Playful Philosopher's Avatar

Playful Philosopher

@playfulphilosopher.bsky.social

213 Followers  |  385 Following  |  30 Posts  |  Joined: 08.01.2025
Posts Following

Posts by Playful Philosopher (@playfulphilosopher.bsky.social)

Post image

Jerry was not enjoying his course on Kant's metaphysics.

15.10.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited Heard and McDonald Islands near Antarctica Australian prime minister surprised after remote external territories – including islands home to penguins – targeted by US president

Riddle me this.
With tariffs on the Penguin, is no one safe
From this Joker?

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

03.04.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
An β€˜Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says that it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

Wrongly Deported.
Out of our custody now; a convenient device.
Cold as ICE.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

01.04.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Pete Hegseth sent secret war plans to journalist by accident Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic who was added to a group chat, wrote that he had "never seen a breach quite like this."

Petey prevails
Despite leaking top-secret details...
But her emails?

www.newsweek.com/trump-secret...

24.03.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Poor Biden's pardon's are void
The use of an autopen means they're destroyed
He's tempted to shout it,
You better not doubt it,
Says the man who claimed to declassify documents
Simply by thinking about it.

17.03.2025 19:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Chuck Schumer
Has one card but won't even play it.
OK Boomer.

14.03.2025 12:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Haiku overdue...

Musk annoyed?
Sixth "unscheduled disassembly."
Schadenfreude.

09.03.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

*Subject* of the crown, though. Technically monarchies don't have citizens, they have subjects. Sigh. I'm one now too.

20.02.2025 10:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Today's Haiku:

Fire the bums!
Oops, those bums kept our nukes safe.
Fire missiles?

19.02.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œAre We the Baddies?” β€” That Mitchell and Webb Look
YouTube video by 4K Remasters β€œAre We the Baddies?” β€” That Mitchell and Webb Look

I dream of an America in which otherwise politically disengaged citizens read the headlines one day and finally have this moment....

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h242...

19.02.2025 11:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Hmm.

17.02.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's Haiku:

Want things cheap.
Who'd vote for tariffs galore?
Donald's sheep.

16.02.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Decided on a limerick instead of a haiku today....

15.02.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Husband of Indiana Trump supporter deported | CNN Helen Beristain voted for Donald Trump even though she is married to an undocumented immigrant. He has now has been deported.

There once was a woman named Beristain,
Who was sure the "good ones" would remain.
But now she's reported
Her husband's deported,
Perhaps next time she'll abstain.

tinyurl.com/4r54x94x

15.02.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's Haiku in honour of Hegseth, who is making bold claims about the metaphysics of value and so now wading into metaethics....

Can't shoot values.
There's nothing like hard power
(except hard liquor).

14.02.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He should grab a beer with this guy: "Florida man who voted for Trump wants to work something out with Donald Trump after ICE snatched up his wife & deported her back to Venezuela while she was in the process of getting her papers done. "Let's work something out, please man let me keep my wife"

14.02.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 13.02.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sometimes I try to cope through the medium of Haiku, though I'm hardly a poet. Today's effort:

As Mother Earth Burns
Toddler With a Flame Thrower
Torches Democracy

13.02.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I hope you are OK after all of that; it sounds horrible.

29.01.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Do it off the table in the pub like a normal person! Sheesh.

26.01.2025 12:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Totally normal sign in the restroom of the pub/restaurant last night….

26.01.2025 12:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Its contested now, but some research suggests that due to sexism via unconscious bias, people are less cautious in responding to weather warnings if the storm has a female name. But Eowyn from LOTR was a woman masquerading as a man! Coincidence or public health policy? You decide!

24.01.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Edinburgh Storm Γ‰owyn LIVE updates as 'danger to life' red warning issued Damage to homes and buildings is possible with roads, bridges and railway lines set to be closed along with delays to buses, trains, ferry services and flights.

The Shield Maiden of Rohan is going to hit hard tomorrow. Glad I'm not the Witch King. www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...

23.01.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

Always beware of skewers when playing chess.

22.01.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

It reminds me of this somehow:

17.01.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Redshirts (a STAR TREK parody song of "Starships" by Nicki Minaj)
YouTube video by Star Rekt Redshirts (a STAR TREK parody song of "Starships" by Nicki Minaj)

NEW PARODY SONG! Every chess board needs its pawns. And pawns have one job... to die! Just like the redshirts on the Enterprise! youtu.be/007z5kRNhlo

13.01.2025 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4
Post image

Kind of the opposite of this nice line from George Carlin:

13.01.2025 08:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Never teach your children about cluster concepts. Learn from my mistakes.

12.01.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So sorry, Aidan, that sucks.

12.01.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Come and join our lovely team

09.01.2025 10:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0