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They who clamor loudest for freedom are often the ones least likely to be happy in a free society. The frustrated, oppressed by their shortcomings, blame their failure on existing restraints. Actually, their innermost desire is for an end to the “free for all.” They want to eliminate free competition and the ruthless testing to which the individual is continually subjected in a free society.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 28 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10928/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #competition #failure #freesociety #freedom #frustrated #happiness #inferiority #liberty #selfhatred #selfloathing #truebeliever #unsuccessful
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We Were Warned and Still Hit Snooze
I woke up, hit play, and got smacked in the face by The Idiots Are Taking Over by NOFX like it was still 2003 and nothing had improved. Turns out, nothing has improved. Cute. There’s something almost comforting about a song that predicted the slow-motion circus we’re all living in now. Not comforting in a warm, fuzzy way. More like, “at least someone saw the train coming before it hit us all.” I respect that level of pessimism. It ages well. The lyrics aren’t subtle. They […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/04/29/we-were-warned-and-still-hit-snooze/
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The Psychology of Keeping Useless Stuff
Why do you save things you’ll probably never use again? This prompt’s from ericfoltin.com, not one of those mass-produced Jetpack or WordPress leftovers that feel like they were phoned in sometime before people stopped using dial-up. If you want more, hit the Daily Prompts page at https://ericfoltin.com/writing-prompts/ and grab whatever sparks something. Just don’t be that person who takes without giving back. Drop a link, give some credit, and move on like a decent human. I save […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/04/29/the-psychology-of-keeping-useless-stuff/
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CW: UK Politics
Voted!
But what a palaver: show polling card, they ask for name and address (even though these are printed on the polling card), show ID ("what kind of ID is this?" when I give them my bus pass), write down voting ballot numbers next to my name (secret vote; what's that?), go and vote (but only one person at a time although the stand caters for 4 at a time with dividers for privacy).
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We usually see only the things we are looking for — so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 238 (1955)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/17639/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #bias, delusion #expectation #falsepositive #focus #pareidolia #preconception #prejudice #vision
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Faith in a holy cause is to a considerable extent a substitute for the lost faith in ourselves.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 1, ch. 2, § 8 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10594/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #cause #devotion #faith #holiness #sacred #selfblame #selfconfidence #selfdoubt #selfquestioning #selfreproach #truebeliever
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To become different from what we are, we must have some awareness of what we are.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 151 (1955)More info about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/17245/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #change #growth #know thyself #progress #selfanalysis #selfassessment #selfawareness #selfchange #selfdiscovery #selfevaluation #selfhonesty #selfperception #selfreflection #selfunderstanding
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Unless a man has talents to make something of himself, freedom is an irksome burden. Of what avail is freedom to choose if the self be ineffectual? We join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility, or, in the words of the ardent young Nazi, “to be free from freedom.” It was not sheer hypocrisy when the rank-and-file Nazis declared themselves not guilty of all the enormities they had committed. They considered themselves cheated and maligned when made to shoulder responsibility for obeying orders. Had they not joined the Nazi movement in order to be free from responsibility?
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 2, ch. 5, § 26 (1951)More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/10751/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #burden #cause #collectiveguilt #control #escape #freedom #individual #movement #obedience #orders #responsibility #selfcontempt #selfdeprecation #selfdoubt #selfimage #selfliberation #selfopinion #selfregard #selfrespect #selfresponsibility #truebeliever
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Mmmhh Elric kommt zurück als #Rollenspiel. Ich mag den Hintergrund ja, aber ich bin weder ein Fan von 5e noch von #DCC. Bei mir im Regal steht #Stormbringer und #Elric mit den #BRP Regeln. Da brauch ich diese Edition nicht. #pnpde
Goodman Games brings The Classic Era of Elric to your tabletop RPG experience for both 5E and DCC! Coming in 2027!
