Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα.
Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeithFrankish
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Keith Frankish
@keithfrankish.com
· May 12
In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.
This was the earthquake I felt. 4.7. All seems to be well here. www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/...
Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Aegean Sea, 37 km northwest of Irakleion, Heraklion Regional Unit, Crete, Greece, on Thursday, Nov 27, 2025, at 12:08 am (Universal Time)
Detailed info, map, data, reports, updates about this earthquake: Moderate mag. 4.8 earthquake - Aegean Sea, 37 km northwest of Irakleion, Heraklion Regional Unit, Crete, Greece, on Thursday, Nov 27,...
www.volcanodiscovery.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
This was the earthquake I felt. 4.7. All seems to be well here. www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/...
-- Antigonish II --
As I was sitting on the stair,
There passed a living soul there!
He passed by me again today,
Oh, how I wish he'd stop and stay!
(With apologies to William Hughes Mearns)
As I was sitting on the stair,
There passed a living soul there!
He passed by me again today,
Oh, how I wish he'd stop and stay!
(With apologies to William Hughes Mearns)
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
-- Antigonish II --
As I was sitting on the stair,
There passed a living soul there!
He passed by me again today,
Oh, how I wish he'd stop and stay!
(With apologies to William Hughes Mearns)
As I was sitting on the stair,
There passed a living soul there!
He passed by me again today,
Oh, how I wish he'd stop and stay!
(With apologies to William Hughes Mearns)
Reposted by Keith Frankish
Les Dawson interviewed in the Aberdeen Press (23rd November 1976)
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Les Dawson interviewed in the Aberdeen Press (23rd November 1976)
Generative AI is founded on the belief that if you process vast quantities of sows' ears at extremely high speed, you can make them into silk purses.
November 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Generative AI is founded on the belief that if you process vast quantities of sows' ears at extremely high speed, you can make them into silk purses.
People on the platforms
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin’
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you've lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I’m just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin’
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you've lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I’m just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
People on the platforms
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin’
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you've lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I’m just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
Waiting for the trains
I can hear their hearts a-beatin’
Like pendulums swinging on chains
When you think that you've lost everything
You find out you can always lose a little more
I’m just going down the road feeling bad
Trying to get to heaven before they close the door
Reposted by Keith Frankish
The legendary Don Rickles slams Robert De Niro’s method acting on the set of Casino 🤣
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The legendary Don Rickles slams Robert De Niro’s method acting on the set of Casino 🤣
A lovely bit of trivia: Actor Paddy Joyce, who played Tommy Deakin in Coronation Street and John Royle in EastEnders, was James Joyce's nephew. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_J...
Paddy Joyce - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 22, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A lovely bit of trivia: Actor Paddy Joyce, who played Tommy Deakin in Coronation Street and John Royle in EastEnders, was James Joyce's nephew. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_J...
Do you regard yourself as a former student or supervisee of mine? If so, I have a small request, please: www.keithfrankish.com/blog/a-reque... Please RT and share.
A request to my former students
Do you regard yourself as a former student or supervisee of mine? If so, I have a request, please. I have done a lot of teaching over the years: at the University of Sheffield, at Robinson College,…
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November 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Do you regard yourself as a former student or supervisee of mine? If so, I have a small request, please: www.keithfrankish.com/blog/a-reque... Please RT and share.
Reposted by Keith Frankish
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome back to Origin Story: The Story of Socialism as we resume the story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin in part three @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Terror 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's . . . www.bbc.com/news/article...
Move over fillers - people are getting facial injections derived from fish sperm
They’re derived from fish sperm and celebs including Charlie XCX swear by them. But what are polynucleotides and do they work?
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Maybe she's born with it. Maybe it's . . . www.bbc.com/news/article...
Proofs that p, by Bentham's Bulldog (whoever that is). Funny. benthams.substack.com/p/proofs-tha...
Proofs That P
Parodies in no particular order
benthams.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Proofs that p, by Bentham's Bulldog (whoever that is). Funny. benthams.substack.com/p/proofs-tha...
Don and Zohran
Sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
November 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Don and Zohran
Sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Sitting in a tree
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
I wonder if the philosophy of AI bubble will also burst soon.
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I wonder if the philosophy of AI bubble will also burst soon.
Swiss Army ostrich
Contents of an ostrich’s stomach extracted after its death. Taken at the Zoological Society of London, ca. 1930: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/contents-of-an-ostrich-s-stomach-ca-1930
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Swiss Army ostrich
For a lark, I asked Grok to compare Elon and me in terms of intelligence. It gave a surprisingly balanced answer: x.com/i/grok/share...
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
For a lark, I asked Grok to compare Elon and me in terms of intelligence. It gave a surprisingly balanced answer: x.com/i/grok/share...
Very short story
She flipped the switch to start the time machine. Instantly. the room was filled with a crowd of frenzied people. They charged at her screaming, "Turn it off, turn it off! For God's sake, turn it off!"
She flipped the switch to start the time machine. Instantly. the room was filled with a crowd of frenzied people. They charged at her screaming, "Turn it off, turn it off! For God's sake, turn it off!"
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Very short story
She flipped the switch to start the time machine. Instantly. the room was filled with a crowd of frenzied people. They charged at her screaming, "Turn it off, turn it off! For God's sake, turn it off!"
She flipped the switch to start the time machine. Instantly. the room was filled with a crowd of frenzied people. They charged at her screaming, "Turn it off, turn it off! For God's sake, turn it off!"
philsplaining (n.) The act of giving an explanation that both confuses the hearer and makes the question seem pointless
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
philsplaining (n.) The act of giving an explanation that both confuses the hearer and makes the question seem pointless
theatre (n.) A building where a large number of people gather to watch a smaller group pretend to be a third group
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
theatre (n.) A building where a large number of people gather to watch a smaller group pretend to be a third group
New in the Epistemology and Metaphysics Elements series: Aesthetic Knowledge by Jon Robson. Free to download till 3 Dec! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Aesthetic Knowledge
Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - Aesthetic Knowledge
www.cambridge.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
New in the Epistemology and Metaphysics Elements series: Aesthetic Knowledge by Jon Robson. Free to download till 3 Dec! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
If we continue like this, a degree will soon be nothing more than a driving licence for AI.
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
If we continue like this, a degree will soon be nothing more than a driving licence for AI.
Reposted by Keith Frankish
"For students, AI teaching appears to be less transformative than it is demoralising".
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"For students, AI teaching appears to be less transformative than it is demoralising".
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
“I do not want to be taught by GPT.”
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Reposted by Keith Frankish
🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X
Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...
www.politicshome.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨 Labour MPs are calling for a minister-led review of the government’s use of X, warning it poses growing risks to democracy and public safety
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
@politicshome.bsky.social understands a review is currently being carried out by officials, but without ministerial oversight
An intense and moving short film about London gay life in the early sixties, performed almost entirely in Polari.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8yE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8yE...
How gay men used to speak - A short film in Polari
YouTube video by Brian and Karl
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
An intense and moving short film about London gay life in the early sixties, performed almost entirely in Polari.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8yE...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8yE...