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Philo Sophies

#Guest #article by Dipl. Ing. #Jürgen #Uphoff: “#Freiheit wird uns nicht geschenkt... Zum Problem der #Willensfreiheit”

My older article "Free Willy - Ruf der Freiheit für den #freienwillen (philosophies.de/index.php/2023) had inspired him to write his #essay. Jürgen's paper attempts to shed light on the concept of “freedom” from a #historical and #sociocritical #perspective and not just from the point of view of #cognitive #neuroscience.

More at: philosophies.de/index.php/2024

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Philo Sophies

Gastbeitrag von Dipl. Ing. #Jürgen #Uphoff: „#Freiheit wird uns nicht geschenkt… Zum Problem der #Willensfreiheit“

Mein älterer Artikel „Free Willy – Ruf der Freiheit für den #freienwillen (philosophies.de/index.php/2023) hatte ihn zu seinem #Essay inspiriert. Jürgens Paper versucht den Begriff der „Freiheit“ einmal #historisch und #sozialkritisch zu beleuchten und nicht nur auf die Sichtweise der #kognitiven #Neurowissenschaften reduziert.

Mehr auf: philosophies.de/index.php/2024

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Philo Sophies

Guest article by #Heinz #Luediger: “The #illusion of #time or where #Kant was wrong”

Here he spans a #logical #thread through the #history of #philosophy, which is based on the #metaphysical #concepts of #being and #becoming and leads to the steep #thesis that “time” is identical with #logic. But Mr. Luediger should rather explain this himself in his #essay published here.

More at: philosophies.de/index.php/2024

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Philo Sophies

Gastbeitrag von #Heinz #Luediger: "Die #Illusion der #Zeit oder Wo #Kant irrte"

Hierbei spannt er einen „logischen Faden“ durch die #Philosophiegeschichte, der sich an den #metaphysischen #Begriffen des #Sein und #Werden orientiert und in der steilen #These mündet, dass die „Zeit“ mit der #Logik identisch sei. Aber dies soll Herr Luediger in seinem hier veröffentlichten #Essay lieber einmal selber darlegen.

Mehr auf: philosophies.de/index.php/2024

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Douglas E. Welch

Librarians are dangerous: A public service announcement by Brad Montague

Dear Enthusiasts,

I write to you today as a concerned citizen.
Many aren’t brave enough to say it, but the time has come. So, I will say it:

Librarians are dangerous.

(Dramatic music should be playing in your head right now.)

You thought they were just keepers of the quiet. Guardians of the “shhh.”
The ones who handed you a dusty book and pointed to a beanbag chair.

Wrong.

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welchwrite.com/blog/2025/04/20

The image shows a library card with a humorous title, "LIBRARIANS ARE DANGEROUS" by Brad Montague. The card is yellowed and appears to be from the 1980s, as indicated by the date "1981" at the top. The card has a stamped due date of "2831.9 .H6 R54 1981" and features the repeated phrase "LIBRARIANS ARE DANGEROUS" in bold, emphasizing the title. Below the title, there are sections for the title, date due, and borrower's name. The title is handwritten as "LIBRARIANS ONE DANGEROUS." The date due is also handwritten, and the borrower's name is not filled in. The card includes three hand-drawn illustrations: a menacing figure labeled "MENACE TO APATHY," a person reading a book, and a figure labeled "DANGER!" The card has a playful and humorous tone, reflecting the book's title. Provided by @altbot, generated privately and locally using Ovis2-8B
#library#librarians#essay
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AnarchoNinaAnalyzes

On the fascist theater, propaganda, and deceptions that may lead to the birth of a US dictatorship under Trump unless Americans rise up and stop him. An essay about fascist unreality and the nazi game of Simon Says the Trump regime played during the President of El Salvador's official White House visit, and why the evidence suggests the United States just officially slipped into authoritarianism.

ninaillingworth.com/2025/04/16

Fascist Word Games and the Birth of an American Dictatorship

"t this point I’m honestly not sure how much more evidence fair minded people need to see before they understand the Trump regime’s farcical yet terrifying trafficking of hundreds of Venezuelan migrants to a torture prison in El Salvador had no basis in law or public safety, but was rather just a form of highly-effective fascist propaganda; a grand act of nazi theatre designed to inspire white nationalists, terrorize brown people, and shatter the legal checks on the Klepto Kaiser and his Christian Nationalist regime’s power."

Nina Illingworth Dot Com | "When the revolution is for everyone, everyone will be for the revolution" · Fascist Word Games and the Birth of an American DictatorshipOn the fascist theater, propaganda, and deceptions that may lead to the birth of a US dictatorship under Trump unless Americans rise up and stop him.
#Fascism#Trump#ElSalvador
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Longreads

"People needed housing first to stabilize, then to begin rebuilding their lives. But the spreadsheet made painfully clear that any promise of affordability was a cruel fiction."

For n+1, Chelsea Kirk writes about disaster capitalism and the power of collective action: nplusonemag.com/online-only/on

n+1 · Diary of a Spreadsheet | Chelsea KirkWhat scares them is something else: the realization spreading across Los Angeles that the private housing market isn’t just failing wildfire victims—it’s failing by design. That the inability to meet this moment isn’t the result of a few bad landlords, it’s a feature of a system built to extract. What landlords fear is that we might imagine something better: a world where housing isn’t a commodity at all, a world without landlords.
#Longreads#Essay#LosAngeles
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Gunnar Sohn

🔐 Zwischen Schaltkreis, Touchscreen und Tarnkappe – eine essayistische Fortschreibung meines Gesprächs mit @DrHu
Was vor 3 Jahren noch vorsichtig formuliert wurde, ist heute klar:
Dual Use ist kein technischer Nebeneffekt, sondern demokratische Notwendigkeit.

Die Cyberagentur agiert an der Schnittstelle von Schutz, Technologie & Gesellschaft.

#Cyberagentur #DualUse #Cybersicherheit #Forschung #DARPA #Technologiepolitik #Essay #Digitalpolitik
smarter-service.com/2025/04/16

Smarter Service · Zwischen Schaltkreis, Touchscreen und Tarnkappe – Eine Fortschreibung des Gesprächs mit Christian Hummert #CyberagenturIm Schatten globaler Konflikte hat sich die Debatte um den „Dual Use“ von Technologien vom akademischen Feuilleton in die Dringlichkeitszone der Sicherheitspolitik…
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