Mark D. White
@profmdwhite.bsky.social
Professor, author, editor, and fan of comics, movies, and music
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See my books here: http://amzn.to/2aFC66M
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See my books here: http://amzn.to/2aFC66M
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Mark D. White
@profmdwhite.bsky.social
· Oct 17
The Bear and Philosophy Call for Abstracts
Call for Abstracts The Bear and Philosophy Edited by Mark D. White The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series Please circulate and post widely. Apologies for cross-posting. To propose ideas fo…
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Say "yes chef" and join me on my latest project for the Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture series! andphilosophy.com/2025/10/01/t...
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The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The White House surrenders at 138 million views. Sabrina wins.
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don’t miss the 2025 @contingent-mag.bsky.social book list! inclusive & welcoming as ever, Contingent curates a list where the hard part is not getting on it, but rather, the hard part is researching & writing a book while contingent contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/02/2...
2025 Contingent Book List
When you’re shopping for books this season, consider a contingent scholar.
contingentmagazine.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:41 PM
don’t miss the 2025 @contingent-mag.bsky.social book list! inclusive & welcoming as ever, Contingent curates a list where the hard part is not getting on it, but rather, the hard part is researching & writing a book while contingent contingentmagazine.org/2025/12/02/2...
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“What we’re seeing is the decades-long anti-vaccine playbook dressed up and delivered from one of the most consequential health committees in the United States,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist [told] STAT…. “When the process devolves into this kind of spectacle, kids are the ones who get hurt.”
In sweeping presentation, vaccine critic set to urge government advisers to rethink childhood shots
WASHINGTON — The future of children’s vaccines is on the agenda at today’s meeting of federal vaccine advisers, who are reviewing the childhood schedule.
www.statnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“What we’re seeing is the decades-long anti-vaccine playbook dressed up and delivered from one of the most consequential health committees in the United States,” Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist [told] STAT…. “When the process devolves into this kind of spectacle, kids are the ones who get hurt.”
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I wonderful new review of my small book on Neurloaw just came out in the journal Law and Philosophy, reviewed by Miranda Wang. It's a thoughtful and detailed review--I'm honored.
Gregg D. Caruso, Neurolaw. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp.88
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Gregg D. Caruso, Neurolaw. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp.88
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Book Review - Law and Philosophy
Law and Philosophy -
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December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I wonderful new review of my small book on Neurloaw just came out in the journal Law and Philosophy, reviewed by Miranda Wang. It's a thoughtful and detailed review--I'm honored.
Gregg D. Caruso, Neurolaw. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp.88
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Gregg D. Caruso, Neurolaw. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024, pp.88
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Murder Genie
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Murder Genie
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Jim Bogen, a philosopher at the University of Pittsburgh and, before that, Pitzer College, has died. dailynous.com/2025/12/04/j...
James Bogen (1935-2025) - Daily Nous
James "Jim" Bogen, a longtime professor of philosophy at Pitzer College as well as an adjunct professor in History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, has died. Professor Bogen ...
dailynous.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Jim Bogen, a philosopher at the University of Pittsburgh and, before that, Pitzer College, has died. dailynous.com/2025/12/04/j...
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Poets aren’t bad at self-promotion because we’re inherently humble, but because the habits that sustain poetry have very little to do with the habits required to promote it. Promotion can feel like an assault on the inner world by the outer one.
Poets, We Need to Talk About Self-Promotion
Why asking for support feels harder than writing the book
substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Poets aren’t bad at self-promotion because we’re inherently humble, but because the habits that sustain poetry have very little to do with the habits required to promote it. Promotion can feel like an assault on the inner world by the outer one.
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"So, there’s the revealed preference: 500 tons of cocaine is nothing if you are a Trump ally; imaginary fentanyl is a death sentence if you are a seafaring Venezuelan who can be blown to bits for the sake of political theater." thedispatch.com/article/trum...
