Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Hoplite Wars: Part IVa, The Status of Hoplites
This is the last part of our four-part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, Intermission) on the debates surrounding ancient Greek hoplites and the phalanx formation in which they fought. We’ve spent the last two entries in this series looking at warfare quite narrowly through the lens of tactics: hoplite spacing, depth, fighting style, and so…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) A marriage plot
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Gil Thorp, 1/9/26 Oh, you thought Gil got engaged because he was “in love” or “haunted by the…
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(QC RSS) The Boys Are Back In Town
thank you, past jeph, for setting up this callback
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(xkcd.com) Planetary Alignment
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The GiveWell Blog) Podcast Episode 21: Testing Our Assumptions through Local Insights
GiveWell has built its reputation on rigorous research—analyzing randomized controlled trials, building cost-effectiveness models, and reviewing monitoring data to identify cost‑effective ways to save and improve lives. In an effort to supplement this desk research and make better decisions, we’ve been working to gather more information directly from the people who live and work in…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Thursday one-panels
Comics Curmudgeon readers! Do you love this blog and yearn for a novel written by its creator? Well, good news: Josh Fruhlinger’s The Enthusiast is that novel! It’s even about newspaper comic strips, partly. Check it out! Wizard of Id, 1/8/26 The syndicated newspaper comics are, among other things, your #1 source for gender stereotypes…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Not like the other girls
New comic!Today’s News: Pixie Trix Comix is part of the Spice Rack, a collective of NSFW comic creators.We made a big PDF sampler so you can find new favorite artists. Download it here! It’s free!You can now read Exorsisters on Pixie Tri…
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(Policy of Truth) The Lessons of Renee Good
Having spent time under the Israeli occupation, where killings of the sort we saw in Minneapolis are a commonplace, I have just a few simple observations to offer about the killing of Renee Good. The first observation is that we should, in the light of what happened, reflect on the following fact. All human beings…
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(Cat and Girl) … Win Humbug Prizes
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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