Douglas Giles, PhD
@dgilesphd.bsky.social
Professor of social/political philosophy, author bringing philosophy out of the ivory tower into real life. Willing to dig deeper. Unafraid of complexities. Dealing with causes, not symptoms, in the struggles for justice. https://dgilesauthor.com
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Douglas Giles, PhD
@dgilesphd.bsky.social
· Feb 17
If I created a BlueSky account
attacking only Republicans or
attacking only Democrats,
I'd get tens of thousands of followers pretty quickly.
But instead of that silly game
I talk seriously about issues and policy,
and that's not popular.
That's what's wrong with our world.
attacking only Republicans or
attacking only Democrats,
I'd get tens of thousands of followers pretty quickly.
But instead of that silly game
I talk seriously about issues and policy,
and that's not popular.
That's what's wrong with our world.
We should never forgive The Clintons for lurching the Democratic Party to the Right, the damage still being felt today, but they are correct in refusing to bow to the GOP House committee's faux Epstein investigation.
The right wing fixated on Epstein because they wanted to get the Clintons. The problem is the Clintons aren't the only corrupt people who were in Epstein's orbit. There are also the Trumps.
open.substack.com/pub/dgilesph...
open.substack.com/pub/dgilesph...
What the Epstein Files Tell Us about the Right Wing
When people show you who they are, believe them
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
We should never forgive The Clintons for lurching the Democratic Party to the Right, the damage still being felt today, but they are correct in refusing to bow to the GOP House committee's faux Epstein investigation.
Rumor has it that Trump wants Greenland because it looks so big on his Mercator projection map.
January 14, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Rumor has it that Trump wants Greenland because it looks so big on his Mercator projection map.
UKIP: They're not even pretending anymore.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
New proposed Ukip logo compared to iron cross used by Nazi regime
Anti-racism campaign group Hope Not Hate warned that the logo was ‘echoing Nazi-style imagery’
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:20 PM
UKIP: They're not even pretending anymore.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Rejected Doctor Who aliens.
Video showing Russian militants practicing walking in tents under difficult conditions. It looks simply wonderful - they’ll definitely be invisible. As long as they don't go full Mary Poppins and catch a breeze.
January 13, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Rejected Doctor Who aliens.
Scott Adams turned out to be the Pointy-Haired Boss.
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Scott Adams turned out to be the Pointy-Haired Boss.
What does it take to formally establish a new field of study? In 2026, the Society for UAP Studies will launch the SUAPS MOOC Seminar Series—the first academically rigorous, expert-led online seminar curriculum dedicated to Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena.
www.youtube.com/shorts/gPtzZ...
www.youtube.com/shorts/gPtzZ...
The First Academic MOOC Dedicated to UAP Studies | Launching 2026
YouTube video by Society For UAP Studies
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January 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
What does it take to formally establish a new field of study? In 2026, the Society for UAP Studies will launch the SUAPS MOOC Seminar Series—the first academically rigorous, expert-led online seminar curriculum dedicated to Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena.
www.youtube.com/shorts/gPtzZ...
www.youtube.com/shorts/gPtzZ...
Bloomberg reports today that Elon Musk has burned almost $8 BILLION on his AI program; all so that Incels can generate nude images of women.
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Bloomberg reports today that Elon Musk has burned almost $8 BILLION on his AI program; all so that Incels can generate nude images of women.
There’s Nothing New in Trump
Trump is just openly doing what right-wingers have always done. They just stopped pretending.
imnotyourechochamber.substack.com/p/theres-not...
Trump is just openly doing what right-wingers have always done. They just stopped pretending.
imnotyourechochamber.substack.com/p/theres-not...
There’s Nothing New in Trump: Resegregation
Time to Wake Up – Second in a Series
imnotyourechochamber.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:10 PM
There’s Nothing New in Trump
Trump is just openly doing what right-wingers have always done. They just stopped pretending.
imnotyourechochamber.substack.com/p/theres-not...
Trump is just openly doing what right-wingers have always done. They just stopped pretending.
imnotyourechochamber.substack.com/p/theres-not...
Another low-effort post from @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social. He didn't learn the lesson from the 2024 election.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Another low-effort post from @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social. He didn't learn the lesson from the 2024 election.
Reposted by Douglas Giles, PhD
A reminder that while this is a comic book account, comic books are absolutely political because they ALWAYS have been.
January 9, 2026 at 5:08 AM
A reminder that while this is a comic book account, comic books are absolutely political because they ALWAYS have been.
The #ICELawlessness is the latest manifestation of the American right-wing's desire to assert a two-tiered segregated society.
open.substack.com/pub/imnotyou...
open.substack.com/pub/imnotyou...
January 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM
The #ICELawlessness is the latest manifestation of the American right-wing's desire to assert a two-tiered segregated society.
open.substack.com/pub/imnotyou...
open.substack.com/pub/imnotyou...
Kristi Noem bars Minnesota law enforcement from its own jurisdiction.
This is part of the Project 2025 agenda to expand federal control over local law enforcement.
It's not just Venezuela, they want to run your community
www.kare11.com/article/news...
