Dr Woodbury-Smith
@kwhyphens.bsky.social
Visiting Scholar @ Dept of Philosophy, York U, Toronto
Founding Exec. Member, @collectivewlp.bsky.social
Founded @dulegalphil.bsky.social
One spouse.Two kids.One dog.
Founding Exec. Member, @collectivewlp.bsky.social
Founded @dulegalphil.bsky.social
One spouse.Two kids.One dog.
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...
…should probably be titled: *This* Shutdown is Over
The longest government shutdown in U.S. history has ended, but the uncertainty for federal workers is far from over. “Even with back pay, we’ll still be starting behind and playing catch-up for a while,” said one Veterans Affairs employee who was furloughed for weeks. nyti.ms/4i4bP56
November 14, 2025 at 5:29 PM
…should probably be titled: *This* Shutdown is Over
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fuck this headline
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
fuck this headline
~80% of phd holders in Canada (2021 stat) currently are NOT in tenure/tt positions. What @mark-carney.bsky.social has done is devalue the Canadian PhD. Why get your degree here if you won’t get hired here?
#academicsky
#academicsky
U of T hires three top U.S. scholars, announces $24-million recruitment plan
University plans to bring on 100 postdoctoral fellows across a range of disciplines over two years
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
~80% of phd holders in Canada (2021 stat) currently are NOT in tenure/tt positions. What @mark-carney.bsky.social has done is devalue the Canadian PhD. Why get your degree here if you won’t get hired here?
#academicsky
#academicsky
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Many congratulations to the United Kingdom for winning the prestigious 'Fossil of the Day' award at COP30 for screwing over workers. climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...
h/t @amywestervelt.bsky.social
h/t @amywestervelt.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Many congratulations to the United Kingdom for winning the prestigious 'Fossil of the Day' award at COP30 for screwing over workers. climatenetwork.org/resource/sol...
h/t @amywestervelt.bsky.social
h/t @amywestervelt.bsky.social
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turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
turns out the emails we should have been reading in 2016 were from the NYT
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1 million views: Virginia speaks about her abuse by Epstein/ Maxwell. youtu.be/LNLQmpT4oQ0?...
Exposing Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking empire | 60 Minutes Australia
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 11:48 AM
1 million views: Virginia speaks about her abuse by Epstein/ Maxwell. youtu.be/LNLQmpT4oQ0?...
If it’s not at Rona or Canadian Tire, I don’t need it.
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
If it’s not at Rona or Canadian Tire, I don’t need it.
This is it right here, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . Until *public* moves are made to remove the person responsible for this (@schumer.senate.gov), people will doubt the sincerity of your votes and those who voted alongside you. You can either regain trust or be doubted. It’s not hard.
Don’t believe it unless you take action to oust Schumer. Otherwise, just looks like the caucus worked together to pick the least vulnerable Dems at the next election cycle to give you all cover. Enough with the empty rhetoric.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is it right here, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social . Until *public* moves are made to remove the person responsible for this (@schumer.senate.gov), people will doubt the sincerity of your votes and those who voted alongside you. You can either regain trust or be doubted. It’s not hard.
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The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.
It’s not freaking rocket science, @schumer.senate.gov. You either vote against trump’s agenda at all times or you help him achieve his aims.
Bullies gain power when their misconduct succeeds in causing righteous people to yield in the face of wrongdoing. That’s why voting for Trump's continuing resolution - without any protection against his health care cuts or his growing illegality - is a mistake.
I voted NO.
I voted NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
It’s not freaking rocket science, @schumer.senate.gov. You either vote against trump’s agenda at all times or you help him achieve his aims.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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If there’s one thing @schumer.senate.gov knows how to do it’s snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
If there’s one thing @schumer.senate.gov knows how to do it’s snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
I don’t even know how to find this “ChatGPT”. No one tell me.
Recently met someone who was very surprised to hear I didn’t use ChatGPT or any LLM.
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
I said my job depended on doing distinctive work. That was my selling point. If I started to sound like ChatGPT and turn out what it did, then how on earth could I justify doing it? What would that make me?
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I don’t even know how to find this “ChatGPT”. No one tell me.
One week!!
9 Days left!!
12 days left to submit an abstract!
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One week!!
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RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
RIP James Watson, co-discoverer of Rosalind Franklin's notes
Can confirm
I just heard a bunch of middle schoolers were all abuzz about…are you ready? They’re buzzing about JD Vance and Kirk’s wife.
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Can confirm
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Today in history: Five years ago, we had the Four Seasons Landscaping press conference.
Please celebrate responsibly.
Please celebrate responsibly.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Today in history: Five years ago, we had the Four Seasons Landscaping press conference.
Please celebrate responsibly.
Please celebrate responsibly.
My brilliant 15 year old talks a lot about what she wants to study at university and I don’t have the heart to reply ‘what university?’ But, really, WHAT UNIVERSITY??
After squandering millions on Castle Meadows purchase, University of Nottingham is now axing modern languages & music
It also plans to cut its nursing programme
Leaders of the bungleocracy continue to draw handsome salaries
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It also plans to cut its nursing programme
Leaders of the bungleocracy continue to draw handsome salaries
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
My brilliant 15 year old talks a lot about what she wants to study at university and I don’t have the heart to reply ‘what university?’ But, really, WHAT UNIVERSITY??
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Union statement and Conde statement
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Union statement and Conde statement