Patrick Stokes

@patrickstokes.com

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A/Prof of Philosophy at Deakin Uni (all views mine). Writer, radio producer, half of The Fake McCoys. Works on digital death, personal identity, Kierkegaard, moral phil. Has more hobbies than advisable. Melbourne + Werona
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Patrick Stokes is an Australian philosopher, Associate Professor in Philosophy at Deakin University and a former Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire. He is a winner of Australasian Association of Philosophy Media Prize and is known for his research on Kierkegaard's philosophy. .. more

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Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · Feb 22

My first pen commission! A former student of mine commissioned a fountain pen in Purpleheart (Peltogyne purpurea), a timber which goes purple when exposed to UV light. But that means when you turn it down to pen size, you're left with dull brown wood. Here's how to bring the purple back quickly:

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 4h

We would have come in sooner, but

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 5h

Only two in a week? Lad needs more shell grit and sunlight.

ʜᴇʟʟ-DOPA @bowsnonk.bsky.social · 5h

k people.com/kate-beckins...

Kate Beckinsale Makes Shocking Claim That Her Daughter's Boyfriend 'Laid 2 Eggs in a Week': 'I'm Ready for Another'

Kate Beckinsale insisted that her daughter Lily Sheen's boyfriend naturally laid two eggs during an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

people.com

Reposted by Patrick Stokes

ʜᴇʟʟ-DOPA @bowsnonk.bsky.social · 5h

k people.com/kate-beckins...

Kate Beckinsale Makes Shocking Claim That Her Daughter's Boyfriend 'Laid 2 Eggs in a Week': 'I'm Ready for Another'

Kate Beckinsale insisted that her daughter Lily Sheen's boyfriend naturally laid two eggs during an appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

people.com

Reposted by Patrick Stokes

gusseting @gusseting.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 5h

Need a good news story?
Mohamed Semra, 10 years ago was pulled up outside an Apple Store, because "he might steal something".
He's a Sudanese refugee, aged 27, who is now Mayor of Maribynong, Melbourne, where the Apple Store resides […]

Original post on mastodon.social

mastodon.social

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 8h

Ireland has a military intelligence agency and police intelligence (including counterintelligence) like everyone else. The idea that every nation has to have an MI6/CIA analogue is not merely wrong, it's actively harmful.

And saying 'hello' is exactly what you're meant to do with suspicious ships.

FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 19h

Despite these high stakes, Ireland has no dedicated intelligence agency, just four working navy vessels and the smallest defence budget in the EU. In fact, the only thing the Irish navy can do when it spots a suspicious ship lurking is say “hello”.

A line graph titled “Ireland’s military spending is the lowest in the EU.”
It charts defence spending as a percentage of GDP from 2008 to 2024. Ireland sits at the bottom, below Malta and Portugal, while countries like Latvia and Sweden are near the top. The EU average hovers around 1.3%.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 8h

Jeeeeeeeeeeesus

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 8h

Vicpol are the third rail. Denying them anything at all, at least outside of EBA negotiations, has long been unthinkable for both sides of politics. (There's a tacit assumption that the electorate thinks of Vicpol as basically sacred, which sits oddly with the fact they struggle to recruit.)

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 9h

yikes

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 9h

Yeah that's what it was about; a minister made some comment about hoping it was properly cooked and that is the one thing you *don't* have to worry about with these two.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 10h

Genuinely curious why politics correlates with a 15 percentage point difference in belief in aliens. (Please tell me it has nothing to do with the word 'alien' in the immigration context)

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 12h

New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...

A chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "A majority of Americans believe that aliens exist."

The chart's sub-headline is: "How likely do you think it is that each of the following beings exist? (% who believe they definitely or probably exist) ."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "probably does not exist," "definitely does not exist," and "not sure" are not shown. "

Reposted by Patrick Stokes

pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 11h

You know what food I hate? Your personal favourite food. Inedible garbage.

