Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(QC RSS) Time To Die
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) The guy she’s killing is definitely not an immediate threat, right? Like this one’s just for fun
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! Herb and Jamaal, 2/25/26 I assumed those plewds were supposed to be sweat, but then Herb mentions “crying”…
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(Policy of Truth) The Carlson-Huckabee Interview (1)
There are many things to be said about Tucker Carlson’s remarkable interview with Mike Huckabee, too many to say all at once. So I’m going to take my time to say them, and say them in bite-sized portions. There’s a distinction often made in ancient Greek philosophy that’s useful here, between virtue and skill. A…
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(xkcd.com) Little Red Dots
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Warfare in Dune, Part I: Fighting Faufreluches
This week, time for something a bit silly: we’re going to think about the plausibility of the warfare in Frank Herbert’s Dune! In particular, I want to approach the question in two parts (I, II) : first asking if the model of warfare among the Great Houses we’re introduced to in the first book of…
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(Cat and Girl) The Big Joke
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) The North of England was a Yorkist stronghold, not sure if that’s relevant
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! Andy Capp, 2/24/26 Honestly, there’s just a lot to enjoy here in today’s Andy Capp. I like that…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Those Who Forget the Past by Iran and the Perpetuity of Empire | Policy of Truth
[…] mind that this exuberance required wars in which countless thousands of people (including, notably, the Jews) were crucified, besieged, or starved to death, or in which whole cities were laid to waste and […] LikeLike
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on When Self-Defense Is “Terror” by Iran and the Perpetuity of Empire | Policy of Truth
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(Policy of Truth) Iran and the Perpetuity of Empire
The Intercept reports that Trump is menacing Iran with a massive armada capable of prolonged war. The Times of Israel is talking about a “countdown” to war. The Washington Post reports that satellite imagery shows a rapid increase of US military planes near Iran. Responsible Statecraft’s lead story concerns the inadequacy of airpower to achieve…
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