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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Talking to Politico at the Labour party conference, Narayan said he had used “AI-generated synthetic focus groups provided by a private company… to test public opinion on AI and other issues”.
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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A great event this Friday, 9 Oct 2026 at York Guildhall - Professor Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social on "Who's in Charge?" - on citizenship, collective action, and positive change. Co-sponsored by @york.ac.uk and Elevate Great. Details and booking here: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
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Who’s in charge?
When the challenges facing society feel bigger than any one of us, what can we actually do about them?
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Peter Godfrey-Smith @petergs.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I wrote an article about the possibility of dreaming in cephalopods. It has been published by @pioneerwork.bsky.social in an extremely beautiful way. Watch the videos through a layer of water. Become the tiny scuba-diving trackpad-pointer. Open access. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ce...
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The Dreams of Octopus and Cuttlefish | Broadcast
How the skin reveals a world within.
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David Papineau @davidpapineau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We are hiring—a permanent lectureship in Ethics/Political Philosophy—deadline 15 Nov www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/144566-...
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Lecturer in Ethics and/or Political Philosophy | King's College London
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The Philosophy of Memory Organization @phomo.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Interested in presenting your work on philosophy of memory at the APA? Submit your abstracts for PhOMO's next APA session, expected to be at the 2027 Pacific Division meeting in Portland, Oregon (March 24–27)! Submission deadline is September 18th. Full details: www.phomo.org/event-detail...
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3rd PhOMO APA affiliated group session | The Philosophy of Memory Organization
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UCD School of Philosophy @ucdphilosophy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just one more week to apply for this terrific 3-year position in #CognitiveScience at #UCD School of #Philosophy! Closing date is midday local time on Friday, 4th September. Further details at: www.ucd.ie/philosophy/n... #CogSci #PhilMind #PhilNeuro #PhilPsych #PhilJobs
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Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Philosophy and Cognitive Science, UCD School of Philosophy
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Rob Davies @robadavies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Dolly Parton performing a Lead Belly classic with Renée Fleming and Béla Fleck ❤️ music.apple.com/gb/album/in-...
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In The Pines by Renée Fleming, Béla Fleck & Dolly Parton on Apple Music
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
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University of York Department of Philosophy @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Read Tom Stoneham's response to Andy Hamilton's viral reflection: 'Why isn't Durham University taking AI cheating seriously?': listed.to/@24601/74508... @tomstoneham.dair-community.social.ap.brid.gy
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The 'Problem' of AI Cheating | Tom Stoneham — Random musings ...
The 'Problem' of AI Cheating | Tom Stoneham — Random musings ...
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Ray Monk @raymodraco.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hot off the press! My piece on Einstein in the latest LRB. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Ray Monk · Einstein’s Miracle Year
‘Why is it that nobody understands me and everybody likes me?’ Albert Einstein’s question acknowledges the great...
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Rob Davies @robadavies.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Mike Stuart @miikeessttuuart.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Please share!! I'm hiring the first two (of four) postdocs for my ERC project on AI and science!!
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The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Today we debut Le Palais de la Mémoire, French translations of Palace posts from a team of graduate students studying in France with varying connections to the language. Thanks to Doudja Boumaza for leading the charge! #philmemory open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
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Welcome to the Palais de la mémoire
Doudja Boumaza (Université Grenoble Alpes)
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Jules @julesholroyd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Philosophy of cog sci job at Sheffield - 3yr post. Get in touch if you have questions! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU853/l... #philsky #Philosophy
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Lecturer in Philosophy of Cognitive Science at University of Sheffield
Apply for the Lecturer in Philosophy of Cognitive Science role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.
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University of York Department of Philosophy @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What do you see in a double eclipse? Philosophers agree you see the far object. But which part? Not the front, and not the back. The edge? Daniel García Saavedra, argues you see the far object, without seeing any of its parts. Read it here: philpapers.org/rec/GARBPS-2
A double eclipse. Image taken from Daniel's paper.
