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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action

@srdfrench.bsky.social

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

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

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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 13h

Michel Janssen of the Univ. of Minnesota and Anthony Duncan of the Univ. of Pittsburgh have been awarded this year’s Abraham Pais Award for their two volume historical work, Constructing Quantum Mechanics. Very well deserved!

cse.umn.edu/physics/news...

#phys
#philsci

Janssen wins Abraham Pais Prize

Professor Michel Janssen of the School of Physics and Astronomy and the Program in History of Science, Technology and Medicine has won the American Physical Society (APS) 2026 Abraham Pais Prize for H...

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 17h

Good for him!

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George Webster @georgewebster.bsky.social · 18h

More from the conference this past weekend - Chris Fuchs being sassy!

#philsky #philsci 🧪

Speaker presenting to an audience in front of a slide which reads: “QBism wouldn't be ashamed if it took another 100 years to complete its project.
Anyone who says they have the solution now is likely pissing in the wind.”

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Maarten Van Dyck @mvandyck.bsky.social · 20h

You have been wondering about the argument for Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism? In this paper forthcoming in the HOPOS journal, I provide some answers!
#philsci #hps

Maarten Van Dyck, Defending constructive empiricism - PhilPapers

Bas van Fraassen’s constructive empiricism has significantly shaped the debate on scientific realism. However, many commentators have been puzzled by the precise nature of the argument for this positi...

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Physics World @physicsworld.bsky.social · 21h

Moments after the Big Bang, clusters of exotic particles could have collapsed to form bizarre objects called cannibal stars and boson stars. These could have then collapsed to form primordial black holes – say physicists at SISSA. 🧪⚛️ ow.ly/LLCJ50Xy7GN

Did cannibal stars and boson stars populate the early universe? – Physics World

Objects formed by exotic particles could have created primordial black holes

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Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 22h

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23h

Another Budget, another attempt to pretend that endlessly frozen fuel duties will be raised at some point in the future

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Scott Edgar @scottedgar.bsky.social · 1d

"The first complete translation of Albert Camus’s personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, published for the first time in one comprehensive volume."

HUGE NEWS.

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The Complete Notebooks

The first complete translation of Albert Camus’s personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, published for the first time in one comprehensive volume. Throughout his career, French writer and ...

press.uchicago.edu

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Geeky Brummie @geekybrummie.com · 1d

Our Comic of the Week is Galactic #1 from @dstlry.bsky.social by @curtpires.bsky.social @amilcarpinna.bsky.social Lee Loughridge & @micahmyers.bsky.social - It’s ambitious, stylish, & unafraid to ask big questions about power, survival, and identity in the far reaches of space ^KB wp.me/p8WCuG-3Q3

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tRaum Books @traumbooks.bsky.social · 1d

Our newest, BLACK HOLE SCIENCE IS FILLED WITH APOLOGIES by @never.horse , is coming out in Jan, so we've reopened orders for all the little books! If you've been eyeing one/some of them, it's a great chance to mix and match 👀
ITCH: traumbooks.itch.io/the-little-b...
PAYHIP: payhip.com/b/EV3Kq

A clipart-ish image of two children in a bedroom, staring out at a giant snake floating in space outside their window. Cover for Never Angeline North's poetry collection, BLACK HOLE SCIENCE IS FILLED WITH APOLOGIES. Cover designed by North. Book released by tRaum Books.

A picture of all our palm-sized paperbacks (excluding the newest, BLACK HOLE SCIENCE). In order:
Read and then Burn This, by R. Merey
It Helps with the Blues, by Bryan Cebulski
Eusect, by C.L. Methvin
Query, by Zilla Novikov
Corrupted Vessels, by Briar Ripley Page
A/E, by R. Merey

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Gernot Münster @gernot-muenster.bsky.social · 1d

⚛️ After a long summer break, more physics stories.
Find previous ones in my timeline.

Houtermans and the Lifespan of the Sun

In the 1950s, Fritz Houtermans was sitting in a café in Bern with a colleague, explaining how long, according to his calculations, the sun will continue to shine.
1/2

Fritz Houtermans

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 1d

You may be cool, but you'll never be as cool as these two cats wearing sunglasses in the window of an optician's Boulevard St Germain in 1925

black and white photo of to cats wearing small round sunglasses in the window of a "lunetterie"

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 1d

Just accepted

The Unanimous Consent Approach to Value Management in Citizen Science
– Andrew Allison

Abstract in alt text or read it here:
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

#philsci #philsky

ABSTRACT. Citizen science involves collaboration between citizens and researchers. Just as is the case with scientific inquiry among trained researchers alone, both epistemic and non-epistemic values can conflict with one another within citizen science. When this happens, philosophers of science have sought to manage the various values of researchers and other stakeholders. I consider two approaches for addressing these conflicts: the transparency model and the unanimous consent model. While proponents of the former suggest that difficulties implementing this approach will be faced by both citizens and researchers, I argue that they are likely amplified in the case of citizen science: citizens face greater difficulties than researchers in making explicit other interpretations of data and clarifying major assumptions that were made, two steps of the transparency approach. Instead, I propose that the unanimous consent model be adopted to manage values in citizen science.

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The HOPOS Journal @hoposjournal.bsky.social · 1d

The Editor in Chief of #HOPOS, Matthew J. Brown, sets out his vision for the future of the journal in a new #openaccess editorial. It is "part manifesto, part call for papers, part love letter to one of my favorite ﬁelds of study."

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 1d

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday

Link for more information: www.popsci.com/science/voya...

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth. The intrepid #spacecraft will cross a major distance milestone in November 2026 - 16.1 billion miles. #Voyager1 #lightday

Link for more information: https://www.popsci.com/science/voyager-one-light-day-earth/

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 1d

When @masterreplicas.bsky.social announced Star Trek: The Starship Library, I obviously shared the news, but I hadn't planned on buying them. I'm not interested in 8-10cm replicas anymore. 😅

They sent them to me for review anyway, and... I had forgotten how cool this small format with a booklet is.

Star Trek: The Starship Library

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Center for PhilSci @center4philsci.bsky.social · 1d

Become a Visiting Fellow or Postdoc!

Applications for 2026-27 now open for Visiting Fellows and Postdoctoral Fellows!

More info and application link is available on our website at https://www.centerphilsci.pitt.edu/programs/overview/

#PhilosophyOfScience #ResearchFellowship #PostdocOpportunities

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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 · 2d

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.

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 2d

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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Katie McDonough @kmcdono.bsky.social · 2d

Two of my favorite people :)

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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 2d

What an interesting choice of words

I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 2d

I seem to have something in my eye …

xkcd.com

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Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 2d

Jeroen Van Bouwel @jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social · 6d

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)

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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