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Tina Ishak-Dagoe author a.k.a. Syamsuriatina Ishak
@sysrtina.bsky.social
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Lawyer turned Storyteller • Futurist • PhD Researcher on Technology Regulation using Science Fiction Literature
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Quote by Blaise Pascal: Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it
January 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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It doesn’t matter if it’s a Relationship, a Lifestyle, or a Job. If it doesn’t make you happy, let it go
January 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Imagine being bit by a snake, and instead of trying to help yourself heal and recover from the poison, you are trying to catch the snake to find out the reason it bit you and prove to it that you didn’t deserve that.
January 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Francisian version Serenity Prayer for our times: God, grant me the patience to work with the unjust systems I cannot change today, the courage to strategically enact progress when I know I can, and the wisdom to know that, despite structural oppression, I still can make a difference. Amen.
January 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Time is the only currency you spend without ever knowing your balance. Use it wisely.
January 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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#TinasPonderingsToday - I’ve been approached so many times with a proposal that I write their “story idea” and we split the profits, it’s not even funny anymore.

Thank you for the gem @chuckwendig.bsky.social
Quote by Chuck Wendig: The allure of AI entices those people who fetishise ideas but dismiss the work. They’re the people who tell writers, “I’ll give you the idea, you write it, and we’ll split the profits.” For them, the vision is everything, and the work is just an annoying obstacle. But the WORK is everything. The work is how a thing happens, where it’s made, where skill is put to work. AI in creativity is for the people who have no skill, no work, no effort, no ethic. They just want to push a button.
January 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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If your phone doesn’t ring when you’re struggling, remember not to pick up calls when you’re winning.
December 29, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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Quote: How bold one gets when one is sure of being loved. - Sigmund Freud
December 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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#TinasPonderingsToday - Abuse is not always only physical or overt
Abuse is also… - humiliating you in front of others - invading your personal space and boundaries - constantly criticizing you - making you feel like the fool one - dismissing your thoughts and feelings - making you doubt yourself - blaming you for their actions - using sarcasm to hurt you - controlling every aspect of your life
December 17, 2024 at 11:22 PM
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I don’t understand this economy when nursing homes are so expensive they bankrupt our grandparents but nursing home aides need to use food banks. Daycare is so expensive it eats up one parent’s entire paycheck and yet daycare providers only make $10/hr and need second jobs. College costs hundreds of thousands of dollars and puts students in debt for life and yet we have thousands of professors living in their cars. Everything we need is astronomically expensive and yet almost none of the money we pay is going towards the people actually doing the work and providing the services
December 17, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.
December 16, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Tay Tonday quote “Being poor now just leads to being more poor later. Can’t pay to clean your teeth? Next year, pay for a root canal. Can’t pay for a new mattress? Next year, pay for back surgery. Can’t pay to get that lump checked out? Next year, pay for Stage 3 cancer. Poverty charges interest.
December 13, 2024 at 10:30 PM
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December 11, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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They say nobody’s going to save you, but many people saved me, even if they didn’t intend to. It can be as small as a smile from a stranger, a nudge from an animal, words from a writer, the lyrics to a song, an observant friend. We are all saving each other every single damn day in tiny seemingly insignificant ways.
December 7, 2024 at 12:01 AM
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December 4, 2024 at 9:58 PM
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December 4, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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#TinasPonderingsToday - they wanna wear you down. Don’t let them!
December 3, 2024 at 11:08 AM
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#TinasPonderingsToday - what a wonderful way to educate a child about self-awareness and the ways to live a meaningful role within their community
December 2, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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#TinasPonderingsToday - love these simple but mind-blowing statements of realities
December 1, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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December 1, 2024 at 8:21 AM
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November 29, 2024 at 2:11 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 1:59 PM
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#TinasInspirationToday : Access to information = freedom of information = information equals power = information equality = access to justice
November 29, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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November 29, 2024 at 8:00 AM