Sonata No 2: A Phenomenology of Human Identity A discussion of what makes us human in the era of reductionism, overdeterminism and disinformation.
Phenomena and Physicality Identity is not the phenomenal self, not the physical self, but the gap between them. It exists precisely in the negotiation; the friction of being simultaneously a perspective on one's life and a creature bound by the necessities of embodiment.
What is Truth? What is Evidence? The universe is logical in structure. Human beings are rational by phenomenological necessity. Truth is the correspondence between our claims and the facts. But 'correspondence' must be understood differently for different kinds of fact.
Satires 4: Welcome to the Enshittocene Cory Doctorow coined "enshittification" to describe what happens to online platforms. But once you see the pattern, you see it everywhere.
On Labour Transphobia I want to suggest that the differential treatment is not primarily about the personal moral failings of party leaders, though it is sometimes characterised that way. It is about structural and cultural factors that make one form of prejudice legible in mainstream politics and the other not
The Bullies in Your Life It is notable that the academic literature on bullying rarely uses the language of evil. The word appears in the research journals, if at all, only as a deprecated concept, a relic of pre-scientific moralising that has no place in a psychological account.
The Question of Cisgender Women and Trans Women A world in which women are taught to fear men is a world in which some women will fear those they mistake for men. A world in which biology is weaponised against those who do not conform is a world in which the biology of trans women will be used against them.
The Line That Touched Bottom This is the starting point for any honest reckoning with the question of intelligent life elsewhere in our galaxy. The question is not merely biological or cosmological. It is, at its heart, a question about scale. About what our models of the universe tell us and what they conceal
The Great Divider The whole 'technical versus university' learning schtick is not new. It has been around for a very long time. I should know: I've taught in both sectors and not too long ago was significantly involved in the 'T-Levels' initiative.
White Supremacism in the UK Beyond individual acts of violence and harassment, white supremacism distorts institutional life. It shapes who gets housed, who gets employed, who gets educated, and who gets treated in a system that is supposed to treat all equally.
The Spock Conundrum Mr. Spock's famous dictum (that "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one") is perhaps the most frequently cited piece of applied philosophy in popular culture.
The Thatcher-Burnham Debate In some parallel Universe to our own, Margaret Thatcher and Andy Burnham meet to debate. The Multiverse holds its breath... (NB: This is fictional. And somewhat funny).
A Transgender Manifesto Just about everyone will argue with one or more points in this document. Don't worry: they are just MY ideas.
Why People are Transgender When transgender people are accepted, supported, and allowed to live as themselves, the evidence shows that they thrive.
The BIG Problem: Version 2 What Are We Fighting? The Anti-Trans Moral Panic in Historical Context From Witch Trials to Sex Wars — Panic, Danger, and the Women at the Margins Bea Groves-McDaniel | July 2026 What Are We Fighting? There is a moment — and if you are a trans person of any vintage, you will know
The Origins of Hate Social media did not accidentally create a landscape of hate. It was designed to exploit pre-existing human capacities for tribalism, suspicion, and cruelty, and it did so in the service of an economic model that required maximum engagement regardless of the quality of engagement.
