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A/Prof of Philosophy at Deakin Uni (all views mine). Writer, radio producer, half of The Fake McCoys. Works on digital death, personal identity, Kierkegaard, moral phil. Has more hobbies than advisable. Melbourne + Werona https://linktr.ee/patstokes

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when i submit an article manuscript for peer review

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Spent all day trying to work on my book about creepy geological stuff in the central highlands and this chapter on snakes being spooky and whatnot has been dragged hugely off course by OH MY GOD HOW CORRUPT WAS THE COLONY OF VICTORIA IN THE 1860S

submitted 20 hours ago • 4 comments

I would get the history of the witch panics right before posting saccarine dross like this. going-medieval.com/2023/10/20/y...

submitted 20 hours ago • 52 comments

Aaron Sorkin hurriedly writing "Even Fewer Good Men"

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Oooh! At the risk of inviting someone to repeat the text at me: this is Kōno Bairei, a 19th century Japanese artist who did exquisite bird drawings, including some incredible drawings of coturnix quail like this one. So cool to see this here :)

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

My first pen commission! A former student of mine commissioned a fountain pen in Purpleheart (Peltogyne purpurea), a timber which goes purple when exposed to UV light. But that means when you turn it down to pen size, you're left with dull brown wood. Here's how to bring the purple back quickly:

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No, you didn’t think that. Maybe you told yourself you thought that that because you didn’t like the real reasons you decided to vote for Trump. But “he will use his business acumen to make targeted cuts to make govt work better” is not something you actually believed.