#dnd5E #dccrpg #ttrpg #backerkitcrowdfunding #DND5E #Elric #elricofmelniboné #gaming #GoodmanGames
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The Only Retreat That Works
What comfort do you return to when everything feels loud? When everything gets loud, I don’t “recharge.” I don’t “center myself.” I don’t journal my feelings like a malfunctioning HR department. I go home. I shut the door. I let the house go quiet. Real quiet. The kind that doesn’t perform for anyone. The world is a nonstop siren now. Everyone yelling opinions. Everyone selling something. Everyone desperate to be heard while saying absolutely nothing. Phones vibrating like […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/30/the-only-retreat-that-works/
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How a Ten-Pound Dog Beat My Burnout
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? This past year has basically been one long shift with no clock-out button. Work, work, and hey look… more work. I swear if I ever meet the person who invented productivity culture, we’re gonna have words. Fun took one look at my schedule, laughed, and walked straight out the door without even leaving a note. I’ve seen Bigfoot more recently than I’ve seen a real day off. But then, right when the universe seemed […] -
How a Ten-Pound Dog Beat My Burnout
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? This past year has basically been one long shift with no clock-out button. Work, work, and hey look… more work. I swear if I ever meet the person who invented productivity culture, we’re gonna have words. Fun took one look at my schedule, laughed, and walked straight out the door without even leaving a note. I’ve seen Bigfoot more recently than I’ve seen a real day off. But then, right when the universe seemed […] -
How a Ten-Pound Dog Beat My Burnout
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? This past year has basically been one long shift with no clock-out button. Work, work, and hey look… more work. I swear if I ever meet the person who invented productivity culture, we’re gonna have words. Fun took one look at my schedule, laughed, and walked straight out the door without even leaving a note. I’ve seen Bigfoot more recently than I’ve seen a real day off. But then, right when the universe seemed […] -
How a Ten-Pound Dog Beat My Burnout
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? This past year has basically been one long shift with no clock-out button. Work, work, and hey look… more work. I swear if I ever meet the person who invented productivity culture, we’re gonna have words. Fun took one look at my schedule, laughed, and walked straight out the door without even leaving a note. I’ve seen Bigfoot more recently than I’ve seen a real day off. But then, right when the universe seemed […] -
How a Ten-Pound Dog Beat My Burnout
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? This past year has basically been one long shift with no clock-out button. Work, work, and hey look… more work. I swear if I ever meet the person who invented productivity culture, we’re gonna have words. Fun took one look at my schedule, laughed, and walked straight out the door without even leaving a note. I’ve seen Bigfoot more recently than I’ve seen a real day off. But then, right when the universe seemed […] -
Stupidity Sorts Itself Out
What’s something you quietly judge people for I quietly judge people who confuse confidence with intelligence. They talk loud, plant their feet, and act like being sure makes them right. It doesn’t. It just makes them wrong with enthusiasm. Being wrong isn’t the issue. Everyone screws up. The problem is refusing to even entertain the idea that you might be wrong. That’s where stupidity really stretches out and gets comfortable. I don’t argue with these people. That’s a waste of […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/27/stupidity-sorts-itself-out/
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Stupidity Sorts Itself Out
What’s something you quietly judge people for I quietly judge people who confuse confidence with intelligence. They talk loud, plant their feet, and act like being sure makes them right. It doesn’t. It just makes them wrong with enthusiasm. Being wrong isn’t the issue. Everyone screws up. The problem is refusing to even entertain the idea that you might be wrong. That’s where stupidity really stretches out and gets comfortable. I don’t argue with these people. That’s a waste of […]https://ericfoltin.com/2026/01/27/stupidity-sorts-itself-out/
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Anybody here know what the bicycle parking is like at Imperial College London, South Kensington campus? I have to attend a meeting afternoon through to late evening and wanted to take my full size bike in lieu of my Brompton (for reasons).
Boosts welcome. Thank you.
