Pedal Dad
@johnbrittingham.bsky.social
Phenomenology; teaching and learning; Latin American philosophy; Boricua lover of bicycles, trains, guitars, and more; He/him/el
It amazes me how much of self-optimization “thought” is just reinventing Puritanism.
November 19, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It amazes me how much of self-optimization “thought” is just reinventing Puritanism.
Its days like today that I really miss the Boston Phoenix.
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Its days like today that I really miss the Boston Phoenix.
Where's my A24 version of "Animal Farm" directed by Yorgos Lanthimos where it's just human actors in animal masks and we give Emma Stone the oscar for it?
The times, they call for it.
The times, they call for it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Where's my A24 version of "Animal Farm" directed by Yorgos Lanthimos where it's just human actors in animal masks and we give Emma Stone the oscar for it?
The times, they call for it.
The times, they call for it.
if The avengers are based in New York, why didn’t they simply get Choitner to interview Thanos?
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
if The avengers are based in New York, why didn’t they simply get Choitner to interview Thanos?
My most woke opinion is that everyone should study the humanities.
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
My most woke opinion is that everyone should study the humanities.
I love how Arendt’s “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship“ is basically the Walter Sobjak meme but as an essay.
It is REALLY good and also wild to teach post-emails getting released
It is REALLY good and also wild to teach post-emails getting released
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I love how Arendt’s “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship“ is basically the Walter Sobjak meme but as an essay.
It is REALLY good and also wild to teach post-emails getting released
It is REALLY good and also wild to teach post-emails getting released
Now where did I put my Fanon with laser eyes jpeg…or my Sylvia Wynter with laser eyes for that matter…
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Now where did I put my Fanon with laser eyes jpeg…or my Sylvia Wynter with laser eyes for that matter…
When I teach ethics I make a distinction between ethics proper and etiquette. 'Propriety' or a perceived sense of goodness still reigns for a lot of people over actually doing what is morally right. In other words, some value etiquette over ethics.
And I turn into this legendary vine in class
And I turn into this legendary vine in class
a boy wearing glasses and a red shirt is standing in a room with the words " when " on the bottom
Alt: a boy wearing glasses and a red shirt is standing in a room screaming "When will you learn that your actions have consequences?"
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
When I teach ethics I make a distinction between ethics proper and etiquette. 'Propriety' or a perceived sense of goodness still reigns for a lot of people over actually doing what is morally right. In other words, some value etiquette over ethics.
And I turn into this legendary vine in class
And I turn into this legendary vine in class
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how do you take your coffee?
Jan-Oct: "black. no sugar"
Oct-Dec: "look, we could all save a lot of time if the egg nog was just caffeinated"
Jan-Oct: "black. no sugar"
Oct-Dec: "look, we could all save a lot of time if the egg nog was just caffeinated"
October 23, 2024 at 11:55 AM
how do you take your coffee?
Jan-Oct: "black. no sugar"
Oct-Dec: "look, we could all save a lot of time if the egg nog was just caffeinated"
Jan-Oct: "black. no sugar"
Oct-Dec: "look, we could all save a lot of time if the egg nog was just caffeinated"
When it comes to hoodies, I swear by the classic from American Giant.
My dad was a welder and had all these old champion hoodies that were built like a tank but have 1000 holes from sparks in them so I don’t have them. The AG classic feels like those and the difference is truly significant
My dad was a welder and had all these old champion hoodies that were built like a tank but have 1000 holes from sparks in them so I don’t have them. The AG classic feels like those and the difference is truly significant
Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
When it comes to hoodies, I swear by the classic from American Giant.
My dad was a welder and had all these old champion hoodies that were built like a tank but have 1000 holes from sparks in them so I don’t have them. The AG classic feels like those and the difference is truly significant
My dad was a welder and had all these old champion hoodies that were built like a tank but have 1000 holes from sparks in them so I don’t have them. The AG classic feels like those and the difference is truly significant
Me to my students every day.
here's the thing, guys — you have to read the whole article, all of the words. i know it's hard
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Me to my students every day.
Imperial star destroyer with cloaking tech has officers choose to defect and it’s all cat and mouse…I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a Clone Wars episode, tbh
what star wars really need is a HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER style submarine thriller
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Imperial star destroyer with cloaking tech has officers choose to defect and it’s all cat and mouse…I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a Clone Wars episode, tbh
Hoagie, all too hoagie
How to Do Things with Condiments - JL Austin
is a sandwich a speech act
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Hoagie, all too hoagie
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
Deadwood-heads, get ready for some grimy 19th century wonder
I had zero chill about getting this screener. Here's the first of three pieces on @netflix's Death by Lightning
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
A Presidential Historian Explains What to Know Before Watching 'Death by Lightning'
The series dives into the assassination of President James A. Garfield.
www.townandcountrymag.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Deadwood-heads, get ready for some grimy 19th century wonder
Some 19th century things are cool like Kierkegaard, everybody wearing vests, Marx in the newspaper, abolition democracy...let's leave the other super dumb stuff (miasma theory, no women's vote, phrenology, etc.) back there please.
November 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Some 19th century things are cool like Kierkegaard, everybody wearing vests, Marx in the newspaper, abolition democracy...let's leave the other super dumb stuff (miasma theory, no women's vote, phrenology, etc.) back there please.
Anyone remember The People's Republic in Cambridge? Seems like an idea that might be worth reviving (I say as a person who does not live in Cambridge and looks at it jealously while Lionel Ritchie's "Hello" plays softly in the background.)
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Anyone remember The People's Republic in Cambridge? Seems like an idea that might be worth reviving (I say as a person who does not live in Cambridge and looks at it jealously while Lionel Ritchie's "Hello" plays softly in the background.)
I was on a train that caught fire just now as we were trying to pull into Worcester station and we ended up stuck 2 miles out.
On the one hand, too on the nose.
On the other, let’s hear it for safety protocols working and a stellar crew who kept everyone safe.
On the one hand, too on the nose.
On the other, let’s hear it for safety protocols working and a stellar crew who kept everyone safe.
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I was on a train that caught fire just now as we were trying to pull into Worcester station and we ended up stuck 2 miles out.
On the one hand, too on the nose.
On the other, let’s hear it for safety protocols working and a stellar crew who kept everyone safe.
On the one hand, too on the nose.
On the other, let’s hear it for safety protocols working and a stellar crew who kept everyone safe.
They got me tearing up on the train this morning.
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
They got me tearing up on the train this morning.
can we get an "I studied the blade" tshirt but with the DC sandwich guy?
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
can we get an "I studied the blade" tshirt but with the DC sandwich guy?
I'm convinced a good number of the commentariat are formerly front-row philosophy kids who got tired of having their perpetually raised hand ignored so others could participate so they went and forced themselves into everyones business as a job.
Yes you did the reading. Good for you. Do it again.
Yes you did the reading. Good for you. Do it again.
November 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I'm convinced a good number of the commentariat are formerly front-row philosophy kids who got tired of having their perpetually raised hand ignored so others could participate so they went and forced themselves into everyones business as a job.
Yes you did the reading. Good for you. Do it again.
Yes you did the reading. Good for you. Do it again.
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They're calling him the most French man in history
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They're calling him the most French man in history
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#sacredart #protestart #immigrationjustice #nokings #hailmary #virginmary #abolishice #defundice
#sacredart #protestart #immigrationjustice #nokings #hailmary #virginmary #abolishice #defundice
October 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM