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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action
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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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Physics 21%
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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 11h
Sure!
Bombino:
bombino.bandcamp.com/album/sahel

Mdou Moktar:
mdoumoctar.bandcamp.com/album/funera...

Tinariwen:
tinariwen.bandcamp.com/album/hoggar

Enjoy!!!
Sahel, by Bombino
10 track album
bombino.bandcamp.com

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Emma Newman @emmanewman.bsky.social · 17h
Lovelies, here's a shiny new episode of Starship Alexandria, in which we discuss a recommendation from @aptshadow.bsky.social : A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith-Spark.

There will be spoilers as we discuss the book in some depth!
starshipalexandria.com/episode-10-a...
Starship Alexandria: Episode 10 - A Sword of Bronze and Ashes
For our February 2026 episode of Starship Alexandria, Adrian puts forward the novel A Sword of Bronze and Ashes by Anna Smith Spark for Emma to consider.    Other talking points:  ...
starshipalexandria.com

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Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) @clpskuleuven.bsky.social · 17h
We are delighted to announce the 15th edition of the Graduate Student Conference, hosted by the Institute of Philosophy (@kuleuvenuniversity.bsky.social). This year’s keynote speaker is Sibo Kanobana. Submit an abstract by March 6, 2026, and join us! hiw.kuleuven.be/cmprpc/event... #philsky #HPS
Poster announcing the 15th Leuven Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy, featuring a large QR code over a tinted architectural background, bold text reading “Call for Abstracts,” conference date (24 April 2026), submission deadline (6 March 2026), and a link for more information, with KU Leuven branding in the corner.

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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 18h
I saw them live a couple of years ago - wonderful!!

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Republic @republiccampaign.bsky.social · 18h
🚨🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Charles has been heckled AGAIN over Andrew and Epstein, this time in Clitheroe. Expressing 'concern' isn't enough. Charles and William are complicit in a cover-up. Police investigation NOW. Royal Epstein Inquiry NOW. #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy #Epstein

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Strange Horizons @strangehorizons.bsky.social · 18h
NEW PODCAST ALERT!

In case you missed it:

The Aquarium for Lost Souls
by Natasha King @pelagicnatasha.bsky.social
read by Jenna Hanchey @jennahanchey.bsky.social

Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
Podcast: The Aquarium for Lost Souls
In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Natasha King's 'Aquarium for Lost Souls' read by Jenna Hanchey. Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
strangehorizons.com

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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 18h
I'm spending my Monday marking papers - on the upside an opportunity to check out some new music at the same time.

I've just discovered Etran de L'Aïr, a Tuareg desert blues band from Niger.

Huge energy -- confident propulsive stuff. Would recommend!

youtu.be/nkCwGCDaaZ4?...
Etran de L'Aïr - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be

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Kit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social · 20h
Mornington Crescent: a rant.

Or: how a goofy word game about train stations is the key to how devout causes can ruin people's ability to have a conversation.

Stand clear of the closing doors, let's begin.

1/18
White-tiled wall with a London Underground sign, a blue centre bar in a red circle. The centre bar reads 'MORNINGTON CRESCENT'. Source: https://www.christopherfowler.co.uk/blog/2014/12/30/mornington-crescent-still-peculiar

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Mon @nomonbooks.bsky.social · 20h
I'm reading Bat Eater and other names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker. Been on my TBR for a while!
Cover of book. A bat with the title written over it and rotting garlic and fluff around it.

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Ian Tattum @iantattum.bsky.social · 20h
Looking forward to reading this.
From @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21h
📌 ICYMI — The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff

As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times…

https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/08/the-end-of-morgan-mcsweeney-peter-oborne-on-keir-starmers-departing-chief-of-staff/
The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
bylinetimes.com

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 21h
"It took decades of painstaking work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory for her to come up with the geodesic systems that would allow the precise measurements and mapping needed for the technology – her work nevertheless transformed modern life."
Gladys West obituary
Mathematician whose work at the US Naval Weapons Laboratory was pivotal to the development of GPS
www.theguardian.com

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 23h
“I’m mad I can’t understand Bad Bunny’s lyrics because they’re not in English”

my brother millions of metalheads around the world have been happily listening to incomprehensible Finnish shrieks and Japanese death grunts since we were teens, you’re just boring and racist

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

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OK Comics @okcomics.bsky.social · 1d
This would be a great time to check out our online shop and maybe pick up that graphic novel you’ve been eyeing up for a bit, just saying....

www.okcomics.co.uk

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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 1d
In her recent book on quantum mechanics, Emily Adlam claims I’m an advocate of QBism (I’m not), while in another book I’m reviewing, the author claims I endorse the many-worlds interpretation (I do not). Is this one of those cases where I can claim I must be doing something right?!
#philsci
#physics

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 2d
Saturday art from December's #Penumbric: "Dark Siren" by Irina Tall, at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#art #artwork #artist #horror #fantasy #HorrorArt
"Dark Siren" by Irina Tall, at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/tallSiren.html

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emily valentimes 💜 @threnody.northsky.social · 2d
i kneeled to take a sweet pic of her with her eyes closed and facing the sun and instead i instantly got a whole serving of stanley kubrick shit from someone who’s afraid of shadows, plastic bags, shoes, and her own tail.
a tabby padding through a patch of sunlight glaring at the camera with an almost kubrickian stare and her tail in the air. she looks like she is going to swiftly destroy something beautiful.

