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(Policy of Truth) Loyalty and Academic Freedom
The case of Jonathan A. C. Brown A friend is circulating an Open Letter to Interim President Robert Groves of Georgetown University in defense of Professor Jonathan A.C. Brown, the Alwaleed bin Talal chair of Islamic Civilisation in the School of Foreign Service. Apparently, during the recent US-Israel-Iran war, Brown made this comment on X:…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Old age, youth, the past, the present, etc.
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! Heathcliff, 7/20/25 I’m a little obsessed with the tiny fish saying “Welcome to the club!” to Jaws. (Side…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Jon minus reasons to live
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! Garfield, 7/19/25 True comics internet oldheads remember Garfield Minus Garfield, a webcomic that, as the title implied, took…
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(The GiveWell Blog) Podcast Episode 8: Malaria Funding at a Crossroads
Malaria is the cause area where GiveWell has directed the most funding over our 18-year history. We’ve recommended over $1 billion to malaria programs, which we estimate will avert over 200,000 deaths, mostly in young children, through support for programs like Against Malaria Foundation’s insecticide-treated nets and Malaria Consortium’s seasonal malaria chemoprevention. Despite significant progress…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Using “game” as a verb is a huge red flag, in my opinion
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! Intelligent Life, 7/18/25 Look, buddy, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, also liked to engage in marathon gaming…
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(xkcd.com) Replication Crisis
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The GiveWell Blog) Apples, Oranges, and Outcomes
Imagine you are planning to make a charitable donation and want your gift to make a real difference. You’ve done your research and found three very effective programs: one provides cash transfers to increase the incomes of very poor households; one provides treatment to correct clubfoot, a congenital condition that causes pain and mobility loss;…
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