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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 20h

In the argument-mapping exercises for my Critical Thinking course, there's an exercise which--to my eyes--the textbook has clearly mapped wrong.

As you might expect, my better-performing students have all gotten that one 'wrong' on their homework, whereas everyone else has gotten it 'right.'

Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 21h

"Whatever you did for one of the least of these," and so on.

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Janet D. Stemwedel @docfreeride.bsky.social · 1d

My department is hiring! Tenure-track assistant professor in philosophy (AOS: philosophy of technology) jobs.sjsu.edu/en-us/job/55...

San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Technology

jobs.sjsu.edu

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Felipe Cardenas @felipecardenas.bsky.social · 1d

Darlington Nagbe decided over the summer that 2025 would be his last season in MLS. He stayed quiet about until today.

Nagbe, and those closest to him, spoke to The Athletic about his decision and the emotional conflicts of his announcement.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/669...

Darlington Nagbe retires: An understated star with an impeccable reputation

Nagbe is retiring after a distinguished, trophy-laden career in MLS, and those closest to him paint a picture of a revered superstar

www.nytimes.com

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Tom Reed @tomba1919.bsky.social · 2d

Not sure the casual Columbus sports fan appreciated what had in Darlington Nagbe, who reportedly will retire at season’s end. One of the great athletes to call our city home. Won 2 of his 4 MLS Cups w/ #Crew96. Selfless teammate. Tireless worker. Midfield hoss. Thanks for the great memories.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 2d

He dribbles past the guys he feels like dribbling past, scores the goals he feels like scoring and plays where he feels like playing. That's what makes it special: your team is his preference, not his ceiling. It's silly, in retrospect, to expect him to keep playing until he can't. He chooses.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 2d

Maybe the most transcendent thing about Darlington Nagbe is that he always seems free to choose. Most of us act from necessity; dribble 'til we're trapped or lose the ball, score as many goals as we can, go as far as our talent will stretch. We don't stop until we have to. Nagbe chooses.

Tom Bogert @tombogert.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Columbus Crew midfielder and MLS legend Darlington Nagbe is retiring after the 2025 MLS season, per sources.

Nagbe, 35, is a four-time MLS Cup winner (2015, 2018, 2020, 2023) with three clubs (Portland, Atlanta, Columbus).

One of MLS's best-ever midfielders 👏

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 2d

I was too afraid to say this, but if Doyle's saying it, I'll retweet.

Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 2d

Even moreso now that Nagbe is retiring at the end of the year.

Matthew Doyle @mattdoyle.bsky.social · 4d

I am so deadly serious about Columbus needing to bring Emeka Eneli home this winter. Cashfer, GAM, whatever it takes.

Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 2d

To say this has been a bad day would be to say much more than is warranted, but I have not enjoyed most of it.

Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 3d

Shame on you, @defector.com

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 4d

That was, uh, not great from Schulte.

Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 5d

Agree. He destroyed Puebla, and he seems to pretty regularly dominate in YNT competition, but his confidence, and thus influence seem to recede a lot against first-team competition.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 7d

We all long for forbidden fruit from time to time.

Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 7d

The Maize and Blue, as I believe they’re known to their fans.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 8d

Another night, another opportunity to watch my Cincinnati-based team get eaten alive on national television.

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templephilosophy.bsky.social @templephilosophy.bsky.social · 8d

Congratulations to Associate Professor Eugene Chislenko for winning the Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy! You can read more about his accomplishment here:
iseethics.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/2...

2025 winner of the Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy

The International Society for Environmental Ethics (ISEE) is pleased to announce publicly the 2025 winner of the Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy. This year’s Andrew Lig…

iseethics.wordpress.com

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 8d

I couldn't watch the Bengals last night (well. I could've. I was playing pickup soccer), and I can't watch Tottenham now (again, I could, I guess. I could pay for Paramount+), and I'm kind of grateful in both cases.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 8d

Kind of? I think there’s something that corresponds roughly to what we think of as objective moral facts, but grasping/applying those facts is pretty relative. So some irreducible margin in definitions. Even so, eulogizers exaggerate how much a person embodied a group’s shared concept of goodness.

Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 9d

I think we just assume that only good people deserve to be loved and mourned, so we have to convince ourselves that all of our loved ones are good people to justify our grief. It’s the same instinct as the one that dismisses the death of a person who did evil.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 9d

When you hear one delivered about someone you love, you discover that rapturous, adulating eulogies have a little poison in them. They rest on the assumption that the whole person you loved wasn’t quite worthy of your grief without a moral glow-up.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 9d

Maybe that’s the real magic of 2002: there was a level of rent-seeking that hadn’t yet been achieved or normalized.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 9d

You’re uncomfortable, huh? Why don’t you call the Center for Unease Control? Oh, wait—

Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 9d

Totally impossible to replicate. I’ve been chasing the high of USA/Portugal under the tent my whole life.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 11d

Sean Bean as Boromir in The Fellowship of the Rings, with a speech bubble added to the bottom, implying that he is the one saying that "it's like sending the Smurfs against Sauron," in reference to hobbits, rather than Ken White saying it in reference to congressional Democrats, who are intent on playing the role of Shiriffs (or perhaps Lotho Sackville-Baggins) in a real-life reenactment of the Scouring of the Shire.

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Juan Ersatzman @juanersatzman.bsky.social · 11d

Feels like Habroune could make a difference in this game.

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