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people who insist Biden will pardon Hunter after specifically ruling it out are telling on themselves
they can't imagine someone acting on principle and keeping his word
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On December 1, 2024, President Joe Biden announced that he had in fact pardoned his son Hunter: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
I've become the sort of person who only looks at twitter on days when I need lots of random people around who are feeling anxious about the same thing that I am
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Nate Silver is gonna be so embarrassed if it turns out that one of the candidates had a 90% chance of winning
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new ep! @peez and @tamler choose an episode topic that will define the identity and meaning of VBW going forward – our top 3 existentialist movies. Plus there has been shockingly little research on the metaphysics of puns... verybadwizards.com/episode/e…
Laughably bad, literally the opposite of his view on free will. Do better, @nytimes
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new ep is up! @peez and @tamler on the biggest rivalry in Tamler's profession - analytic vs. continental philosophy. Plus we thought an article on the University of Austin forbidden courses summer camp would be opening segment gold but... verybadwizards.com/episode/e…
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Unlocking my essay “How to be a Leftist Without Being a Utilitarian or a Free Will Skeptic” after about a year behind the paywall:
Listen @SamSeder is cool and this was a good episode and I’m glad it has so many likes and all, but maybe you should also go check another recent MNE episode with a really cool guest (me!)
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Last night,
@SamSeder RETURNED to @MovieNightExtra
We talked about Albert Brooks Real Life and the ways in which Albert Brooks inspired Sam to do comedy @cosmepolitics @rightaboutnow2 @conanneutron
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I’m annoyed that this episode already has more likes than the episode I was on, but oh well, go watch it anyway
In 10 minutes!!!
We are going LIVE with @SamSeder to talk about Albert Brooks Real Life!! @cosmepolitics @rightaboutnow2 @conanneutron
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Happy World Philosophy Day!
ALT Marcus Aurelius 121 A.D. - 180 A.D. |2.11 When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous and surly. They are like this because they cannot tell good from evil.
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Science Fiction and Philosophy | @five_books
Serious philosophy need not take the form of a journal article or monograph, argues philosopher @eschwitz, as he selects five sci fi books that succeed both as novels and provocative thought experiments fivebooks.com/best-books/sci…
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On the last @MovieNightExtra, we talked to our good friend Philosophy Professor Ryan Lake @chaospet about Monty Python's Life of Brian @conanneutron @rightaboutnow2 #FilmTwitter #LifeofBrian #MontyPython
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