Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Sunday is for bird crimes
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! Shoe, 1/11/26 Did, uh, did you know that “naked running” means running without music? I myself did not,…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Immigrant Trust Tour: West Orange Yet Again by The Immigrant Trust Tour: The Finale | Policy of Truth
[…] I last wrote on the subject, New Jersey’s Immigrant Trust Act (ITA) has been divided into three separate […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) The Immigrant Trust Tour: The Finale
Since I last wrote on the subject, New Jersey’s Immigrant Trust Act (ITA) has been divided into three separate bills, has gotten through a series of committee hearings, and is up for vote in the state legislature on Monday. It’s been sixteen solid months of efforts by a cohort of smart, tough, and dedicated activists.…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Mostly snowy one-panels
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! Six Chix, 1/10/26 You ever wonder why bad things happen to you? It’s probably because someone with interests…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Hoplite Wars: Part IVa, The Status of Hoplites
This is the last part of our four-part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, Intermission, IVa, IVb) on the debates surrounding ancient Greek hoplites and the phalanx formation in which they fought. We’ve spent the last two entries in this series looking at warfare quite narrowly through the lens of tactics: hoplite spacing, depth, fighting style,…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) A marriage plot
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! Gil Thorp, 1/9/26 Oh, you thought Gil got engaged because he was “in love” or “haunted by the…
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(QC RSS) The Boys Are Back In Town
thank you, past jeph, for setting up this callback
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(xkcd.com) Planetary Alignment
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The GiveWell Blog) Podcast Episode 21: Testing Our Assumptions through Local Insights
GiveWell has built its reputation on rigorous research—analyzing randomized controlled trials, building cost-effectiveness models, and reviewing monitoring data to identify cost‑effective ways to save and improve lives. In an effort to supplement this desk research and make better decisions, we’ve been working to gather more information directly from the people who live and work in…
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