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Philosopher of science in a previous life, short story writer in this one and comics and music lover in both.
- One thing that fascinates me about the Who is how they're seen as "classic rock" but *so much* of their work is rooted in and influenced by the very early-sixties pop that "classic rock" fans disdain (as I found out every time I covered eg the Beach Boys or Small Faces or Searchers)
- Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
- Just accepted: Realism about Newtonian Gravity – Matthias Egg Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740610 #philsci #philsky
- We are delighted to invite you all to the inaugural BJPS Popper Prize Lecture on Wednesday 25 February 2026 6.30-8pm. To be delivered by the 2024 BJPS Popper Prize winners, Alex Franklin and Vanessa Seifert. This hybrid event will be hosted by LSE. Please register here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/molec...
- This year's H.M. Chadwick Lecture is being given by Prof. Barry Lewis on 19th March with the title 'The flourishing of vernacular literature in the Wales of Llywelyn the Great'. #Skystorians #HanesCymru The Zoom registration link is here:
- There are 10 days left to submit a proposal for the 6th Biennial EENPS Conference (Bucharest, 18–19 September 2026). Submission deadline: 15 February! Talks and symposia across all areas of philosophy of science are welcome ☀️ eenps2026.sciencesconf.org #philsci
- Just accepted: Natural Theories – James Weatherall & Eleanor March Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740611 #philsci #philsky
- Sander Verhaegh's "The Analytic Turn in American Philosophy: An Institutional Perspective." Part I: Scientific versus Humanistic Philosophy (Spr 2025): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.... Part II: Analytic versus Continental Philosophy (Fall 2025): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
- Happy Wednesday from a sunny Glastonbury. Yes actual sun!!
- you can literally travel to Mongolia, take a taxi from Ulaanbaatar to Choirin, find the last house in the outskirt, and ask Munkhbat who's about fifty or eighty, no one knows for sure, he spent his entire life drinking and throwing rocks at passing cars, he would say "Peter Mandelson? He's a c*nt."
- 👆 How it started 👇 How it's going
- Many people have wondered why the Chien-Shiung Wu never won the Nobel Prize for Physics. New findings from the Nobel archives, exclusively revealed in Physics World, show she was nominated 23 times by 18 different physicists - and yet was still left empty-handed. 🧪⚛️ physicsworld.com/a/twenty-thr...
- Brexit 2.0
- Today! Come play! #philosophy #dundee
- #PHILOSOPHY PLAYTIME! This week we play with the idea ‘can belief in something make it so?’ 18.30-20.00, Wednesday 4 February at EH9|Espresso, 248/250 Perth Rd, DD1 4LL, #Dundee £6 cash on door, complimentary (decaf) coffee All curious minds welcome!
- For Farage read Russian puppet undermining democracy As for Thiel he's evil and he already has his teeth into Farage and Streeting who now look incredibly naive in their dealings with his company Palantir imo Dealing with Musk and Zuckerberg is one thing Thiel is a different level of evil
- Thread starting with 🚨 TWO SHOCKING FACTS: Epstein was in direct contact with Putin, boasting of personal invites to St Petersburg. He co-owned Thiel’s Valar Ventures w/ Ehud Barak, backing Israeli surveillance firm Carbyne. 1/12 bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/i...
- 2/3/1870 — b. Beatrice Grimshaw, Australian author, traveler, explorer. Prolific writer of 37 travel books, novels and short-stories on many topics including adventure + the supernatural. Traveled extensively throughout the Pacific South Seas islands #womenshistory #womenwriters #WriterSky #BookSky
- Pints over child poverty.
- I’m the perennial outsider in the UK, but I think it’s strange how Toby Young was made a life peer because he made hundreds of sexist comments about female television presenters, and also was repeatedly invited to a secret white suprematist eugenics conference run out of UCL
- In stock now! More relevant than ever before... Brand-new omnibus edition of John Lewis's crucial graphic novel, March. A book that explores how change really happens, and why it's so desperately needed... okcomics.co.uk/products/mar...
- Our Perspectives on Science Seminar schedule for Spring 2026 is here. All are warmly welcome! #philsci #philsky
- Hugo eligibility post! “The Cuddled Little Vice,” my book-length essay on the poison legacy of Sandman, is eligible for Best Related Work.
- A good response. We have to stand with our trans siblings. I'm white, cis gendered, female presenting, middle class, educated and awash with privilege. Pin your flags to the mast here. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
- 📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender. doi.org/10.1111/tran... The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.
- In response to lots of requests about this map, we've provided critical information about the role of each US base.👇
- Tomorrow! #philosophy #dundee
- #PHILOSOPHY PLAYTIME! This week we play with the idea ‘can belief in something make it so?’ 18.30-20.00, Wednesday 4 February at EH9|Espresso, 248/250 Perth Rd, DD1 4LL, #Dundee £6 cash on door, complimentary (decaf) coffee All curious minds welcome!
