Dylan Doherty
@dylandoherty.bsky.social
Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology Doctoral Candidate @ Wash U. Dissertation on the role of counterfactuals and narrative in historical explanation. I need MS like I need a hole in the head. oh wait.
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Do I know anyone in the SC area who knows someone (or *is* someone) who wants to adopt two cats? I desperately need to find a home for my parents' two cats. I already have three, so I can't take them. They are boarding at their vet while I look, and I have to go home to PA in less than a week.
September 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Do I know anyone in the SC area who knows someone (or *is* someone) who wants to adopt two cats? I desperately need to find a home for my parents' two cats. I already have three, so I can't take them. They are boarding at their vet while I look, and I have to go home to PA in less than a week.
Time to hit the streets with my pro-Fed pamphlets and annoy passersby with the virtues of fiat currency.
Yale historian Timothy Snyder’s second rule of fighting autocracy is to “defend institutions,” which, he writes, “help us to preserve decency.” Snyder adds, “They need our help as well. Do not speak of ‘our institutions’ unless you make them yours by acting
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This Is No Time for Cynicism
Writing off institutions like the Senate, which has a duty to scrutinize Donald Trump’s nominees, only plays into a would-be authoritarian’s hand.
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December 2, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Time to hit the streets with my pro-Fed pamphlets and annoy passersby with the virtues of fiat currency.
A strange presupposition of the Hunter pardon discourse is that the slow erosion of norms is how you get authoritarianism when that just isn’t the case.
Weimar didn’t just slowly erode into the Third Reich. It took sudden and severe norm shifts to make that happen.
Weimar didn’t just slowly erode into the Third Reich. It took sudden and severe norm shifts to make that happen.
December 2, 2024 at 4:33 AM
A strange presupposition of the Hunter pardon discourse is that the slow erosion of norms is how you get authoritarianism when that just isn’t the case.
Weimar didn’t just slowly erode into the Third Reich. It took sudden and severe norm shifts to make that happen.
Weimar didn’t just slowly erode into the Third Reich. It took sudden and severe norm shifts to make that happen.
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(Biden after reading 'The Hundred Years' War on Palestine'): I have to pardon my son
December 2, 2024 at 4:11 AM
(Biden after reading 'The Hundred Years' War on Palestine'): I have to pardon my son
Putting together a shop vac while watching a documentary about the Pacific theater of WWII.
Full dad mode activated
Full dad mode activated
December 1, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Putting together a shop vac while watching a documentary about the Pacific theater of WWII.
Full dad mode activated
Full dad mode activated
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Beginners guide to what’s going on in Syria:
December 1, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Beginners guide to what’s going on in Syria:
Pearl Harbor gave Americans a new found appreciation of canine intelligence.
November 30, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Pearl Harbor gave Americans a new found appreciation of canine intelligence.
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*Shark in the water as swimmers run screaming towards the shore*
Shark: Oh sure. Don’t engage with me then. Enjoy your echo chamber!
Shark: Oh sure. Don’t engage with me then. Enjoy your echo chamber!
November 29, 2024 at 8:21 PM
*Shark in the water as swimmers run screaming towards the shore*
Shark: Oh sure. Don’t engage with me then. Enjoy your echo chamber!
Shark: Oh sure. Don’t engage with me then. Enjoy your echo chamber!
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Nälyd, bookshelves that mock you based on how many books you haven’t read yet.
Nälyd, bookshelves that mock you based on how many books you haven’t read yet.
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Bmün, a dining table chair that breaks under you after Thanksgiving dinner.
Bmün, a dining table chair that breaks under you after Thanksgiving dinner.
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Nivëk, a table lamp whose bulbs are only found in Lisbon.
Nivëk, a table lamp whose bulbs are only found in Lisbon.
November 29, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Nälyd, bookshelves that mock you based on how many books you haven’t read yet.
Nälyd, bookshelves that mock you based on how many books you haven’t read yet.
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Anyways, if your position is that somebody with a vagina and breasts and ovaries and a female birth certificate is ACTUALLY male because of non-standard hormone levels, that does not have the implications that you think it does!!
November 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Anyways, if your position is that somebody with a vagina and breasts and ovaries and a female birth certificate is ACTUALLY male because of non-standard hormone levels, that does not have the implications that you think it does!!
Op-Eds are weird. It's not like I can act on your neat ideas just email your representative.
November 27, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Op-Eds are weird. It's not like I can act on your neat ideas just email your representative.
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the pundit class has fried their brains from being too online. Their jobs are increasingly about just consuming and responding to Posts all day; Social media is an MMO they're addicted to, and they forget that all of this only matters within the context of real life
We then get to the tedious, tuneless ballad of reactionary centrist op-eds everywhere: This Marginalized Group Is Mean Online.
November 27, 2024 at 3:50 PM
the pundit class has fried their brains from being too online. Their jobs are increasingly about just consuming and responding to Posts all day; Social media is an MMO they're addicted to, and they forget that all of this only matters within the context of real life
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This guy was such a G for telling his evil wizard cyborg boss that his religion is bullshit during a work meeting.