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 2d
Consider this your final warning, and feel free to remove yourself from the classroom if you think it'll be too much for you.

-from "The Slide" by E.W.H. Thornton, in Dec's #Penumbric at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

#ShortStory #horror
"The Slide" by E.W.H. Thornton, in Dec's Penumbric at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/thorntonSlide.html

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I Support People Protesting in Support of Palestinian Action @srdfrench.bsky.social · 2d
Just had my first hot cross bun of the year - no Belgian chocolate, no apple and caramel, just a fruity, tasty bun, plain and simple. Does what it says on the tin. Thanks Co-op!

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Ian Riddler Photography @ianriddler.bsky.social · 2d
Stormbound

A bank of clouds sweep in from the South - rain following fast behind.

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#NewZealand
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"Look with your eyes. See with your Soul."

#Storm #Rain #Harvest #EastCoastKin #Stunday #Scape

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Cam Muskelly (Explorer of Deep Time ⏰ ⚒️) @cambriancam.bsky.social · 3d
It is not often that I make a 2 #FossilFriday posts but, I will make an exception. This is the skeleton of the fish Xiphactinus audax. It was found by a friend looking fossils in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian) Smokey Hill Chalk in Kansas. You think you afraid of the ocean now? You've seen nothing!

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Haven Spec Magazine @havenspec.bsky.social · 3d
👀January 2026 Fiction👀

ICYMI, "A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" is a short story by @czwrites.bsky.social about growing up a target but finding ways to fight back. Also, summoning demons. Read it as a ritual of transformation.

havenspec.com/fiction/a-be...
A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons, Haven Spec Magazine
"A Beginner’s Guide to Summoning Demons" by Cynthia Zhang
havenspec.com

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 3d
We round out this week with "Grief Trawling" by Suzanne J. Willis. When you throw your nets in these waters, you'll find more than just fish:
Grief Trawling - Small Wonders
The island's fisherwomen came to the shores to haul misery and lament, hair tied back in dead men’s kerchiefs.
smallwondersmag.com

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 3d
The first episode of the second season of my podcast, Conversations at the Center, is now available on youtube, spotify, and apple podcast. With David Wallace. #philsci
Conversations at the Center - YouTube
The Center for Philosophy of Science proudly presents our podcast! Join us and our community as we discuss philosophy, science, and so much more.! Guided by ...
youtube.com

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Reckoning @reckoningmag.bsky.social · 3d
Reckoning reopened to submissions on February 1st! We pay @sfwa.org pro rates, we never charge fees, AND we're piloting a new/improved process for reviewing and publishing submissions, which shows every sign of making our response times MUCH faster. Please submit? Guidelines: reckoning.press/submit/

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Burning Ambulance (website/newsletter/record label) @burningambulance.bsky.social · 3d
Hey, it's Bandcamp Friday! I've put up 20 new titles on the Leo Records page, including albums by Phil Minton, Eugene Chadbourne, Lauren Newton and others! There are also a bunch of titles that went up in January that I didn't really promote at the time!
leorecords.bandcamp.com/music

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British Journal for the Philosophy of Science @thebjps.bsky.social · 3d
Just accepted:

Looking for Work in Quantum Thermodynamics
– Eugene Chua

Abstract in alt text or read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/740608

#philsci #philsky
I diagnose the problem in quantum thermodynamics of generalizing classical work into the quantum domain. I begin with the no-go theorem: no universal measurement scheme for quantum work satisfies two intuitive, classically consilient desiderata. I assess this incompatibility as stemming from the measurement problem. Decoherence restores compatibility for all practical purposes but raises questions about what ‘universality' should mean and whether any measurement scheme can be universal. I consider a different standard of universality—in terms of ontology—by defining a trajectory-based notion of quantum work using the quantum potential. While this preserves the classical role of work as the integral of forces over distances and evades the tension of the no-go theorem, consilience fails elsewhere; no single quantum work concept seems capable of preserving all classical features, raising questions for what it takes for successful generalization of the concept to quantum thermodynamics.

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Cheryl Morgan @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 3d
Found on Mastodon via @cstross.bsky.social, an LLM-generated map of Yorkshire
Olde style map of England & Wales labelled as parts of Yorkshire. Wales is the Pennines, the Humber Estuary is in Hampshire and Devon is the South Yorkshire coalfield. Oh well, at least London doesn’t exist.

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The HOPOS Journal @hoposjournal.bsky.social · 3d
Laura Georgescu reviews David Marshall Miller and Dana Jalobeanu's The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution in #HOPOS.

Review: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Book website: www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
Cambridge Core - History of Science and Technology - The Cambridge History of Philosophy of the Scientific Revolution
www.cambridge.org