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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Director and actor Rob Reiner found dead at home with wife Michele Singer Reiner
Authorities investigating ‘apparent homicide’ after 78-year-old director of Stand By Me and The Princess Bride was discovered dead at LA home with wife
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Grim story
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Monet rarely painted from photographs; he trusted the eye in time, not time stopped. The camera framed—he chased the change.
December 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Monet rarely painted from photographs; he trusted the eye in time, not time stopped. The camera framed—he chased the change.
Hibernation seems like a much more useful capacity to acquire than language
December 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hibernation seems like a much more useful capacity to acquire than language
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“Children enter from the door on the left.”
This sentence is what’s called a GENERIC… but it isn’t saying anything general about the nature of children. What then makes it generic?
New theory from @kateritch.bsky.social and Ny Vasil
philpapers.org/archive/RITG...
This sentence is what’s called a GENERIC… but it isn’t saying anything general about the nature of children. What then makes it generic?
New theory from @kateritch.bsky.social and Ny Vasil
philpapers.org/archive/RITG...
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“Children enter from the door on the left.”
This sentence is what’s called a GENERIC… but it isn’t saying anything general about the nature of children. What then makes it generic?
New theory from @kateritch.bsky.social and Ny Vasil
philpapers.org/archive/RITG...
This sentence is what’s called a GENERIC… but it isn’t saying anything general about the nature of children. What then makes it generic?
New theory from @kateritch.bsky.social and Ny Vasil
philpapers.org/archive/RITG...
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Landscape at Eragny
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16580
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16580
December 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Landscape at Eragny
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16580
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/16580
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Thaw, Pontoise
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15350
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15350
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Thaw, Pontoise
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15350
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/15350
Heading back to Edinburgh after a good weekend in Glasgow seeing philosophers, friends, and family (not all at the same time, obvs - that would be overwhelming).
December 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Heading back to Edinburgh after a good weekend in Glasgow seeing philosophers, friends, and family (not all at the same time, obvs - that would be overwhelming).
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The Louvre, March Mist
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17104
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17104
December 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Louvre, March Mist
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17104
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17104
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My heart goes out to the Australian Jewish community this morning. Hanukkah should be a time of celebration, of bringing light into the world.
In the face of this atrocity we offer our love, solidarity and prayers to our Jewish friends in Australia, Scotland and across the world.
In the face of this atrocity we offer our love, solidarity and prayers to our Jewish friends in Australia, Scotland and across the world.
December 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
My heart goes out to the Australian Jewish community this morning. Hanukkah should be a time of celebration, of bringing light into the world.
In the face of this atrocity we offer our love, solidarity and prayers to our Jewish friends in Australia, Scotland and across the world.
In the face of this atrocity we offer our love, solidarity and prayers to our Jewish friends in Australia, Scotland and across the world.
More utterly horrifying news, this time from Australia, and targeting people gathered to mark the start of Hanukkah
Bondi Beach: Eleven killed in shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community
A further 29 people have been taken to hospital and one gunman was also killed, NSW Police have told a news conference.
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
More utterly horrifying news, this time from Australia, and targeting people gathered to mark the start of Hanukkah
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Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wow. Amid horrific news of a shooting at Bondi Beach, this looks like a truly astonishing act of courage.
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Brown University is a beautiful place, where people come to work and learn. I am filled with horror by news of this tragedy.
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Brown University is a beautiful place, where people come to work and learn. I am filled with horror by news of this tragedy.
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Spring Day on Karl Johan Street 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24932
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24932
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Spring Day on Karl Johan Street 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24932
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/24932
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"Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it."
"Take dead aim on the rich boys." Rushmore (1998)
YouTube video by finnbo
youtu.be
March 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
"Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it."
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Hendrik Mesdag's sunset (1887) looks simple: sea and the sky, which a low horizon divides into unequal parts, a few sails in the distance, on the left, enliven the rather severe construction. But look at the multiplicity of tones and the complexity of this work sinks in.
December 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Hendrik Mesdag's sunset (1887) looks simple: sea and the sky, which a low horizon divides into unequal parts, a few sails in the distance, on the left, enliven the rather severe construction. But look at the multiplicity of tones and the complexity of this work sinks in.
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icymi @sunypress.bsky.social is having a holiday sale!! 50% titles pub'd from 2020-2026 with code SHDAYS25 through Dec 31. that includes preorders! here's but the smallest smattering of all on offer sunypress.edu/Subjects
December 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
icymi @sunypress.bsky.social is having a holiday sale!! 50% titles pub'd from 2020-2026 with code SHDAYS25 through Dec 31. that includes preorders! here's but the smallest smattering of all on offer sunypress.edu/Subjects
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Look what arrived today @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social! So excited to dive in!
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Look what arrived today @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social! So excited to dive in!
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The Pont Neuf, Snow
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17071
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17071
December 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Pont Neuf, Snow
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17071
https://botfrens.com/collections/49/contents/17071
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View of Bazincourt, Frost, Morning, 1892 #impressionism #camillepissarro
December 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
View of Bazincourt, Frost, Morning, 1892 #impressionism #camillepissarro
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This one hurts: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I wonder why psychology is so full of people who should've been novelists.
I wonder why psychology is so full of people who should've been novelists.
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
The scientist was famous for linking healing with storytelling. Sometimes that meant reshaping patients’ reality.
www.newyorker.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This one hurts: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I wonder why psychology is so full of people who should've been novelists.
I wonder why psychology is so full of people who should've been novelists.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Really lovely (albeit slightly bleakly named) new single from Phillosopher - the piano is very nice
Phillosopher - Nothing Matters Anymore [3rd Avenue]
YouTube video by 3rd Avenue
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Really lovely (albeit slightly bleakly named) new single from Phillosopher - the piano is very nice
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No Christmas for me yet, but it's exciting to see that copies now exist and are finding their way to people!
Christmas came early in the form of @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social's new book 🎉
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No Christmas for me yet, but it's exciting to see that copies now exist and are finding their way to people!
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I think I could stay in the hotel from 'Lost in Translation' without having an existential crisis or being overcome by ennui. I'd probably just enjoy the amazing views of Tokyo and the cocktails and be normal about it.
December 22, 2024 at 8:18 PM
I think I could stay in the hotel from 'Lost in Translation' without having an existential crisis or being overcome by ennui. I'd probably just enjoy the amazing views of Tokyo and the cocktails and be normal about it.