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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 · 3h
Farage hits out: Don’t judge me for what I said as a teenager. I’m much worse than that now!

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Jonathan Floyd @jonathanfloyd.bsky.social · 5h
Pls share/re-post! New Onora O'Neill Prize! Here's a brand new @ecpr.bsky.social book prize in pol-theory, regardless of whether it's your 1st/10th book! Had honour of asking Onora myself if she would lend us her good name: ecpr.eu/news/news/de... @biapt.bsky.social @psapolthought.bsky.social
Call for Nominations: Onora O’Neill Political Theory Prize
European Consortium for Political Research
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 7h
Very good!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10h
Liz Truss and the Trumpettes.

Pound shop Donald Trump tribute act.
ottoenglish.bsky.social Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h
The Deep State is a conspiracy theory.

I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
'I'm back': Liz Truss launches new show that promises to 'take on the deep state The former UK prime minister is making her comeback three years after her shambolic premiership. 7.48am, 5 Dec 2025 ^1.8k LIZ TRUSS HAS announced that she is launching her own podcast, which she says will "take on the deep state". The former UK prime minister is making her comeback three years after her shambolic premiership

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10h
The Deep State is a conspiracy theory.

I know we all find Truss amusing, but I find it deeply concerning that you've got an actual former Prime Minister even saying this stuff.
'I'm back': Liz Truss launches new show that promises to 'take on the deep state The former UK prime minister is making her comeback three years after her shambolic premiership. 7.48am, 5 Dec 2025 ^1.8k LIZ TRUSS HAS announced that she is launching her own podcast, which she says will "take on the deep state". The former UK prime minister is making her comeback three years after her shambolic premiership

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10h
I only changed my mind when I saw the betting markets on the evening of the vote.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 11h
I too regret some of the stupid things I said when I was younger: such as that we had nothing to worry about, the British people would never vote to leave the EU.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
"When governments take leave of their senses, it's the sane who get locked up." Ludwig Börne

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Uh oh. The iron law of investigation into the NHS. Every review into over diagnosis reveals under diagnosis and lack of adequate provision. (OK I exaggerate … probably.)

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnoses
The health secretary says the aim is to tackle a rising demand for services and pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
New definition of an intellectual. Someone who can say Abu Dhabi without thinking of The Flintstones.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
He should just have had a Ponzi scheme. He’d be a free man by now.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d
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Haitian ex-gang leader gets life in prison for kidnappings of US missionaries
The former head of the notorious Haitian gang 400 Mawozo was sentenced on Wednesday in a U.S. court to life in prison for masterminding the 2021 kidnapping of a group of American missionaries.
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Right for the wrong reasons.
kylegriffin1.bsky.social Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d
Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."

He is calling for Hegseth to resign.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
No 1 item on To Do list:

“Do not look at To Do list.”

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Trump joining the Prison Abolition movement. But only for Country Club members.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 1d
President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year, according to a document released online.
Trump pardons former top entertainment executive who was charged by his own Justice Department | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year, according to a ...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Remembering that book by Allan Bloom: The Closing of the American Mind. The idea was nonsense in 1987 - intellectual life was vibrant and flourishing - but it seems to be increasingly true now.
joshshepperd.bsky.social Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 1d
New School has been one of the most important humanities and social science universities in the world for the past 70 years. The humanities are collapsing at all of the pillars, and it won't be long until less prestigious institutions feel validated to call open season upon a number of departments.
shannonmattern.bsky.social Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 1d
Thinking of my New School friends whose programs have been closed (~30 of them), whose PhD programs have been indefinitely halted, and who are now receiving invitations to resign + accept severance payments — with the threat of 🪓 if not enough folks take the offer. A ✨-if-imperfect place ruined 😥

Reposted by Jonathan Wolff

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CNN @cnn.com · 1d
President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year, according to a document released online.
Trump pardons former top entertainment executive who was charged by his own Justice Department | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump issued a “full and unconditional pardon” for Oak View Group co-founder Tim Leiweke, who was indicted by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year, according to a ...
www.cnn.com

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 1d
New School has been one of the most important humanities and social science universities in the world for the past 70 years. The humanities are collapsing at all of the pillars, and it won't be long until less prestigious institutions feel validated to call open season upon a number of departments.
shannonmattern.bsky.social Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 1d
Thinking of my New School friends whose programs have been closed (~30 of them), whose PhD programs have been indefinitely halted, and who are now receiving invitations to resign + accept severance payments — with the threat of 🪓 if not enough folks take the offer. A ✨-if-imperfect place ruined 😥

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Jonathan Wolff

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d
Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."

He is calling for Hegseth to resign.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
Seeing a ‘Bus on Diversion’ sign and realising I need a ‘Professor on Digression’ t shirt.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d
War criminal, fraudster, climate criminal.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/c...
Trump Returns to Gasoline as Fuel of Choice for Cars, Gutting Biden’s Climate Policy
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
"Before my case could be settled, however, I had already left for Munich, lured there by King Ludwig of Bavaria's proclamation of freedom of the press. As I arrived, I found that the presses were indeed free but that all the writers were locked up." M.G. Saphir

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
Wykeham Professorship of Logic: Faculty of Philosophy in association with New College, Oxford.

The Faculty of Philosophy is seeking applications for the Wykeham Professorship of Logic, available from 1 October 2026.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
"Money is round and can roll away, but education is
forever." Heinrich Heine

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
What a pity no one is allowed to say White Supremacy or talk about Patriarchy any more.
jjponcevazquez.bsky.social Juan José Ponce Vázquez @jjponcevazquez.bsky.social · 2d
This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
Much better!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
Not in there, but there a brief, not very good, impersonation at one point.

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Tom Shakespeare @tomshakespeare.bsky.social · 2d
Happy International Day of People with Disabilities!

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 2d
Yep, that’s what I remember!! I would have seen them first a few years later. Thanks very much.

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HR Ryan @hrryan.bsky.social · 2d
I found this on Youtube. Brilliant! And even seasonal 🤣

I have a theory that it takes more talent to be funny than it does to be serious.

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