#ImperialCollege #ImperialCollegeLondon #ICL #SouthKensington #London #BikeTooter #LondonCycling #UKCycling
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Twins 2, Guardians 1: Cleveland Rocks, But Buxton And The Twins Rolled to Victory! – Twins Daily Front Page News https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/695300/ #Baseball #BrooksLee #ByronBuxton #Cleveland #ClevelandGuardians #ClevelandGuardians #EricOrze #GameRecap #Guardians #LuisGarcia #MLB
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Twins 2, Guardians 1: Cleveland Rocks, But Buxton And The Twins Rolled to Victory! – Twins Daily Front Page News https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/695300/ #Baseball #BrooksLee #ByronBuxton #Cleveland #ClevelandGuardians #ClevelandGuardians #EricOrze #GameRecap #Guardians #LuisGarcia #MLB
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Twins 2, Guardians 1: Cleveland Rocks, But Buxton And The Twins Rolled to Victory! – Twins https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/695014/ #Baseball #BrooksLee #ByronBuxton #Cleveland #ClevelandGuardians #ClevelandGuardians #EricOrze #GameRecap #Guardians #LuisGarcia #MLB
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Twins 2, Guardians 1: Cleveland Rocks, But Buxton And The Twins Rolled to Victory! – Twins https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/695014/ #Baseball #BrooksLee #ByronBuxton #Cleveland #ClevelandGuardians #ClevelandGuardians #EricOrze #GameRecap #Guardians #LuisGarcia #MLB
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Twins Recaps: Game 36–5/5/26
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Twins Recaps: Game 36–5/5/26
https://wgom.org/2026/05/06/twins-recaps-game-36-5-5-26/ -
“A #doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The #fanatical #believer is not conscious of his envy, malice, pettiness and dishonesty. There is a wall of words between his #consciousness and his real #self.” - #EricHoffer
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“A #doctrine insulates the devout not only against the realities around them but also against their own selves. The #fanatical #believer is not conscious of his envy, malice, pettiness and dishonesty. There is a wall of words between his #consciousness and his real #self.” - #EricHoffer
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This story has it all...! Alleged egalitarian vegan collectives, #WhiteNationalist con artists, amateur pornographers, confrontations with #Indigenous people... Wow! Posting some excerpts, but one should read the whole article...
White Nationalist leader in #Arkansas accused of #LandSwindle, attempted murder
by Jacqueline Froelich February 6, 2026
"#PeterCsere makes his living developing private intentional communities. In 2016 in #ElPangui, #Ecuador, he helped establish #FruitHavenEcovillage, a vegan decentralized egalitarian consensus-based collective carved into the edge of an Amazon rainforest.
"Seven years later, in 2023, Csere fled Fruit Haven, chased by allegations that he took others’ money with him. Csere has since broken ground on a controversial new #WhitesOnly development in the #Arkansas #Ozarks branded Return to the Land, currently occupied by a few dozen followers. He and partner #EricOrwoll, a California native and amateur #pornographer, purchased 160 acres of raw property in rural Sharp County to construct their prototype #WhiteNationalist compound. The private membership association last year drew international media attention, public condemnation and great admiration from #Extremist brethren.
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"The most serious allegation cited by Fruit Haven residents is that Csere physically attacked members of the #ShuarNation, an #Amazonian #indigenous tribe, in a dispute over llegal mining. The #Shuar were panning for gold along a stream on Fruit Haven property, which they claim is their original tribal land base.
"According to Frost, Csere, by that point, had begun to dress in 'military-style clothing' and had become increasingly confrontational with locals.
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“Members from the white nationalist and #WhiteIdentitarian community have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund #ReturnTotheLand projects in Arkansas including tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees,' Russell said. 'Yet there is no evidence that money is being used as promised. This is not a misunderstanding — it is deliberate donor deception.' "
#WhiteSupremacists #WolvesInSheepsClothing #ConMen #ConArtists #NeoNazis #USPol #WorldPol #Swindlers #LandBack #Colonialism