# philosophies (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 384 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover philosophies. Page: Feed: --- ## [Trump’s “big deal” scorecard](https://take-note.ca/2026/08/25/trumps-big-deal-scorecard/) _2026-08-25 · kennethjgray · Take Note – Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray_ Photo by K K on Unsplash Thoughts from Eileen Workman Trump seems entirely incapable of getting out of his own way. I say this because, as I’ve observed: Mr. “Art of the Deal” seems unable to make any sustainable deals that actually help the American People. His fallback is always to use force, punishment, shaming,... Continue Reading → ## [Remembering Larry](https://take-note.ca/2026/08/24/remembering-larry/) _2026-08-24 · kennethjgray · Take Note – Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray_ Few people, if any, name their plants; I am likely the only one. I named my Tropical Green Blood Leaf plant with pink stems Larry for no particular reason. The name felt right at the time. I bought him (gender assigned) from a local greenhouse back in the Spring thinking he could fill an important... Continue Reading → ## [The Five Cursed Rivers of Babylon, and The Five Horsemen of The Apocalypse](https://tsakraklides.com/2026/08/24/the-five-cursed-rivers-of-babylon-and-the-five-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse/) _2026-08-24 · George Tsakraklides · George Tsakraklides_ In Greece there is a proverb that goes: “the river of history never flows backwards” – meaning, what’s done is done, it can never be undone. The proverb is an apt metaphor for the geological history of the planet as the climate crisis unfolds, but also a tragic irony given that it is a literal description … Continue reading The Five Cursed Rivers of Babylon, and The Five Horsemen of The Apocalypse ## [The Spiritual Potency of Chanting, Hearing or Remembering the Holy Name of the Supreme Lord](https://theharekrishnamovement.org/2026/08/23/the-spiritual-potency-of-chanting-hearing-or-remembering-the-holy-name-of-the-supreme-lord/) _2026-08-23 · The Hare Krishna Movement · The Hare Krishna Movement_ Yesterday my wife read me this verse and purport from the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Cc. Madya-lila 16.186). It reminded me of the potency of the Holy Name of the Lord. ” ‘To say nothing of the spiritual advancement of persons who see the Supreme Person face to face, even a person born in a family of \[…\] ## [Rae is raving mad — With thanks to Thomas Paine](https://take-note.ca/2026/08/23/rae-is-raving-mad-with-thanks-to-thomas-paine/) _2026-08-23 · kennethjgray · Take Note – Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray_ On December 13 1776, in the dark days of the US War of Independence, Thomas Paine wrote a little book called “The Crisis”. He began with these words – “THESE are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country;... Continue Reading → ## [Weeknotes #6](https://samarobryn.work/weeknotes-6/) _2026-08-23 · samarobryn · samarobryn / w. sze tsang_ Doing: A lot of resting, as I became a human petri dish and ended up with laryngitis and a secondary ear infection. It's taken three days but I'm finally feeling more human now, although my voice is still pretty blown. Not being able to talk has made me realise how much talking I do on a daily basis. Doing some behind-the-scenes admin for Chroma , now that we have closed our recent call-out. Next… ## [Butter by Finuala Dowling | Poems Rethabile Likes](https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/01/poem-butter-finuala-dowling.html) _2026-08-23 · Rethabile · Poems Rethabile Likes_ Butter by Finuala Dowling | Poems Rethabile Likes Butter by Finuala Dowling You know how it is sometimes with butter? How after a free fallow period, you long for it, how it lies shaded in its pale, soft firmness, how it calls to you quietly from its cool clay dish until at last you give in, you make toast: you don't even want the toast — burnt crumbs mean nothing to you — but you but you but you… ## [The Black Robin and the Power of Tenacious Tenderness: How a Single Mother Brought an Entire Species Back from the Brink of Extinction](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/23/old-blue-black-robin/) _2026-08-23 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ This essay is adapted from Traversal. “In the great chain of cause and effect,” Alexander von Humboldt wrote as he was teaching science to read the poetry of nature, “no single fact can be considered in isolation.” When the first European colonists made landfall on New Zealand’s shores in Humboldt’s lifetime, the cats and rats that descended from their ships began decimating the native population… ## [6 High-Income Skills That Can Make More Money Than a Degree](https://roysutton.co.uk/skills-that-can-make-more-money-than-a-degree/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=skills-that-can-make-more-money-than-a-degree) _2026-08-23 · Roy Sutton · Roy Sutton_ In this article I will explore some skills that can make more money than a degree. Now, there is nothing wrong with having a degree. In fact, a good education can open doors, develop confidence, give you specialist knowledge and provide a valuable foundation for a successful career. If you want to become a doctor, \[…\] The post 6 High-Income Skills That Can Make More Money Than a Degree appeared… ## [Flip a coin](https://bobmschwartz.com/2026/08/22/flip-a-coin/) _2026-08-22 · Bob Schwartz · Bob Schwartz_ For JDS with love I had a recent conversation about coin flipping. Tom Stoppard’s earliest of many great plays is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. The title of the play is taken from a line in Hamlet, in which these characters play a small part in the greater drama. