Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) I guess you really have to … hand it to them [everyone starts yelling at me]
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., 9/12/25 Say what you will about Rex Morgan, M.D., but it is straight-up killing it…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Mistah Kirk, He Dead by Roderick T. Long
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. In Livy’s early books, I love how in every generation there’s always an Attius Clausus a.k.a. Appius Claudius, and he’s always a villain, as though he kept getting reincarnated. I often suspect that Livy is…
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(QC RSS) Good Talk, Everybody
This is a syndicated post, originally published by QC RSS at QC RSS.
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(xkcd.com) Mantle Model
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Mistah Kirk, He Dead by Irfan Khawaja
I was really tempted to skip the first volume, honestly. But then I remembered my Marcus Aurelius, and figured I should do my duty, so yeah, it’s like 500 pages and another $20 before the Caudine Fork. LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Mistah Kirk, He Dead by Roderick T. Long
I was going to suggest that if you had lunch, you could eat it with a Caudine Fork. But I guess that’s not till the next volume. LikeLike
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( Comments for Austro-Athenian Empire ) Comment on Farewell to Peter Christian’s Tavern by Greg
In reply to Roderick. FYI, New London location is still open as of September 2025!! https://www.peterchristiansnh.com/
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(The GiveWell Blog) Podcast Episode 11: A Frontline View of Foreign Aid Cuts with CHAI’s CEO
Foreign aid funding cuts are reshaping the global health landscape, creating urgent funding gaps and forcing difficult prioritization decisions across health systems worldwide. To understand the real-world effects, it’s essential to hear from the organizations working on the front lines with government partners to navigate the funding crisis. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) is…
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