speaking of fireworks

This footage is from, at most, 40 minutes away on foot from where I’m now sitting. Quite possibly I heard some of this and thought it was normal October 6 fireworks. Death toll now 28.

fireworks

Lots of fireworks on this holiday (and on other days as well), but I’m finding myself listening closely to try to tell the difference between fireworks and gunfire.

also, a bomb was defused

In Garden City, just down the street from Tahrir. HERE.

Looks like I was completely oblivious to what turned out to be a pretty eventful day.

15 killed today

Apparently there is a death toll of 15 from street clashes in Cairo today. HERE.

I had no idea anything was going on today at all, other than the expected October 6 holiday festivities. It just goes to show how big Cairo is, and how localized the violence usually is. Whenever I’m abroad and see video footage, it looks like the entire city is in meltdown, but generally it’s one neighborhood at a time that’s having problems, and always a different neighborhood.

[UPDATE: On Twitter, they’re now saying the death toll is up to 20.]

Canadians released from Cairo prison

HERE.

video interview of Žižek

HERE. Hat tip, John M.

what happened today in Cairo

Summarized HERE.

Oregon State lecture in February

The first announcement is now up, HERE. I’ll be speaking on “Early and Late Latour,” with the “late” part referring primarily to the new modes of existence book.

the placement records of Philosophy Ph.D. programs

A very detailed statistical analysis, HERE.

clock running out on American football?

There’s another damaging story HERE.

I’ve enjoyed watching football over the decades, but at this point would never let a son play it. It seems to me that the sport may not exist a few decades from now, difficult though it may be to believe at present.