Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Policy of Truth) Progress, Devolution, Disaster
Notes on Migrant Defense Work in New Jersey When Resistencia en Acción started its campaign for a municipal resolution in favor of the ITA back in June, we were hoping not only to pass a pro-ITA resolution in Princeton, but to re-ignite what had begun as a statewide movement in favor of such resolutions. At…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Against Palestinian Disarmament by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. Disarmingly put. Fixed. LikeLike
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Even passive enjoyment leaves pluggers exhausted
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, 10/5/25 Longtime readers of this blog know that I have a lot of favorite etymological facts.…
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) Lindy-Hopping Nazis and Golems With Guns: The Return of Thomas Pynchon
In Shadow Ticket, characters are forever finding refuge in the folds of the map.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Against Palestinian Disarmament by Roderick T. Long
Ribbentrop, not Ribbentrof. 😛 LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Against Palestinian Disarmament
I’m not one to give anyone specifically military advice, and I have neither the time nor the inclination to comment on the fraud of Trump’s Gaza peace plan. Only one thing really needs to be said, and said at top volume: under no circumstances should any Palestinian militant group disarm for anyone or anything. That…
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(Policy of Truth) Fascism and the War on Health Care
A quick announcement of two talks I’m doing in the near future, both on health care. The first is called “Patient, Defend Thyself: Insurance Denials and the Resort to Force,” at the annual meeting of the Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA), Saturday, Oct. 11 at Swarthmore College. The second is a brief, untitled contribution…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Balloons? These guys know how to party
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! Rex Morgan, M.D., 10/4/25 Oh, man, Rex and June thought they were going to have an early night…
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(Danny O’Brien’s Oblomovka) god shut up about AI, part 32 — open etiquette
You’re absolutely right! I continue to be one of those people using AI, but in a way that I hope isn’t too insufferable; or at least, I try to be sensitive to the suffering it may cause to those around me. I also feel like I am using it in a certain way: an emerging…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Gap Week: October 3, 2025
Hey folks! Apologies for the lack of a post this week – a mix of teaching, writing and family demands had to come first. Still, so that I don’t leave you with nothing to read, here are some things I’ve been reading and watching lately you may find interesting. Over on YouTube, Tod Todeschini of…
Got any book recommendations?