Damian Masterson
@dtmasterson.bsky.social
Philosophy PhD Student - SUNY Albany
with a focus on Adam Smith’s Moral Theory, Loneliness, and the Indispensability of Empathy for Moral Judgment
with a focus on Adam Smith’s Moral Theory, Loneliness, and the Indispensability of Empathy for Moral Judgment
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Damian Masterson
@dtmasterson.bsky.social
· Jan 17
Deadly Male Fragility
David Lynch’s "Lost Highway" turns 25 this year.
www.storyscreenpresents.com
Here’s a short thread of some of the pieces i’ve written on Lynch over the years.
This one’s from 3 years ago on my favortite of his films, Lost Highway, and the lengths that abusive men will go to see themselves as the hero of their own story. www.storyscreenpresents.com/post/deadly-...
This one’s from 3 years ago on my favortite of his films, Lost Highway, and the lengths that abusive men will go to see themselves as the hero of their own story. www.storyscreenpresents.com/post/deadly-...
WANT!
LEGO Icons Project Hail Mary Set Revealed #LEGO #LEGO11389 #ProjectHailMary bricksfanz.com/lego-icons-p...
LEGO Icons Project Hail Mary Set Revealed - BricksFanz
Blast off into the vastness of space aboard The Hail Mary and brand new LEGO Icons set inspired by the Project Hail Mary film & book
bricksfanz.com
February 5, 2026 at 7:48 PM
WANT!
Muting the phrase “says all that you need to know”, as I’m finding that any post ending that way only ever seems to be reiterating something I do in fact already know.
February 5, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Muting the phrase “says all that you need to know”, as I’m finding that any post ending that way only ever seems to be reiterating something I do in fact already know.
New muppet special is kind of perfect because it’s not trying to be anything more than a new episode of The Muppet Show. Would watch however many of these they want to do.
February 5, 2026 at 4:35 AM
New muppet special is kind of perfect because it’s not trying to be anything more than a new episode of The Muppet Show. Would watch however many of these they want to do.
Not really sure how Netflix comes by their graphics, but marketing The American President with a picture of a very serious looking Michael J Fox is a crazy choice.
February 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Not really sure how Netflix comes by their graphics, but marketing The American President with a picture of a very serious looking Michael J Fox is a crazy choice.
Great premise. Psyched to see this series unfold.
My first installment of Women They Warned You About is live!! I kick things off talking about Katherine Heigl, 2000s sexism, and why she was right about KNOCKED UP.
thefilmmaven.com/katherine-he...
thefilmmaven.com/katherine-he...
Katherine Heigl, Seth Rogen, and Why the 2000s Sucked for Women
Are we ready to admit she was right about "Knocked Up?"
thefilmmaven.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Great premise. Psyched to see this series unfold.
Nope, Harry Potter has just been replaced with Dungeon Crawler Carl.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Nope, Harry Potter has just been replaced with Dungeon Crawler Carl.
Rilo Kiley
Rainer Maria
Cyndi Lauper
Regina Spektor
The Dresden Dolls
Rainer Maria
Cyndi Lauper
Regina Spektor
The Dresden Dolls
five concerts you've seen with women lead singers:
Pretenders
10,000 Maniacs
Liz Phair
Garrison Starr
Rosanne Cash
Pretenders
10,000 Maniacs
Liz Phair
Garrison Starr
Rosanne Cash
five concerts you've seen with women lead singers:
hole
the distillers
joan jett and the blackhearts
tilt
L7
hole
the distillers
joan jett and the blackhearts
tilt
L7
January 22, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Rilo Kiley
Rainer Maria
Cyndi Lauper
Regina Spektor
The Dresden Dolls
Rainer Maria
Cyndi Lauper
Regina Spektor
The Dresden Dolls
This reminds me of a thing Bill James wrote forever ago about Yogi Berra having the ideal body type for base ball.
January 18, 2026 at 4:22 PM
This reminds me of a thing Bill James wrote forever ago about Yogi Berra having the ideal body type for base ball.
Reposted by Damian Masterson
Please note that our screening of Frankenhooker at The Community Theater is on Saturday and is not to be confused with the Pre-K Matinee on Sunday. Any one of pre-k age who tries to get into Frankenhooker will be turned away. We are sorry for the inconvenience. 😉
January 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Please note that our screening of Frankenhooker at The Community Theater is on Saturday and is not to be confused with the Pre-K Matinee on Sunday. Any one of pre-k age who tries to get into Frankenhooker will be turned away. We are sorry for the inconvenience. 😉
I heard that Beltran has asked if he can be inducted as a Dodger.
