I'm the closing section of a paper I'm writing and getting a bit preachy.

He was pushed before he jumped 😊 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Don't often agree with Badenoch, but she's on the money here: 'Speaking minutes before he took to the stage, Badenoch said it was a "good day" for the Conservatives and Jenrick was "now Nigel Farage's problem".' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Shame is what’s known as a de-motivating emotion. Unlike anger or fear, it makes people take fewer actions when they experience it Employ it judiciously and against enemies, not friends

Am I the only one who feels there's a certain irony here?

Come along on Monday for the first Proceedings of 2026! We've got Lewis Ross from LSE 'Are Philosophers Absurd? Progress, Testimony & Dividing Labour' 📍Woburn Suite, Senate House ⏰ 18.15 19 January 🔗https://www.aristoteliansociety.org.uk/the-proceedings/the-2025-26-programme/lewis-ross/

I don't think I have ever been to Nottingham University on a non-rainy day.

William James was my first philosophical crush. #philsky

In Birmingham? Interested in human-robot relations? Join us for a film screening and philosophical discussion this March! www.birmingham.ac.uk/events/ex-ma... #philsky #philosophymatters #philosophyforeveryone

Got a lot of Starbucks lovers and they tell me I'm insane....

Kemi, this is just a population density map

It's not even 9 o'clock and I'm already on the lemsip. #January

CFP for a special issue of Argumenta, guest edited by @lisabortolotti.com & @lalumera.bsky.social: THE EPISTEMIC INJUSTICE RESEARCH PROGRAMME: DEGENERATIVE OR PROGRESSIVE? Deadline 30th of September.

If you want to do an MA in London but have 'barriers accessing education or may face greater challenges while undertaking their degree' (specific criteria below), you can apply for a £3,000 tuition grant at Birkbeck. Lots of choices at @bbkhistorical.bsky.social: www.bbk.ac.uk/student-serv...

This is all so wrong. I am finding this very upsetting. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I'm team Rachel in this particular bust up #traitors

A country that blows up foreign fishing boats for no reason is one that will shoot its own citizens for no reason.

Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis. Say bad things are bad.

I've been well aware of this reality for years but I was still shocked to learn some time ago that 40 PERCENT of freight shipping is fossil fuels

I think my ironymetre just exploded. #philsky dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...

day 2 of posting margot photos from the archives until morale improves

Every time I check the news, some new crazy shit is happening. Come in USA. Pull yourself together.

So if I were making an exercise playlist, what should I include? (Other than 👁️ of the 🐅, obvs)

Right, marking season part 2, here we go.

Reading about basic desert and having that one philosopher's modus tollens is another's modus ponens experience. The paper - this cannot be the right account of basic desert if it forces you to be a sceptic about basic desert if you think harming others can never be non-instrumentally good 1/2

First day back at work flew by. Not in a good way but in a - what it's almost evening and this is all I've managed? - kind of way.

I was planning to do dry January, but this may not be the year for it.

It's 2026! Shocking thought. Cheers to all🎇🥂

Really, we should be hibernating, rather than going places and partying in the new year.

This is giving me the use/mention ouch

My new year's resolutions this year are work ones Don't write a book review in 26 Write the book in 26 Don't take on any additional invited chapters/papers Let's see how I go...

Duhh.... BBC News - Are these AI prompts damaging your thinking skills? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mid-career is when you ask people for references for grant applications but also write references for grant applications.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 Annual reminder that the book is open access. How do we think of the brain as a deeply interconnected system with highly distributed, non hierarchical processing. Want to learn about the brain from a fresh perspective? #neuroskyence mitpress.mit.edu/978026254460...

Happy Christmas Eve!

Always feel a bit Lady Macbeth after cutting red cabbage.

Not being Australian, I see a dinosaur here

Newly minted property tycoon.

#philsky too incompetent to get it right first time

As a little Christmas present, I am sharing my review Nick Shea's Concepts at the Interface www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... First 50 should be free/open access, if I understand it correctly. #phiksky

Argumenta will have a special issue on #epistemicinjustice guest-edited by @lalumera.bsky.social & myself. Deadline: September 2026. Open access. The line-up of invited contributors is already spectacular but we'll add more! #philsky @philhead.bsky.social www.argumenta.org/cfp/the-epis...

After many years of living in the UK, I will be going to a Christmas pantomime for the first time today. Apparently audience participation is encouraged/required.

I am stressed and grumpy with various work things but also need to make gingerbread dough. #christmasspirit

📅Save the date! Our next Network seminar will be on "Hearing voices, suicidality, and AI-psychosis", March 20th 2026, Hybrid This is a collaboration with @hearingvoicesmic.bsky.social and #ProjectEPIC Find more info and registration here: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/12/netw...

#NewArticle #OpenAccess Dating Apps and the Right to an Explanation| Bouke de Vries, Kristian González Barman Read it here 👇 doi.org/10.1111/japp... #philsky #philosophy

'In the UK, students at state-sector secondary schools and private schools used to be equally likely to get extra time in exams; since then the latter have streaked ahead' How redefining special needs rocked education - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT

You will be haunted by three spirits...

I’m *very* excited to announce that the special issue of The Monist that I co-edited with Paul Roth is finally out! It includes my new paper alongside a fantastic set of contributions. academic.oup.com/monist/issue... Happy to share a pre-print of my article—just ask!

And it's a wrap. We finished our moral responsibility module with a week on autonomous systems and the responsibility gap. Some lively discussions. #philsky