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56,966 blogs · [ { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada64ec24924", "title": "Can the Collapse of New Atheism Teach Us Anything About University AI Policy?", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/can-the-collapse-of-new-atheism-teach-us-anything-about-university-ai-policy/", "published_at": "2025-10-20T11:51:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada64f9fd4b5", "title": "Bravery…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/bravery/", "published_at": "2025-10-02T22:13:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada64fe5c38f", "title": "The Rise and Fall of the Higher Education Empires", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2025/01/28/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-higher-education-empires/", "published_at": "2025-01-28T23:12:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada650dbd34a", "title": "Eugh, another goddamn overthought JK Rowling post…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2024/03/23/eugh-another-goddamn-overthought-jk-rowling-post/", "published_at": "2024-03-23T11:13:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada651bf91d1", "title": "Can Opening Narration Die Already…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2024/03/21/can-opening-narration-die-already/", "published_at": "2024-03-21T23:24:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada651ca99f4", "title": "How Demanding ‘Refunds’ Highlights the Problems With University Tuition Fees", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/09/16/how-demanding-refunds-highlights-the-problems-with-university-tuition-fees/", "published_at": "2023-09-16T19:45:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada651dbad67", "title": "Platform Matters – Why Twitter Should be Considered Untrustworthy by Default", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/09/06/platform-matters-why-twitter-should-be-considered-untrustworthy-by-default/", "published_at": "2023-09-06T18:52:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada6525625fd", "title": "Still Treated as an Joke – Happy Birthday Rosalind Franklin 🎉", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/07/26/still-treated-as-an-joke-happy-birthday-rosalind-franklin-%f0%9f%8e%89/", "published_at": "2023-07-26T12:21:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada652c4153f", "title": "A Call to Inaction: Universities Should not Join The Fediverse", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/07/10/a-call-to-inaction-universities-should-not-join-the-fediverse/", "published_at": "2023-07-10T21:11:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087e4-5276-70f6-95fd-ada653850521", "title": "Some Actual Controversial Opinions in Atheism", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/05/27/some-actual-controversial-opinions-in-atheism/", "published_at": "2023-05-27T22:01:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea87023c4c", "title": "Freeze Peach", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/05/26/freeze-peach/", "published_at": "2023-05-26T09:23:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea87385e7d", "title": "The (actually not-that-tricky) Issue of Consent and Your Children", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/the-actually-not-that-tricky-issue-of-consent-and-your-children/", "published_at": "2023-05-23T16:16:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea88320f33", "title": "Cynic’s Guide to De-influencing", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/05/23/cynics-guide-to-de-influencing/", "published_at": "2023-05-23T10:03:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea88cb9d98", "title": "Yeah, we probably are fascists now…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/03/08/yeah-we-probably-are-fascists-now/", "published_at": "2023-03-08T20:59:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea89bf5c9d", "title": "Banning LGBT+ content will not make you happy…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/02/20/banning-lgbt-content-will-not-make-you-happy/", "published_at": "2023-02-20T09:40:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea8a6ad010", "title": "Turning Point Memes are the Fucking Worst", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2023/01/07/turning-point-memes-are-the-fucking-worst/", "published_at": "2023-01-07T15:21:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea8b11efb6", "title": "Is AI Art “art”? It doesn’t matter because that’s the wrong question….", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2022/12/11/is-ai-art-art-it-doesnt-matter-because-thats-the-wrong-question/", "published_at": "2022-12-11T23:14:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea8bd9c7c5", "title": "More-or-less disorganised thoughts on the difficulty of leaving Twitter", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2022/11/28/more-or-less-disorganised-thoughts-on-the-difficulty-of-leaving-twitter/", "published_at": "2022-11-28T11:06:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea8cc66041", "title": "The Trash Pile – 2022 in Netflix", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2022/11/26/the-trash-pile-2022-in-netflix/", "published_at": "2022-11-26T23:27:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19b-ee11-701b-bfe1-69ea8d3f1f07", "title": "FFS, I’ve always disliked Harry Potter…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2022/11/07/ffs-ive-always-disliked-harry-potter/", "published_at": "2022-11-07T18:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0b-735c-b05a-18575ea17901", "title": "The Twatterpocalypse – where next?", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2022/11/05/the-twatterpocalypse-where-next/", "published_at": "2022-11-05T21:43:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0b-735c-b05a-18575ed83160", "title": "Star Wars Episode VIII – THE REMAKE SCRIPT", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/star-wars-episode-viii-the-remake-script/", "published_at": "2018-06-21T19:19:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0c-7285-b924-cfba8ba8ddaa", "title": "About negative criticism…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2018/01/04/about-negative-criticism/", "published_at": "2018-01-04T17:10:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0c-7285-b924-cfba8c7d3f86", "title": "Floating