Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) Pete Hegseth is (Half) Right
Everywhere one looks, commentators are aghast at Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s choice for Secretary of Defense. But as usual when it comes to defense matters, everyone is wasting their energies on the wrong questions. Hegseth has become notorious for his view that women should not play combat roles in the US military. This pointless red…
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(xkcd.com) Cold Air
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(Policy of Truth) No Tears for Zvi Kogan
If you look at virtually any mainstream media outlet this morning (The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Forward, Fox News, The Times of Israel, The Jerusalem Post, etc.), you’re likely to encounter a story about the “murder” of one Rabbi Zvi Kogan, in Dubai. Apparently, Kogan was abducted on Thursday and killed…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Do the bird-people’s tree(?)-houses have roofs?
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! Shoe, 11/24/24 If told you to imagine a local TV news report about a city clerk being appointed,…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Good thing it’s not Princeton, because I’d have some harsh words
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! Mary Worth, 11/23/24 Big news everyone. Huge news. Incredible news. Mary is coming down with COVID or the…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Fireside Friday, November 22, 2024 (Roman Naming Conventions)
Hey, folks. Another Fireside this week! I had hoped to have the science fiction body armor post ready to go this week, but in addition to the continued work on the book project, I was asked to write a review of the now-out-in-the-USA Gladiator II and that consumed a fair bit of my time, pushing…
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(Cat and Girl) The Night Sky
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Unpleasant Friday
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! Gasoline Alley, 11/22/24 Oh, sorry kids, looks like you’re going to slowly suffocate to death as your spaceship…
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