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@nonamename.bsky.social

they/them │ political & feminist #philosophy of language | Cardiff Uni, Bristol based│ working on the communicative force of silence and trans linguistic practices │ when I don't do philosophy, I do circus stuff

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She’d Never Changed Her Gender Marker. Kansas Invalidated Her License Anyway. — Assigned A trans Kansas resident recently changed her name but not her gender marker on her license, fearing what Kansas may do if she did. The Kansas DMV still flagged her ID.

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

03.03.2026 12:05 — 👍 3553    🔁 1623    💬 72    📌 267

Ah no idea why! Can you give me your email address? Then I'll add you! :)

03.03.2026 12:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Awesome!!! Do you want to drop me your email? Feel free to just write me a dm :)

03.03.2026 10:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#PhilSky #transphilosophy

03.03.2026 10:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I'm co-running a weekly online reading group on trans philosophy. We're now meeting Thursdays, 16:00-17:00 UK time. If you want to be added to the mailing list, please drop me a message :)

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

03.03.2026 09:59 — 👍 14    🔁 11    💬 4    📌 0

Saving the people of Iran from being massacred by their government in the streets by massacring elementary schoolgirls from the air.

28.02.2026 16:09 — 👍 885    🔁 184    💬 11    📌 2
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At least 63 girls killed in strike on school in southern Iran Eyewitness tells MEE girls aged between seven and 12 seen lying dead across their school

“The victims were between seven and 12 years old, according to Iran's Tasnim and Fars news agencies.”

28.02.2026 15:40 — 👍 394    🔁 308    💬 18    📌 64
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Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language The Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June. In recent years, t...

We are organising a conference!! Our main goal with this is to bring together the awesome emerging philosophical work in the social, political, aesthetic & ethical dimensions of language.

CfP now open - deadline 2nd of April :)

philevents.org/event/show/1...
@cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social

17.02.2026 17:50 — 👍 11    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 0
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Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language The Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June. In recent years, t...

#philsky

Call for papers ::

Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language

Keynote Speakers:
Professor Emma Borg
Professor Jennifer Mather Saul

Conference dates: 24-25 June

Abstract deadline: 2 April

Full details:

20.02.2026 10:50 — 👍 4    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

you're missed here!!!

17.02.2026 19:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

thank you!! :) and yes, I am very excited! :D

17.02.2026 18:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Kindly supported by the Mind Association.

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Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language The Cardiff University Philosophy Department will hold a conference on “Speech and Society: Contemporary Philosophy of Language” taking place 24th – 25th of June. In recent years, t...

We are organising a conference!! Our main goal with this is to bring together the awesome emerging philosophical work in the social, political, aesthetic & ethical dimensions of language.

CfP now open - deadline 2nd of April :)

philevents.org/event/show/1...
@cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social

17.02.2026 17:50 — 👍 11    🔁 11    💬 2    📌 0

Happy birthday!!! 🌻🌻🎂

16.02.2026 19:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you're interested in why I think calls for greater "authenticity" in porn are weird and misguided, do listen here! ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-resea...

16.02.2026 19:11 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Reimagining Social Epistemology: Methodological Reassessments and Future Prospects (Special Issue of Crítica in memory of Alvin I. Goldman) Since the publication of Alvin Goldman’s (1999) Knowledge in a Social World, social epistemology has undergone remarkable growth and innovation, establishing itself as a dynamic and influential ...

Critica, the Latin American journal of philosophy, is seeking submissions to a special issue on social epistemology! For anyone interested in contributing, check out the details here:

02.02.2026 11:11 — 👍 20    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0

It was so great to see you - thanks again for the awesome talk!!

30.01.2026 15:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Reading stuff about what is going on with ICE, whenever I see "federal agents" in a report or headline my brain changes it to "feral agents" which, to be honest, is actually pretty accurate.

25.01.2026 11:41 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Union condemns continued docking of staff pay following strike action at University of Sheffield The University and College Union (UCU) has today condemned the lockout and withholding of staff pay at the University of Sheffield following lawful industrial action

The University of Sheffield has stopped paying staff.

Not for striking but for refusing to work unpaid to make up for strike days they were already docked for.

This is punishment, not negotiation. And it’s completely reckless.

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1438...

22.01.2026 14:34 — 👍 75    🔁 78    💬 1    📌 3

This is such an awesome paper - prize so well deserved!! Everyone, go read it 🥳

20.01.2026 22:45 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Nothing to celebrate yet, just to be clear 😅

20.01.2026 22:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

👀👀👀

20.01.2026 22:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Oh there is a chapter with that title in the works 😅

20.01.2026 22:29 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

BREAKING: everything. Everything is breaking.

14.01.2026 06:45 — 👍 334    🔁 64    💬 0    📌 1
Screenshot of Gmail tweet saying: Welcome to the Gemini era, reposting a Google tweet that explains the latest update on Gemini.

Screenshot of Gmail tweet saying: Welcome to the Gemini era, reposting a Google tweet that explains the latest update on Gemini.

Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?

That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...

09.01.2026 08:53 — 👍 3265    🔁 2418    💬 26    📌 68

Everything happening now has a precedent. This is not new. Please understand that everything happening now is very American. The only change is that it is happening on camera to middle income white people. Ask BIPOC and low income white people about abuses by the state.

08.01.2026 15:22 — 👍 2914    🔁 982    💬 29    📌 22

Follow up question for the migration scholars: send me your recommendations for empirical work on migration in Austria! 🇦🇹 open to any field here, and work in German is fine.

17.12.2025 18:31 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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No lockout for University of Sheffield staff UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...

Friends! Big favour to ask. We're trying to save our university but the management, exposed for their recklessness, is being aggressive & will withdraw our salaries indefinitely. Sign & share to ask this 'lockout' tactic be withdrawn @sheffielducu.bsky.social
www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

13.12.2025 07:08 — 👍 17    🔁 12    💬 0    📌 1

No words other than: this is so fucked.

07.12.2025 13:24 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I've been stuck on trains since 9:30 this morning and have nowhere near arrived - for a journey that should be 50min. I truly hate travel in this country. What an absolute waste of a day.

01.12.2025 12:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0