Belief Networks", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/08/31/floating-belief-networks/", "published_at": "2017-08-31T13:37:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0c-7285-b924-cfba8d4d2c6e", "title": "Diana, (nearly) twenty years on… grief tourism and emotional performativity", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/diana-nearly-twenty-years-on-grief-tourism-and-emotional-performativity/", "published_at": "2017-07-26T21:46:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0c-7285-b924-cfba8de4479c", "title": "The UK Election – John Oliver Style…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/the-uk-election-john-oliver-style/", "published_at": "2017-06-09T18:18:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0c-7285-b924-cfba8df9f98c", "title": "Thanks, but I’d rather not have the cash…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/05/18/thanks-but-id-rather-not-have-the-cash/", "published_at": "2017-05-18T20:55:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0c-7285-b924-cfba8e2b4412", "title": "The Chemistry of ‘Yes Minister’", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/05/13/the-chemistry-of-yes-minister/", "published_at": "2017-05-13T16:12:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0c-7285-b924-cfba8ea1b4a0", "title": "Everything is a Terrorist’s Friend…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/everything-is-a-terrorists-friend/", "published_at": "2017-03-24T16:11:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-4f0c-7285-b924-cfba8f4ea815", "title": "5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Teaching in Higher Education…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/5-things-they-dont-tell-you-about-teaching-in-higher-education/", "published_at": "2017-03-22T16:43:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-78280eb5f102", "title": "We need to talk about “common sense”…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/we-need-to-talk-about-common-sense/", "published_at": "2017-03-17T16:11:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-78280f167f68", "title": "What if Trump’s tax returns really aren’t incriminating?", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/03/15/what-if-trumps-tax-returns-really-arent-incriminating/", "published_at": "2017-03-15T12:47:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-78280f7f26b7", "title": "Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch are paid less because they’re women – but the real reason why will shock you!", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/mayim-bialik-and-melissa-rauch-are-paid-less-because-theyre-women-but-the-real-reason-why-will-shock-you/", "published_at": "2017-03-03T10:01:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-78280fef7e1a", "title": "Chemistry re-written… again!", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/chemistry-re-written-again/", "published_at": "2017-02-27T18:11:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-78281015405c", "title": "Every argument I ever see on the internet…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/02/22/every-argument-i-ever-see-on-the-internet/", "published_at": "2017-02-22T15:13:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-7828109d4c19", "title": "For And Against Article 50 – What I’ve Seen So Far", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/02/01/for-and-against-article-50-what-ive-seen-so-far/", "published_at": "2017-02-01T15:34:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-7828113b9a54", "title": "Piers Morgan’s self-emasculation", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/01/21/piers-morgans-self-emasculation/", "published_at": "2017-01-21T22:40:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-782811de11bd", "title": "What You Need To Understand About Fake News", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/01/11/what-you-need-to-understand-about-fake-news/", "published_at": "2017-01-11T15:04:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-7828120792f8", "title": "More Or Less Organised Thoughts on New Sherlock…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2017/01/03/more-or-less-organised-thoughts-on-new-sherlock/", "published_at": "2017-01-03T15:12:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-90e3-708a-b450-78281236275a", "title": "Biggest Movie Mistakes About Science II", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/12/19/biggest-movie-mistakes-about-science-ii/", "published_at": "2016-12-19T15:54:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf2331ad1d96", "title": "Biggest Movie Mistakes About Science", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/12/07/biggest-movie-mistakes-about-science/", "published_at": "2016-12-07T12:08:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf233241ebfc", "title": "Theresa May Shocked To Learn ‘Red, White and Blue Brexit’ Still Not A Real Plan", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/12/06/theresa-may-shocked-to-learn-red-white-and-blue-brexit-still-not-a-real-plan/", "published_at": "2016-12-06T20:21:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf233279e0ac", "title": "The 10 Dumbest Things I’ve Seen An Undergraduate Chemist Do", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/11/16/the-10-dumbest-things-ive-seen-an-undergraduate-chemist-do/", "published_at": "2016-11-16T18:03:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf23332e7e52", "title": "Black Mirror from Least to Most Depressing – Let the Bleak-a-thon Commence!", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/black-mirror-from-least-to-most-depressing-let-the-bleak-a-thon-commence/", "published_at": "2016-11-06T16:52:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf23342773a8", "title": "Every Conversation With A Brexiteer Ever", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/every-conversation-with-a-brexiteer-ever/", "published_at": "2016-10-11T15:06:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf2334c72771", "title": "Consent Might Be Complicated