Aidan McGlynn
@aidanmcglynn.bsky.social
Glaswegian philosopher based at the University of Edinburgh, mostly working on issues in epistemology and feminist philosophy. Co-editor of Hypatia, research associate at ACEPS, University of Johannesburg. He/him. https://sites.google.com/site/aidanmcglynn
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I don't know if this is still true, but this is more or less how the NHS sounded when the boys were born. Some of you will have heard my story about alienating myself at an antenatal class by pointing out that they'd lapsed into absolute nonsense in a bid to push breastfeeding.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I don't know if this is still true, but this is more or less how the NHS sounded when the boys were born. Some of you will have heard my story about alienating myself at an antenatal class by pointing out that they'd lapsed into absolute nonsense in a bid to push breastfeeding.
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In the Dutch tulip fields, Monet was astonished by the colors.
“I could never have believed that such colours existed,” he said in admiration.
“I could never have believed that such colours existed,” he said in admiration.
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In the Dutch tulip fields, Monet was astonished by the colors.
“I could never have believed that such colours existed,” he said in admiration.
“I could never have believed that such colours existed,” he said in admiration.
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Every so often I remember that the Entwives are gone, and get sad
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Every so often I remember that the Entwives are gone, and get sad
"She’s the counterforce. Wittgenstein’s ghost at a cocktail party. Quiet, precise, dangerous because she doesn’t need to explain herself. She’s the one who knows the rules and knows when to break them."
"If you put a kid on the cover, you’re telling buyers it’s a kid game. If you put adults on the cover, you’re telling kids it’s a gateway to adulthood. This is basic aspirational psychology. They’ll feel like tiny professors. Or tiny villains. Both sell."
The Mastermind Box Cover: What the Hell Were They Thinking?
- - -INVICTA GAMES, LTD. Packaging Team — Official Minutes Project: Mastermind / New Cover Presentation MARTIN SMITH (Marketing Senior Vice Presi...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"She’s the counterforce. Wittgenstein’s ghost at a cocktail party. Quiet, precise, dangerous because she doesn’t need to explain herself. She’s the one who knows the rules and knows when to break them."
Mara with a new entry into the 'epistemic X'-files - too late to make the book, obviously, but worth a dishonourable mention
Mara Neijzen, Epistemic FOMO Killed the Cat: Its Epistemically Maladaptive Consequences in Our Sociotechnical Environment - PhilPapers
This paper constructs epistemic FOMO as an epistemic equivalent of the ubiquitous emotional experience of FOMO: a fear of missing out. As FOMO simpliciter entails a socially informed and negatively va...
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December 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Mara with a new entry into the 'epistemic X'-files - too late to make the book, obviously, but worth a dishonourable mention
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That about sums it up
(Artist: teabag.comics)
(Artist: teabag.comics)
December 8, 2024 at 10:17 AM
That about sums it up
(Artist: teabag.comics)
(Artist: teabag.comics)
Hoping to visit one of the paintings in this series soon (not this one, but very similar)
View of the Tuileries, Morning
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16940
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16940
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hoping to visit one of the paintings in this series soon (not this one, but very similar)
Every so often I remember that the Entwives are gone, and get sad
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Every so often I remember that the Entwives are gone, and get sad
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Portal from the Abbey Church of Saint Laurent
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16962
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16962
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Portal from the Abbey Church of Saint Laurent
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16962
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16962
Still one of my biggest musical obsessions of the second half of this year - absolutely love this
PREMIERE: VieL - Fearless [Nordic Voyage Recordings]
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December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Still one of my biggest musical obsessions of the second half of this year - absolutely love this
Golden mean
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Golden mean
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Gentle reminder that the European Union was established because the first four decades of our 20th century were mostly internecine war and genocide.
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Gentle reminder that the European Union was established because the first four decades of our 20th century were mostly internecine war and genocide.
This afternoon I went to M&S in Morningside, bought a few things, and got two buses home with my shopping. Not really noteworthy, except it's almost exactly a year since I tried to do the same thing, with a taxi replacing the buses, and failed miserably.
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This afternoon I went to M&S in Morningside, bought a few things, and got two buses home with my shopping. Not really noteworthy, except it's almost exactly a year since I tried to do the same thing, with a taxi replacing the buses, and failed miserably.
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Old Camasunary bothy #IsleofSkye #Scotland #Highlands damianshields.photoshelter.com/p/2026-calendar
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Old Camasunary bothy #IsleofSkye #Scotland #Highlands damianshields.photoshelter.com/p/2026-calendar
I've actually never made it up to the watchtower (and I'm guessing now, I never will) - we would always try to spot it driving through Inveraray on the way to and from Lochgilphead, though, and this whole area is lovely
Inveraray from the Dun na Cuaiche Watchtower #Inveraray #Argyll #Scotland damianshields.photoshelter.com/p/2026-calendar
December 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I've actually never made it up to the watchtower (and I'm guessing now, I never will) - we would always try to spot it driving through Inveraray on the way to and from Lochgilphead, though, and this whole area is lovely
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We Need To Talk About Kevin (1990)
December 1, 2024 at 2:31 AM
We Need To Talk About Kevin (1990)
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Eugène Jansson, Staden i solnedgång (The city at sunset, 1897).
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Eugène Jansson, Staden i solnedgång (The city at sunset, 1897).
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Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
Please repost with your own caption.
A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin
@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.
Please repost with your own caption.
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Edward Seago made just the one visit to Hong Kong in 1962 and plays the tourist here, emerging himself in the noise and bustle of an early morning market, capturing the sight, sounds and figures he would have seen.
December 7, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Edward Seago made just the one visit to Hong Kong in 1962 and plays the tourist here, emerging himself in the noise and bustle of an early morning market, capturing the sight, sounds and figures he would have seen.
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A citations bonanza for me today, almost entirely due to citing my own work
April 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A citations bonanza for me today, almost entirely due to citing my own work
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Buchanan Street late on a wet December afternoon in Glasgow.
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #christmas #buchananstreet #christmaslights #lights #december #winter #xmas
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #christmas #buchananstreet #christmaslights #lights #december #winter #xmas
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Buchanan Street late on a wet December afternoon in Glasgow.
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #christmas #buchananstreet #christmaslights #lights #december #winter #xmas
#glasgow #glasgowatnight #nightphotography #christmas #buchananstreet #christmaslights #lights #december #winter #xmas
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I spotted this book in my office the other day. I think I've said this before, but when I was thinking about what our handbook should look like, this was roughly the model for the effective I was hoping for. (The second edition isn't nearly as aesthetically appealing.)
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I spotted this book in my office the other day. I think I've said this before, but when I was thinking about what our handbook should look like, this was roughly the model for the effective I was hoping for. (The second edition isn't nearly as aesthetically appealing.)
By the second paragraph, this is into unimaginable, nightmarish horror - unimaginable, but happening right now in Sudan
‘We saw so many bodies that we lost count’: uncovering the hidden horror of El Fasher | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
By the second paragraph, this is into unimaginable, nightmarish horror - unimaginable, but happening right now in Sudan
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Place du Theatre Francais Rain Effect
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16827
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16827
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Place du Theatre Francais Rain Effect
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16827
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16827