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are minor players \[…\] ## [Brisk AI News Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rgUtDp4s3SrQ) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to audio briefings for top stories. ## [The More Loving One: The Science of Entropy and the Art of Alternative Endings](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/22/the-more-loving-one-auden-universe-in-verse/) _2026-08-22 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ "If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me." ## [Re. 'Population mental health in England, 2003–2022: Teasing apart psychological distress, mental illness and activity limitation'](https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2026/08/global-mental-health.html) _2026-08-22 · noreply@blogger.com (Peter Jones) · Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD_ Last month I was struck reading John Burn-Murdoch's regular opinion piece 'Data Points' in the FTWeekend. This one 'What's really going on with mental health around the world?' concerned a report: Henking, C. and Baumberg Geiger, B. (2026), ' Population mental health in England, 2003–2022: Teasing apart psychological distress, mental illness and activity limitations '. ESRC Centre for Society and… ## [The Slop of the Deal](https://bobmschwartz.com/2026/08/22/the-slop-of-the-deal/) _2026-08-22 · Bob Schwartz · Bob Schwartz_ Threats, lies, bullying, beating another party to death is not negotiation. Which explains the long list—a lifetime—of failed Trump negotiations, as a “businessman” and as president. Lose-lose describes many of these deals. The latest is the abandoned attempt to reach a trade deal with Canada, with Canadian retaliatory tariffs now about to be put in \[…\] ## [A solution to all our dislocation and feeling lost. Get a mat and cushion and sit (no meditation needed).](https://bobmschwartz.com/2026/08/22/a-solution-to-all-our-dislocation-and-feeling-lost-get-a-mat-and-cushion-and-sit-no-meditation-needed/) _2026-08-22 · Bob Schwartz · Bob Schwartz_ Many are feeling dislocated and lost right now. Even the rich and powerful may look around at all the gold they have attached to every available surface in their house and still feel dislocated and lost. I think about what simple single solution there might to all of the challenges we are currently facing. Not \[…\] ## [I’d have written a shorter book](https://www.anomalogue.com/2026/08/22/id-have-written-a-shorter-book/) _2026-08-22 · anomalogue · anomalogue blog_ The internet has misattributed to Mark Twain a quote “If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” I first heard it as “I’d have written a shorter letter, but I hadn’t the time.” Ironically, none of the sources of this quote managed to say it as parsimoniously. Presumably, they hadn’t the … Continue reading I’d have written a shorter book → ## [Byron AI Volunteers Wanted](https://voxday.net/2026/08/22/byron-ai-volunteers-wanted/) _2026-08-22 · VD · Vox Popoli_ The Byron AI team is looking for 10-20 volunteers who are a) reasonably well-versed in a broad range of literary genres and b) are capable of quickly reading 500- to 1000-word chunks. No technical ability is required; what we’re looking for is people who are capable of reading an unidentified text sample and attempting to \[…\] The post Byron AI Volunteers Wanted appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Fireside chat](https://take-note.ca/2026/08/22/fireside-chat/) _2026-08-22 · kennethjgray · Take Note – Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray_ I have always imagined a “fireside chat” as the place where two people enjoy conversation and libations in front of a roaring fireplace in an English country house. or a remote Canadian cabin. I have enjoyed both over the years, where the conversation included politics of all sorts and stripes, religion, photography, biography, literature, music.... Continue Reading → ## [The Satanic Inversion of FROZEN](https://voxday.net/2026/08/22/the-satanic-inversion-of-frozen/) _2026-08-22 · VD · Vox Popoli_ I’ve previously written on how LET IT GO is a satanic anthem that summarizes the moral perspective of Aleister Crowley. But never having seen the movie, I didn’t know what a complete inversion of Hans Christian Anderson’s SNOW QUEEN the Disney movie actually is. When Gerda encounters the magical