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Josh Hackney
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Philosophy Major + Psych/comms at Augustana College
Enjoyer of philosophy, logic, perception, and analyzing and observing life.
“An unexamined life is not worth living”—Socrates
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Josh Hackney @jghackney.bsky.social · Aug 6
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Breaking Biases-Pt. 1
A simple discussion of some Cognitive Biases that affect us in our daily lives, written with minimal jargon and referencing — for everyone.
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People can get lucky and win. People can be assholes and win. Anyone can win. But not everyone is the best possible version of themselves.
September 1, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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A character has no control over how the story is told.

#deephm #perception #life #philsky #philosophy
September 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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#philsky #philosophy #thinkdeep #deep #poetry #art #history #classics #classical #classicallit #ancientphilosophy
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August 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The revolution becomes the regime,
a tragic tale as old as time.
August 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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An empty bucket can only be sacrificed and used, a full one can share and still have plenty for itself.
August 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Bored? Doomscrolling? New article out now, take a gander: medium.com/@jghackney/w...
Why Smiling WILL Make You Happier
What if you could hack your mood just by making a face? Science supports this possibility…
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August 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Incredible quote from Team Cherry. Can't believe they make games like this
It's a famous quote from Kurt Vonnegut about computers. It goes: "I work at home, and if I wanted to, I could have a computer right by my bed, and I’d never have to leave it. But I use a typewriter, and afterwards I mark up the pages with a pencil. Then I call up this woman named Carol out in Woodstock and say, “Are you still doing typing?” Sure she is, and her husband is trying to track bluebirds out there and not having much luck, and so we chitchat back and forth, and I say, “OK, I’ll send you the pages.” Then I’m going down the steps, and my wife calls up, “Where are you going?” I say, “Well, I’m going to go buy an envelope.” And she says, “You’re not a poor man. Why don’t you buy a thousand envelopes? They’ll deliver them, and you can put them in a closet.” And I say, “Hush.” So I go down the steps here, and I go out to this newsstand across the street where they sell magazines and lottery tickets and stationery. I have to get in line because there are people buying candy and all that sort of thing, and I talk to them. The woman behind the counter has a jewel between her eyes, and when it’s my turn, I ask her if there have been any big winners lately. I get my envelope and seal it up and go to the postal convenience center down the block at the corner of 47th Street and 2nd Avenue, where I’m secretly in love with the woman behind the counter. I keep absolutely poker-faced; I never let her know how I feel about her. One time I had my pocket picked in there and got to meet a cop and tell him about it. Anyway, I address the envelope to Carol in Woodstock. I stamp the envelope and mail it in a mailbox in front of the post office, and I go home. And I’ve had a hell of a good time. And I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don’t let anybody tell you any different. Electronic communities build nothing. You wind up with nothing. We’re dancing animals. How beautiful it is to get up and go do something. [Gets up and dances a jig.]"
August 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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A grim postscript:

Elsewhere, Scheele's Green was also used as a food colourant in candy, cakes and icing.

One edible cake decoration from Greenock, advertised “for the bairnies”, had seven times the fatal adult dose of arsenic.

"Holy f**k" is all I've got.

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August 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Bluesky needs a way to save posts so I’m reminded.
irinadumitrescu.bsky.social Irina Dumitrescu @irinadumitrescu.bsky.social · Aug 19
Simply miserable time trying to get into writing headspace today, so I wrote down some rules for brutally pragmatic drafting. There is space for more -- what should go on here?
August 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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"Autistic people do not form a fixed spectrum with clear segments of 'high functioning' and 'low functioning' and 'profound.'" @ejwillingham.bsky.social in this week's must-read TPGA newsletter. Don't forget to subscribe and/or share!

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Positives of parenting autistic children | Fixated HHS leaders | Later-life diagnosis
“There is nowhere else that I’d rather be than with them.” Those are the words one autistic parent used to describe their feelings about their autistic child in a new study from autistic researcher M...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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“Clanker” hate distracts us from the important conversations:

#philsky #philosophy #psychology #labels #names #clanker #ai #aiethics
August 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Break some biases this Monday night: #psychology #philsky #behavioralpsych
August 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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@billgates.bsky.social “who can afford to do professional work for nothing?” Well, a society with everything, namely.

Great question I found in Jobs’ bio.

AI means we can have everything and more. Now’s the time.
August 18, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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"It strikes me as unfair, and even in bad taste, to select a few individuals for boundless admiration, attributing superhuman powers of mind and character to them. This has been my fate."

- Albert Einstein

#davidgoggins is right— anything humanly possible is humanly possible. Einstein confirmed.
August 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Read my new article on AI backlash and the hidden dangers within it! Thanks for the love!

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Mb: #philosophy #psych #ai #aiethics #purpose #meaning #distractions #conspiracy #questions #essays #essayist #writing #writingsupport
“Clanker” Danger — Hidden Costs of Robot Racism
Who profits from “Clanker” memes (robot racism) and the ideas they discreetly accept and perpetuate?
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August 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Breaking Biases-Pt. 1
A simple discussion of some Cognitive Biases that affect us in our daily lives, written with minimal jargon and referencing — for everyone.
medium.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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We’ve been tricked—but we don’t have to be.
May 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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9 short rules for a better life:

1. Wake up early
2. Focus on effort, not results
3. Read every day
4. Strict with yourself, forgiving of others
5. Seek out challenges
6. Stay a student
7. Cut toxic people out of your life
8. Think about death
9. Focus on what you can control
May 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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“Humans were meant to serve” - Calling fear a destiny is how submission becomes sacred.
May 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM