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Eric Linus Kaplan @ericlinuskaplan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Check out this excellent docu on Lao Zi founder of Taoism (or maybe that was the Yellow Emperor?) by @bryanvannorden.bsky.social youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?...

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just a reminder that the documentary I hosted, "Wisdom of China: Laozi," is available for free on YouTube, in case you want to assign or recommend it in your classes this upcoming semester! youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?...

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I was not involved in this hand at RW Catskills, but hands were JJ, QQ, KK, AA, with two all-ins preflop, and two more all-ins on the turn. AA won a small side pot, and KK took the main pot for a near triple-up. 😮

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Peter Adamson @histphilosophy.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Coming up in a few hours on #HoPWaG: Karyn and I speak to Bryan Van Norden, one of the most prominent and eloquent interpreters of Chinese philosophy! We ask him, among other things, how should we convince skeptics to make the effort to investigate non-European philosophical traditions?

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

To celebrate reaching fifty episodes in this series, Karyn Lai and Peter Adamson of the @histphilosophy.bsky.social podcast chat with a leading scholar of Chinese philosophy, Bryan W. Van Norden about Confucianism, Mohism, and Daoism. www.historyofphilosophy.net/warring-stat...

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50. Bryan Van Norden on Warring States Philosophy | History of Philosophy without any gaps

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Played $1/$3 NLHE poker at Resorts World Catskills tonight. In for $600, out for $1198.

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Played $1/$3 NLHE poker last night at @RWCatskills. In for $507, out for $820. Took a brief break for dumpling soup with udon noodles at Good Friends Market.

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I went to the poker room at Resorts World Catskills on Friday. Played $1/$3 NLHE. Bought in for $302, cashed out for $1207. 😎 My dog Diego was, once again, fascinated by my hand histories.

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Love the new poker room at Resorts World Catskills, and not just because last night I bought in for $311 and cashed out for $812. My dog Diego was very interested in my poker stories.

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

For fans of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Every accusation is a confession with them.

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Currently reading this. It was rushed into print because Giuffre's book was coming out, so there are lots of formatting errors, like footnotes in the middle of a page, and what should be block quotes set as ordinary text. But the content is interesting. 1/

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/01/2026

“A coup is happening in the United States.” Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works, argues that President Donald Trump is leading an unlawful takeover of the US government.

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I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.

On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”

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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

There are caves, and then there are caves that go darker

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

What's one difference between the US and China? You can teach Plato in China.

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I applied for a position in the Trump administration. This is my headshot.

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David Pakman @davidpakman.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

People were sucking up to Trump so much, he had to take 4 naps during his cabinet meeting

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

It feels so on the nose that Stephen Miller is such an obviously creepy loser and he also has this politics. The least subtle morality play about racists basically entirely accurately characterises the sorta people they are.

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

The bilingual version of the documentary I hosted, "Wisdom of China: Laozi," is now available. Feel free to use it in your classes, and please like and comment on the video to help promote it. youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?...

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Sam Crane @uselesstree.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Here’s a good introduction to Daoism with some fun contemporary applications. Great work from @bryanvannorden.bsky.social youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I really enjoyed this video about Laozi youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?... made by @bryanvannorden.bsky.social Looking forward to the rest of the series

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Bruce Buchan @brucealexb.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Nero fiddled while Rome burned.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/09/2025

Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up? TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Donald Trump: “smart people don’t like me”

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Clay Underwood @tclayunderwood.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Bryan, I enjoyed today’s substack video post “The Rest Understand the West Better... ...than the West Understands the Rest.” I wish I had taken more Philosophy at Vassar than the one class I had with Jesse Kalin.

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Bryan Van Norden, "The Rest Understands the West Better than the West Understands the Rest," United Nations Pre Summit of the Future, 22 September 2024 vassar.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Page...

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00. Van Norden at the United Nations Pre Summit of the Future 22 September 2024

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Trump is attacking the Smithsonian museum, saying there’s too much focus on "how bad slavery was." Authoritarians know that if they can convince us our country has never been wrong, they can make us believe our ruler is always right. This is part of a larger plan. Watch: youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s?...

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Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/08/2025

Crow: "Look at what happened. US military personnel in uniform literally were on hands & knees rolling out a red carpet for the most murderous dictator of the 21st century...we keep on acting like Putin deserves to be brought out in open like any of head of state. This is a historic embarrassment."

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

In for $327, out for $557 AND won $250 high hand jackpot for a nine-high straight flush. 😎

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Is it a bad thing that students read more contemporary authors who directly address issues like race, gender, and ideology that are particularly relevant to them? (BTW just found out I am blocked by Pinker, despite never having interacted with him.)

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

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Pat McConville @ptmcconville.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

One of the best experiences I had in graduate school was joining a reading group on @bryanvannorden.bsky.social's Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy (and the accompanying books of readings). There is still so much missing from mainstream philosophy.

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Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Having just spent a few months reading accounts of CBS’ grotesque cowardice during the 1950s McCarthy-era blacklist, it’s nice to see that The Tiffany Network respects its traditions

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

At the poker room at Resorts World Catskills tonight. Was down $300 when the board blanked out after calling all-in with the hand shown for Player 2 below. (But I'll take 65% equity every day and twice on Sundays!) 1/2

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Some things I learned from The Murder of Professor Schlick by @davidedmonds100.bsky.social Lenin wrote a critique of Mach's positivism, which he considered reactionary. Otto Neurath signed his letters with elephant cartoons reflecting his mood.

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Willard @climateball.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

As @bryanvannorden.bsky.social reminded me a few hours ago while I was attending to light carpentry, logical positivists saw themselves as fighting fascist rhetoric. He also recalled tidbits about Moritz Schlick's assassination, but no spoilers. www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Mindscape 319 | Bryan Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social on Philosophy From the Rest of the World. There are many interesting footnotes, not all of them to Plato! www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...

Title card for podcast episode with Bryan Van Norden.

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Joshua Richardson @schizosemia.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Had to take a look at this again - what a great book! Interesting to read about the interactions between contemporary Aristotelians and Confucians. @bryanvannorden.bsky.social

VAN NORDEN
TAKING BACK PHILOSOPHY A Multicultural Manifesto
COLUMBIA
TAKING BACK PHILOSOPHY
A Multicultural Manifesto
BRYAN W. VAN NORDEN
Foreword by Jay L. Garfield

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Bryan W. Van Norden @bryanvannorden.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Me at the bar before dinner in The Living Room on my cruise. #MyVikingStory

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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