Margaret Atwood

In other news, I successfully passed my viva last week. I’m Dr. Torres now.

Publication day tomorrow for THE GRAMMAR OF ANGELS, my account of the philosopher-poet Pico della Mirandola and his attempt to speak to the foundations of being. 🧵 1/

And, of course, the Church shows a more sensible, discerning and overall grounded approach to the issue of AI than your average tech bro (or worse, your AI-enthusiast philosopher).

9/2 - slicing up my favorite interval into equal parts until we reach psychoacoustic fusion

Some people are so straight it’s not even funny anymore

Depressed? Me? What do you mean “depressed”? I just finished my PhD, how could I be depre… wait

Being gay is to live in a state of cognitive dissonance because men are fucking gross yet gay sex is so so so fucking hot.

been thinking about this photo of pre-papacy francis for days. unreal aura. imagine thinking this guy sucks lol

You don’t strike a deal with the devil and then act all surprised when you realise you have no soul anymore.

Daniel Craig during the Cannes Film Festival (1996)

I heard your voice last night in a dream. Clear and potent, youthful, as it’s always been. And I knew it was you. I knew it in my bones. But was it? Was it you? Or was it just my certainty it was yours? Even right now I can’t recall the sound of it. Yet I was certain it was you.

“Aga miks sa niimoodi teed? Sulle meeldib olla vaimselt haige?” RIKO

If you actually cared about European culture, you’d find some real classical music that sounds good

The Universal Man, Liber Divinorum Operum of St. Hildegard of Bingen, c.1165

"Beware of Crimson Peak..." 🕯️

First of a series of "rules" giving advice on academic writing about history of philosophy, which I'll be posting on my blog over the coming days. Hope people will find this useful and interesting! Feedback more than welcome! historyofphilosophy.net/rules-writing-1

Kristen Stewart's performance in Crimes of the Future is one of the horniest I've ever seen on film. Rivaled by few. Joaquin Phoenix in Quills (2000) is my contender.

On this day, 46 years ago, Dario Argento's "Inferno" (1980) was released in Italy. After completing filming, Dario Argento screened "Inferno" (1980) to [then] President of 20th Century Fox, Sherry Lansing. While watching the film with him, she grabbed Argento's arm and hung on