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Jo Wolff
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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 THFC supporter in 'early season false hope’ mode. #academic .. more

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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 · 3h
In the superb Handel/Hendrix house in Mayfair. They let me dress up as both at once. As they point out, they are celebrating two immigrants to London
Me sitting wearing a blue frock coat with gold decorations.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 8h
They can dish laws out but they can’t take them.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 8h
See screenshot above!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 11h
Very very good!
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 11h
Assumptions about human motivation you learn in Econ 101 don’t apply to anyone except the people who write economics textbooks.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 12h
Yes but it’s been Halloween in the US for months now.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 12h
Not to the point but reminded of a friend who got her litres and centilitres muddled on her customs declaration and was asked to pay duty of thousands of pounds on a bottle of spirits.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h
About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages
Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h
About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages
Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 20h
I mean …
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21h
Who is occasionally saving my posts? It’s not you again is it, US border agents?
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21h
RFK:

We’re ending the Nanny State.

Hilaire Belloc:

And always keep a-hold of Nurse
For fear of finding something worse.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
And, I suppose, autism can be passed on through generations as adults who take Tylenol also give it to their children.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d
Some good news: Most people don't trust Trump and RFK Jr.'s claims about autism.
Just four percent of respondents told a KFF poll they believed the claim was definitely true, while 30 percent said it was probably false and 35 percent said it was definitely false
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Only 4% of Americans think Trump claims about Tylenol and autism ‘definitely true’
Americans are largely divided on partisan lines on whether they trust the Trump administration’s health claims on autism and vaccines
www.independent.co.uk
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Fired up an old iPad today. It was stuck on 2015. Obama was in the White House and the UK was in the EU. Sigh.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
I haven’t played Civilization for decades. But I do remember finding it highly problematic that achieving monotheism was seen as an important mark of progress.
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Tech-Based Teaching @edutecheditor.bsky.social · 1d
“Since 1991, the video game Civilization, now in its seventh installment, has become one of the most successful game franchises ever. That means millions of kids have grown up with Civ as one of their formative ways of thinking about history.” (via @jstor.bsky.social) #AcademicSky
History and Civilization - JSTOR Daily
The Civilization video games may not convey actual history very well, but they’ve encouraged generations of young people to learn more about the past.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Was reminded of a neuro-surgeon who, on hearing I was a political philosopher, told me that society needs wars every couple of generations to ‘get rid of the riff-raff’. People like him are in charge of things now.
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d
Some good news: Most people don't trust Trump and RFK Jr.'s claims about autism.
Just four percent of respondents told a KFF poll they believed the claim was definitely true, while 30 percent said it was probably false and 35 percent said it was definitely false
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Only 4% of Americans think Trump claims about Tylenol and autism ‘definitely true’
Americans are largely divided on partisan lines on whether they trust the Trump administration’s health claims on autism and vaccines
www.independent.co.uk
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Tech-Based Teaching @edutecheditor.bsky.social · 1d
“Since 1991, the video game Civilization, now in its seventh installment, has become one of the most successful game franchises ever. That means millions of kids have grown up with Civ as one of their formative ways of thinking about history.” (via @jstor.bsky.social) #AcademicSky
History and Civilization - JSTOR Daily
The Civilization video games may not convey actual history very well, but they’ve encouraged generations of young people to learn more about the past.
buff.ly
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Withering sarcasm is more my thing.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
The new Faustian pact? Yes you can become rich beyond your wildest dreams but it rots your brain.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d
The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Portland baristas: “If ICE agents come to buy a coffee, serve them robusta.”
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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d
It’s the Portland way.
LA: we will fight you. Chicago: we will fight you. PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
There appears to be some overlong sporting event taking place in the US. Either that or the cool kids have a new jargon that I haven’t caught in on to.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Where’s Freud when you need him?
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d
Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district
A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.
www.thepinknews.com
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Reminds me of the old quip: I have the body of a man half my age. Unfortunately he’s in terrible shape.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 1d
It’s the Portland way.
LA: we will fight you. Chicago: we will fight you. PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Trump got a Covid vaccine today.
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d
Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...
Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district
A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.
www.thepinknews.com
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
Lilac I think.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
Fall foliage trail on my terrace is very short but exquisite.
A few red leaves from a pot plant.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
Cancel my subscription to the resurrection.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner dedicates her award to Trump
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Machado 'for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 2d
The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
www.washingtonpost.com
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