Neil McDonnell
@neilmcdonnell.bsky.social
Philosopher at University of Glasgow - interested in philosophy, teaching, VR and AR tech. My opinions, and my preferred lexicon, are no fault of UofG.
An eagle soaring over Minneapolis near @usbankstadium.bsky.social - a portent @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social?
October 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
An eagle soaring over Minneapolis near @usbankstadium.bsky.social - a portent @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social?
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Glasgow is positioning itself as the UK’s 3D content creation capital.
A new working group brings together UofG, @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, @cofgcollege.bsky.social and industry partners to support growth in immersive tech, animation and digital design.
More: gla.ac/483GFHL
A new working group brings together UofG, @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, @cofgcollege.bsky.social and industry partners to support growth in immersive tech, animation and digital design.
More: gla.ac/483GFHL
September 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Glasgow is positioning itself as the UK’s 3D content creation capital.
A new working group brings together UofG, @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, @cofgcollege.bsky.social and industry partners to support growth in immersive tech, animation and digital design.
More: gla.ac/483GFHL
A new working group brings together UofG, @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social, @cofgcollege.bsky.social and industry partners to support growth in immersive tech, animation and digital design.
More: gla.ac/483GFHL
Wholesome pub life for the weans. Fleadh Cheoil, Wexford.
August 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Wholesome pub life for the weans. Fleadh Cheoil, Wexford.
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In 1967, philosopher of language Michael Dummett and his wife, the author Ann Dummett, were arrested for picketing against racial discrimination, charged with public disorder, but acquitted upon an official admission that the police, not protesters, had obstructed passage.
June 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
In 1967, philosopher of language Michael Dummett and his wife, the author Ann Dummett, were arrested for picketing against racial discrimination, charged with public disorder, but acquitted upon an official admission that the police, not protesters, had obstructed passage.
Fake news. AI slop. Cannot actually be real.
Most academics come here to brag about their million dollar ARC grants or latest Q1 journal publication, but get a load of this people! Winners and grinners!
July 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Fake news. AI slop. Cannot actually be real.
This has spurred an existential crisis in me, by Toutatis!
There is a PhD scholarship on offer for someone to come and work on Asterix, with me, at Monash:
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July 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This has spurred an existential crisis in me, by Toutatis!
I’d say “what have we become?” But I just can’t own the “we”. Fucksakes.
June 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I’d say “what have we become?” But I just can’t own the “we”. Fucksakes.
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New paper forthcoming in the British Journal of Aesthetics on perception of VR:
philpapers.org/rec/FISVRS
TLDR:
Virtual reality offers a different experience to most other images. Yet VR also often contains elements that distinguish it from regular perception, which can help prevent harms!
1/9
philpapers.org/rec/FISVRS
TLDR:
Virtual reality offers a different experience to most other images. Yet VR also often contains elements that distinguish it from regular perception, which can help prevent harms!
1/9
Alex Fisher, Virtual Reality, Seeing-In, and Twofoldness - PhilPapers
Virtual reality headsets present us with two images, one directly before each of our eyes. One might therefore suppose that virtual reality offers experiences with the phenomenology of many other depi...
philpapers.org
June 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
New paper forthcoming in the British Journal of Aesthetics on perception of VR:
philpapers.org/rec/FISVRS
TLDR:
Virtual reality offers a different experience to most other images. Yet VR also often contains elements that distinguish it from regular perception, which can help prevent harms!
1/9
philpapers.org/rec/FISVRS
TLDR:
Virtual reality offers a different experience to most other images. Yet VR also often contains elements that distinguish it from regular perception, which can help prevent harms!
1/9
How to make “half football, half Portuguese Man ‘o’ War” better? Add ball-bearings! @brookmyre.bsky.social
www.mitre.com/footballs-c1...
www.mitre.com/footballs-c1...
Audible Mouldmaster Football
www.mitre.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
How to make “half football, half Portuguese Man ‘o’ War” better? Add ball-bearings! @brookmyre.bsky.social
www.mitre.com/footballs-c1...
www.mitre.com/footballs-c1...
