Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Try not to break the sink
New comic!Today’s News: You can now read Exorsisters on Pixie Trix Comix. It’ll update Monday to Friday! :)Want printed books or swag? Check out our store!https://tinyurl.com/yc56p4hwWe also have books available in bookstores and comic shops:https://ti…
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(Policy of Truth) Capitalism Is Working
My Uber driver this morning was a 78-year-old Baptist preacher. We spent the ride comparing near-death car wreck experiences, led there by a conversation about Smokey Robinson. My story involved a flood, his a fire. Mine took place after a day of revenue cycle management, his after a bout of drinking. My wreck put me…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Somewhere in time
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, 7/14/25 The question of “When does Andy Capp take place” is increasingly fascinating to me —…
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(Our World in Data) How does the World Bank classify countries by income?
The World Bank classifies countries into four income groups based on average income per person. This article explains how these groups are defined.
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(xkcd.com) Unsolved Physics Problems
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) I guess it could be a “green substance” gun, technically
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! Dick Tracy, 7/13/25 It seems that the Dick Tracy time travel plot is now over … and the…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Yet more teen action
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, 7/12/25 Hey, remember when Keri was in horse therapy, for their eating disorder? Well, big news:…
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Collections: Life, Work, Death and the Peasant, Part I: Households
This is the first post in a series discussing the basic contours of life – birth, marriage, labor, subsistence, death – of pre-modern peasants and their families. Prior to the industrial revolution, peasant farmers of varying types made up the overwhelming majority of people in settled societies (the sort with cities and writing). And when…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Indignant Friday
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! Rhymes With Orange, 7/11/25 No, see, GoFundMe is the website you use for crowdfunding when you have an…
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