- “A few days ago, sunspot 4366 didn't exist. Now it is a behemoth almost half the size of the great Carrington sunspot. Rapid growth is making the sunspot unstable. It has unleashed dozens of solar flares in past 24 hours, including a powerful X8-class flare” www.spaceweather.com
- Labour took votes for granted. They've blown it. Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services. Vote Green - and stop Reform. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- The missing René Magritte. This Is Not a Drill.
- Coming up in Munich: we launch the Munich Center for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change this Friday, February 6, at 5 pm! Ending the week with hope & energy for the coming years. Come along if you can - registration & programme: transform-cluster.de/transform-la... #philsci #sts #hps
- SUBS WINDOW OPEN NOW THRU WEDNESDAY: We want flash stories (<2K) of undiscovered places, and we want to know why they were never meant to be found. More info: bit.ly/4fQLeGx
- Trek Tuesday: Starfleet Academy s1e4: Vox in Excelso This is the strongest episode yet of the new Trek show. It retains the core flaw in the show i.e. the whole genre of kids at wizarding school but as that is the core premise of the show it is likely complaining about their being aliens in it. By…
- HSS Dissertation Travel Grant to support travel to sources for PhD students in history of science and technology working on their dissertation. Grants may be up to US$2,500. Grad students from any university are eligible Deadline Tuesday, March 31. hssonline.org/page/dissert... #HPS
- rememeber when Labour members elected a left-wing leader so the parliamentary party engaged in a kamikaze wrecking project under the political guidance of a key associate to a paedophile sex trafficker leading directly to the ascension of the Prime Minister we have today
- #PHILOSOPHY PLAYTIME! This week we play with the idea ‘can belief in something make it so?’ 18.30-20.00, Wednesday 4 February at EH9|Espresso, 248/250 Perth Rd, DD1 4LL, #Dundee £6 cash on door, complimentary (decaf) coffee All curious minds welcome!
- Jonah Messinger just gave a great talk on these issues at HPS Cambridge. There’s a video here. #philtech #sts #philsci #HPS www.youtube.com/watch?v=o43x...
- How to decide whether to pursue an experiment? @ennofischer.bsky.social articulates the "context of pursuit" for experiments, in which facilities, research questions, expected gain & feasibility help determine what experiments are worth doing👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1... #philsci #philsky #HPS
- Just accepted: Typical Quantum States of the Universe are Observationally Indistinguishable – Eddy Keming Chen & Roderich Tumulka Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740609 #philsci #philsky
- Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
- I too have had such trouble changing a duvet cover.
- Tinnitus UK is bringing their Quiet Night Out to the beautiful Union Chapel for a special Tinnitus Week 2026 event, rethinking what a live music night can feel like. There are limited tickets available, so make sure to secure your spot today (link in bio)
- ICYMI we're open for submissions of contemporary #shortstories #flashfiction and #microfiction inc. #translations #callforsubmissions. Please click on the link below for our guidelines... fictivedream.com/submission-g...
Get some excellent sci-fi, fantasy, and horror plugged right into your brain by joining me and some fabulous authors for a free online reading! I'll be reading from Possible Worlds and Other Stories and I am PUMPED. 6th Feb, 5 pm GMT! TIckets: www.eventbrite.com/o/strong-wom... #SWSWQR- Nominations open for PSA 2026 Hempel Award, recognizing lifetime scholarly achievement in philosophy of science. Nominations include a CV & 3-5 detailed letters of support addressing scholarly achievements, mentorship, public outreach, & service to PSA. Submit to office@philsci.org by April 31 #HPS
- Submissions open for PSA Biennial Meeting Contributed Papers, deadline March 15, & Posters, due by June 1, 2026. PSA 2026 is in San Diego November 19 - 22, 2026 #HPS psa26.oa-event.com www.philsci.org/psa_2026.php
- Happy #Imbolc, ushered in by Brigid and her hare. Nature is stirring, there’s a full moon. The winter is ebbing away. The seeds scattered last year are waking up. Pat yourself on the back , you’ve made it through another winter.
- Postdoctoral fellow Boaz Schuman is launching a new series of short videos highlighting the work being conducted at our centre! Here is the first one, with Bo presenting his ongoing project on assertion in indirect proof: www.youtube.com/shorts/HYpu0... Stay tuned for more 📼! #philsky #HPS #logic
- Big news: we're reopening to submissions on 2/16 on a rolling basis! Highlights: increased pay per word! Longer word count limits! Higher pay for interior art! New cover art submissions! Full details: fraidycatpress.com/submission-g... #callforsubmissions #horrorlit #fiction #art #shortstory
