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Jonathan Wolff,
Political Philosopher.
Fellow British Academy
Emeritus Professor Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford
Wolfson College
President The Royal Institute of Philosophy
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Jonathan Wolff is a British philosopher. He is a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy and Public Policy and Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College, Oxford. He was formerly the Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. Prior to his joining the Blavatnik School in 2016, Wolff's academic career had been spent at University College London (UCL), where he was, latterly, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. .. more

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · Nov 21
I’ve changed my header photo to this one. It shows my father Herbert and his sister Lotte with their parents Fritz and Marta in their Frankfurt apartment before Herbert and Lotte were sent to England on the Kindertransport, and later Fritz and Marta transported to Lodz Ghetto, final fate unknown.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h
Yes they were, but they were not available in the USA.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h
Available a little later than Pfizer and Moderna I think? But I’m a bit hazy now.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h
Labour Party seems to have moved from:

“We will look out for you, from the cradle to the grave.”

To

“Life’s unfair. Deal with it.”

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h
Could this be the Turning Point we were looking for?

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h
Am I right in thinking that the only early COVID vaccine not based on mRNA was the Oxford/Astra Zeneca one which never received approval in USA?
sheencr.bsky.social Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 14h
RFKJr has cut ALL mRNA vax research in the USA where all the work discussed in this thread was developed. Other countries can step in. But the rhetoric about mRNA vax from the likes of him are HUGELY harming the trust in mRNA vaccine technology. We address common questions n myths here
independentsage.org

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Brigitte Nerlich, Jonathan Wolff

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 14h
RFKJr has cut ALL mRNA vax research in the USA where all the work discussed in this thread was developed. Other countries can step in. But the rhetoric about mRNA vax from the likes of him are HUGELY harming the trust in mRNA vaccine technology. We address common questions n myths here
independentsage.org

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14h
I don’t know if anyone noticed but this post was inspired by the 1983 film of Willy Russell’s play Educating Rita.

A working class mature student (Julie Walters) visits her Open University tutor (Michael Caine)’s house and reports to her friend

“It’s so unpretentious. Books and plants everywhere.”
jowolff.bsky.social Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3d
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22h
Quite! Many thanks for watching

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
At the moment we have an independent judicial appointments committee I think. But anything could be changed I suppose.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve had good and bad jury experiences. On one - a blackmail case - people took it very seriously in the main. In another several jurors were convinced the defendant had admitted to the offence - but of course he hadn’t. Though their instincts that he was a serial offender turned out spot on.

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff, James Goodwin

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
John Stuart Mill thought they were a good training for citizenship. He may well have been wrong of course.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks Thomas! I don’t think it will be broadcast. Might be recorded. There are a few of my lectures on YouTube. This one has the highest production values!

Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=06hC...
The Alfred Landecker Memorial Lecture: Political ideology in the 1930s: lessons for the 2020s
YouTube video by Blavatnik School of Government
www.youtube.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
The two phases of innovation:

First, marketing products by announcing they include the novelty (asbestos, plastic, hydrogenated fat, AI).

Second, marketing premium products that avoid the novelty.
davey.bsky.social Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 1d
The Decolonial Atlas: "One of the many ironies of the anti-immigrant sentiment in Europe today is that it fails to acknowledge Europe’s own history of emigration. ... Europeans are the world’s largest diaspora, with an estimated population of over 480 million people."
world map showing places Europeans have migrated to in blue, with large numbers in the Americas, Australia, South Africa, and throughout northern Asia.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Where your emails will find me tomorrow at 5.00 pm.

My talk is entitled 'Posterity and the "Me Generation"'

www.kcl.ac.uk/events/keyno...
Keynote lecture by Professor Jonathan Wolff for the PPE Graduate Conference | King's College London
We welcome Professor Jonathan Wolff (University of Oxford) as the keynote lecturer for the inaugural PPE graduate conference.
www.kcl.ac.uk

Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy, Jonathan Wolff

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The Progress Network @progressntwrk.bsky.social · 1d
📉London has recorded the lowest number of murders in 2025 since monthly records began!

😮That number represents a fall of almost 60% compared to 2003.

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Elizabeth Saunders, Rebecca Solnit , and 4 more

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Davey Alba @davey.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.

Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com

Reposted by John Hogan

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Dating everything now to BAI and AAI - before AI and after AI - to warn how reliable any information source is likely to be.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Certain themes emerged which I sampled …

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
1,000 comments, almost 1,000 quote posts. This little post has generated enough content to be the subject of a PhD. Well, maybe a MA thesis.
jowolff.bsky.social Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3d
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Land of the what, home of the who?
theintercept.com The Intercept @theintercept.com · 2d
So. How many of you are in trouble? interc.pt/3KhNsEp
A photo of a detailed view of the badge worn by Matthew Elliston during an ICE hiring event on Aug. 26, 2025, in Arlington, Texas, overlaid with the headline, "The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine," and the DEK, "Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment."

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Jonathan Wolff, Huw Price , and 6 more

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Eran Tal @erantal.bsky.social · 1d
🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and Department of Philosophy, McGill University - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity...
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 2d
The criminal cases against both James Comey and Letitia James are dismissed. A total humiliation for Donald Trump and Pam Bondi. — And it’s only Monday.

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 2d
So. How many of you are in trouble? interc.pt/3KhNsEp
A photo of a detailed view of the badge worn by Matthew Elliston during an ICE hiring event on Aug. 26, 2025, in Arlington, Texas, overlaid with the headline, "The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine," and the DEK, "Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment."

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
How’s your Monday morning going?
Photo of filthy, bedraggled soft top, smoking a cigarette, hanging from Road sweeper’s yellow cart.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3d
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Steve Peers, John McLaren , and 1 more

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 3d
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3d
Very similar to the tactics Saul Alinsky recommended in Rules for Radicals (1972). Best book I know of on the tactics of civil protest.
victinibcn.bsky.social Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 3d
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3d
But I'm sure Zelensky must have said, quite accurately, 'Thanks for nothing!'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Ukraine war: Trump says Ukraine ungrateful as officials meet to convince Kyiv to accept peace proposals
Ukraine's allies have expressed concern that the plan favours Russia, but Zelensky says Kyiv's interests could be included.
www.bbc.co.uk