If…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/consent-might-be-complicated-if-2/", "published_at": "2016-10-10T13:19:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf2334e94fe2", "title": "Confused? Good.", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/10/07/confused-good/", "published_at": "2016-10-07T17:06:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf2335404e44", "title": "Teaching on TV Sucks – An Trope Over-analysis", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/teaching-on-tv-sucks-an-trope-over-analysis/", "published_at": "2016-09-02T20:46:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf23361a6b40", "title": "People Are Good, But Stupid – A Maxim For Life", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/people-are-good-but-stupid-a-maxim-for-life/", "published_at": "2016-08-09T12:04:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-c7e9-7209-b904-cf23367fab41", "title": "A Crisis of Identity", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/08/03/a-crisis-of-identity/", "published_at": "2016-08-03T09:38:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-faee-735d-a286-8cab9efc8e94", "title": "Things To Do Instead of Transformers 4…", "url": 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"https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/fuck-millennials/", "published_at": "2016-04-19T16:20:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-faee-735d-a286-8caba1428d01", "title": "Freedom, Responsibility and Privilege – the Trichotomy of Speech", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/freedom-responsibility-and-privilege-the-trichotomy-of-speech/", "published_at": "2016-04-13T13:37:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-faee-735d-a286-8caba1d62fbb", "title": "The Educational Literature As Explained to a 5 Year Old", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/04/12/the-educational-literature-as-explained-to-a-5-year-old/", "published_at": "2016-04-12T19:10:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-faee-735d-a286-8caba2d58620", "title": "Putting Britain First… well, fifth.", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/04/09/putting-britain-first-well-fifth/", "published_at": "2016-04-09T10:26:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-faee-735d-a286-8caba2eb6340", "title": "So You’ve Been No-Platformed?", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/03/23/so-youve-been-no-platformed/", "published_at": "2016-03-23T15:40:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19c-faee-735d-a286-8caba375647b", "title": "Dear Students…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/02/17/dear-students/", "published_at": "2016-02-17T22:52:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0efaf9b5ab", "title": "More (or Less) Organised Thoughts on Sherlock: The Abominable Bride", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2016/01/04/more-or-less-organised-thoughts-on-sherlock-the-abominable-bride/", "published_at": "2016-01-04T12:42:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0efbe29cc1", "title": "No, It’s Not “Basically The Same Story” – Who Wants to Read A Verbose Rant About Star Wars?!", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/no-its-not-basically-the-same-story-who-wants-to-read-a-verbose-rant-about-star-wars/", "published_at": "2015-12-30T12:06:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0efcd322b5", "title": "One Last F**king Time – the Wage Gap Isn’t a Myth", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/12/15/one-last-fking-time-the-wage-gap-isnt-a-myth/", "published_at": "2015-12-15T20:51:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0efd3a79ab", "title": "Spam is getting weirder…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/12/03/spam-is-getting-weirder/", "published_at": "2015-12-03T19:11:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0efdfce691", "title": "Context and Double-Standards", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/context-and-double-standards/", "published_at": "2015-12-02T14:48:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0efe8ff5df", "title": "Politically correct bullshit", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/11/28/politically-correct-bullshit/", "published_at": "2015-11-28T19:24:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0eff417711", "title": "20 Rules", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/20-rules/", "published_at": "2015-11-23T16:35:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0f0036052d", "title": "“Democracy” my ass…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/democracy-my-ass/", "published_at": "2015-11-23T13:40:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0f0093d06c", "title": "A Skeptical Cynic’s View of the Cameron-Oxford Letters", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/a-skeptical-cynics-view-of-the-cameron-oxford-letters/", "published_at": "2015-11-11T12:00:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-32fb-723e-b531-0c0f011d3fea", "title": "You’re Not Here To Study Chemistry", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/11/04/youre-not-here-to-study-chemistry/", "published_at": "2015-11-04T12:41:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f2434d13", "title": "The Environment: Social vs Science", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/10/29/the-environment-social-vs-science/", "published_at": "2015-10-29T12:31:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f2c0c4df", "title": "Authoritarian-Libertarian?", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/10/25/authoritarian-libertarian/", "published_at": "2015-10-25T16:17:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f30bf963", "title": "What I’d say to climate change deniers if… fuck it, I AM saying this", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/what-id-say-to-climate-change-deniers-if-fuck-it-i-am-saying-this/", "published_at": "2015-10-20T20:12:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f3ad7ffd", "title": "It’s not Quote-mining it’s just plain old fashioned Lying", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/10/09/its-not-quote-mining-its-just-plain-old-fashioned-lying/", "published_at": "2015-10-09T18:02:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f48bf95c", "title": "There’s no cure for being a