Dr Woodbury-Smith
@kwhyphens.bsky.social
Visiting Scholar @ Dept of Philosophy, YorkU, Toronto
Founding Exec. Member, @collectivewlp.bsky.social
Founded @dulegalphil.bsky.social
Founding Exec. Member, @collectivewlp.bsky.social
Founded @dulegalphil.bsky.social
I’d say this is unbelievable, but then I’d have to ignore the past 10+ years of how the BBC has bent over backwards both-siding things to the benefit of the corrupt.
Wow. BBC journalists are now not even allowed to report the censored line from my Reith Lecture, that Trump is “the most openly corrupt president in American history.”
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
You can hear how carefully they’re forced to tiptoe around it. So chilling...
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’d say this is unbelievable, but then I’d have to ignore the past 10+ years of how the BBC has bent over backwards both-siding things to the benefit of the corrupt.
this is horrific
The death toll from the fire in Hong Kong has risen to 36, and 279 more are missing.
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
this is horrific
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Any university that formally adopts AI into its institution can no longer claim to have any form of sustainability pledge.
(Lookin at you, @ox.ac.uk)
(Lookin at you, @ox.ac.uk)
How Oregon’s Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Amazon has come to the state’s eastern farmland, worsening a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
Rolling Stone reports in collaboration with @thefern.org: www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Any university that formally adopts AI into its institution can no longer claim to have any form of sustainability pledge.
(Lookin at you, @ox.ac.uk)
(Lookin at you, @ox.ac.uk)
This is soul crushing to bear witness to.
Tatiana Schlossberg, the daughter of Caroline Kennedy, had just given birth when she was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. She writes about her fear of adding another tragedy to her family’s life. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CLpbsb
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This is soul crushing to bear witness to.
Burn
Top chant of @whitecapsfc.com vs. LAFC tonight - after LA player dives, "We have healthcare!"
November 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Burn
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothin'
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough…
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothin'
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough…
It's been SEVEN hours and
fifteen days
fifteen days
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothin'
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough…
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothin'
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger, and that feels so rough…
‘Your words are not your children’ -Prof. Benjamin Daise (my first phil professor)
What’s the most significant advice you received from a teacher?
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
I had a Geology prof who always said “have strong opinions, loosely held”
Be passionate, assess alternatives with conviction, take sides. But don’t fall so in love with your opinions that you can’t change them with better data.
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
‘Your words are not your children’ -Prof. Benjamin Daise (my first phil professor)
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I think this means that too many Labour MPs now own £1.5mn houses. Since they think of themselves as ordinary people it follows that a tax that hits them will hit “ordinary people”.
I sometimes feel like I am going mad.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
Owning a £1.5m home is not normal in London or the South East of England.
November 21, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I think this means that too many Labour MPs now own £1.5mn houses. Since they think of themselves as ordinary people it follows that a tax that hits them will hit “ordinary people”.
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It’s now clear that information on U.S. government websites can no longer be trusted.
It’s both heartbreaking and infuriating to see how quickly this administration has undermined science, public health, and the credibility of our scientific institutions.
It’s both heartbreaking and infuriating to see how quickly this administration has undermined science, public health, and the credibility of our scientific institutions.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It’s now clear that information on U.S. government websites can no longer be trusted.
It’s both heartbreaking and infuriating to see how quickly this administration has undermined science, public health, and the credibility of our scientific institutions.
It’s both heartbreaking and infuriating to see how quickly this administration has undermined science, public health, and the credibility of our scientific institutions.
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RIP Mani
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November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
RIP Mani
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
‘The driving factor behind the change is that more British nationals are thought to have emigrated in 2024 than initially recorded, with 100,000 fewer now thought to be living in the UK.’
So…. people are leaving the sinking ship ?
So…. people are leaving the sinking ship ?
UK net migration dropped more than first reported, ONS says
UK net migration dropped more than first reported, ONS says
Net migration to the UK last year was 20% lower than previously thought.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
‘The driving factor behind the change is that more British nationals are thought to have emigrated in 2024 than initially recorded, with 100,000 fewer now thought to be living in the UK.’
So…. people are leaving the sinking ship ?
So…. people are leaving the sinking ship ?
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40 years ago today our debut album Psychocandy was released. Thank you all for buying it over the years. We ran a competition to win Third Man Records test pressing of Psychocandy. Congrats to life-long fan Chris who won a copy.
40th Anniversary reissues themarychain.com/home
40th Anniversary reissues themarychain.com/home
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
40 years ago today our debut album Psychocandy was released. Thank you all for buying it over the years. We ran a competition to win Third Man Records test pressing of Psychocandy. Congrats to life-long fan Chris who won a copy.
40th Anniversary reissues themarychain.com/home
40th Anniversary reissues themarychain.com/home
“This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.”
WEIRD!
and also
YOU DON’T SAY!
WEIRD!
and also
YOU DON’T SAY!
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“This was a cynical strategic manoeuvre to avoid losing voters to the far right, but it seems, based on polling, that all they have done is prime their own voters to join the far right rather than stay with the Social Democrats.”
WEIRD!
and also
YOU DON’T SAY!
WEIRD!
and also
YOU DON’T SAY!
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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Nick Timothy, Tory MP most responsible for the Windrush scandal, gives Mahmood his support
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Nick Timothy, Tory MP most responsible for the Windrush scandal, gives Mahmood his support
Two pearls of wisdom from one of my favourite phil profs who marked up a draft of mine in red marker so badly I thought I was going to barely pass the Phil of Science grad seminar he was convening only to find on the last page that the work was ‘tracking a low A’.
“An inspiration for all who knew him:” Barry Allen remembered as an exceptional scholar, professor and mentor – Faculty of Humanities | McMaster University
www.humanities.mcmaster.ca
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Two pearls of wisdom from one of my favourite phil profs who marked up a draft of mine in red marker so badly I thought I was going to barely pass the Phil of Science grad seminar he was convening only to find on the last page that the work was ‘tracking a low A’.
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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I think those of us who voted Green imagined this.
November 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I think those of us who voted Green imagined this.
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The problem isn’t the rights. The problem, for the right, has always been that the ECHR treats immigrants as humans. It’s staggering to see Labour succumbing to this bullshit.
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The problem isn’t the rights. The problem, for the right, has always been that the ECHR treats immigrants as humans. It’s staggering to see Labour succumbing to this bullshit.
Christ in heaven….
(That’s all I got)
(That’s all I got)
“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
November 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Christ in heaven….
(That’s all I got)
(That’s all I got)
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What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
What a photograph.
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”
Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...