My brother died really suddenly 3.5 yrs ago. It's been the worst pains I've ever known, both dealing with my own grief and watching my parents try and accept the unacceptable. Technology has been a mixed blessing. I'm so glad I have whatsapps where I can still hear him giggle.

Recently Available Online: Giving a Second Chance -- Yotam Benziman Article Link: Abstract in Alt #philsky

Jacinta Shrimpton interviewed me about the philosophical work of Karoline von Günderrode for the New Voices in the History of Philosophy podcast - you can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...

#Rain is relentless in Dublin today – sheets of it! 🌧️ This Elizabeth Rivers print, ‘With #wind rain this journal opened…’ (c. 1947), feels like the perfect companion to the #storm. Explore it here: https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000041943

I like how, in Leibniz's New Essays, the character names being Theophilus and Philalethes means they can be nicknamed "Theo" and "Phil", which to me seem like kind of appropriate names for lads defending, on the one hand, misty-eyed rationalism and, on the other, a kind of meandering empiricism

Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....

I genuinely think the cameras to detect light breaking would make a difference. We sorely need to change the culture on that one, and a few fines might move that along. People seem to have forgotten it's illegal and dangerous.

📣 We’re #hiring! AK1 Photographic Collections 📸 The National Library of Ireland is recruiting an Assistant Keeper Grade 1 to help care for and develop our Photographic Collections. 🗓️ #Apply by 3pm, 27 Feb 2026 via our website: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland

5yr old insisting the u in tulip needs a fada 😭🇮🇪

I will also be in UCD by the time this j0b starts. The place will be crawling with early modernists

We are hiring! BMoral #erc project is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate hosted by @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social (University College Dublin, Ireland). For further details/how to apply: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport... #jobfairy #hiring #recruitment #jobopening #PostdocJobs #ResearchJobs #Philosophy

Twice Shy | Exploring Seamus Heaney’s Love Poetry In celebration of St. Valentine’s Day ❤️ 📅 Sat, 14 Feb at 2pm: https://www.nli.ie/exhibitions-events/twice-shy-exploring-seamus-heaneys-love-poetry Join us for an #ValentinesDay talk exploring some of Heaney’s most beautiful and romantic #poems.

This week's scrap project involves knitting up some truly gaudy wool I let Niamh buy last year (the white is sparkly). For an aussie baby who will be in want of summer cardigans. #showmeyourknits

“We used to worry about billionaires owning half of major media outlets, but newly pernicious is their almost total ownership of the artificial intelligence (#AI) platforms that increasingly impose on all aspects of life online.” @quiteclare.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

The very luteal caterpillar 🐛🌗

This looks great!

tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY

Burning bridges with my billionaires pals today.

'Outside the Box' quilt by US textile artist Jenny Voss #Womensart ##FridayFeeling

As promised, a step-by-step guide on how to tell your local paper how pissed you are that local TDs failed the disabled community yesterday. 4.45 secs to research, write, and send. I bet you can beat that. Hold them accountable. Part 2 and transcript below #spéirgorm

Well, congratulations to Jan Machielsen for a magnificent piece of title-artistry

This looks great! Probably also of interest to followers of @swip-i.bsky.social

I love this phrase! Daine ag caint, timpeall an domhain <3 www.tiktok.com/@james.doneg... @sergiosouza.bsky.social I feel you will enjoy

The Virus/colds episode of Storybots is so good. 👌

A pal gave me a bag of hand-me-downs someone had given her. This absolute beauty was in there. Such a lovingly made piece of hand #knitting Am thrilled it ended up with me. Explained all the cable types and stitches to my impressed 5yr old. Will try and make a similar one to honour the effort!

Called out beautifully by @michaelspicer.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/mich...

“But maybe we owe it to the part of ourselves that needs to be devastated every now and then to choose differently.” ~ Colin Sheridan Irish Examiner ☕️

Call it internalised colonialism, but I was not ready for the American narration of the new Netflix Teletubbies. That guy might need to be Inglish

Fused glass birds by Emma Butler-Cole Aiken, a stained glass artist working in the Scottish Borders #WomensArt

Hat and snood for my 2yr old's most beloved creche teacher. She mentioned her mum used to knit for her and she loved seeing the little fella's twee knits. Nothing very elaborate herr and they don't really go together but I'm trying to knit through half of the wool I have this year.

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Incredible. Both kids have adored 'tubbies so it's amazing to wonder at this possible world of Teletubbies who've seen too much.

Banach-/--Tarski next! Or are they the same, ultimately?

Taking my 2026 scholarly cue from (William) Molyneux and describing those with opposed approaches as: * covered by Dark Mists * promoting Empty Stuff * like a Leprosie * Beauty-deformers * using "noisy words"

To quote my mother, it's a very wetting rain out there today

Spanish artist Raquel Rodrigo from Valencia creates cross-stitching street art #WomensArt

I honestly might not continue with today's puzzle. The lone survivor of the Lullula wept!

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

Very torn between seeing Hamnet and Saipan this weekend. Two two-syllable 6-letter words. Different vibes.

Former communicorp and INM chair Lucy Gaffney on the regulatory frameworks traditional media face and the absolute lack of any accountability for large online platforms www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

The preamble of every voice note to my best friend: "Hi babe, ... xxx"

Recently Available Online: Coming to Terms with Foucauldianism: Emancipation or Anti-Politics? -- Marco Mazzone Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsky

Recently Available Online: Time Biases and the Temporal Faith: Habits and Lived-Time in Addiction and OCD-- Jack Reynolds Read the paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #philsky

A shorter piece on learnings from miscarriage and things that could improve around infrastructure, isolation and self-trust.

The superlative Naomi Thompson, Sam Kimpton-Nye, and Sonia Roca Royes were kind enough to comment on my book. Here are my responses: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... And here are their papers too: doi.org/10.1080/0020... / doi.org/10.1080/0020... / doi.org/10.1080/0020...

Portrait of me by my 5yr old. She's captured something crucial, I think. I guess she's heard i work on immaterialism cause the piece features a strict rejection of the necessity of body.

Time for a #painting. "Stone Walls, No Sheep III" was the 3rd in a series of 4 paintings that came out of loving landscapes especially those with stone walls and those with sheep but accepting that sometimes the sheep just aren't there. #art #Speirghorm #ArtAdventCalendar