Friday motivation.

— Ingeborg Bachmann (25/6/1926 - 17/10/1973) "Die gestundete Zeit Es kommen härtere Tage Die auf Widerruf gestundete Zeit wird sichtbar am Horizont. Bald musst Du den Schuh schnüren und die Hunde zurückjagen … —

Summer conference season begins for Philosophy at Edinburgh with this conference this week organised by my excellent colleague Dr Jo Wolff with a fantastic line-up of talks on history and philosophy of measurement 🤩. Welcome everyone to Scotland. #philsci

Friday motivation.

I was happier then. Or was that I? Or am I now I?

Mr Leopold Bloom ate with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls. He liked thick giblet soup, nutty gizzards, a stuffed roast heart, liver slices fried with crustcrumbs, fried hencods’ roes.Most of all he liked grilled mutton kidneys which gave to his palate a fine tang of faintly scented urine

Thursday tango tunes.

Friday motivation.

🚨 NEW: 27 Members of Parliament have signed a motion to reject the EHRC Code of Practice edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Ask yours to join them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

In a shared office space, just swapped out a really clunky keyboard for a more modern one, only to find that the space bar makes a squeaking noise. My colleagues can now hear the silence of my thinker's/writer's block...

Friday motivation / soothing.

Book club group chat is on fire just now…

Slightly strange, somewhat flattering and very insistent spam e-mails coming my way... I know for a fact I do not meet Wikipedia's notability criteria... @wikipedia.org

Today I voted in the Scottish Parliament Elections 🗳️ and submitted my 2025/26 tax return. Feeling very civic. #democracy #TaxTheRich

The next instalment of the reading group organised by the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health #CPEMPH will focus on the philosophy of public health. Schedule here: cpemph.org/2026/04/30/p... - please join us! #philsci #philsky

Lovely review of Robert Northcott's book on fragility in science in BJPS--and if you want a second one, why not check out this one... journals.uvic.ca/index.php/pi... #philsci #philsky

Happy #WorldArtDay! 🎨 In 2005, #EdwinMorgan wrote 10 poems responding to the 10 artworks named as Scotland’s favourite paintings held in Scottish public collections. EM’s personal favourite among the works was ‘Flood Tide’ (1962) by #JoanEardley, painted the year before she died.

If you are planning to attend, the registration is open. We @hpscambridge.bsky.social are pouring our hearts into this conference and it will be amazing. Even though my own submission was not accepted! #philsci #philsky #hps #metascience

In academia nobody gets financial bonuses… but! Sometimes prizes come in the form of books!! 📚💙 Thanks to the Philosophy of Social Science roundtable @ppeatvt.bsky.social

🚨 new blog post with short summaries about what I've been thinking and writing about recently: there's a bit of feminist bioethics, public health ethics and science communication. Hopefully something for everyone. #philsci #philsky #bioethics #PHEthics lovecells.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/r...

Monday morning, time to rise and grind!* *Cultivate wisdom and compassion.

🚨 new blog post with short summaries about what I've been thinking and writing about recently: there's a bit of feminist bioethics, public health ethics and science communication. Hopefully something for everyone. #philsci #philsky #bioethics #PHEthics lovecells.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/r...

Remember if you want to cast a postal vote in the upcoming Scottish Parliament election you need to first be registered to vote by 11:59pm on Monday, April 20. Your postal vote application then needs to be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday, April 21 📮

Friday motivation.

Here's the correct job link, I think: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... #philjobs

Wow this looks like a really relevant and urgent project given the latest news: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Join philos-QT, the listserv of the Society for LGBTQ Philosophy!

Good morning, friends!

I wish this were an April Fools headline…

📣 *EPSA25: selected papers from the biennial conference in Groningen* Submission deadline: 15 June 2026 link.springer.com/collections/... #philsci #HPS

📚📝 I've published a new paper that thinks through how scarce health research resources ought to be distributed when the aim is to counter health inequalities! #oa #philsky #philsci #SDH academic.oup.com/phe/article/...

📚📝 I've published a new paper that thinks through how scarce health research resources ought to be distributed when the aim is to counter health inequalities! #oa #philsky #philsci #SDH academic.oup.com/phe/article/...

Getting ready for a weekend of philosophy at the Cathedral of Learning in Pittsburgh @center4philsci.bsky.social

📣 CFP for a topical collection containing selected papers from the *EPSA25* conference: philsci.eu/page-1075762 #philsci

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

There’s a philosophical joke about (sickly) constitution here somewhere…

There’s a philosophical joke about (sickly) constitution here somewhere…

This is happening in two weeks and I can hardly contain my excitement! 💙📚

✨Reminder✨ The symposia deadline for PSA 2026 is 15 January (this Thursday!)

We're hiring! We're looking for a relief bookseller to join us for a minimum of 3 hours per week, fixed term Feb-Jul 2026. For more information on the role and on how to apply, visit this blog post here! Closing at 10am Monday 26th January lighthousebookshop.com/posts/were-h...

Registration is open for this event 16-17 March @royalsociety.org with programme (titles and abstracts) available online: royalsociety.org/science-even.... In person and online.

Happy new year! If you are early career or graduate in Phil of Bio, consider European summer school below: fantastic venue, brilliant mix of junior & senior scholars, a wealth of debates, PPTs & skills training organised by @thomasreydon.bsky.social and myself. Deadline EXTENDED to 31 Jan! #philsci

Starting off the year with a visit to the @nationalgalleries.bsky.social in Edinburgh to see the Turner watercolours only on view in January #JMWTurner

Starting off the year with a visit to the @nationalgalleries.bsky.social in Edinburgh to see the Turner watercolours only on view in January #JMWTurner

Concluding my Greek “research trip” (aka testing the local Xmas cuisine) at the Athenian Lyceum of Aristotle—“epitome of human wisdom”—birthplace of virtue ethics #philsky

Here’s to 2026

The call for abstracts for the 2026 Joint Session is now live! Please consider submitting to the Society for Women in Philosophy #SWIP session if your work furthers the aims of SWIP, broadly construed 1/2 sites.google.com/view/2026-jo... #CfA #philsky #feminism #SWIP @aristotsoc.bsky.social

The call for abstracts for the 2026 Joint Session is now live! Please consider submitting to the Society for Women in Philosophy #SWIP session if your work furthers the aims of SWIP, broadly construed 1/2 sites.google.com/view/2026-jo... #CfA #philsky #feminism #SWIP @aristotsoc.bsky.social