice must not only not be done, it must also be seen not to be done.

Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
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Silicon Valley: Move fast and break things.

Socrates (in a dialogue called Acosta by Iris Murdoch if I recall correctly): In philosophy if you are not moving at a snail’s pace you are not moving at all.

So sad, so sad, so sad. If I say it enough I might believe it.
Morgan McSweeney is on the brink of resigning "on his own terms," according to the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Morgan McSweeney is on the brink of resigning "on his own terms," according to the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Trying to puzzle through why the British Royal Family got so close to the two most notorious paedophiles of modern times: Saville and Epstein. Lack of true friends leading to vulnerability exploited by masters of manipulation seeking cover through prestigious links?
New Epstein emails show how former Prince Andrew, and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson gave Jeffrey Epstein updates on their daughters. Ferguson also took Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie for lunch with Epstein while he was under house arrest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHIl...
Ex Prince Andrew Exposed His Daughters to Epstein
YouTube video by Newsweek
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New Epstein emails show how former Prince Andrew, and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson gave Jeffrey Epstein updates on their daughters. Ferguson also took Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie for lunch with Epstein while he was under house arrest.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHIl...
Ex Prince Andrew Exposed His Daughters to Epstein
YouTube video by Newsweek
www.youtube.com

Now wondering if there’s any bloated plutocrat who feels left out because he’s not in the Epstein files.

Yes, from Equality. I’m re-reading. A lot about unequal education at school age. I don’t recall anything about adult education but will let you know if it appears!

“What matters to a society is less what it owns than what it is and how it uses its possessions.” R.H. Tawney 1931

I hear it’s hard to get grits in Italy.
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.

To *Italy*.

I didn’t make a mistake, says Trump, you did! (By electing me.)

They seem to remove the leaves themselves!

Lost in the mists of discarded labels unfortunately.

Hellebores still blithely ignoring world events.

Hahaha! It is a novel, I’ll give you that.

“a new kind of boiled sweet which had, embedded in its sugary mass, a raspberry-coloured swastika that literally melted in the mouth.”

From Sebald’s Austerlitz - Czech German border area 1933. Has Trump got his own sweet yet?

Thanks Peter. Both literal and metaphorical, which as you know is a constant theme of mine. If London were to be abandoned by all but, say, those with four English grandparents I'm not sure how many there would be left here.

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'Swift remarks that mankind may judge what Heaven thinks of riches by observing those upon whom it has been pleased to bestow them.' Tawney

I pondered on how to phrase it. ‘London has no bedrock’ sounds like we are about to sink. It was explained to me that ‘London’s bedrock is gravel and clay’ - assuming bedrock means ‘supporting layer’ not ‘bed of rock’.

Gordon Brown very good on the BBC this morning. I know he got a lot of criticism as Prime Minister but consider his successors in office.

The Epstein files are turning into one of those accidental historical archives of preserved records like the Oxyrhynchus Papyri Manuscript (fragments from 32BC–640AD found in an Egyptian rubbish dump). But instead of shopping lists, bills and horoscopes it’s the elite manipulating the system.
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.

Don’t tell me that they are wasting all the money on anti-woke initiatives?

Fantastic!!