Philosopher - ethics, politics, music | Slowly writing a book on Isaiah Berlin | Born in USSR, home is London | Living with ME since 2003. youtube.com/vladvexler (main channel) youtube.com/vladvexlerchat (chat channel) youtube.com/@vladvexlerphilosophyhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mu5wy3vz322nTrump's CIA Chief Went to Moscow - did it backfire? https://youtu.be/VceShZPJHAA?si=kG9sgmVbnFHFMayF28 Aug 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5wy3vz322nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mu5pqj7y5k2mHad a home cooked meal for the first time in a couple of months! Made me a little emotional. I am too sick to cook for myself and my partner had been overseas for a while. I was relying on the least worst take away I could find.28 Aug 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5pqj7y5k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mu3ppfvbbk25Trump renames Lake Ontario "Lake America" https://youtu.be/YSrV19QTTow?si=FYjpYSUV0NIugquI27 Aug 2026 20:45 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3ppfvbbk25https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mu3nsd7z422lTrump renames Lake Ontario https://vladvexler.substack.com/p/trump-renames-lake-ontario?r=34v0k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web27 Aug 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3nsd7z422lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mu3b75r2ks27Depoliticisation is not disinterest in politics. It’s the loss of political agency. It is perfectly compatible with furious political activity.27 Aug 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3b75r2ks27https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtz5tyh5ys2bBig picture take on Ratcliffe trip to Moscow https://youtu.be/zA48rCEiIYE?si=K_ovFSSeNE7YlxTm26 Aug 2026 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz5tyh5ys2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtyerfvdjk24It’s 250 years this week since the death of David Hume - the greatest philosopher this island has produced. Unusually for a great philosopher, he was a nice and amiable man.26 Aug 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyerfvdjk24https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtwp4er7ys2thttps://youtu.be/7E4b-mhSf2A?si=Z2hJuRn3WkrwZ0Bs25 Aug 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwp4er7ys2thttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtvpycnxwc2dThe recent channel 4 doc denying ADHD - very lazy and stupid - is inadvertently part of a bigger trend to roll back minority rights. A big roll back of rights is on the cards for the 2030s. We are so in denial and so unprepared that a cold outside observer might say we deserve it to come our way.25 Aug 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvpycnxwc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtvmzwdelk2xA basic truth the internet is forced to deny: If something is f****d up in the culture, it affects everybody, and not just the people taken to be affected by it.25 Aug 2026 10:41 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvmzwdelk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mttbi3fink22Today it's 18 months since I last stood, even for second. Covid damaged my micro-vessels and even attempting verticalisation now creates an oxygen offloading crisis in my cells and tissues, and I suffocate. How do I feel about this?1/424 Aug 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttbi3fink22https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mttal65gnc2nToday it's 18 months since I last stood, even for a second. I'll do a live Q&A tonight on lessons from my health journey https://www.youtube.com/live/cmqYUVpfwkE?si=rIyrGmYh_q8wUXDH24 Aug 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttal65gnc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtsrcflquc2aQuick word with the Sun on Putin, politicisation and hybrid war - https://youtu.be/Gst2cnyK_H8?is=SWHAL07ZdIrOetMk24 Aug 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsrcflquc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtr67lkfr22lMAIN CHANNEL VIDEO: Inside Putin's very difficult mobilisation decision - with perspectives from Thucydides and Machiavelli https://youtu.be/XFCbDRQpvk8?si=JnvXqXcWF5PCkRJS23 Aug 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtr67lkfr22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtqjohbhqs2fTODAY, 5PM UK TIME: Main channel video on Putin’s mobilisation dilemma, with bigger-picture perspectives from Thucydides and Machiavelli on political decision-making.23 Aug 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqjohbhqs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtml7mlhis2pPutin digs up 700-year-old prince to help him win war https://youtu.be/t7WzHdfRXvM?si=lOM6L4YWeXYCxwJb21 Aug 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtml7mlhis2phttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtjw5ek4zs27We shop for identity the way we shop for toilet paper, which is my so much anti-capitalism is so consumerist.20 Aug 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjw5ek4zs27https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtju3kuqwk2iI believe Nathan Cofnas’s views are inconceivably dumb & racist. Much of his behaviour has been disgraceful, inc his pursuit of Jason Arday. And yet, my commitments to democracy, and to the university as a key institution on which democracy depends, mean that I must defend his academic freedom. 1/520 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtju3kuqwk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mthnqewiic2lhttps://youtu.be/JLNL83R125I?si=w83zN2eO_mhIGwPH19 Aug 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthnqewiic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mthcurhcyc26We’re still very far from a normal picture of what is 'normal'. - Hans Keller19 Aug 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthcurhcyc26https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mterz2bbhk2tDugin and Russia’s normative dependence on the West18 Aug 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mterz2bbhk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtercydmd22nRussia's threat is a compliment to the UK in reverse https://youtu.be/V8VTjbCMyLE?si=bkhwAuy90vVsUYmX18 Aug 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtercydmd22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mtcf3uxiyk23A Chat today about how algorithms are breaking our economy of ethical sentiment: our ability to hold ambiguity, conflict and temporality in mind. Things basic to ethical decency. With mention of Bernard Williams, Gauguin, the importance of ritual, and a shark attack. https://youtu.be/iZs8JuMDZyU?si=Qo8n4i-pIDCl7Trx17 Aug 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcf3uxiyk23https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mt7fm6rrt22gSunday Q&A - come along if you have a Q https://www.youtube.com/live/ISwHRtAJZM4?si=pGxfsYNX8gblz_0Z16 Aug 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7fm6rrt22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mt6yqf3snk23Phobia of chronic illness, being so frightened by chronically ill people that you deny their illness, combines two elements: fear of death and fear of the unknown. Interestingly, the same two elements also underlie the experience of finding something ugly.16 Aug 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6yqf3snk23https://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mt5hlznvrc2vThe death of Jason Arday https://vladvexler.substack.com/p/the-death-of-jason-arday?r=34v0k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web15 Aug 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5hlznvrc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mt5bj3v7as2gMany autistic people are impacted 100x by attack and criticism, relative to non neurodivergent people. It’s worth being aware of that in public life.15 Aug 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt5bj3v7as2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mt2dshqki22yNigel Farage first, bin second https://vladvexler.substack.com/p/nigel-farage-first-bin-second?r=34v0k&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web14 Aug 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2dshqki22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/vladvexler.bsky.social/post/3mszljwgo3s22Dear people with #longcovid and #pwME, I'm looking for strong pro-vaccine sources that also take vaccine injury and post-vaccination disability seriously, especially links between vaccination, Covid and Long Covid. I know the clinical picture. I need good material to point people to. Thank you.14 Aug 2026 07:00 +0000at://did:plc:cdzfvdl4pwp4pyw7atc52ewh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszljwgo3s22