gil, a finite mode
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philosophy PhD. historical materialist. free Palestine. trans rights. Chicago based. all takes my own. podcast @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social https://leftofphilosophy.com/ https://gilmorejon.wordpress.com
I WONDER
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars?
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research.
So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
February 4, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I WONDER
I consulted with pure practical reason a priori and it told me that it is bad to have unaccountable gangs of fascist thugs in masks granted federal impunity to kill nonviolent protesters in the street. hope this helps
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 AM
I consulted with pure practical reason a priori and it told me that it is bad to have unaccountable gangs of fascist thugs in masks granted federal impunity to kill nonviolent protesters in the street. hope this helps
interesting that there would even still be conversation about who is the best film director when George Miller is right there
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 AM
interesting that there would even still be conversation about who is the best film director when George Miller is right there
what do you mean I can't just create sacred objects imbued with holy significance out of the divine plentitude of my eternal essence
February 1, 2026 at 9:17 PM
what do you mean I can't just create sacred objects imbued with holy significance out of the divine plentitude of my eternal essence
this is true! Jeffrey Epstein thought Musk was too embarrassing a loser to even respond to his requests to come join le epic pedo party. he had Ghislane tell him that they were just shutting down Little St James forever
Musk responded to newly released Epstein files that include him, writing on X that he had “very little correspondence” with Jeffrey Epstein and did not go to his island.
Elon Musk Says His Emails With Jeffrey Epstein Are ‘Misinterpreted’
Musk responded to newly released Epstein files that include him, writing on X that he had “very little correspondence” with Jeffrey Epstein and did not go to his island.
www.forbes.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:45 PM
this is true! Jeffrey Epstein thought Musk was too embarrassing a loser to even respond to his requests to come join le epic pedo party. he had Ghislane tell him that they were just shutting down Little St James forever
since actual accountability is probably never going to happen to these disgusting monsters no matter how many times they explicitly admit to their crimes in these emails, can we at least shame them for being fucking illiterates who can't spell or structure a coherent sentence
January 31, 2026 at 4:59 PM
since actual accountability is probably never going to happen to these disgusting monsters no matter how many times they explicitly admit to their crimes in these emails, can we at least shame them for being fucking illiterates who can't spell or structure a coherent sentence
among the administration's crimes I am most upset about is turning Don Lemon into a kind of hero
January 31, 2026 at 2:34 PM
among the administration's crimes I am most upset about is turning Don Lemon into a kind of hero
mailbox was good to me today
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
mailbox was good to me today
"writes Barton Swaim" ok sure
January 30, 2026 at 8:52 AM
"writes Barton Swaim" ok sure
things are dark so please take a moment to remember that you are human and that is an incredible fragile rare beautiful joyful thing. love yourself and one another! happy birthday to me 🥳
January 29, 2026 at 8:21 PM
things are dark so please take a moment to remember that you are human and that is an incredible fragile rare beautiful joyful thing. love yourself and one another! happy birthday to me 🥳
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This episode is really so beautiful. Especially in light of the past few weeks in Minnesota. We reflect on King’s meaning of love, political praxis and spirituality, and what it means to take seriously King as both a socialist *and* religious actor. Hope y’all enjoy it!
new episode out now! we kick off our new series on Marxism & Religion with a discussion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose universalist ethos and principled nonviolence shine a light on the righteous path to liberation in these dark times www.patreon.com/posts/128-in...
128 | Introducing: Marxism & Religion, Part I: Martin Luther King, Jr. | What's Left of Philosophy
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January 28, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This episode is really so beautiful. Especially in light of the past few weeks in Minnesota. We reflect on King’s meaning of love, political praxis and spirituality, and what it means to take seriously King as both a socialist *and* religious actor. Hope y’all enjoy it!
Reposted by gil, a finite mode
new episode out now! we kick off our new series on Marxism & Religion with a discussion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose universalist ethos and principled nonviolence shine a light on the righteous path to liberation in these dark times www.patreon.com/posts/128-in...
128 | Introducing: Marxism & Religion, Part I: Martin Luther King, Jr. | What's Left of Philosophy
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January 28, 2026 at 5:15 PM
new episode out now! we kick off our new series on Marxism & Religion with a discussion of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose universalist ethos and principled nonviolence shine a light on the righteous path to liberation in these dark times www.patreon.com/posts/128-in...
