Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα.
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· May 12
In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.
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This work was painted at Gerald Gardiner’s home in Gloucestershire in the mid 1930s and is a good example of his depiction of a night-time scene, showing the light, the reflections and shadows cast by the oil lamp and fire as his wife, Evelyn contentedly reads a book.
November 29, 2025 at 10:49 PM
This work was painted at Gerald Gardiner’s home in Gloucestershire in the mid 1930s and is a good example of his depiction of a night-time scene, showing the light, the reflections and shadows cast by the oil lamp and fire as his wife, Evelyn contentedly reads a book.
At the Nuremberg trials, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz was indicted for war crimes, including the issuance of the Laconia Order en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia... Plus ça change.
Laconia Order - Wikipedia
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November 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
At the Nuremberg trials, Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz was indicted for war crimes, including the issuance of the Laconia Order en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laconia... Plus ça change.
Greece Publishes First Complete Seismic Map of Active Faults - GreekReporter.com greekreporter.com/2025/11/29/g...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Philosophers are voyeurs. They spy on life, leering enviously at the scientists, artists, revolutionaries, and lovers, and feverishly speculating about the minutiae of their activities.
November 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Philosophers are voyeurs. They spy on life, leering enviously at the scientists, artists, revolutionaries, and lovers, and feverishly speculating about the minutiae of their activities.
Actively preventing a piss-up in a brewery . . .
Chair in the Your Party debate on dual membership: "No booing, conference. If you are unkind, there will be consequences." (After lots of booing re dual membership)
"We do not want any fights or arguments. Let's be calm...I'm going to have to turn the mic off. Oh conference, dear dear dear."
"We do not want any fights or arguments. Let's be calm...I'm going to have to turn the mic off. Oh conference, dear dear dear."
November 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Actively preventing a piss-up in a brewery . . .
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Taken, under a vast Fenland sky, by the Welland, just outside Crowland in Lincolnshire. #FingerpostFriday #HollandCountyCouncil
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Taken, under a vast Fenland sky, by the Welland, just outside Crowland in Lincolnshire. #FingerpostFriday #HollandCountyCouncil
The Victorians would have loved generative AI. They'd have been making videos of dead loved ones in Heaven, animating Bible stories, and churning out sickly religious tracts to edify the poor.
November 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Victorians would have loved generative AI. They'd have been making videos of dead loved ones in Heaven, animating Bible stories, and churning out sickly religious tracts to edify the poor.
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Pitching new versions of A Christmas Carol in 2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
Pitching new versions of a Christmas Carol in 2025
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
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November 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Pitching new versions of A Christmas Carol in 2025
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
www.youtube.com/shorts/IqZrB...
This is Mixie's enemy -- the one who got him so angry that he attacked me. Note the moustache.
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
This is Mixie's enemy -- the one who got him so angry that he attacked me. Note the moustache.
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Looking forward to discussing Schopenhauer with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social at @blackwelloxford.bsky.social Free event 11am Saturday 6th December part of the Philosophy in the Bookshop series that I host in Blackwell’s Oxford
November 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Looking forward to discussing Schopenhauer with @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social at @blackwelloxford.bsky.social Free event 11am Saturday 6th December part of the Philosophy in the Bookshop series that I host in Blackwell’s Oxford
Diane Keaton playing Marlon Brando playing Stanley Kowalski is the funniest thing in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IF8...
Sleeper, 1973 :: A Streetcar Named Desire scene :: Woody Allen & Diane Keaton
YouTube video by Rhodes Berry
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November 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Diane Keaton playing Marlon Brando playing Stanley Kowalski is the funniest thing in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IF8...
Trump vows to remove "anyone who is not a net asset" to the US. #monkey's_paw www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says US will pause migration from 'third-world countries'
The president did not name which countries would be affected, but vowed to remove anyone "not a net asset" to the US.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Trump vows to remove "anyone who is not a net asset" to the US. #monkey's_paw www.bbc.com/news/article...
I hope @philipgoff.bsky.social will cite this important precedent for his unorthodox theological views! :)
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I hope @philipgoff.bsky.social will cite this important precedent for his unorthodox theological views! :)
I wish someone would arrange for Philomena Cunk to interview Donald Trump.
"The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal. But that's not true, is it? Look at you. You're much better than other men, aren't you?"
"The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal. But that's not true, is it? Look at you. You're much better than other men, aren't you?"
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I wish someone would arrange for Philomena Cunk to interview Donald Trump.
"The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal. But that's not true, is it? Look at you. You're much better than other men, aren't you?"
"The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal. But that's not true, is it? Look at you. You're much better than other men, aren't you?"
This was the earthquake I felt. 4.7. All seems to be well here. www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/...
Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Aegean Sea, 37 km northwest of Irakleion, Heraklion Regional Unit, Crete, Greece, on Thursday, Nov 27, 2025, at 12:08 am (Universal Time)
Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Aegean Sea, 37 km northwest of Irakleion, Heraklion Regional Unit, Crete, Greece, on Thursday, Nov 27,...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This was the earthquake I felt. 4.7. All seems to be well here. www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/...
-- Antigonish II --
As I was sitting on the stair,
There passed a living soul there!
He passed by me again today,
Oh, how I wish he'd stop and stay!
(With apologies to William Hughes Mearns)
As I was sitting on the stair,
There passed a living soul there!
He passed by me again today,
Oh, how I wish he'd stop and stay!
(With apologies to William Hughes Mearns)
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
-- Antigonish II --
As I was sitting on the stair,
There passed a living soul there!
He passed by me again today,
Oh, how I wish he'd stop and stay!
(With apologies to William Hughes Mearns)
As I was sitting on the stair,
There passed a living soul there!
He passed by me again today,
Oh, how I wish he'd stop and stay!
(With apologies to William Hughes Mearns)
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Les Dawson interviewed in the Aberdeen Press (23rd November 1976)
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Les Dawson interviewed in the Aberdeen Press (23rd November 1976)
Generative AI is founded on the belief that if you process vast quantities of sows' ears at extremely high speed, you can make them into silk purses.
November 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Generative AI is founded on the belief that if you process vast quantities of sows' ears at extremely high speed, you can make them into silk purses.
People on the platforms
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin’
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you've lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I’m just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin’
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you've lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I’m just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
People on the platforms
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin’
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you've lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I’m just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin’
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you've lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I’m just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
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The legendary Don Rickles slams Robert De Niro’s method acting on the set of Casino 🤣
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The legendary Don Rickles slams Robert De Niro’s method acting on the set of Casino 🤣
A lovely bit of trivia: Actor Paddy Joyce, who played Tommy Deakin in Coronation Street and John Royle in EastEnders, was James Joyce's nephew. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_J...
Paddy Joyce - Wikipedia
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November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A lovely bit of trivia: Actor Paddy Joyce, who played Tommy Deakin in Coronation Street and John Royle in EastEnders, was James Joyce's nephew. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_J...
Do you regard yourself as a former student or supervisee of mine? If so, I have a small request, please: www.keithfrankish.com/blog/a-reque... Please RT and share.
A request to my former students
Do you regard yourself as a former student or supervisee of mine? If so, I have a request, please. I have done a lot of teaching over the years: at the University of Sheffield, at Robinson College,…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Do you regard yourself as a former student or supervisee of mine? If so, I have a small request, please: www.keithfrankish.com/blog/a-reque... Please RT and share.
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Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome back to Origin Story: The Story of Socialism as we resume the story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin in part three @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Terror 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social