Cunt…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/10/07/theres-no-cure-for-being-a-cunt/", "published_at": "2015-10-07T19:29:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f53062b9", "title": "Constitutional Amendments Explained", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/10/04/constitutional-amendments-explained/", "published_at": "2015-10-04T13:18:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f5ae20be", "title": "Bro, Do You Even Read?", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/09/13/2557/", "published_at": "2015-09-13T00:27:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f67bf910", "title": "The Real Meaning of 1984", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/the-real-meaning-of-1984/", "published_at": "2015-09-12T15:06:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f742a5e9", "title": "“Political Correctness” is a myth, now stop being dicks", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/08/24/political-correctness-is-a-myth-now-stop-being-dicks/", "published_at": "2015-08-24T11:59:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-72bd-7107-9141-02f1f75079e6", "title": "As a Matter of Fact…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/as-a-matter-of-fact/", "published_at": "2015-08-10T07:27:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576df98ff92", "title": "Percentages (Procedures vs Understanding)", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/percentages-procedures-vs-understanding/", "published_at": "2015-08-05T13:43:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e04045dc", "title": "A Parable…", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/29/a-parable/", "published_at": "2015-07-29T11:53:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e0d8c356", "title": "We’re Offended?", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/20/were-offended/", "published_at": "2015-07-20T13:19:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e0eff45a", "title": "“Females”", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/females/", "published_at": "2015-07-14T23:24:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e194df01", "title": "No, Scientists Didn’t Do The Thing", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/14/no-scientists-didnt-do-the-thing/", "published_at": "2015-07-14T19:33:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e1f7d7ca", "title": "“We Have Enough Porn”, Declares Internet", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/we-have-enough-porn-declares-internet/", "published_at": "2015-07-08T10:57:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e28bce60", "title": "The Predictability of Science Churnalism + Bonus Sweary Rant", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/07/the-predictability-of-science-churnalism-bonus-sweary-rant/", "published_at": "2015-07-07T17:43:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e35af9f3", "title": "A Graphical Explanation of Consent", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/06/a-graphical-explanation-of-consent/", "published_at": "2015-07-06T15:41:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e3673765", "title": "Pray Tell, What is a “Useless” Degree?", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/03/pray-tell-what-is-a-useless-degree/", "published_at": "2015-07-03T16:36:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-9f86-7230-ab20-9576e37a987b", "title": "Magical Narrative Thinking", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/07/01/magical-narrative-thinking/", "published_at": "2015-07-01T12:02:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-815138e909dd", "title": "You can skip this and just go read Leaving Fundamentalism", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/you-can-skip-this-and-just-go-read-leaving-fundamentalism/", "published_at": "2015-06-29T14:34:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-8151396b1494", "title": "Yes, You Are Allowed to Say Whatever You Want – You’re Asking For Something Else", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/06/16/yes-you-are-allowed-to-say-whatever-you-want-youre-asking-for-something-else/", "published_at": "2015-06-16T12:30:44+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-81513a0a82be", "title": "What’s Stopping You? Nothing, and That’s the Point.", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/whats-stopping-you-nothing-and-thats-the-point/", "published_at": "2015-06-11T16:23:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-81513aaa8dc4", "title": "10 Things All Academics Do – That They’ll Never Admit To", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/06/07/10-things-all-academics-do-that-theyll-never-admit-to/", "published_at": "2015-06-07T12:12:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-81513b8c3069", "title": "The Wage Gap “Myth” – A Stock Response", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/05/28/the-wage-gap-myth-a-stock-response/", "published_at": "2015-05-28T14:27:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-81513c0699e5", "title": "Defending the Indefensible", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/05/26/defending-the-indefensible/", "published_at": "2015-05-26T14:24:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-81513c858f35", "title": "Academic Incentives – Rewarding The Right Thing", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/05/21/academic-incentives-rewarding-the-right-thing/", "published_at": "2015-05-21T13:42:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-81513d1f9a1d", "title": "How Higher Education Works – A Play in Miniature", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/05/13/how-higher-education-works-a-play-in-miniature/", "published_at": "2015-05-13T19:42:12+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-81513d64edd0", "title": "I’m Pissed – Academic Integrity and the Essay Database", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/04/27/im-pissed-academic-integrity-and-the-essay-database/", "published_at": "2015-04-27T20:08:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0d19d-d02d-73f7-9ccb-81513d9b311a", "title": "10 Things To Remember Before Seeing ‘Age of Ultron’", "url": "https://sphericalbullshit.wordpress.com/2015/04/24/10-things-to-remember-before-seeing-age-of-ultron/", "published_at": "2015-04-24T17:48:46+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2025

