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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Sad to hear that the Pollokshaws Parish Church on Shawbridge St has suffered a major fire overnight. One of the last remaining fragments of old Pollokshaws, it was built in 1843 as Pollokshaws Original Secession Church.
#Glasgow
#Glasgow
December 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sad to hear that the Pollokshaws Parish Church on Shawbridge St has suffered a major fire overnight. One of the last remaining fragments of old Pollokshaws, it was built in 1843 as Pollokshaws Original Secession Church.
#Glasgow
#Glasgow
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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post after post validating the rhetoric, values, & worldview of the far right
it seems pretty obvious that this strengthens them, emboldens them - all whole alienating your actual voters - but this government just isn't getting it
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/appeasement
it seems pretty obvious that this strengthens them, emboldens them - all whole alienating your actual voters - but this government just isn't getting it
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/appeasement
Apeasement Isn't Working
Reactionary centrism has both failed & cannot learn from it's mistakes.
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
post after post validating the rhetoric, values, & worldview of the far right
it seems pretty obvious that this strengthens them, emboldens them - all whole alienating your actual voters - but this government just isn't getting it
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/appeasement
it seems pretty obvious that this strengthens them, emboldens them - all whole alienating your actual voters - but this government just isn't getting it
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/appeasement
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The Pont Neuf and the Statue of Henri IV
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16994
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16994
December 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The Pont Neuf and the Statue of Henri IV
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16994
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16994
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You might think that the "Labour" Party would consider labour itself to be a contribution to society, alas no, only "having lots of money" is a real contribution.
Perhaps they need to change their name to the Capital Party?
Perhaps they need to change their name to the Capital Party?
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
You might think that the "Labour" Party would consider labour itself to be a contribution to society, alas no, only "having lots of money" is a real contribution.
Perhaps they need to change their name to the Capital Party?
Perhaps they need to change their name to the Capital Party?
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Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
Absolutely gorgeous piece of music, perfect video to accompany it
Ólafur Arnalds - Ljósið (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Ólafur Arnalds
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Absolutely gorgeous piece of music, perfect video to accompany it
Time Magazine: This could be Ukraine's Chornobyl
Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA
Drone attack that Ukraine blamed on Russia blew hole in painstakingly erected €1.5bn shield meant to allow for final clean-up of 1986 meltdown site
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Time Magazine: This could be Ukraine's Chornobyl
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Entrance to the Port of Trouville - 1870
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7295
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7295
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Entrance to the Port of Trouville - 1870
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7295
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/7295
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Sailboats, 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15598
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15598
December 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Sailboats, 1906
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15598
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15598
A lot of Morgan:
"one hour of all
the heat intense
and summer lightning
on the Kilpatrick hills
let the storm wash the plates"
And, very different:
"let's take our second
like our first life out from the dome are the suits
ready the mineral storm is quieter it's hard
to go let's go"
"one hour of all
the heat intense
and summer lightning
on the Kilpatrick hills
let the storm wash the plates"
And, very different:
"let's take our second
like our first life out from the dome are the suits
ready the mineral storm is quieter it's hard
to go let's go"
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
A lot of Morgan:
"one hour of all
the heat intense
and summer lightning
on the Kilpatrick hills
let the storm wash the plates"
And, very different:
"let's take our second
like our first life out from the dome are the suits
ready the mineral storm is quieter it's hard
to go let's go"
"one hour of all
the heat intense
and summer lightning
on the Kilpatrick hills
let the storm wash the plates"
And, very different:
"let's take our second
like our first life out from the dome are the suits
ready the mineral storm is quieter it's hard
to go let's go"
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There's enormous pleasure in the language in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: the Circus, Control, Operation Testify, Operation Witchcraft, Merlin, Gerald, the Nursery, lamplighters, babysitters, handwriting, trade-craft, house-keeping, the Competition, Moscow Centre, London Station, Wittgenstein
February 1, 2024 at 9:51 PM
There's enormous pleasure in the language in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: the Circus, Control, Operation Testify, Operation Witchcraft, Merlin, Gerald, the Nursery, lamplighters, babysitters, handwriting, trade-craft, house-keeping, the Competition, Moscow Centre, London Station, Wittgenstein
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And Macklemore wept for his son, Labrador, as the high walls of Cottagecore burned in the darkness.
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And Macklemore wept for his son, Labrador, as the high walls of Cottagecore burned in the darkness.
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The founder of the What Every Woman Wants department store has died aged 87.
Vera Weisfeld launched the women's fashion chain with her husband, Gerald, in Glasgow in 1971 before expanding across the UK.
📷 Newsquest
Vera Weisfeld launched the women's fashion chain with her husband, Gerald, in Glasgow in 1971 before expanding across the UK.
📷 Newsquest
December 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The founder of the What Every Woman Wants department store has died aged 87.
Vera Weisfeld launched the women's fashion chain with her husband, Gerald, in Glasgow in 1971 before expanding across the UK.
📷 Newsquest
Vera Weisfeld launched the women's fashion chain with her husband, Gerald, in Glasgow in 1971 before expanding across the UK.
📷 Newsquest
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Enjoying this audio version of ‘On Certainty’
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Enjoying this audio version of ‘On Certainty’
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Call-for-papers: Hypatia Special Issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind
Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores
Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026
Details and links to submit on the website:
Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores
Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026
Details and links to submit on the website:
Call-for-papers: Hypatia Special Issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind - hypatia
Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores This special issue focuses on feminist philosophy of mind and cognitive science. It will offer novel perspectives on long-standing questions such as t...
hypatiaphilosophy.org
June 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Call-for-papers: Hypatia Special Issue on Feminist Philosophy of Mind
Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores
Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026
Details and links to submit on the website:
Guest Editors: Gloria Andrada and Carolina Flores
Deadline for submissions: 15th January 2026
Details and links to submit on the website:
I snuck here for lunch during a workshop a couple of years ago, having not been for a decade or two, and it was exactly as good as I remembered it being
The University Cafe on Byres Rd, photographed in the Glasgow drizzle this afternoon. It was opened by Pasquale Verrecchia in 1918 and has been run by the Verrecchia family for four generations.
#glasgow
#glasgow
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I snuck here for lunch during a workshop a couple of years ago, having not been for a decade or two, and it was exactly as good as I remembered it being
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
Enjoying this audio version of ‘On Certainty’
December 6, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Enjoying this audio version of ‘On Certainty’
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Feeling Sartrean Nausea but specifically whenever I see videos of people putting their fingers in raw focaccia dough
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Feeling Sartrean Nausea but specifically whenever I see videos of people putting their fingers in raw focaccia dough
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Writing about his time in the Cotswolds, William Rothenstein said he found inspiration: 'In the stone buildings which always move me, austere in grey weather, pale, livid even, against a stormy sky, they are warm and sparkling in the sunlight.'
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Writing about his time in the Cotswolds, William Rothenstein said he found inspiration: 'In the stone buildings which always move me, austere in grey weather, pale, livid even, against a stormy sky, they are warm and sparkling in the sunlight.'
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has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
has anyone else noticed that food tasted better in the past? it was mushy and easy to eat. and the spoon would come at you like an airplane
I put this old Burial track on, because I was reminded of it - I still like it, but the comment section has lots of people who have gone specifically there to emote about losing their pet dogs. It's a lot.
Burial - Stolen Dog
YouTube video by MistaChillstep
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I put this old Burial track on, because I was reminded of it - I still like it, but the comment section has lots of people who have gone specifically there to emote about losing their pet dogs. It's a lot.