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YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 12h

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 12h

also stop calling us "mainstream scientists" like there's a cooler bunch of hipster scientists out there

Reposted by Pierre Friedlingstein, Iain Davidson, Christopher Wright , and 4 more Pierre Friedlingstein, Iain Davidson, Christopher Wright, Mark Rice, Ryan K. Brook, Patrick Stokes, Tim Stephens

Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 12h

I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"

Reposted by Cas Mudde, Jean Burgess, American Library Association , and 8 more Cas Mudde, Jean Burgess, American Library Association, Kevin Carey, Alan Richardson, Jonathan Evans, Dean Eckles, Zen Faulkes, Erin O’Donnell, Patrick Stokes, Aleksandra Urman

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 13h

can’t fucking catch a breath

make it stop

Is ChatGPT Conscious? Many users feel they’re talking to a real person. Scientists say it’s time to consider whether they’re onto something.
By Jeff Wise, a science journalist and private pilot.

Reposted by Patrick Stokes

FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 19h

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 21h

Sad, but they really needed the soup.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23h

The beloved Galapagos tortoise named Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo at an estimated 141 years, has died.

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141

The beloved Galápagos tortoise named Gramma that was the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo at an estimated 141 years has died. Zoo officials say she died on Nov. 20.

bit.ly

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 21h

Good heavens!

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 22h

I heard it as "feel the summer break" which makes no sense but neither do any of the other options

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Patrick Stokes

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 23h

The beloved Galapagos tortoise named Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo at an estimated 141 years, has died.

Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141

The beloved Galápagos tortoise named Gramma that was the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo at an estimated 141 years has died. Zoo officials say she died on Nov. 20.

bit.ly

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 23h

MANFRED MANN: Everyone gets the second line of my biggest hit completely wrong.

ELIZABETH FRASER:

a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and blue overalls .

ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and blue overalls .

media.tenor.com

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 23h

Finally got fed up with not understanding what Elizabeth Fraser is singing on Massive Attack's 'Teardrop' (or, indeed, anything) and looked up the lyrics. I don't think I could have been more wrong if it was actually in Gaelic.

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@lizglab.bsky.social @lizglab.bsky.social · 1d

You might think that this doesn't affect you. Maybe not now.

I have observed how the police have been applying the 'salami technique'. Slice by slice, our rights are being infringed.

Do you think many Americans predicted what is currently happening to them?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months

Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups

www.theguardian.com

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

YOU, A FOOL, A VACUOUS BUFFOON: Shields stepping down is an opportunity to reflect on his deeply divisive stewardship of a storied masthead at a perhaps fatal moment in Australian media history.

ME, A MAGNIFICENT BRAIN GENIUS: hahah Jordan Baker, like in The Great Gatsby

Jordan Baker appointed editor of the Herald as Bevan Shields steps down

Baker, the chief reporter for the Herald, will start in the new role in 2026.

www.smh.com.au

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

I mean it'll work, it's just the whole thing is a bit odd.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

These are not 'smack it on the arse and serve it up' steak people. These are 'cook it until it goes convex and rocks perceptibly on the plate' people. No resting.

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

Oh let me just put your mind at ease there: the one thing you never have to worry about with either Hanson or Joyce is that they will *under*-cook steak.

Reposted by Patrick Stokes, Ian Davis

Simon Johnson🇺🇦 @simonrjohnson.bsky.social · 1d

Properly moving xkcd
xkcd.com/3172/

Fifteen Years

xkcd.com

Patrick Stokes @patrickstokes.com · 1d

One upside of when Nvidia crashes is that a lot of people are going to learn the word 'invidious' courtesy of pun-chasing headline writers

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

In the memo, “Nvidia also responds to claims that the ‘current situation is analogous to historical accounting frauds (Enron, WorldCom, Lucent) that featured vendor financing and SPVs [special purpose vehicles.)’”

@barrons.com $NVDA
@firstadopter.bsky.social
www.barrons.com/articles/nvi...

Reposted by John Hogan, Patrick Stokes, Paul Langley

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

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