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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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Philosophy 36%

Physics 21%

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PhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 17h

New on the Archive:

Halvorson, Hans (2025) Niels Bohr: Physicist-Philosopher in Action. [Preprint]

https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27632/

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

UK plans to boost ranks of armed forces by offering young people paid military experience amid growing Russian threats.

UK youth to be offered military ‘gap year' in bid to boost defence: Report

UK plans to boost ranks of armed forces by offering young people paid military experience amid growing Russian threats.

www.aljazeera.com

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Saskia W. @saskiaw.bsky.social · 1d

Michael Fratrich is a versatile American painter born in 1968. Known as "One man, 10 art styles” he masters Impressionism, Tonalism, and Realism. Based in Lambertville, NJ, he owns Ten One Gallery, featuring his iconic "Farmscape" collection and rural American scenes.

Waking up to a blanket of snow

The artwork depicts a snow-covered landscape featuring a collection of rural buildings, including a large central stone barn and two smaller red wooden structures.

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bookswain.bsky.social @bookswain.bsky.social · 1d

Scottish polymath Mary Somerville was also born in 26 Dec in 1780. My 1837 first French edition of her seminal work, ‘On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences’. She was the first person to be referred to as a "scientist” in an 1834 review of the first edition of this book.
📚💙 #WomeninSTEM

An almost 200 years old book with a paper blue cover. In black type is printed: DE LA CONNEXION DES SCIENCES PHYSIQUES OU
EXPOSÉ SIMPLE ET RAPIDE DE TOUS LES YRINCIPAUX
PRÉNOMÈNES
ASTRONOMIQUES, PHYSIQUES, CHIMIQUES, GÉOLOGIQUES, ET MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES;
ACCOMEAORE
DES DÉCOUVERTES ET EXPÉRIENCES
LES PLUS BEMARQUABLES DES SAVANS MODERNES, TANT PRANCAIS QU'ETRANCHES:
MARY SOMERVILLE;
Traduit de IAnglais
SOUS LES AUSPIGES DE M.
ARAGO, PAR M"• MEULIEN.
PARIS,
LIBRAIRIE DE F. G. LEVRAULT.

#histsci #womeninscience #herstory #booksky

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Springer @springer.springernature.com · 1d

This #OpenAccess article from 'European Journal for Philosophy of Science' conceptualises research environments as research niches, drawing on biological niche concepts to understand scientific practice. bit.ly/3KXFNeE #PhilSci #ResearchPublishing @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social @rosetrappes.bsky.social

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Sibel @sibelycl.bsky.social · 1d

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PhilSci-Archive @philsci-archive.bsky.social · 1d

New on the Archive:

Goyal, Philip (2025) Systematizing the Interpretation of Quantum Theory via Reconstruction. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science, 115 (10210).

https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/27572/

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 1d

Thi is disgraceful. Texas A&M should be internationally blacklisted!

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 3d

Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.

Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings

A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”

www.texastribune.org

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance

Poll released by group as people gather for traditional Boxing Day hunts finds 76% of voters believe Labour prioritises urban issues over rural ones Keir Starmer’s government has been told it has “alienated rural people” as traditional Boxing Day hunts gathered across the UK ahead of plans to ban trail hunting. The warning came from the Countryside Alliance pressure group, which released a poll suggesting 65% of voters think the Labour administration unfairly neglects country communities. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 1d

If you’d like a quick read to help the bubble-and-squeak go down this Boxing Day, the good folk at Literally Stories have re-published my creepy little piece, ‘The Loch Ness Monster‘ for their Christmas Crime Week:

literallystories2014.com/2025/12/26/c...

Loch Ness Monster by Steven French

In the world of crime “Boxing Day” often creates its own meaning. Usually something a bit more prosaic than switching places with the Master, unless, of course, his Lordship is in need of “crating”…

literallystories2014.com

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 2d

Astronomer Vera Rubin died #OTD in 2016.

She pioneered work on invisible dark matter in the universe & many felt she was overlooked for a #Nobel Prize. Mentoring aspiring women astronomers, she spent her life advocating for #WomenInScience.

nytimes.com/2016/12/27/s... #astronomy #WomenInSTEM

$Composite image honoring astronomer Vera Rubin. On the left, a color portrait of Dr. Vera Rubin later in life: an older woman with short silver-gray hair, wearing glasses and a bright red jacket with gold buttons, smiling gently at the camera. On the right, a dramatic black-and-white historical photograph of a young Vera Rubin looking through the eyepiece of a large refracting telescope, her face illuminated by soft light, one hand adjusting the instrument as she gazes upward in concentration.$

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 2d

Ruby Tuesday sung as a Gregorian chant? I’m in!!

