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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 8d

This week we're playing a game: how many of these couches can I see whilst viewing flats to rent in the UK?

A black, shiny, plasticky couch. Found in virtually every furnished flat to rent in the UK.

Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 10d

When I was 7 someone accidentally hit me with a beach ball pretty hard while I was in the water, and as I re-surfaced I exclaimed 'Thanks!', so maybe I win.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 10d

Ahaha I use a dell I bought used after using a mac as my first laptop. Actually fine with updates, it's everything else that doesn't compare, sadly.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 10d

A film to recommend! 50yo Icelandic choir director is secretely a radical environmental activist conducting sabotage operations. Funny, stunning landscapes, and a live band musical score mubi.com/en/nl/films/...

Watch Woman at War (2018) on MUBI

Fifty-year-old Halla seemingly leads a quiet existence. However, she is actually a radical eco-activist who has declared a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. In the midst of her environmen...

mubi.com

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 13d

Ah, yes, 'betwixt'. Non-native speakers' well-known key problem.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 13d

Then I discovered that there is in fact no instructions to play this 840 times! It's actually a conditional. "In order to play the motif 840 times in succession, it would be advisable to prepare oneself beforehand, and in the deepest silence, by serious immobilities." Shall we tell the guy?

Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 13d

Was there for the end bit of this somewhat mad performance of *840 repetitions* of Satie's very short 'Vexations', 14 hours or so. Pianist was visibly suffering, but the piece is weirdly compelling once you repeat it enough youtu.be/cPqIULsfOAU (too long for youtube, apparently!)

Erik Satie: Vexations | 15-hour piano marathon with Roman Borisov

YouTube video by DW Classical Music

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 13d

Was there for the end bit of this somewhat mad performance of *840 repetitions* of Satie's very short 'Vexations', 14 hours or so. Pianist was visibly suffering, but the piece is weirdly compelling once you repeat it enough youtu.be/cPqIULsfOAU (too long for youtube, apparently!)

Erik Satie: Vexations | 15-hour piano marathon with Roman Borisov

YouTube video by DW Classical Music

youtu.be

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 14d

If you have a little time, take a walk to Burg Wetter for a pretty view of the Harkortsee. If you have a litte more time, the village of Hattingen is very cute and with a coule nice cafes.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 3

Due to many requests, we extended the deadline for the special issue 'Philosophy and the Chemosenses' to 1st November! Any philosophical issue related to smell / taste / flavour welcome, so submit away: philosophymindscience.org/index.php/ph...

Call for Papers: Philosophy and Chemosenses | Philosophy and the Mind Sciences

Philosophy and the Mind Sciences (PhiMiSci) focuses on the interface between philosophy of mind, psychology, and cognitive neuroscience. PhiMiSci is a peer-reviewed, not-for-profit open-access journal...

philosophymindscience.org

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 14d

Ponderosa pine smells like butterscotch.

Go ahead, sniff one the next time you're in the western US. Some say "vanilla", some say "oh no, my nose is covered in sap."

Let's talk about birds, butterscotch, forest fires, blue wood, & boring beetles.

But mostly this thread is about terpenes.

From a blog called "CreationsDawn", a photo of the author smelling a ponderosa pine. The author wears a green cap, light blue-green shirt and red camel pack. They are sniffing a tree with pine bark, with a sort of red-orange color. More trees in the background.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 15d

I don't have a flat in Notts yet, but I do have membership of a table tennis club and a list of 9 coffee shops to try. Priorities.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 16d

New Cocoon web address: philosopherscocoon.com

The Philosophers' Cocoon

A safe and supportive forum for philosophers.

philosopherscocoon.com

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 25d

Looks very interesting!

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 27d

Same, same. Sometimes, more specifically: 'I could be in an onsen bath right now'.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 27d

youtu.be/cUbIkNUFs-4 We all know it goes in the square hole

The Original Square Hole Girl Video + The Redemption

YouTube video by Tired Actor (Alison Burke)

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uonphilosophy.bsky.social @uonphilosophy.bsky.social · 29d

Delighted to welcome @giuliamartina.bsky.social as a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Senior Research Fellow, 2025-2027.

She'll be working with Craig French on a project entitled 'Imperfect Perception' on sensory impairments in philosophy of perception.

Web: tinyurl.com/3arb5fp8

#philosophy #perception

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 7

To brighten up your Sunday, let me introduce you to Stenokranio Boldi, an early amphibian recently discovered in Germany. This is the only image we have to know what it looked like:

Rendering of ancient amphibian Stenokranio Boldi. It looks funny: has a flat, rounded head, with a huge smiley mouth.

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Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre @warwick-mindaction.bsky.social · Sep 6

There's still one month left to send in your submissions for MindGrad 2026!
#philsky #philmind #philconf

Warwick Mind and Action Research Centre @warwick-mindaction.bsky.social · Jun 19

MindGrad 2026 Call for Papers now open! 2026 is a special year, marking the 20th edition of the MindGrad series of conferences. Submission link: forms.gle/GQ9hi68A4BKp...

#philsky #philmind #philconf

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 6

A final push to get this paper submittable, then tomorrow a very Dortmund day with table tennis Bundesliga match and amazing food at the Tamil festival.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 4

I won't comment on the procrastination trait.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 4

Everyone in the comments here thinks it's earlier, so maybe not the minority at all!

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 4

I can see that. I think on my image both events and people equally move on the timeline.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 4

It's looking like I'm the only person who thinks like the author of the video ahaha

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 4

How do you understand 'going forward', though? Yeah it's no correctness debate, it'd be cool if it refelcted different spatial metaphors for time though.

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yes, 'going forward' fits my metaphor!

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