Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Washington Post) No ‘Oppenheimer’ fanfare for those caught in first atomic bomb’s fallout
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/29/oppenheimer-bomb-downwinders-new-mexico/?utm_campaign=wp_must_reads&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_mustreads
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(Washington Post) She paid a fortune for her town’s paper. Years of turmoil followed.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/08/03/wendy-mccaw-santa-barbara-news-press/?utm_campaign=wp_must_reads&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_mustreads
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(Washington Post) Memo to liberals: The Cold War is over
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/08/11/liberalism-against-itself-samuel-moyn-review/
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(Washington Post) As Pee-wee Herman, Paul Reubens showed us it was okay to be weird
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/07/31/pee-wee-herman-paul-reubens-remembered-appreciation/?utm_campaign=wp_must_reads&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_mustreads
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(Washington Post) Republicans want to plant a trillion trees. Scientists are skeptical.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/08/02/trillion-trees-republicans-climate/?utm_campaign=wp_must_reads&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_mustreads
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(Washington Post) His Hollywood star was finally rising. Now he cleans apartments.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/07/30/hollywood-actors-strike-survival-jobs/?utm_campaign=wp_must_reads&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_mustreads
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(Jamelle Bouie @ New York Times) Why an Unremarkable Racist Enjoyed the Backing of Billionaires
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Fuller on Aspirations and Duties by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Irfan Khawaja. Is “rocking the world” a duty or an aspiration? Answer: if you’re in the C suite, it’s an aspiration. If you’re lower down in the organization chart, it’s a duty. I don’t think this …
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Fuller on Aspirations and Duties by Irfan Khawaja
In reply to Roderick T. Long. I agree with all of that, though of course, I was only focused on (5b). I’ve never taught this material before. How do your students react to the distinction between an “ethics of duty” and an “ethi…
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(Summer Wind Apartment Homes) Coming Soon: Milo’s in Auburn
An Alabama-based fast food restaurant has announced they are making their way to town! Milo’s in Auburn is set to start serving up their delicious slathered-in-house-made-sauce hamburgers this fall. About Milo’s in Auburn Birmingham’s Milo’s Hamburgers recently announced the opening of their 25th location in Auburn. Mary Duncan Proctor, the marketing director at Milo’s, told…
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