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Hane
@hane.bsky.social
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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

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I'll be giving a public lecture at Lancaster next week on the philosophy of William Whewell. doesn't this sound exciting?
#philosophy #philsky #philsci #hps
Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Talk - Lancaster Dr Hane Maung Polymath from Lancaster: The Life and Philosophy of William Whewell Wed 19th Nov, 7-8pm. Free and open to all. No need to book, just turn up. Lecture Theatre, The Storey Institute, Lancaster. This lecture provides a general introduction to William Whewell, focusing on three main areas: (1) his early life and education in Lancaster; (2) his philosophy of science, including his debate with John Stuart Mill about the nature of induction; and (3) his impact on philosophical and scientific development.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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I do actually think she's kind of pretty in a way, but I can just tell she's absolutely miserable to live with
Elon Musk tweet: Grok Imagine prompt: She smiles and says "I will always love you"
November 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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a plate of steamed sea snails with a paprika dip
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Steve Edge as Gary Barlow
actor Steve Edge playing Gary Barlow in Star Stories — a white man with a bowl haircut wearing a light blue jumper standing in front of a dartboard and a pile of electronics
November 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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me to Brett
scene from I'm Alan Partridge with Alan in a car with the window rolled down saying to a topless man "you're a mentalist!"
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Mathematics and Reality - Paperback - Mary Leng Mary Leng offers a defense of mathematical fictionalism, according to which we have no reason to believe that there are any mathematical objects.
November 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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The Seventh Seal (1957)
black and white photograph of me dressed as the grim reaper playing chess with my son
October 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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ready to play chess
me dressed as the grim reaper in a black hooded cloak and holding a scythe
October 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Super Hans from Peep Show wearing headphones saying "see, the longer the note, the more dread"
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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describing Jerry Fodor's philosophy to his face
scene from I'm Alan Partridge with Alan in a car with the window rolled down saying to a topless man "you're a mentalist!"
October 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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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
photo of a sculpture of William Whewell on the Victoria Monument in Dalton Square, Lancaster
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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I was struck by this resemblance between Twin 2 and me.

that stare won't work on me, pet. I *invented* that stare.
my 4yo daughter looking at the camera with an intense unimpressed stare me aged 3–4 looking at the camera with an intense unimpressed stare
October 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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yes! I occasionally wake up to this
One of my twin daughters standing in the dark next to my bed
October 18, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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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
screenshot from The Exorcist with Chris MacNeil walking through the kitchen and the demon's face appears on the wall in a subliminal shot
October 17, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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— György Ligeti
sheet music of the second piece from Ligeti's "musica ricercata", where every note is A
October 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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edited picture of Patrick Bateman from American Psycho standing next to a CD player holding a cartridge of Turtles in Time with the caption "do you like ... Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time?"
October 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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describe your bluesky account in a single image
Super Hans from Peep Show saying "I'm always going on about me twins, aren't I?"
October 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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scene from Back to the Future II with Biff knocked out on the ground, Marty saying "it's okay. I know CPR.", and a bystander asking "what's CPR?" edited image from Back to the Future II of Marty holding the Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
October 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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you go to a singles bar & these 2 show up wyd?
models of the sensory homunculus and motor homunculus, which are representations of the regions of the body mapped by the sensory cortex and motor cortex respectively
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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just look at these graphs. so much pseudoscience in the guidance.
two graphs. the top graph has importance on the y axis and time on the x axis, with three regions marked "ending, losing, letting go", "the neutral zone", and "the new beginning" the bottom graph is labelled "the transition curve", with optimism/pessimism on the y axis and time on the x axis, with a U-shaped curve drawn through it
October 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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also, according to Thomas Nagel, he was a massive horndog
I can’t resist adding one other thing I found sympathetic: He was one of the most erotic members of our profession. No one is uninterested in sex, of course, but for some of us it is at the center of our experience of the world. This was true of Donald, as was evident to anyone who knew him well. I remember a small emblematic moment when we were walking in the country and came upon a large rhubarb plant bursting out of the ground with an extraordinary phallic thrust. Donald looked at it and said, ‘Father Nature.’
October 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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also
tweet by Rachel Elizabeth @chaotic_sub "The problem with Taylor Swift's music is that her dad clearly loves her"
October 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Nicolas de Grigny (1672–1703):
Super Hans from Peep Show wearing headphones and saying "see, the longer the note, the more dread." score of Nicolas de Grigny's "point d'orgue sur les grands yeux" with a low A in the bass sustained throughout
September 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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this is the funniest thing I've seen this week
tweet by Colin Wright: "convincing my leftwing former close friends on Facebook that Charlie Kirk wasn't a nazi or a fascist is completely futile because I can't even convince them that I'm not a nazi or a fascist, and many have known me since early grade school"
September 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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I loved the teletext agony uncle page
screenshot of a Teletext page Dear Nick, There's a lad at college I really likj, and the other week someone told him. Ever since he's made it plain he likjs mj, but onj thing is stopping me from asking him out. He stinks of aftershave! He never used to wear any, and I can only guess he reckons it'll turn me on. Far from it. Should I tell him he stinks? Boyzonj fan
September 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM