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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've written a short piece on the nature of psychotherapy (my current research focus) for the Leeds Centre for Theoretical Philosophy - check it out here! @universityofleeds.bsky.social @leedsprhs.bsky.social ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

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Psychotherapy: many things, not one.

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Good luck! I think you'll like it!

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Same here, and wanted to switch because of the annoying pop-ups even though we have a little more time. I switched to Sublime Text which I'm liking. Can tweak it to make it quite TextMate like. One thing that's more tricky is % (fold) behaviour. But overall, love it. Have you got an alternative?

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Hane @hane.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

this is horrendous there's a tendency to dismiss the culture war as an unimportant sideshow but that fails to consider the real human costs rest in peace www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Jason Arday: Former Cambridge university professor found dead

His family said it was "in shock to have lost this amazing father, partner, brother, uncle and son" after the academic was found dead in London on Friday.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

P.s. this is back on my mind cos my dad is now worried that there will be a general witch hunt against all black academics and I am having to reassure him I'm fine. You're worrying me ol' da' you wankers!

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Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson @keithwilson.eu · 26/05/2026

*now 2,2292… can we make it to 2,300 by the end of the week?

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Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Finally! BOOK 2 OUT SOON -- THIS AUGUST (e-book will be Open Access/free): THE SENSES: PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE (Cambridge University Press, Elements in Philosophy of Mind, ed. by @keithfrankish.com ) www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

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The Senses | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I have my doubts, I suspect UEB wish to be seen to be ‘strong’, whatever that may look like. But I love my Department, colleagues, students, work and ultimately the university itself. I do not want to be on strike, but unfortunately it is necessary. 5/5

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Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Now with the proposal to make 600+ staff redundant I genuinely cannot see how the uni can continue to function. Yet, we as academic staff are the enemy threatened with a 100% pay deduction for MAB. It’s a very sorry place to be, and I hope negotiations will resolve it quickly. 4/5

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Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Now the creep has become a flood, and some staff have done little but programmes, timetabling and assessments admin since September last year. This takes effort away from teaching and research, but perhaps more importantly - this workload transfer has been invisible. 3/?

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Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

… workload as well as doing the teaching, researching, impact and outreach that is meant to be the core of our roles. The admin creep has been happening for years, but we just get on with it to ensure the education of our students continue. 2/?

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Hannah O’Regan @palaeohan.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Very sad to be on #UCUstrike action today at #NottinghamUni. A university only functions through goodwill, and academic staff are not the enemies that UEB seem determined to think they are. Since Future Nottingham 1 gutted administrative staff, academic staff have increasingly picked up their 1/?

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Dr Sarah Hudspith @sarahhudspith.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

All solidarity to colleagues at Nottingham as they begin their marking and assessment boycott, fighting devastating course cuts and redundancies. ✊💪

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Umberto Albarella STOP THE GENOCIDE! @umbertoalbarella.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The dismantling of British education is in full flow. Makes sense. An uneducated, unhealthy & indebted population is too weak to fight back. We must confront this abomination or accept that our future is bleak. @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @uonucu.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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University of Nottingham puts 2,700 staff at risk of redundancy

The University of Nottingham says it is facing

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Action- the administration says they are making 100% salary reductions in response to our marking and assessment boycott and that all other work from participants during this time is "voluntary." Response- We strike for two months straight. westbridgfordwire.com/university-o...

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University of Nottingham staff announce two-month strike action | West Bridgford Wire

Staff at the University of Nottingham will strike for 61 days from Monday 1 June to Friday 31 July (2026) in addition to the day of strike action set for

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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Very much looking forward to this discussion with the outstanding Rumman Chowdhury! events.ceu.edu/2026-06-09/w...

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What is intelligence, really?

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

WHAT THE FUCK! AM I GOING MAD? The message I am receiving is, no you are wrong/misperceiving - making me question my senses. #AI #AIMusic #Schubert #Gaslighting  Link to chat: share.google/aimode/2pgQp...  Rant over. (10/n).

