After Beavis and Butthead totally ruined Winger's reputation, Kip Winger turned to serious orchestral composition. After the release of Robocop, Peter Weller had a hard time being taken seriously as an actor. Now, he's a respected scholar of Italian Renaissance art. What will your second act be?

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Week 14 vibes

there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.

After blasting through yet another otc dental guard last night, I think it might be time to invest in a permanent model.

I really need to stop with these marathon weekend writing sessions. They're helping me meet my deadlines for this Horkheimer article, but they're also leaving me without the energy I need to feel like I'm teaching my classes effectively.

I watched Lino Brocka's 1975 Manila in the Claws of Light last night and was totally blown away. I can see why so many folks compare Manila to Taxi Driver, which came out a year later and follows a similar plot. #filmsky #letterboxd

Baby, I hear the blues a-callin' tossed salad and scrambled blood

Mewtwo would like to encourage you today to start reading that book you keep putting off for later. #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky #void #floof

I'm trying my best to match Hilda's pace today. #caturday #catsofbluesky #catsky

If, like me, you often find yourself shocked by the moral failings of others, ruminating for hours upon hours about their irresponsible and vicious conduct, I suggest trying out what @pierricksimon.bsky.social calls the "trustful approach." philosophicalexercises.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-...

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The Altenburg Rat King was discovered in 1828 in a miller's fireplace in Thuringia. Consisting of 32 rats, it is the largest rat king on record. #WyrdWednesday

I'm about three weeks away from a writing deadline and can't decide whether this paper is a) pretty good and making a valuable contribution to the scholarly discussion or b) scarcely coherent and of trivial value. It's an exhilarating feeling, really.

Congratulations, Allison! I can't wait to check it out!

Merleau-Ponty on falling asleep #philosophy #philsky

Is there anyone out there who can even come close to competing with my bookmark game?

The sun beams down on a brand new day, No more welfare tax to pay Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light Jobless millions whisked away, at last we have more room to play All systems go to kill the poor tonight youtu.be/3zi3ECjw9ro?...

Thanks to whoever it was on here who turned me on to LibreOffice. LibreOffice Writer has everything I used to like about Microsoft Word - but without its predatory data capture and shitty, unwanted writing suggestions.

If you happen to be in Venice on November 19, you might check out this exciting symposium on the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer being held at Ca' Foscari University of Venice and featuring a talk from my illustrious colleague (and partner), Carolyn Culbertson! #philosophy #philsky

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Shout out to all the other folks trying to finish up writing an article in the brief moments between teaching classes.

I want to know who tf is watching snoop dogg's courtroom chaos.

I look so peaceful I look so under-well I ain't got no mouthfull I ain't got no tail youtu.be/YYCVmRcerRo?...

I'm really excited about this article coming out soon!

drop a pic of your favorite heresiarch

I woke up in the middle of the night once again to this sweet boy pawing at my face. I like to think he's just trying to reciprocate all the face scratches I give him. #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky #void

One of my students just sent me this clip of Christoph Waltz casually dropping some dialectical logic in the middle (20:30) of a YouTube cooking show: youtu.be/sBRbMvTlUok

The skeletons will pull your hair Up, but not out All they want is another chance at life They've never seen so much food as this

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in case anyone's looking for me

I'm going to the darklands To talk in rhyme With my chaotic soul youtu.be/_w9sCTtZ9EA?...

flattery, my dude, will get you... into any upper-division philosophy class that I currently teach

I love it when students leave me little doodles on their written exams. I presume that this is Sextus Empiricus beating up on Descartes.

If you post uninformed, anti-intellectual hot takes on a figure or tradition that I have studied extensively, I'll probably just mute rather than correct you. But please know that I'm still judging you.

#caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky

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I'd like to acknowledge the important work being done by my colleague (and bff), @amdieppa.bsky.social. When our university is offering nothing but vague AI boosterism, Allison is organizing the difficult conversations we all need to be having about the risks of incorporating LLMs into higher ed. /1

Does it get any weirder than Captain Beefheart's 1969 Trout Mask Replica? #WyrdWednesday youtu.be/-DYyds9shCA?...

Mycenaean death mask (16th c. BCE?) #WyrdWednesday

I don't think I'm supposed to be breaking sticks on an electronic drum set. Maybe I need to settle down a little.

That unbridgeable ontological gap you keep worrying about is really just a fold.

"When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime to her more than she is to me?" -Michel de Montaigne #MontaigneMonday #catsky #catsofbluesky

#caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky #void

The truthiest of truths. Thanks for the giggle, No Kings Chatham County NC

No Kings in Fort Myers, FL

This morning in Fort Myers, Florida. #NoKings

One of my Intro to Philosophy students who, like me, also grew up in Oregon, gave me this little gift yesterday so that I wouldn't forget my roots. 🥹🥹

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