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Philosopher of science in a previous life, short story writer in this one and comics and music lover in both.

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Steven Richard Douglas French is an emeritus professor of philosophy at University of Leeds.

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Dr Kathrine Cuccuru @aphilosopher.bsky.social · 6h
‘Tis the season for Philosophy Playtime

For the festive season, Philosophy Playtime has broken with the tradition of selecting questions totally anonymously and at random from the ideas box. Instead, I asked the most recent participants to ask some ‘seasonal’ questions. From our 3 December…
‘Tis the season for Philosophy Playtime
For the festive season, Philosophy Playtime has broken with the tradition of selecting questions totally anonymously and at random from the ideas box. Instead, I asked the most recent participants to ask some ‘seasonal’ questions. From our 3 December session, we have three questions (that are ‘sort of’ anonymised and randomised) specifically for the playtimes over Christmas and New Year.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 6h
Philippe Sands on whether it is a criminal offence to pay, or contribute to the payment of, Sally Rooney. Presumably, though, it would not be found to be in the public interest to proceed with the prosecution of her or her publishers or readers?
Do we dare read Sally Rooney… or is that, too, an act of terror? | The Observer
observer.co.uk

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Massimiliano Simons @masssimons.bsky.social · 9h
Just finished this, another great recent introduction to logical empiricism, The Vienna Circle by Sahotra Sarkar. Very accessible, but also goes into the technical bits regularly #jesuispositivist #philsci
Photo of Book cover of The Vienna Circle by Sahotra Sarkar

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 10h
A huge number of people were deprived of citizenship by the Nazis. Political opponents first, then Jews. Maybe more than 200,000 people in total.
gregpak.net Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13h
without birthright citizenship in the united states, you don't have a democracy and you don't have rule of law.

revoking birthright citizenship gives fascists free rein to purge the country of literally anyone they don't like. it opens the door to atrocities and mass murder. i am not exaggerating.

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Philo 🔜 NFC @opfuchs.gay · 21h
Amanda Bryant - Keep the chickens cooped: the epistemic inadequacy of free range metaphysics

PDF further in the thread

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Keep the chickens cooped: the epistemic inadequacy of free range metaphysics - Synthese
This paper aims to better motivate the naturalization of metaphysics by identifying and criticizing a class of theories I call ’free range metaphysics’. I argue that free range metaphysics is epistemi...
link.springer.com

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Jonathan Kingham @jonkingh.bsky.social · 22h
This is so disgusting.

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Protik Islam-Jakobsson @protik.bsky.social · 22h
"Toby Cubitt, quantum information researcher" is a huge win for nominative determinism
tilings and quantum error-correcting codes, learning about a small part of a large system reveals nothing about the system as a whole. “It’s one of those beautiful things that seems obvious in retrospect,” said Toby Cubitt(opens a new tab), a quantum information researcher

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Ian Riddler Photography @ianriddler.bsky.social · 1d
An Aurora Framed

I planned for this shot to have a nice wee shape, with dark skies across the top. The trouble with Aurora though, they don't listen! So much bigger and more intense than expected!

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#Twizel, #NewZealand
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#Aurora #Night #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Scape #BucketList #Travel #Epic

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Michael Grolys 🇱🇹 🇺🇦 🐕 🐾 @beardedwalker.bsky.social · 1d
Sniffs at Bamburgh beach, Northumberland. There winter days are bringing some lovely colourful sunrises

#landscapephotography
#seascape
#sunrise
Morning sunrise at Bamburgh beach and dogs having a post swim sniff on the sand

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · 1d
Shout out to the Comoros Islands in the Africa Cup of Nations, who are, apparently, known as Les Coelacantes (The Coelacanths)

In a tournament full of Lions and the like, three cheers for the ancient fishes

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assbutt @nasboat.org · 1d
you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
bubs, i’ve only got two, maybe three Motown puns left in me. Four tops.

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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 1d
Fair comparison of Fuch’s QBism and Rovelli’s Relationalism:

www.science.org/content/arti...
100 years on, quantum mechanics is redefining reality—with us at the center
Increasingly popular theories hold that experimental outcomes really do depend on the observer
www.science.org

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𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖆 𝖛𝖔𝖓 𝖂𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖓 @sugarfuel.bsky.social · 1d
… wild thing …

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 1d
I'm OK with the Fifa Peace Prize going to Trump as long as Greta Thunberg bags the Nobel World Cup.

