A/Prof of Philosophy at Deakin Uni (all views mine). Writer, does radio stuff, half of The Fake McCoys. Works on digital death, personal identity, Kierkegaard, moral phil. Has more hobbies than advisable. Melbourne + Werona https://linktr.ee/patstokeshttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlmlzjnnjk2x"[Younger voters'] relationship to Albanese is loveless: the great-uncle you see once a year at Christmas who cannot quite recall the name of your spouse or what you do for a living." - @frankbongiorno.bsky.social https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/11/budget-2026-australia-labor-albanese-chalmers-howard-era-over12 May 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmlzjnnjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlhaxezpvk2sPlease God let this be a bit, this has to be a bit right09 May 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhaxezpvk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlevpjprvs2nNote the confidence about how he’ll be spending the “coming days.” British people complain they’ve had too many PMs in recent years, but if this was Australia the factions would be doing the numbers all weekend and Starmer would be rolled by Tuesday lunchtime. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlevpjprvs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlcrouaeuk2kStar Wars did 9/11. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcrouaeuk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlciavvvac2aEven allowing that the US has a fairly limited choice of EVs (due to keeping Geely and BYD out of the market), in what possible world is the Cybertruck a safer or more practical family car than, say, the Model Y? [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlciavvvac2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlcfpuuiuk2aThis is horrific. There was a time when UH Philosophy was punching *preposterously* above its weight; ditto in other HASS areas. Leading the post-92 unis. Then came years of management hostility, and now this act of cultural vandalism. Solidarity with all my old colleagues at UH, and students. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcfpuuiuk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlb6taj4k22dI genuinely think so much of this comes down to the destruction of a certain whiggish security that life only gets better (Covid, not 9/11, finally ended the 90s), plus “we were inconvenienced but nobody has compensated us yet.” Entire populations have been waiting six years to speak to the manager. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlb6taj4k22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlauu6a3gs2lThis is the most Bluesky thing that has ever happened07 May 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlauu6a3gs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3mlaigy4h6s2sSpeaking as a recipient of both the Nabel Prize and the Feelds Medalion, this sort of fraud is outrageous https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/french-professor-florent-montaclair-accused-award-prize07 May 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaigy4h6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3ml7zfln6mk26Today is Overcoat Day, the first day of the year when it is under 15 degrees and so acceptable to wear an overcoat. Wishing good tidings to all who celebrate (me).07 May 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7zfln6mk26https://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3ml7xomckxc2sIt’s interesting watching how Jacinta Allan drops the odd swear word - judiciously and deliberately - into her comms. It’s fine, and matches the norms of contemporary politics, but it also sort of feels like a doomed attempt to recapture the “they are shitty choices” moment.07 May 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7xomckxc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/patrickstokes.com/post/3ml5eyrnuhs24If you're currently looking for a) a kitten, b) a challenge, and c) the opportunity to boast that your cat was captured personally by the second-most-cited Kierkegaard scholar in Australia, I have excellent news: www.maaw.org.au/pet/ember www.maaw.org.au/pet/diego [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:pvleeyzug2vcspmlweu7anz2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5eyrnuhs24