Pardons—With Advice and Consent
Atrocities on the high seas, not Fifth Avenue.
thedispatch.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"So, there’s the revealed preference: 500 tons of cocaine is nothing if you are a Trump ally; imaginary fentanyl is a death sentence if you are a seafaring Venezuelan who can be blown to bits for the sake of political theater." thedispatch.com/article/trum...
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whether hegseth gets away with it remains to be seen but it is interesting to see that he thought trump handed him a license to murder with this job, no questions asked, and now questions are definitely being asked.
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
whether hegseth gets away with it remains to be seen but it is interesting to see that he thought trump handed him a license to murder with this job, no questions asked, and now questions are definitely being asked.
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
popular.info
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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This level of going after the administration is actually pretty stunning from a same party chair.
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
December 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This level of going after the administration is actually pretty stunning from a same party chair.
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You don't need to read Doctor Strange of Asgard to appreciate the new series that just launched. But it shows interesting insights into the moral core and ethics of the good doctor:
comicphilosophy.com/index.php/20...
Kudos to @dereklandy.bsky.social, Carlos Magna, Espen Grundetjern, and Cory Petit
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Kudos to @dereklandy.bsky.social, Carlos Magna, Espen Grundetjern, and Cory Petit
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
You don't need to read Doctor Strange of Asgard to appreciate the new series that just launched. But it shows interesting insights into the moral core and ethics of the good doctor:
comicphilosophy.com/index.php/20...
Kudos to @dereklandy.bsky.social, Carlos Magna, Espen Grundetjern, and Cory Petit
comicphilosophy.com/index.php/20...
Kudos to @dereklandy.bsky.social, Carlos Magna, Espen Grundetjern, and Cory Petit
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I would love a still photo with the names of all of every single pathetic, sycophantic jackasses standing behind Trump and going along with this
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I would love a still photo with the names of all of every single pathetic, sycophantic jackasses standing behind Trump and going along with this
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They really thing if they say "cultures" it's not clear they mean "people" bsky.app/profile/just...
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
They really thing if they say "cultures" it's not clear they mean "people" bsky.app/profile/just...
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This gangster government steals everyone’s property and doesn’t care about the laws respecting the rights of creators. Everything they see belongs to them like the greedy leeches on this country that they are.
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This gangster government steals everyone’s property and doesn’t care about the laws respecting the rights of creators. Everything they see belongs to them like the greedy leeches on this country that they are.
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Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
FBI Seeks ‘Seditious Conspiracy’ Probe of Democratic Lawmakers
The FBI is pressuring domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful orders, according to th...
news.bloomberglaw.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
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I love this to freaking bits.
In sixth grade I used the word "stolid" in a paper and my teacher marked it as a spelling error, then accused me of cheating when I tried to argue, so I like to put it into each of my books as a cute little fuck you to that lady.
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I love this to freaking bits.
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Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
December 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Batya might be just fine with a dudetrustme basis for a terrorist designation, but Americans with a functioning moral compass actually expect a plausible public rationale for who is to be treated as a terrorist in our name.
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The next Democratic administration will need to tear this rot out from our government, root and branch
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The next Democratic administration will need to tear this rot out from our government, root and branch
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this is my #1 advice to grad students: anyone can reproduce jargon; the bigger flex is being able to make the argument in straightforward prose. clarity is indicative of deep thought and engagement. even chatGPT can write word salad.
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
this is my #1 advice to grad students: anyone can reproduce jargon; the bigger flex is being able to make the argument in straightforward prose. clarity is indicative of deep thought and engagement. even chatGPT can write word salad.
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I had the pleasure of reading and the privilege of reviewing FAMILY OF SPIES for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Review | Her family spied for Germany in WWII. She tried to learn the truth.
In ‘Family of Spies,’ Christine Kuehn wrestles with whether her relatives, who helped pave the way for Pearl Harbor, are monsters.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I had the pleasure of reading and the privilege of reviewing FAMILY OF SPIES for @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.