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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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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · Sep 7

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.

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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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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26m

an incontestable fact of the second trump administration is it is actively trying to sicken and kill as many americans as it can

Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 3h

NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 43m

Rfk Jr. is a serial killer.

Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 52m

RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.

Figure showing the largest measles outbreak in the US in decades. There are over 1500 cases as of October 7 2025

Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 3h

You don't disagree, because nobody has denied that the term can be racially loaded. What people have disagreed about is whether context matters in language, so that there can be apposite and inapposite uses, offensive and inoffensive uses, or whether iT's AlL tHe SaMe No MaTtEr WhAt

Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 4h

I know you don't think you have ignored it, but doing so is the only way to reach the conclusion that "Paddy" and "leprechaun" are working the same way here.

That other people, on other occasions, may have called you or anyone else both interchangeably could not conceivably be less relevant.

Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 4h

Cycling is a simple sport where by a combination of teamwork, physical strength, tactics, and aerodynamics riders vie for hours to reach the end of the course first, before Tadej gets bored halfway through and dusts them all. #illombardia

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 4h

Asserting that they are equivalent to each other, "essentially" or otherwise, doesn't make it so.

And the only way to read him as you are doing is not only to abandon any semblance of interpretative charity, but also to ignore the entire point that he is very explicitly making.

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 5h

Equating the K-word and “leprechaun” is disgraceful.

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Michael Bench-Cauldron @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 2d

Alexis Petridis called it, I think it works www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZX...

Taylor Swift vs. Pixies - Actually Romantic/Where Is My Mind Mashup!!!

YouTube video by MATTHEW DARKLY

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 5h

Catherine Connolly blamed NATO encroachment for the Salisbury poisonings #smearthebejaysis

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10h

in 2011, the president of antifa hired me to give fashion consultancy to the organization. i recommended everyone wear navy suits with tan shoes, dress sneakers, and golf polos with slim chinos. if you arrested everyone today wearing these things, you'd destroy antifa

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 5h

Big up to the lad in the comments below having a multi-post rail about "Kruger".

Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 5h

I honestly don't see this. It's not like he's saying "Paddynomics" or something. He's not calling Irish people leprechauns, he's saying that the paper profits are mythical creatures that don't exist. Yes, the mythical creatures is specifically Irish; so are the google profits, so what?

TheSecretDiplomat @thesecretdiplomat.bsky.social · 7h

Always infuriating when Irish media don't call this out - it is indeed an offensive racist term. One for which I believe Krugman has never apologised - and presumably he can no longer claim to be ignorant of the racist connotations.

Conn MacEvilly @conmachiavel.bsky.social · 16h

How much pleasure this racist term has given those, especially in NI and Britain, who cannot cope with Ireland’s economic success.

For sure, PK might be right in what he *describes*. But calling it “golliwog economics” or “kaffirnomics” or “coolienomics” doesn’t help the argument. So why do it?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21h

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 21h

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 6h

This is a fantastic day to be a communicable disease.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 13h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 17h

that johnson is more terrified of seating a duly elected democrat who could force an epstein vote than having the entire government shut down really makes me wonder about that epstein vote tbh

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 16h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty @irhottakes.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I think this is the key insight. Nobody here is capable of generating a theory of mind for the "moderate" Trump supporter or the indifferent in late 2025. It's like trying to see the world through the eyes of a turkey with brain damage. We're all feeling our way through the dark.

Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone is having a hard time answering the question, "why on Earth did anyone vote for Trump is they literally hate everything he does? How do we stop them from doing this dumb shit again?" and one theory is clearly, "we have to make people realize the GOP is not an option."

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 19h

President Trump just sits in his chair and watches.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

Melania Trump: "President Putin and I have had an open channel of communication."

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Mel @thegatesofmel.blacksky.app · 20h

Calling these things “mistakes” is disingenuous and lazy. A 45 year old fragrance in a bottle that is scented like the fucking fragrance is not a damn drug and everyone knows that. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

Indian immigrant fights deportation after police mistake perfume labeled 'Opium' for the narcotic

Kapil Raghu, 28, was arrested in May after an officer in central Arkansas spotted the rollerball perfume bottle in his car during a routine traffic stop.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 18h

That's been going at least since my sisters, now in their forties, were the same age.

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 1d

gang, there are going to be between 20k-40k people at the portland NO KINGS rally, and at least half are going to be wearing inflatable costumes, i want you to think about how funny that looks for a minute

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 18h

I am once again asking that "being a billionaire" be listed as a mental disorder in the DSM-6.

George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

I couldn't believe this but it's true, Thiel can't decide whether the antichrist is Greta or Big Yud. Positively reeling.

(Washington Post) -- Tech billionaire Peter Thiel recently warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of technology or artificial intelligence are "legionnaires of the Antichrist" in private lectures on Christianity that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future, according to recordings reviewed by The Washington Post.
In the four, roughly two-hour lectures, which began last month and culminated Monday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Thiel laid out his religious views to a sold-out audience told to keep the contents "off-the-record," according to an event listing. He argued that those who propose limits on technology development not only hinder business but threaten to usher in the destruction of the United States and an era of global totalitarian rule, according to the recordings.
"In the 17th, 18th century, the Antichrist would have been a Dr. Strangelove, a scientist who did all this sort of evil crazy science," Thiel said in his Sept. 15 opening talk, according to the recordings. "In the 21st century, the Antichrist is a Luddite who wants to stop all science. It's someone like Greta or Eliezer," he said, referring to Thunberg and Eliezer Yudkowsky, a prominent critic of the tech industry's approach to AI.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 20h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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