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rewarding my microwave by letting it heat up a fork as a treat
just checking in with one of the most influential philosophers alive today
August 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
rewarding my microwave by letting it heat up a fork as a treat
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American white identity politics has always been defined by its combination of entitlement to unearned privilege on one hand, and a bitter sense of grievance that the entitlement into which you believe yourself to have been born has been taken from you by non-white and/or non-Christian others.
November 16, 2024 at 5:52 PM
American white identity politics has always been defined by its combination of entitlement to unearned privilege on one hand, and a bitter sense of grievance that the entitlement into which you believe yourself to have been born has been taken from you by non-white and/or non-Christian others.
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It’s funny how listening to a wittily crafted lecture *feels* like The fastest way to learn when the *actual* fastest way to learn is spending time lost and confused to the point of despair
November 1, 2024 at 2:13 AM
It’s funny how listening to a wittily crafted lecture *feels* like The fastest way to learn when the *actual* fastest way to learn is spending time lost and confused to the point of despair
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Just spent an hour on a Zoom w a class in an IL prison, and any of these interactions always drive home just:
HOW MUCH HUMAN POTENTIAL WE WASTE IN OUR PRISONS.
My GOD. Just ... damnit.
That our only sense of "accountability" for serious crimes is "throw away the key" is just ... infuriating.
HOW MUCH HUMAN POTENTIAL WE WASTE IN OUR PRISONS.
My GOD. Just ... damnit.
That our only sense of "accountability" for serious crimes is "throw away the key" is just ... infuriating.
October 8, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Just spent an hour on a Zoom w a class in an IL prison, and any of these interactions always drive home just:
HOW MUCH HUMAN POTENTIAL WE WASTE IN OUR PRISONS.
My GOD. Just ... damnit.
That our only sense of "accountability" for serious crimes is "throw away the key" is just ... infuriating.
HOW MUCH HUMAN POTENTIAL WE WASTE IN OUR PRISONS.
My GOD. Just ... damnit.
That our only sense of "accountability" for serious crimes is "throw away the key" is just ... infuriating.