This is part of the Project 2025 agenda to expand federal control over local law enforcement.
It's not just Venezuela, they want to run your community
www.kare11.com/article/news...
FBI cuts off BCA from shooting investigation; BCA 'reluctantly' withdraws
The FBI informed the BCA it would no longer be part of the joint investigation, losing access to case materials, scene evidence and interviews.
www.kare11.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Kristi Noem bars Minnesota law enforcement from its own jurisdiction.
This is part of the Project 2025 agenda to expand federal control over local law enforcement.
It's not just Venezuela, they want to run your community
www.kare11.com/article/news...
This is part of the Project 2025 agenda to expand federal control over local law enforcement.
It's not just Venezuela, they want to run your community
www.kare11.com/article/news...
I was faced with a choice professors shouldn’t have to make. I thought my small private university would stand strong against the Project 2025 agenda. I appear to have been mistaken.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIB...
Why I Quit Academia
YouTube video by Applying Real Philosophy to Real Life by Dr. Giles
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I was faced with a choice professors shouldn’t have to make. I thought my small private university would stand strong against the Project 2025 agenda. I appear to have been mistaken.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGIB...
There’s Nothing New in Trump: Foreign Policy
Time to Wake Up – First in a Series
substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I thought my small private university would stand strong against the Project 2025 agenda. I appear to have been mistaken.
dgilesphd.substack.com/p/why-i-quit...
dgilesphd.substack.com/p/why-i-quit...
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I thought my small private university would stand strong against the Project 2025 agenda. I appear to have been mistaken.
dgilesphd.substack.com/p/why-i-quit...
dgilesphd.substack.com/p/why-i-quit...
January 6th - Anarchy in the US
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 PM
January 6th - Anarchy in the US
The Foundation for Philosophical Orientation offers free virtual seminars concerning philosophical orientation:
Starting on January 20, 2026: Foundations of the Philosophy of Orientation II organized by Dr. Reinhard G. Mueller and Dr. Douglas Giles.
Starting on January 20, 2026: Foundations of the Philosophy of Orientation II organized by Dr. Reinhard G. Mueller and Dr. Douglas Giles.
January 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The Foundation for Philosophical Orientation offers free virtual seminars concerning philosophical orientation:
Starting on January 20, 2026: Foundations of the Philosophy of Orientation II organized by Dr. Reinhard G. Mueller and Dr. Douglas Giles.
Starting on January 20, 2026: Foundations of the Philosophy of Orientation II organized by Dr. Reinhard G. Mueller and Dr. Douglas Giles.
Women’s Dystopian Rage Is The Resistance We Need Now
felinesandfinalgirls.com/womens-dysto...
felinesandfinalgirls.com/womens-dysto...
Women’s Dystopian Rage Is The Resistance We Need Now - Felines and Final Girls
Women's dystopian rage is the antidote to the new cultural focus on glamorizing tradwifery and "traditional values".
felinesandfinalgirls.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Women’s Dystopian Rage Is The Resistance We Need Now
felinesandfinalgirls.com/womens-dysto...
felinesandfinalgirls.com/womens-dysto...
Why Trump's military action in Venezuela is consistent with "America First."
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Why Trump's military action in Venezuela is consistent with "America First."
Reposted by Douglas Giles, PhD
In the Czech Republic, a public initiative supporting Ukraine drew wide attention after Antonín Kolař, a teacher and mayor of Semněvice, published an open letter apologizing for anti-Ukrainian remarks by Chamber of Deputies Speaker Tomio Okamura.
www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domac...
www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domac...
January 5, 2026 at 11:12 AM
In the Czech Republic, a public initiative supporting Ukraine drew wide attention after Antonín Kolař, a teacher and mayor of Semněvice, published an open letter apologizing for anti-Ukrainian remarks by Chamber of Deputies Speaker Tomio Okamura.
www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domac...
www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domac...
Your refuge from the War on Christmas, War for Christmas, and all the others Wars about Christmas.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Open Letter to Those Who Dislike Christmas
I know you're having a hard time this month
substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Your refuge from the War on Christmas, War for Christmas, and all the others Wars about Christmas.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
The right wing fixated on Epstein because they wanted to get the Clintons. The problem is the Clintons aren't the only corrupt people who were in Epstein's orbit. There are also the Trumps.
open.substack.com/pub/dgilesph...
open.substack.com/pub/dgilesph...
What the Epstein Files Tell Us about the Right Wing
When people show you who they are, believe them
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The right wing fixated on Epstein because they wanted to get the Clintons. The problem is the Clintons aren't the only corrupt people who were in Epstein's orbit. There are also the Trumps.
open.substack.com/pub/dgilesph...
open.substack.com/pub/dgilesph...
Don't expect the “release” of the Epstein files to move the needle much, if at all. There won't be honesty and there won't be justice for the women who were abused. There won't be a gotcha moment for the perpetrators.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
What the Epstein Files Tell Us about the Right Wing
When people show you who they are, believe them
substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Don't expect the “release” of the Epstein files to move the needle much, if at all. There won't be honesty and there won't be justice for the women who were abused. There won't be a gotcha moment for the perpetrators.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...