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Bantshire University @bantshireuni.bsky.social · 2d

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and please complete your mandatory e-learning by 31 December.

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Dr Kathrine Cuccuru @aphilosopher.bsky.social · 2d

Good 🎄Christmas 🎄morning from the Tay

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DreamForge Magazine @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social · 2d

Merry Christmas, Happy Winter Solstice, Boxing Day, Yule, and Kwanzaa. Regardless of how you celebrate, the season, we wish you the gift of peace for you and your families.

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Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety.bsky.social · 2d

This work by Pieter Buegel is probably the very first painting of a White Christmas. The pregnant, blue-cloaked Mary rides a donkey led by Joseph, but they are inconspicuous as part of the throng (The Census at Bethlehem, 1566) www.artinsociety.com/bruegelrsquo...

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We Geek Girls @wegeekgirls.bsky.social · 3d

🤣

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Radon Journal @radonjournal.bsky.social · 3d

All we want for Christmas is revolution

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Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 3d

It's a Christmas miracle! Thanks to @tiltaraiza.bsky.social giving up several hours of his Christmas Eve to edit it, we have a 500 Songs Christmas Patreon bonus, on "Silent Night Chant" and the career of Rotary Connection.

500 Songs Xmas Bonus: "Silent Night Chant" by Rotary Connection | Andrew Hickey

Get more from Andrew Hickey on Patreon

www.patreon.com

Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 3d

Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings

A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”

www.texastribune.org

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 3d

It’s definitely one of my current faves!

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DSTLRY @dstlry.bsky.social · 3d

Us beaming that THE CITY BENEATH HER FEET is one of
@comicsjournal.bsky.social's Best Comics of 2025! 🙌

Congrats to @jamesthefourth.bsky.social, Elsa Charretier, Jordie Bellaire & @adityab.net! @readtinyonion.bsky.social www.tcj.com/the-best-com...

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Jo Walton @bluejo.bsky.social · 3d

www.jowaltonbooks.com/poetry/the-n...

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Camestros Felapton @camestrosf.bsky.social · 3d

Merry Christmas – let’s talk about Faerie & Die Hard 2

The boundaries of fantasy as a genre are unclear but that is appropriate as the boundaries and whole geography of faerie is unclear. I shan't say that is by design as the denizens of faerie are also ambiguous by intent. We can (and will) take…

Merry Christmas – let’s talk about Faerie & Die Hard 2

The boundaries of fantasy as a genre are unclear but that is appropriate as the boundaries and whole geography of faerie is unclear. I shan't say that is by design as the denizens of faerie are also ambiguous by intent. We can (and will) take a step away from faeries and see the way stories stray into faerie not as the preternatural influence of fey beings but rather as the conflict between the commercial demands of film studios & publishers versus the desires of writers to make coherent plots. But it is Christmas and the magical worlds are at a high tide and their waves wash closer to the mundane worlds than normal.

camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com

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Michael Grolys 🇱🇹 🇺🇦 🐕 🐾 @beardedwalker.bsky.social · 3d

Sunrise promise at #Bamburgh beach,#Northumberland that turned into lots of clouds shortly afterm. I lovecl these moments in time.
#landscapephotography
#UK
#sunrise

Sunrisexat Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. The castle is silhouettes in the background. Labradors wander along the beach.

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Tim Flanagan @timflanagan.bsky.social · 3d

Since it's a tense time of year 🫠

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Ian Bell Danskin @innuendostudios.bsky.social · 4d

until morale improves

a sign on a shelf in a bookstore says FICTION CONTINUES

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations!

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John Clark | Photographer @getrealjc.bsky.social · 4d

I always thought the first time I had a chance to see and photograph the Aurora it would be somewhere like Iceland, or Alaska. I was wrong. It was in New Mexico! 😂

And if you look closely, you can see a bit of the Milky Way up above as well.

#on1pics #photography #astrophotography

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 4d

Arrested for a t-shirt. Ibtissame Lachgar, feminist & LGBT+ activist, faces prison under Morocco’s blasphemy laws. Demand her release now. Sign: a.allout.org/s/Wq8bV/

Free Ibtissame Lachgar Now

A feminist and LGBT+ activist was arrested in Morocco for wearing a t-shirt. Demand her release. Sign now!

a.allout.org

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