Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Our World in Data) Four minutes of air conditioning
Billions of people have access to far less electricity per day than is required to run an air conditioner for just one hour.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on ICE Out of West Orange by Jim Crow for the 21st Century | Policy of Truth
[…] too chintzy to put up with affordable housing. They’re likewise towns willing to accept whatever federal immigration law demands of them, but unwilling to accept what state affordable housing law demands of them. Unlike ICE, affordable [̷…
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(Policy of Truth) Jim Crow for the 21st Century
The Politics of Affordable Housing in New Jersey As you read the feel-good love-fest linked to this post (whose warm fuzzies I don’t begrudge anyone, least of all myself), bear in mind that over the last few weeks, eighteen people have died of exposure in New York City, and twenty in New Jersey. Though it’s…
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(Policy of Truth) Light in Dark Times
A Conversation about Homelessness Hi Kayleigh, For years now, I’ve been writing you these complaining emails about NJ Transit’s closing the shelters at both Princeton and Princeton Junction train stations, mostly to lock out the homeless. I happened to be in the Princeton shelter the other day, chatting with a homeless person who was taking…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) To me, these animals are not funny
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! Mother Goose and Grimm, 2/15/26 You’d think I’d be happy to see a strip that eschews “someone wants…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on New Jersey’s Safe Communities Act by ICE Out of West Orange | Policy of Truth
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(Policy of Truth) ICE Out of West Orange
Linked to this post is the text of a letter I sent to the West Orange Town Council on February 12th. Aside from the letter’s face-value message, it illustrates two things: (1) how out of touch the Council is on relevant developments in the state legislature; (2) how ill-conceived is its belief that immigration enforcement…
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(Policy of Truth) New Jersey’s Safe Communities Act
A Letter to West Orange Town Council February 12, 2026 I hadn’t intended to comment again on the Immigrant Trust Act, but I think the Council’s comment on it at the Feb 10 meeting requires emendation. I can’t attend the Feb 24 meeting, so I thought I’d write instead. The person who spoke just before…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Romantical comics
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! Six Chix, 2/14/26 Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone! Are you experiencing romantic love? I hope so, because if you…
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