“Recommended Reading List” from that kook catalogue a friend got randomly in the mail as a teen….

Meanwhile, somewhere in New Jersey...

OVERHEARD IN A PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT P1. So... Kant... is some guy who just went around *critiquing* stuff? P2. I guess P1. I'd take that job P2. I think he died a virgin

The non-voluntary facial reactions I get from students when they learn that I graduated from a college (not a university) they'd never heard of, and earned my PhD at a public, city (not even a state) university are kinda priceless...

I'm off tomorrow to West Lafayette for a Friday talk at Purdue University. If you're around, stop by and say hi

Weird progression, decent drive tone

FUN FACT: The Rapture did happen yesterday.

I'm available.... just sayin'

Maybe things would be better if more people appreciated the difference between believing what is true and believing in line with a responsible assessment of one's evidence

I forgot my phone at home today. Recommended.

That feeling when you realize that although in your early 20s you had good reason not to shlep a Les Paul or SG around crummy clubs in NJ and NYC, you really should have had a Tele with a decent humbucker

It appears that I’ve once again managed to survive EWR… better luck next time, Jersey

I hope my friends love me enough to sell merch at my funeral

It's going to be a great day if you love causation / correlation errors

One can learn a lot about human nature by observing people at a hotel free breakfast buffet that's closing in 20 minutes

Sunday morning political chat shows ought to list the stats for each of their regular analysts: how much of what they say has any verifiable content at all, and of that subset of what they say that involves making predictions, how reliable do their predictions tend to be

Talisse siblings, up to no good

Noise is for heroes

Where I was 34 years ago tonight. $17.50

I've just noticed that my neighbor is no longer displaying the flag at half staff. Calling his employer.

One way to blunt charges of fascism would be to address the nation with an outline of the administration's objectives for the coming 18 months, without once lapsing into self-aggrandizing bluster, expressions of grievance, attacks on the opposition, or threats of revenge. Easy

Does one have an obligation also to report on those who do not seem sufficiently disapproving of others' inappropriate responses to news events?

Bauhaus is great largely because of the moments where one wonders whether Daniel Ash knows how to play the guitar

Happy Friday! "In The Flat Field" - Bauhaus. Noisy, as nature intended

I never leave home without it....

Psychologically preparing for my flight into Jersey....

Not to get all Lord Acton on here, but the trouble with condoning unchecked power when it's held by the people you think are good is that holding unchecked power turns good people bad

It appears that lots of people think that bad things are good when they're done by those who they think are good

I recently wrote for Filosofie & Praktijk about the book of @roberttalisse.bsky.social: Civic Solitude. Why Democracy Needs Distance. His perspective resonates strongly with my work on combinational thinking and democracy – and it raises a tension worth reflecting on. 👇 doi.org/10.5117/FEP....

Inching progressively towards "Each person has an obligation to monitor and report on the attitudes and statements of others"

"The Hungry Wolf" - X. Sending good vibes out to Billy Zoom in case he needs them....

Just back from our pals at Nashville Guitar Restoration & Repair. A Seymour Duncan hotrail pickup in the bridge. Many would say it violates the very nature of a Telecaster....

Ugh. X just canceled their tour that was to begin this weekend.... I hope Billy Zoom is OK.

I feel like late 20th-century political philosophy culminated in this remark from G. A. Cohen

What happens to people caught on here celebrating Robert Redford's death?

Gave an old-fashioned in-class quiz today One of the under-appreciated perks of the job is that you occasionally get to watch a room full of young people sit and think

Something I learned as Dept Chair: The first person to come to you with gossip frequently is trying to manage your perceptions in strictly self-regarding ways

I’m pretty sure I’m the only philosophy professor here tonight

What would you say are the chances I'll be the only philosophy professor at tonight's Cannibal Corpse show (btw: I know Scott Aikin won't be there)?

It took me several years outside of my graduate program to learn that, at the department colloquium, it's OK not to put your question in the form of an obnoxious objection

It appears that a good number of people think that bad things are bad only when they're done by those who they think are bad

Happy Monday! "Who Killed Marilyn?"- Misfits. Halloween is coming. #ItAintAMystery

When people "practice politics the right way," they occasionally change their mind about stuff

Off to New Jersey late this week... still thinking about this sign I saw in Hoboken a few visits ago

My first pedalboard...

BTW, bought mine in '83

Sunday Spicy Guitar Take: The classic TS9 Tube Screamer is overrated

Since the alleged upgrade to the platform, the only thing keeping me from deleting IG is that my feed is suddenly filled with random 10-second clips of Bjork saying insane shit

Mellow Sunday. A chill riff from a while ago that I nearly forgot

It's ok not care about strangers' attitudes towards news events