Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) A Vote for Harris is a Vote for Genocide
For the last year, Kamala Harris’s more aggressive defenders have wielded a particular rhetorical weapon against Jill Stein voters like me: A vote for Stein is a vote for Trump. I’m a little late to the party in saying this, but there’s an obvious retort to them worth repeating ad nauseam: A vote for Harris…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Multitasking as Epistemic Injustice by The Soft Domination of Everyday Life | Policy of Truth
[…] probably can. So special cases aside, it’s not clear why this rule exists, if it does exist. Multitasking in the ordinary sense–giving an employee multiple simultaneous high priority tasks to […] LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Philip Pettit’s Republicanism: A Series (5/6) by The Soft Domination of Everyday Life | Policy of Truth
[…] this post an unplanned addendum to my earlier series on domination and at-will […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) The Soft Domination of Everyday Life
Consider this post an unplanned addendum to my earlier series on domination and at-will employment. A friend of mine just got “fired”–you’ll see in a minute why the word is in scare quotes–and we’re disagreeing about what it all means. Naturally, I thought I’d share tidbits of our discussion here. My friend blames himself; I…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Century Boulevard … we love it
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! Blondie, 11/2/24 The Blondie creative team is usually very locked in to whatever big calendar full of real…
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) That Time Al Franken Kept Telling Me Jokes About Mullets
There was music in the cafés at night, and talk of liberal-libertarian cooperation was in the air.
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Referenda ad Senatum: November 1, 2024: Ancient Weapons, Lost Works and Roman Spooky-Stuff!
Welcome back! At last, the hiatus has ended and we are back to regular weekly posts. As we’ve done a few times before, this week I am breaking the hiatus by taking a chance to answer a few shorter questions posed by my patrons over at Patreon who are the Patres et Matres Conscripti of…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Wilbumiliation
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, 11/1/24 Aww, who came to Dr. Ed and Estelle’s last-minute, let’s-make-it-legal-before-we-have-another-dumb-fight wedding? Well, from left, we…
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(QC RSS) Just Straight Girl Things
Hannelore smells like fabric softener
Got any book recommendations?