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Philosopher of science in a previous life, short story writer in this one and comics and music lover in both.

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Steven Richard Douglas French is an emeritus professor of philosophy at University of Leeds.

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Philosophy 36%
Physics 21%
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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 3h
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Poem of the week: Missing You by Miles Burrows
The moon becomes the witty image of an isolated and contemptuously neglected elderly relation
www.theguardian.com

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George Webster @georgewebster.bsky.social · 7h
Attended this fantastic conference over the weekend to mark (~)100 years since the birth of quantum mechanics!

#philsky #philsci 🧪
Panel of 6 people in front of a slide, which reads “OXFORD QUANTUM CENTENARY CONFERENCE”

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 7h
New from the BJPS Review of Books

Fruitfulness: Science, Metaphor, and the Puzzle of Promise
– Chris Haufe

Reviewed by Samuel Schindler & Patrick Duerr

www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...

#philsci #philsky
Chris Haufe, Fruitfulness | BJPS Review of Books
Samuel Schindler and Patrick Duerr review Fruitfulness, by Chris Haufe
www.thebsps.org

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 7h
Unused energy from particle accelerators can be repurposed to produce medical isotopes like copper-67, supporting cancer diagnosis and treatment without disrupting core research activities. doi.org/hbcmjt
Particle accelerator waste could help produce cancer-fighting materials
Energy that would normally go to waste inside powerful particle accelerators could be used to create valuable medical isotopes, scientists have found.
phys.org

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 8h
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.

This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 9h
What an interesting choice of words

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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 9h
I seem to have something in my eye …

xkcd.com
Fifteen Years
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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 1d
#PhilSci
jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 4d
The European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS) invites submissions to its 15th Conference at the University of Helsinki, 26-28 August 2026. More info here: enposs.eu
European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences (ENPOSS)
enposs.eu

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com

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Fiona Fidler @fidlerfm.bsky.social · 1d
My amazing friend and MetaMelb co-director @simine.com has won the 2025 Einstein Foundation Award! @unimelb.bsky.social @psychunimelb.bsky.social and @replicats.bsky.social are so lucky to have you

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OK Comics @okcomics.bsky.social · 1d
The OK Comics Pop-Up November SALE starts today (Monday 24th) at 11am.
In-store only. First come, first served. No reserving.
Everything is individually priced. Everything is limited.

OK Comics, 19 Thornton’s Arcade, Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LQ

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1d
God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.

It’s Russian.
Collingwood @admcollingwood 田 Date joined January 2017 • Account based in Europe Veritied since Since August 2024 > 1 username change Last on January 2017 Connected via Eastern Europe (Non-EU) Android App

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d
Carrie Fisher was the blueprint.
Protect your people. Call out the predators.
#RESIST

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Laura Keating @lorekeating.bsky.social · 1d
Forever proud of this novella.
Have I improved as a writer since? Yes. Do I still love this story and these characters? YES. Do I have impossible sequel ideas? Yes, my good b*tch 🖤
Please purchase from @tenebrouspress.bsky.social , they are the realest of deals 🖤
Agony's Lodestone by Laura Keating cover

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 1d
Props to the first journalist who asks how international students are actually doing while being turned into a political football.

Could start with the dangers of reporting bullying and the way university’s research reputations are upheld by those they make most precarious (and try to silence):

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 1d
Explore as @niallharrison reviews ARCHIPELAGO OF THE SUN by Yoko Tawada, saying the book “finds both a yearning for a state beyond language, and a joy in the necessity of it.”
Archipelago of the Sun by Yoko Tawada: Review by Niall Harrison
Archipelago of the Sun, Yoko Tawada (New Directions 978-0-811-23979-0, $16.95, 214pp, tp) September 2025. In similar vein, sometimes a novel can be about a place via its absence. Yoko Tawada’s Arch…
locusmag.com

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 2d
Who was first to brew an espresso in space? #NationalEspressoDay☕

Astronaut, pilot & engineer Samantha Cristoforetti. First Italian woman in space, she holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight of a European astronaut. Pic: 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 #coffee break in history!