July 5, 2024 at 9:09 PM
This guy was such a G for telling his evil wizard cyborg boss that his religion is bullshit during a work meeting.
Having attended a few philosophy conferences, anyone suggesting that "any fool idea passes muster" without criticism is expressing their ignorance and nothing else.
Take this paragraph, which is talking about humanities, social sciences, etc. The argument that no one wants to make waves or criticize anyone else is farcical; if you spend 5 minutes on here or at a conference, you'll see people whose positions are indistinguishable to outsiders arguing stridently.
November 26, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Having attended a few philosophy conferences, anyone suggesting that "any fool idea passes muster" without criticism is expressing their ignorance and nothing else.
The corporate commitment to DEI is about as serious as the corporate commitment to accepting bitcoins as payment.
November 26, 2024 at 2:55 PM
The corporate commitment to DEI is about as serious as the corporate commitment to accepting bitcoins as payment.
Also, high paying jobs aren't automatically available just because a person has an education. I have a masters degree and spent a year as a mosquito exterminator because that was the only thing I could get.
(Interesting job, tho, and certainly not for the lazy or a "cool" profession.)
(Interesting job, tho, and certainly not for the lazy or a "cool" profession.)
people scorned that the old twitter had no power but noah smith really got polarized into being a republican because some leftists in his mentions made fun of him
November 26, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Also, high paying jobs aren't automatically available just because a person has an education. I have a masters degree and spent a year as a mosquito exterminator because that was the only thing I could get.
(Interesting job, tho, and certainly not for the lazy or a "cool" profession.)
(Interesting job, tho, and certainly not for the lazy or a "cool" profession.)
They dropped the charges against Jefferson Davis so that's a pretty high bar to clear.
November 25, 2024 at 7:44 PM
They dropped the charges against Jefferson Davis so that's a pretty high bar to clear.
Weimar conservatives partnered with the Nazis because they feared a Bolshevik takeover.
Todays conservatives partner with Trump because they fear pronouns in social media profiles.
Todays conservatives partner with Trump because they fear pronouns in social media profiles.
November 25, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Weimar conservatives partnered with the Nazis because they feared a Bolshevik takeover.
Todays conservatives partner with Trump because they fear pronouns in social media profiles.
Todays conservatives partner with Trump because they fear pronouns in social media profiles.
Every day I get irrationally annoyed at WordleBot's judgment of my Wordle performance is another day I question the significance of passing the Turing test.
November 25, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Every day I get irrationally annoyed at WordleBot's judgment of my Wordle performance is another day I question the significance of passing the Turing test.
The problem with using ableist language like "crazy" or "mentally ill" to describe abhorrent behavior is that the problem is normative, not descriptive.
For example, Rep Mace's failures are moral and epistemic, not cognitive. It isn't a question of ability but culpability.
For example, Rep Mace's failures are moral and epistemic, not cognitive. It isn't a question of ability but culpability.
November 25, 2024 at 4:35 PM
The problem with using ableist language like "crazy" or "mentally ill" to describe abhorrent behavior is that the problem is normative, not descriptive.
For example, Rep Mace's failures are moral and epistemic, not cognitive. It isn't a question of ability but culpability.
For example, Rep Mace's failures are moral and epistemic, not cognitive. It isn't a question of ability but culpability.
"Cancel Culture" is like "The Perfect Crime": you know it doesn't exist because you keep hearing about it.
November 25, 2024 at 4:27 PM
"Cancel Culture" is like "The Perfect Crime": you know it doesn't exist because you keep hearing about it.
Terrible analogy; playing the guitar like a piano is rad as hell.
Let’s run the government like a business, drive the car like a bicycle, and play the guitar like a piano
November 25, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Terrible analogy; playing the guitar like a piano is rad as hell.
“‘An organization can prioritize excellence or diversity, but not both simultaneously,’ he said”
The only excellent organizations are homogenous organizations. I leave the kind of homogeneity as an exercise for the reader.
The only excellent organizations are homogenous organizations. I leave the kind of homogeneity as an exercise for the reader.
"Ultimately, Rufo would like to see the number of Americans who enroll in four-year colleges slashed by more than half."
Christopher Rufo Has Trump’s Ear and Wants to End DEI for Good
From his perch outside Seattle, the 40-year-old documentary filmmaker and writer has become one of the country’s most influential culture warriors, waging public fights against diversity, equity and i...
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November 25, 2024 at 2:32 PM
“‘An organization can prioritize excellence or diversity, but not both simultaneously,’ he said”
The only excellent organizations are homogenous organizations. I leave the kind of homogeneity as an exercise for the reader.
The only excellent organizations are homogenous organizations. I leave the kind of homogeneity as an exercise for the reader.
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You’re telling me my car has a mission? AND IT’S TRANS?!
September 11, 2023 at 2:21 AM
You’re telling me my car has a mission? AND IT’S TRANS?!