Stoic Comics
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Random comics from a random stoic.
Whenever I have control enough to post them, that is.
Whenever I have control enough to post them, that is.
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It’s just one week until the show on Thursday, 20 March 2025 at 1pm PT, 4pm ET, 8pm GMT and 9pm CET.
We should be all watching it together, shouldn't we? 🦊
See you at @futuregamesshow.bsky.social
#FutureGamesShow
We should be all watching it together, shouldn't we? 🦊
See you at @futuregamesshow.bsky.social
#FutureGamesShow
March 14, 2025 at 11:44 AM
It’s just one week until the show on Thursday, 20 March 2025 at 1pm PT, 4pm ET, 8pm GMT and 9pm CET.
We should be all watching it together, shouldn't we? 🦊
See you at @futuregamesshow.bsky.social
#FutureGamesShow
We should be all watching it together, shouldn't we? 🦊
See you at @futuregamesshow.bsky.social
#FutureGamesShow
First conundrum of my learning aloud of #stoicism.
Any ideas on how to resolve it?
@tannerocampbell.bsky.social maybe?
Any ideas on how to resolve it?
@tannerocampbell.bsky.social maybe?
January 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
First conundrum of my learning aloud of #stoicism.
Any ideas on how to resolve it?
@tannerocampbell.bsky.social maybe?
Any ideas on how to resolve it?
@tannerocampbell.bsky.social maybe?
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🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Differences in misinformation sharing can lead to politically asymmetric sanctions - Nature
We find that conservatives tend to share more low-quality news through social media than liberals, and so even if technology companies enact politically neutral anti-misinformation policies, political...
www.nature.com
January 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
🚨In Nature🚨
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meta is dropping fact-checking to avoid anti-conservative bias- but is there actually evidence of bias?
We this test empirically & find that conservatives
* ARE suspended more
* BUT share more misinfo
So suspension isn't necessarily evidence of bias www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The greatest achievement of Stoicism (actual Stoicism, as in the Ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism) is that it replaced nonsensical cosmology with ontology and metaphysics.
Coincidentally, I think this is the reason it was beaten to near death and subdued for nearly 2000 years.
Coincidentally, I think this is the reason it was beaten to near death and subdued for nearly 2000 years.
ariel from the little mermaid is looking at a fish with the words " the human world is a mess " written below her
ALT: ariel from the little mermaid is looking at a fish with the words " the human world is a mess " written below her
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The greatest achievement of Stoicism (actual Stoicism, as in the Ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism) is that it replaced nonsensical cosmology with ontology and metaphysics.
Coincidentally, I think this is the reason it was beaten to near death and subdued for nearly 2000 years.
Coincidentally, I think this is the reason it was beaten to near death and subdued for nearly 2000 years.
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Stoics don't wonder this because Stoicism and [insert religion here] are fundamentally incompatible as they have conflicting conceptions of both "god" and morality.
You can add some Stoic flavour to your faith-based practice, but you can't be a Stoic and a (for example) Christian simultaneously.
You can add some Stoic flavour to your faith-based practice, but you can't be a Stoic and a (for example) Christian simultaneously.
How Stoicism Illuminates Deeper Meaning in Bible Stories 👉 Have you ever wondered how ancient philosophies like Stoicism can unlock profound insights in familiar Bible stories? #Stoicism #StoicismAndFaith #BibleWisdom #AncientPhilosophy #SpiritualGrowth #InspirationalLiving 👉 shorturl.at/2kEpj
January 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Stoics don't wonder this because Stoicism and [insert religion here] are fundamentally incompatible as they have conflicting conceptions of both "god" and morality.
You can add some Stoic flavour to your faith-based practice, but you can't be a Stoic and a (for example) Christian simultaneously.
You can add some Stoic flavour to your faith-based practice, but you can't be a Stoic and a (for example) Christian simultaneously.
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I have decided to start responding to Broics and $toics with this photo. Hat-tip to Donald Robertsons' recent work on the symbol of the Bull in Stoicism and other Greek tradions
January 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I have decided to start responding to Broics and $toics with this photo. Hat-tip to Donald Robertsons' recent work on the symbol of the Bull in Stoicism and other Greek tradions
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January 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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My local library has amazing stuff, proud card-carrying member here.
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 9:19 AM
My local library has amazing stuff, proud card-carrying member here.
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I think Epictetus, infamous grumpy wit and Roman Stoic philosopher, taught his (less than ideal) students with strategically designed language that walked a practical line between total placation and orthodox Stoicism.
practicalstoicism.net/p/did-epicte...
practicalstoicism.net/p/did-epicte...
Did Epictetus Believe in a Personal and Plotting God?
I'm thinking he did not
practicalstoicism.net
December 19, 2024 at 10:32 PM
I think Epictetus, infamous grumpy wit and Roman Stoic philosopher, taught his (less than ideal) students with strategically designed language that walked a practical line between total placation and orthodox Stoicism.
practicalstoicism.net/p/did-epicte...
practicalstoicism.net/p/did-epicte...
December 19, 2024 at 5:02 PM
December 19, 2024 at 7:38 AM
the world is rich enough to satisfy all our needs, but will never be rich enough to satisfy a single #billionaire greed.
#stoic wisdom #stoicism
#stoic wisdom #stoicism
December 19, 2024 at 1:24 AM
the world is rich enough to satisfy all our needs, but will never be rich enough to satisfy a single #billionaire greed.
#stoic wisdom #stoicism
#stoic wisdom #stoicism
