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Dr Woodbury-Smith

@kwhyphens

Visiting Scholar @ Dept of Philosophy, YorkU, Toronto Founding Exec. Member, @collectivewlp.bsky.social Founded @dulegalphil.bsky.social

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One of the things AI has done for me is to confirm my suspicion that a large proportion of people in academia really don’t like being in academia.

10.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0
International Women's Day 2026 theme is 'Give To Gain' What's the International Women's Day 2026 theme? IWD 2026 theme is Give To Gain. Join the IWD 2026 Give To Gain campaign

β€œWhen people, organizations, and communities give generously, opportunities and support for women increase. Giving is not a subtraction, it's intentional multiplication. When women thrive, we all rise.”

Happy IWD πŸ’œ

08.03.2026 13:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Four tickets to the Toronto or Montreal show (kids love them) would have been ~$1200. plus hotel. plus shirts (obviously). plus…. Both sold out before it even got to general sale. I really really hate that trying to go to a concert has become a sport and I hold the bands ultimately responsible.

07.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing with having a puppet as a leader is that your country can be tossed aside by the puppet master anytime he wants.

06.03.2026 23:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

i married a marc smith! who also loves mark smith!

06.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not contrarian at all! But anytime Black Thought shows up is a good time. And I really love the one with Mark Smith.

06.03.2026 12:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Me listening to new gorillaz: β€˜oh this will be my favourite track’
[next track gets going]
Oh ok- *this* is my favourite one

Rinse and repeat

06.03.2026 02:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In person attendance is by invitation only, but all are welcome to register to attend online: app.smartsheet.com/b/form/019cb...

05.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Poster for The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy's 4th Annual Conference featuring photos of the presenting scholars and titles of their papers: Lauren Ware on 'The Nature and Value of Emotional Suffering in Criminal Punishment'; Talita Ferrantelli on 'Defeating Secual Consent'; Nina Varsava on 'Authority and Acceptance.' Keynote address, 'Role Obligations within Unjust Institutions,' by Sophia Moreau.
This event made possible due to the generous support of the Society of Legal Scholars, The Mind Association, the University of Oxford Law Faculty Research Support Fund, and the University of Illinois Law and Philosophy Program.

Poster for The Collective: Women in Legal Philosophy's 4th Annual Conference featuring photos of the presenting scholars and titles of their papers: Lauren Ware on 'The Nature and Value of Emotional Suffering in Criminal Punishment'; Talita Ferrantelli on 'Defeating Secual Consent'; Nina Varsava on 'Authority and Acceptance.' Keynote address, 'Role Obligations within Unjust Institutions,' by Sophia Moreau. This event made possible due to the generous support of the Society of Legal Scholars, The Mind Association, the University of Oxford Law Faculty Research Support Fund, and the University of Illinois Law and Philosophy Program.

Another banger of a conference coming up this June by @collectivewlp.bsky.social. Looking forward to kicking back as an attendee this year. Oh wait, I'm Co-chair and co-organiser this year...

05.03.2026 14:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The urge I would have to do some light vandalism and add an exclamation point to that….

04.03.2026 12:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Christ. If a student submitted this as a serious piece of analysis they would not pass….

28.02.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, colour me shocked.

27.02.2026 22:28 πŸ‘ 730 πŸ” 205 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 14

This is unbelievable. Unbelievably sad. Unbelievably enraging.

27.02.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is he weak or does he actually have convictions in what he’s directing his cabinet to do?

27.02.2026 18:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We all know they (and bbc) were all set with a media package that lay blame on greens for a reform win by splitting the left wing vote. So prayers to those dim editors I guess who are scrambling today.

27.02.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is to remind people that Trump lied when he told us this billion dollar operation β€œobliterated” Iran’s nuclear program when in fact we just learned (from Trump’s Iran envoy!) it did nothing and Iran is now a week away from having a bomb.

25.02.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 1695 πŸ” 561 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 24
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Can’t cook without feeling intense guilt…

24.02.2026 20:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A screenshot of an Android app. Text:

β–² Nearby Glasses

Smart Glasses are probably nearby
Device: Unknown
RSSI: -42 dBm
Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E)
Company: Meta Platforms, Inc.

This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning.

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[19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

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[19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

[19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

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(0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID

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Meta Company ID (0x058E)

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A screenshot of an Android app. Text: β–² Nearby Glasses Smart Glasses are probably nearby Device: Unknown RSSI: -42 dBm Reason: Meta Company ID (0x058E) Company: Meta Platforms, Inc. This app notifies you when smart glasses are nearby. It uses company identificators in the Bluetooth data sent out by these. Therefore, there likely are false positives (e.g. from VR headsets). Hence, please proceed with caution when approaching a person nearby wearing glasses. They might just be regular glasses, despite this app's warning. Debug Log [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:40] Unknown (-50 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:41] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-34 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:42] Unknown (-57 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:43] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:44] Unknown (-42 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-40 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E) [19:08:45] Unknown (-63 dBm) Meta Company ID (0x058E)

I made an app.
play.google.com/store/apps/d...
Nearby Glasses is here to warn you when smart glasses are nearby.

I hope it's useful for someone.

Nearby Glasses's open source, free and rather simple
github.com/yjeanrenaud/...

It's also downloadable outside the Play Store. iOS port is in the making

23.02.2026 18:28 πŸ‘ 1990 πŸ” 1019 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 79
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With N-word incident, Bafta have shot themselves in the foot | Catherine Shoard In not editing out Tourette syndrome campaigner John Davidson’s shouted tics, Bafta have allowed their successful diversity drive to be overshadowed

"They did remove Akinola Davies Jr’s shout of β€œFree Palestine!” and Alan Cumming’s comparison of β€œLies, corrupt leaders, poisoning and persecution of a race” themes to America, it seems a perverse decision not to remove an appalling racial insult."

www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

23.02.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 595 πŸ” 179 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 11

I highly recommend watching the reel Dr Nwosu (cjnlegalnurse) posted to ig on this.

23.02.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Suprematism, by Nikolai Suetin, 1920-21, πŸ“Έ by @tiltoncreative

22.02.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 9983 πŸ” 2279 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 112

Love when my work habits are reinforced

21.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The answer is in that same paragraph where he warns what a progressive president would do with the same powers

20.02.2026 23:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I refuse to spend more than 45 minutes on anything before I have husband call because this is ALWAYS the way it goes

20.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

2/ If she wanted the information - ALL of it - she would have gotten it. So it's not that she lacked the possession of certain facts, it's that she *completely lacked* the curiosity and empathy to demand them. That is unforgivable.

19.02.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1/ I've read that Queen was not in possession of facts that the current monarch is now in possession of. I fail to understand why Palace reps say this as though it absolves her of responsibility. She was *The Queen*.

19.02.2026 22:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"The last royal arrest was in 1647 during the English civil war, when Charles I was detained by forces aligned with parliament. He was convicted of high treason and executed on 30 January 1649."

well then.

19.02.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Your daily bananas Trump corruption story:

It's about a bridge connecting Michigan to Canada that's due to open, until the billionaire owner of the existing clogged bridge called Trump and asked him to keep the new bridge closed.

Nuclear grade corruption. All out in the open.

18.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 1691 πŸ” 623 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 23

The Attorney General defended her decision not to prosecute child sex traffickers by observing that the Dow is up.

14.02.2026 02:53 πŸ‘ 613 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 5
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To the first responders and teachers in Tumbler Ridge who acted immediately to help those in need β€” you are the best of Canada.

13.02.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 1692 πŸ” 322 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 20