David S
@dslakter.bsky.social
Community college philosophy professor. Former Oklahoman; current New Yorker. Kidney collector.
There's more to life than books, you know (but not much more).
https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-slakter
There's more to life than books, you know (but not much more).
https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-slakter
I shall never darken his incisors again.
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I shall never darken his incisors again.
Wish I could find a tweet by someone remarking that Andrew Sullivan couldn't help being a racist due to his shallow Irish brainpan.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Wish I could find a tweet by someone remarking that Andrew Sullivan couldn't help being a racist due to his shallow Irish brainpan.
But people also criticized Martin Luther King's strategy. Therefore, no one's strategy can be criticized.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
But people also criticized Martin Luther King's strategy. Therefore, no one's strategy can be criticized.
This calls for a @horsedisc.bsky.social take.
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This calls for a @horsedisc.bsky.social take.
A good list is only checked once.
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A good list is only checked once.
Bezos just wants us to order more paper goods this holiday season.
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Bezos just wants us to order more paper goods this holiday season.
They should be forced to do a dance-off whenever they try to start a war.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
They should be forced to do a dance-off whenever they try to start a war.
There was only one political party other than the Republicans that existed between 2016 and 2024?
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 AM
There was only one political party other than the Republicans that existed between 2016 and 2024?
Now you must prove your devotion to the beaver.
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Now you must prove your devotion to the beaver.
But no one wants to shop in lower Manhattan now that they can't drive!
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
But no one wants to shop in lower Manhattan now that they can't drive!
They just use ChatGPT to do this, too.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
They just use ChatGPT to do this, too.
You're forgetting the in-betweens like Hamburger Helper and Shake n' Bake.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
You're forgetting the in-betweens like Hamburger Helper and Shake n' Bake.
"This is happening because people aren't wearing nice pants."
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"This is happening because people aren't wearing nice pants."
This is funny, because Frank Black has said that all he ever did was rip off the Beatles.
November 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is funny, because Frank Black has said that all he ever did was rip off the Beatles.
That won't undo the damage, but it may make people think twice about doing it for an election cycle or two.
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
That won't undo the damage, but it may make people think twice about doing it for an election cycle or two.
This post has me down on my knees, hoping just a prayer can save me.
November 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
This post has me down on my knees, hoping just a prayer can save me.
Maybe some of the Ayurvedic stuff is ancient, but the contemporary practice is based around herbal medicine, which was only part of the earlier repertoire. Doctors in ancient India were doing nose jobs, but we don't know success rates.
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Maybe some of the Ayurvedic stuff is ancient, but the contemporary practice is based around herbal medicine, which was only part of the earlier repertoire. Doctors in ancient India were doing nose jobs, but we don't know success rates.
But it didn't work because due to the power of not being white, but because they had a structured system of debate where practitioners compared notes and challenged one another.
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
But it didn't work because due to the power of not being white, but because they had a structured system of debate where practitioners compared notes and challenged one another.