Gil
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STEM Enthusiast, History Nerd, Film and Literature Fan | He/him | Progressive | POC/Asian | Single-Payer Healthcare Now | FBPE | Pro LGBTQ+ Rights
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Materialists claim there is only physical material: Thought, experience, and consciousness become illusory. Idealists argue there is only consciousness reality is an illusion. Dualists hold that both the self & the world exist, but the connection between the two is mysterious iai.tv/video/the-se...
The self and the world
We tend to think of ourselves as observers of the world and experience as something different from the material stuff that makes up reality. Yet at the same time as human beings, we are at once part o...
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December 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Materialists claim there is only physical material: Thought, experience, and consciousness become illusory. Idealists argue there is only consciousness reality is an illusion. Dualists hold that both the self & the world exist, but the connection between the two is mysterious iai.tv/video/the-se...
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New York Corner - 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105215
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105215
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
New York Corner - 1913
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105215
https://botfrens.com/collections/173/contents/3105215
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Great news.
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
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November 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Great news.
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What happens when an AI is adjusted to suit the whims of its owner.
November 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What happens when an AI is adjusted to suit the whims of its owner.
Trump and Bubba getting cozy
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Trump and Bubba getting cozy
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In "Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality", Ferdinand Mount draws on literature and history to reclaim the power of emotion in an age of irony, writes Hannah Rose Woods.
https://bit.ly/4qMqhTb
https://bit.ly/4qMqhTb
In defence of sentimentality | The Observer
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November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In "Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality", Ferdinand Mount draws on literature and history to reclaim the power of emotion in an age of irony, writes Hannah Rose Woods.
https://bit.ly/4qMqhTb
https://bit.ly/4qMqhTb
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November 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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You Can Now See the Parthenon Without Scaffolding for the First Time in 200 Years www.openculture.com/2025/10/you-...
You Can Now See the Parthenon Without Scaffolding for the First Time in 200 Years
If you've made the journey to Athens, you probably took the time to visit its most popular tourist attraction, the Acropolis. On that monument-rich hill, you more than likely paid special attention to...
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October 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
You Can Now See the Parthenon Without Scaffolding for the First Time in 200 Years www.openculture.com/2025/10/you-...
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The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school | By Rose Horowitch www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... #academia #reading #philsky
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school | By Rose Horowitch www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... #academia #reading #philsky
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
www.theatlantic.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school | By Rose Horowitch www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... #academia #reading #philsky
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school | By Rose Horowitch www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc... #academia #reading #philsky
Illinois police chief gives an account of the behavior of ICE agents in his city.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MT...
‘THEY’RE CRIMINALS’: Police Chief GOES TO WAR With Trump’s ICE Gestapo | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk
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October 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Illinois police chief gives an account of the behavior of ICE agents in his city.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8MT...
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Who’s next?!
ICE agents rappelled from helicopters and stormed a Chicago apartment building. They battered down doors, smashed belongings, and dragged entire families - including NAKED CHILDREN - from their homes in the middle of the night. They zip-tied them, tossed them into unmarked vans.
ICE agents rappelled from helicopters and stormed a Chicago apartment building. They battered down doors, smashed belongings, and dragged entire families - including NAKED CHILDREN - from their homes in the middle of the night. They zip-tied them, tossed them into unmarked vans.
October 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Who’s next?!
ICE agents rappelled from helicopters and stormed a Chicago apartment building. They battered down doors, smashed belongings, and dragged entire families - including NAKED CHILDREN - from their homes in the middle of the night. They zip-tied them, tossed them into unmarked vans.
ICE agents rappelled from helicopters and stormed a Chicago apartment building. They battered down doors, smashed belongings, and dragged entire families - including NAKED CHILDREN - from their homes in the middle of the night. They zip-tied them, tossed them into unmarked vans.
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ICE gassed members of the Chicago Police Department sent to protect them from protesters
Continued video of feds gassing protestors and CPD alike. In the chaos one woman came to a CPD officer asking for help for a relative that she says feds just grabbed.
Officer response: "We just clocked in. We don't know what's going on."
Officer response: "We just clocked in. We don't know what's going on."
October 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
ICE gassed members of the Chicago Police Department sent to protect them from protesters
Allegedly, a 17 year old Charlie Kirk and Andrew Tate fan killed two teenage girls in New Jersey by running them over bc one of them supposedly made a joke about Kirk and spurned his advances.
October 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Allegedly, a 17 year old Charlie Kirk and Andrew Tate fan killed two teenage girls in New Jersey by running them over bc one of them supposedly made a joke about Kirk and spurned his advances.
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Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91
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Hi, Pete Hegseth. It’s me. Army veteran, Judge Advocate lawyer, and law professor. Your vain and gross performance to our nation’s military leaders succeeded only in proving your incompetence, dangerousness, and childishness. You’re a petty spoiled 7th grade boy without the sophistication or class.
September 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Hi, Pete Hegseth. It’s me. Army veteran, Judge Advocate lawyer, and law professor. Your vain and gross performance to our nation’s military leaders succeeded only in proving your incompetence, dangerousness, and childishness. You’re a petty spoiled 7th grade boy without the sophistication or class.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a series of strange and embarrassing remarks in front of our nation’s military today, prompting new calls for him to resign. Maj. Gen. William Enyart (Ret.), former Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, joins The Weeknight to respond.
October 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth delivered a series of strange and embarrassing remarks in front of our nation’s military today, prompting new calls for him to resign. Maj. Gen. William Enyart (Ret.), former Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard, joins The Weeknight to respond.
PTA's film, One Battle After Another, made me think of the works of Thomas Pynchon and his themes of the interplay between progressivism and conservatism (the establishment). Here is an interesting vid on Pynchon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emk6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emk6...
American History As Told By Thomas Pynchon
YouTube video by Lit Tips
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September 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
PTA's film, One Battle After Another, made me think of the works of Thomas Pynchon and his themes of the interplay between progressivism and conservatism (the establishment). Here is an interesting vid on Pynchon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emk6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emk6...
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RIP John Searle... www.nybooks.com/articles/201...
What Your Computer Can’t Know | John R. Searle
We are all beneficiaries of the revolution in computation and information technology—for example, I write this review using devices unimaginable when I
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September 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
RIP John Searle... www.nybooks.com/articles/201...
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WOW! ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap this food delivery worker but the guy was too fast for those ICE agents! 👏🏽🔥
September 29, 2025 at 4:10 AM
WOW! ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap this food delivery worker but the guy was too fast for those ICE agents! 👏🏽🔥
Leslie Jones explains to white person that slavery was bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR2...
Leslie Jones on the Dangers of Trump Memory-Holing Slavery from Our Museums | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Leslie Jones explains to white person that slavery was bad.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR2...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyR2...