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Springer @springer.springernature.com · 1d
'Thomas Kuhn: From Physics to Philosophy of Science'—⚛️ This new biography of Thomas S. Kuhn pays attention to the continuous development of his ideas. It provides a comprehensive overview of Kuhn's life and work. bit.ly/4iBuZiM #PhilSci #BookSky #AcademicSky
Thomas Kuhn: From Physics to Philosophy of Science

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Nature Reviews Physics @natrevphys.nature.com · 2d
It's December, so our editors picked some papers we enjoyed reading this year and wrote about them 🧵⚛️

Nina Meinzer on a paper showing how sound can be used to determine properties of an optical pulse (1/4)
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
The sound of ionization - Nature Reviews Physics
A paper in Optica shows how sound can be used to determine properties of an optical pulse.
www.nature.com

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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 2d
EXCLUSIVE: Labour's NEC finds compromise position that enables women's conference to return in 2026. And Labour will campaign on NHS, Families and Pride in Place in May.
EXCLUSIVE: Labour women’s conference plan and locals campaign priorities revealed – LabourList
The Labour party women’s conference will be revived next year with only biological women allowed to vote, but a fringe programme and reception will be…
labourlist.org

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 2d
The Home Office hopes the deportation of UK-born children will be seamless', a minister has said
Labour minister wants 'seamless' deportation of UK-born children
www.thenational.scot

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Matt Hollingsworth @matthollingsworth.com · 2d
The original 1969 version of Monkey Man by Toots & the Maytals, perhaps most famously covered by The Specials.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=94fG...
The Maytals 'Monkey Man' (official audio)
YouTube video by Trojan Records Official
www.youtube.com

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Davenant 📸 @marcdavenant.bsky.social · 2d
Some of the photos and stories from my recent visit to the tent encampment behind the Adelphi building, a luxury office complex occupied by billionaire-owned businesses. Two contrasting faces of England in 2025.
https://www.bigissue.com/news/housing/tent-village-london-strand-homeless-encampment/
What a row over a tent village in London says about the homelessness crisis
A homeless tent village on London's Strand is to be demolished. Photographer Marc Davenant captured the stories of the people who live there.
www.bigissue.com

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 2d
Labour was all about "controls on immigration" to tackle "very real concerns" even under Ed Miliband in 2015. The "very real concerns" at the time were about Eastern Europeans. An extreme step was taken to tackle the supposed "problem" and the hatemongers instantaneously pivoted to new "problems".

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Uljana Feest @ufeest.bsky.social · 2d
My friend and mentor, the wonderful philosopher Jim Bogen, has died. #HPS #Philsci
dailynous.com/2025/12/04/j...
James Bogen (1935-2025) - Daily Nous
James "Jim" Bogen, a longtime professor of philosophy at Pitzer College as well as an adjunct professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, has died. Professor Bogen ...
dailynous.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 2d
1. Some good news at last. This week’s column is about the amazing thing a couple of us stumbled into three years ago, which we’ve now developed into a global research programme. It doesn’t change everything, of course, but it could help change quite a lot. + 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com

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Dave @denverwaxfiend.bsky.social · 2d
Tracy Chapman (1988)

#Music #MusicSky #Vinyl #VinylSky #VinylCommunity #VinylCollectors #VinylRecords #NowPlaying #NowSpinning

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Michael Morris @michaelmorrisphil.bsky.social · 3d
Birling Gap, yesterday

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Dr Kathrine Cuccuru @aphilosopher.bsky.social · 3d
Good morning from the Tay
View across Tay Firth on a dull day there’s a touch of pastel pink and blue in the clouds

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3d
The WI has been trans inclusive since the 70s, before I was born. Do you see who in this scenario was innocently minding their own business, coming to their own arrangements locally? Do you see who is forcefully imposing themselves and their demands upon others, via threats.
Sex Matters • @SexMattersOrg •14h @HJoyceGender: "What is distinctive about single sex groups is obviously lost if people of the opposite sex are admitted." @BBCNews

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 3d
A reminder, if one were needed, that for all their talk of “vile criminal gangs”, our states would punish the Good Samaritan himself if he were to help a migrant
Trial of aid workers accused of facilitating illegal entry of migrants into Greece set to begin
The accused, including Syrian refugee Sarah Mardini and Irishman Sean Binder, were among those providing humanitarian assistance in Europe’s migration crisis
www.theguardian.com

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Patrickworld 👋🏾 🌎 @patrickworld.bsky.social · 3d
RIP Steve Cropper 🎸
Booker T. & The MG's - Time Is Tight (Live, 1970)
YouTube video by 60s70sVintageRock
youtu.be

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Nebullama @nebullama.bsky.social · 3d
I started writing a book on lions.

It turned out to be quite tricky and, frankly, damn dangerous, so I went back to regular paper.

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky