New Mountain Goats album incoming! The singles have been great - try ‘Shallow Grave‘.

the Mountain Goats@themountaingoats.bsky.social · 3d ago

the new mountain goats album is out on Friday. presave it please! or even preorder it! the vinyl package is a super cool O-card design by @seenstudio.bsky.social 30tgrs.ffm.to/days

Philosophy job klaxon! Enquiries welcome to me.

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in the Philosophy of Psychiatry

Lecturer in Philosophy of PsychiatryAbout usThe School of Global Affairs at Lancaster University takes a bold and distinctive approach to addressing the complex and multi-dimensional problems facing h...

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Fudging the numbers a bit: spy who later becomes a university lecturer; teacher times two; blacksmith who later becomes a college principal and author of engineering textbooks.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · last wk.

Enough “what would you do on the commune questions” If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing?

Signal amplification: philosophy job!

Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Loughborough University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Excellent work.

Rodrigo Ghedin@manualdousuario.net · 3w ago

Meta glasses ad vandalized in London https://manualdousuario.net/en/they-live-meta-glasses-kylie-jenner/

John Book. Less a baseball pitcher than a character from The Dark Tower.

Alex Usher@alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 3w ago

Your baseball pitcher name is your grandfather’s first name and the last thing you bought. Reginald Tonkatsu

And down with all kings but King Ludd! tomhumberstone.com/luddites

I'm a Luddite (And So Can You!) | Tom Humberstone

I'm a Luddite (And So Can You!)

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"Verify your age" 'Smells like teen spirit' when actually a teenager.

Hugh Jones@hbsj.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Verify your age" Noggin the Nog

Five living writers that I’ve read (at least) five books by each: John Crowley Linda Nagata Adrian Tchaikovsky Paul McAuley Kim Stanley Robinson

Neville Morley@nevillemorley.eurosky.social · 4w ago

five living writers that you've read five books by each Jenny Erpenbeck Daniel Kehlmann Georgi Gospodinov Alan Moore Juli Zeh (I assume this is ‘At least five books by each’ - if it’s exactly five, I think only Gospodinov and Zeh)

Fellow Authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current work in progress? ‘What am I? What is it for my life to go well for me? Let’s imagine aliens to find out.’

Matt Seybold@mattseybold.bsky.social · 4w ago

Fellow Authors: without any context, what's the first line of your current work in progress?

More vandalism, this time of philosophy at Dundee. I've signed the petition at c.org/Mg2wX8tJSv

Sign the Petition

Save the Philosophy Programme at Dundee University

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May I join David Byrne's cult now please?

David Byrne: Tiny Desk Concert

In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime."

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Lou Reed was cool and all, but I think the real genius was actually Laurie Anderson:

Laurie Anderson: Tiny Desk Concert

The mischievous visionary offers a career-spanning set with nods to dogs, the stars and her late husband, Lou Reed.

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More idiotic vandalism in UK universities.

Ben Phillips@benphillips1989.bsky.social · last mo.

A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

Journal of Applied Philosophy reviews my book. Ahem, 'Clark's incisive and thought‐provoking analysis of what are already complicated topics: autobiography, selfhood, and the good life'. Made it Ma, top of the world...

Journal of Applied Philosophy@the-joap.bsky.social · last mo.

#BookReview BOOK REVIEW Good Lives: Autobiography, Self‐Knowledge, Narrative, and Self‐Realization. S. Clark, 2021. Oxford, Oxford University Press. x + 251 pp, $115 (hb) R. Maxwell Racine Read it here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epub/10.... #philosophy #philsky

Signal amplification: potentially very cool (sorry) PhD studentship at The Arctic University of Norway - www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD fellow in philosophy (300685) | UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Job title: PhD fellow in philosophy (300685), Employer: UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

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Just back from a terrific workshop on the philosophy of astrobiology organised by @furmank.bsky.social at Liverpool. I now know a lot more than I did about things that can be mistaken for life on exoplanets, and I had some really interesting conversations.

Sad news. Going to listen to ‘Saxophone Colossus’ right now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sonny Rollins: 'Saxophone colossus' jazz legend dies aged 95

Known as the "saxophone colossus", Rollins had a lauded career spanning decades.

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More excellent guitar work from The Sunken Land: thesunkenland.bandcamp.com/album/the-wo...

the woods at dusk, by The Sunken Land

3 track album

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Introduce yourself with 10 bands you’ve seen live: Alice In Chains Napalm Death Squarepusher The Dillinger Escape Plan Aereogramme Vijay Iyer Trio Avishai Cohen Quartet Swans Led Bib Keith Jarrett Standards Trio

Huw Swanborough@huwroscience.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Introduce yourself and 10 bands you've seen live. (Prepare for a mix) Reel Big Fish Dave Matthews Band Steve 'n' Seagulls Bela Fleck and the Flecktones Herbie Hancock & Lang Lang Supergrass The Dreadnaughts Carter Vail My Bluegrass Heart (incredible roster) Grimthorpe Colliery Band

Paging @aptshadow.bsky.social

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In praise of spiders in all their inspirational glory. 🕷️ Arachnomania by Maria Tatar is out now (14 July UK pub)! Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Obviously my actual political views are far too nuanced, individual, and - dare I say it? - clever to be caught by such a blunt category. But yeah, story checks out.

🇬🇧 British Political Spectrum Quiz My result: Eco-Socialist Economic: strongly collectivist Social: strongly progressive Sovereignty: strongly cosmopolitan Military: leaning hawkish Authority: strongly libertarian Constitutional: reformist Take the quiz: quiz.jmoxley.co.uk

Today I learned that...

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Scientists working here can identify individual whale sharks by their spot patterns. This is Reygandu, which means night!

Signal amplification: 1-year philosophy job at Glasgow (a lovely city and department). www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Ridiculous vandalism at the University of Hertfordshire. c.org/7PVpPQXqNZ

Sign the Petition

Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire

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Signal amplification: come and be my colleague in the school of global affairs at Lancaster.

Michael Brown@medhistoryman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

I doubt I’ll read a better sentence than ‘A stop motion dystopia ruled by finger puppets’ this year…

Rose Ruane@regretteruane.bsky.social · 2y ago

Been thinking that this is the Lascaux cave art of whoever these mask people are. Can feel a whole folk fantasy world of craft horror coming on, mythologies of gummed paper shapes, Cuisenaire rods & raffia. A stop motion dystopia ruled by finger puppets

Wisdom.

Edmonds Scanner@edmondsscanner.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Make art no one understands. Carry an invisible owl on your shoulder. Ride your steam powered mechanical wolf to the market for more wine. There are no limits to your weirdness in this world.

Pick up the nearest book, turn to p. 42, and post the second sentence: 'One might do things out of a self-loving pride, but this is not benevolence; and though a benevolent person may gratify himself, this is not what he is aiming at, and is not the principle of his action.'

Hugh Jones@hbsj.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Pick up the nearest book, turn to p. 42, and post the second sentence: "Enjoying her very fresh granadilla"