I'm Olufemi O. Taiwo and I approve this message
December 21, 2024 at 6:24 PM
I'm Olufemi O. Taiwo and I approve this message
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, welcome to The War on Cars.
big change to my material conditions: I am a bike commuter now. I will be updating my transportation opinions dialectically (I am already 27% more opinionated about bike lanes and our school crossing guard comrades)
August 26, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, welcome to The War on Cars.
As always, Taiwo says it best. “I am interested in the project of leftism, not the sub-culture” is similarly an illuminating distinction
some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar
Also always true
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
As always, Taiwo says it best. “I am interested in the project of leftism, not the sub-culture” is similarly an illuminating distinction
"Taiwo And Papa Koos", 28 x 23 cm , oil on canvas 2026, Happy birthday Taiwo!! #figurativeart #allpeopleareequals #contemporaryrealism #kingtaiwo #birthdayboy❤️
September 24, 2026 at 1:06 PM
"Taiwo And Papa Koos", 28 x 23 cm , oil on canvas 2026, Happy birthday Taiwo!! #figurativeart #allpeopleareequals #contemporaryrealism #kingtaiwo #birthdayboy❤️
I’m also thinking of what Olufemi Taiwo says about deference epistemology and the way competing oppressed narratives cannot ever work through this kind of harm (that last part is me, not him.)
February 23, 2026 at 3:41 PM
I’m also thinking of what Olufemi Taiwo says about deference epistemology and the way competing oppressed narratives cannot ever work through this kind of harm (that last part is me, not him.)
uh, didn't Femi Taiwo already write this article a couple of months ago?
The rise of vice-signalling: how hatred poisoned politics
The rise of vice-signalling: how hatred poisoned politics
Over the last 10 years, the terms of political debate have changed completely – and week by week they seem to get worse
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:37 AM
uh, didn't Femi Taiwo already write this article a couple of months ago?
NEW // Op-Ed: How Mobile Villages Could Tackle Seattle’s Homelessness Emergency
Op-ed by Taiwo Adepetun via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/28/o...
Op-ed by Taiwo Adepetun via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/28/o...
Op-Ed: How Mobile Villages Could Tackle Seattle’s Homelessness Emergency » The Urbanist
# To fill in the gaps in the continuum of care for unhoused neighbors, the Seattle region should deploy mobile tiny house villages, argues Taiwo Adeptun. Managed mobile villages of tiny homes can rota...
www.theurbanist.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
NEW // Op-Ed: How Mobile Villages Could Tackle Seattle’s Homelessness Emergency
Op-ed by Taiwo Adepetun via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/28/o...
Op-ed by Taiwo Adepetun via @theurbanist.org // 🔗 www.theurbanist.org/2025/11/28/o...
If only somebody wrote a book about this.
June 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If only somebody wrote a book about this.
“Vices are best left for the vicious.”
-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
"...the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior."
latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
Empire of Vice
In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination.
www.bostonreview.net
January 8, 2026 at 4:43 PM
“Vices are best left for the vicious.”
-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
-Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
www.bostonreview.net
September 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In case you missed it: an essential piece from Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò from earlier this week:
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
glad to talk to @keeanga.bsky.social @itsmccarthy.bsky.social, @danieldenvir.bsky.social, about our increasingly weird political situation and the role that identity politics plays in it. even if this episode isn't for you, @thedigradio.bsky.social is a gold mine
thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
Woke Wars w/ Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor & Mike McCarthy
Featuring Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Mike McCarthy on the MAGA and DOGE war on woke; the complicity of bankrupt liberal identity politics; and the centrality of various oppressions...
thedigradio.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
glad to talk to @keeanga.bsky.social @itsmccarthy.bsky.social, @danieldenvir.bsky.social, about our increasingly weird political situation and the role that identity politics plays in it. even if this episode isn't for you, @thedigradio.bsky.social is a gold mine
thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
thedigradio.com/podcast/woke...
Professor Táíwò to Isaac Newton, "go back to hell."
begging epistemologists / philosophers of science / political economists to more publicly defend satisficing from the cult of optimal
September 24, 2024 at 4:17 AM
Professor Táíwò to Isaac Newton, "go back to hell."
“This is the first installment of a new column by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.”
hell yeah
hell yeah
September 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“This is the first installment of a new column by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.”
hell yeah
hell yeah
The classic quote by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social captures today’s mood well
![Simpsons line meme but happy
WHAT'S THE LINE PROF. TÁIWO?
I DO NOT REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT WE ARE GOING TO WIN
[class cheers]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xjnxcxe2pn5lwp6z2gxapbrl/bafkreicpvtkfurjns4cu3xk47aknlgo4klaxmp4t3dwertkx7avukc4diy)
October 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The classic quote by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social captures today’s mood well
The event will be livestreamed! www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The event will be livestreamed! www.busboysandpoets.com/events/th-ev...
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
People citing the "3.5% rule," please check out this episode. It doesn't mean what some of you think it means.
Awareness Protests Won’t Threaten the Richest, Most Well-Armed People on Earth
“Making durable changes isn’t always about the raw numbers,” says Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò.
truthout.org
June 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
People citing the "3.5% rule," please check out this episode. It doesn't mean what some of you think it means.
When I see folks like Olufemi Taiwo and Ta-Nehisi Coates say "we are going to win," I see it in the light of something like MLK's Mountaintop speech.
January 17, 2026 at 4:47 PM
When I see folks like Olufemi Taiwo and Ta-Nehisi Coates say "we are going to win," I see it in the light of something like MLK's Mountaintop speech.