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Kristina Liefke @kristinaliefke.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Three-year postdoc in our ANR- and DFG-funded project (with Kourken Michaelian) on the semantics of episodic representations: jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/3... Please share widely!
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Postdoctoral researcher (m/f/x) in semantics & philosophy of memory (SEER project, 3 years)
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Sarah Robins @sarahrobins.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Ready to start thinking about summer? ☀️ Issues in Philosophy of Memory 5 is headed to Purdue June 10-12, 2026 Keynote lineup is 🔥🔥🔥. Come join us! Call for papers is live. 750 word abstracts, on any philosophical topic related to memory. Submit by Dec 20th!
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Last chance to submit! 📢 Submit to PLM Workshop: Traces and Engrams by 30 November #philsky #philsci #cogsky #neuroskyence
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Rob Davies @robadavies.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Not much beats the morning walk to campus.
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Rob Davies @robadavies.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Why are they being so creepy?
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025
Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
There was outrage in Conservative circles at the revelation that Angela Rayner has a property empire extending to two actual residences. From the new Private Eye, out now.
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tal boger @talboger.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
On the left is a rabbit. On the right is an elephant. But guess what: They’re the *same image*, rotated 90°! In @currentbiology.bsky.social, @chazfirestone.bsky.social & I show how these images—known as “visual anagrams”—can help solve a longstanding problem in cognitive science. bit.ly/45BVnCZ
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Sandrine Berges @sandrineankara.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) – First issue and CFP The inaugural volume of Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) is scheduled to publish this Fall. The contents are listed on the website:  Here is a call for papers for the second volume:…
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Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) – First issue and CFP
The inaugural volume of Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) is scheduled to publish this Fall. The contents are listed on the website:  Here is a call for papers for the second volume: Journal for the New Narratives in the History of Philosophy (JNNHP) invites submissions for its second volume, to be published in Fall 2026.
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The Philosophy of Memory Organization @phomo.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
The deadline for applications to present at PhOMO's prospective session at the 2026 APA Central Division meeting (Chicago, Feb 18–21) is in 2 weeks. Please spread the word! More info and application instructions here: www.phomo.org/calls
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PhOMO - Calls
The Philosophy of Memory Organization
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Marcus Arvan @marcusarvan.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I am devastated to learn of my dear friend and fellow philosopher Helen De Cruz’s passing. With Helen's blessing, her husband Johan and I agreed to circulate a GoFundMe on their children’s behalf. Please feel free to share and circulate widely. www.gofundme.com/f/support-he...
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Donate to Support Helen's Children After Her Passing, organized by Marcus Arvan
Help provide Helen De Cruz's children with a better start in life after her un… Marcus Arvan needs your support for Support Helen's Children After Her Passing
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Most of the news is horrifying and this story from Bourton-on-the-Water is no exception. Brace yourselves: a family of eight arrived for a picnic to find that… other people were also having picnics 😱 www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/whats-on/wha...
Family's horror seeing tourists eat from saucepans in idyllic Cotswolds village
'We left after 30 minutes'
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Rob Davies @robadavies.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
What a wondeful initiative. www.madeinstoke.com/about
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About - Made in Stoke Community
About Page - Made in Stoke-on-Trent is a community for anyone with links to the area who cares about changing and improving the city.
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The Philosophy of Memory Organization @phomo.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
PhOMO's early career researcher conference (IPM 4.5) is coming up next week! Online, May 22–23. Full program and connection details here: www.phomo.org/events/ipm4-5
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Unsurprising but horrible news from the University of Aberdeen
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Aberdeen University announces job cuts as it faces £11.2m financial black hole
Staff were told on Thursday that the university needs to take immediate steps to address millions in rising costs.
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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
British Steel employs 3.6k people. Coventry Uni group, which auditors say may not survive, employs 7.7k. But there is an emergency debate in parliament for British Steel and nothing for the whole HE sector imploding
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Kurt Vonnegut man
Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he's going out to buy an envelope:
"Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man.
You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?
And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope.
I meet a lot of people. And see some great looking babies. And a fire engine goes by.
And I give them the thumbs up. And I'll ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is — we're here on Earth to fart around
And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around.
