Patrick O'Connor
Associate Professor of Philosophy. Kerryman in Manchester. MCFC.
Views belong to my replicant. Neither Citizen nor Alien
Podcast Host: Thales' Well- goo.gl/Ax52Ly
- Very sad news - RIP John Virgo. Snooker won't be the same without his voice. Was lucky enough to have met him a couple of months ago in Bolton. What a lovely man.
- Indeed, there was one posted above and inside the front door of every single Irish house. Seemingly ornamental, like old hunting rifles, in truth, ready for smiting at any moment.
- Reposted by Patrick O'ConnorWe're being sued for libel by a London businessman who thinks he can bully us into taking down a @londonermag.bsky.social story about him. He's wrong! Please read and share. www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-londoner...
- Saddened to hear this. RIP Gladys West. Has to be one of the least well-known and most influential people ever. Someone who affects our lives every single day.
- Reposted by Patrick O'ConnorDr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
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- Rayan Cherki - That was absolute filth! 💙💙😍💙💙 #mcfc
- What a bonkers game. City hang on for a 5-4 win! 🙄🫣🫠😍 Wish they played for the first 30m of second half like they did for last 15m.
- Aaaaaaaaaaghhhhh! What a win for Ireland! In the 96'. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪 #coybig
- What a fascinating game! It's like a Pep-Klopp fusion got the better of a Slot-Klopp fusion. Reilly, Doku were outstsnding . Nunes, Dias, Phil, Haaland and Nico G were belting too.
- Lá mór don tír – comhghairdeas le Catherine Connolly, ár nUachtarán nua. Go n-éirí go geal léi. ☘️ 🇮🇪 /Big day for the country –congratulations to Catherine Connolly, our new President. Wishing her every success.☘️ 🇮🇪
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- Reposted by Patrick O'ConnorOn Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day. As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time. At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
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- Appalled by this vile attack. Standing in solidarity with Manchester’s Jewish community and my Jewish neighbours.
- New podcast audio essay from Posthumanism and Technology. Death on Pause - Ray Kurzweil says tech could end aging -even death by 2045. I talk AI, future of humanity, the singularlity and more Available below and in the usual podcast places. #Singularity #Kurzweil #AI #Transhumanism #Futurism
- RIP Tony Harrisson Saddened to to hear about this great loss. Harrisson was immense. He could do satire, lament, dramatic verse, TV, spoken word poetry, elegy, poetic journalism, translation, dialect - no finer exemplar of the classical vernacular will you find.
- The French philosopher Jacques Rancière challenges how we think about politics, art, and education. Here is my podcast interview with philosopher Dr Stuart Blaney where we discuss his ideas.

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- Yeah, that's a bit decent.
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- Still places available to study in September at University of Staffordshire's MA Philosophy of Nature, Information and Technology.👇
- Still places available to study in September at University of Staffordshire's MA Continental Philosophy.👇
- Kyren!!!
- Finally got around to reading this. Andy West's unique memoir of teaching Philosophy in UK prisons. Highly recommended.
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- Well...never thought of them like that before.
- New podcast on Thales' Well: Matt Barnard [@matthewbarnard.phd ] joins me to talk about freedom and what it means to exist without falling into the usual free will vs determinism trap. Lots of Kant and Heidegger talk. Listen in below or Spotify, Pockets Casts etc.