P.D. Magnus

@News4wombats
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I teach philosophy in Albany, New York. My research is mostly in the philosophy of science, philosophy of music, and pragmatism. Posting about my research happens occasionally, but often it's puns, sarcasms, and pictures of food.
bloghttps://www.fecundity.com/nfw
professional homepagehttps://www.fecundity.com/job
A Philosophy of Cover Songshttps://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0293
pronounshe/his, although I’d be fine if we universalized the singular they
P.D. Magnus4d ago
Sheryl Weikal4d ago

I've gotten about a dozen messages today telling me to "go back to Israel" and uh...

1. My family is from Lithuania. Jews are from all over the place.

2. I will not step foot in the apartheid state for so long as the Occupation exists.

3. Seriously, you folks need better insults.

P.D. MagnusApr 19
Roasted root vegetables. #dinner
P.D. MagnusApr 16
internetarchiveApr 16

Saving local news also means saving the archives 🗞️

Not just the physical clips and photos, but the digital stories too. When they vanish, communities lose their only record of themselves their memory, identity, and history.

From newsroom moves to closures and broken tech, this loss is already happening quietly across the country.

There is still time to act and protect what remains.

Read more 👇
https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2026/saving-local-news-also-means-saving-the-archives/

#Poynter #LocalNews #DigitalPreservation #PressFreedom #HistoryMatters

P.D. MagnusApr 16

The tyranny of evil men

TL;DR: Hegseth has been saying this shit for years, and he never gave much thought to what it meant.

https://www.fecundity.com/nfw/2026/04/16/the-tyranny-of-evil-men/

The tyranny of evil men

TL;DR: Hegseth has been saying this shit for years, and he never gave much though to what it meant.

News For Wombats
P.D. MagnusMar 31
Aloe vera in bloom.
P.D. MagnusMar 29
Winter salad greens going to seed in our greenhouse.
P.D. MagnusMar 26
Charlie StrossMar 26

RE: https://masto.ai/@WellsiteGeo/116295938819935650

By targeting the chief, AT BEST Israel just promoted someone they don't know into the dead man's shoes—someone who knows he's in a fight for survival.

At worst? The Iranian defenses will keep running on rails with nobody in a position to hit the "stop" button.

Decapitation strikes are a TERRIBLE strategy—they leave no way for your adversary to de-escalate.

P.D. MagnusMar 26
Street Art UtopiaMar 26
🎨 Support — By Lorenzo Quinn in Venice, Italy 🇮🇹 The Weight We Carry (9 Artworks): https://streetartutopia.com/2026/03/26/street-art-about-the-weight-we-carry/
P.D. MagnusMar 20

Qs about the queues

With Bluesky's announcement that they've taken another round of money from venture capital, there's speculation about how enshittification will set in and destroy the platform.

https://www.fecundity.com/nfw/2026/03/20/qs-about-the-queues/

Qs about the queues

With Bluesky’s announcement that they’ve taken another round of money from venture capital, there’s speculation about how enshittification will set in and destroy the platform.

News For Wombats
P.D. MagnusMar 8
He climbed the mountain where the guru was meditating.
"Wise guru? Is it true that microfiction must rely on stereotypes, because there is so little space to convey novelty?"
"No. If we were in a story, readers would be able to surmise from style and nuance that we are both anthropomorphic otters and that we first met years ago when we were working as rodeo clowns."
Gosh, he thought, what an unexpected answer! He was glad that he had asked the guru.
#MicroFiction #SmallStories