With 201 ballots revealed/~47.4% known:
Beltrán 90.0%
Andruw 84.6%
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Utley 69.2%
Pettitte 58.2%
Félix 57.7%
A-Rod 43.8%
Manny 40.8%
Abreu 40.3%
Hamels 31.8%
Pedroia 26.9%
Rollins 24.4%
Buehrle 23.9%
Wright 19.4%
K-Rod 11.9%
Vizquel 11.4%
Torii 6.0%
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Braun 2.5%
EE 1.0%
Choo/Markakis/Pence 0.5%
Beltrán 90.0%
Andruw 84.6%
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Utley 69.2%
Pettitte 58.2%
Félix 57.7%
A-Rod 43.8%
Manny 40.8%
Abreu 40.3%
Hamels 31.8%
Pedroia 26.9%
Rollins 24.4%
Buehrle 23.9%
Wright 19.4%
K-Rod 11.9%
Vizquel 11.4%
Torii 6.0%
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Braun 2.5%
EE 1.0%
Choo/Markakis/Pence 0.5%
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 AM
I heard that Beltran has asked if he can be inducted as a Dodger.
Either (1) William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops, or (2) Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports.
If someone put $1,000,000 on the table and said you had to listen to one album on repeat for 48 hours straight…
what album are you risking your sanity for?
what album are you risking your sanity for?
a hand is holding a discman device in front of a table
ALT: a hand is holding a discman device in front of a table
media.tenor.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Either (1) William Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops, or (2) Brian Eno’s Ambient 1: Music for Airports.
Feel asleep listening to music and got woken up by my own dancing because of how sick the bounce to this is.
open.spotify.com/track/5A2r83...
open.spotify.com/track/5A2r83...
three days
open.spotify.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM
Feel asleep listening to music and got woken up by my own dancing because of how sick the bounce to this is.
open.spotify.com/track/5A2r83...
open.spotify.com/track/5A2r83...
Wife got mandated at the hospital. I get the kids solo an extra 5 hours. She gets to try to keep folks alive until 11:30, then cross her fingers that she stays awake the whole drive home. This is definitely better than just hiring more nurses.
January 4, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Wife got mandated at the hospital. I get the kids solo an extra 5 hours. She gets to try to keep folks alive until 11:30, then cross her fingers that she stays awake the whole drive home. This is definitely better than just hiring more nurses.
“We’re gonna run the country” invites a great many questions, but at least they have the rest of the weekend to work that bit out.
January 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
“We’re gonna run the country” invites a great many questions, but at least they have the rest of the weekend to work that bit out.
Perhaps it would be best if a different country hosted the United Nations.
January 3, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Perhaps it would be best if a different country hosted the United Nations.
Reposted by Damian Masterson
The podcast will start again early 2026! Our first guest will be my colleague David Wallace.
Sit down and enjoy an episode of our podcast, "Conversations at the Center"
Edouard Machery, talks with other experts in their fields from philosophy and science.
Expect new episodes coming this spring!
Spotify-https://ow.ly/OTmt50UnLWW
YouTube-https://ow.ly/PMXr50UnLWY
#PhilosophyTalk
Edouard Machery, talks with other experts in their fields from philosophy and science.
Expect new episodes coming this spring!
Spotify-https://ow.ly/OTmt50UnLWW
YouTube-https://ow.ly/PMXr50UnLWY
#PhilosophyTalk
December 31, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The podcast will start again early 2026! Our first guest will be my colleague David Wallace.
Reposted by Damian Masterson
I have a friend who's a leftcath from upstate New York and his review of Wake Up Dead Man was literally just 'I've met both of these priests in real life just in the diocese of Albany'
December 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I have a friend who's a leftcath from upstate New York and his review of Wake Up Dead Man was literally just 'I've met both of these priests in real life just in the diocese of Albany'
So deep in the Dungeon Crawler Carl hive that I have 7 books I’ve reread more times this year than 57% of Americans have read books
NEW: How many books did you read this year? If it was more than 2, congrats: you read more than the median American.
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
Read on for way more @today.yougov.com polling from me on America's book-reading habits in 2025. 1/
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So deep in the Dungeon Crawler Carl hive that I have 7 books I’ve reread more times this year than 57% of Americans have read books
Reposted by Damian Masterson
Related: Empathy as a Core Competency in the Finnish Classroom
Beyond Academics: How Finnish Schools Teach Life Skills, Empathy, and Critical Thinking
Learn how Finnish schools go beyond academics to teach life skills, empathy, and critical thinking, shaping well-rounded students for a better future.
www.techclass.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Related: Empathy as a Core Competency in the Finnish Classroom
Reposted by Damian Masterson
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
I’m listening to an interview Reiner did with Ted Danson in September, telling a story about how he met his wife, Michelle, while making When Harry Met Sally. His meeting her so affected him that he changed the ending of movie to have Harry and Sally wind up together. He believed in love again.
December 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I’m listening to an interview Reiner did with Ted Danson in September, telling a story about how he met his wife, Michelle, while making When Harry Met Sally. His meeting her so affected him that he changed the ending of movie to have Harry and Sally wind up together. He believed in love again.