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Two articles of mine. Sorta random choices.

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Fintan O’Toole’s review of Padraig Scanlan’s “Rot”revisits the history of the Irish Famine. The real truth of it is that dehumanizing the poor, while relying on a vicious unhinged capitalism masquerading as tough love to absolve those responsible, was our blueprint. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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If this had to happen I’m glad it happened before Kennedy wrecks our health care system.

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Sad day. What a legend.

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I know the Athenians declared outside Melos that they weren’t going to engage in lengthy pretenses to hide the true intentions of their actions but I feel like even they would have found this too crude and off putting.

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Forgot to yell about this when I first saw it but I'm yelling about it now... BUNHEADS IS BACK ON HULU LET US REJOICE

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iai.tv/articles/the... Many thanks to the Institute of Art and Ideas (IAI) for the opportunity to contribute this piece! Jonathan and I share our thoughts about the compounding harms that result from a near-exclusive focus on consent in our ethical vocabulary Pls share! :)

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"Baseball is dull only to dull minds." Red Barber, born on this day in 1908

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Mike White, man.

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“None of the six Jesuits on the Marquette board of trustees responded to RNS’ inquiries about the union decision, nor did the Rev. John Thiede, vice president for mission and ministry.” Shameful cowards. religionnews.com/2025/02/11/c...

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An important part of my political education (from October 2002)

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I dunno. Why risk the legacy of the show?

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Today seems like a weird time to be teaching Hobbes.

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Amazing. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtr...

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It's pretty difficult to explain what this 18 year old experienced while listening to "Broken English" in 1979. RIP Marianne Faithful.

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"Teaching of philosophy ... tends to implant in philosophers an intimidatingly nit-picking superego, a blend of their most impressive teachers and their most competitive colleagues, which guides their writing by means of constant anticipations of guilt and shame." Bernard Williams

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J. Geils Band Atlanta Rhythm Section Mott the Hoople Everly Brothers Small Faces

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If you see this, post a fictional artist/band that you would love to see live.

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An interesting thread.

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Jonathan Demme, Alex Cox, and Thomas Pynchon! thefilmstage.com/paul-thomas-...

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John Courtney Murray is rolling over in his grave.

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Good for the ACHA.

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In case anyone wonders why I don’t subscribe to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

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Please watch!

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Another philosophy department.

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This is craven on the part of CBS 58 in Milwaukee. I gave them a call.

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Today we celebrate the Buffy Season 2 episode ‘Innocence’ airing back in 1998. Nothing else notable has really happened on this day.

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The Real Cognitive Neuroscience Behind Severance - WIRED “In each case, he was unaware of his own memory until he wrote it down and had it read back to him. Neil’s case is a staggering example. It suggests that it is possible to have rich memories that are inaccessible to our consciousness.”

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After tomorrow there’s no excuse for any cis person to tsk tsk & pretend this is someone else’s fight. He’s starting his presidency by outlawing the humanity of some, which is outlawing the humanity of all.

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People of Bluesky! Let’s get to know each other better. What’s your all-time favorite TV show? Quote your answer in gif form.

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It may be six degrees outside, but inherited cat and Molly are keeping me warm—or vice versa.

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AI supporters in higher ed: "Of course we shouldn't let the students simply use it to cheat -- we need to teach them how to use it ethically, *as a tool*. No, I will not provide any details on what that looks like, and I am not taking questions at this time."

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Anything by William H. Gass being considered a commercially viable Pocket Books title is further evidence, if more was needed, that the past was a very, very different place. (Picture stolen from Twitter)

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At least we have this photo of David Lynch and Billy Wilder.

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First Things is another one of those things that makes me more and more convinced that the gates of hell have, in fact, prevailed against the church

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"You live in a deranged age, more deranged that usual, because in spite of great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing." Walker Percy

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The next four years are gonna be rough.

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When does Angel get to slay the dragon?

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I stood in the middle of a dreary street shouldering my bag, and comparing the gloom towards the north with the darkness towards the south

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“Back in 1867, Democratic President Harry Truman tried to buy Greenland”

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That's what happens when you've been forced to watch Babette's Feast too often.

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Good take! I also read the epilogue as surprisingly sacramental. Fraction of the Bread: All: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

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I was a kid and even I knew Puff the Magic Dragon was a pot song.

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