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Philosophy Department Fights For Survival | Daily Nous
I’m the chair of the only remaining Department of Philosophy at a public university in the state of Louisiana. (LSU has a department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, which is the only other public university in the state where a student can major in philosophy.) Under our current governor, nearly…
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Tax (Break) Day – Truthout
Listening to what corporate America has to say about their taxes, one might draw the conclusion that the US tax system places an unequal burden on big business. However, that’s simply not the case: Over the last 50 years, the corporate share of federal revenues has plunged from a high…
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3quarksdaily: The Spectre of History: Thoughts on an Islamic Reformation
The powerless, freed from the responsibility of consequences, can wallow in their misery, create imaginary histories, and nurture delusions of promised grandeur. In imposing their new order, the European powers took away both the capacity of governance from Muslim rulers and the possibility of challenges to this governance from reformers,…
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Oscillation – Berfrois
We propose a pragmatic romanticism unhindered by ideological anchorage. Thus, metamodernism shall be defined as the mercurial condition between and beyond irony and sincerity, naivety and knowingness, relativism and truth, optimism and doubt, in pursuit of a plurality of disparate and elusive horizons. We must go forth and oscillate! Source:…
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To Blend or Not to Blend – Matt Perger
I don’t believe the majority of coffee-drinking customers are quite ready to appreciate and understand why roasters have suddenly dropped blends from their offering. Blends still hold a special place in customer’s hearts; they’re the flag-bearer for the business; the gateway to the rest of your offering. Don’t get me…
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How the US Became an Oligarchy
According to a new study from Princeton University, American democracy no longer exists. Source: www.truth-out.org Democracy schmocracy
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O, Chicago …
Originally posted on dr. p.l. (paul) thomas: This is a difference between the passive be and the active being…. For the master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house. Audre Lorde, The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of…
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in the relative calm of clean and ordered Singapore
Originally posted on johnpoetflanagan: may 1992 Here a month in the relative calm of clean and ordered Singapore and i’m enjoying it. If i looked for a starker contrast to the bustle of Bangkok i couldn’t find a better one anywhere. The college is situated on the west of the…
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Ellinor, The Year of the Goat, and Quantum Entanglement
Originally posted on Global Sojourns: Photography & Philosophy: From the moment I awake, I lie silently and listen to the calling of the universe to determine the type of day ahead, because every day has its own personality. Some mornings are overwhelming, blasting with the sound of horns and a…
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Dreaming, Fearing, and Second Chances
These are the two Americas that [Anand] Giridharadas sees in this story: “An America that still dreams, strives, imagines that tomorrow can build on today — and an America that has resigned to fate, buckled under stress and chaos, lowered expectations. It was Raisuddin, despite being a newcomer, despite being…
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Everything Begins with Now
Originally posted on All About Being Human (award-free zone): Oh joy joy joy joy joy! “Why are you joyful?” You ask. “That is an excellent question!” I respond. Is it because I’m finally hugging Old Man Winter good bye for the season as he packs his bags? I’ll welcome him…
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Is that so? Maybe.
Zen Master Hakuin (1686-1769) travelled extensively to learn from other masters. When he was 32 years old, he returned to the Shoin-ji, the temple in his home town of Hara, in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture. Here he devoted himself to teaching a growing number of disciples. Hakuin was praised by his…
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Atomic Hong-Ou-Mandel Experiment: Helium atoms put in same quantum state, start appearing in same place
Quantum mechanics has so many counterintuitive features that it seems possible to learn a new one every month. Today’s lesson involves particles that are set into the same quantum state and effectively become indistinguishable. Once they are indistinguishable, they start behaving that way, showing up in the same place even…
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New instrument dates old skeleton before ‘Lucy’; ‘Little Foot’ 3.67 million years old
A skeleton named Little Foot is among the oldest hominid skeletons ever dated at 3.67 million years old, according to an advanced dating method. Little Foot is a rare, nearly complete skeleton of Australopithecus first discovered 21 years ago in a cave at Sterkfontein, in central South Africa. Stone tools…
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Trappist Monks Are Trying to Save Venezuela’s Dying Coffee Industry
Up until the ban on coffee exports, Monasterio Trapense used to ship 150 kilos of coffee per week to be sold in the US—and even got away with it for a while after the ban, but it was short-lived. After the ship carrying what would be their last shipment left…
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▶ Denton Coffee Culture – YouTube
Proud to be a part of coffee’s community of service in Denton and Denton County. Prouder to know so many of the great folks in these videos. As the specialty coffee industry continues to grow, quality coffee has become more prevalent in Denton County. Denton Coffee Culture, a documentary focusing…
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Good Mental Hygiene
… begins with understanding how thoughts are like germs. As always, thanks to the buddy-friend-guy and accomplice in crime, Bob Dobbs, for sharing this CPG Grey video with me originally. The ‘Other Half’ is the word. The ‘Other Half’ is an organism. Word is an organism. The presence of the…
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Watch The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel () online – Amazon Instant Video
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel More about this product Price: $2.99 British pensioners on a tight budget move to a retirement home in india; their adventures there giving them a new lease on life. Source: www.amazon.com Such a beautiful little film.
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