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

And I can't possibly have heard it as I claim, because, the AI assures me "Chaplin is known for his highly rigorous adherence to Urtext scores. In this recording, he executes the harmonic tension of that E [double flat] exactly as Schubert intended, without altering the text." (8/n)

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It said: "The Illusion: To the human ear, this abrupt chromatic dip can easily mimic the sound of a "wrong note" or a finger slip because it momentarily destabilises the peaceful G-flat major tonality." (7/n)

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The definitive reply from AI: "No, there is no mistake; François Chaplin plays the E double-flat exactly as written." Indeed, according to the AI I may just be perceiving it in an illusory way... (6/n)

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Then the AI seemed to go into not only hallucination, but 'gaslighting' mode. I said: "This has nothing to do with the two editions. I am talking about the Gb major edition. In the Urtext version, bar 76 has an e double flat. Does Chaplin play this as an e double flat, or is there a mistake?" (5/n)

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The hallucination continues with the idea that the measure in question "centers on an E-minor tonality" - no, it is B minor (and B major with Chaplin's mistake). Then there is irrelevant speculation about confusion between G major and Gb major editions. Chaplin is obviously on the Gb edition! (4/n)

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

The response I get is just a load of AI crap. First, it was just 'hallucination'. Something about "textual alteration / misreading in the left hand at Bar 76" - I don't think there is any such mistake. (3/n)

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It's quite jarring if you know the piece. I googled it out of interest/charity. Was there an alternative score that he used? I find it unusual for there to be such a mistake on a studio recording. (2/n)

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Rant about AI gaslighting: I am attempting to learn Schubert's Impromptus D. 899, Op. 90: No. 3 in G-Flat. I have listened to loads of lovely recordings. I came across a recording by François Chaplin www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBYZ.... I noticed a mistake in bar 76 (5:11)... (1/n)

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Impromptus D. 899 No. 3 in G-Flat, Op. 90: andante

YouTube video by François Chaplin - Topic

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Of course! And its much appreciated!

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

So sorry to hear that. And thank you. Btw, are you coming over to Nottingham in July for Giulia's conference?

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Thanks, Keith. Appreciate it. It's been such a grim week, as you can imagine.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Nottingham job cuts ‘pose systemic risks to research’, union warns. Research-intensive university told it risks “intellectual stagnation” as 2,700 staff put at risk of redundancy. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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Nottingham job cuts ‘pose systemic risks to research’, union warns - Research Professional News

Research-intensive university told it risks “intellectual stagnation” as 2,700 staff put at risk of redundancy

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Happy Hour at Hippel's @sanktmaxtci.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The collapse of universities will destroy the towns they're in, in the same way that deindustrialisation, pit closures, destroyed entire regions of the UK. In both cases the government project was to inflict poverty on those you believe to be socially illegitimate, who've had it good for too long.

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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

It must have been nice to work in higher education before it was permanently in crisis

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

We could (and should) be a country that does higher education and creative industries.

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Jimmy Lenman (吉明） @lenmanj.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This is horrible. Nottingham is a lovely department (I visited there six months ago) with some terrific philosophers. bsky.app/profile/crai...

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Giulia Martina @giuliamartina.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

You will have seen these news. This is so sad as it's a great place to work and study at. Lucky to be sheltered from all this, but the atmosphere is grim here.

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 12/05/2026

Coincidentally, the number of staff currently at risk of redundancy (2700) at the University of Nottingham is the same as the number of jobs at risk at British Steel. Yesterday, the govt said they aren't neutral on job losses & so pledged to save those steel jobs. Watch as they blithely ignore HE.

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Alison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

2,700 in limbo for months, with more than 600 expected to lose their jobs. Having been at risk of redundancy last year, I can’t imagine the impact of so many feeling so insecure and devalued. Cruel and destructive. Solidarity to all.

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Harrowing numbers. Solidarity with colleagues in Nottingham

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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University of Nottingham puts 2,700 staff at risk of redundancy

The University of Nottingham says it is facing

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Huw Price @huwprice.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Here’s @craigfrench.bsky.social’s Dad on a fiver – long overdue recognition, I expect.

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Guy Longworth @guylongworth.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

JOB: Philosophy at Warwick are advertising two one-year Teaching Fellowships. Come and work with us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

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Teaching Fellow x2 (111540-0426) - University of Warwick

Title: Teaching Fellow x2 (111540-0426). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Fixed Term

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Craig French @craigfrench.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Congrats! What an achievement!

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Tim Crane @timcrane.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The Knowledge in Crisis Marathon Relay Team did the Vienna Marathon in 3 hours 30 minutes! Kati Farkas, Jonathan Kuntzen, Camilo Martinez and Matt Dougherty @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social

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