Plusultra56
@plusultra56.bsky.social
A Tejano lefty who is into all things Houston sports, esp. UH , also into books/movies/music. Motto: Resist Much, Obey Little
“Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history.”
Edward W. Said
Edward W. Said
April 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history.”
Edward W. Said
Edward W. Said
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals.”
Anaïs Nin - 1940
Anaïs Nin - 1940
April 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals.”
Anaïs Nin - 1940
Anaïs Nin - 1940
“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad
March 9, 2025 at 11:48 AM
“One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”
Omar El Akkad
Omar El Akkad
“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.”
Louis D. Brandeis
Louis D. Brandeis
March 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.”
Louis D. Brandeis
Louis D. Brandeis
“O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strenght, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.”
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
To have a giant's strenght, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.”
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
March 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“O, it is excellent
To have a giant's strenght, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.”
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
To have a giant's strenght, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.”
William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
“Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
February 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity.”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
(Born on this date)
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
(Born on this date)
February 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.”
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
(Born on this date)
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
(Born on this date)
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
February 24, 2025 at 7:33 PM
🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini! 🇺🇦
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
Malcolm X - ( assassinated on this date 1965)
Malcolm X - ( assassinated on this date 1965)
February 23, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.”
Malcolm X - ( assassinated on this date 1965)
Malcolm X - ( assassinated on this date 1965)
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
February 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
Bad Company nominated for Rock & Roll HOF!!! WTF took so long??? 🎸 🥁 🎶 🎵
February 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Bad Company nominated for Rock & Roll HOF!!! WTF took so long??? 🎸 🥁 🎶 🎵
From Team Rankings, the 2025 Predictions for #GoCoogs, I’ll post after every game, you can see the full post at teamrankings.com
Will this be THE year? 🐾🐾
Will this be THE year? 🐾🐾
January 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
From Team Rankings, the 2025 Predictions for #GoCoogs, I’ll post after every game, you can see the full post at teamrankings.com
Will this be THE year? 🐾🐾
Will this be THE year? 🐾🐾
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
December 28, 2024 at 10:16 PM
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
Søren Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard
“There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.” - Simone Weil
December 13, 2024 at 5:21 PM
“There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.” - Simone Weil
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.”
December 11, 2024 at 12:07 AM
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.”
"He who accumulates books, accumulates desires; and he who has many desires is very young, even at eighty."
UGO OJETTI
UGO OJETTI
December 9, 2024 at 12:08 AM
"He who accumulates books, accumulates desires; and he who has many desires is very young, even at eighty."
UGO OJETTI
UGO OJETTI
Boris Kustodiev - Christmas Tree Market
December 4, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Boris Kustodiev - Christmas Tree Market
Sunlight and Snow Oswald Garside
December 3, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Sunlight and Snow Oswald Garside
Road in the Village of Baldersbrønde (Winter Day)
Laurits Andersen Ring (1854–1933)
Laurits Andersen Ring (1854–1933)
December 2, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Road in the Village of Baldersbrønde (Winter Day)
Laurits Andersen Ring (1854–1933)
Laurits Andersen Ring (1854–1933)
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar Wilde, died on this date
Oscar Wilde, died on this date
November 30, 2024 at 7:23 PM
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar Wilde, died on this date
Oscar Wilde, died on this date