henchmen of the Snow Queen, waiting \[…\] The post The Satanic Inversion of FROZEN appeared first on Vox… ## [In the News (#1665)](https://maggiemcneill.com/2026/08/22/in-the-news-1665/) _2026-08-22 · Maggie McNeill · The Honest Courtesan_ Torture, brutality, and abuse \[are\] endemic to New York’s prisons. – Jerome Wright Vulture Watching (#1451) I doubt this will do very much good until the current SCOTUS is neutralized: …a U.S. district court judge in Idaho ruled that women have a constitutional right to abortion to preserve their physical and mental health. Not just to \[…\] ## [(untitled)](https://yandoo.wordpress.com/2026/08/22/18166/) _2026-08-22 · Tim Harding · The Logical Place_ When the Earth stood still ## [CLI-first decentralized GPU compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/csPXgKM0Er2i) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Pay workers or run your GPU for FFmpeg transcode and AI inference. ## [You Wait for Consensus and Call It Thinking](https://www.derekneighbors.com/2026/08/22/you-wait-for-consensus-and-call-it-thinking) _2026-08-22 · Derek Neighbors · Derek Neighbors_ We were in a product review that had already decided to keep a line nobody used. I had the sentence in my notes: kill it, move the engineers to the replacement. Two other directors had the same sentence. Nobody said it. We funded another year. ## [Untitled by César Vallejo | Poems Rethabile Likes](https://po-re-li.blogspot.com/2026/08/untitled-poem-by-cesar-vallejo.html) _2026-08-22 · Rethabile · Poems Rethabile Likes_ Untitled by César Vallejo | Poems Rethabile Likes "Untitled" by César Vallejo Poet César Vallejo — read by Claudia Rankine . Find Vallejo's books 📖 Read along Untitled For several days, I have felt an exuberant, political need to love, to kiss affection on its two cheeks, and I have felt from afar a demonstrative desire, another desire to love, willingly or by force, whoever hates me, whoever… ## [It’s Only A Paper Moon or Globe](https://travelbetweenthepages.com/2026/08/22/its-only-a-paper-moon-or-globe/) _2026-08-22 · Brian D. Butler · Travel Between The Pages_ I have always been fascinated by globes. When I was a wee lad I had a globe/lamp combo on my nightstand and I would spin the globe and dream of breaking out. I even made my own paper mache globe … Continue reading → ## [5 short funny stories for adults looking for a smile](https://roysutton.co.uk/short-funny-stories-for-adults/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=short-funny-stories-for-adults) _2026-08-22 · Roy Sutton · Roy Sutton_ Here are five short funny stories for adults looking for a smile today. They all made me laugh, and I hope they make you laugh, too. Short funny stories for adults: 1. The nudist beach: Three men were visiting a nudist beach, and it wasn’t long before they were engaged in conversation. Two of the \[…\] The post 5 short funny stories for adults looking for a smile appeared first on Roy Sutton . ## [Blessed Are The Young](https://blog.trvth.org/2026/08/blessed-are-young.html) _2026-08-22 · Don Appleman · TRVTH_ Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt. -- Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), 31st president of the United States, address to the Nebraska Republican Conference, Lincoln, Nebraska (16 January 1936) ## [IndieWeb Ethos and Pagecord](https://brennan.day/indieweb-ethos-and-pagecord/) _2026-08-22 · brennan.day_ Responding to Eetu and Pagecord creator Olly's reactions to my article on accessible IndieWeb approaches, I examine the tension between platform convenience and digital sovereignty. Using Olly's recent controversy as a case study, I discuss why being aware of platform creators' values and operations matters, and the importance of eventually learning to self-host for true independence. ## [The Loveliness of Letting Go: An Illustrated Ode to Life’s Lasts](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/21/odds-and-ends-maija-hurme/) _2026-08-22 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ The great cruelty of life, and also its great mercy, is that only hindsight ever knows each last — the last time your lover put their hand on the small of your back, the last sip of the last cup at your favorite coffee shop before it vanished overnight, the last living note of your mother’s voice. Bittersweet or downright devastating, lasts are the currency of loss with which we pay the price for… ## [The Loveliness of Letting Go: An Illustrated Ode to Life’s Lasts](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/21/odds-and-ends-maija-hurme/) _2026-08-22 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ The great cruelty of life, and also its great mercy, is that only hindsight ever knows each last — the last time your lover put their hand on the small of your back, the last sip of the last cup at your favorite coffee shop before it vanished overnight, the last living note of your mother’s voice. Bittersweet or downright devastating, lasts are the currency of loss with which we pay the price for… ## [How to Be Un-Dead: Notes on Waking Up from the Trance of