Grumpy Philosopher
@stevecooke.org
Grumpy. Associate Professor of Political Philosophy. Animal rights, ethics of activism, political philosophy.
Homepage: https://stevecooke.org/
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Grumpy Philosopher
@stevecooke.org
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Steve Cooke – Adventures in Philosophy
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I've built myself a website, which includes a list of journals for animal rights philosophers to submit to (organised by publisher), a couple of syllabi, my essay writing guide for political philosophy students, & articles that philosophers say have changed their minds: stevecooke.org
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Broken record, but it makes no sense to give the US unfettered access to European military installations and technology while Trump's actively threatening the safety and integrity of Europe. Can we get on this please?
What if the EU imposed export controls on icebreakers and whatever else they need to operate in the Arctic? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why the US is buying icebreakers from Finland
The Nordic nation leads the way when it comes to both the design and construction of the vessels.
www.bbc.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Broken record, but it makes no sense to give the US unfettered access to European military installations and technology while Trump's actively threatening the safety and integrity of Europe. Can we get on this please?
Just putting aside the fact that Liz Truss is a very strange conspiracy theorist, this tweet suggests she’s rooting for Reform. Someone should enquire as to her Conservative Party membership status.
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss tweets that Robert Jenrick is a "trojan horse" who is "getting his orders" from some unidentified shadowy force of global conspirators
January 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Just putting aside the fact that Liz Truss is a very strange conspiracy theorist, this tweet suggests she’s rooting for Reform. Someone should enquire as to her Conservative Party membership status.
The content of this is mad, but so is the style. Begins with a 53 word sentence! Commas all over the place, random capitalisation, stream of consciousness. It’s like the emails I periodically receive from obviously unwell conspiracy theorists.
Letter from Trump to the Norwegian PM says since he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize he’s decided he wants Greenland.
Even for Donald Trump, this is astonishing behaviour.
“Considering your country decided not to give me the Nobel Prize… I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
Even for Donald Trump, this is astonishing behaviour.
“Considering your country decided not to give me the Nobel Prize… I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
January 19, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The content of this is mad, but so is the style. Begins with a 53 word sentence! Commas all over the place, random capitalisation, stream of consciousness. It’s like the emails I periodically receive from obviously unwell conspiracy theorists.
Tim Stanley is at it again. It’s amazing what never suffering any bad consequences for writing stupid stuff, when you are paid ostensibly to write clever stuff, does to a person’s brain. Writing this is his job!!!
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Tim Stanley is at it again. It’s amazing what never suffering any bad consequences for writing stupid stuff, when you are paid ostensibly to write clever stuff, does to a person’s brain. Writing this is his job!!!
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Reform's vetting procedures:
January 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Reform's vetting procedures:
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Yes, 30% of Republicans would approve illegally attacking a peaceful NATO ally to annex territory.
Source: www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
Source: www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
January 18, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Yes, 30% of Republicans would approve illegally attacking a peaceful NATO ally to annex territory.
Source: www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
Source: www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-tru...
Reform attracting a lot of people who are best described with one or two words that sound very like ‘racist’.
January 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Reform attracting a lot of people who are best described with one or two words that sound very like ‘racist’.
Kemi doing what Kemi always does: speak without thinking, say something incredibly foolish.
Kemi Badenoch two days ago: "I'm 100% confident" there will be no more defections to Reform
January 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Kemi doing what Kemi always does: speak without thinking, say something incredibly foolish.
Well, AFCON was a fantastic tournament, and there’s been plenty of drama, but this final is an absolute joke. I don’t really why the game wasn’t forfeit when Senegal walked off, and those refs should be banished from tournament football. Best team won, but that was shameful.
January 18, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Well, AFCON was a fantastic tournament, and there’s been plenty of drama, but this final is an absolute joke. I don’t really why the game wasn’t forfeit when Senegal walked off, and those refs should be banished from tournament football. Best team won, but that was shameful.
Andrew Rosindell and Robert Jenrick in a single week! Reform really is attracting the worst people in Parliament. I await the news that Chris Pincher, Owen Paterson, Ahmad Khan, & Chris Davies are following them. Assume Nick Griffin some time later.
January 18, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Andrew Rosindell and Robert Jenrick in a single week! Reform really is attracting the worst people in Parliament. I await the news that Chris Pincher, Owen Paterson, Ahmad Khan, & Chris Davies are following them. Assume Nick Griffin some time later.
It feels like only minutes since we last had a Bluesky fight about food between British and American people. I think we all know there are no good processed American foods though.
