Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) Activist Interviews Page
I just created a new Activist Interviews page to house the Activist Interviews series I began this past January. I’ve so far only posted one interview, the one I did with Emanuelle Sippy of Princeton University’s Alliance of Jewish Progressives. Forthcoming interviewees include Sireen Sawalha, Sadaf Jaffer, Aditi Rao, Ana Paola Pazmiño, various participants in Princeton’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, and…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Hayek and Hormuz by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I guess this is one of those classic disputes about whether something intended as a feature ends up being a bug, however it was intended. Microsoft Co-Pilot (the AI program) can’t be deleted from the most current ver…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on JROTC Out of West Orange by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. It’s very typical of the US military to exploit civilian activities, use them to launder its own activities, and then turn around and attack the enemies of the United States for “hiding behind civilians.”…
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(Policy of Truth) May Day March
Sponsored by Resistencia en Acción, Princeton, New Jersey
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) At least nobody is talking about pooping, OK? Just give me this
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! Marvin, 4/18/26 OK, I kind of … well, like is a strong word, but I appreciate what Marvin…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Fireside Friday, April 17, 2026
Hey folks! Fireside this week; next week we’ll be back to seperating out the components of Carthaginian armies, looking at the real backbone of those armies, which are Carthage’s North African subjects. But for this week’s musing, I wanted to talk a bit about how different historians approach our craft when the evidence is both…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) The rich are different (very dumb but also insulated from consequences)
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, 4/17/26 Oh, I’m sorry, did you think there were stakes to this storyline? Did you think…
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(QC RSS) Watching The Watchman
This is a syndicated post, originally published by QC RSS at QC RSS.
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(xkcd.com) Europa Missions
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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