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"https://ooblick.com/2016/11/the-last-superstition-hedonism-killed-aquinas/", "published_at": "2016-11-21T14:00:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-c9ce-729e-84a5-211db32e54ae", "title": "Media Being Unfair to Poor Steve Bannon", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/media-being-unfair-to-poor-steve-bannon/", "published_at": "2016-11-20T15:55:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-c9ce-729e-84a5-211db354630b", "title": "The Last Superstition: The Problem of Evil", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/the-last-superstition-the-problem-of-evil/", "published_at": "2016-11-18T14:00:46+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-c9ce-729e-84a5-211db3d08fad", "title": "FTC Removes Exception for Homeopathic Drugs", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/ftc-removes-exception-for-homeopathic-drugs/", "published_at": "2016-11-16T21:53:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-c9ce-729e-84a5-211db4562a5b", "title": "The Last Superstition: Pie in the Sky When You Die", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/the-last-superstition-pie-in-the-sky-when-you-die/", "published_at": "2016-11-15T14:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-c9ce-729e-84a5-211db4ef3b5f", "title": "Church Graffiti: “Trump Nation, Whites Only”", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/church-graffiti-trump-nation-whites-only/", "published_at": "2016-11-13T18:54:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-c9ce-729e-84a5-211db500990d", "title": "The Last Superstition: No Kinky Sex!", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/the-last-superstition-no-kinky-sex/", "published_at": "2016-11-12T13:00:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-c9ce-729e-84a5-211db59d6634", "title": "Disorganized Post-Election Thoughts", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/disorganized-post-election-thoughts/", "published_at": "2016-11-09T16:48:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-71750bff251d", "title": "The Last Superstition: Black and White Morality", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/the-last-superstition-black-and-white-morality/", "published_at": "2016-11-09T14:00:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-71750c6fb9d5", "title": "The Last Superstition: Software Is Immaterial", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/the-last-superstition-software-is-immaterial/", "published_at": "2016-11-06T13:00:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-71750cc37787", "title": "“Spirit Cooking”: They Got Nothin’", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/spirit-cooking-they-got-nothin/", "published_at": "2016-11-05T15:47:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-71750d9dd952", "title": "The Last Superstition: Animal Souls", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/11/the-last-superstition-animal-souls/", "published_at": "2016-11-03T12:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-71750e195f2e", "title": "The Last Superstition: The First Cause", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-the-first-cause/", "published_at": "2016-10-31T12:00:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-71750ea34558", "title": "The Last Superstition: The Unmoved Mover", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-the-unmoved-mover/", "published_at": "2016-10-28T12:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-71750fa20b2e", "title": "The Last Superstition: Who Is This God Person, Anyway?", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-who-is-this-god-person-anyway/", "published_at": "2016-10-25T12:00:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-71751079f24a", "title": "The Last Superstition: Reasoning With Aquinas", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-reasoning-with-aquinas/", "published_at": "2016-10-22T12:00:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-717511196d8d", "title": "The Last Superstition: Let’s Meet Aquinas", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-lets-meet-aquinas/", "published_at": "2016-10-19T12:00:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde4-28ef-7214-a878-717511dc10f3", "title": "The Last Superstition: Aristotelianism Recap", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-aristotelianism-recap/", "published_at": "2016-10-16T12:00:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c712b6a28", "title": "The Last Superstition: Aristotle’s Metaphysics", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-aristotles-metaphysics/", "published_at": "2016-10-13T12:00:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c7188dbdd", "title": "The Last Superstition: Toothpaste and Universal Concepts", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-toothpaste-and-universal-concepts/", "published_at": "2016-10-10T12:00:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c71bb0852", "title": "The Last Superstition: Plato’s Forms", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-platos-forms/", "published_at": "2016-10-07T12:00:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c71c3557d", "title": "The Last Superstition: Skip Ahead", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-skip-ahead/", "published_at": "2016-10-04T12:00:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c723e0b88", "title": "The Last Superstition: Preface", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/10/the-last-superstition-preface/", "published_at": "2016-10-01T12:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c7290b596", "title": "Holy Mother Church, Repository of Christian Moral Teaching, Incorporates Child Abuse into Orientation-Day Ethics Training Materials", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/09/holy-mother-church-repository-of-christian-moral-teaching-incorporates-child-abuse-into-orientation-day-ethics-training-materials/", "published_at": "2016-09-12T15:03:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c730e9d18", "title": "Pretending You’re Doing Good", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/09/pretending-youre-doing-good/", "published_at": "2016-09-06T18:45:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c73a42b8a", "title": "Will There Be Faithless Electors in 2016?", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/08/will-there-be-faithless-electors-in-2016/", "published_at": "2016-08-12T20:14:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde6-b3ee-7281-9b78-ae6c7439a968", "title": "Nigerian Scammers Are Good People", "url": "https://ooblick.com/2016/08/nigerian-scammers-are-good-people/", "published_at": "2016-08-07T14:29:12+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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Location-Based Themes in Emacs original ↗

16 Sept 2026

Customizing Pasted Strings in Emacs original ↗

14 Sept 2026

Voluntary Charity original ↗

3 Jul 2026

Ansible at Home original ↗

29 May 2026

2025

On Emacs Theme Precedence original ↗

16 Oct 2025

Return values from Ansible roles original ↗

22 Jul 2025

Location-Based Themes in Emacs original ↗

3 Feb 2025

2023

Mass-replacing patterns in Emacs original ↗

21 Aug 2023

2022

Literate Lists original ↗

30 Dec 2022

Renewing an Overdue Docker Cert in QNAP original ↗

1 Dec 2022

ActivityPub Test original ↗

8 Nov 2022

Hard to Argue With Vagueness original ↗

8 Aug 2022

A Few More Thoughts on Literate Programming original ↗

17 May 2022

2021

Cato Institute argues against NPVIC original ↗

19 Nov 2021

Readable Code: Variable Overload original ↗

5 Aug 2021

Why Can’t I Subscribe to an Address Card?original ↗

14 Jul 2021

The Triumph of Looks over Function original ↗

17 Jun 2021

Debate: Citizens United: Good or Bad?original ↗

23 Apr 2021

Guilt original ↗

20 Apr 2021

On the Filibuster original ↗

29 Mar 2021

Ending the Tyranny of Biannual Time Changes original ↗

14 Mar 2021

Staying on Top of the Wave original ↗

11 Mar 2021

“The Filibuster Should Be Painful”original ↗

8 Mar 2021

When Your Debate Opponents Argue Your Point original ↗

5 Mar 2021

Republicans Voting Against Their Interests Again original ↗

1 Mar 2021

What the Hell Is Up With MacOS Periodic Jobs?original ↗

26 Feb 2021

Grand Reopening original ↗

23 Feb 2021

2020

National Public Vote: Close Elections original ↗

24 Sept 2020

Ansible: Roles, Role Dependencies, and Variables original ↗

4 Sept 2020

Recursive grepping original ↗

26 Aug 2020

Campaign Manager: Serializing Recursive Objects original ↗

25 Aug 2020

WFHing with Emacs: Work Mode and Command-Line Options original ↗

30 Apr 2020

Popular Vote: Majority Rule Is Disenfranchisement original ↗

21 Mar 2020

Counting Every Vote Will Nullify Your Vote original ↗

3 Mar 2020

Silly Objections to the Popular Vote original ↗

23 Feb 2020

2019

Ansible As Scripting Language original ↗

26 Jul 2019

Buying Lunch with Bitcoin?original ↗

1 May 2019

2018

Ansible: Running Commands in Dry-Run Mode in Check Mode original ↗

25 Sept 2018

Pseudo-Numeric Identifiers original ↗

29 Aug 2018

Removing Magic original ↗

4 Aug 2018

Do You Even Science, Frater?original ↗

30 Apr 2018

Democracy Is Not Football original ↗

29 Mar 2018

Hell Is a School, Apparently original ↗

23 Feb 2018

2017

City Mileage original ↗

19 Oct 2017

Your Child Died Because ________original ↗

3 Oct 2017

Prescriptivist Christianity original ↗

23 Sept 2017

A Republican Drama original ↗

21 Sept 2017

Of Course BillDo Endorses the Nashville Statement. What Did You Expect?original ↗

