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hannah @hannahkateboast.bsky.social · Jul 28

Shaimaa has a funded place at Edinburgh to study for a PhD with me, but is stuck in Gaza due to Home Office restrictions. I'm proud of her for speaking about her situation on TV and grateful to reporter Paris Gourtsoyannis for covering her story. news.stv.tv/east-central...

'I have a lifeline scholarship to study in Scotland - but I'm trapped in Gaza'

Shaimaa Abulebda has been given the chance to reclaim some of her old life - but remains stuck in Gaza because of government red tape.

news.stv.tv

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · Jul 28

"There is something genuinely mind-bending about it, something exhausting and scattering of resolve when it seems that finally, something seems to be shifting and sanity is prevailing, and then it doesn’t."

Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · Jul 28

Once again @nesrinemalik.bsky.social with simple moral clarity cutting through the noise. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik

Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Jul 22

I graduated!!! First class honours in philosophy and got an award for getting the best grades on my course. Masters, you ain't ready for me 🧑‍🎓💞
#graduation #cardiffgrad

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · May 29

I do not feel 21 😆

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Cooperstreaming ♿️ @cooperstreaming.bsky.social · May 24

Some guy on Twitter made a point of announcing that thousands upon thousands of men are descended from rapists, and we women "aren't going to like it when [they] stop asking nicely."

Which, you know, surprise surprise brother, but you're also not going to like it when we stop refusing nicely.

The painting titled Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting portrays the moment that Judith beheads Holofernes, mid act of sawing his head off with a sword. Judith grasps his hair as he lies face up on his bed and cuts the sword across to behead him while blood spurts out of his neck. Another woman helps hold him down as he attempts to resist.

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Apr 11

Note to self: don't get four earlobe piercings all at once when you have a bad cold. Struggle central right now 😵 (I look great though 😎)

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Scary Corpse @damselindystopia.bsky.social · Apr 6

Coming round on the whole "trans joy" thing purely because of how upset it makes the worst people in the world when we're publicly happy.

That's right, I'm being joyful out of spite now.

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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · Apr 5

Difficult difficult lemon difficult

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Apr 6

Made my day 😅

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Apr 6

If this isn't a thick of it reference I'll be so sad 🤣

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Mar 14

Oh how this would go perfectly in one of my university modules on the philosophy of online speech 🥹

Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · Mar 14

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Mar 12

My fave philosopher did a talk at my university, and I successfully asked her a decent question - suddenly, my outlook on life has improved

Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Mar 5

Got an email that my fave philosopher is coming to do a talk at my university next week and I literally jumped out my seat. Received some odd looks....

Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Feb 27

"I can facilitate that" with the lil teeth bit when he's talking to the lone cybermen

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Feb 27

@gallifreyanrebel.bsky.social

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Katherine Wheeler || 💜💜 @wheelofkats.bsky.social · Feb 27

⭐ GIVEAWAY! ⭐

To celebrate its release, I am giving away CD copies of Call Me Master!

To enter:

🔁 Repost this post
👯‍♂️ Tag a friend in the comments
⭐ For an extra entry, comment your favourite Dhawan!Master moment or line

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Cardiff Philosophy @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social · Feb 25

Book launch!

Meaning: A Very Short Introduction
by Emma Borg and Sarah Fisher

Wednesday, 26 February 2025
18:00-19:00

Cathays, Cardiff

Full details ––

Book launch! Meaning: A Very Short Introduction

Join us to celebrate the publication of a new book co-authored by Cardiff University philosopher Dr Sarah Fisher.

www.cardiff.ac.uk

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Feb 24

An unexpected issue I am running into with writing multiple university essays on aspects of Austin's speech act theory is explaining the same concepts in ways that are sufficiently different to all my other essays to avoid looking like I've self-plagiarised. Shockingly difficult 😵‍💫 #philsky

Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Feb 14

I love #valentinesday it's a fantastic excuse to buy myself a prezzie and go out for a meal 😋

Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Feb 13

Never thought I'd spend hours of my day voluntarily just thinking about speech act theory and ways to expand upon it but here we are #philsky

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Feb 9

Starting to feel really great about my plans to go into academia and lecturing...

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jan 31

Universities announcing job losses and/ or course closures in just the last two weeks:
*Cardiff
*University of the Creative Arts
*Dundee
*Durham
*Kent
*Lancaster
*Newcastle
*Open University
*Reading
*University of the West of England

a cartoon of a dog sitting in front of a laptop with a speech bubble that says it 's fine me

ALT: a cartoon of a dog sitting in front of a laptop with a speech bubble that says it 's fine me

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Feb 9

My ethics of knowing essays for real omg 😭

Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · Feb 5

Me, typing out the phrase 'distinctively epistemic harms' again

A meme of a golden retriever wearing a tie and sitting with its paws on a computer keyboard, with a contented expression on its face. In the background, there's a scene of war with explosions, mushroom clouds, and planes attaching a city.

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · Jan 31

Well. "Cardiff University has £506m in unrestricted reserves, which has increased by more than 50% in a year."

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Cardiff University should use £500m reserves to avoid job cuts, union says

Cardiff University has £500m in reserves, but says that money cannot be freely spent.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Jules 💛 @julesinthetardis.bsky.social · Feb 5

The one thing that has made my university experience a good one is the staff on the philosophy team. The lecturers and staff at the university ARE WHAT MAKE THE UNIVERSITY. Their plans to cut over 50% of staff are morally horrendous and will lead to the downfall of the university as a whole

Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · Feb 4

A petition in support of the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Cardiff, who are being threatened with job cuts that would be devastating for staff, students, and the university

We Can Make an Impact.

SAVE CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ENGLISH, COMMUNICATION AND PHILOSOPHY

chng.it

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