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Richard Moore

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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

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 · 15h

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 · 16h

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

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 16h

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 · 16h

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

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 7d

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 · 18d

It's a real life Mary case.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 18d

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

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 18d

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 · 22d

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

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 23d

Omg weak you should go to Sevilla instead.

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 27d

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

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 27d

Omg. I think it's a mouse.

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Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 28d

Well she looks thrilled to be there.

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · 28d

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

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Sep 1

But are you expected to record your lectures, just to make it easier for them?

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Sep 1

I am travelling to the ESPP in Warsaw. My flight from Birmingham to Frankfurt is delayed, and I will miss my Warsaw connection. Lufthansa's best offer so far is a 9pm flight from Frankfurt to Vienna, and then a late flight from Vienna to Warsaw.

Today will suck. But at least there's EC261 🥹

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Aug 31

If there's a paper in my field and it doesn't cite me, then it's obviously not a good paper 🥹

Richard Moore @richardmoore.bsky.social · Aug 31

But a landlord who forgot to charge rent would be good.