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Studying chant. Rants against scientism. Joint speech. Epistemology. Apprentice alchemist partaking in the Magnum Opus. fredcummins.net. stonepharisee.com.
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Harrowing. Report from the camps on the French coast.

magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/10/08/t...
The truth about the small-boats crisis
What Nigel Farage won’t tell you
magazine.newstatesman.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Very proud to see the publication of our book today. We dismantle many of the assumptions underlying Psychology’s research methods and highlight the shaky foundations of the discipline. Hang on tight! We do, also, propose a way forward.
September 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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It's publication day for my book with @craigspeelman.bsky.social!

"The Great Psychology Delusion" is an unsentimental look at the conceptual mess of psychology, and how to improve.

Psychology is several sciences, and we need to get clear about them.

More soon!

www.routledge.com/The-Great-Ps...
The Great Psychology Delusion: Missteps, Pitfalls and How to Make a More Successful Psychological Science
The Great Psychology Delusion takes an unflinching look at some of the foundational assumptions of psychological science. Exploring long-standing unanswered critiques of psychological research in a wa...
www.routledge.com
September 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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"The university will stop sharing the data required to be included in the ranking as of 2026. As a result, Sorbonne University will no longer feature in future rankings produced by THE, which include the World University Rankings, the Rankings by Subject or the Impact Rankings."

Excellent!
Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings
As of 2026, Sorbonne University will no longer submit data to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The decision comes as part of a wider approach to promote open science and ref...
www.sorbonne-universite.fr
September 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Every lit metal circle a spider shadow show
September 2, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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"Prompted by Me. Generated by ChatGPT"
New essay published #OpenAccess in Human Machine Communication - stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/vol10/is...
With commentary from Autumn Edwards and Katrin Etzrodt.
September 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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“If we lose contact with the Gaza flotilla for even twenty minutes, we will shut down all of Europe” may be one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen anyone say. Like, the power. The stance. Dear god, I want this energy all around me from everywhere.
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Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Italians are the ones finally doing it
September 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

W. B. Yeats
August 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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Do your PhD in Manuscript Cultures with us!

Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social

Apply by 30 Sep!
More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...
August 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Finn, the Modern Irish Druid, is introduced, with a bit of backstory, here: pworldrworld.com/fred/?page_i.... The theme is monism.
Fred Cummins's Home Page » Finn, the Modern Irish Druid
pworldrworld.com
August 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Today we commemorate the passing of Bernard Stiegler, one of the most original voices in contemporary philosophy of technology.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Fans of weaving, textile, and beauty will probably enjoy the work of Faig Ahmed: faigahmed.com
FAIG AHMED
Faig Ahmed is an internationally recognized artist from Baku, Azerbaijan, who represented Azerbaijan at the Venice Biennale in 2007. He is well known for his conceptual works that utilize traditional ...
faigahmed.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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Epistemic Challenges of Non-native English Speakers in Philosophy: Evidence from an International Survey
Uwe Peters, Yener Cagla Cimendereli, Alex Davies, Charlotte Gauvry, Kiichi Inarimori, Anna Klieber, Sitian Liu, Nikolaj Nottelmann, Federica Russo & Juan Samuel Santos Castro, Epistemic Challenges of ...
The widespread use of English in the field of philosophy facilitates international collaboration but may also pose significant challenges in understanding, analyzing, or producing information for both...
philpapers.org
July 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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What does it say? The supposed objectivity of written texts
What does it say? The supposed objectivity of written texts
“… interpretation is the source of texts, facts, authors, and intentions.” Stanley Fish, Is There a Text in This Class? Do you remember when you first commited some of your own thoughts to paper? P…
handlingideas.blog
August 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Deep inside some academic institutions, hidden to the naked eye, exist departments in which unique, idiosyncratic, and damn right awkward intellects can flourish.
August 1, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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"The Cloud Is Not Above Us" by @designinf.bsky.social PhD student David Mahoney - "When digital systems are abstracted from place, they become invisible. We lose sight of the true cost of their convenience: the emissions... the land consumed... the communities they displace or disadvantage"
The Cloud Is Not Above Us - Branch
A “place-conscious poetic” web doesn’t mean rejecting scale or technological progress – it means alignment.
branch.climateaction.tech
July 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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oh hey our big new model of Irish Neolithic interaction has an issue!

cc @pennybickle.bsky.social @suegreaney.bsky.social @prehistorian.bsky.social
July 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Wow ok unfollowing now. Loved his refusal of servitude in heaven, did not know he was responsible for the fall of man
July 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
The Communist Heresy: This excursion into text is organized around one simple principle: We are not individuals. This is as obvious as the tip of your nose. It is hardly contestable. And it is a heresy. pworldrworld.com/fred/wp-cont...
pworldrworld.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Painter Michael Badura was sceptical about digital tools, until he discovered their transformative power. "Computer changes reality like Cubism did."
Imgs: http://www.michaelba...

Re: "Die Muse in der Steckdose" by David Galloway (KUNSTFORUM, 1988, #97).
July 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Over 20,000 widows in Vrindavan have joined ashrams, trading abuse and stigma for a life of prayer.

A beautiful photographic essay from Raya Pandey - some hope and solidarity we could all use right now: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
January 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A poem: People go mad like this all the time. Down the rabbit hole, there to build lonely structures that look like scattered notes bulging out of pockets.
July 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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“... [W]hen we said that the revolution will not be televised, we’re saying that the thing that’s going to change people is something that no one will ever be able to capture on film. It’ll just be something you see and all of a sudden you realize, I’m on the wrong page ...”

~ Gil Scott-Heron.
July 19, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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