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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My colleague, Prof Ophelia Deroy, taking @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab Meeting on the responsibility gap with AI agents causing harm but not being morally responsible

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026

Kimmel to Mamdani: "I live in Los Angeles and that is not the reception our mayor would get"

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I could quote pretty much this entire article by @mjrobbins.com on the bizarre psychology of the AI apocalypse freaks, but you should just read it instead. Such a relief to see someone express my feelings so eloquently. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo...

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

You have to love Oban Whisky and Fine Wines!

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The magical Western Isles of Scotland

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sailing past Barnhill on Jura where George Orwell lived out the last years of his life and where he wrote 1984. From here we sail out to sea and past Corryvrecken, the whirlpool where Orwell nearly drowned himself, his son Richard and his visitors when his rowing boat got too close

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Final distillery visit is a warehouse tour on Jura. Some lightly peated drams with long sherry finish sitting amidst hundreds of casks, all producing single malts. None of blending. A great way to cap off the New Scientist whisky sailing tour of the Western Isles

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Poor wee other timorous beastie in the fields between Lagavulin and Ardbeg

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Boat waiting for us in the bay at Ardbeg. A welcome sight

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you can it’s best to get your first glimpse of these heartland distilleries from the sea

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Best way to approach Islay’s legendary distilleries is by the sea

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The ship at anchor in Ardbeg bay as we as we head back after an illuminating tasting at Lagavulin

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Moored in the bay at Ardbeg to go on foot to Lagavulin for a warehouse tasting

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Arriving in Jura at Craighouse, city of drams

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Always a pleasure to serve as New Scientist’s whisky expert on their science of whisky sailing trip around the Scottish Isles. The Flying Dutchman ready to leave Oban and head for Mull. Last night a gentle tasting to focus the palate for the sensory adventures abead

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Alas, this gift shop is no more in Oban. It used to sell shortbread, fudge and tablets with lashings of kitch

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A great pleasure to welcome Prof Katsumi Watanabe from Waseda University to speak at the Institute of Philosophy Lab Meeting. His talk on duality in crossmodal perception provided a perfect balance between empirical findings and conceptual inquiry

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

PRO PUBLICA: “Don JR’s wedding secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch close to Putin” 🤔 So weird how this keeps happening 🤷🏼 www.propublica.org/article/dona...

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Think Reform fucked it with their donations. They're so outrageous, so obviously obscene, that they've managed to accidentally create a consensus for tougher action on political funding.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Genuine sounding Reform voter on @lbc.co.uk asking "why can't Nigel Farage just be honest?" over those crypto donors. You know I'm not convinced the spin is cutting through

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I may have received £72 million, but at least I wasn't given a pair of glasses and some football tickets.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A wonderful little clip of STEVE MARTIN talking about the late great JOHN CANDY and ‘that’ scene at the end of ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’. Hugely moving.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

JAMES GARNER wasn’t just an Oscar nominated Actor, Hollywood ‘A’ lister and huge star, he was a dedicated family man who was married to Lois for 58yrs and loved, protected & provided for his family his whole life. Here he is with his daughter ‘Gigi’.

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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bingo! Finally, someone says what these donations are for. BBC seem at a loss even to imagine what the motives for these donations could be

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Journalists and interviewers struggling to guess what the motive could be for these crypto billionaire donations to Reform. It’s the cryptocurrencies, stupid

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Such loss, such bravery. I was in NJ when the planes struck watching with colleagues at Rutgers the shocking footage over and over again. What almost broke me later that evening was the announcement on the car radio that around 400 firefighters had lost their lives

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

@drhannahwhite.bsky.social Very good to meet you at the FT event yesterday. Happy to share the work we are doing on public consultation around AI @ip-sas.bsky.social Alas we both forgot our business cards

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Oh great! A new way to settle arguments. Just what we need

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WIRED @wired.com · 10/09/2026

The eye-catching proposal, delivered during the President's speech at the midterm convention, would cost $1.2 trillion and raised immediate ethical questions. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

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Trump offers every American $5,000 If Republicans Win The Midterms

The eye-catching proposal, delivered during the President's speech at the midterm convention, would cost $1.2 trillion and raised immediate ethical questions.

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Title 18 US Code 597: "Whoever makes or offers to make an expenditure to any person, either to vote or withhold his vote, or to vote for or against any candidate...if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Trump promises every adult American $5,000 but only if Republicans win both the House and Senate We’ve heard the dividend promises before. Trump offered of a $5,000 DOGE dividend in 2025, but it was never enacted. Then came the promised $2,000 tariff dividend, which also never materialised.

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Bruce Little @brucedlittle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

He's now resorting to trying to buy the election. Federal law makes it unlawful to knowingly and willfully pay, offer to pay, or accept payment for registering to vote or for voting. (52 U.S.C. §10307(c).) Any type of incentive is considered “payment.”

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Michael Devitt gives the Dunja Jutronic Memorial Lecture at the Philosophy of Language and Linguistics Conference at the IUC in Dubrovnik. Dunja was the mainstay of this conference. She is much missed

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Chris Barker’s talk, ‘Honking’ at Philosophy of Language and Linguistics Conference at IUC in Dubrovnik. It would be a whole different talk if he gave it in Glasgow

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“A professor who specializes in ethics who’s caught on camera saying: We won’t get caught. It’s unbelievable.” Not as unbelievable as you think An Exposé Jolts Reform U.K. and Sidelines the Man Called Farage’s Brain www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/w...

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The Fall of James Orr, the Man Called Farage’s Brain

James Orr, who has ties to Peter Thiel and JD Vance, was suspended from Reform U.K. after he was filmed apparently arranging contributions from a man posing as a foreign donor.

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Barry C Smith @barrycsmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Such a pleasure to join the celebrations of Chris and Uta Frith’s 60th wedding anniversary at the Royal Society along with a who’s who of leading cognitive neuroscientists whose work they have done so much to support

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The depressing thing about the US isn't Trump really. He's just a grotesque. It's the complete failure of all the things liberals believe in: Congress, the judiciary, the press, voters themselves, all persistently unwilling or unable to stop him. It's the failure of an entire society.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

So, so, grim. Impossible for anyone to cope with such a hostile response from so many rushing to condemn. metro.co.uk/2026/08/14/f...

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Former Cambridge University academic Jason Arday found dead at home

He resigned last week amid plagiarism allegations.

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