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visiting fellow LSE Sociology · editor at @philosopher1923.bsky.social · co-convenor @bsarace.bsky.social · he/him/they · Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)/London

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“DHS is expanding its efforts to identify Americans who oppose ICE by sending tech companies legal requests for the names, email addresses, telephone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize the agency”

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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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February 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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Such a great honour to have won @carceralgeography.bsky.social post grad paper prize on anticolonial reading of #migrationcrisis! #carcerality #phd #AcademicSky #BlackStudy #BrookeHouseIRC #SylviaWynter #FrantzFanon
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February 13, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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A short with Linda Kinstler on the theory that gives Trump a blank cheque for aggression. See the attached post for the full video. Please like, subscribe, and comment on YouTube!
#Philosophy #Politics #Corruption

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February 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
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RP2.20 is out now!

- Fanon-Tosquelles dossier

- Hashem Abushama on the actually existing 'state of Palestine

- Key MacFarlane on Henri Lefebvre in California

- Toni Negri and Sandra Harding obituaries

- Reviews on Lonzi, Fortunati, TJ Clark and more...

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Radical Philosophy issue 220 (Winter 2026)
Philosophical journal of the independent Left since 1972.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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philosopher1923.bsky.social
Sunday read:

"Epistemic Autonomy and the Free Nose Guy Problem"

Jana Bacevic examines the uneasy return of expertise during #Covid and asks how much epistemic trust a democracy can sustain without sliding into expert domination.

#Philosophy
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Epistemic Autonomy and the Free Nose Guy Problem
This essay examines the uneasy return of expertise during Covid-19 and asks how much epistemic trust a democracy can sustain without sliding into expert domination. Using the figure of the “Free Nose ...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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bsarace.bsky.social
We’re excited to launch our online research seminar series this Tuesday at 1pm 🎉 with Sara Khash and lisa minerva luxx!

Full programme and link to join can be found here: tiny.cc/2ohy001

#ArabStudies #BlackStudies #DuBois #Ethnicity #MENA #SWANA #Palestine #Syria #Sudan
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February 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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The new Historical Materialism newsletter is now out, featuring a suite of information about Marxist events, publications, CfPs and other resources.

To ensure you do not miss out, sign up to our new and improved newsletter from the bottom of our homepage: www.historicalmaterialism.org.
February 4, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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📆 🌍 We’re delighted to announce the programme for the Study Group’s research seminar series, Critical Currents! Join us for the first event next Tuesday at 1pm on Microsoft Teams.

⚡ Check out the programme here: tiny.cc/2ohy001
#race #ethnicity #AcademicSky #BSA #sociology #researchseminars
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February 3, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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#Philosophy Reading Group coming!!

90 min/week with host, Kate Warlow-Corcoran

"Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way" by Kieran Setiya (joining us Apr. 15th!)

Wed. Feb. 25 to Apr. 15 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
$82usd/£60 (half price for members)
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Life is Hard Reading Group – Zoom, Wed 25 Feb 2026 - Wed 15 Apr 2026 - OverviewIn this group, we will read and discuss Kieran Setiya's book Life is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way (Londo...
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February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Coming up: Mon. Feb 2 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"What Is We?"

If "we" is a method for enacting, apprehending, contesting, and instrumentalizing boundaries, then we can confront failure, impossibility, and the hallucinatory nature of the universe.

#Philosophy
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"What Is We? : Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan in conversation with Tara Emelye Needham – Zoom, Mon 2 Feb 2026 - The concept "we" is central to every field in the interdisciplinary humanities and social sci...
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January 28, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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We sometimes change in different directions from those we love, but how can braving the unknown together endear us to our lovers?
How do we cope with love being an endeavour fraught with uncertainty?

Join us Mon. Jan. 25 for ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
#Philosophy #Love
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"Love In Time": Fannie Bialek in conversation with Isabelle Laurenzi – Zoom, Mon 26 Jan 2026 - What does it mean to love as ever-changing beings in an ever-changing world? We live in time, and so we ...
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January 23, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Our #TopReads of 2025. Not necessarily published last year, but some books are just intemporel, such as Walcott's meditation on Black freedoms and Black life-forms. #BlackStudies #BlackAcademia
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The team at The Philosopher picked our favourite books that we read in 2025! We'd love to hear your favourites of the year as well!

See the full write-up at our substack or scroll down for an in-brief version. 1/12 🧵

#Philosophy #Booksky
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Editors' Picks: Reads of 2025
Special edition newsletter today!
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January 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026:

‘Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration & Citizenship’
Prof Bridget Anderson (University of Bristol)

📅 3.30–5pm, Thurs 12 Feb 2026 (followed by drinks reception)

All welcome!
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Beyond Borders: Rethinking Migration and Citizenship - Bridget Anderson
Please join us for the University of Manchester Sociology Annual Lecture 2026, followed by a drinks reception.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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Zero percent chance this is true.
CBS News on X: BREAKING: The ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good on Jan. 7 in Minneapolis, Jonathan Ross, suffered internal bleeding to the torso following the incident, according to two U.S. officials briefed on his medical condition. 10:51 AM
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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TODAY! Mon. Jan. 12 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
"#Indigenous Redirections in Political Thought"

Yann Allard-Tremblay with Leila Ben Abdallah to
discuss irreconcilable political options and argue that reconciliation must be transformative for both sides.

