Exactly. Disgusting racists with a sinister agenda.
17.08.2025 10:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@electrickestrel.bsky.social
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Exactly. Disgusting racists with a sinister agenda.
17.08.2025 10:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Drove past and the numbers of racists were far lower than they made out, literally about 40 disgusting people who are no doubt just bussing in from elsewhere. Shows how broken platforms like Meta and X really are when misinformation suggesting massive attendance spreads freely.
17.08.2025 10:52 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#booksky
27.07.2025 14:27 β π 20835 π 4379 π¬ 230 π 109The surest sign of limited knowledge is unwavering confidence, while true wisdom carries the weight of doubt. ChatGPT
01.03.2025 00:25 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Quotation by Voltaire.
βThose who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.β - Voltaire
#quote #philosophy
The principle that underlies the [Stoic] method may be described as depreciation by analysis. When we decompose into its constituent parts the object which has been of so much concern to us, we shall realise that it is a matter of no moment Baudouin and Lestchinsky, 1924. #Stoicism
02.01.2025 11:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them.
- Epictetus
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
NATO victory would be straightforward in a conventional war, and we know it
29.12.2024 02:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Good Day!
Winter Landscape by Caspar David Friedrich c. 1811
Oil on Canvas
(The National Gallery)
Saturn captured by NASAβs Cassini spacecraft
14.12.2024 15:10 β π 729 π 90 π¬ 15 π 7I can see Venus from inside my house with the lights on, crazy how bright it is β
26.11.2024 22:35 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered. Ralph Waldo Emerson
26.11.2024 21:39 β π 9 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0There is a metaphor here somewhere
25.11.2024 20:01 β π 38299 π 3139 π¬ 753 π 203π¨ BREAKING: The European Parliament has agreed to approve all seven pending European commissioner nominees.
20.11.2024 16:46 β π 239 π 83 π¬ 1 π 21Will solar PV soon be the cheapest source of electricity in most places around the world?
This Nature paper says yes.
Most surprisingly this is AFTER including short- and long-term storage costs for renewable energy sources.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
it be like that
19.10.2024 09:37 β π 25580 π 4516 π¬ 171 π 161So sad to hear this
19.10.2024 22:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Note to self: use this app instead.
17.10.2024 08:45 β π 12728 π 1339 π¬ 96 π 37Meanwhile. Elsewhere and Elsewhen...
20.09.2024 11:45 β π 2273 π 307 π¬ 18 π 8The first video I share on here has to be my favourite rendition of Whole Lotta Rosie by Tico (parrot) and Frank (non-parrot) of Tico and the Man (a truly great squawk n' roll band)
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28.08.2024 08:27 β π 44 π 45 π¬ 1 π 1Turns out coffee is a heath drink β
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23.08.2024 16:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0These are the cutting edge technologies of our time. They will be the engine of the second half of this century. If I was a young person today, this would be where I'd be looking to work
23.08.2024 15:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thereβs a proverb in Naples about people who donβt necessarily know much but like to sound like experts when things are easy. It goes quando il mare Γ¨ calmo ogni strunz e marenar, or βwhen the sea is calm, every asshole is a sailorβ
22.08.2024 15:24 β π 735 π 201 π¬ 14 π 16My reading journey is taking me on a winding path through the stoic philosophers, and on towards a deep dive into Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
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