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Donovan Miyasaki
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Philosophy professor. ‘Nietzsche's Immoralism’ & ‘Politics After Morality: Toward a Nietzschean Left.' Continental, political, ethics, Marxism, existentialism. www.donovanmiyasaki.com
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Donovan Miyasaki @dmiyasaki.bsky.social · Aug 26
Why would Fanon draw in the Damned of the Earth on the political philosophy of an expressed anti-socialist like Nietzsche? I try to answer that question on the Blog of the APA.
Nietzsche, Fanon, and an Egalitarian Politics
What could a revolutionary thinker like Frantz Fanon possibly draw from the political philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, a self-proclaimed anti-egalitarian, anti-democrat, and anti-socialist? Nietzsch...
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dmiyasaki.bsky.social
For 2,000 years one could reasonably argue either “democracy has never worked” or “true democracy has never been tried.” (One still can.)
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
dmiyasaki.bsky.social
Lenin's philosophical writing is so embarrassing. After claiming there's no differences between Berkeley, Fichte, and Mach (who tries to move materialism out of the 18th century), he goes out of his way to argue Hegel isn't *really* an idealist. The word "absolute" didn't give you a clue, buddy?
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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dmiyasaki.bsky.social
More Nietzschean moments in Schlick's moral theory.
we must add a supplement in order to distinguish genuine kindness from the super- ficial variety which is nothing but lack of strength, and which is injurious to the capacity for happiness. What we have here is a special case of a general kind of disposition which exists whenever a man easily gives in to impulses of the moment, without, so to speak, first consulting the other impulses. In such a case the single dispositions are but loosely joined to- gether, as it were; they can be excited separately, with- out the others thereby coming into play. The unity which constitutes a strong character is lacking. In a strong character it is as if the inclinations were all directed from one fixed center. What appears here in a single example holds univer- sally. The content of the moral precepts that hold in a community, and that are taken over completely into the moral consciousness of its members, depends en- tirely upon its living conditions, upon its size and strength, its relation to the surrounding world, its civilization, customs, and religious ideas. I forego the introduction of further evidence, and refer to Wester- marck's Origin and Development of Moral Ideas, and to Spencer's Data of Ethics, which contain rich mate- rial. We see in the dependence of moral valuations upon the states of human society a sure indication that the content of morality is actually determined by so- ciety. These functions constitute something elevated and great in men in the double sense that their power in the psychic life is enormous, and that they are the source of very intense joys. Moments in which one becomes aware of their activity are moments of exalted feeling. Apart from certain exceptions, every vehement psychic process, every deployment of power, and lively activity is pleasant. we should understand better why a human life can attain its highest value only by pass- ing through the extremes. A life such as the modest poet Morike prayed for: Wollest mit Freuden Und wollest mit Leiden Mich nicht uberschuttenl dock in der Mitten Liegt holdes Bescheiden. . . .* could not be truly great, not because it lacked the deep- est suffering, but because of the absence of the greatest joys, the path t
October 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
dmiyasaki.bsky.social
I’d completely forgotten that Dean Wareham (Galaxie 500, Luna) made an album cover in the style of the old Vintage edition of Nietzsche’s The Gay Science.
October 28, 2025 at 11:17 PM
dmiyasaki.bsky.social
Amusing to learn how much Moritz Schlick's "Problem of Ethics" cribs from Nietzsche's moral psychology. (A quick search reveals that Schlick was even a confessed admirer!)
3. The Concept of Will ...a primitive psychology under the influence of the idea of substance treats the matter as if the choice or decision in the conflict of motives were made by a special power, the "will," which, watching the struggle from without, intervenes and bestows the prize... Experience fails to disclose any such substratum which stands behind the appearances... No, there is present no "act of will" that, added to the oscillation of the ends-in-view, and the final triumph of one of them, decides which shall triumph; but the whole process that we have described is itself the act of will.
October 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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schlawinerkreis.bsky.social
1/ I'm excited to share that Franz Knappik’s and my Cambridge Element on Hegel and Colonialism is finally out – open access below! We trace how Hegel defends European colonial rule, including transatlantic slavery, and how that defence runs through his entire philosophical system.

