Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(Jesse Walker, Author at Reason.com) A Beatnik Tourist in Ayahuasca Country
William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg’s trip reports form one of the most entertaining books in the Beat canon.
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on A Challenge to the Union County Board by Second Statement to the Union County Board | Policy of Truth
[…] last time I was here, I said that the Board had handed the jail off to ICE. That may have sounded misleading […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) Second Statement to the Union County Board
Second Statement to the Union County Board of Commissioners Administration Building Elizabethtown Plaza Elizabeth, New Jersey July 24, 2025 The last time I was here, I said that the Board had handed the jail off to ICE. That may have sounded misleading or uninformed. Resolutions 290 and 291 aren’t an unrestricted auction to the highest…
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( Comments for Policy of Truth ) Comment on Apocalypse Now by The Final Solution Is Here | Policy of Truth
[…] But in some ways, the last of those imperatives has now come to overtake the first two. I said right from the beginning that this war would be a Final Solution. We’ve watched it unfold before our eyes. And now the […] LikeLike
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(Policy of Truth) The Final Solution Is Here
I am, as I write this, sitting in a quiet air-conditioned room in a comfortable, modern library. The window to my right looks out on bright, sunlit plaza. The plaza hosts a series of high end restaurants, each of which is set up for outdoor dining, with awnings to ward off the sun and heaters…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) I believe in everyone. I believe in you
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! Wizard of Id, 7/23/25 I guess in the extremely sketchy world of Wizard of Id characterization, Sir Rodney’s…
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(xkcd.com) Flettner Rotor
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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(A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry) Gap Week, July 25, 2025
Hey folks! I am on vacation this week, so you’ll have to wait till next week to get the next installment of “Life, Work, Death and the Peasant.” However, if you are looking for some ACOUP content to fill your Friday, I have a few suggestions! First, if you want some of my writing in…
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(Cat and Girl) RomCom
This is a syndicated post, originally published by Dorothy at Cat and Girl.
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