Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Excellent! Congratulations! For both the teaching and the tie. 010
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Thanks Paul. I wouldn't link Klein and Josef Mengele. He was evil; she was merely cruel. 000
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Apologies -- I thought you meant the Telegraph article. I'm very pleased you read the one in Aeon. I'm currently writing a book drawing on my experience, which I hope you'll take a look at when it appears. 110
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Thanks so much, Paul. Narrative of a Child Analysis is ghastly. Klein’s description of how she spent 4 months bombarding 10-year-old 'Richard' with her fantasies is, unhappily, not a million miles away from my experience. If you haven't seen it, this might interest you: aeon.co/essays/my-di...aeon.coMy dismal years in psychoanalysis with Melanie Klein’s disciple | Aeon EssaysGoing to a child psychoanalyst four times a week for three years was bad enough. Reading what she wrote about me was worse 110
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026To be fair, it has to compete with the latest Statham. 010
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 29/09/2025I was delighted to talk to journalist Julie Henry about what it was like to spend three years in psychoanalysis as a child. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09... 140
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 13/09/2025And the somewhat awkward period where you both stand around waiting for a mechanic to come and change up to four blown tires. 000
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Top advertising for the Road Star. I'll use 'vehicular trespasser' the next time I grumble about a parking ticket. 110
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I am very sad to learn of the passing of Rodney Barker. A wonderfully engaging and supportive teacher, and one of the kindest people I've had the good fortune to know. blogs.lse.ac.uk/government/2...blogs.lse.ac.ukRodney Barker (1942-2025) - LSE Government BlogProfessor Paul Kelly pays tribute to an influential scholar, committed teacher and distinctive thinker who left a lasting impact on his department and students. It is with great sadness that we announ... 031
Reposted by Michael BaconSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/06/2025media.tenor.comSuspect Guilty GIFAlt: Hot dog man gif 521135
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Pragmatism and psychoanalysis in Bloomsbury. With @roberttalisse.bsky.social 050
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Please forgive the typo 'followship'! As I'll indicate, that's not a Freudian slip. 010
Reposted by Michael BaconLeverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 27/05/2025Leverhulme Research Fellow @michaelbacon.bsky.social writes back back to his therapist in a critical study of the theory and practice of child psychoanalysis. www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr... @royalholloway.bsky.social 121
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025I am very grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Followship to research a project on psychoanalysis. @aeon.co @rhulpir.bsky.social @philosophyrhul.bsky.social @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social For details, please p. 5 of the Trust’s newsletter: www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...flipsnack.comLeverhulme Trust Newsletter - May 2025Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more. 152
Reposted by Michael BaconLeverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 23/05/2025@andrewfutter.bsky.social @michaelbacon.bsky.social @drhannahrobbins.bsky.social @jerrybrotton.bsky.social @jbrigstocke.bsky.social @drniccimacleod.bsky.social @whitelegg.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social @lizzieseal.bsky.social @esmoriemiller.bsky.social 242
Reposted by Michael BaconChristian Jarrett @christianjarrett.bsky.social · 13/05/2025We relaunched Psyche magazine! psyche.co @psyche.co 061
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Thanks so much for your kind comments. I'm glad you found the essay interesting. 010
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 30/04/2025A short essay by me on pragmatism. psyche.co/ideas/to-res... @psyche.co @cherylmisak.bsky.social @roberttalisse.bsky.socialpsyche.coTo resist dogma and accept uncertainty, think like a pragmatist | Psyche IdeasFounded in 19th-century America, the philosophy of pragmatism promises imaginative ways of coping with our circumstances 194
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Fatigue is like that cloudy feeling you get when you're up too early. Unfortunately, it can last all day. 000
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Thanks so much, David. I'll be delighted if my very critical essay is also useful. 000
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Pleased that my essay on psychoanalysis is being discussed in a workshop today. www.sipsychotherapy.org/event/power-...sipsychotherapy.org‘Power and Autonomy’ in the Consulting Room | Severnside Institute for PsychotherapyMembers only event. SIP Ethics and Professional Standards Committee invites full SIP members to this workshop which explores issues of power and autonomy in clinical settings, in supervision, and in t... 121
Reposted by Michael BaconChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 20/03/2025Secret files reveal 1 in 3 hospitals in England missing 10% of nurses www.channel4.com/news/secret-...channel4.comSecret files reveal 1 in 3 hospitals in England missing 10% of nursesAfter a ten-month battle, Channel 4 News’ FactCheck team has obtained NHS data revealing 1 in 3 of England's hospitals are missing at least 10% of their planned-for nurses across their wards. 2146
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Speaking for my people, you should've been grateful for the underwear. 110
Reposted by Michael BaconPhilosophy at RHUL @philosophyrhul.bsky.social · 27/01/2025Join us online on Friday 5pm-6pm for the launch of our former PhD student, Gozde Hussain's book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism" Dr Hussain will be joined by @jseglow.bsky.social and Prof Mohammad Fadel from the University of Toronto www.eventbrite.com/e/islamic-do... 022
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 18/12/2024I was delighted to be invited to talk at Sapienza University of Rome this week on the politics of analytic philosophy. 030
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Absolutely. The trick now is to resist the temptation to read 'just one'. 010
Reposted by Michael BaconCheryl Misak @cherylmisak.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I’m so glad Aeon found a way to use this picture for my article. It’s of Kathy Wilkes, taken by the secret police. aeon.co/essays/how-a...aeon.coHow a Cold War underground university smuggled in Western ideas | Aeon EssaysDuring the Cold War, Oxford philosophers worked together to aid dissidents behind the Iron Curtain. I was one of them 59729
Reposted by Michael BaconGeorgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · 28/11/2024I was very pleased to be invited to talk about misinformation at Ofcom’s Making Sense of Media conference yesterday — alongside @morrischris.bsky.social of Full Fact and Richard Burgess from the BBC. 171
Reposted by Michael BaconRobert Talisse @roberttalisse.bsky.social · 22/11/2024The complete trilogy. I guess I had something I needed to get off my chest.... 3466
Reposted by Michael BaconGeorgina Lee @georginalee.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Boris Johnson has made the claim now in French that the UK* got vaccines faster thanks to Brexit. This is incorrect. *he says Angleterre but let’s assume he means UK 4146
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Rorty even foresees Trump's relationship with Musk: '...after my imagined strongman takes charge, he will quickly make his peace with the international super-rich...' 030
Michael Bacon @michaelbacon.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The philosopher Richard Rorty predicted the rise of Trump in 1997. '... something will crack. The nonsuburban electorate will decide that the system has failed and start looking around for a strongman to vote for...' 141
