Shane Glackin
@eltorosolo.bsky.social
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)
(senior lecturer at u of exeter; phil. of medicine, politics, ethics & metaethics, philosophical methodology. Irish, sports bore, hobbyist guitar pedal-builder)
Pinned
Apropos of not much, in the 1st year of my PhD at Leeds I was TAing and gave a student a 46 or something for a very, very poor essay. One of the other grad students, who I think fancied her, told her that was too low a mark and on that basis she complained to Seiriol Morgan, the head of 1st year. 1/
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i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
Question posed by a demon;
"Has Proud James got good quality semen?"
Rolling, rolling, we're rolling on a river...
"Has Proud James got good quality semen?"
Rolling, rolling, we're rolling on a river...
December 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Question posed by a demon;
"Has Proud James got good quality semen?"
Rolling, rolling, we're rolling on a river...
"Has Proud James got good quality semen?"
Rolling, rolling, we're rolling on a river...
Claire Lehmann, Joe Lonsdale, and Helen Lewis are all awful.
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Claire Lehmann, Joe Lonsdale, and Helen Lewis are all awful.
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Some of you may be like “what about people who can’t breastfeed or babies who can’t latch” and the answer is that he wants your babies to die
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 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Some of you may be like “what about people who can’t breastfeed or babies who can’t latch” and the answer is that he wants your babies to die
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"Gareth Sheridan went to Tucker Carlson's Christmas party" is already crazy, but "Gareth Sheridan took a photo with the world's most famous antisemitic conspiracy theorist, then voluntarily posted it on the Internet" is blowing my fucking mind
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
"Gareth Sheridan went to Tucker Carlson's Christmas party" is already crazy, but "Gareth Sheridan took a photo with the world's most famous antisemitic conspiracy theorist, then voluntarily posted it on the Internet" is blowing my fucking mind
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hey @jaketapper.bsky.social put me on tv so I can tell this eugenicist piece of shit that i don't care for the way he wishes my formula-drinking kids had died
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 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
hey @jaketapper.bsky.social put me on tv so I can tell this eugenicist piece of shit that i don't care for the way he wishes my formula-drinking kids had died
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I keep thinking of Beth Upton today, who won against an absolutely foul, racist bigot, and should be having the best day, but is still being monstered by our entire media, for the crime of merely existing as her authentic self and doing a job in the NHS that helps people, all day every day.
#C4News went above & beyond, reporting:
"a nurse has won a harassment claim against Dr Beth Upton."
No she didn't. NHS FIFE harassed her, not Upton.
This is almost defamatory, & they mentioned none of the dismissed parts or the implications for trans women in SS spaces. I complained to Ofcom.
"a nurse has won a harassment claim against Dr Beth Upton."
No she didn't. NHS FIFE harassed her, not Upton.
This is almost defamatory, & they mentioned none of the dismissed parts or the implications for trans women in SS spaces. I complained to Ofcom.
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I keep thinking of Beth Upton today, who won against an absolutely foul, racist bigot, and should be having the best day, but is still being monstered by our entire media, for the crime of merely existing as her authentic self and doing a job in the NHS that helps people, all day every day.
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sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
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As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
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 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
Truss: I am going to be pro-growth, nobody has ever heard of that before. I am very clever. <crashes economy>
Everyone: what a fucking moron.
Blue Labour: lol, yeah, like "growth" is even a thing.
Everyone: what a fucking moron.
Blue Labour: lol, yeah, like "growth" is even a thing.
(1) because McSweeney runs government on permanent campaign mode and refuses to break any 2024 platform pledges on tax, so instead of pro-growth policy and recovery of public services, you get a hodgepodge of economic policy and Blue Labour social politics
Is there a concise explanation as to 1) why Starmer is so astoundingly incompetent as PM after his brilliant accomplishment as Leader of the Opposition and 2) Why the UK has consistently produced absolute disasters of governments for the last 18 years, with the last 5 being downright cartoonish?
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Truss: I am going to be pro-growth, nobody has ever heard of that before. I am very clever. <crashes economy>
Everyone: what a fucking moron.
Blue Labour: lol, yeah, like "growth" is even a thing.
Everyone: what a fucking moron.
Blue Labour: lol, yeah, like "growth" is even a thing.
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Philosophy group at Wageningen University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Position is in the Philosophy (PHI) group led by @rachelankeny.bsky.social Deadline is 12 January 2026
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
#philsci #philjobs #philsky #hpbio
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
#philsci #philjobs #philsky #hpbio
Assistant Professor in Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Are you seeking a challenging role in a nurturing and collegial setting that supports rigorous philosophical teaching and research as well as opportunities for productive collaborations with social an...
www.wur.nl
December 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Philosophy group at Wageningen University is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Position is in the Philosophy (PHI) group led by @rachelankeny.bsky.social Deadline is 12 January 2026
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
#philsci #philjobs #philsky #hpbio
www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/a...
#philsci #philjobs #philsky #hpbio
Yay!
For our final week of term, we will be reading "Externalist Medicine and Externalist Biology"
philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/arti...
For our Thursday meeting we will be joined by the author Shane Glackin!
Likes and shares appreciated, and you can join the group using the link below.
philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/arti...
For our Thursday meeting we will be joined by the author Shane Glackin!
Likes and shares appreciated, and you can join the group using the link below.
The Philosophy of Medicine online reading group is resuming this fall on October 8!
For more information/to suggest a book (your book?) for the group to read, join @: groups.google.com/g/philmed-rg/
#philsci #philmed #bioethics
Please share widely, especially if the group has been helpful to you.
For more information/to suggest a book (your book?) for the group to read, join @: groups.google.com/g/philmed-rg/
#philsci #philmed #bioethics
Please share widely, especially if the group has been helpful to you.
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Yay!
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“Look what [Trump] did to this country and the polarization – got all the cockroaches to rise to the top. Once upon a time, you were embarrassed to be publicly racist and out there with conspiracy theories. Now it’s all out in the open because he allowed it.”
- Gene Simmons, 2022
- Gene Simmons, 2022
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Look what [Trump] did to this country and the polarization – got all the cockroaches to rise to the top. Once upon a time, you were embarrassed to be publicly racist and out there with conspiracy theories. Now it’s all out in the open because he allowed it.”
- Gene Simmons, 2022
- Gene Simmons, 2022
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Leqembi?
It is administered via IV in the hand, causes swelling in the brain requiring regular MRis, and one of the main side effects is tiredness.
Is the President taking secret Alzheimer's drugs?
It is administered via IV in the hand, causes swelling in the brain requiring regular MRis, and one of the main side effects is tiredness.
Is the President taking secret Alzheimer's drugs?
December 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Leqembi?
It is administered via IV in the hand, causes swelling in the brain requiring regular MRis, and one of the main side effects is tiredness.
Is the President taking secret Alzheimer's drugs?
It is administered via IV in the hand, causes swelling in the brain requiring regular MRis, and one of the main side effects is tiredness.
Is the President taking secret Alzheimer's drugs?
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Farage memorably said 'Shamima Begum was absolutely old enough to know exactly what she was doing'* I hope he now doesn't try to change his test when he applies it to himself
* an SNP MP pointed this out on the telly the other day
* an SNP MP pointed this out on the telly the other day
December 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Farage memorably said 'Shamima Begum was absolutely old enough to know exactly what she was doing'* I hope he now doesn't try to change his test when he applies it to himself
* an SNP MP pointed this out on the telly the other day
* an SNP MP pointed this out on the telly the other day
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hi i'm a billionaire my company, which will definitely not murder everyone, is named SauronMurdersEveryone Inc after the beloved jrr tolkien character sauron whom i have always admired for his disruptive use of world changing technology and for murdering everyone
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
hi i'm a billionaire my company, which will definitely not murder everyone, is named SauronMurdersEveryone Inc after the beloved jrr tolkien character sauron whom i have always admired for his disruptive use of world changing technology and for murdering everyone
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don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
Trump rages that Henry Cuellar didn’t pay him back for a pardon by switching parties, blasting Cuellar for a “lack of LOYALTY.”
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
In other words, Trump admits he was trying to use his pardon power to buy Republicans a House seat.
December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
don't worry, john roberts says this is a legitimate exercise of presidential power and if we did anything to curb it, we would be robbing the executive of the energy he needs to do his job
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ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
December 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
ME PRE TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
THE LADS: hehe yeah bro
ME POST TRANSITION: lava is so cool
THE LADS: aha easy mistake to make but actually it's very hot
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This is entirely immoral: ripping children away from the only homes they have ever know, detaining them and sending them to countries theyve never been to.
It is a abomination and so far outside of Labour values I don't know what to say
It is a abomination and so far outside of Labour values I don't know what to say
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This is entirely immoral: ripping children away from the only homes they have ever know, detaining them and sending them to countries theyve never been to.
It is a abomination and so far outside of Labour values I don't know what to say
It is a abomination and so far outside of Labour values I don't know what to say
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’