Matt Farr
@mattfarr.bsky.social
Philosopher of science @ Cambridge • Directionless time and other such oddities • mattfarr.co.uk
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Matt's marathon in memory of Mum (for Macmillan)
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In 100 days I'll be running my first marathon - the London Marathon - in memory of my mum, who we lost a few months ago to cancer. I'm fundraising for Macmillan Caring Locally, the charity that supported her hospice care and those with similar terminal illnesses. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-fa...
Some colour on St Mary’s Street.
January 28, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Some colour on St Mary’s Street.
More happy with the positioning within the age category than the age category itself, but you can’t have everything. 🏃⌛️ #parkrun #relentlessunfathomablecruelunforgivingpassageoftime
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 AM
More happy with the positioning within the age category than the age category itself, but you can’t have everything. 🏃⌛️ #parkrun #relentlessunfathomablecruelunforgivingpassageoftime
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In 100 days I'll be running my first marathon - the London Marathon - in memory of my mum, who we lost a few months ago to cancer. I'm fundraising for Macmillan Caring Locally, the charity that supported her hospice care and those with similar terminal illnesses. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-fa...
Matt's marathon in memory of Mum (for Macmillan)
Help Matt Farr raise money to support Macmillan Caring Locally
www.justgiving.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In 100 days I'll be running my first marathon - the London Marathon - in memory of my mum, who we lost a few months ago to cancer. I'm fundraising for Macmillan Caring Locally, the charity that supported her hospice care and those with similar terminal illnesses. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-fa...
In 100 days I'll be running my first marathon - the London Marathon - in memory of my mum, who we lost a few months ago to cancer. I'm fundraising for Macmillan Caring Locally, the charity that supported her hospice care and those with similar terminal illnesses. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-fa...
Matt's marathon in memory of Mum (for Macmillan)
Help Matt Farr raise money to support Macmillan Caring Locally
www.justgiving.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
In 100 days I'll be running my first marathon - the London Marathon - in memory of my mum, who we lost a few months ago to cancer. I'm fundraising for Macmillan Caring Locally, the charity that supported her hospice care and those with similar terminal illnesses. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-fa...
Chilly morning in Cambridge.
January 14, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Chilly morning in Cambridge.
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‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent who died in obscurity
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?
A resolution I actually managed to keep.
Year 4: More improvement!
• distance up from 1384km (2024) to 1673km (2025)
• New PBs at each distance
- 5k: 21:28 ➡️ 20:44
- 10k: 45:12 ➡️ 43:20
- HM: 1:45:49 ➡️ 1:42:29
2026 aims: first marathon, keep getting a bit faster.
Year 4: More improvement!
• distance up from 1384km (2024) to 1673km (2025)
• New PBs at each distance
- 5k: 21:28 ➡️ 20:44
- 10k: 45:12 ➡️ 43:20
- HM: 1:45:49 ➡️ 1:42:29
2026 aims: first marathon, keep getting a bit faster.
🏃🏻⌛️Year 3 of running: lots of improvement.
• distance up from 881km (2023) to 1384km (2024)
• New PBs at each distance
- 5k: 24:12 ➡️ 21:28
- 10k: 49:20 ➡️ 45:12
- HM: 2:04:14 ➡️ 1:45:49
2025 aims: further, faster, more often.
• distance up from 881km (2023) to 1384km (2024)
• New PBs at each distance
- 5k: 24:12 ➡️ 21:28
- 10k: 49:20 ➡️ 45:12
- HM: 2:04:14 ➡️ 1:45:49
2025 aims: further, faster, more often.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
A resolution I actually managed to keep.
Year 4: More improvement!
• distance up from 1384km (2024) to 1673km (2025)
• New PBs at each distance
- 5k: 21:28 ➡️ 20:44
- 10k: 45:12 ➡️ 43:20
- HM: 1:45:49 ➡️ 1:42:29
2026 aims: first marathon, keep getting a bit faster.
Year 4: More improvement!
• distance up from 1384km (2024) to 1673km (2025)
• New PBs at each distance
- 5k: 21:28 ➡️ 20:44
- 10k: 45:12 ➡️ 43:20
- HM: 1:45:49 ➡️ 1:42:29
2026 aims: first marathon, keep getting a bit faster.
Christmassy in Cambridge.
December 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Christmassy in Cambridge.
The scaffolding is finally down, just in time for Christmas at Wolfson College.
December 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The scaffolding is finally down, just in time for Christmas at Wolfson College.
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🎉Warmest congratulations to Dr Jessie Munton on the publication of her book, Priority and Prejudice: The Epistemology of Salience and Attention (OUP) 📘
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December 19, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🎉Warmest congratulations to Dr Jessie Munton on the publication of her book, Priority and Prejudice: The Epistemology of Salience and Attention (OUP) 📘
@jessiemunton.bsky.social
@oupphilosophy.bsky.social
@stjohnscollege.bsky.social
@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Thanks to the huge work of @milenaivanova.bsky.social history and philosophy of science will now be taught at the Professional and Contunuing Education at Cambridge. Bravo, Milena! Please share so she recuits a strong first cohort to start in autumn 2026. #philsci #histsci #hps
Undergraduate award: Diploma in History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Explore the ideas that drive ‘progress’. And the challenges they createAre you gripped by debates on misinformation, AI, and the role of science in public life? This course combines the philosophy of ...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Thanks to the huge work of @milenaivanova.bsky.social history and philosophy of science will now be taught at the Professional and Contunuing Education at Cambridge. Bravo, Milena! Please share so she recuits a strong first cohort to start in autumn 2026. #philsci #histsci #hps
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
As Trump prepares to accept the FIFA Peace Prize (?!) and make the World Cup draw (?!?!), a reminder that he previously did the quarterfinal draw for the 1992 Rumbelows Cup.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
As Trump prepares to accept the FIFA Peace Prize (?!) and make the World Cup draw (?!?!), a reminder that he previously did the quarterfinal draw for the 1992 Rumbelows Cup.
This is a really nice discussion about Game Theory, if you can get past the initial coffee slander.
Mindscape 337 | Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com on Game Theory, Signals, and Meaning. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This is a really nice discussion about Game Theory, if you can get past the initial coffee slander.
Here’s one for the first lecture of my Probability course next term: India’s men’s cricket team have lost 20 consecutive coin tosses in one-day internationals.
Losing 20th toss in a row - India cannot make head or tail of ODI coin-curse
India lost their 20th consecutive toss in one-day internationals on Wednesday in a remarkable continuation of their wretched luck with the coin flip that has baffled the team and bemused fans.
www.reuters.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Here’s one for the first lecture of my Probability course next term: India’s men’s cricket team have lost 20 consecutive coin tosses in one-day internationals.
Leftovers?
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Leftovers?
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
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"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
I approve of the cover 👌
The 2025 edition of The St Catharine’s Magazine is here! It is available to read online at stcatharinesalumni.c.... Copies will begin arriving soon for alumni who requested a print copy. Thank you to all the members of the Catz community who have contributed and edited content this year.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I approve of the cover 👌
Time passes, but Radiohead are still Radiohead.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Time passes, but Radiohead are still Radiohead.
And like clockwork, the Catz ginkgo is looking good.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
And like clockwork, the Catz ginkgo is looking good.