"Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about reform." ~Susan B. Anthony

"If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?"
-Alexander Hamilton, from the musical, 'Hamilton'

"20. Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny."

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from 'On Tyranny' by Timothy Snyder
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905.

A delight to arrive early for a @delafina777.bsky.social thread; I get to bask in Lord Max's glory while waiting for the rest.

Ugh, I caught the nasty upper respiratory bug that's been going around. Serenity is highly offended by how much of an inconvenience this is to her need for constant attention and brushing since I have spent most of the day dozing in between doses of meds.

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence."

-John Adams, November 1770, Boston Massacre Trial

www.nps.gov/articles/000...

I just now realized that I'm going to be doing lots of cooking tomorrow, and some of it is not even for tomorrow but the day after. What a great time for anxiety to kick in as I'm trying to settle down for bed.

Not sure what the difference is between a List and a Feed, but the List is more familiar to me, so now I have several. A list for you, and one for you, and one for you, and lots for you!

My brain decided to go through another round of existential crisis panic and I need to leave for work shortly. I would kind of like to get off this ride, please and thanks.

I suppose the next step is figuring out the Feeds function for all these lovely people... Starter Packs are helpful for finding folks, but Feeds will be better for following various conversations. At least, that is my current understanding.

I've found so many people in the last couple of days!

Well now, this place has had a bit of a growth spurt, hasn't it? Time to do some curating...

How hard is it to move one's younger brother to a new place and hope he's finally begun to stick the landing on his feet part of life? Bawling in the bathtub for 20 minutes to the point the cat is giving you concerned looks hard...

Still getting acclimated to all the new places. It's not very easy figuring out who is where and how to manage keeping up with everyone. With everyone so scattered, the motivation to get the ball rolling on any new social media is pretty low right now.

Trying to round up different social media accounts and people to follow feels a bit like trying to herd a colony of feral cats at this point...