Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Stirring the POT (4) by Roderick T. Long
a) I think you mean “terra nullius,” not “terra nullus.” b) Re friends “in the academic sense of the word that’s compatible with not having spoken to someone in twenty years.” I have friends (not necessarily academi…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Engels on Social Murder by Stirring the POT (4) | Policy of Truth
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(Policy of Truth) Stirring the POT (4)
Peace and Justice in SwarthmoreI’m at the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) conference at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Having a great time. Wish you were here. Swarthmore is practically a caricature of an old school liberal arts college, half institution of higher education, half feudal estate. It’s hard not to love, but then, I…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) 10/12, uh, blaze it? Do I have that right?
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! Panel from Slylock Fox, 10/12/25 Look, by anthropomorphic animal logic, it’s fine to have an anthropomorphic animal wearing…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Absolutely not necessary to use Muffy’s name in dialogue BTW. Adds nothing
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, 10/11/25 OK, the fact that this person she dated is named “Lance” pushes this over the edge…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) They teach you the tip o’ the helmet in firefighter school
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, 10/10/25 Mary’s looking pretty frazzled in panel two, and who can blame her, what with her…
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(xkcd.com) Hot Water Balloon
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Elder Thursday
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! Crankshaft, 10/9/25 Look, characters in comic strips are, ultimately, not real people, and while you can chuckle at…
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