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The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
- Nikos Kazantzakis
- Nikos Kazantzakis
I rarely post things that are not quotes I find inspirational. However, I feel compelled to remind anyone looking that this exists, and has existed since the 90s.
November 13, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I rarely post things that are not quotes I find inspirational. However, I feel compelled to remind anyone looking that this exists, and has existed since the 90s.
And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it — that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!
- Mario Savio
- Mario Savio
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it — that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!
- Mario Savio
- Mario Savio
There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels upon the levers upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop!
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part. You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels upon the levers upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop!
Shout out to the music folks at the World Series game 3. It has been pretty great!
October 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Shout out to the music folks at the World Series game 3. It has been pretty great!
"Illegitimi non carborundum!"
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"Illegitimi non carborundum!"
It just aired during the world series!
October 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
It just aired during the world series!
-That to secure these Rights, ...whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, ...in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. -Committee of Five
October 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
-That to secure these Rights, ...whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, ...in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. -Committee of Five
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
October 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
Antonio Gramsci. The actual quote was written sometime between 1929-1935, specifically in Prison Notebook 3.
Antonio Gramsci. The actual quote was written sometime between 1929-1935, specifically in Prison Notebook 3.
September 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
Antonio Gramsci. The actual quote was written sometime between 1929-1935, specifically in Prison Notebook 3.
Antonio Gramsci. The actual quote was written sometime between 1929-1935, specifically in Prison Notebook 3.
"Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”
-David Mitchell
-David Mitchell
August 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"Travel far enough, you meet yourself.”
-David Mitchell
-David Mitchell
How can we support anyone remaining under the purview of the executive branch who may still be advocating for reasonable government?
July 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
How can we support anyone remaining under the purview of the executive branch who may still be advocating for reasonable government?
Nah, just another hoomaan with a somewhat dark Quark quote.
July 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Nah, just another hoomaan with a somewhat dark Quark quote.
You're overlooking something. Humans used to be a lot worse than the Ferengi: slavery, concentration camps, interstellar wars. We have nothing in our past that approaches that kind of barbarism. You see? We're nothing like you... we're better.
July 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
You're overlooking something. Humans used to be a lot worse than the Ferengi: slavery, concentration camps, interstellar wars. We have nothing in our past that approaches that kind of barbarism. You see? We're nothing like you... we're better.
I think I figured out why Humans don't like Ferengi. The way I see it, Humans used to be a lot like Ferengi: greedy, acquisitive, interested only in profit. We're a constant reminder of a part of your past you'd like to forget.
July 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I think I figured out why Humans don't like Ferengi. The way I see it, Humans used to be a lot like Ferengi: greedy, acquisitive, interested only in profit. We're a constant reminder of a part of your past you'd like to forget.
"... turning Hill Valley's delapitated courthouse into a beautiful Casino/Hotel."
"No, this isn't hell, but I can't imagine hell being much worse "
"No, this isn't hell, but I can't imagine hell being much worse "
July 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"... turning Hill Valley's delapitated courthouse into a beautiful Casino/Hotel."
"No, this isn't hell, but I can't imagine hell being much worse "
"No, this isn't hell, but I can't imagine hell being much worse "
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." - Herman Melville
July 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed." - Herman Melville
for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer." Wisdom from 1776
July 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government, which we might expect in a country without government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer." Wisdom from 1776
Thomas Paine: "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one;
July 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Thomas Paine: "Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one;
What is best thing US citizens can be focusing on right now?
June 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
What is best thing US citizens can be focusing on right now?
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Often attributed to Edmund Burke who didn’t say it. Its earliest form was by John Stuart Mill, who said in 1867: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”
Often attributed to Edmund Burke who didn’t say it. Its earliest form was by John Stuart Mill, who said in 1867: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”
June 10, 2025 at 4:52 AM
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Often attributed to Edmund Burke who didn’t say it. Its earliest form was by John Stuart Mill, who said in 1867: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”
Often attributed to Edmund Burke who didn’t say it. Its earliest form was by John Stuart Mill, who said in 1867: “Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.”
Comparison is the thief of joy. At a certain point, it no longer makes any sense to try to rank them.
June 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Comparison is the thief of joy. At a certain point, it no longer makes any sense to try to rank them.
Too subtle. Pretty sure they'll miss the reference.
May 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Too subtle. Pretty sure they'll miss the reference.
As fortold in Revelations 6 - "And lo, I beheld a pale couch, and the rider wore mascara. And he went forth conquering (but mostly by accident)"
April 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
As fortold in Revelations 6 - "And lo, I beheld a pale couch, and the rider wore mascara. And he went forth conquering (but mostly by accident)"
If I may suggest one update: "Patron Stain"
March 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
If I may suggest one update: "Patron Stain"
"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
Antonio Gramsci
The specific "monsters" phrasing is not Gramsci's. Original quote from Prison Notebook 3, sometime between 1929-1935.
Antonio Gramsci
The specific "monsters" phrasing is not Gramsci's. Original quote from Prison Notebook 3, sometime between 1929-1935.
February 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."
Antonio Gramsci
The specific "monsters" phrasing is not Gramsci's. Original quote from Prison Notebook 3, sometime between 1929-1935.
Antonio Gramsci
The specific "monsters" phrasing is not Gramsci's. Original quote from Prison Notebook 3, sometime between 1929-1935.