Wrote a short blog post about my recent obsession with catastrophising. See it here! junkyardofthemind.com/blog/2026/8/...

On catastrophising: What’s so bad about imagining the worst? — The Junkyard

A post by Petronella Randell Most of us are familiar with catastrophising; either because we do it ourselves, or because someone we know is prone to it. When going through airport security, I often i...

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Paperwork has been signed, no takesies backsies now and I can finally share the news. I'm SO excited to be joining the WIKI project as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow starting this January! It's gonna be WIKID.

Not as I intended it, but now I don't want to read it any other way!

Aidan McGlynn@aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · last yr.

There's a paper at the top of my Philpapers page called 'Can we repudiate ontology altogether?' and I keep misreading it as 'Can we repudiate ontology together?' which makes it sound like the best chat-up line ever

So looking forward to this!

Diversity Reading List in Philosophy@diversityread.bsky.social · last yr.

We've got a brand new poster for our upcoming #DRLAnniversaryConference! You can now find the full line-up on our website, as well as the registration form. The event will be hybrid, at the University of Manchester, and online!

Never seen such a strong case of nominative determinism

I saw this baby bunny's family burrowing under Skara Brae, a 5000 year old settlement on Orkney (bad). But the bunny is small and nibbling on a daisy (good). Overall good.

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