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Jo Wolff

@jowolff.bsky.social

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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 'what's football again?' mode. #academic

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@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:35 AMReposted by @jowolff.bsky.social

"In a word, it can be said here what National Socialism means intellectually: the replacement of the educated by the type of soldier." Alfred Baeumler, Nazi Philosopher, in his 1933 inaugural lecture in Berlin.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 2:11 PM

I want to copy and paste from one complex Word document to another and flipping between them is very painful. This should sort it. The external screen is also a bit bigger which is a help for dealing with comments on a Word document.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:57 PM

The Ukrainian tactics remind me of Nelson Mandela’s speech at his defence trial, saying that during his leadership role the ANC only hit economic targets, avoiding death and injury as much as possible. Contrast that to recent Russian tactics.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 1:42 PM

Bracing myself for Silicon Valley Tech Bros telling us that Russian Disinformation Bots have human rights too.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:22 AMReposted by @jowolff.bsky.social

Discussed Trump’s Nobel anti-Norway rant with a New Yorker yesterday, who was astonished Trump knew the word ‘indelible’.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:34 PM

They were among those axed but were given a package which probably meant non-disclosure. A US Fortune 500 household name company so I imagine it’s pretty widespread.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:31 PM

No idea! Seems a bit delicate and would need a case though that is what it’s designed for. But it allows me to work on two documents at a time without flipping between them, which is a huge benefit for me.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 8:33 PMReposted by @jowolff.bsky.social

Talking to someone in a company where whole divisions are being axed because of AI. Not because AI can do their jobs, but because the company needs to drastically cut the salary bill to pay for AI.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 12:09 PM

I’ve just spent 50 quid on a portable external monitor for my laptop. Should have done it years ago.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:14 AM

I’m trying to avoid phrases like ‘but the problem with this argument’ in my writing as it puts cognitive load on the reader to work out which argument I’m referring to. Better to say (for example) ‘but the problem with the argument that horses have six legs’.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 10:05 AM

There’s a challenge about whether you can eat a sugar covered doughnut without licking your lips. There’s another about whether you can listen to a video clip of Trump without putting your head in your hands

@nevillebott.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 4:16 AMReposted by @jowolff.bsky.social

As Ukraine systematically destroys Russia's internet services it will be really interesting to see how that affects the traffic from social media trolls.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 9:22 AM

Interesting to compare with electronic calculators. We probably all got worse at mental arithmetic but they allowed many people to do what they couldn’t before. Not sure we’ve heard believable claims about the upside with AI though.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:35 AM

"In a word, it can be said here what National Socialism means intellectually: the replacement of the educated by the type of soldier." Alfred Baeumler, Nazi Philosopher, in his 1933 inaugural lecture in Berlin.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:22 AM

Discussed Trump’s Nobel anti-Norway rant with a New Yorker yesterday, who was astonished Trump knew the word ‘indelible’.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 8:20 AM

Wouldn’t normally share a story about Spanish football but this one caught my eye.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:50 AM

Christ, these AI fake tip-offs are getting a bit desperate.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:22 AM

They are preparing a large stock of sore loser speeches even as we speak.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:33 PMReposted by @jowolff.bsky.social

All Trump’s overseas assets should be frozen. Hotels. Golf courses. Offshore accounts. Should not be permitted to enter the territories of the countries that are parties to ICC.

@jowolff.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 9:35 PM

Oh God. I want to read it now.

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