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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻

@keithwilson.eu

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Philosopher of Mind and Perception, Co-Director of #CognitiveScience at @ucddublin.bsky.social. Father of #LittleHuman. Former programmer and sound engineer. Maintains various #philosophy feeds, lists & starter packs. https://www.keithwilson.eu 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ he/they

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 12d

There’s a new #philosophy feed in town! 📣 #PhilosophySky combines the best philosophical discussion via the #PhilSky and area-specific hashtags with announcements from 250+ philosophy-related accounts making it the most comprehensive feed for academic philosophy on Bluesky! bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 17m

Tempted to say buying CDs! 💿 Otherwise Apple Music or Tidal. Apple has a more comprehensive catalogue, but both pay artists substantially more than Spotify (though still a pittance compared to physical formats!).

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John Lyons @jlyons1991.bsky.social · 22m

Oh, shit, Antifa is suiting up:

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 31m

The misspelling was apparently introduced to avoid confusion with ‘lead’ (\led\) the metal, which was used in typesetting at the time.

Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 39m

Same. 😟

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 1d

UK rejects total ban on bottom trawling in offshore marine protected areas

The U.K. government has rejected calls to fully ban bottom trawling in its offshore marine protected areas, despite evidence that the fishing practice tears up seabed habitats and releases large…

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 11h

Another great episode of #SlowHorses, with surprise cameo from @mattgreencomedy.com! OK, it won’t be a surprise now I’ve just told you, but still very much worth watching! 😅 #AppleTVPlus

Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 19h

Very much enjoyed being a part of Slow Horses!

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 13h

Indeed. It does seem to be tantamount to conceding that training LLMs is a criminal enterprise. 🤨

Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 14h

Good. If the #AI industry can’t survive without paying the creators whose work it exploits then it deserves to die. #AIEthics #Slopification

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 1d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 14h

#BrexitReality #BrexitBrokeBritain #RejoinEU

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 14h

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 16h

Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”

Trump Sacrifices Alaska Wilderness to Help AI Companies

Trump’s approval of the 211-mile Ambler Road Project through Gates of the Arctic National Park hinges on winning an “AI arms race.”

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18h

This Reuters headline. Oof.

Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 17h

Prioritising by religious belief, even preferentially, is discriminatory. Imagine a job being advertised as preferentially appointing men who applied over women regardless of other qualifications! My point was just that prioritising by religion is inconsistent with non-discrimination, even if legal.

Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 18h

Out of interest, what exactly would say the link between touch and proprioception is? One could treat them as separate sense-modalities, though no doubt there are cross-modal influences between them (as for many of the other senses—vision and balance, for example).

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 18h

BBC4 is repeating Bryan Magee’s 1987 series, The Great Philosophers, and I introduce it next Monday 13th at 22.30. I remember being very impressed when it went out that my wonderful PhD supervisor, Myles Burnyeat, was in the very first episode!

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 21h

These claims seem incompatible, but are permitted by law provided the school also admits some pupils of other faiths, or if they can argue that “refusal is essential to maintain the ethos of the school”. If they are going to discriminate by religion, shouldn’t they just state that up front?

Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 21h

The key clause seems to be 7.3(c) which allows preferential enrolment where objective of the school is to provide education in an environment which promotes certain religious values. Yet even religious state on their admissions notice that they do not discriminate on the grounds of religion!

Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 22h

What a time to be alive. 🐸 #Trumpland #USFascism

Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d

Incredible (via www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...)

A group of apparent armed agents assemble at the end of a street, as seen from the perspective of a person in inflatable frog costume, their frog’s eyes dominating the foreground. The Ice facility in downtown Portland on Monday. Photograph: Mathieu Lewis-Rolland/AFP/Getty Images

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 1d

Gas plays dwindling role in UK power price as #renewables roll-out accelerates www.edie.net/gas-plays-dw...

Gas plays dwindling role in UK power price as renewables roll-out accelerates - edie

The rollout of wind power is diluting the link between gas and electricity wholesale prices, pushing older and more expensive ‘peaker’ generation plants off the grid, a new analysis shows.

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 23h

😂 (I failed to keep a straight face)

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 1d

🚨🚨 #Denmark aims to ban #socialmedia for children under 15. PM Mette Frederiksen says "We have unleashed a monster" to Danish lawmakers. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/denmark-mette-frederiksen-partially-ban-social-media-children-under-15/

Denmark aims to ban social media for children under 15, PM says

“We have unleashed a monster,” Mette Frederiksen tells Danish lawmakers.

www.politico.eu

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 1d

Not only white people, but *British* people!

Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 1d

It’s a nice thought though. 😊

Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 1d

I doubt these people will pivot towards wanting to rejoin the EU, and as long as the right-wing press portrays this as the EU penalising the UK, rather than an obvious consequence of #Brexit, I doubt NF will get his share of the blame.

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