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@johngiordano.bsky.social
Artist | Writer | Educator/Coach | Former academic whose work explores politics, philosophy, art, and personal growth/social change. I coach people and communities in figuring out where to go next.
Welcome to late capitalism in the Anthropocene.
December 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Welcome to late capitalism in the Anthropocene.
This remarkable story reminds me of Kekulé’s discovery of the benzene ring’s structure by way of a dream. Something must have been pregnant in the cancer researcher’s mind to make the flower analogy make sense. This story should be front & center of all debates on university humanities funding.
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This remarkable story reminds me of Kekulé’s discovery of the benzene ring’s structure by way of a dream. Something must have been pregnant in the cancer researcher’s mind to make the flower analogy make sense. This story should be front & center of all debates on university humanities funding.
I could no longer suspend disbelief watching a period drama series that took place in the 1980s after someone dialed a push button telephone with both their thumbs instead of an index finger.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I could no longer suspend disbelief watching a period drama series that took place in the 1980s after someone dialed a push button telephone with both their thumbs instead of an index finger.
Searle’s Chinese Room thought experiment is seeming more and more quaint with every job lost and CO2-producing electrical grid strained by AI.
December 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Searle’s Chinese Room thought experiment is seeming more and more quaint with every job lost and CO2-producing electrical grid strained by AI.
True. But the Students for a Democratic Society drove the left inside academia, where identity/social justice issues flourished and labor/economic issues languished, leading to the rightwing populism Trump exploited. Get both social and economic justice back in everyday life: unions & communities.
December 1, 2025 at 3:04 PM
True. But the Students for a Democratic Society drove the left inside academia, where identity/social justice issues flourished and labor/economic issues languished, leading to the rightwing populism Trump exploited. Get both social and economic justice back in everyday life: unions & communities.
NEW: this article ends with a gloss over of the fact that the president called for the hanging of members of congress and we will go about our day unfazed.
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NEW: this article ends with a gloss over of the fact that the president called for the hanging of members of congress and we will go about our day unfazed.
I think we should take seriously the fact the people on both the far right and far left want an authoritarian who reflects their views. They of course aren’t considering the fact that they too will eventually lose their freedom.
We may be in for a few decades of authoritarianism across the globe.
We may be in for a few decades of authoritarianism across the globe.
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I think we should take seriously the fact the people on both the far right and far left want an authoritarian who reflects their views. They of course aren’t considering the fact that they too will eventually lose their freedom.
We may be in for a few decades of authoritarianism across the globe.
We may be in for a few decades of authoritarianism across the globe.
This is advertising. Stop.
November 28, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This is advertising. Stop.
Constant lying is exhausting.
November 27, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Constant lying is exhausting.
I thought we cemented our membership in the citizenry with Geraldine Ferraro’s nomination, but here we are.
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I thought we cemented our membership in the citizenry with Geraldine Ferraro’s nomination, but here we are.
However, when he posits the characteristics of the BlueSky home, the author misses its embrace of coffee and tea culture as evinced by the display of well-designed tools bought on vacation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
However, when he posits the characteristics of the BlueSky home, the author misses its embrace of coffee and tea culture as evinced by the display of well-designed tools bought on vacation.
I’ve been saying for years the Ivy League has failed miserably in teaching visual literacy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I’ve been saying for years the Ivy League has failed miserably in teaching visual literacy.
I love that you used past tense.
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I love that you used past tense.
Or worked a whale of a mind-numbing government job.
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Or worked a whale of a mind-numbing government job.
He never left 1992.
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
He never left 1992.
Listening to this has me feeling even more respect for middle school teachers who have to listen to stuff like this on the daily.
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Listening to this has me feeling even more respect for middle school teachers who have to listen to stuff like this on the daily.
This one takes the gravy.
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This one takes the gravy.
Looks over shoulder. Twice.
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Looks over shoulder. Twice.
Hi, Cate. So nice to see you here! You know where I learned that stuff!
November 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Hi, Cate. So nice to see you here! You know where I learned that stuff!
Or what the media claims him to be.
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Or what the media claims him to be.
The Catholic Church hired artists like Bernini to reinvent church architecture and interior design for high dramatic effect by using light, gold, and candles. The idea was to use visual effects to bring people back to mass as Protestantism was growing. Same idea, different century.
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
The Catholic Church hired artists like Bernini to reinvent church architecture and interior design for high dramatic effect by using light, gold, and candles. The idea was to use visual effects to bring people back to mass as Protestantism was growing. Same idea, different century.
What they dressed the ring bearer in at your cousin’s wedding in 1990.
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
What they dressed the ring bearer in at your cousin’s wedding in 1990.