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"The greatest crimes are driven by a desire for excess rather than necessity" - Aristotle
"The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you."
- Carl Jung
- Carl Jung
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you."
- Carl Jung
- Carl Jung
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life" -Jean Luc Picard
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
"It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness; that is life" -Jean Luc Picard
"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
-C.S. Lewis
-C.S. Lewis
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
"When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up."
-C.S. Lewis
-C.S. Lewis
I love this life
but I hate the aftertaste
Like waking from a dream
but I hate the aftertaste
Like waking from a dream
August 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I love this life
but I hate the aftertaste
Like waking from a dream
but I hate the aftertaste
Like waking from a dream
Time is a private thing
The dragon hides it from us all
Parcelling it out in dribs and drabs
Save your time
Hold me now
Rock me gently
My tears are burning, dear
(Don't jinx it)
Hold your breath
Big one now
One last gasp
And we're done
The dragon hides it from us all
Parcelling it out in dribs and drabs
Save your time
Hold me now
Rock me gently
My tears are burning, dear
(Don't jinx it)
Hold your breath
Big one now
One last gasp
And we're done
August 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Time is a private thing
The dragon hides it from us all
Parcelling it out in dribs and drabs
Save your time
Hold me now
Rock me gently
My tears are burning, dear
(Don't jinx it)
Hold your breath
Big one now
One last gasp
And we're done
The dragon hides it from us all
Parcelling it out in dribs and drabs
Save your time
Hold me now
Rock me gently
My tears are burning, dear
(Don't jinx it)
Hold your breath
Big one now
One last gasp
And we're done
If you had been one thing and I another, perhaps we could have watched the flowers bloom.
August 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
If you had been one thing and I another, perhaps we could have watched the flowers bloom.
I bring a sort of demonically horny vibe to my own confrontation with the unknowable that my higher self recognizes as a deeper reflection of my soul's desire to merge with the otherness of the infinite.
August 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I bring a sort of demonically horny vibe to my own confrontation with the unknowable that my higher self recognizes as a deeper reflection of my soul's desire to merge with the otherness of the infinite.
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."
-Thucydides
-Thucydides
August 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."
-Thucydides
-Thucydides
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - William Adama
Trump authorizes additional 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles, US officials say
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that he has been told President Donald Trump “is deploying another 2,000” National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
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June 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - William Adama
"I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;"
- John Masefield
- John Masefield
May 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull's way and the whale's way where the wind's like a whetted knife;"
- John Masefield
- John Masefield
"Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman sufferage will succeed, despite this miserable guerrilla opposition."
- Victoria Woodhull
- Victoria Woodhull
Trump is tearing up the rights of women. The message from your sisters in the Arab world? Don’t give up: resistance works | Hibaaq Osman
The new administration threatens to undo decades of progress in America, but as North Africa and the Middle East have shown, there is power in female solidarity
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"Why is a woman to be treated differently? Woman sufferage will succeed, despite this miserable guerrilla opposition."
- Victoria Woodhull
- Victoria Woodhull
"In diplomacy there are two kinds of problems: small ones and large ones. The small ones will go away by themselves, and the large ones you will not be able to do anything about."
- Patrick McGuinness
- Patrick McGuinness
Russia-Ukraine peace talks end after less than 2 hours with deal to swap POWs but no ceasefire
The first direct Russia-Ukraine peace talks since the early weeks of Moscow’s 2022 invasion ended after less than two hours.
apnews.com
May 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"In diplomacy there are two kinds of problems: small ones and large ones. The small ones will go away by themselves, and the large ones you will not be able to do anything about."
- Patrick McGuinness
- Patrick McGuinness
"Whatever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd."
- Baruch Spinoza
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- Baruch Spinoza
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Trump pushes for more oil and gas production and a roll-back of climate initiatives
Within hours of taking office, President Trump declared a national energy emergency as part of his plan to push for more oil and gas drilling and to heavily boost fossil fuels. He also started a proce...
www.pbs.org
January 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Whatever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd."
- Baruch Spinoza
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- Baruch Spinoza
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"When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process."
- Stefan Zweig
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- Stefan Zweig
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Donald Trump pulling US troops from Europe in blow to NATO allies: Report
President also plans to ask for "financial contribution" for maintenance of remaining troops, European diplomatic source said.
www.newsweek.com
January 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"When they are preparing for war, those who rule by force speak most copiously about peace until they have completed the mobilization process."
- Stefan Zweig
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- Stefan Zweig
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"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty"
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma Gandhi
January 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty"
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Mahatma Gandhi
"Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and now I believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy."
- Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy
January 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"Pierre was right when he said that one must believe in the possibility of happiness in order to be happy, and now I believe in it. Let the dead bury the dead, but while I'm alive, I must live and be happy."
- Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy
"Then you drive out where the storm-clouds swallow, And the sound of your oar-blades, falling hollow, As all we have left through the months to follow."
-Rudyard Kipling
-Rudyard Kipling
January 11, 2025 at 4:19 AM
"Then you drive out where the storm-clouds swallow, And the sound of your oar-blades, falling hollow, As all we have left through the months to follow."
-Rudyard Kipling
-Rudyard Kipling
"Ah, my Belovéd, fill the cup that clears
To-day of past Regrets and future Fears -
To-morrow? - Why, To-morrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years"
- Edward Fitzgerald
To-day of past Regrets and future Fears -
To-morrow? - Why, To-morrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years"
- Edward Fitzgerald
January 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Ah, my Belovéd, fill the cup that clears
To-day of past Regrets and future Fears -
To-morrow? - Why, To-morrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years"
- Edward Fitzgerald
To-day of past Regrets and future Fears -
To-morrow? - Why, To-morrow I may be
Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years"
- Edward Fitzgerald
"Fetter this malefactor to the jagged rocks in adamantine bonds infrangible"
- Aeschylus
- Aeschylus
ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:
www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...
Wildfire climate connection
Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...
www.noaa.gov
January 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
"Fetter this malefactor to the jagged rocks in adamantine bonds infrangible"
- Aeschylus
- Aeschylus
"Robotics has been around forever, and it's been the next big thing forever, and it is so exciting and compelling that it's easy to get carried away."
- Colon Angle
- Colon Angle
January 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
"Robotics has been around forever, and it's been the next big thing forever, and it is so exciting and compelling that it's easy to get carried away."
- Colon Angle
- Colon Angle
"Justice is the bond of men in states, for the administration of justice, which is the determination of what is just, is the principle of order in political society"
- Aristotle
- Aristotle
January 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
"Justice is the bond of men in states, for the administration of justice, which is the determination of what is just, is the principle of order in political society"
- Aristotle
- Aristotle
"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision"
- Joel 3:14
- Joel 3:14
January 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision"
- Joel 3:14
- Joel 3:14
"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."
- Patti Smith
- Patti Smith
January 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth."
- Patti Smith
- Patti Smith
"Class warfare? Of course there's class warfare! And its my class, the rich class that's waging it. And we're winning..."
-Warren Buffet
-Warren Buffet
January 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"Class warfare? Of course there's class warfare! And its my class, the rich class that's waging it. And we're winning..."
-Warren Buffet
-Warren Buffet
History doesn't repeat but it often rhymes and rhythms...
What the hell are we even doing? Normalizing & green-lighting another psychotic
madman. That’s what we’re doing. It’s f’ing insane.
madman. That’s what we’re doing. It’s f’ing insane.
December 13, 2024 at 2:41 PM
History doesn't repeat but it often rhymes and rhythms...