gil, a finite mode
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philosophy PhD. historical materialist. free Palestine. trans rights. Chicago based. all takes my own. podcast @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social https://leftofphilosophy.com/ https://gilmorejon.wordpress.com
why bother with neocolonialism when Colonialism Clásico™ is right there
January 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
why bother with neocolonialism when Colonialism Clásico™ is right there
it's been 2 whole days and yet Mamdani has yet to complete the system of German idealism. looks like we've been fooled once again boys
January 2, 2026 at 11:30 PM
it's been 2 whole days and yet Mamdani has yet to complete the system of German idealism. looks like we've been fooled once again boys
the best music video is Never Catch Me by Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick. a close second is Poseidon by Down I Go
MTV is officially ending all of its music channels.
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
In honor of that, what's your favorite music video?
January 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
the best music video is Never Catch Me by Flying Lotus ft. Kendrick. a close second is Poseidon by Down I Go
you think it's progressive, I think it's reactionary. we both want clicks
January 1, 2026 at 2:34 AM
you think it's progressive, I think it's reactionary. we both want clicks
2025 was pretty good but I think if we really make an effort we can destroy the west completely in 2026
December 31, 2025 at 9:13 PM
2025 was pretty good but I think if we really make an effort we can destroy the west completely in 2026
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close out this awful year with our new episode on Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program! self explanatory really www.patreon.com/posts/126-ma...
126 | Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program | What's Left of Philosophy
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December 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
close out this awful year with our new episode on Marx's Critique of the Gotha Program! self explanatory really www.patreon.com/posts/126-ma...
let me go on the record: not only should nobody read Rockhill's silly conspiracy theory book, nobody should be bothering to talk about it almost at all. it does not warrant refutation. this has taken up so much discourse space. move on to anything else please
December 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
let me go on the record: not only should nobody read Rockhill's silly conspiracy theory book, nobody should be bothering to talk about it almost at all. it does not warrant refutation. this has taken up so much discourse space. move on to anything else please
constantly working the angles means that when I came home to visit the family for the holidays a distant cousin grabbed me to try to convince another to also convert to socialism, like how I'd convinced them. never give up, every little bit helps! and don't lose sight of the fact that we are right!!
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
constantly working the angles means that when I came home to visit the family for the holidays a distant cousin grabbed me to try to convince another to also convert to socialism, like how I'd convinced them. never give up, every little bit helps! and don't lose sight of the fact that we are right!!
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new episode out today! we talk about Elias Canetti's Crowds and Power, a wildly speculative account of human group formation and collective action. behold the fear of touch and the invisible dead! the full episode is a patreon exclusive; teaser available below. www.patreon.com/posts/125-el...
125 | Elias Canetti: Crowds and Power | What's Left of Philosophy
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December 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
new episode out today! we talk about Elias Canetti's Crowds and Power, a wildly speculative account of human group formation and collective action. behold the fear of touch and the invisible dead! the full episode is a patreon exclusive; teaser available below. www.patreon.com/posts/125-el...
I know several instructors who are looking at the spate of professors getting fired for how they've tried to handle right wing op students being racist or sexist for viral clout and deciding it's time to leave before finding out that their university will sell them out too
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I know several instructors who are looking at the spate of professors getting fired for how they've tried to handle right wing op students being racist or sexist for viral clout and deciding it's time to leave before finding out that their university will sell them out too
taught @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on the need for a worldmaking constructive project of reparations and I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
taught @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social on the need for a worldmaking constructive project of reparations and I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
I made garlic rosemary mashed potatoes today and it was absolutely off the charts
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I made garlic rosemary mashed potatoes today and it was absolutely off the charts
I wrote a book about how to think about the unconscious in early modern metaphysics of mind as a way of getting at problems around ideology and akratic desire that I think is pretty neat 😌 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-unc...
November 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I wrote a book about how to think about the unconscious in early modern metaphysics of mind as a way of getting at problems around ideology and akratic desire that I think is pretty neat 😌 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-unc...
ok but the flag of the Safavid Empire aka The Guarded Domains of Iran goes incredibly hard
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ok but the flag of the Safavid Empire aka The Guarded Domains of Iran goes incredibly hard
have we tried sitting the nazis down and explaining the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
have we tried sitting the nazis down and explaining the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path
you know, we as a species have only been writing for like five thousand years
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
you know, we as a species have only been writing for like five thousand years
hello good morning friendly remember that life is for living and you should love and be loved because what else are you gonna do idiot be hateful? shut up open your heart to beauty and softness and find your gentle way we need you come with
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
hello good morning friendly remember that life is for living and you should love and be loved because what else are you gonna do idiot be hateful? shut up open your heart to beauty and softness and find your gentle way we need you come with
they won't release the Epstein files because they contain the completed system of German idealism
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
they won't release the Epstein files because they contain the completed system of German idealism
[every AI supporter] the thing you gotta know is it's gonna be really easy to get Pandora back into the box
November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
[every AI supporter] the thing you gotta know is it's gonna be really easy to get Pandora back into the box
glad to see that even in these polarized times, top Democrats and Republicans can come together in a beautiful bipartisan celebration of the legacy of one of our most widely reviled mass murdering war criminals
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
glad to see that even in these polarized times, top Democrats and Republicans can come together in a beautiful bipartisan celebration of the legacy of one of our most widely reviled mass murdering war criminals
what is a recent work of art that moved you? I loved Sound of Metal very much. a beautiful meditation on loss and grief, self-sabotage and growth, on anger and love and forgiveness. shit that sucks is ubiquitous and fucking boring. good and interesting things only in the replies and quotes please
I get why it happens but goddamn do I wish anything could hit as hard on the timeline as something that sucks that everyone hates written by or about the worst person you know. I wish something good or interesting was able to get anywhere near the traction some shit that sucks does.
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
what is a recent work of art that moved you? I loved Sound of Metal very much. a beautiful meditation on loss and grief, self-sabotage and growth, on anger and love and forgiveness. shit that sucks is ubiquitous and fucking boring. good and interesting things only in the replies and quotes please
will someone please make a 90 minute movie
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
will someone please make a 90 minute movie
the entire analytic v continental discourse on x that's taken up so much oxygen lately was occasioned by a wayward substack post by a 21 year old. about this I have only to say that I didn't understand anything about philosophy till I was in my late 20s and I am still profoundly stupid
November 17, 2025 at 12:38 AM
the entire analytic v continental discourse on x that's taken up so much oxygen lately was occasioned by a wayward substack post by a 21 year old. about this I have only to say that I didn't understand anything about philosophy till I was in my late 20s and I am still profoundly stupid
Leibniz once wrote a book of speculative historical geography called Protogaea where he's like 'why does the Rhineland have so many logs underground? glad you asked' and it rules and is absolute madness and I think contemporary philosophy needs more of that energy
November 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Leibniz once wrote a book of speculative historical geography called Protogaea where he's like 'why does the Rhineland have so many logs underground? glad you asked' and it rules and is absolute madness and I think contemporary philosophy needs more of that energy
wow the new Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein is really bad! deeply cowardly filmmaking. abusive fathers with God complexes probably had their own abusive dads, did you ever think of that? it would be tragic, except that it's all good at the end of the day thanks to the healing power of forgiveness :)
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
wow the new Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein is really bad! deeply cowardly filmmaking. abusive fathers with God complexes probably had their own abusive dads, did you ever think of that? it would be tragic, except that it's all good at the end of the day thanks to the healing power of forgiveness :)