Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) Republicans for BLM and Other Things You Don’t Remember About the Summer of 2020
Did you think Kyle Rittenhouse’s endorsement of Black Lives Matter was odd? Think of all the unusual stuff you’ve forgotten.
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(Policy of Truth) A Puzzle in Aristotle: Why Must There Be an Unmoved Mover?
A well-known doctrine of Aristotle’s is that of the unmoved mover, the first cause of the eternal motion of the universe. Aristotle’s key argument for the necessity of an unmoved mover is presented in Physics, Book VIII, chapters 4–5, where he argues, first, that everything that is in motion must be moved by something (ch.…
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(Our World in Data) How do death rates from COVID-19 differ between people who are vaccinated and those who are not?
To understand how the pandemic is evolving, it’s crucial to know how death rates from COVID-19 are affected by vaccination status.
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(Cat and Girl) Late-Stage Dave & Busters
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(Our World in Data) We’ve just published our new data explorer on Natural Disasters
Explore death rates, numbers of people affected, and economic damages from natural disasters across the world.
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Lil minx
New comic!Today’s News: Want printed books or swag? Check out our store! https://bit.ly/3gVSyC5We also have books available in bookstores and comic shops: https://amzn.to/3gRgxUlGet stuff from our last Kickstarter using Indiegogo In Demand:&n…
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(QC RSS) Ceramics
“pottery” “class”
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on The Invisible Casualties of the “Opioid Epidemic” by Dina
I am so sorry for your loss, Irfan. Peace be with Alison. LikeLike
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(The GiveWell Blog) Our recommendations for giving in 2021
You can have a remarkable impact by supporting cost-effective, evidence-based charities. Just looking at the approximately $100 million GiveWell had discretion to grant in 2020—a subset of all the money we directed to the charities we recommend—the impact of our donors is impressive. We estimate these grants will: Save more than 24,000 lives Treat over…
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(The GiveWell Blog) We aim to cost-effectively direct around $1 billion annually by 2025
A little over a decade ago in 2010, GiveWell directed around $1.5 million to the charities we recommended. In 2021, we expect we’ll raise at least $500 million, and may raise as much as $560 million or more. We never anticipated that we’d grow this large this quickly. We’ve seen rapid growth from donors of…
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