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deussivenatura.bsky.social
lila graham (mere finite mode)
@deussivenatura.bsky.social
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philosophy phd student. a worm in the blood, a shout in the street. social, early modern, and contemporary metaphysics.
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howell raines is an interesting guy because of how much he prefigured what's up with the "liberal media" now. as the editorial editor of the times he really changed its trajectory towards what we see today, and coasted off of a hack literary brand of "southern authenticity," a liberal JD Vance type.
"An unmistakable fog of political incompetence" hangs over the Clinton White House. Bob Dole shills "for a corrupt status quo." Dan Rostenkowski acts like a "capo"; the rest or the House leadership isn't much better—"plump fellows who never saw a tough choice they couldn't dodge." All this punch stuff has appeared on the editorial pages of the New York Times since Howell Raine became editor on January 1. H3s been credited with raising the Times' editorial voice as well as stirring readers grown accustomed to the page's tradition of moderation and muzzy liberalism. Because the 50 year old Raines grew up in Alabama and worked for Deep South papers before joining the Times in 1978, the consensus is that he has brought a gritty, redneck populism to the Times—a "kick ass tone" in the words of National Journal. the cover of Howell Raines' "New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book" entitled "Fly Fishing Through The Midlife Crisis." there is a picture of him fly fishing in the center.
June 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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often think about how the tombstone of abe rosenthal (who is the man most responsible for the times' horrible mishandling of the aids crisis) has an epitaph reading "HE KEPT THE PAPER STRAIGHT." i don't have a similarly ironic/infuriating anecdote about judith miller, howell raines, etc. though.
a tombstone. the name is "A. M. ROSENTHAL." the epitaph and dates read "HE KEPT THE PAPER STRAIGHT. May 2, 1922 - May 10, 2006"
June 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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i have so many. i love the bulletpoints so much
an image of text. three bulletpoints are followed by phrases, in this order: "Original essays presenting numerous perspectives on an unexplored topic. Introduction covers the different aspects if the chapters which follow and situates the reader in the subject. Individual summaries provide a quick overview of the arguments in each chapter."
May 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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thanks oup. very helpful blurb
an image of text. three bulletpoints are followed by phrases, listed now in order: "Ambitious new work by one of the world's leading philosophers. Challenges long-held assumptions. Promises to change the philosophical agenda." it's extremely unhelpful ad copy for an academic book.
May 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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well, it has its virtues.
May 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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the average american's 3 friends
still from the film Stalker. the three main characters of the movie (The Professor, The Writer, and The Stalker) stand in a field full of mist and decaying infrastructure
May 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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It Will Happen Again
a photograph of rudy guiliani and richard grasso wearing "dow 10,000" hats and speaking into a microphone. it was taken on March 29th, 1999.
April 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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pgr update
an edit of the update to the philosophical gourmet report posted on brian leiter's blog. each of the top 7 schools are replaces with "going outside," save for the final one, cut off at the bottom of the image, that reads "The Hamburger University AI Ethics Institute"
November 13, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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the world if fichte were a better reader of spinoza
image of a futuristic society
May 24, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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joke's on you costar, i do that every day. because there's something wrong with me.
a costar screenshot. at the top it says "Good afternoon, lilabee. It's 47° and cloudy." In the center, just above a profile picture of a dog-girl saying "maybe the hoes are getting complacent, maybe the hoes needed to be shaken up a little!" reads the central part of the screenshot, "Read someone a poem today."
April 1, 2024 at 5:14 PM
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lydia tar, bloodied and crying
March 6, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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a simple drawing of a girl. above her, titling the piece, are the words "information seeker GF." around her are the phrases "asks for more information," "got any new information guys?," and "always seeking information"
March 5, 2024 at 1:50 AM
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reading leibniz
lydia tar
March 2, 2024 at 10:15 PM
deussivenatura.bsky.social
when you're so special the department lets you have your own diversity category
a multiple choice form, the prompt reads "Some of our prospective students have asked to chat with a graduate student from a similar background to theirs, specifically in one of the categories listed below, to learn about your experiences with life in Ann Arbor, at UM, and in the Philosophy department. If you feel that you fit one (or more) of those categories, and you'd like to be put in touch with a prospective student who shares your background, please indicate that here:" there are lots of options, such as "a Black Student," "a First-gen student," etc. the last option is just "Lila Graham"
February 26, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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her web connects us all
madame web from madame web with sunglasses
February 25, 2024 at 2:50 AM
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me trying to get a phd in a mega analytic program
a squiggly and vaguely malevolent bird heckles a gardening moomin. the bird cries out "YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT SCIENCE AND OBJECTIVITY AND REALISM!"
February 10, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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one of the funniest footnotes ive ever read
Zai Wo was a disciple. He plays a minor role in the Analects, but is unique in that his role is unremittingly negative. He died in an abortive coup attempt in his native state of Qi, and his treatment in the text may be connected to that.
January 19, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Guy who has only seen Bayesianism watching his second problem in epistemology: Getting a lot of 'Credence' vibes from this...
December 6, 2023 at 7:14 PM
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big day!!! @drrobertchapman.bsky.social some thanksgiving reading :) !!
a copy of the new book Empire of Normality, written by Robert Chapman
November 21, 2023 at 4:22 PM
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my disappointment when i realized this was an email about a class and not about new units going up in ann arbor
an email from Michigan Housing with the subject line "Good News! There's more..."
November 21, 2023 at 4:10 PM
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academic philosophy if everybody just stopped caring about whether or not things are "real" for a while
futuristic utopian city stock photo
November 10, 2023 at 3:16 PM
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can't focus today
maslow's hierarchy of needs meme. the pyramid sections, from bottom to top, are "Spinoza," "2400 calories of hummus daily," "healthcare," "ignoring important emails," and finally "a boyfriend that i can poison"
November 8, 2023 at 3:52 PM
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ok, it's my turn now
The Complete Works of Gerrard Winstanley Volume 1 and 2 on a table. Lila checked them out from the library
November 2, 2023 at 7:01 PM
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a acreenshot of an email. the subject line which reads "Let's beat OSU: Blood Battle 2023 begins." the rest is cropped out
October 23, 2023 at 1:33 PM
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anyone heard of this before?
stanford encyclopedia of philosophy article entitled "Death"
October 16, 2023 at 8:32 PM