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The truth about the small-boats crisis What Nigel Farage won’t tell you

Harrowing. Report from the camps on the French coast.

magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/10/08/t...

Ordered.

Very proud to see the publication of our book today. We dismantle many of the assumptions underlying Psychology’s research methods and highlight the shaky foundations of the discipline. Hang on tight! We do, also, propose a way forward.

The Great Psychology Delusion: Missteps, Pitfalls and How to Make a More Successful Psychological Science The Great Psychology Delusion takes an unflinching look at some of the foundational assumptions of psychological science. Exploring long-standing unanswered critiques of psychological research in a wa...

It's publication day for my book with @craigspeelman.bsky.social!

"The Great Psychology Delusion" is an unsentimental look at the conceptual mess of psychology, and how to improve.

Psychology is several sciences, and we need to get clear about them.

More soon!

www.routledge.com/The-Great-Ps...

Hey @ucddublin.bsky.social how about following suit?

Sorbonne University decides to withdraw from the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings As of 2026, Sorbonne University will no longer submit data to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The decision comes as part of a wider approach to promote open science and ref...

"The university will stop sharing the data required to be included in the ranking as of 2026. As a result, Sorbonne University will no longer feature in future rankings produced by THE, which include the World University Rankings, the Rankings by Subject or the Impact Rankings."

Excellent!

Readings These are the principal topics from which the module will draw.  Articles prefixed by an asterisk (*) are central and should be considered mandatory reading. Cognitivism Extended Mind Embodime…

Have a look at the readings and materials here for a course in Embodied and Enactive approaches. postcognitivism.wordpress.com/readings/

Bridge walkway w lights on the metal rails New Hope Lambertville bridge

Spider in the web in metal railing w backlight attracting bugs

Spider in the web in metal railing w backlight attracting bugs

Spider shadow on bridge walkway. Halloween early for real

Every lit metal circle a spider shadow show

"Prompted by Me. Generated by ChatGPT"
New essay published #OpenAccess in Human Machine Communication - stars.library.ucf.edu/hmc/vol10/is...
With commentary from Autumn Edwards and Katrin Etzrodt.

“If we lose contact with the Gaza flotilla for even twenty minutes, we will shut down all of Europe” may be one of the sexiest things I’ve ever seen anyone say. Like, the power. The stance. Dear god, I want this energy all around me from everywhere.

Ganzfeld Philosophers Philosophers doing what they do best

I give you Ganzfeld philosophers: www.flickr.com/photos/fcumm...

By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live.

W. B. Yeats

Do your PhD in Manuscript Cultures with us!

Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social

Apply by 30 Sep!
More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...

Finn, the Modern Irish Druid, is introduced, with a bit of backstory, here: pworldrworld.com/fred/?page_i.... The theme is monism.

Today we commemorate the passing of Bernard Stiegler, one of the most original voices in contemporary philosophy of technology.
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FAIG AHMED Faig Ahmed is an internationally recognized artist from Baku, Azerbaijan, who represented Azerbaijan at the Venice Biennale in 2007. He is well known for his conceptual works that utilize traditional ...

Fans of weaving, textile, and beauty will probably enjoy the work of Faig Ahmed: faigahmed.com

Uwe Peters, Yener Cagla Cimendereli, Alex Davies, Charlotte Gauvry, Kiichi Inarimori, Anna Klieber, Sitian Liu, Nikolaj Nottelmann, Federica Russo & Juan Samuel Santos Castro, Epistemic Challenges of ... The widespread use of English in the field of philosophy facilitates international collaboration but may also pose significant challenges in understanding, analyzing, or producing information for both...

Epistemic Challenges of Non-native English Speakers in Philosophy: Evidence from an International Survey

Language as a problem The term “language” is used for at least three distinct purposes. The first supports inquiry into coded message exchange. This has occupied most of th…

The confusion of speech and language has caused all kinds of very deep issues. I wrote a little about it here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

What does it say? The supposed objectivity of written texts “… interpretation is the source of texts, facts, authors, and intentions.” Stanley Fish, Is There a Text in This Class? Do you remember when you first commited some of your own thoughts to paper? P…

What does it say? The supposed objectivity of written texts

Deep inside some academic institutions, hidden to the naked eye, exist departments in which unique, idiosyncratic, and damn right awkward intellects can flourish.

The Cloud Is Not Above Us - Branch A “place-conscious poetic” web doesn’t mean rejecting scale or technological progress – it means alignment.

"The Cloud Is Not Above Us" by @designinf.bsky.social PhD student David Mahoney - "When digital systems are abstracted from place, they become invisible. We lose sight of the true cost of their convenience: the emissions... the land consumed... the communities they displace or disadvantage"

Wow ok unfollowing now. Loved his refusal of servitude in heaven, did not know he was responsible for the fall of man

The Communist Heresy: This excursion into text is organized around one simple principle: We are not individuals. This is as obvious as the tip of your nose. It is hardly contestable. And it is a heresy. pworldrworld.com/fred/wp-cont...

Painter Michael Badura was sceptical about digital tools, until he discovered their transformative power. "Computer changes reality like Cubism did."
Imgs: http://www.michaelba...

Re: "Die Muse in der Steckdose" by David Galloway (KUNSTFORUM, 1988, #97).

Seconding that. No images. Flow. Also, no threat, hence safe, hence affectively calming.

Over 20,000 widows in Vrindavan have joined ashrams, trading abuse and stigma for a life of prayer.

A beautiful photographic essay from Raya Pandey - some hope and solidarity we could all use right now: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

A poem: People go mad like this all the time. Down the rabbit hole, there to build lonely structures that look like scattered notes bulging out of pockets.

An image containing a text quotation, with the black silhouette of a man in a hat marching and carrying a flag that reads "viva la revolution". The text, from Gil Scott-Heron, reads: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: “The first change that takes place is in your mind. You have to change your mind before you change the way you live and the way you move. So when we said that the revolution will not be televised, we’re saying that the thing that’s going to change people is something that no one will ever be able to capture on film. It’ll just be something you see and all of a sudden you realize, I’m on the wrong page, or I’m on the right page but I’m on the wrong note.”

“... [W]hen we said that the revolution will not be televised, we’re saying that the thing that’s going to change people is something that no one will ever be able to capture on film. It’ll just be something you see and all of a sudden you realize, I’m on the wrong page ...”

~ Gil Scott-Heron.