we should call for Stephen Miller to resign because a. there's broad momentum and his horrific policies are world historically unpopular because he's a loser nazi and b. platforms have terms of service that restrict us from saying what's obvious
January 27, 2026 at 3:13 AM
we should call for Stephen Miller to resign because a. there's broad momentum and his horrific policies are world historically unpopular because he's a loser nazi and b. platforms have terms of service that restrict us from saying what's obvious
ICE OUT NOW CHICAGO
January 25, 2026 at 7:59 PM
ICE OUT NOW CHICAGO
they know that another Nuremburg is coming
January 24, 2026 at 8:38 PM
they know that another Nuremburg is coming
you guys help I put all my valuable possessions in The Evil Voidhole and now I can't get them back. I think it's time we had a conversation about Evil Voidhole accountability www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:37 PM
you guys help I put all my valuable possessions in The Evil Voidhole and now I can't get them back. I think it's time we had a conversation about Evil Voidhole accountability www.nature.com/articles/d41...
student was like ... wait so do you think that the only real solutions to these social and political problems would entail socialism
and I said uh yeah that is the thing I'm arguing
and I said uh yeah that is the thing I'm arguing
January 22, 2026 at 11:32 PM
student was like ... wait so do you think that the only real solutions to these social and political problems would entail socialism
and I said uh yeah that is the thing I'm arguing
and I said uh yeah that is the thing I'm arguing
after a long bout of very painful writer's block, I have successfully broken through by finding a thesis guaranteed to make everyone mad at me: Spinoza is actually a dialectician
January 19, 2026 at 11:36 PM
after a long bout of very painful writer's block, I have successfully broken through by finding a thesis guaranteed to make everyone mad at me: Spinoza is actually a dialectician
as Trump utterly destroys the insipid facade of the international rules based order, dissolving NATO, kidnapping foreign heads of state and annexing Greenland for no reason, I understand 'MAGA communism'. I can't explain it, but I understand it. like how you can't explain Jackson Pollock's Number 32
January 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
as Trump utterly destroys the insipid facade of the international rules based order, dissolving NATO, kidnapping foreign heads of state and annexing Greenland for no reason, I understand 'MAGA communism'. I can't explain it, but I understand it. like how you can't explain Jackson Pollock's Number 32
the Democratic Party's job is to trail in the wake of fascist Republican activity just late enough to be able to self-present as opposing their agenda while allowing them to have already accomplished their present goals
Just got this forwarded. Here are the talking points Schumer's team just emailed out to their allies TODAY - this afternoon.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
The words "Minnesota" or "ICE" don't appear anywhere here.
January 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM
the Democratic Party's job is to trail in the wake of fascist Republican activity just late enough to be able to self-present as opposing their agenda while allowing them to have already accomplished their present goals
one thing about my first day business ethics lecture is that I will explain to students that the entire discourse and academic discipline is a rearguard PR campaign initially funded by the DoD and prominent military industrial complex firms after US citizens got angry about Vietnam War profiteering
January 16, 2026 at 12:14 AM
one thing about my first day business ethics lecture is that I will explain to students that the entire discourse and academic discipline is a rearguard PR campaign initially funded by the DoD and prominent military industrial complex firms after US citizens got angry about Vietnam War profiteering
man I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to overcome skepticism and attain true knowledge of things in themselves but then I realized that the immanent movement of consciousness reveals that all forms of finite cognition are merely moments within the self-unfolding of the absolute. phew!
January 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
man I was really worried that I wouldn't be able to overcome skepticism and attain true knowledge of things in themselves but then I realized that the immanent movement of consciousness reveals that all forms of finite cognition are merely moments within the self-unfolding of the absolute. phew!
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new episode out now! we talk about Hayden White's work on the unavoidably moral and aesthetic aspects of narrativity in historical reconstruction. first as tragedy, then as farce, hopefully something else eventually! www.patreon.com/posts/127-ha...
127 | Hayden White's Forms of History | What's Left of Philosophy
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January 14, 2026 at 5:30 PM
new episode out now! we talk about Hayden White's work on the unavoidably moral and aesthetic aspects of narrativity in historical reconstruction. first as tragedy, then as farce, hopefully something else eventually! www.patreon.com/posts/127-ha...
every time I get an ad that's like "I'm your AI girlfriend! I'm just like a real girl, but without the drama!" I am filled with furious unholy rage
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
every time I get an ad that's like "I'm your AI girlfriend! I'm just like a real girl, but without the drama!" I am filled with furious unholy rage
I will be teaching a class on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit through the @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social in Chicago this March! in case you were wondering whether you can cognize things as they are in and for themselves, I have great news for you thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...
Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (Chicago) - Brooklyn Institute for Social Research
It is difficult to imagine a more ambitious or even hubristic philosophy than that of G.W.F. Hegel. Even Hegel’s most contemptuous critics agreed with his faithful disciples on one count: he simply co...
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January 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I will be teaching a class on Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit through the @brooklyninstitute.bsky.social in Chicago this March! in case you were wondering whether you can cognize things as they are in and for themselves, I have great news for you thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/course...