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I've made a series of individual match posters for Celtic's European Cup run in 1967 before, but never a standalone design until now. Prints available on the shop if you fancy one! madebyfrankie.bigcartel.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I've made a series of individual match posters for Celtic's European Cup run in 1967 before, but never a standalone design until now. Prints available on the shop if you fancy one! madebyfrankie.bigcartel.com
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social did I miss “Deep Cover” review? Or is it too new/too streaming-y?
I thought it was a total riot. Haven’t laughed that hard at a film since… Booksmart, maybe?
I thought it was a total riot. Haven’t laughed that hard at a film since… Booksmart, maybe?
June 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social did I miss “Deep Cover” review? Or is it too new/too streaming-y?
I thought it was a total riot. Haven’t laughed that hard at a film since… Booksmart, maybe?
I thought it was a total riot. Haven’t laughed that hard at a film since… Booksmart, maybe?
Deary me. Dysfunction abounds in Celtic recruitment.
#Celtic hold contract discussions with Jeffrey Schlupp @celticstarmag.bsky.social https://www.celticnewsnow.com/news/celtic-hold-contract-discussions-with-jeffrey-schlupp/643354/ #celtic #celticfc
Celtic hold contract discussions with Jeffrey Schlupp
Celtic have held discussions with Jeffrey Schlupp over extending his stay at the club.
www.celticnewsnow.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Deary me. Dysfunction abounds in Celtic recruitment.
Always
Son Heung-min hoists the Europa League trophy into the Bilbao sky.
Tottenham Hotspur's 17-year trophy drought is over.
Ange Postecoglou has delivered his promise.
Tottenham Hotspur's 17-year trophy drought is over.
Ange Postecoglou has delivered his promise.
May 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Always
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the article was written by By Professor Neil McDonnell ( @neilmcdonnell.bsky.social and Dr Pauline Mackay ( @paulinemackay.bsky.social) @uofglasgow.bsky.social
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May 20, 2025 at 9:59 AM
the article was written by By Professor Neil McDonnell ( @neilmcdonnell.bsky.social and Dr Pauline Mackay ( @paulinemackay.bsky.social) @uofglasgow.bsky.social
@uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social
@uofgnews.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social @murrayp.bsky.social
This museum is the state of the art imo.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture “does not shy away from the tragedies, but neither does it give short shrift to the joy,” John McWhorter writes. It “trusts everyone to tolerate — no, celebrate — the contradictions.”
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture “does not shy away from the tragedies, but neither does it give short shrift to the joy,” John McWhorter writes. It “trusts everyone to tolerate — no, celebrate — the contradictions.”
Opinion | The Future of Black History
www.nytimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
This museum is the state of the art imo.
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OTOH, @neilmcdonnell.bsky.social and co at Glasgow are exploring new business models in Museums in the Metaverse, to be able to commercially license 3D heritage and send micropayments back to heritage orgs for model reuse. Residuals for 3D heritage content usage? Nice.
Museums in the Metaverse to let you build your own virtual collection
An ambitious new £5.6 million project to develop Virtual Reality museums has been officially unveiled today
www.gla.ac.uk
May 17, 2025 at 11:11 AM
OTOH, @neilmcdonnell.bsky.social and co at Glasgow are exploring new business models in Museums in the Metaverse, to be able to commercially license 3D heritage and send micropayments back to heritage orgs for model reuse. Residuals for 3D heritage content usage? Nice.
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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
April 26, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM
Calculated cruelty.
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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t.co/lg46ijHLDF
April 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Calculated cruelty.
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Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.
March 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Turns out Le Pen is not mightier than the fraud.
Colour me completely unsurprised. But if third terms are on the table then perhaps Obama should be warming up.
President Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
nbcnews.to
March 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Colour me completely unsurprised. But if third terms are on the table then perhaps Obama should be warming up.
Not scientific, as he says, but this is uncomfortably plausible re: twitter manipulation.
Last month I did a little experiment.
I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
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I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky.
The results were...interesting...
[Thread]
March 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Not scientific, as he says, but this is uncomfortably plausible re: twitter manipulation.