Near-Living](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/21/anais-nin-d-h-lawrence/) _2026-08-22 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ "Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death." ## [Was Adam Smith a closet Bayesian?](https://priorprobability.com/2026/08/22/was-adam-smith-a-closet-bayesian/) _2026-08-22 · F. E. Guerra-Pujol · prior probability_ By all accounts (see, e.g., Frame 2015, p. 44; see also here and here), the Rev. Thomas Bayes (1701-1761) developed his now-famous theorem in the 1740s but never published his remarkable work during his lifetime; instead, it was his close … Continue reading → ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lJ6s5EUtCUZ7) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [The Other Significant Others: Living and Loving Outside the Confines of Conventional Friendship and Compulsory Coupledom](https://www.themarginalian.org/2026/08/21/the-other-significant-others/) _2026-08-21 · Maria Popova · The Marginalian_ "While we weaken friendships by expecting too little of them, we undermine romantic relationships by expecting too much of them." ## [Bread and Circuses: If Americans are comfortable and entertained, will many overlook the devolution of democracy? (2019)](https://bobmschwartz.com/2026/08/21/bread-and-circuses-if-americans-are-comfortable-and-entertained-will-many-overlook-the-devolution-of-democracy-2019/) _2026-08-21 · Bob Schwartz · Bob Schwartz_ I published this post in 2019. You may be able to tell it is dated, since it begins with “A good economy, at least for the moment.” So it goes. I’ve been a fan of this book for a long time. If it made sense when it was published in 1985, and made more sense \[…\] ## [Roundup: Human fathers are best , mystery gold intrigues , climate mythologises, oppressed women suffer and sorry about the lack of 3D printers in this blog](https://onlinescientias.com/2026/08/21/roundup-human-fathers-are-best-mystery-gold-intrigues-climate-mythologises-oppressed-women-suffer-and-sorry-about-the-lack-of-3d-printers-in-this-blog/) _2026-08-21 · Keir Hartley · Learning, Science and Society_ Daddy knows best It seems that among mammals, human fathers are just about the best you can get. Is this our key evolutionary advantage, making the old narrative of the roaming, hyper‑masculinised killer‑ape into myth? Here’s El País La evolución del padre: la mayoría de los mamíferos machos apenas se ocupan de sus crías | … Continue reading Roundup: Human fathers are best , mystery gold intrigues… ## [Power grid evolution in the AI age](https://akshatjiwannotes.blogspot.com/2026/08/power-grid-evolution-in-ai-age.html) _2026-08-21 · Akshat Jiwan Sharma · Akshat Jiwan Sharma_ Power transmission plays a defining role in the energy security of a region but because the industry is more operationally intensive it rarely makes headlines, often working silently in the background to ensure critical services are kept running at all times. Fluctuations in demand directly affects the rotation of generators leading to more or less watts on the line as required. Power systems… ## ["Poetics of Relation" by Édouard Glissant](https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2026/08/Edouard-glissant-fibril.html) _2026-08-21 · noreply@blogger.com (Peter Jones) · Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD_ 'The Slave Trade came through the cramped doorway of the slave ship, leaving a wake like that of crawling desert caravans. It might be drawn like this: African countries to the East; the lands of America to the West. This creature is in the image of a fibril. African languages became deterritorialized, thus contributing to creolization in the West. This is the most completely known confrontation… ## [The Joy of Paranoia](https://rsbakker.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/the-joy-of-paranoia/) _2026-08-21 · rsbakker · Three Pound Brain_ So WordPress prompted me to change my password, and I just spent weeks trying to get back online. I had just been ‘shadow banned’ on X, so I became immediately paranoid. X began emailing me about rule violations a few months back. The first two times I asked for a reference to the rule-breaking content \[…\] ## [Given](https://savedbydesign.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/given/) _2026-08-21 · Duo Dickinson · Saved By Design_ The 21st Century has reinvented Birthdays for those who are “on” social media. Hundreds (HUNDREDS) of these good wishes happen every birthday (and to All Those who publish the date of their birth). We simply receive these delightful touches. Robot Solicited, screen seen, hearts melt with surprise, guilt, but mostly, gratitude. The irony is that \[…\] ## [The China That Can Say No](https://voxday.net/2026/08/21/the-china-that-can-say-no/) _2026-08-21 · VD · Vox Popoli_ China is the first Iranian trading partner, but will not be the only one, to reject the USA’s desperate attempt to win on the economic front what it lost on both the military and the economic fronts: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting: Donald Trump has