Thread below ⬇️
Hegel and Colonialism
Cambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - Hegel and Colonialism
www.cambridge.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
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October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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petermorley.bsky.social
BREAKING: Governor Pritzker calls for the removal of Donald Trump as President by invoking the 25th amendment. EVERY governor should stand behind the Illinois governor. Governor Pritzker also cited health concerns for the president. He is clearly not well.

youtu.be/Dt4mrxNWQWs?...
Pritzker calls for Trump to be removed from office
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
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October 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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kyledcheney.bsky.social
The ruling itself is remarkable, but it closes with something I've never seen: a 12-page assessment of Trump himself as an ignorant bully, braggart and threat to free speech and the republic writ-large. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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johnhawkinson.bsky.social
OMG this William G. Young opinion that just dropped (12:30pm) in AAUP v. Rubio.
It begins with a postcard sent to Chambers and Young's reply

card: "Trump has pardons and tanks, what do you have?"

WGY: "We the People of the United States — you and me — have our magnificent Constitution"
September 30, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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BREAKING: WE WON!!!
💥 💥 💥

Federal Judge William G. Young ruled today in our lawsuit against the Trump administration that the policy of arresting, detaining, & deporting noncitizen students & faculty members for their pro-Palestinian advocacy violates the 1st Amendment.

Full ruling here:
Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law – #261 in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio (D. Mass., 1:25-cv-10685) – CourtListener.com
Judge William G. Young: ORDER entered. FINDINGS OF FACT AND RULINGS OF LAW, PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(Sonnenberg, Elizabeth) (Additional attachment(s) added on 9/30/2025: # 1 Main Document) (J...
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September 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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augustjpollak.bsky.social
To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in
The movement is gaining popularity among Democrats, a left-leaning group found.
www.politico.com
September 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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mikeyearworth.bsky.social
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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nposegay.bsky.social
I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.
By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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teenvogue.com
A new poll from Data for Progress found that “voters of all parties” are open to leftist policies, and that a majority of Democratic voters polled preferred democratic socialism to capitalism “when written definitions of each are read aloud to them.”

Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/gen-z-...
Gen Z and Millennials Prefer Socialism To Capitalism, New Poll Says
“Young progressive voters are stepping into their full economic and political power."
www.teenvogue.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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harrstetler.bsky.social
Large union-led protests and strikes are expected tomorrow in France in rejection of Emmanuel Macron.

My latest for @thenation.com on the French crisis and Macron's dwindling options:

www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Emmanuel Macron Is on His Last Legs
The French took to the streets en masse last week, days after the collapse of the latest Macron-aligned government. But the divided left-wing opposition is struggling to capitalize.
www.thenation.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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clarajeffery.bsky.social
UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe

www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
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ayoub.bsky.social
857 people arrested in a single day in London for holding signs opposing Israel’s genocide in Palestine

These include Holocaust survivors, vicars, retired nurses and teachers. So many of them are elderly.

Labour is dead

www.instagram.com/p/DOTb3nIjYIS/
857 ppl arrested for holding signs
September 8, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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jaylyall.bsky.social
Nine grafs deep into the article and we find out:

"Pentagon officials were still working Wednesday on what legal authority they would tell the public was used to back up the extraordinary strike in international waters."
Trump Administration Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels
www.nytimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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devonianstone.bsky.social
30 helens agree this is some bullshit
30 helens captioned "30 helens agree that's some bullshit"
September 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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gilmorejon.bsky.social
about four or five times a year for the past several decades the first ever study finds that giving poor people money really helps them. it's always the first ever time
September 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
I want a politics that widens the circle to include everyone, not one that shrinks the circle by throwing *undesirables* under the bus. I think this is basic. I am interested in a politics that is rooted at the sources of people's suffering. I am interested in a politics that attends to basic needs.
August 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
Newsom is example #5000 of why people should not conflate Democratic electeds with anti-fascism.
August 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM