Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Charles Bonnet Syndrome… or what?
This week I watched a few videos about people having a cockroach invasion thanks to neighbours… I was due to clean the crumb trays on my toaster (something I do regularly)… when I saw movement in the blur so I grab my insect capture kit (glass pot with lid) and miss… Then after shifting things…
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Demanding Money With Menace
About once a month or so for the last few years I’ve been getting these letters (full text below photo) Dear Legal Occupier, An INO100 code has been issued against your address. We use it to target unlicensed homes like yours that require a visit from our Enforcement Officers. This letter is a formal notification…
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Mind blown
I just watched this video where Ncuti Gatwa was trying to explain squash to an American https://youtu.be/M4AMUULsgyk?si=SaaDA8FOTB-MZzac Well here’s a bottle of squash. It has nothing to do with pumpkins and other “gourd” vegetables as this actress seems to think… In the UK squash (sometimes also called cordial) was originally a concentrated mixture of fruit…
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Mia’s “miracle”
A little blind girl called Mia sees a pig in the distance… It’s a miracle say some of the comments https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOgzqM8iK9-/?igsh=MTdmNzd5MW13czFxaA== The screenshot below is the pig that Mia “sees” She asks “how can I see him?” Her mum doesn’t know. As a blind person I can explain… she doesn’t… Mia is interpreting a pattern…
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Remembering how it was 5 years ago
Facebook memory from 24/2/2019 https://youtu.be/XyYBlJY3LbM?si=O1WV0zG4-McYM5cX Just watched this video and love it So yes I found this video fascinating and loved learning Emily’s point of view
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An Exciting Delivery
Answering a post on social media (I think it was on Threads) led to an impulse buy. Please meet a book I hope to find a way to reread:- West of Widdershins by Barbara Sleigh. This collage of photos is described by Be My AI. A collage of four images of a book titled “West…
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The Singing bridge
A wide concrete pedestrian walkway along a waterfront under a clear blue sky. On the left side of the walkway, there is a sturdy concrete barrier followed by a fence with narrow vertical posts. Beyond the fence, there is a blue structure that appears industrial or architectural. On the right side of the walkway, there…
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Part the 3rd
Part 1 is here https://wasthatadinosaurcouk.uk/2025/07/22/oops-i-did-it-again/ Part 2 is here https://wasthatadinosaurcouk.uk/2025/07/24/creativity-incoming/ So what is the progress? Firstly I spent time sewing triangles onto the hexagons to turn them into diamonds and pressed them. Then it was time to sew and press the rows. The pressing of the rows becomes quite meditative as I use the iron,…
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Creativity incoming
In my last post I wrote about starting my latest project… here’s the link if you need it… https://wasthatadinosaurcouk.uk/2025/07/22/oops-i-did-it-again/ So how am I doing. Well here’s my basket of “waste” which will be processed and used in future scrap projects. Now to how I’m progressing on my current project. To begin with I grouped all…
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