Kevin Riggs

The rule against making loud noise in a library is officially known as the Dewey Decibel System.

Oh lighten up Hugh - a bit of Old fashioned English scorn is as old as the Tices. And these are two individuals with a long history of being spiteful, nasty and perma-angry no matter what the circumstances - so it's very much deserved too.

🚨 PhD position in human, nonhuman primate, and/or dog cognition! I am thrilled to be reviewing applicants this year for a new PhD student to join the Social & Cognitive Origins Group in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins @jhu.edu @jhuartssciences.bsky.social 1/

Morning all. New Campaign:

The amount of garbage written about academia in the last few weeks has been monumental.

Meghan as the next Bond? Five roles that almost certainly don’t lie behind UK return

So fun that Meghan is going to be next James Bond

Didn't get it. Guess I need a newer fone!

The way this whole story is playing out is deeply concerning And impossible to ignore that this time last week Farage, and Reform’s, funding was the only story in town Now Reform and its leader is playing the tune everyone else is dancing to www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

This 1679 “Sabionari” Stradivarius is the only playable guitar by Antonio Stradivari left in this world.🤗 So take just a moment to hear a sound that’s well over 300 years old! @55SweetThing #globalmuseum #music #guitar #Stradivarius

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Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19

Said a spokesperson for chimps and elephants, "Fuck you, we're not a problem to solve" www.npr.org/2026/06/07/n...

Such a tragic and terrible case. Henry's death is every parents worst nightmare. And it's about to get horribly weaponised by Farage which won't help his family one tiny jot. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am a chef and I work in a restaurant and I have to create really fancy dishes for people. Everyone thinks that I must cook really fancy meals at home. I actually chuck fish fingers and oven chips in the air fryer and have them & beans. No way am I fannying about in my kitchen.

A stunning view of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy. (Credit: NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)

Croatian wiccan not strong...

Bulgaria the one to beat so far...

Does engaging with the arts help to slow the aging process? According to this new paper from Fancourt et al the answer is yes! Alas, the paper is actually unsuitable for such claims. Let’s examine by discussing how you'd establish whether arts engagement actually caused future health! 1/18 🧵

This sounds like a message for those who have stuck with Labour rather than for those who deserted them

Saw the front of the Telegraph in a shop a moment ago. It’s taking a report that 600k households are so poorly paid that welfare payments exceed wages and arguing that the problem with this is the welfare bit.

Thank you Hungary.

The BBC News talking about trump's utterly deranged post as being a indicative of" frustration on the part of the president ", shows them sanitising what is a truly disturbing and unhinged post by trump. Shame on them for such craven complicity. #bbcbias

The next EPS Meeting will be at the University of Essex from 1st – 3rd July 2026. This meeting will include the 33rd EPS Prize lecture and the 15th Frith Prize Talk. Portals for this meeting will open on Monday 13th April 2026 at 10am (UK time) and for at least 24 hours. eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

Good morning and welcome to Day One of #EPSNewcastle! Today features an ECR focussed workshop run by @drgbuckingham.bsky.social, talks, poster session, the 2026 EPS/BSA Undergraduate Prize Talk by Oliver Panther AND a networking event! eps.ac.uk/next-meeting/

"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning" got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing

Just fascinating to see Blair, a man whose reputation was ruined by the Iraq war, advocate joining a war that is exponentially stupider and more chaotic. How is it possible to learn nothing from the worst mistake of your life?

I’m so fucking tired of hearing about Trump every fucking day..

Matt Badloss, is it?

I wrote an essay responding to Philip Goff's recent anti-science meme. Hopefully successful in clarifying the relationship between science and philosophy, and perhaps even changing the minds of some philosophers. walterveit.substack.com/p/to-hell-wi...

'The Blue Posts, Berwick Street, Soho' by John Duffin johnduffin.co.uk

He has no idea who she is and she probably paid him for the photo opportunity. It’s a moment that’s devoid of any dignity. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in. A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.

A letter circulating online calls on Australia’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, to resign and is said to come from someone named Peter Singer. To be clear: if such a letter exists, it is not from me, and I do not support any call for the Prime Minister to resign.

Wait until Trump finds out what Jonathan Meades, correctly, said about him on the BBC some years back.

Just published: Devin Sanchez Curry, (2025) “On IQ and other Sciencey Descriptions of Minds”, Philosophers' Imprint 25: 28. doi: doi.org/10.3998/phim...

I wrote something about analytic Philospphy, and Christoph Schuringa’s book for the Ideas Letter @stefanschubert.bsky.social @lbenardo.bsky.social www.theideasletter.org/essay/bloodl...

Terminator 2’s let himself go.

Dunning Kruger defecting to Reform is another win for nominative determinism

Brilliant.

As it’s #WorldSwiftDay here is a montage of Swift photos I’ve taken. One of the most challenging birds to capture in flight as they are super fast and turn on a sixpence. They are one of my favourite birds and I love to listen to them “ screaming” over the rooftops ❤️