Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Abandon Ship: DON’T Leave the Table!
A few weeks ago, I popped into another bridge website as an anonymous kibitzer, lurker and eventually player. The site allows you to join with a randomized username and then go on to either create or join a table: I’m not a regular visitor there, since it feels a bit like the dingy and badly-lit…
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Weekly Highlights: February 2 – 8
Sunday, February 2 2PM EDT (8PM CET): Puzzle Day Tournament Free Weekend Survivor (Day 2 of 2) Super Sunday Daylong Tournament On vugraph: from İstanbul, Turkey : 2020 Istanbul Woman Teams Championship from Sofia, Bulgaria : Bulgaria National Team Trials Euro 2020 from Bjerringbro, Denmark : Danmark – DM Seniorhold 2020 from Athens, Greece : Greek…
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Suggestions in Jest for Bridge Language Evolution
Language is always evolving. We have a lot of words in the dictionary today that meant nothing in most parts of the world a few decades ago, including twerking, TL;DR, selfie, worstest and microaggression. (Source: Oxford English Dictionary) (Source: Merriam-Webster) What about the language of bridge? Surely, at some point, there’s a little bit of…
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