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Lucy Osler
@lucyosler.bsky.social
Philosopher at University of Exeter, 4e and phenomenological approaches to AI, digital technology, online sociality, emotions, phenomenological psychopathology, feminism. she/they

#philosophy #philsky

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✨CFA✨

I’m hosting a workshop on Social AI at the Uni of Exeter, generously funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy (10&11 Feb). If you fancy joining us to present your work, please submit an abstract!

Confirmed speakers: Rob Clowes, Pii Telakivi, Joel Krueger, Tom Roberts, & me. #philsky
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Getting packed up for my visit to the Human Abilities Center in Berlin 🤗 among other things, I’ll be running this awesome workshop with Jan Slaby on ‘The Self as a Political Problem’ - check out the amazing speaker list and do sign up if you want to join us (limited spots available) ✨
October 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
September 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Absolute peak academia at our sad philosophy workshop! The cosiest and kindest contemplation of exbots & heartbreak, grief & negative relations, and AI psychosis that you could wish for. Thanks @bexmillar.bsky.social, @lopezcantero.bsky.social & our lovely participants 🖤

hope we can do a part 2 👀
September 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Big move on the horizon and feeling far too emotional to clean my “offloading all my tasks to try and concretise my sense of identity and achievement” whiteboard 🫣
August 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Holiday books ready 💕
June 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Career goals unlocked

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March 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Some stolen morning moments with Simone Weil 💔

“The idea of a person’s being a thing is a logical contradiction. yet what is impossible in logic becomes true in life, and the contradiction lodged within the soul tears it to shreds”
February 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
@francescasobande.bsky.social treating us to a talk about baddiecore through the lens of queen of the damned!
December 13, 2024 at 2:14 PM
@geneickers.bsky.social is continuing the excellent discussion presenting on how social media shapes tranness and trans affect, impacting self-knowledge and self-expression
December 13, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Next up is @lvself.bsky.social showing how cis-normative sexgender “common sense” operates as a form of cultural imperialism
December 13, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Tracy Llanera (UConn) is kicking off our workshop on “Digital Transformations: Identity, Affectivity, and Gender” with her talk on White Terror Wolves and their agency
December 13, 2024 at 10:13 AM
@sarahafisher.bsky.social winning my attention again today with her awesome talk in LLM “speech” in our research seminar at @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social ❤️
December 11, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Lovely evening hosted by Cardiff and Swansea’s philosophical societies with Paddy McQueen and @bexmillar.bsky.social discussing the question of whether we should grieve forever 💔

#philosophy #philsky
December 3, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Join our hybrid workshop on 13 Dec with the amazing @geneickers.bsky.social, Tracy Llanera, @lvself.bsky.social, and Francesca Sobande to discuss “Digital Transformations: Identity, Gender, and Affectivity”!

#philosophy #philsky
November 29, 2024 at 1:34 PM
Outdoor cinema in Egypt
November 22, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Presidents’ heads in Virginia
November 22, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Eduard Bohlen shipwreck in Namibia
November 22, 2024 at 10:04 AM
November 17, 2024 at 8:39 AM
So delighted that Cardiff is hosting the Society for European Philosophy 2024 Annual Conference on 3-5 July with our incredible keynotes Sara Heinämaa, Irene McMullen, Sianne Ngai, and Monique Roelofs ✨

Call for papers open until 24 Jan, societyforeuropeanphilosophy.com/2024-confere...
November 15, 2023 at 9:33 AM
Making my slides for a talk on The Politics of Nudges and Niches at an awesome hybrid workshop being held at Nova Uni Lisbon this week, details of the event here ifilnova.pt/eventos/cogn...
November 6, 2023 at 2:53 PM
Cool event coming up in Cardiff through Image Works! Join us for an evening of discussion about - & creation of - feminist art with Lauren Elkin! 🎨

Your free ticket includes the author's talk with Q&A, a glass of wine, & a life-drawing session!
November 6, 2023 at 11:25 AM
This week we read Katharine Jenkins and Audrey Yap's papers on rape culture and rape myths. In our feminist film club, we paired our discussions with Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman
October 30, 2023 at 7:15 PM
Getting excited for my trip to Amsterdam next week to take part in this interdisciplinary hybrid workshop 'Experiences of Loss' organized by the incredible Sabrina Coninx. I'll be talking about interpersonal loss and loneliness in anorexia nervosa.

#philsky
October 20, 2023 at 10:01 AM
Finally sitting down to start a very overdue paper only to discover that I'm writing it on a totally different topic than I initially intended 😶‍🌫️ sorry objectification you've been thrown over in favour of (self)envy
October 19, 2023 at 8:53 AM