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Hane
@hane.bsky.social
philosopher of medicine and clinical ethicist who got a gig working in gender affirming healthcare, postdoctoral affiliate in philosophy at Lancaster University, music maker, keeper of snakes, dad, he/him

https://hanehtutmaung.weebly.com
twin 1: "where's dad?"
my wife: "he's at his philosophy reading group"
twin 1: *incredulous stare* "no he isn't"
my wife: "yes he is"
twin 1: "but he already knows how to read"
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I do actually think she's kind of pretty in a way, but I can just tell she's absolutely miserable to live with
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
we know not his closing his eyes as it is in itself, but only know his appearing to close his eyes

—  prolegomena §32, sort of
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 2d
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise questions about Trump’s on-the-job performance.
Images of Trump appearing to close his eyes during Oval Office event spread across social media | CNN Politics
Images of Donald Trump appearing to close his eyes at an Oval Office announcement this week rocketed around social media this weekend, with the president’s opponents seizing on the footage to raise qu...
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November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Reposted by Hane
Obligatory at this point really.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
so many of these articles remind me of Freud's concept of the oceanic, whereby an organism aspires to regress to a more rudimentary state and will do just about anything to avoid developing the capacity to discern the external world—the mythic bliss of eternal smooth-brainedness
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
me to Brett
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
debating whether The Addams Family involves a Gettier case
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Seventh Seal (1957)
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ready to play chess
October 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
this is probably my most halloween-y composition, a toccata for organ over tonic and dominant pedal points.

you see, the longer the note, the more dread.

musescore.com/user/6707006...
Point d'Orgue
Download and print in PDF or MIDI free sheet music for Organ (Solo)
musescore.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
the game of thrones theme music really annoys me because the harmony just moves between tonic minor and tonic major with no modulation

*sad and brooding* "der-da-da-da, der-da-da-da, der-da-da-da, der-da-da-da" *suddenly happy* "der-da-da-da, der-da-da-da, der-da-da-da, der-da-da-da"

so lazy
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
it certainly episte me off
epistemology is cringe
October 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
describing Jerry Fodor's philosophy to his face
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I'll be giving a Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Lecture at Lancaster next month.

"Polymath from Lancaster: The Life and Philosophy of William Whewell"

Wednesday 19th November 2025, 7pm–8pm
Storey Lecture Theatre, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, LA1 1TH
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
it's basically my job to have these
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I was struck by this resemblance between Twin 2 and me.

that stare won't work on me, pet. I *invented* that stare.
October 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
the relief you feel when you realise the loud noise in the middle of the night is just an evil demon and not your child waking up
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
— György Ligeti
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
the obvious explanation for this obsession with making young people "hear things that upset them" is some sort of weird psychosexual boomer castration complex
Not once have I seen an explanation for why teenagers must hear things that upset them in virtue of the unspecified speech-acts being upsetting, nor have I ever seen an explanation for why teenagers will be forbidden to express displeasure with upsetting things.
October 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Mike Flowers Pops — Wonderwall

youtu.be/NTfZshkNZRw?...
October 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
talking with some buddies on discord about "nintendo songs to fuck to" and this has to be up there
youtu.be/oQHkBC24Ing?...
TMNT 4 (SNES) Music: Prehistoric Turtlesaurus Extended HD
YouTube video by CallMeSugarMilk
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
describe your bluesky account in a single image
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
hard to pick a favourite but I've always loved the cold sense of dread and urgency this evokes

youtu.be/cXMl-IMHgxQ?...
October 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM