George Stewart
@ghwstewart.bsky.social
PhD candidate in evolutionary meta-ethics, Dept of Philosophy, University of Southampton.
Lover of irony, animals, P v ~P🖖, and the Oxford comma.
Hater of dogmatism. E.g., I Care less what you think, than how you think.
Lover of irony, animals, P v ~P🖖, and the Oxford comma.
Hater of dogmatism. E.g., I Care less what you think, than how you think.
Now, it’s obvious this point has been made before, so I won’t claim originality. However, I just want to remind everyone that the first two Star Wars films were about a guy clearly romantically pursuing his twin sister while their father tries to kill them both. These are strange films. 🧐
July 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Now, it’s obvious this point has been made before, so I won’t claim originality. However, I just want to remind everyone that the first two Star Wars films were about a guy clearly romantically pursuing his twin sister while their father tries to kill them both. These are strange films. 🧐
If an 7-year-old were to listen to Smells Like Teen Spirit today, it would be the temporal equivalent of me listening to The Beatles Ticket to Ride in 1998
March 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If an 7-year-old were to listen to Smells Like Teen Spirit today, it would be the temporal equivalent of me listening to The Beatles Ticket to Ride in 1998
How much culture could a culture culture if a culture cultures culture?
January 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How much culture could a culture culture if a culture cultures culture?
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We’re very proud to be in the top 10 universities in the UK for sustainability! 🎉
The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability are published today, and we are 9th in the UK and 23rd in the world.
Read more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_news_top...
#QSWUR
The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability are published today, and we are 9th in the UK and 23rd in the world.
Read more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_news_top...
#QSWUR
University of Southampton is top 10 in the UK for sustainability
University of Southampton is top 10 in the UK for sustainability
brnw.ch
December 10, 2024 at 11:31 AM
We’re very proud to be in the top 10 universities in the UK for sustainability! 🎉
The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability are published today, and we are 9th in the UK and 23rd in the world.
Read more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_news_top...
#QSWUR
The QS World University Rankings: Sustainability are published today, and we are 9th in the UK and 23rd in the world.
Read more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_news_top...
#QSWUR
Is anyone else running the beta of #ios18 .2 and seeing this strange box sometimes round there type to Siri. This is the “Gold Master” I’m running. I would have expected this to be fixed.
December 6, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Is anyone else running the beta of #ios18 .2 and seeing this strange box sometimes round there type to Siri. This is the “Gold Master” I’m running. I would have expected this to be fixed.
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It's a mystery that has puzzled astronomers for decades - but now our academics say they are close to understanding how the universe's biggest galaxies formed 🌌
Read what they've discovered 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_ast...
#AcademicSky #Space
Read what they've discovered 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_ast...
#AcademicSky #Space
Astronomers close to solving mystery of how universe’s giant galaxies formed
Astronomers close to solving mystery of how universe’s giant galaxies formed
brnw.ch
December 5, 2024 at 2:42 PM
It's a mystery that has puzzled astronomers for decades - but now our academics say they are close to understanding how the universe's biggest galaxies formed 🌌
Read what they've discovered 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_ast...
#AcademicSky #Space
Read what they've discovered 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_ast...
#AcademicSky #Space
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We are leading a new project which could transform our understanding of how the ocean ‘breathes’ - storing heat and greenhouse gases from the atmosphere 🌊
It will use sensors onboard high-tech floats to provide unprecedented detail on ocean mixing.
Read more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_Oce...
It will use sensors onboard high-tech floats to provide unprecedented detail on ocean mixing.
Read more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_Oce...
Research set to transform our understanding of how the ocean breathes
Research set to transform our understanding of how the ocean breathes
brnw.ch
December 4, 2024 at 11:18 AM
We are leading a new project which could transform our understanding of how the ocean ‘breathes’ - storing heat and greenhouse gases from the atmosphere 🌊
It will use sensors onboard high-tech floats to provide unprecedented detail on ocean mixing.
Read more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_Oce...
It will use sensors onboard high-tech floats to provide unprecedented detail on ocean mixing.
Read more 👉 brnw.ch/UoS_News_Oce...
Oh what a curse to learn these lessons of life too late.
To be young and unknowing, to be old and unwilling, confusing choices for fate. Oh what a curse to learn these lessons too late.To be feeble and untrying, bereaved and uncrying. What a curse to learn these lessons too late.
(Me, 2024)
To be young and unknowing, to be old and unwilling, confusing choices for fate. Oh what a curse to learn these lessons too late.To be feeble and untrying, bereaved and uncrying. What a curse to learn these lessons too late.
(Me, 2024)
December 2, 2024 at 8:42 PM
Oh what a curse to learn these lessons of life too late.
To be young and unknowing, to be old and unwilling, confusing choices for fate. Oh what a curse to learn these lessons too late.To be feeble and untrying, bereaved and uncrying. What a curse to learn these lessons too late.
(Me, 2024)
To be young and unknowing, to be old and unwilling, confusing choices for fate. Oh what a curse to learn these lessons too late.To be feeble and untrying, bereaved and uncrying. What a curse to learn these lessons too late.
(Me, 2024)
I’ve noticed that about 70% of my PhD colleagues in the philosophy dept, either play the guitar, go bouldering, or both.
I want to poll philosophers. Do you do either of these things?
I want to poll philosophers. Do you do either of these things?
December 1, 2024 at 4:05 PM
I’ve noticed that about 70% of my PhD colleagues in the philosophy dept, either play the guitar, go bouldering, or both.
I want to poll philosophers. Do you do either of these things?
