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Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust. (Maskerade)
Nanny Ogg was basically a law-abiding person when she had no reason to break the law, and therefore had that kind of person’s attitude to law-enforcement officers, which was one of deep and permanent distrust. (Maskerade)
“If you want to be a clever person, you have to learn how to ask cleverly, how to listen attentively, how to respond quietly, and how to stop talking when there is nothing more to say.” —Leo Tolstoy
First Class since the Blizzard! 💪🏾❄️
Shoveling was the warmup before taking my SPARTA Strength Class at the Malden Senior Center — because we know: “Rest is Rust. Motion is Lotion.”
Nothing stops these rockstars!✨
#fitness #seniors #aging #exercise #gym #blizzard #quotes #seniorfitness #health #photography #life #Boston
A towel ... is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have
Any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
A towel ... is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have
Any man that can hitch the length and breadth of the Galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through and still know where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
"Have another drink," said Trillian. "Enjoy yourself."
"Which?" said Arthur. "The two are mutually exclusive."
"Poor Arthur, you're really not cut out for this life are you?"
"You call this life?"
"You're starting to sound like Marvin."
"Marvin is the clearest thinker I know."
"Have another drink," said Trillian. "Enjoy yourself."
"Which?" said Arthur. "The two are mutually exclusive."
"Poor Arthur, you're really not cut out for this life are you?"
"You call this life?"
"You're starting to sound like Marvin."
"Marvin is the clearest thinker I know."
“To tell the truth is the same as to be a good tailor, or to be a good farmer, or to write beautifully. To be good at any activity requires practice: no matter how hard you try, you cannot do naturally what you have not done repeatedly. In order to get accustomed to speaking the truth, you should tell only the truth, even in the smallest of things. We lie to other people so often that we get used to it, and we start to lie to ourselves.” —François de La Rochefoucauld
The Patrician waved a hand towards the stairs and his office full of paper. ‘Nevertheless, Commander, I’ve had no less than nine missives from leading religious figures declaring that he is an abomination.’
‘Yes, sir. I’ve given that viewpoint a lot of thought, sir, and reached the following conclusion: arseholes to the lot of ‘em, sir.’ (Feet of Clay)
The Patrician waved a hand towards the stairs and his office full of paper. ‘Nevertheless, Commander, I’ve had no less than nine missives from leading religious figures declaring that he is an abomination.’
‘Yes, sir. I’ve given that viewpoint a lot of thought, sir, and reached the following conclusion: arseholes to the lot of ‘em, sir.’ (Feet of Clay)
“Openness is what makes the Internet the Internet. It needs to be actively pursued if we want the Internet to continue providing the value that society has come to depend upon from it.” — Mark Nottingham
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#Business #Internet #Web #Openness #OpenStandards #OpenWeb #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #Websites #Society #Quotes
“Openness is what makes the Internet the Internet. It needs to be actively pursued if we want the Internet to continue providing the value that society has come to depend upon from it.” — Mark Nottingham
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#Business #Internet #Web #Openness #OpenStandards #OpenWeb #SmallWeb #IndieWeb #Websites #Society #Quotes
"Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced."
James Baldwin, ‘As Much Truth
as One Can Bear’, 1962"
Source:
Planet on Fire.
A Manifesto for the Age of Environmental Breakdown
I'm so tired. People, I am not interested in reading *blogs* generated with claude, gemini or chatgpt. No, not even ones proofread by AI. Do it yourself. I do not wish to even accidentally click on "one-shotted" dummy projects. Don't show me your AI-generated analysis of anything. Above all, I do not wish to see images/artwork someone prompt created.
I value real content, with all its good and bad quirks, from actual human beings.
Somebody please normalize auto-tagging of AI generated content across all formats - text, images and code so I can blanket ban them from my personal computer.
This is a plead for help I never thought I'll have to make.
#noai #enshittification #writing #bookstodon #reading #books #quotes #quote #cybersec #mentalhealth #adhd #art #cooking #blog #indieweb
It is true that the undead cannot cross running water. However, the naturally turbid river Ankh, already heavy with the mud of the plains, does not, after having passed through the city (pop. 1,000,000), qualify under the term ‘running’ or, for that matter, ‘water.’
(Reaper Man)
