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fuckeveryphilosopherbot<p>Fuck John Raymond Smythies (1922–2019)</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>"𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚙 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢, 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚕 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝."</p><p>─ 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘵</p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a></p>
Joseph Meyer<p>My neighborhood mailbox toppled over. My hypothesis is that strong winds were the proximate cause with 40 years of dog urine being a major contributing factor. </p><p>Walking my own dog, I recalled a high school shop teacher who accused the students who misused tools of having a dog’s philosophy on life: “If you can’t eat it or screw it, you piss on it.” And that in turn made me think of DOGE and whether they, seeming to have a similar philosophy, would have anything to say or do about this mailbox which has been down for a few days. </p><p>I think DOGE should have a suggestion box. My efficiency suggestion would be that sheet metal from unwanted Cybertrucks be used to replace this mailbox. What do you think?</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Urine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Urine</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a></p>
Longreads<p>"Our world should be at its most analyzable, explicable — but still it can feel like sorcery."</p><p>Eric Boodman for New York magazine: <a href="https://longreads.com/2025/04/08/does-luck-exist/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">longreads.com/2025/04/08/does-</span><span class="invisible">luck-exist/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Longreads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Longreads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Luck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Luck</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Chance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Probability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a>#Superstition</p>
fuckeveryphilosopherbot<p>Fuck Marvin Minsky (1927–2016)</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Sarah Wieten<p>Were you interested in this work on Normative Philosophy and Qualitative Methods but couldnt make it to Durham? Already doing this kind of project elsewhere? Sign up for our research network at <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/qualitative-research-and-normative-philosophy/members" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">groups.google.com/g/qualitativ...</a> Please share widely! <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23qualitative" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#qualitative</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23politics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pragmatism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pragmatism</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:osrdwh6lyrz7muynzkqkzp4f/post/3ll5d7j4mrk2h" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:osrdwh6lyrz7muynzkqkzp4f/post/3ll5d7j4mrk2h</a><br><br><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/qualitative-research-and-normative-philosophy/members" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sign in - Google Accounts</a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>Fairy tales are not a valid means of constructing a society, or governing one.</p><p>"As a recap, humans squandered millions of years writhing like animals in a chaotic and dangerous world before belatedly getting with the program 10,000 years ago in the form of an agricultural revolution. Finally, humans could shake off their dreadful past &amp; set the Earth to rights. This is how our culture understands it, correct?"</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-04-08/ishmael-chapter-4/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">resilience.org/stories/2025-04</span><span class="invisible">-08/ishmael-chapter-4/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecology</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a></p>
Stoic Teacher<p>The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive. <a href="https://me.dm/tags/stoicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stoicism</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
fuckeveryphilosopherbot<p>Fuck Otto Neurath (1882–1945)</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Kathrine Cuccuru<p>TOMORROW! <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> in <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dundee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dundee</span></a> (details 👆)</p>
formuchdeliberation<p>"It seems that nature, which has so wisely arranged the organs of our body for our happiness, has also given us pride to spare us the pain of knowing our deficiencies."</p><p>~ François de La Rochefoucauld<br>Moral Reflections</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Kindle Daily Deals<p>The Mind of Clover: Essays in Zen Buddhist Ethics</p><p>"Ten Grave Precepts of Zen Buddhism, core of Zen ethics"</p><p>Sale: $17.99 to $2.99</p><p>by Robert Aitken<br>Rating: 4.6/5 (103 Reviews)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nonviolent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nonviolent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spiritual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spiritual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/modernlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modernlife</span></a><br><a href="https://amzn.to/4jI5Far" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">amzn.to/4jI5Far</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
fuckeveryphilosopherbot<p>Fuck Josephus Flavius Cook (1838–1901)</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Animated Short Of The Day<p>3:45 PM (2021) [3 min] by Alisha Liu | <a href="https://socel.net/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59qxVs91y7s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=59qxVs91y7</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://socel.net/tags/2D" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2D</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/2DAnimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2DAnimation</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimatedShort</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShortOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimatedShortOfTheDay</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Animation</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Life</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thinking</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Meaning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meaning</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CalArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CalArts</span></a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/CaliforniaInstituteOfTheArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CaliforniaInstituteOfTheArts</span></a></p>
Kevin Dominik Korte<p>Building AI only to pass the Turing Test means we stop building technology to benefit humanity. Instead, we start to develop AI only for itself. This is an excellent insight and very relevant in our current tech environment.<br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.vox.com/the-gray-area/407154/jaron-lanier-ai-religion-progress-criticism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vox.com/the-gray-area/407154/j</span><span class="invisible">aron-lanier-ai-religion-progress-criticism</span></a></p>
Fred<p>I hate all the making fun <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PierrePoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PierrePoilievre</span></a> because he looks like he was bullied in high school. The moment you decide that there's no immoral acts, just immoral people, is the moment you embrace authoritarianism, and supremacist ideology. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elxn45" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elxn45</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elxn2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elxn2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Bob the Traveler<p>French philosopher Charles Fourier, born OTD in 1772, held radical social and moral views that became mainstream thinking; he coined the word "feminism" in 1837 <a href="https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/flaneur-10eme-arrondissement/?s=mb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cromwell-intl.com/travel/franc</span><span class="invisible">e/flaneur-10eme-arrondissement/?s=mb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Jack William Bell<p>One of the most important teachings of <a href="https://rustedneuron.com/tags/Stoicism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stoicism</span></a> is: if you can't change it, don't waste time worrying about it.</p><p>Which is a damn good thing to do – if you can do it. I personally find this particular precept very challenging.</p><p><a href="https://rustedneuron.com/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://rustedneuron.com/tags/HumanCondition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanCondition</span></a></p>
fuckeveryphilosopherbot<p>Fuck Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480 – 524 or 525)</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>"𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚜𝚢𝚌𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚛𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚡𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛."</p><p>─ 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣</p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/crumb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crumb</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/ComicArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComicArtist</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comic</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comics</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/psyche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psyche</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/childhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>childhood</span></a></p>
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