A Drayson family member's contribution to the topic of the day
Zoe Drayson
@zoedrayson.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at UC Davis
I see a lot of you talking about "dopamine" and I wish you'd go back to talking about your astrological signs because at least then you wouldn't be confusing yourself about a real thing
Unless the academic in your life teaches on the quarter system, in which case they're thinking about swimming holes and bear-watching trips, probably
Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5d agoIf you have an academic in your life, please be gentle with them this weekend because they're probably freaking the fuck out.
Imagine coming to give a talk at the UC Davis philosophy department and all the faculty are taking notes in these
Chuck Norris x Raising Cane's Spiral Notebook Set - Expected to ship by OCT. 15
Three notebooks. One legendary collection. Jot down your next big idea with this limited-edition set featuring three exclusive Chuck Norris x Raising Cane's cover designs. Raising Cane’s Restaurants, ...
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Chuck Norris is so powerful he can advertise National Chicken Finger Day ™️ from beyond the grave
I've been telling people that I took up weightlifting to protect against menopausal osteoporosis but really it's so I can be Matt Damon's stunt double some day www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Matt Damon's stunt double in The Odyssey is B.C. woman with 'the greatest arms' he's ever seen | CBC News
She might be small, but this B.C.-born stunt performer is making big waves for her part in Christopher Nolan's box-office busting epic The Odyssey.
cbc.ca
There are only 39 cinemas in the entire world which are equipped with true 70mm IMAX film projection and one of them is a ten minute bike ride from my house.
When you go to a concert and the merch table is selling “EZ Grip” jar openers, it means you’re really young and cool, right? 😎
Happy that my book, Deflating Mental Representation, has been long-listed for the Royal Institute of Philosophy's Nayef Al-Rodhan international prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy: royalinstitutephilosophy.org/news/announc...
Announcing the 2026 Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize Longlist - Royal Institute of Philosophy
The longlist for the Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize 2026 has been announced. Find out more about the longlisted titles.
royalinstitutephilosophy.org
There's a new 'Innateness and Language' entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy by my colleague Gabe Dupre plato.stanford.edu/entries/inna...
Innateness and Language (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
plato.stanford.edu
"never take advice from someone you'd never fuck" is is astoundingly bad advice
Keith Frankish@keithfrankish.com · last mo.From the comments on my interview with Alex O'Connor. Remarkable, really.
The Philosophy department at Exeter is exceptional. It has both a concentration of world leading researchers in the philosophy of the biological and cognitive sciences, and a unique departmental profile in the UK. It would be a catastrophic loss to the UK philosophy scene.
Ben Phillips@benphillips1989.bsky.social · last mo.A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
this year @natashasnature.bsky.social and I will be taking over the SSPP as Philosophy Program Co-Chairs 🥳🥳 We can’t wait to plan some sessions 🤓🤓 See yall in Atlanta! ✌️🍑 southernsociety.org/AnnualMeeting/
The Southern Society
southernsociety.org
If any slot-machine makers would like to be endowed with an air of respectability, I’m available.
Josh Habgood-Coote@impractknow.bsky.social · 2mo agoHa! Get our asses
Plane wifi can’t cope with live-streaming the Kennedy Center, alas
Zoe Drayson@zoedrayson.bsky.social · 2mo agoPaid for in-flight wifi so I could hear James Corden being called a full-kit wanker
Paid for in-flight wifi so I could hear James Corden being called a full-kit wanker
Prepping my talk slides by adding gifs from the traumafest 1985 movie Return to Oz
Wheelers Attack in Return To Oz
Alt: Wheelers Attack in Return To Oz
static.klipy.com
That time I took my bike in for repairs and found a philosophical reflection on the essence of bicyclehood.
This is one of the leading signs of spring in Vancouver
Kathryn VanArendonk@kvanaren.bsky.social · 2mo agome: how was school 9yo: we have stopped ALL LEARNING. we are ONLY WATCHING SHREK
I can't decide whether I should've submitted a longer abstract or a longer portrait photo 😆
Felipe De Brigard@felipedebrigard.bsky.social · 2mo agoSSNAP always ends with a final conference, open to the public--both in person and online. Here are the zoom links for this afternoon, for those who want to connect. Feel free to share widely! Jorge Morales (Northeastern): duke.zoom.us/j/99919297471 Zoe Drayson (UC Davis): duke.zoom.us/j/91565535456
SSNAP always ends with a final conference, open to the public--both in person and online. Here are the zoom links for this afternoon, for those who want to connect. Feel free to share widely! Jorge Morales (Northeastern): duke.zoom.us/j/99919297471 Zoe Drayson (UC Davis): duke.zoom.us/j/91565535456
Schrödinger’s Mom simultaneously does and does not have it going on
I did not write this paper. But it took me several minutes to confirm this fact/fart.
Grumpy Philosopher@stevecooke.org · 2mo agoFeeling some sympathy for this author as I read the abstract for their paper. The fact/fart distinction does seem important though.
I’ve smoked with Michael Dummett and drank with Tim Williamson, so in the interests of continuity the new Wykeham Professor of Logic should name his substance of choice. What’s it to be, @wiglet1981.bsky.social?