Can the Collapse of New Atheism Teach Us Anything About University AI Policy?original ↗
20 Oct 2025
Bravery…original ↗
2 Oct 2025
The Rise and Fall of the Higher Education Empiresoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2025

2024

Eugh, another goddamn overthought JK Rowling post…original ↗
23 Mar 2024
Can Opening Narration Die Already…original ↗
21 Mar 2024

2023

How Demanding ‘Refunds’ Highlights the Problems With University Tuition Feesoriginal ↗
16 Sept 2023
Platform Matters – Why Twitter Should be Considered Untrustworthy by Defaultoriginal ↗
6 Sept 2023
Still Treated as an Joke – Happy Birthday Rosalind Franklin 🎉original ↗
26 Jul 2023
A Call to Inaction: Universities Should not Join The Fediverseoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2023
Some Actual Controversial Opinions in Atheismoriginal ↗
27 May 2023
Freeze Peachoriginal ↗
26 May 2023
The (actually not-that-tricky) Issue of Consent and Your Childrenoriginal ↗
23 May 2023
Cynic’s Guide to De-influencingoriginal ↗
23 May 2023
Yeah, we probably are fascists now…original ↗
8 Mar 2023
Banning LGBT+ content will not make you happy…original ↗
20 Feb 2023
Turning Point Memes are the Fucking Worstoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2023

2022

Is AI Art “art”? It doesn’t matter because that’s the wrong question….original ↗
11 Dec 2022
More-or-less disorganised thoughts on the difficulty of leaving Twitteroriginal ↗
28 Nov 2022
The Trash Pile – 2022 in Netflixoriginal ↗
26 Nov 2022
FFS, I’ve always disliked Harry Potter…original ↗
7 Nov 2022
The Twatterpocalypse – where next?original ↗
5 Nov 2022

2018

Star Wars Episode VIII – THE REMAKE SCRIPToriginal ↗
21 Jun 2018
About negative criticism…original ↗
4 Jan 2018

2017

Floating Belief Networksoriginal ↗
31 Aug 2017
Diana, (nearly) twenty years on… grief tourism and emotional performativityoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2017
The UK Election – John Oliver Style…original ↗
9 Jun 2017
Thanks, but I’d rather not have the cash…original ↗
18 May 2017
The Chemistry of ‘Yes Minister’original ↗
13 May 2017
Everything is a Terrorist’s Friend…original ↗
24 Mar 2017
5 Things They Don’t Tell You About Teaching in Higher Education…original ↗
22 Mar 2017
We need to talk about “common sense”…original ↗
17 Mar 2017
What if Trump’s tax returns really aren’t incriminating?original ↗
15 Mar 2017
Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch are paid less because they’re women – but the real reason why will shock you!original ↗
3 Mar 2017
Chemistry re-written… again!original ↗
27 Feb 2017
Every argument I ever see on the internet…original ↗
22 Feb 2017
For And Against Article 50 – What I’ve Seen So Faroriginal ↗
1 Feb 2017
Piers Morgan’s self-emasculationoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2017
What You Need To Understand About Fake Newsoriginal ↗
11 Jan 2017
More Or Less Organised Thoughts on New Sherlock…original ↗
3 Jan 2017

