Maybe this is going to get me cancelled by my generation but my opinion needs to be expressed.

I don’t like X-Men ‘97. I kind of hate it.

Given the options, this really is the right answer, but it raises the question why there’s so much Gen X erasure.

The votes are converging on the right answer, but it makes me wonder why there is so much Gen-X erasure.

The best decade to be in your 20s was:

Everyday philosophy: Our assisted dying laws are inhumane - my column this week ⁦The New European - Think Without Borders⁩ app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/04/17/eve…

'Philosophy... makes being disagreeable no longer normatively verboten, as it often is for women in particular, but something socially expected and even a professional obligation.' dailynous.com/2024/04/16/why…

My Conan O'Brien knowledge runs deep, but once a year I introduce a new person to my favorite obscure bit of all time, the great Stackenblochen. youtube.com/watch?v=d6wd78…

When I was a young-un, I was a casual NIN fan. Today I'm a huge fan, I think Trent Reznor is an awe-inspiring artist and a good human being. youtube.com/watch?v=0BqJNE…

Ruth Wippman, citing Ellie Anderson on hermeneutic labor. ruthwhippman.substack.com/p/the-one-who-…

I didn’t know Alex was a Russellian about proper names. (Okay, super corny inside-philosophy joke).

Philosopher Dr Skye Cleary reviews philosopher Helen De Cruz book on Wonder. wsj.com/arts-culture/b…

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A Democrat flipped a GOP seat in Alabama this week. That's more evidence supporting my theory -- that the backlash against Dobbs can restore balance to a constitutional order in need of it. SCOTUS is lost, but Democrats could take and hold the US House for years.

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What a great idea. I would totally pay strangers and friends who have good critical judgment to read my manuscript and tell me whether to abandon it. I’m not saying I would take the advice, it’s just hard to get honest critical feedback at the draft stage.

Jazzed to see my research on hermeneutic labor featured in today's The Washington Post :)

I don’t get college students who don’t come to class even once during the quarter and then show up to the final and write things like “the poverty of the stimulus argument is like when some places have a lot of poverty and it isn’t very stimulating.”

Conservative elites can’t control Trump. Some of them are bailing. Democracy is now the only thing that can save their elite status. A THREAD.

When I'm in NYC, I like to go to my favorite Mexican take-out, and when they give me some fresh salsa on the side, I look at it suspiciously and say 'This stuff's made in New York City!'.

The Washington press corps' focus on Biden's age, and on 'vibes' generally, means public opinion has not fully recognized that last week, during the State of the Union, Biden declared the end of the Clinton and Reagan presidencies. This THREAD brings attention to that.