I am making the supreme sacrifice in the name of solidarity. For as long as Trump is threatening Greenland I will boycott American bread and chocolate.
January 18, 2026 at 7:51 PM
It feels like only minutes since we last had a Bluesky fight about food between British and American people. I think we all know there are no good processed American foods though.
I am very bored, & my children refuse to entertain me, so I have ranked all of the Spurs managers since my wife introduced me to the misery that is being a football fan & we first got a TV. Marks out of 30 combining likability, win rate, football enjoyment. In conclusion: Frank out, come back Poch!
January 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I am very bored, & my children refuse to entertain me, so I have ranked all of the Spurs managers since my wife introduced me to the misery that is being a football fan & we first got a TV. Marks out of 30 combining likability, win rate, football enjoyment. In conclusion: Frank out, come back Poch!
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The embarrassing capitulation of the EU on trade and energy in the summer, followed by the humiliating U-turn of the EU over tech regulation in the autumn didn't even buy us goodwill from Trump to make it to the spring.
A lesson for appeasers.
A lesson for appeasers.
January 18, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The embarrassing capitulation of the EU on trade and energy in the summer, followed by the humiliating U-turn of the EU over tech regulation in the autumn didn't even buy us goodwill from Trump to make it to the spring.
A lesson for appeasers.
A lesson for appeasers.
It was already a difficult & irritating exercise to find well-written sci-fi and fantasy novels (so grateful for downloadable previews). The advent of LLMs has made this so much worse because, alongside the waste-mountain of dross, there are now a million useless AI-generated recommendation lists.
January 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM
It was already a difficult & irritating exercise to find well-written sci-fi and fantasy novels (so grateful for downloadable previews). The advent of LLMs has made this so much worse because, alongside the waste-mountain of dross, there are now a million useless AI-generated recommendation lists.
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2026 is seeing that the U.S. Army is mobilizing a unit specialized for winter conditions, but not knowing if the intended mission is violent repression of an American city or stealing territory from a U.S. treaty ally.
January 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
2026 is seeing that the U.S. Army is mobilizing a unit specialized for winter conditions, but not knowing if the intended mission is violent repression of an American city or stealing territory from a U.S. treaty ally.
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He's still committing his frauds against reality and getting paid for it. Falling upwards must stop.
January 18, 2026 at 2:35 PM
He's still committing his frauds against reality and getting paid for it. Falling upwards must stop.
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2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
January 18, 2026 at 10:12 AM
2024: can Europe defend itself ALONGSIDE America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
2025: can Europe defend itself WITHOUT America?
2026: can Europe defend itself AGAINST America?
“Ha ha ha, the offensive stereotypes I use of foreigners & my denigration of them is just a joke.” say absolute twats.
January 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
“Ha ha ha, the offensive stereotypes I use of foreigners & my denigration of them is just a joke.” say absolute twats.
One of my biggest regrets is not trying to find a job on mainland Europe while the UK was still in the EU. Now it’s so much harder, there aren’t any jobs, & a big chunk of the EU seems determined to embrace the far right, making life more miserable for absolutely everyone.
January 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
One of my biggest regrets is not trying to find a job on mainland Europe while the UK was still in the EU. Now it’s so much harder, there aren’t any jobs, & a big chunk of the EU seems determined to embrace the far right, making life more miserable for absolutely everyone.
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Still true.
There's also going to be a lot of cognitive dissonance for some folks in British politics when they discover that France is the UK's closest ally now.
January 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Still true.
That article is quite something. Tim Stanley calling for us to recreate the country as an isolationist republic ‘with a king’ Unhinged. a) republics can’t be monarchies, b) it’s impossible to be ‘sublimely uninterested in foreign affairs’ & a functioning country. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
January 18, 2026 at 12:02 PM
That article is quite something. Tim Stanley calling for us to recreate the country as an isolationist republic ‘with a king’ Unhinged. a) republics can’t be monarchies, b) it’s impossible to be ‘sublimely uninterested in foreign affairs’ & a functioning country. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
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The Wayland-Yutani Corporation wishes to acknowledge President Trump's support for biotechnology research vital to the national defence
January 18, 2026 at 10:20 AM
The Wayland-Yutani Corporation wishes to acknowledge President Trump's support for biotechnology research vital to the national defence
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I’m old enough to remember when many of the voices saying very little tonight told us very loudly that Obama and Biden were anti-British.
January 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I’m old enough to remember when many of the voices saying very little tonight told us very loudly that Obama and Biden were anti-British.