2016

Biggest Movie Mistakes About Science IIoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2016
Biggest Movie Mistakes About Scienceoriginal ↗
7 Dec 2016
Theresa May Shocked To Learn ‘Red, White and Blue Brexit’ Still Not A Real Planoriginal ↗
6 Dec 2016
The 10 Dumbest Things I’ve Seen An Undergraduate Chemist Dooriginal ↗
16 Nov 2016
Black Mirror from Least to Most Depressing – Let the Bleak-a-thon Commence!original ↗
6 Nov 2016
Every Conversation With A Brexiteer Everoriginal ↗
11 Oct 2016
Consent Might Be Complicated If…original ↗
10 Oct 2016
Confused? Good.original ↗
7 Oct 2016
Teaching on TV Sucks – An Trope Over-analysisoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2016
People Are Good, But Stupid – A Maxim For Lifeoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2016
A Crisis of Identityoriginal ↗
3 Aug 2016
Things To Do Instead of Transformers 4…original ↗
2 Jul 2016
No, it’s not terrorismoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2016
Horrible and Demeaninng Lies We Tell Ourselves…original ↗
1 Jun 2016
Convenient and Reassuring Lies We Tell Ourselves…original ↗
31 May 2016
Fuck Millennialsoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2016
Freedom, Responsibility and Privilege – the Trichotomy of Speechoriginal ↗
13 Apr 2016
The Educational Literature As Explained to a 5 Year Oldoriginal ↗
12 Apr 2016
Putting Britain First… well, fifth.original ↗
9 Apr 2016
So You’ve Been No-Platformed?original ↗
23 Mar 2016
Dear Students…original ↗
17 Feb 2016
More (or Less) Organised Thoughts on Sherlock: The Abominable Brideoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2016

2015

No, It’s Not “Basically The Same Story” – Who Wants to Read A Verbose Rant About Star Wars?!original ↗
30 Dec 2015
One Last F**king Time – the Wage Gap Isn’t a Mythoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2015
Spam is getting weirder…original ↗
3 Dec 2015
Context and Double-Standardsoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2015
Politically correct bullshitoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2015
20 Rulesoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2015
“Democracy” my ass…original ↗
23 Nov 2015
A Skeptical Cynic’s View of the Cameron-Oxford Lettersoriginal ↗
11 Nov 2015
You’re Not Here To Study Chemistryoriginal ↗
4 Nov 2015
The Environment: Social vs Scienceoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2015
Authoritarian-Libertarian?original ↗
25 Oct 2015
What I’d say to climate change deniers if… fuck it, I AM saying thisoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2015
It’s not Quote-mining it’s just plain old fashioned Lyingoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2015
There’s no cure for being a Cunt…original ↗
7 Oct 2015
Constitutional Amendments Explainedoriginal ↗
4 Oct 2015
Bro, Do You Even Read?original ↗
13 Sept 2015
The Real Meaning of 1984original ↗
12 Sept 2015
“Political Correctness” is a myth, now stop being dicksoriginal ↗
24 Aug 2015
As a Matter of Fact…original ↗
10 Aug 2015
Percentages (Procedures vs Understanding)original ↗
5 Aug 2015
A Parable…original ↗
29 Jul 2015
We’re Offended?original ↗
20 Jul 2015
“Females”original ↗
14 Jul 2015
No, Scientists Didn’t Do The Thingoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2015
“We Have Enough Porn”, Declares Internetoriginal ↗
8 Jul 2015
The Predictability of Science Churnalism + Bonus Sweary Rantoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2015
A Graphical Explanation of Consentoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2015
Pray Tell, What is a “Useless” Degree?original ↗
3 Jul 2015
Magical Narrative Thinkingoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2015
You can skip this and just go read Leaving Fundamentalismoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2015
Yes, You Are Allowed to Say Whatever You Want – You’re Asking For Something Elseoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2015
What’s Stopping You? Nothing, and That’s the Point.original ↗
11 Jun 2015
10 Things All Academics Do – That They’ll Never Admit Tooriginal ↗
7 Jun 2015
The Wage Gap “Myth” – A Stock Responseoriginal ↗
28 May 2015
Defending the Indefensibleoriginal ↗
26 May 2015
Academic Incentives – Rewarding The Right Thingoriginal ↗
21 May 2015
How Higher Education Works – A Play in Miniatureoriginal ↗
13 May 2015
I’m Pissed – Academic Integrity and the Essay Databaseoriginal ↗
27 Apr 2015
10 Things To Remember Before Seeing ‘Age of Ultron’original ↗
24 Apr 2015
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