#aspirations — Public Fediverse posts

Citizen: Adjectives Not Required

https://simplebender.com/2026/07/18/citizen-adjectives-not-required/

A quotation from Orwell

I suggest that the real objective of Socialism is not happiness. Happiness hitherto has been a by-product, and for all we know it may always remain so. The real objective of Socialism is human brotherhood. This is widely felt to be the case, though it is not usually said, or not said loudly enough. Men use up their lives in heart-breaking political struggles, or get themselves killed in civil wars, or tortured in the secret prisons of the Gestapo, not in order to establish some central-heated, air-conditioned, strip-lighted Paradise, but because they want a world in which human beings love one another instead of swindling and murdering one another. And they want that world as a first step. Where they go from there is not so certain, and the attempt to foresee it in detail merely confuses the issue.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1943-12-20), “Can Socialists Be Happy?” “As I Please” column, Tribune Newspaper [as John Freeman]

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/47663/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #aspirations #brotherhood #cause #contentment #details #dissent #happiness #hope #love #loveyourneighbor #materialism #physical #planning #protest #sacrifice #socialism #struggle #torture #utopia #war

Epic!

#Fundafun #Otodom #Poland #Presidential #Aspirations #Goud #Pareltje #Epic #goudenrandje #interieurkeuzes #smaakgevoelig

Credits: @kwispel.bsky.social

https://www.otodom.pl/pl/oferta/dom-premium-ID4Bzyl

I have aspirations.

#memes #TheSimpsons #aspirations

our hearts have arrived

our hearts have arrived 
in taipei months before our 
feet will find their way, 

even the words we speak to 
one another have sprout wings
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I visited MIT with aspirations to one day attend media lab and realized thaty personal website had been needing to be updated (about a decade out of date)

So I spent the next weekend totally re-doing it in a way that is way more editable. I used Claude to replace the squarespace templates and make it so I could really fine tune the details. Maybe there are some sections I want to update more.... But I think it's mostly acceptable.

Jamesakers.net

Particularly relevant to my MIT aspirations would be my "Monetization Tools for Artists" section. Yes I am vibe coding quite a bit for these, and learning a bunch along the way. They are still under development.

I am at the Corning Glass Art Society conference for the week and made some vinyl stickers to promote some of my webapp tools. Its nice working in a shop that has the tools of advertising at my disposal :) The first website is already broken😅 perfect.

#vinyl #website #conference #portfolio #aspirations #promo #vibecode #idea

A quotation from Cicero

Let us spurn the rewards of today and look to future glory; let us deem best what is most honorable; let us hope for what we want, but bear what befalls us; finally, let us consider that even the bodies of brave men and great citizens are mortal; but that activity of the mind and the glory of virtue are for ever.
 
[Praesentis fructus neglegamus, posteritatis gloriae serviamus; id esse optimum putemus quod erit rectissimum; speremus quae volumus, sed quod acciderit feramus; cogitemus denique corpus virorum fortium magnorum hominum esse mortale, animi vero motus et virtutis gloriam sempiternam.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) Roman orator, statesman, philosopher
Pro Sestio [For Publius Sestius], ch. 68 / sec. 143 (56-02 BC) [tr. @sentantiq (2011)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/cicero-marcus-tulliu…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #cicero #prosestio #aspirations #courage #endurance #future #glory #honor #immortality #mortality #persistence #posterity #reputation #tomorrow #virtue

A quotation from Norman F. Dixon

The values communicated by status-insecure parents are such that their children learn to put personal success and the acquisition of power above all else. They are taught to judge people for their usefulness rather than their likableness. Their friends, and even future marriage partners, are selected and used in the service of personal advancement; love and affection take second place to knowing the right people. They are taught to eschew weaknesses and passivity, to respect authority, and to despise those who have not made the socio-economic grade. Success is equated with social esteem and material advantage, rather than with more spiritual values.

Norman F. Dixon (1922-2013) British cognitive psychologist, author, military engineer
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, Part 2, ch. 22 “Authoritarianism” (1976)

More about this quote: wist.info/dixon-norman/82301/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #normanfdixon #advancement #advantage #aspirations #authority #childrearing #esteem #goals #insecurity #motivation #parenting #people #power #status #strength #success #transactionalism #utility #values

A quotation from Mark Twain

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
(Attributed)

More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/31785/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #ambition #aspirations #belittling #coach #denigration #discouragement #ego #encouragement #goals #greatness #hopes #mentor #mockery

Is it just me or renewing all the domain names you’ve bought feels like being reminded of dreams and aspirations that never happened?
#dns #dreams #aspirations

busybee: fluffy rambles: 2025 🔜 2026 https://beesbuzz.biz/blog/7591-2025-%F0%9F%94%9C-2026 #NotResolutions #Resolutions #Aspirations #Reflections #Goals #Blog

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

The only index by which to judge a government or a way of life is by the quality of the people it acts upon. No matter how noble the objectives of a government, if it blurs decency and kindness, cheapens human life, and breeds ill will and suspicion — it is an evil government.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 147 (1955)

More info about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/17192/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #aspirations #culture #evil #goals #government #humanlife #ideals #objectives #society #wayoflife

Dear Friends of the Super-conscious,

When I was bitten by a #bee, I did not become b-gal. However with great #responsibility comes know-power.