#WomenInSTEM #Italy
Italian ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti inside the International Space Station (ISS), sipping fresh espresso from a special 3D-printed "Zero-G cup" designed to use the fluid's surface tension to let the astronauts sip from it rather than using a straw from a pouch. She has short dark hair, wears a red-and-black jacket over a purple shirt (a Star Trek uniform specifically for the occasion), and smiles softly while Earth’s blue horizon and swirling white clouds fill the huge circular window above her.

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Lucy Knisley @lucyknisley.bsky.social · 2d
I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
A painted pink, black and white sign that reads: To Do Build community Shop small and local Speak up and speak out Practice empathy Protect the vulnerable Give to good causes Care for the earth Be brave and loving Investigate Read and listen Abide no fascism

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rob mahurin @robtasm.bsky.social · 2d
Schlieren imaging really feels like magic. You do some fiddly adjustments with a lamp and a camera together right at the focus of a curved mirror, and suddenly the fiddliness becomes sensitive to tiny variations in the air density near the mirror itself.

The "oh, wow!" moment for me here was 1/🧪⚛️
Is it possible to see sound?
YouTube video by All Things Physics
www.youtube.com

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Dan Roach 🛩️ FRAS 🔭 @dannydenfisch.bsky.social · 2d
Heads up, a potential big shift in #cosmology: new analysis suggests the #universe’s expansion is slowing, not accelerating. That overturns 25+ years of consensus on #darkenergy. Let’s break down why this matters 🧪🔭 🧵 1/3
A deep sky image of the universe

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 2d
Congratulations to British fascists, who have quite thoroughly retoxified their own favourite symbols in just a few months, just by association with them.

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 3d
If you need a manuscript copy edited or proofread, I highly recommend the services of @emilyherring.bsky.social. I just received an edited manuscript back, and I'm very pleased with the level of detail and her excellent suggestions!

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Sara Peltola @sarapeltola.bsky.social · 3d
I can't begin to imagine how it feels to be ukrainian right now. To have what feels like the whole world talking over your heads, while it is your lives and the lives of your loved ones that are actually, truly at stake. 😟🇺🇦

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Xueting C. Ni 倪雪婷 (she, they) @xuetingni.bsky.social · 3d
I'm out for a few days, to talk about Chinese genre fiction with Italian audiences, will try to post some cool stuff from Turin, will definitely have more to share when I get back. Have a lovely weekend all!

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Chicago Journals @chicagojournals.bsky.social · 4d
To what degree are the concepts of characterization and explanation entangled? An Open Access article from The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science uses the Cambrian explosion as a case study to answer this question: https://ow.ly/LsZx50XrrRZ. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science
The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 4d
I will note that, prior to the news breaking that poetry is a highly efficient attack vector against LLMs, it was already known that Magic: The Gathering is Turing-Complete.

I'm just glad I got the line "they're tunneling TCP/IP over AD&D!" into a novel back in 2007!

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Wyrd Science Magazine @wyrdscience.bsky.social · 4d
Adventures in horrific Welsh folklore from @forbiddenpsalm.bsky.social, wonderfully rotund little lads in big armour from @ontosgames.co.uk, the promise of a beagle, sad music, it’s all in the gazetteer.
Squatter's Rites
Welsh folklore, little rotund space lads, what more could you want?
wyrd.science

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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 4d
"tough decision" = a decision made by someone in authority to hurt someone vulnerable or abandon a basic moral principle in order to appease bullies, bigots or donors. Often someone taking a "tough decision" will be commended for their "moral courage" by a newspaper columnist

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The HOPOS Journal @hoposjournal.bsky.social · 4d
*HOPOS Capital Campaign*

Support the #HOPOS Society's upcoming projects including our conferences, mentoring programs, grants, and awards.

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