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William Engels

@william-engels.bsky.social
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Historian of philosophy, philosopher of technology, technologist of the mind. I host the History of Philosophy Audio Archive on Spotify, and write for Hemlock on Substack. linktr.ee/williamengels

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Watchdog Progressive @watchdogprg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Mexico says it will pursue legal action against US after deadly ICE shooting in Houston. abc13.com/post/mexico-...
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Mexico says it will pursue legal action against US after deadly ICE shooting in Houston
"Unfortunately, there has been another death of a Mexican national in the United States," President Claudia Sheinbaum said after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent.
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Jenn @ Charge To The Parks 🔌🔋🛻 @chargetotheparks.com · 09/07/2026
When the light hits just right in White Sands National Park.
Sunset light going across the tops of ripples in white sand, accentuating the shape of the ripples.
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Jack Kennedy @jackkennedy.ie · 04/07/2026
Currently in the Netherlands and can report that the Moroccans are happy
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 15/06/2026
Great piece by Jessi Jezewska Stevens on the Swiss referendum to cap the population at 10 million—which looks like it just failed by a few percentage points. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Could Switzerland Become the First Country to Cap Its Population?
The Swiss will soon go to the polls for a novel initiative that could upend the nation’s economy and rupture ties with the European Union.
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 08/05/2026
Text of our otherwise paywalled Economist review 👇 being called "the inverse of Walter Isaacson's biography...that is arguably more revealing" is 🍻
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snormantx @snormanca.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekVforVocal Don’t remember what Beto was saying but I was glad for a chance to attend his rally. October 2022
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Uncle Don @uncledon.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
yes very interesting (evil laugh)
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/06/2026
Interesting. French far-right distancing itself from Trump www.politico.eu/article/fran...
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France’s far-right front-runner rejects Trump’s backing
Jordan Bardella called the U.S. president’s behavior “erratic but also extremely unsteady and constantly shifting.”
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Didn't really realize how much 70 straight days of monitoring my neighbor crow nest altered my behavior Every time I go upstairs for anything I first absentmindedly stare out the office window at the now-empty nest and I'm confused
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Absolutely cannot stand a bad keychain. This thing sticks to your fridge and opens beers, etc. Very nice design, very nice material. End of story. @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/coi... @alexanderKarp
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Coinax:EDC Tools Smaller Than A Coin
Titanium & Damascus steel. Features cutting, bottle opening, and magnetic storage.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Spotted on Main Street in Jacksonville, Illinois.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Unlike ours.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
How much these days for a rock tumbler??
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Sorry, Ted.
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Uncle Don @uncledon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
People really hang shit like this in Jacksonville. In their front yard.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Credit where credit is due! 🤩
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Uncle Don @uncledon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Happy Cinco de Mayo! 😎☕️❤️
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Happy Alamo Forgetting Day!
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Donation guide for excess goods.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Greetings from Jacksonville, IL.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Only got one mug, after all..
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I've discovered I really don't need shit from Amazon.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Some good stuff out there lately
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Corvallis-Benton County Public Library @cbcpl.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Join us as we dive into the life cycle of a star on May 8 at 3 PM! Explore what happens in a star's life through engaging crafts and activities. This event is intended for K-5th grade but everyone is welcome! Presented by Solar System Ambassador Erika Cook.
A planetary nebula shaped like an eye, in a field of stars. Text above the image reads "The Life of a Star: A Cosmic Adventure. May 8, 3 PM"
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ACLU @aclu.org · 01/05/2026
BREAKING: We're suing Louisiana officials for suspending the state's primary election after voting has already begun. On the heels of a Supreme Court decision that eviscerated protections for voters of color, elected officials jumped at the chance to disenfranchise people — we won't allow it.
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CarloMTG ➡️ CoolStuffCon Orlando! @carlomtg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
More amazing Magic Con memories leading up to #MCVegas this weekend. Even though some of us may attend Magic Cons as creators and make a whole lot of content over the weekend, the memories that we make with each other through The Gathering is what feeds my drive to create the Magic ❤️
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Preparing for an EDH tournament at the present moment. Looking for good advice on Commanders.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Okay fine, I'll eat....
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Assignment: Understood. It turns out... MISSION: POSSIBLE
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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters
All you do is take all the sex out, and use little short words, and little dumb ideas, and don't be too scary, and be sure there's a happy ending. Right? Nothing to it. Write down. Right on.

If you do all that, you might even write Jonathan Livingston Seagull and make twenty billion dollars and have every adult in America reading your book.

But you won't have every kid in America reading your book. They will look at it, and they will see straight through it, with their clear, cold, beady little eyes, and they will put it down, and they will go away. Kids will devour vast amounts of garbage (and it is good for them) but they are not like adults: they have not yet learned to eat plastic.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Damn, all it takes is ONE STUPID MARINE to fuck shit up for the REST OF US!!
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Are you married to Black Widow??
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ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with red hair
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Jedi have been too long on Scottish Island. White House belong to the Sith.
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Big innovations that were discovered by mistake! Can add coronary angiography by Mason Sones to the list, and many others in medicine. Gift link wsj.com/business/us-...
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Blue Dream, specifically.
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Corvallis-Benton County Public Library @cbcpl.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Crafters of all ages: your next chance to join Family Craft Night at the Library (featuring our friends from The Arts Center) is April 28th at 5 PM! All ages welcome, and all supplies provided.
Craft supplies including scissors, a paint brush, paint, glue, and pencils on multicolored background, with text that says "Family Craft Night, Tuesday April 28, 5-6:30 PM, Corvallis Public Library Main Meeting Room"
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Yo I would love a Natty Ice rn
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𝔻𝕒𝕟 𝔹𝕝𝕦𝕖 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥 💙 🇺🇸 @danblueheart.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
From Minnesota Indivisible Alliance: What if the most powerful thing we can do right now… isn’t just march? What if it’s showing the people running this country that we control something they can’t take away: Our labor. Our money. Our participation. Minnesota already proved it. <1>
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Scott Adamson @scottadamson1960.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Another graduate of the Asshat School of Parking.
A poorly parked truck taking up two parking spaces.
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Just... butterbutts everywhere. We love to see it #birds
Four photos of Yellow-rumped Warblers, lovingly nicknamed Butterbutts. They are gray birds, with black stripes, a white belly, black blotches on their sides, white wing-bars, white eyebrows, white throats, black face masks, and broken white around the eye. They have lemon-yellow on their armpits, above their tail, and on the top of their head. This is a side view.View of the bird's front, showing off that white throat that makes this the eastern subspecies, known as Myrtle Warblers.View of the back of the head, so you can see the yellow spot on the top of their head.View that includes the yellow rump patch, like a lump of butter above their tail.
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Sorry ma'am
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I would give anything to be that cigarette rn
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Marshall Rosenberg breaks down nonviolent communication into terms that anyone can understand and everyone can benefit from. Observation -> Need -> Request.
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#155 - Speaking Peace: Marshall Rosenberg on Conflict Resolution, Giraffe and Jackal Language, Nonviolent Communication, Expressing Needs and Desires, and Articulating a More Peaceful World
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I wrote a 5000 word review of The Brutalist. Yes there are spoilers, yes it goes there. williamengels.substack.com/p/the-brutal...
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The Brutalist: A Review
An Exploration of the Metamodern in Film
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William Engels @william-engels.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
I'm all out of words, but Chris Hedges isn't.
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American Concentration Camps
Once a regime starts to send people to concentration camps — including those in El Salvador — it creates a system of detention that eschews due process and disappears citizens into black holes.
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