I want to poll philosophers. Do you do either of these things?
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Our researchers found that the sinuses of ocean dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles prevented them from evolving into deep divers, like whales and dolphins.
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/10...
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/10...
Sinuses prevented prehistoric croc relatives from deep diving
Sinuses prevented prehistoric croc relatives from deep diving
www.southampton.ac.uk
November 29, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Our researchers found that the sinuses of ocean dwelling relatives of modern-day crocodiles prevented them from evolving into deep divers, like whales and dolphins.
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/10...
www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/10...
I don’t know for sure, but I think X has trained me to scroll #Bluesky looking for things to disagree with.
Or it could just be that I’m a philosopher.
Or it could just be that I’m a philosopher.
November 30, 2024 at 7:07 AM
I don’t know for sure, but I think X has trained me to scroll #Bluesky looking for things to disagree with.
Or it could just be that I’m a philosopher.
Or it could just be that I’m a philosopher.
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PhD student Olaf Lipinski explains how the methods we’re developing to understand AI languages today could help us to decipher any future communication from aliens.
theconversation.com/could-we-eve...
theconversation.com/could-we-eve...
Could we ever decipher an alien language? Uncovering how AI communicates may be the key
Decoding emergent languages in AI can have many behefits.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:24 PM
PhD student Olaf Lipinski explains how the methods we’re developing to understand AI languages today could help us to decipher any future communication from aliens.
theconversation.com/could-we-eve...
theconversation.com/could-we-eve...
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Black and Asian women are more likely to die during and after pregnancy than white women.
We are leading a new collaboration to tackle disparities in maternity care by improving health before and between pregnancies.
See more 👉 brnw.ch/SouthamptonS...
We are leading a new collaboration to tackle disparities in maternity care by improving health before and between pregnancies.
See more 👉 brnw.ch/SouthamptonS...
November 26, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Black and Asian women are more likely to die during and after pregnancy than white women.
We are leading a new collaboration to tackle disparities in maternity care by improving health before and between pregnancies.
See more 👉 brnw.ch/SouthamptonS...
We are leading a new collaboration to tackle disparities in maternity care by improving health before and between pregnancies.
See more 👉 brnw.ch/SouthamptonS...
The issue that I found was the most destructive to X, was disagreements so often happened in bad faith. E.g., I don't like your view, thus, I don't like you, thus, I want to embarrass/berate you. However, do people think that disagreement is the problem or so long as it's civil, we should disagree?
November 26, 2024 at 10:30 AM
The issue that I found was the most destructive to X, was disagreements so often happened in bad faith. E.g., I don't like your view, thus, I don't like you, thus, I want to embarrass/berate you. However, do people think that disagreement is the problem or so long as it's civil, we should disagree?
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Rare photo of the Milky Way seen from the surface of Mars
November 24, 2024 at 6:48 AM
Rare photo of the Milky Way seen from the surface of Mars
@naturaltheistjw.bsky.social hi @naturaltheistjw.bsky.social. I’m looking forward to commenting on your arguments here also. 👍 keep it up!
November 23, 2024 at 8:35 AM
@naturaltheistjw.bsky.social hi @naturaltheistjw.bsky.social. I’m looking forward to commenting on your arguments here also. 👍 keep it up!
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Our researchers with Universität Wien have discovered a drug prescribed for some Parkinson's disease patients can starve microbes in the gut of iron, leading to health complications.
Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wOQah
#AcademicSky #Parkinson #Neuroscience
Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wOQah
#AcademicSky #Parkinson #Neuroscience
Gut microbiome
Gut microbiome
brnw.ch
November 22, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Our researchers with Universität Wien have discovered a drug prescribed for some Parkinson's disease patients can starve microbes in the gut of iron, leading to health complications.
Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wOQah
#AcademicSky #Parkinson #Neuroscience
Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wOQah
#AcademicSky #Parkinson #Neuroscience
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Follow our incredible science and environment experts here on Bluesky!
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November 22, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Follow our incredible science and environment experts here on Bluesky!
If we've missed you and you'd like to be added to the starter pack, comment below👇
We'll be creating more for different specialisms soon, so keep an eye out for them.
#Science #Environment #AcademicSky
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If we've missed you and you'd like to be added to the starter pack, comment below👇
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#Science #Environment #AcademicSky
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I know I only just posted about a nebula, but this is one of my favourites. What a cracker.
November 21, 2024 at 2:40 PM
I know I only just posted about a nebula, but this is one of my favourites. What a cracker.
Love me a good juicy nebula.
remembering this gorgeous image of the orion nebula from jwst 🌌
November 21, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Love me a good juicy nebula.
I only joined Twitter after it had turned into a somewhat chaotic, heavily polarised cancel-fest. So I never really experienced what original Twitter was like.
Bluesky so far has been VERY refreshingly positive. Just a bunch of people having fun sharing interesting things.
Hope it stays this way.
Bluesky so far has been VERY refreshingly positive. Just a bunch of people having fun sharing interesting things.
Hope it stays this way.
November 21, 2024 at 2:31 PM
I only joined Twitter after it had turned into a somewhat chaotic, heavily polarised cancel-fest. So I never really experienced what original Twitter was like.
Bluesky so far has been VERY refreshingly positive. Just a bunch of people having fun sharing interesting things.
Hope it stays this way.
Bluesky so far has been VERY refreshingly positive. Just a bunch of people having fun sharing interesting things.
Hope it stays this way.
Just joined Bluesky and am liking how old-school Twitter it feels.
November 21, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Just joined Bluesky and am liking how old-school Twitter it feels.