Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(xkcd.com) Planetary Science
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The GiveWell Blog) Expanding Our Search for Cost-Effective Ways to Reduce Poverty
In September 2025, we created a livelihoods research subteam to specifically focus on programs that increase the economic well-being of people in extreme poverty. While we have evaluated and funded livelihoods programs throughout GiveWell’s history, we now have a dedicated program officer overseeing this portfolio, which has allowed us to build on and deepen that…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Hollywood elegance? In my roots country hotspot?
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! Hi and Lois, 6/4/26 Honestly there’s a really sad story written on Ditto’s dumbfounded face in panel two.…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – You got me
New comic!Today’s News: You can now read Exorsisters on Pixie Trix Comix! Check the nav bar!Subscribe to the Spice Rack newsletter here!Want printed books or swag? Check out our store!https://tinyurl.com/yc56p4hwWe also have books available in bookstor…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on “Another Night of Violent Protests” by Roderick T. Long
Even when they say the authorities did it, they use polite circumlocutions. My favourite is “an officer-involved shooting.” LikeLiked by 1 person
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(Policy of Truth) “Another Night of Violent Protests”
Scenes from Delaney Hall (2)The next time you see a headline talking about “another night of violent protests,” consider what it does: it primes you to think, in the absence of any evidence or argument, that the protesters were responsible for whatever violence took place, even if law enforcement happened to be responsible for all…
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(Policy of Truth) Nowhere to Hide
Scenes from Delaney Hall (1)It’s been widely reported that the curfew at Delaney Hall was issued on Sunday night, and was to run nightly from 9 pm to 6 am. This photo was taken at 7:10 pm on Monday, June 1st. The State Police have stopped us at the corner of Wilson and Doremus Avenues,…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) He’d better have some opinions on who offers the country’s best yogurt to prove he’s not a phony
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, 6/3/26 Bad news, everyone: Tommy has managed to “seal the deal,” as they say in the…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Would Mikie Sherrill Lie to You? by Would Mikie Sherrill Cover Up Someone’s Wrongdoing? | Policy of Truth
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Karma Comes for Mikie Sherrill by Would Mikie Sherrill Cover Up Someone’s Wrongdoing? | Policy of Truth
[…] discussed Sherrill’s cheating scandal in a post I wrote here last September, “Karma Comes for Mikie Sherrill.” The first half of the post discusses an unrelated aspect of the scandal, but the second half […] LikeLike
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