13 Sept 2017

Grand Juries: Some Suggestions on Note-Taking original ↗

29 Jul 2017

Grand Juries: The System Is Biased original ↗

28 Jul 2017

What’s Missing in the George Pell Story?original ↗

29 Jun 2017

Pope Accused of Covering Up Child Rape in Argentina original ↗

19 Jun 2017

Satire Is Officially Broken original ↗

10 May 2017

Odd Plurals original ↗

25 Apr 2017

Kind Of original ↗

24 Apr 2017

Programming Tip: Open and Close at the Same Time original ↗

21 Mar 2017

“It’s Getting Old” Isn’t A Rebuttal original ↗

18 Feb 2017

Triggered by the Right Side of History original ↗

15 Feb 2017

Now What?original ↗

28 Jan 2017

Women’s March, Rights, and Politics original ↗

23 Jan 2017

Does Christianity Offer the Best Basis for Science?original ↗

5 Jan 2017

A Modest Proposal for Anti-Abortion Catholics (and Some Others)original ↗

3 Jan 2017

2016

The Last Superstition: Conclusion original ↗

23 Dec 2016

Followup on Faithless Electors original ↗

20 Dec 2016

The Last Superstition: The Final Insult original ↗

15 Dec 2016

The Last Superstition: Ubiquitous Teleology original ↗

12 Dec 2016

The Last Superstition: Great Gobs of Uncertainty original ↗

9 Dec 2016

The Last Superstition: A Slippery Slope to Sounding Weird original ↗

6 Dec 2016

The Last Superstition: Back to the Cave original ↗

3 Dec 2016

The Last Superstition: A Grab-Bag of Objections original ↗

30 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: Material Brains, Immaterial Software original ↗

27 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: The Essence of Opium original ↗

24 Nov 2016

“If You Don’t Agree, Unfriend Me”original ↗

22 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: Hedonism Killed Aquinas original ↗

21 Nov 2016

Media Being Unfair to Poor Steve Bannon original ↗

20 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: The Problem of Evil original ↗

18 Nov 2016

FTC Removes Exception for Homeopathic Drugs original ↗

16 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: Pie in the Sky When You Die original ↗

15 Nov 2016

Church Graffiti: “Trump Nation, Whites Only”original ↗

13 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: No Kinky Sex!original ↗

12 Nov 2016

Disorganized Post-Election Thoughts original ↗

9 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: Black and White Morality original ↗

9 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: Software Is Immaterial original ↗

6 Nov 2016

“Spirit Cooking”: They Got Nothin’original ↗

5 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: Animal Souls original ↗

3 Nov 2016

The Last Superstition: The First Cause original ↗

31 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: The Unmoved Mover original ↗

28 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Who Is This God Person, Anyway?original ↗

25 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Reasoning With Aquinas original ↗

22 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Let’s Meet Aquinas original ↗

19 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Aristotelianism Recap original ↗

16 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Aristotle’s Metaphysics original ↗

13 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Toothpaste and Universal Concepts original ↗

10 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Plato’s Forms original ↗

7 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Skip Ahead original ↗

4 Oct 2016

The Last Superstition: Preface original ↗

1 Oct 2016

Holy Mother Church, Repository of Christian Moral Teaching, Incorporates Child Abuse into Orientation-Day Ethics Training Materials original ↗

12 Sept 2016

Pretending You’re Doing Good original ↗

6 Sept 2016

Will There Be Faithless Electors in 2016?original ↗

12 Aug 2016

Nigerian Scammers Are Good People original ↗

7 Aug 2016