Aidan McGlynn
@aidanmcglynn.bsky.social
Glaswegian philosopher based at the University of Edinburgh, mostly working on issues in epistemology and feminist philosophy. Co-editor of Hypatia, research associate at ACEPS, University of Johannesburg. He/him. https://sites.google.com/site/aidanmcglynn
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It's a spiritual thing
not everyone understands house music
December 16, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It's a spiritual thing
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"I'm a student of the drums, and I'm also a teacher of the drums too"
A unique, timeless, beautiful record from DJ Shadow
A unique, timeless, beautiful record from DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt
YouTube video by rfulgurex
youtu.be
January 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I'm a student of the drums, and I'm also a teacher of the drums too"
A unique, timeless, beautiful record from DJ Shadow
A unique, timeless, beautiful record from DJ Shadow
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The bear is now one of the renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The bear is now one of the renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
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Ruskin Spear looked to Spencer Gore's 'From a Window in the Hampstead Road,' (1911) as an inspiration for this work from around 1955. The construction of a window pane in front of the window's view appealed to Spear; it was a motif to which he returned on several occasions.
December 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Ruskin Spear looked to Spencer Gore's 'From a Window in the Hampstead Road,' (1911) as an inspiration for this work from around 1955. The construction of a window pane in front of the window's view appealed to Spear; it was a motif to which he returned on several occasions.
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This beautiful track from Jean Caillou is nearly perfectly capturing my mood the past couple of days - very glad to have rediscovered it at just the right time
Jean Caillou - Northern Lights [Sound Avenue]
YouTube video by SoundAvenueTV
youtu.be
May 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This beautiful track from Jean Caillou is nearly perfectly capturing my mood the past couple of days - very glad to have rediscovered it at just the right time
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This is absolutely stunning. I like Rival Consoles's music in general, and this is a beautiful and moving piece of music. It's the animation that really makes this special, though - it conveys a lot of life and a lot of emotion in just a few minutes of relatively simple imagery.
Rival Consoles - Vision of Self (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Erased Tapes
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is absolutely stunning. I like Rival Consoles's music in general, and this is a beautiful and moving piece of music. It's the animation that really makes this special, though - it conveys a lot of life and a lot of emotion in just a few minutes of relatively simple imagery.
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We need a specific name for the opposite of a power nap - a long nap that enervates you to your core. A sap nap?
August 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
We need a specific name for the opposite of a power nap - a long nap that enervates you to your core. A sap nap?
A 1-and-three-quarter-hours long unplanned power nap this evening, feeling very powerful*
*like I'm moving and thinking through infinite quantities of treacle
*like I'm moving and thinking through infinite quantities of treacle
Just took an 80 minute power nap that I will never, ever recover from
December 15, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A 1-and-three-quarter-hours long unplanned power nap this evening, feeling very powerful*
*like I'm moving and thinking through infinite quantities of treacle
*like I'm moving and thinking through infinite quantities of treacle
No downsides, only up-sides
"While the EU moves to attract more international talent through the new EU Talent Pool, the UK is moving in the opposite direction – and is now facing an exodus of skilled talent as a result. Of the 252,000 British nationals who emigrated over the last 12 months, 90% of them were of working age."
Labour warned of fresh economic hit as Brexit accelerates high-skilled ‘brain drain’ from UK
‘None’ of the Labour chancellor’s measures will ‘have a material effect’ on growth, Richard Hughes, the chair of the OBR, has said
www.aol.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
No downsides, only up-sides
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Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Animals with misleading names. I'm seeing this go around as part of a viral tumblr thread so I thought I'd reshare it.
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Grim story
Director and actor Rob Reiner found dead at home with wife Michele Singer Reiner
Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride was discovered dead at LA home with wife
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Grim story
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Monet rarely painted from photographs; he trusted the eye in time, not time stopped. The camera framed—he chased the change.
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Monet rarely painted from photographs; he trusted the eye in time, not time stopped. The camera framed—he chased the change.
Hibernation seems like a much more useful capacity to acquire than language
December 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hibernation seems like a much more useful capacity to acquire than language
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“Children enter from the door on the left.”
This sentence is what’s called a GENERIC… but it isn’t saying anything general about the nature of children. What then makes it generic?
New theory from @kateritch.bsky.social and Ny Vasil
philpapers.org/archive/RITG...
This sentence is what’s called a GENERIC… but it isn’t saying anything general about the nature of children. What then makes it generic?
New theory from @kateritch.bsky.social and Ny Vasil
philpapers.org/archive/RITG...
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Children enter from the door on the left.”
This sentence is what’s called a GENERIC… but it isn’t saying anything general about the nature of children. What then makes it generic?
New theory from @kateritch.bsky.social and Ny Vasil
philpapers.org/archive/RITG...
This sentence is what’s called a GENERIC… but it isn’t saying anything general about the nature of children. What then makes it generic?
New theory from @kateritch.bsky.social and Ny Vasil
philpapers.org/archive/RITG...
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Landscape at Eragny
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16580
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16580
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Landscape at Eragny
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16580
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16580
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Thaw, Pontoise
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15350
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15350
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thaw, Pontoise
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15350
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15350
Heading back to Edinburgh after a good weekend in Glasgow seeing philosophers, friends, and family (not all at the same time, obvs - that would be overwhelming).
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Heading back to Edinburgh after a good weekend in Glasgow seeing philosophers, friends, and family (not all at the same time, obvs - that would be overwhelming).
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The Louvre, March Mist
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17104
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17104
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Louvre, March Mist
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17104
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17104
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My heart goes out to the Australian Jewish community this morning. Hanukkah should be a time of celebration, of bringing light into the world.
In the face of this atrocity we offer our love, solidarity and prayers to our Jewish friends in Australia, Scotland and across the world.
In the face of this atrocity we offer our love, solidarity and prayers to our Jewish friends in Australia, Scotland and across the world.
December 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My heart goes out to the Australian Jewish community this morning. Hanukkah should be a time of celebration, of bringing light into the world.
In the face of this atrocity we offer our love, solidarity and prayers to our Jewish friends in Australia, Scotland and across the world.
In the face of this atrocity we offer our love, solidarity and prayers to our Jewish friends in Australia, Scotland and across the world.
More utterly horrifying news, this time from Australia, and targeting people gathered to mark the start of Hanukkah
Bondi Beach: Eleven killed in shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community
A further 29 people have been taken to hospital and one gunman was also killed, NSW Police have told a news conference.
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
More utterly horrifying news, this time from Australia, and targeting people gathered to mark the start of Hanukkah
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Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
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Brown University is a beautiful place, where people come to work and learn. I am filled with horror by news of this tragedy.
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Brown University is a beautiful place, where people come to work and learn. I am filled with horror by news of this tragedy.
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Spring Day on Karl Johan Street 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24932
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24932
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Spring Day on Karl Johan Street 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24932
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24932