I would add: "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" is the standard for criminal conviction, not public opinion. Juries have the power to incarcerate, so they should have a very high standard of proof. Members of the public have far less power, and should ergo have a much lower standard of proof.

Thank you for installing my sacrasm detector on your BlueSky feed. I think you'll find it's SOOOO EFFECTIVE!

“Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” Geneva Convention Additional Protocol I and Department of Defense Law of War Manual, § 5.2.2

Deplualize a movi4: Of Mouse and Man

Just a reminder on this Easter Sunday: 1) Attacking civilian infrastructure is a war crime. 2) The head of state threatening to commit a war crime is itself a war crime.

Murc’s Law is “the widespread assumption that only Democrats have any agency or causal influence over American politics”. In other words, Democrats are responsible for Republicans being the way they are and doing the things they do, either because Democrats provoked them or failed to control them.

"If Iran really wanted to fuck with Trump they should put out a statement saying they'll open the Strait back up if he admits he lost the 2020 election."--Thomas Smith

The *majority* of philosophy papers now cite at least some empirical data. Papers that do purely a priori philosophy are in a minority

huh, it says here that some times things go really bad in a country and then the citizens get mad at the rulers. that's interesting. www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio... #art #politics #murder

I hate when you embark on a heroic adventure in the hopes of emerging transformed only to discover that the strength you were seeking was within you all along

The President of the United States rejoiced in the death of a Vietnam Veteran. Again. For the second time.

Ruth's Chris Markwayne Mullin

"No lie is too obvious for the people to believe if it accommodates their secret wish to believe it."--Christa Wolf

Don't beware the Ides of March. Make the Ides of March beware you!

"The only true Christian died on the cross."--Friedrich Nietzsche

Oh, how I long for the days when I was nostalgic...

Try singing the famous 80's song about Jenny's phone number in a middle school and watch what happens.

"A photograph is not only an image (as a painting is an image), an interpretation of the real; it is also a trace, something directly stenciled off the real, like a footprint or a death mask."--Susan Sontag

The First Rule of Fight Club is never get involved in a land war in Asia.

It was a typo.

When people say they're 'nauseous' they usually mean 'nauseated' 'Nauseous' means 'causing nausea in others.'

Oh man, I wouldn't want to be a catsup bottle in the White House right about now...

Amazingly, this 'Well, actually...' is only the second most cringe inducing thing in this story. The first? He ask Epstein for a grant to teach a course on "The Mythology of Rape."

Just in case you need a reminder: Trump is lying to you, constantly. Crime has dropped dramatically. No thanks to him, but in large part thanks to (among other things) Joe Biden's American Rescue Plan Act. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Some days I think this quote is precisely five words too long.

“The life that is devoted to knowledge passes silently away, and is very little diversified by events. To talk in public, to think in solitude... is the business of a scholar. He wanders about the world without pomp or terror, and is neither known nor valued but by men like himself."--Samuel Johnson

Is love a choice, in any meaningful sense of the word? 1️⃣ No, love is not a choice in any sense of the word 2️⃣ Yes, love is straight-forwardly a choice 3️⃣ No, but we do have some limited control over love 4️⃣ Yes, but not in a straight-forward sense 📊 Show results

Is love a choice, in any meaningful sense of the word? 1️⃣ No, love is not a choice in any sense of the word 2️⃣ Yes, love is straight-forwardly a choice 3️⃣ No, but we do have some limited control over love 4️⃣ Yes, but not in a straight-forward sense 📊 Show results

All my flibbertis gibbeted.

Once in Grad school was at the APA and Walter Sinnot-Armstrong asked me a question. I was passing him in the hall and he said "Where is the book expo?" I told him it was right down the way and on the left.

For those who like good news about philosophy: dailynous.com/2026/02/11/p...

“There’s substantial evidence that self-righteous indignation is one of these drug highs...during one of these snits you look in the mirror & you have to admit, this feels great! ‘I am so much smarter & better than my enemies! And they are so wrong, & I am so right!’"--David Brin

Patience. And rage.

Donald Trump's name appears in the Epstein files more times than Jesus' name appears in the Bible. Trump's name appear in the Epstein files more times than Harry Potter's name appears in all seven of the Harry Potter books.

Nietzsche's family tree is filed with such animosity you could call it "A Genealogy of Quarrels." #PhilosophyPuns

"There are more right wing state laws forbidding trans girls from playing high school sports in the US than there are recorded cases of trans girls trying to play high school sports." – @volts.wtf www.volts.wtf/p/all-about-...

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever.” ― George Orwell, 1984

"Come and see the blood in the streets. Come and see the blood in the streets. Come and see the blood in the streets!" --Pablo Neruda, "I'm Explaining a Few Things"

Any word on if the officer who shot him called Alex Pretti a "Fucking bitch", too?

If this was a long con, gotta say it's been a brilliant one.

"Defensive shots" is such bullshit language. As if these guys were Jet Li, shooting bullets out of the air with their bullets.

Nerds of a feather study ornithology together.

Francisco Goya looks on in awe.

Hey, maybe if the Nobel committee gives a prize to someone in Greenland they can use the medal to bribe Trump to back off. Doing so would avert a war, and retroactively justify giving the prize to the Greenlander in the first place.

The President of Texas A&M has said that censorship of their professor's syllabi is okay, because they're not censoring ALL of Plato. In that spirit, I share with you his email, which I have censored, but don't worry, it's okay because I didn't censor ALL of it.

"Except for the relatively small number of Fascist sympathizers, almost any English person would accept ‘bully’ as a synonym for ‘Fascist’. That is about as near to a definition as this much-abused word has come." --George Orwell, "What is Fascism?"

Them 'All Lives Matter' people sure are silent all of a sudden.