threatened to wage a full-fledged economic war on Iran. Many \[…\] The post The China That Can Say No appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Service system development](https://www.anomalogue.com/2026/08/21/service-system-development/) _2026-08-21 · anomalogue · anomalogue blog_ The interface between business viability and design desirability is behaviors. The success of every business initiative hinges on customer behaviors, and to a slightly lesser extent the behaviors of people on the front lines who serve those customers, and the behaviors of many others who support the front line. Design specializes in what motivates those … Continue reading Service system… ## [A Cancer Self-Diagnosis](https://voxday.net/2026/08/21/a-cancer-self-diagnosis/) _2026-08-21 · VD · Vox Popoli_ HR helpfully demonstrates the inutility of HR: HR asked me to install employee monitoring software across every company laptop last month. They wanted screenshots every five minutes, browser history, application usage, idle time, and an automated “productivity score” for every employee. I told them this seemed invasive. They told me the executive team had already \[…\] The post A Cancer… ## [Pinhole gates](https://www.anomalogue.com/2026/08/21/pinhole-gates/) _2026-08-21 · anomalogue · anomalogue blog_ I have been concerned with the topology of eversion for a long time – long before I began my kabbalah studies, which was relatively recent. I’m old enough now that I experience as recent anything that has happened within the last ten years. Traditional esoteric thought has viewed the various domains of thought in planar … Continue reading Pinhole gates → ## [Jacob’s lightning letterpress poster](https://www.anomalogue.com/2026/08/21/jacobs-lightning-letterpress-poster/) _2026-08-21 · anomalogue · anomalogue blog_ As promised. ## [Gratitude](https://take-note.ca/2026/08/21/gratitude/) _2026-08-21 · kennethjgray · Take Note – Reflections on life, music, politics, retirement and more by Ken Gray_ A lovely post from Summerland resident, Dorothea Atwater We went into Summerland today to visit the Evacuees Resource Centre set up on the top floor of the George Ryga Arts and Cultural Centre. Everyone was very nice and helpful. Then we went downstairs where the Summerland Community Arts Council has a lovely little arts and... Continue Reading → ## [‎A review of "Philosophical, Logical and Scientific Perspectives in Engineering" by Zekâi Şen](https://www.mtemwapoetry.blog/2026/08/a-review-of-philosophical-logical-and.html) _2026-08-21 · Michael mussa poetry · Mtemwa_ Key points ‎This book highlights and explains the significance of philosophical, logical, and scientific principles for engineering education/training and engineering works. In so doing, it aims to help to rectify the neglect of philosophy and logic in current education and training programs, which emphasize analytical and numerical methods at the expense of the innovative practical and creative… ## [Friday funnies: A.I. edition](https://priorprobability.com/2026/08/21/friday-funnies-a-i-edition/) _2026-08-21 · F. E. Guerra-Pujol · prior probability_ Talk about the division of labor: large language models can write your term papers and grade them too! ## [I Flew for the Führer](https://reviewsien.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/i-flew-for-the-fuhrer/) _2026-08-21 · sienko · ReviewSien_ I Flew for the Führer (1952) by Heinz Knoke is account of a German Luftwaffe ace. Knoke joined the Luftwaffe in 1939 and fought almost all the way through the war. The book is short and surprisingly well written. Knoke … Continue reading → ## [Air Power Idiocy](https://voxday.net/2026/08/21/air-power-idiocy/) _2026-08-21 · VD · Vox Popoli_ What do air power advocates, American tax protestors, religious conservatives, and NATO strategists all have in common? The foolish idea that with just a little external assistance, the people will rise up and overthrow their government: Early this year, Ukrainian officials came to President Volodymyr Zelensky with a risky new plan to end the war \[…\] The post Air Power Idiocy appeared first on Vox… ## [Bluebells](https://maggiemcneill.com/2026/08/21/bluebells/) _2026-08-21 · Maggie McNeill · The Honest Courtesan_ Sex workers have been asking this question for 20 years. — Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2026-07-16T16:58:18.635Z There is a product called "Suddenly Salad" which I've always thought had the most bizarre name. In my imagination, the ways that product works is one opens the box, then at some unknown point in the next 24 hours the \[…\] ## [If They Can’t Find You, You Don’t Have a Network](https://www.derekneighbors.com/2026/08/21/if-they-cant-find-you-you-dont-have-a-network) _2026-08-21 · Derek Neighbors · Derek Neighbors_ I used to treat breakfast like a meeting I could move. ## [Agents Made Every Interrupt Feel Free](https://www.derekneighbors.com/2026/08/21/agents-made-every-interrupt-feel-free) _2026-08-21 · Derek Neighbors · Derek Neighbors_ A customer dropped a Slack: “I found this. Wouldn’t it be great if we could do that?”