now that Apple has a new CEO maybe they'll focus on the important innovations, like chargers that won't fall out of power outlets

I see it is implausible claims about Madonna day on this website

there are many photos of Gilbert Ryle, but this one captures his dispositions best

in my end is my beginning

so many of these tools try to replace "clicking a button" with "having an extended conversation" and that's just so obviously in the wrong direction

ChatGPT: you’re right you’re so much smarter than him. He’s so schlubby and you’re so suave. Columbo will never catch you.

A 1st century BCE Roman marble sculpture of four puppies asleep together, discovered in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, and now preserved at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 🐾💕

the classic poop-virtue problem

of junior TT faculty at the top 30 leiter rank philosophy departments:
2% have ever held a vap
0.5% have ever held an adjunct appointment
5% have ever held a renewable teaching position
11% have ever previously held a role at an R2
2% have ever previously held a role at a 4-year

Rath—sing, goddess, of the mome rath of Peleus' son Achilles

the real mystery at the heart of the X-Files is how we're supposed to believe that any of these locations are in Maryland

those are super creepy! (should've said an x-files plot!)

"moon's haunted" is just a Doctor Who plot

I love this story because it answers the question: what if I hired Sherlock Holmes to investigate an academic dishonesty case

I have owned 4 (but I am also secret Canadian)

yeah, that philosophy dna quiz was bizarre ("straussian" as a descriptor for epistemological views alone is bewildering). very weird vibes

what utter mirth would've befallen me if I'd learned about Neurath around the time the Lonely Island released "I'm on a Boat"

“Millerman has insight into Putin at a philosophical level.” -Christopher Rufo, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

that "German or Autistic" quiz going around is an ad for philosophical consultations by "the leading English translator of Alexander Dugin"? the fuck?

can even one thing please not be an op?

a silly quiz german.millermanschool.com

Oof! That sounds awful.

did you get bean poisoning

two chartreuse swatches that aren't quite the same (top is a touch warmer). closeness score 9.95

oooh you beat my best so far!

yes!!

Color Game — How Well Can You Remember Colors? We show you colors. You recreate them from memory. Challenge friends to beat your score. It's harder than you think. Play free at dialed.gg.

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this combines 2 of my favorite things: color and memorizing

watching the x-files for the first time and my favorite (minor) thing is just how much white-text-on-a-blue-screen we get to see

it warms the heart

this is so cool!

perhaps it's time to do some Appalahian philosophy of language and give the Fregean sense of 'yonder'

quine was absolutely an alien wearing a flesh suit, exhibit #72

some think the purpose of going to conferences is merriment and seeing old friends, but another is the memento mori of testing our physical limitations as we age (in pursuit of said merriment)