And it's like we're not supposed to dance at all anymore."
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
New Cambridge Element defending knowledge-first epistemology by Mona Simion, free to download for the next two weeks:
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Knowledge-First Epistemology
Cambridge Core - Epistemology and Metaphysics - Knowledge-First Epistemology
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Fiona Macpherson @macpherson.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
British Philosophical Association academics warn of threat to world leading status amid growing department and course closures. #PhiloFortnight2025 #PhilosophyMatters www.educatemagazine.com/philosophy-a...
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Philosophy academics warn of threat to world leading status
Philosophy academics have warned that the UK’s world leading status for the subject is under threat after university department closures.
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
NEW: Analysis from @jrf-uk.bsky.social ahead of the Chancellor’s spring statement this week shows families worse off by £1400 by 2030. This would mean missing the PM’s living standards milestone and could be the first government since 1955 to see a fall in living standards across a parliament.
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Keith Raymond Harris @kraymondh.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
I finally found a good use for Microsoft Copilot
A screenshot of a text exchange with microsoft copilot asking how to disable copilot
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
️We've signed an open letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves with @citizensadvice.bsky.social @mencap.org.uk @trusselluk.bsky.social @mindcharity.bsky.social and other sector partners urging the government to safeguard disability benefits. These benefits are a lifeline - they must be protected. 2/3
A quote card with JRF chief executive Paul Kissack where he says: "A government that came into office pledging to end the moral scar of foodbank use clearly should not be taking steps that could leave disabled people at greater risk of needing to use one."
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Jonas Wisser @jwisser.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 05/03/2025
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.
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Frances Egan @francesegan.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Just arrived! Official release on March 11... available for purchase or free download at mitpress.mit.edu/978026255160...
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Oh no
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University of York Department of Philosophy @uoyphilosophy.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
We have a have a funded PhD position available! Deadline for applications is 12 noon 5th March 2025. The selected applicant will be working with the timely, exciting, and interdisciplinary project, entitled "Consent Under Non-Ideal Circumstances". Please share widedly! t.ly/6sqeL
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New WRoCAH funded Collaborative Doctoral Award
Applications now open for WRoCAH funded Collaborative Doctoral Award between the Department of Philosophy, University of York and AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services) entitled...
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Rob Davies @robadavies.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
First event and the first talk of my visit to the Federal University of Santa Maria.
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Rob Davies @robadavies.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
A nice looking final approach. Excited to be in Brazil for my visit to the Federal University of Santa Maria.
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Martin O'Neill @martinoneill.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The @york.ac.uk University of York 22 Acres playing fields looking ethereal in the mist this morning.
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Rafael Mentges @mentges.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I keep coming back to this ... It's going to be a tough year
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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
i was trying to find a screenshot from the film yesterday, and google's AI hallucinated this absolute nonsense
Screenshot of the google search results for the term "28 days later chocolate orange"

Under the heading "AI Overview" the text reads:

A "28 days later chocolate orange" is a playful phrase likely referring to the iconic British chocolate treat, "Terry's Chocolate Orange," with a twist based on the movie "28 Days Later," implying a fast-paced, intense experience of eating the chocolate due to its strong orange flavor and potentially addictive quality, like the rapid zombie infection in the film.
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The Memory Palace @philmemopalace.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
A very interesting post on how we learn to remember, from César Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)! open.substack.com/pub/thememor...
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Memory: Nature or Nurture?
César Schirmer dos Santos (Federal University of Santa Maria)
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Jonathan Najenson @jonathannajenson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The #IPM4.5 call for papers is open! Taking place on 22–23 May, this year's conference introduces a new format. We invite early career researchers to submit abstracts by 1 March. Submit here:
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Philosophy of Memory Early Career Online Conference (IPM4.5)
This is the submission form for Philosophy of Memory Early Career Conference (IPM 4.5). Abstracts must be anonymized and no longer than 500 words. Contact: IPM4.5 organizing committee (issuesinphilom...
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University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky! It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide... >> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024... 🧵 below
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The Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
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