Bill Nemo
@billtrumpler.bsky.social
A jug of wine,
A leg of lamb,
And thou, beside me,
Whistling in the darkness.
~ Pogo
A leg of lamb,
And thou, beside me,
Whistling in the darkness.
~ Pogo
“Whose interest does ignorance serve? If we humans bear, say, hereditary propensities toward the hatred of strangers, isn’t self-knowledge the only antidote? If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us…does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? ~ Carl Sagan
June 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
“Whose interest does ignorance serve? If we humans bear, say, hereditary propensities toward the hatred of strangers, isn’t self-knowledge the only antidote? If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us…does science do us a disservice in deflating our conceits? ~ Carl Sagan
“We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. “
~ Carl Sagan, “Demon Hunted World”
~ Carl Sagan, “Demon Hunted World”
June 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“We've arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. “
~ Carl Sagan, “Demon Hunted World”
~ Carl Sagan, “Demon Hunted World”
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos
~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos
May 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos
~ Carl Sagan, Cosmos
The water-bug’s mittens show on the bright rock below him.
~ Ezra Pound, addendum to Canto C
“Water Striders in a Lotus Pond", Kōno Bairei
May 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The water-bug’s mittens show on the bright rock below him.
~ Ezra Pound, addendum to Canto C
“Water Striders in a Lotus Pond", Kōno Bairei
“The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection; the water has no mind to retain their image.”
(Zen poem)
(Zen poem)
May 27, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“The wild geese do not intend to cast their reflection; the water has no mind to retain their image.”
(Zen poem)
(Zen poem)
“How often are you aware of your surroundings, really aware? And how often are you merely reacting in the same automatic way as you do in dreams?”
~ Stephen LaBerge,
Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't
Art: Mark Rogers
~ Stephen LaBerge,
Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't
Art: Mark Rogers
January 9, 2025 at 12:37 AM
“How often are you aware of your surroundings, really aware? And how often are you merely reacting in the same automatic way as you do in dreams?”
~ Stephen LaBerge,
Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't
Art: Mark Rogers
~ Stephen LaBerge,
Fringe-ology: How I Tried to Explain Away the Unexplainable-And Couldn't
Art: Mark Rogers
“I heard it from my hair dresser who heard it from their best friend’s uncle’s neighbor’s cousin” is not an example of providing definitive proof for anything at all. At all.
December 4, 2024 at 8:28 PM
“I heard it from my hair dresser who heard it from their best friend’s uncle’s neighbor’s cousin” is not an example of providing definitive proof for anything at all. At all.
I have some thoughts regarding Sissy SpaceX sniffing around our social security, Medicare, and Medicaid…
December 4, 2024 at 6:48 PM
I have some thoughts regarding Sissy SpaceX sniffing around our social security, Medicare, and Medicaid…
Criminally under-read.
December 3, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Criminally under-read.
“Cold is the night, and still, and strange,
Stars they glitter and shimmer.
All are asleep in the lonely grange
Under the midnight’s glimmer…
All but the Tomten are dreaming…”
~ from Viktor Rydberg.
Art: Leah Rose, “The Tomten and the Fox”
Stars they glitter and shimmer.
All are asleep in the lonely grange
Under the midnight’s glimmer…
All but the Tomten are dreaming…”
~ from Viktor Rydberg.
Art: Leah Rose, “The Tomten and the Fox”
November 30, 2024 at 7:54 PM
“Cold is the night, and still, and strange,
Stars they glitter and shimmer.
All are asleep in the lonely grange
Under the midnight’s glimmer…
All but the Tomten are dreaming…”
~ from Viktor Rydberg.
Art: Leah Rose, “The Tomten and the Fox”
Stars they glitter and shimmer.
All are asleep in the lonely grange
Under the midnight’s glimmer…
All but the Tomten are dreaming…”
~ from Viktor Rydberg.
Art: Leah Rose, “The Tomten and the Fox”
Logistically, deporting millions of people takes time. Lots of it. The bastards will have to house them, so you can infer what comes next. I’ll give you a hint: the word you’re looking for starts with “internment” and ends in “camps”.
November 20, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Logistically, deporting millions of people takes time. Lots of it. The bastards will have to house them, so you can infer what comes next. I’ll give you a hint: the word you’re looking for starts with “internment” and ends in “camps”.
Reposted by Bill Nemo
“Trump will bring world peace!” Cries MAGA. Meanwhile, Trump’s cabinet picks consist of a China Hawk, an Iran Hawk, and a Palestine Hawk.
November 13, 2024 at 3:10 PM
“Trump will bring world peace!” Cries MAGA. Meanwhile, Trump’s cabinet picks consist of a China Hawk, an Iran Hawk, and a Palestine Hawk.
I don’t know if it’s the root, but it certainly helps.
January 4, 2024 at 7:46 PM
I don’t know if it’s the root, but it certainly helps.