Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Spiral into madness
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! Family Circus, 7/22/25 I frankly am not a fan of the smug looks on Jeffy and Big Daddy…
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(Pixie Trix Comix) Pixie Trix Comix – Put-up-or-shut-up time
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:…
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(The Comics Curmudgeon) Monday outrages
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! Mother Goose and Grimm, 7/21/25 You all know that “fire hydrants are like toilets, to a dog” is…
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(Our World in Data) The Demographic and Health Surveys brought crucial data for more than 90 countries — without them, we risk darkness
Cuts to US aid could end the Demographic and Health Surveys. This would leave a massive gap in our understanding of global health, mortality, and development.
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(xkcd.com) iNaturalist Animals and Plants
This is a syndicated post, originally published by xkcd.com at xkcd.com.
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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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