Michael Cholbi
@thatwhichischolbi.bsky.social
'No true Scotsman': US-ish philosopher HQ'd in Edinburgh. Death & dying, work & labor, Kantian ethics, paternalism, etc.. Unapologetic coffee snob. More at https://michael.cholbi.com/ and https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/michael-cholbi
'It's the hottest place north of Havana'
November 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
'It's the hottest place north of Havana'
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The rise and fall of Pizza Hut in the waning days of the Cold War slate.com/news-and-pol...
One of America’s Most Beloved Restaurants Is on the Brink. People Forget About the Time It Almost Changed the World.
A delicious caper of vodka bribes and world-altering salad bars.
slate.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
The rise and fall of Pizza Hut in the waning days of the Cold War slate.com/news-and-pol...
Working class spectacle, working class substance -- maybe we shouldn't fall for the former? washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/12/t...
The Magical Thinking Behind Graham Platner’s Rise
Progressives are backing a Nazi-tattooed amateur over Gov. Janet Mills, a feminist who expanded Medicaid and made community college free.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Working class spectacle, working class substance -- maybe we shouldn't fall for the former? washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/12/t...
I grew up late 70's-early 80's in rural Oregon, now with fond memories of eating locally grown beans and handmade rhubarb crisp in my school cafeteria. 'Lunch ladies' were then (and still are) absolute everyday superheroes bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.
bittersoutherner.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I grew up late 70's-early 80's in rural Oregon, now with fond memories of eating locally grown beans and handmade rhubarb crisp in my school cafeteria. 'Lunch ladies' were then (and still are) absolute everyday superheroes bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
Federal jury awards $112M to immigrants detained by Suffolk for ICE
A federal jury found the county and the Sheriff's Office violated the Constitutional rights of 674 people.
longisland.news12.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wow, a Long Island jury awarded $112 Million to 674 immigrants who were unlawfully held by county police so they could be handed over to ICE
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Just dropped: fabulous interview with Scottish philosophy legend David Hume youtu.be/OXGJJevK4MU?...
Alfred Philosophy Interviews... David Hume
YouTube video by Paul Butterfield - Alfred University Philosophy
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just dropped: fabulous interview with Scottish philosophy legend David Hume youtu.be/OXGJJevK4MU?...
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Wealth inequality harms our economy in five ways - reducing demand, wasting talent, extracting wealth, skewing investment and undermining competition. Read more about the evidence base - and how to fill the gaps in it - in our joint briefing with @acadsocsciences.bsky.social, written up here 👇
Is inequality starving the economy?
Exploring the evidence base for how wealth inequality undermines growth, and what we can do about it, with the Academy of Social Sciences
www.faircomment.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Wealth inequality harms our economy in five ways - reducing demand, wasting talent, extracting wealth, skewing investment and undermining competition. Read more about the evidence base - and how to fill the gaps in it - in our joint briefing with @acadsocsciences.bsky.social, written up here 👇
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I think about this post every day 🧪
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I think about this post every day 🧪
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ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
"Most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors; decreasing their numbers will only decrease their contributions."
"Most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors; decreasing their numbers will only decrease their contributions."
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
"Most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors; decreasing their numbers will only decrease their contributions."
"Most immigrants are already net fiscal contributors; decreasing their numbers will only decrease their contributions."
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Are our vices increasingly vicious? Have we swapped social vices (drinking) for anti-social ones (online gambling)? archive.is/z7k1M
archive.is
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Are our vices increasingly vicious? Have we swapped social vices (drinking) for anti-social ones (online gambling)? archive.is/z7k1M
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Call for Papers, 'Doing Right by the Digital Dead' -- deadline 15 October 2026 filozofia.sav.sk/en/mi2026
November 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Call for Papers, 'Doing Right by the Digital Dead' -- deadline 15 October 2026 filozofia.sav.sk/en/mi2026
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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Who really runs Britain?
Book review: Born to Rule
We're always hearing about the "elite", but what does the data tell us about who runs Britain?
newhumanist.org.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Who really runs Britain?
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1) I ❤️ radio - its synchronicity, immediacy, humanness, unpredictability
2) AM radio is a powerful democratising force, vital to rural areas and the digitally underserved. Shame on automakers who won't spend pennies to ensure its availability in new cars!
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-tec...
2) AM radio is a powerful democratising force, vital to rural areas and the digitally underserved. Shame on automakers who won't spend pennies to ensure its availability in new cars!
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-tec...
AM Radio Is a Lifeline in Rural America. So Why Do Carmakers Want It Gone?
As automakers lobby to yank the 105-year-old tech from new models, broadcasters argue that the trusty medium is an irreplaceable resource. But is anybody listening?
www.popularmechanics.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1) I ❤️ radio - its synchronicity, immediacy, humanness, unpredictability
2) AM radio is a powerful democratising force, vital to rural areas and the digitally underserved. Shame on automakers who won't spend pennies to ensure its availability in new cars!
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-tec...
2) AM radio is a powerful democratising force, vital to rural areas and the digitally underserved. Shame on automakers who won't spend pennies to ensure its availability in new cars!
www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-tec...
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They're calling him the most French man in history
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They're calling him the most French man in history