Shane Glackin
@eltorosolo.bsky.social
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Read Philosophy, write Philosophy, swear. (senior lecturer at u of exeter; phil. of medicine, politics, ethics & metaethics, philosophical methodology. Irish, sports bore, hobbyist guitar pedal-builder)
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eltorosolo.bsky.social
Where to begin with Jon? He was one of the nicest, and certainly the funniest, people I've known in academia; several of his one-liners still crease me with laughter. Indeed, I was quoting one on here just the other week.

He gave me my start lecturing, 1/

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M. J. S. (Jonathan) Hodge: In Memoriam
Jon Hodge passed away peacefully on Friday August 29, 2025, in the Harrogate District Hospital, of complications following pneumonia. While in the hospital, Jon shared many stories and jokes with t…
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eltorosolo.bsky.social
"Schmidt proved Godel's theorem"
unenthusiast.com
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/
hammancheez.bsky.social
"The chancellor approved it"
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navmecheng.bsky.social
> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis
Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.
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darach.bsky.social
GAA exceptionalism has definitely been due a peg-lowering.

The phrase "centrist rugby Dad" speaks to a fantasy where GAA is this benignly egalitarian, progressive and welcoming space. This is not everyone's experience but good luck to them if they say so.

www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic...
Malachy Clerkin: The Jim Gavin fiasco was a long overdue humbling for GAA exceptionalism
Micheál Martin had his head turned by Gavin’s football success, forgetting it’s just a sport, no better or worse than the rest
www.irishtimes.com
eltorosolo.bsky.social
- What do you mean? A tight-head lock? replied the former international second-row.
eltorosolo.bsky.social
Funnily enough, the thing that brought home to me most the pro/amateur shift was talking to Jim Glennon TD in a rugby setting. Leinster had just signed Brad Thorn, which he thought pointless as they had several good locks.

None of them is a tight head specialist though, I said...
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tupped.bsky.social
Bringing the Monstrance is a spectacular move.
richraho.bsky.social
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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wendylyon.bsky.social
Have just seen a post on X featuring a screenshot of a house share offer in Kerry, digitally altered to say “No Irish”. The actual ad can be found online easily and of course says no such thing, but the target audience hasn’t checked and is reacting predictably.

This will only get worse.
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indiawilloughby.bsky.social
This is Graham Linehan, who UKLabour, WesStreeting and every columnist in the country rushed to defend when he was arrested by police, after inciting online violence and smashed a trans girl’s phone. They are even changing the law specifically to protect him. “Just a joke” @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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skullmandible.bsky.social
"even if it's AI, it's at least true" hard to overstate the damage this stuff is doing to people's brains. we're gonna be cleaning the slop out of archives for decades
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michae.lv
Does your university have a contract with Grammarly? Write to the decision-maker asking if they think the university should be paying for a tool that is fast integrating features that can only be used for academic misconduct and cognitive offloading and request they drop the contract.
jedbrown.org
It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...
For help with attribution and sourcing, Grammarly is releasing a citation finder agent that automatically generates correctly formatted citations backing up claims in a piece of writing, and an expert review agent that provides personalized, topic-specific feedback. Screenshot from Grammarly's demo of inserting a post-hoc citation.
https://www.grammarly.com/ai-agents/citation-finder
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richraho.bsky.social
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
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forestsforeverca.bsky.social
"Laudato Si’ asserted human activity to be the unambiguous driver of climate change and castigated the inaction of the world’s political leaders as a dereliction of moral duty. It was one of the most influential statements on climate change ever made by a religious leader." buff.ly/6zFbyae
In First Address on Climate Change, Pope Leo Signals Continuity With Francis—and Opposition to Trump - Inside Climate News
The pontiff called on people all over the world to demand action on climate from their governments. Right-wing pundits in the U.S. immediately denounced his message as “woke.”
buff.ly
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theophite.bsky.social
this is fucking obscene
atrupar.com
Bondi: "We've been living through a horrific cycle of political violence in this country ... night after night antifa wrecks havoc on the streets of our cities. In Minnesota, a gunman murdered a state lawmaker and her husband."
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louiselocock.bsky.social
N.B. from a proper journal, not one of those ridiculous Great Barrington type 'journals'
eltorosolo.bsky.social
Even Dartmoor could/should have been called Princetown, which is not remotely as terrifying.
eltorosolo.bsky.social
Fuck these people into the sun.
sarapartridge.bsky.social
There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
(forgetting the word for antibiotics) do i need cancel culture
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
A second generation nepo baby, raised by a pair of sociopaths and given every advantage in the world. I'm sure this story will end well.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...
Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job
US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board
www.telegraph.co.uk
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nick-pettigrew.bsky.social
The era of "It isn't fair to pick on him, he's just a kid, he didn't choose to be in the limelight" is definitely over, so feel free to say he looks like he throws pets into a woodchipper with an expressionless face and a heart rate of 60bpm.
Trump's weird, serial killer-looking son might get a top job at TikTok.
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eltorosolo.bsky.social
That was *very plainly* not what I took issue with.

It is hard to tell whether you're being deliberately disingenuous here.
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.
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bbkogan.bsky.social
I think it would be a huge public service if major media outlets interviewed people given RIF notices and let them explain in detail what their jobs are so that people can judge for themselves whether these positions are wasteful like Trump and Vought claim or whether they help the country prosper.