Happy New 2026 to all of you who haven't unfollowed me due to my bad jokes. May your revisions be minor and final drafts actually final. #science #academia #philsky #philosophy

This is what #science should be.

My new book stand is really great. I blame #panpsychism for assuming this was about minds. It is microbes. Still excellent. #books #philosophysky #philsky #philosophy #science

A look ahead at what's coming in 2026 on the History of Philosophy podcast! www.historyofphilosophy.net/whats-coming... #philsky #philosophy #podcast

#Christmas one for ya. Also a book rec for Invisible Women by Caroline Perez. #science

New year, same mind–body problem. #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy #cogsci #science

The latest issue of the Journal of Consciousness Studies, 'Do LLMs Hallucinate Electric Fatamorganas?' is out now! Check out the table of contents below! 📚 Read the issue online here: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/imp/... 💌 Subscribe here: imprint.co.uk/product/jcs/

Where do philosophers buy jeans? At the Explanatory Gap. I'll see myself out. #philsky #philosophysky #philosophy

I'll start replying to my emails like this. #science #academia #academic #philosophy #philsky

Blanket secured. Cat deployed. Winter break officially rebranded as reading season (to be jolly). Cozy is now a research method. #science #philsky #philosophy #academia #cats #books #booksky

This is wonderful. Just adopted a bear. Now I'm no longer just a crazy cat lady. millionsoffriends.org/en/libearty/... #animals #bear #bears

My #Severance obsession turned into a #Pluribus obsession. And my toxic trait is not to enjoy it but "hmm, I should write a paper on that". #philosophy #philsky #filmphilosophy #filmstudies

Some symbolism there, idk. #cats #cogsci #philsky #philosophy #neuroscience

Heaven should look like any warm beverage, a blanket and a book.

Make a #xmas song into a philosophical one. Santa Cause is Coming to Town. Rudolph the Red1-nosed Reindeer. All I Want for Christmas is Hume. Let It Know! Do You Hear What I Hear? Already a qualia paper, no edits required. #philosophy #philsky #cogsci #philbluesky #science #christmas

- We are three wise men. - Well, what are you doing creeping around a cow shed at two o'clock in the morning? That doesn't sound very wise to me. Tired of fighting with in-laws? Life of Brian is a perfect movie I rewatch every year. #montypython #lifeofbrian #movies #movie #christmas #xmas #film

#philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #cogsci #academia #science

Nothing says peace on earth like being jolted awake at 3 AM by cats conducting experimental physics on the Christmas tree. As a scientist, the hypothesis survived yet another trial. #cats #christmas #christmastree #science #xmas

Nativity scene. @keithfrankish.com #christmas #cats #cat #xmas

5 perfect #movies: Tokyo Story (1953) The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966) 12 Angry Men (1957) Twin Peaks 3 (2017) Umberto D (1952) Also: Fitzcarraldo (1982) Some Like It Hot (1959) Ikiru (1952) The Passion of Jean d'Arc (1928) Synecdoche, NY (2008) #film #filmsky #philosophy #philsky #movie

Winter break is when academics finally do all the things they confidently said "I'll do next week" in October. #academia #academia #philsky #philbluesky #cogsci #science #academic

Not bad when they lift your title for the whole issue. I always knew a good title does half the work; the rest usually takes care of itself, provided Reviewer 2 stays quiet. 😁 #consciousness #philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #cogsci #llm #ai #academia #paper

I submitted a paper right before Christmas. Not out of productivity, but as a preventative measure against the festive onset of existential academic dread. #philosophy #philsky #cogsci #science #academia

I noticed today that while the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy has entries on "Embodied Cognition" and on "Feminist Perspectives on Embodiment" neither of them appears on the other's list of "Related entries". (This is more of a comment than a question, I guess.)