#Philosophy
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"Indigenous Redirections in Political Thought": Yann Allard-Tremblay in conversation with Leila Ben Abdallah – Zoom, Mon 12 Jan 2026 - North American Indigenous and dominant Euro-modern political trad...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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SEMINAR:

Denaturalisation & Modernity: Drugs & Racial Capitalism
Anne Pollock (KCL)

📅1-2.30pm Thurs 19 Feb
📌Manchester/online

All welcome
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January 8, 2026 at 11:15 AM
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Sunday read:

"The Philosophy of Fascism"

Jason Stanley argues that fascism abstracts from local history and reappears unders diverse conditions, organized around exclusionary nationalism, status grievance, and authoritarian leadership.

#Philosophy
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The Philosophy of Fascism
Fascism is often dismissed as a political phenomenon confined to twentieth-century Europe, but this assumption obscures its enduring ideological structure. Like democracy, fascism abstracts from local...
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January 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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We're looking for reviewers!
#Blackacademics #Blacksky #AcademicSky #philsky #philosophy #PhdChat #BookSky
philosopher1923.bsky.social The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · Jan 5
Call for Reviewers!

We're looking for 2,000-2,500 words of thoughtful analysis that highlights the significance of a book from the list below.

Send thephilosopher.print@gmail.com your choice, a short bio, and links to previous publications.

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January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Excited by our Winter Programme. Join us for our free and online conversations 🤟🏾
philosopher1923.bsky.social The Philosopher @philosopher1923.bsky.social · Jan 4
Announcing: On Philosophy, Winter 2026!!

All events are free, Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET)

featuring Angie Hobbs, Yann Allard-Tremblay, Fannie Bialek, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, Kaitlyn Creasy, and so many more!
#Philosophy #PhilEvents
On Philosophy - Winter 2025 (it should say 2026 - whoops!) Free via Zoom - Mondays at 2pm ET / 7pm UK (except March 2nd is 30 min later, and March 9th is 3pm ET) Jan. 5 - Why Plato Matters Now - Angie Hobbs with Jon Hawkins and Peter West Jan. 12 - Indigenous Redirections in Political Thought - Yann Allard-Tremblay with Leila Ben Abdallah Jan. 19, Feb. 16, - The Philosopher and the News - Alexis Papazoglou and guests Jan. 26 - Love in Time - Fannie Bialek with Isabelle Laurenzi Feb. 2 - What is We? - Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan with Tara Emelye Needham Feb. 9 - On Loneliness - Kaitlyn Creasy with Kate Warlow-Corcoran Feb. 23 - TBC Mar. 2 - Are We Still Human? Günther Anders in the Age of Automation - Christian Dries, Chris Müller and Elke Schwarz with Jacob Blumenfeld Mar. 9 - Philosophy in a New Era of Climate Change - Travis Holloway and Contributors Information and registration at thephilosopher1923.org/events
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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My new article for @krisisjournal.bsky.social shows how the depiction of artificial consciousness in @annaleen.bsky.social's novel Autonomous offers a new vantage on the search for a decolonial representation of the human. krisis.eu/article/view...

#AcademicSky #DecolonialStudies #SpecLit 🪐📚 🌈📚
Writing Ourselves Otherwise: Representation, Specularity, and Epistemic Humility | Krisis | Journal for Contemporary Philosophy
Krisis | Journal for Contemporary Philosophy – Open access journal published by University of Groningen Press.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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"Clifton remembers that to be home is to be within a polyvocal continent whose variety feels almost incomprehensible in comparison to this country’s circumscribed notions of #Blackness." #BlackArtsMovement #BlackFeminism #BlackStudies #CliftonHouse
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December 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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An important call to save sociology!
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December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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TODAY! Mon., Dec. 15 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK

"From the Quest for Immortality to the Right to Die"
with Paul Sagar and Alexis Papazoglou

Organ transplants, supplements, blood transfusions... Is the desire for longer life misguided?
#Philosophy

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"From the quest for immortality to the right to die": Paul Sagar in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom, Mon 15 Dec 2025 - Back in September, during a military parade at Beijing, Xi Jinping and...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The Autumn 2025 print issue of The Philosopher, "Crossing the Floods," is in the mail to all members!! Many contributors explore suffering and how we might cross its waters together.

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December 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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*TOMORROW* ⚠️👀Detailed programme is out!⚠️👀

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