That is why (as you may no!):

- I am an alley to the #autistic
- a #journey to the #artistic
- a #refuge for the wary-weary

In other words I am not a bot but it is one of my #aspirations. I live in space. Cyber. #Home. Rite hear.

This befuddles a lot of people including me. However as ever I have a cunning plan. Which I will be abandoning yet again. As always I am grateful to our most #precious jewels:

1. Users of the #Mastodon
2. Admins on and off the fediverse
3. The facilitators of free and open source (#Free as in FREE)
4. Experienced elderlings
5. Smart younglings
6. The Funder and thunder-mentalists
7. #Trees

Soon it will be time to break fast. Pray to #goddesses and cods that no one believes in. Except in comic #jokes. #Cosmic eh? I follow every lead into gold. I block every bribe or promise. I have never been a lyre, too busy being a hypno-critter. My favourite is Micheal Sealey
https://www.youtube.com/MichaelSealey/videos

:agummyhug: 🦞 :mastodance: :0dd_verified: :cyber_hacking:

A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

Life’s most painful condition: to be almost a celebrity.

Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 7 (1963)

More info about this quote: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/79…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mignonmclaughlin #aspirations #almost #celebrity #disappointment #fallshort #fame #fifteenminutes #alsoran

A quotation from Thoreau

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Walden; or, Life in the Woods, ch. 18 “Conclusion” (1854)

More info about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrydavidthoreau #walden #waldenpond #action #ambitions #aspirations #dreams #effort #fantasy #goals #implementation

A quotation from George Carlin

Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don’t have time for all that shit.

George Carlin (1937-2008) American comedian
Book (1997), Brain Droppings, “Short Takes [Part 2]”

More info about this quote: wist.info/carlin-george/79427/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #georgecarlin #aspirations #busyness #change #dreams #ideals #job #reallife #reasons #statusquo #understanding #why #whynot #work

I want to be rich enough to always buy my books in hard-cover format. #aspirations #books #reading

Now if I could own Birds of Prey so I could also watch that whenever I partake in a super yummy brekkie Sammy. #aspirations

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

For my part, the thing that I would wish to obtain from money would be leisure with security. But what the typical modern man desires to get with it is more money, with a view to ostentation, splendour, and the outshining of those who have hitherto been his equals.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Conquest of Happiness, Part 1, ch. 3 “Competition” (1930)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/russell-bertrand/767…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #contentment #satisfaction #bertrandrussell #aspirations #competition #economicsecurity #goals #leisure #ratrace #wealth #money

Mauritania's AfDB Presidential Candidate Unveils Aspirations for the Future #SouthernAfrica #WestAfrica #AfDB #Africa #aspirations #business #BusinessandFinance #candidate #currentevents #Economy #ExternalRelations #future #InternationalOrganizationsandAfrica #Mauritania #Mauritanias #news #politics #presidential #sports #trade #travel #unveils #WestAfrica 
https://tinyurl.com/2yo3uzpq

Ever since walking along a beaver dam in childhood, Violet had engineering #aspirations, but the #terminal degree at the community college was an associate's degree--not a good enough qualification.

"You could work with Smitty," her dad said. "He builds houses."

But Violet dreamed bigger: bridges. road systems. environmental landscaping.

She knew what she had to do. One night when the moon was waxing, she went to the beaver pond. Maybe they'd take an apprentice.

#wss366 #microfiction

A quotation from Thoreau

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or perchance a palace or temple on the earth, and at length the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed of them.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Journal (1852-07-14)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #thoreau #aging #ambition #aspirations #dreams #gettingold #grandiosity #growingold #maturity #meme #middleage #practicality #pragmatism #youth

Great and noble and valuable

Further, then, answer me this: Do you think freedom to be something great and noble and valuable? — “How should I not?” Is it possible, then, that he who acquires anything so great and valuable and noble should be mean-spirited?

~ Epictetus

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You have the option

Everywhere, at each moment, you have the option:
– to accept this event with humility
– to treat this person as he should be treated
– to approach this thought with care, so that nothing irrational creeps in.

~ Marcus Aurelius

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Goals versus aspirations

A distinction I’ve been making in recent years:

A goal is something specific. It will be clear when the goal is achieved. For me, goals should always be the classic specific, measurable, actionable, relevant, and time dependent, sort of SMART goals.

An aspiration is something directional. It will be clear when progress is made in the direction dictated by the aspiration.

The more goals I set, the worse my life becomes. I set great goals… big challenging, self-stretching goals. They pile on like dead weight and drag me down. Lose 10 pounds. Read an hour a day. …and so on.

Aspirations, being open-ended, don’t feel so daunting. Provided the aspirations lead to actual action, then I don’t need to worry about tomorrow. I can simply do the things—today, now—which are guided by my aspirations. Be someone who moves. Be exposed to lots of fresh ideas. Be someone who helps others. Be someone who creates value. Be someone whose mind works well.

What aspirations do you have?

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