Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) Getting in the Way
“…Jesus did get in the way of empire…”–Mary Anne Grady Flores, Ithaca Catholic Workers Movement As I’ve mentioned here a few times (May 26, May 28, July 1), I support the direct-action activist effort to block weapons shipments from the United States to Israel. These shipments conscript our complicity in Israeli aggression, occupation, and war…
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(Cat and Girl) I Solved Our Affordability Problem!
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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(The GiveWell Blog) Finding the Bottlenecks in Family Planning Access
When GiveWell investigates a new cause area, we’re often focused on two priorities: directing funding where we think it can help people most and generating evidence to inform larger investments later. Family planning is a clear example. Recent foreign aid cuts—including reductions from the US, UK, and Dutch governments—deepened an already substantial need and opened…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) I assume that’s Splitscreen’s hype man behind him
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! Dick Tracy, 8/6/26 So it seems that Dick’s latest antagonist, the VPN-happy “Widescreen,” is in fact a nepo…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Very beautiful eyes
New comic!Today’s News: Patreon Paid Members perks:Read Pixie Trix Comix one week ahead!Read Bad Bad Besties, our NEW SERIES!And relive Ma3 in color! Only on Patreon!You can now read Exorsisters on Pixie Trix Comix! Check the nav bar!Subscribe to the S…
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(QC RSS v2) Best Wishes, Anh
she gets it now
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(Policy of Truth) Black Plagiarism Matters
One of the biggest higher ed stories out there right now is the Jason Arday plagiarism case. The New York Times has run two articles on it in the last two days, the Guardian is running with it, the Times of London is pushing it, and then there’s Tech Times, Times Higher Education, The Telegraph…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Wednesday is for sex-havers and non-sex-havers alike
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! Rhymes With Orange, 8/5/26 Stale legacy strips like Hagar the Horrible (start date: 1973) still find tired tropes…
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(QC RSS v2) Anh Doesn’t Get It
she doesn’t get it
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “Persecution and the Art of Acting” by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I’m assigning your piece in two different courses: Philosophy of Religion and Race and Gender. (The latter as a point of comparison with fictionalist accounts of race and gender.) Which is what brought me back to t…
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