Fintan Mallory
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Philosopher at Durham University fintanmallory.com
I love seeing early drafts of poems, especially when the original word choices were terrible.
![BGGLAND
we have no prairies
To slice a big sun at evening - Everywhere the eye concedes to
A fungoid [encroaching] horizons,
Is wooed into the cyclops' eye or a tarn.
Our unfenced country
Is bog that keeps crusting
Between the sights of the sun.
They've taken the skeleton Of the Great Irish E1k out of the peat, set it up An astounding crate full of air.
Butter sunk under a
More than a hundred years
Was Peoovera salty and wiite.
The ground itself is a kina, black butter Melting and opening undertoot, Missing its last definition
By millions of years.
They"ll never dig coal here, Only the waterlogged trunks
Of great firs, soft as banana [pulp]
ur pioneers keep striking
Inwaräs and downwards,
Every layer they strip
The bogaoles nigat be Atlantie seepage.
The wet centre is bottomless.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tvcyggw2gbv2xmqaqfahnwoy/bafkreigdcmqlwde624mo3syukitzzcndzoiflirn5qgokl4s24tpfmmrty@jpeg)
January 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I love seeing early drafts of poems, especially when the original word choices were terrible.
I have too many questions
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I have too many questions
New year, new stretch of the Antrim coast
January 6, 2026 at 8:34 AM
New year, new stretch of the Antrim coast
A decision was made to make Hegel wonderfully, unnecessarily blonde and I support it.
January 5, 2026 at 11:24 AM
A decision was made to make Hegel wonderfully, unnecessarily blonde and I support it.
Breaking: World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural.
January 4, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Breaking: World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural.
Sunrise in Cushendall
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Sunrise in Cushendall
This is my most Belfast trait. I will defend this boat.
December 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is my most Belfast trait. I will defend this boat.
The Titanic was a perfectly good ship. If you drive any ship into an iceberg it will sink.
December 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Titanic was a perfectly good ship. If you drive any ship into an iceberg it will sink.
Ancient being of unclear age ✅ Big hat ✅ Brings gift ✅ Appears at Christmas ✅
December 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ancient being of unclear age ✅ Big hat ✅ Brings gift ✅ Appears at Christmas ✅
It’s been many years but I still find it funny that incompatibility semantics was introduced in Polish notation.
December 24, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It’s been many years but I still find it funny that incompatibility semantics was introduced in Polish notation.
Instead of doing a full albums of the year list, here’s my ranking of the 8 studio albums Bruce Springsteen released in 2025.
December 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Instead of doing a full albums of the year list, here’s my ranking of the 8 studio albums Bruce Springsteen released in 2025.
It seems the bridges of Königsberg problem was eventually solved by the Soviet Air Force.
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
It seems the bridges of Königsberg problem was eventually solved by the Soviet Air Force.
The satirical magazine was called Why? It's available here: www.juliuskovesi.com/why/
December 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The satirical magazine was called Why? It's available here: www.juliuskovesi.com/why/
This is from a satirical magazine written by Anthony Kenny and Julius Kovesi in Oxford, 1958-59. I have reviewed so many papers in the last 5 years that are basically just this.
December 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is from a satirical magazine written by Anthony Kenny and Julius Kovesi in Oxford, 1958-59. I have reviewed so many papers in the last 5 years that are basically just this.
It’s worth knowing that the health minister of Ireland’s centre-right government is concerned about contagion from ‘the English disease’ (transphobia)
December 5, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It’s worth knowing that the health minister of Ireland’s centre-right government is concerned about contagion from ‘the English disease’ (transphobia)
Okay McEwan, you don’t see epistemologists out there writing On Chesil Beach, let’s stick to what we’re good at.
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Okay McEwan, you don’t see epistemologists out there writing On Chesil Beach, let’s stick to what we’re good at.
I feel like this is a euphemism I’m going to start using. Did you hear yer man exited the market? Sure, that’ll be a well-attended funeral.
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I feel like this is a euphemism I’m going to start using. Did you hear yer man exited the market? Sure, that’ll be a well-attended funeral.
This Millikan line goes (as they say) hard.
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
This Millikan line goes (as they say) hard.
Don’t think you need to know Irish to see the issue with this philosophical dictionary entry
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Don’t think you need to know Irish to see the issue with this philosophical dictionary entry
While it’s not the worst thing about this, they really could have worked on the gender balance…
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
While it’s not the worst thing about this, they really could have worked on the gender balance…
“Born in the not-so-distant year of 1964, Hawthorne emerged on the philosophical scene as a figure of immense potential”
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“Born in the not-so-distant year of 1964, Hawthorne emerged on the philosophical scene as a figure of immense potential”