Rob Farrow

@philosopher1978

Researcher; philosopher; technologist; ethicist; HEA Fellow;  Fellow;    PhD  

Milton Keynes, England
philosopher1978.wordpress.com
Joined August 2009
540 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @philosopher1978

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @philosopher1978

  1. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Webinar: Personal Open Designs and Closed Artefacts in HE

    1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
    Undo
  2. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    Picture 1: The German parliament and federal government applauding a Holocaust survivor who has just addressed them Picture 2: Quality journalism in Britain

    43 replies 850 retweets 1,926 likes
    Undo
  3. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    "In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present." Francis Bacon.

    7 retweets 10 likes
    Undo
  4. 4 hours ago

    Today I saw the Milton Keynes delivery drone rolling down the redways like a mini-fridge on wheels. I was driving and couldn't take a picture so here's the public chess set (king stolen?) from Midsummer Place instead.

    Undo
  5. Retweeted
    Jan 29

    New in our blog: - Illuminating the global community with data a by Jan Neumann () from our advisory board

    , , and 6 others
    21 retweets 28 likes
    Undo
  6. Retweeted
    Jan 25

    We (EDPS' Ethics Advisory Group) have published our report on digital ethics.

    2 replies 56 retweets 79 likes
    Undo
  7. Retweeted
    Jan 25

    World Economic Forum announces expanded global network to shape policy for Fourth Industrial Revolution

    1 retweet
    Undo
  8. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    Guess how Tory donor Lord Ashcroft made his money? The 1980s privatisation of hospital cleaning. Not a lot of people know that.

    114 replies 2,495 retweets 2,067 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  9. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    Facebook: "Nobody could have predicted how this platform would be used by authoritarians, racists, and other 'bad actors.'" Sociologists, media theorists, cultural critics:

    10 replies 205 retweets 510 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  10. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    I’m in Seattle and there is currently a line to shop at the grocery store whose entire premise is that you won’t have to wait in line.

    1,896 replies 64,350 retweets 173,764 likes
    Undo
  11. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    We launched our new landing page, offering more infomation to invite visitors to enter the :

    1 reply 24 retweets 36 likes
    Undo
  12. Jan 20

    Cool - I am number 260

    424 philosophers who have over 1,000 followers:
    Show this thread
    1 retweet 2 likes
    Undo
  13. Retweeted
    Jan 19

    As the new year sets in, Larry Kramer, president , offers his thoughts on making strategic adjustments while not losing sight of principles that have guided us for more than 50 years

    14 retweets 15 likes
    Undo
  14. Jan 20

    A big part of the local housing crisis in Milton Keynes: The UK’s capital of ‘right-to-buy-to-let’ landlords

    1 like
    Undo
  15. Retweeted
    Jan 19

    No, I am not interested in submitting a proposal to speak at your event when you're charging presenters. Presenters develop and deliver free content so you can drive registrations & sell sponsorships? I'd hoped we'd moved on from the academic publishing model.

    2 retweets 8 likes
    Undo
  16. Retweeted
    Jan 18

    We need your help! Please, sign our petition to Amber Rudd and help us save the life of a humanist who is being deported to Pakistan because Home Office officials do not understand humanism.

    30 replies 591 retweets 365 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  17. Retweeted
    Jan 17

    As we fight to reinstate in the US, I've just noticed that we seem to have already lost its equivalent in parts of the scholarly publishing pipeline. Pay $850 *PER PAGE* or wait 3-5x longer for your paper to be published:

    2 replies 34 retweets 30 likes
    Undo
  18. Retweeted
    Jan 17

    Our member Hamza was told by the Home Office that he'll be deported for not being able to identify classical philosophers, and therefore can't be a 'real' humanist. They want to send him back to Pakistan, where the state executes people for atheism.

    37 replies 423 retweets 264 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  19. Retweeted
    Jan 17

    exploring the intersection between , and with publication of edited volume on and in the Global South. Title now available online and for purchase via Amazon . Datasets at

    11 retweets 8 likes
    Undo
  20. Retweeted
    Jan 17

    Carillion CEO Richard Howson earned £1.5m in 2016 (incl £591k in bonuses). He'll continue to receive his £660k salary until Oct 2018, despite collapse. The Institute of Directors call this sort of behaviour "highly inappropriate." Or daylight robbery, as it's known to most people

    98 replies 808 retweets 783 likes
    Undo

@philosopher1978 hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·