Announcement: after long and happy 12 years with pachycephalosaurus, I have a new favorite #dinosaur, scansoriopteryx. Please respect my privacy in these turbulent times. #science

I've decided to go into a full professional mode with the photo and all. #philosophy #philsky #academia #cogsci #academic #science

Researchers in #astrobiology and #philosophy, we're planning a special issue "Philosophy in Astrobiology" (WoS/Scopus journal). What is life (na na na na na!)? Cognition? Non-terrestrial frameworks? And beyond! zfn.edu.pl/index.php/zf... @euroastrobiology.bsky.social #philsky #cogsci #astronomy

New episode!! 🎙️🎉 A chat w/ @pbrakes.bsky.social about animal cultures and animal conservation. Culture was once thought to be uniquely human. No longer. We now know culture is found throughout the natural world. How does this complicate conservation? Listen: disi.org/the-value-of...

I love that in #Budapest they put up a statue of Peter Falk in the street of some completely unrelated guy who just happened to have the same surname. This is my chance for glory: ascend into philosophical hall of fame by footnote confusion. #columbo #peterfalk #philosophy #philsky #philbluesky

It's a real honour to be chairing next year's @mesec-community.bsky.social winter school on consciousness science, March 22-28👇🏽

On the right: I when I get any criticism whatsoever. #philisophy #philosophysky #philsky #cogsci #science #academia

Here's the recording of @petemandik.bsky.social and me chatting about enshittification www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLwn...

I'm proud to report that our little astrobioethics collective has submitted its second paper! While you wait for the sequel to traverse the peer-review jungle, go ahead and enjoy revisiting our first 😊

I have to say, the next conference I go to will have to beat all the langos I ate in #Budapest. TLDR: met a lot of cool people @ Budapest #Philosophy of #Technology confetence, bashed some AI, and conspired for world domination, the usual #philosophysky #philsky #cogsci #academic #academia #llm #ai

Me responding to reviewer 2. #cogsci #philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #budapest #academicsky #academia

My paper when I add "hitherto" to it. #philosophysky #philsky #cogsci #academia #academic #budapest

November, oil on canvas, 2025 #academia #academicsky #science #cogsci #philosophy #philsky #philosophysky #science

Found the official vehicle of the opponents of physicalism. #philosophy #philsky #academia #academicsky #academic #philbluesky #cogsci

Finally got them. They have my eyes. Red ones, I mean. Full of deadline angst in December. #ai #machinelearning #llm #artificialintelligence #philsky #philosophysky #philbluesky #cogsci #science #academia

Here's the recording of today's episode of The Persuaders, in which Pete and I have a rational discussion about irrationalism www.youtube.com/watch?v=duI3... @petemandik.bsky.social

New podcast episode! 🪨🧪🤖🎙🖖 Dr. @anirudhprabhu.bsky.social joins me to discuss how we use machine learning trained on organic chemical data to detect the "whispers" of life—specifically photosynthetic life—in ancient rocks.

ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast—like all the episodes in our #WiseWomen series—is available for download: podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/t.... #PhilSky #philosophy @nehgov.bsky.social @altnehgov.altgov.info

The Persuaders will be live again tomorrow at 1pm EST, 6pm GMT, when they will asking if our beliefs are formed by rational processes and if it matters. The Truth Demon may also put in an appearance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=duI3... @petemandik.bsky.social

Me in science. #philosophy #science #cogsci #philosophysky #academia #philbluesky #sci

Pre-Order "Time's Second Arrow: Evolution, Order, and a New Law of Nature" by Robert M. Hazen and yours truly ⬇️

On the latest Strange New Worlds, I share my conversation with @seanmcarroll.bsky.social on his Mindscape Podcast, where we talk about astrobiology, the origins of life, and complexity.

If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.

Come and let me show you it's easier to build an agentic pipeline than assemble an IKEA cupboard! #philosophy #philosophysky #llm #ai #aritificialintelligence #cogsci #philbluesky #agenticai #machinelearning #ml

Pete and I discuss Jonathan Birch's book on sentience. Featuring a special guest appearance by Indi! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9ue... @birchlse.bsky.social

My cat did more reading this weekend than me. #academia #science #cogsci #philosophy #philsky #cats #cat