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Clayton Littlejohn

@cmlittlejohn.bsky.social

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Melbourne based philosopher. Dianoia RIP. Senior Research Associate, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg. Epistemology and ethics. #philsky #melbourne #democrats It ain't easy being blue .. more

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

I didn't even know about the Homeless Industrial Complex

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 1d

They had nothing to do with MAGA, they were definitely antifa, and I had to pardon them because they were patriots.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Q: There's compelling proof that antifa did infiltrate on January 6 dressed up like Trump supporters and incited violence. Is that something you'd like the new J6 committee to look at?

TRUMP: Well I've heard that. Yeah. We will be acting on some of that.

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Jenny Judge @jennyjudge.bsky.social · 1d

Tidal is cheaper than Apple Music & they pay artists more. And the sound quality is SO MUCH BETTER. I actually laughed out loud when I played a track on Tidal and then on Spotify: the difference is that noticeable.

Also v easy to import playlists from Spotify.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 2d

We probably haven't figured out what Heidegger said yet.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 2d

We've definitely figured out what Locke said by now.

Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 3d

Have we figured out what Kant said yet?

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 3d

My hypothesis is that all the people who say that the 2nd amendment is there to protect freedom and guard against tyranny are in an epistemic bubble and just don't know about Portland and Chicago.

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 3d

Reports raise red flags: Georgia spent $54M on admin costs for its #Medicaid waiver, nearly twice the $26M spent on care, while enrolling under 3,500 people. CMS still extended the costly program that ties coverage to work requirements. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...

CMS Extends Georgia’s Medicaid Waiver Program, Despite GAO Report Raising Concerns with Costs | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

September 23, 2025: A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) raising concerns about the cost of Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage Medicaid waiver program is a forewarning about how ex...

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 4d

Type II nimby

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 5d

Trey Reed, a student at Delta State University in Mississippi, was found hanging from a noose. Mississippi police ruled the death a suicide. Now an autopsy reportedly concludes that he suffered extensive blunt force trauma across his body before he died, meaning he was beaten before he was lynched.

Kaepernick-Funded Autopsy Reportedly Finds Trey Reed Didn’t Die by Suicide — Family Attorney Ben Crump Hasn’t Confirmed

According to a source who isn't authorized to comment publicly, the autopsy of Trey Reed reveals that his death was not caused by a suicide.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 5d

Bought tickets to see a musical about the life of this man.

"This is democracy manifest!"

"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?"

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 6d

Visit Ballarat 😅

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ACLU @aclu.org · 7d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 9d

"An ice cream lid, for example, might be a good Frisbee, without being a Frisbee."

Claude wasn't buying it. I'm sceptical. I could see going contextualist (ala Travis), but then I'd expect it to be true that it's a Frisbee.

Also:

This lid isn't a Frisbee, but it's a good Frisbee. (Bad!)

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 10d

I fully understand how difficult it is to remain focused on any one particular atrocity but this really ought to be a serious scandal and people need to pay heavy prices for this

Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 10d

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 10d

This is a great thing to pay attention to instead of orders of extra-judicial killings. Distraction as #disinformation

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

Khanna: "We have to understand how abnormal this is. You don't mock someone and put a video out about how they look. You don't ever mock people's ethnicity. How do you negotiate with that? And how have we made this normal?"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10d

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Green🐍 @everest-green.bsky.social · 11d

Light is kind of like a bird

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 11d

i don’t think he was supposed to post this. this is a company lobbying for medical cannabis, specifically for medicare coverage of it, and i think they made a whole commercial for an audience of one. “YOU will…” “cementing YOUR legacy,” millions will
thank you… this was just for trump

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11d

This is dangerous.

Trump’s taking cues from Laura Loomer, an extremist conspiracy theory-pushing racist, to pressure a major publicly traded company — a direct threat to corporate independence.

What’s even more alarming is she’s aware of her power.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 11d

Panopticons sometimes work

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12d

Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 12d

"The likelihood of lethal force being used against Antifa members appears moderate to high in the near term" - Claude

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12d

Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune

Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 14d

"Are we getting dumber?" is quite the question to ask

Institute of Art and Ideas @iai.tv · 16d

What does quantum physics have to do with history? How can philosophy illuminate us about politics? Are we getting dumber as we enter a post-human era? | https://bit.ly/4gFZXW4

Join this packed exclusive interview with globally renowned philosopher Slavoj Žižek, to find out.

#philsky #polsky

Slavoj Žižek on the madness of reality

What does quantum physics have to do with how we think about history? How can philosophy illuminate us about politics, from feminism and capitalism, to our everyday lives? Are we getting dumber as we ...

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 14d

If, like me, you want to misunderstand physics more

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 15d

Buster.

spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 15d

name some words we need to bring back

i'll start: skedaddle

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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 15d

Pr (We're focused on Epistein files|We're in a hot war with Russia) is low?

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · 15d

name some words we need to bring back

i'll start: skedaddle

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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 15d

BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, finding the action likely violated the First Amendment. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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