#awad — Public Fediverse posts
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https://www.europesays.com/news/31027/ The San Diego Mosque Shootings Were a Crime Made for and by the Internet #Abdullah #Amin(d2026) #Awad #Headlines #Kaziha #Mansour(d2026) #Mosques #MuslimsAndIslam #Nader(d2026) #News #TopStories
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https://www.europesays.com/news/30994/ Victims of San Diego Mosque Shooting Remembered as Heroes and Leaders #Abdullah #Amin(d2026) #Awad #Guards #Headlines #IslamicCenterOfSanDiego #Kaziha #Mansour(d2026) #Mosques #MuslimAmericans #Nader(d2026) #News #SanDiego(Calif) #TopStories
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#TFG #GOP #ChristianRight #AWAD #AnuGarg
Today's word:
pecksniff
PRONUNCIATION:
(PEK-snif)MEANING:
noun: A hypocritical person who pretends to have high moral principles.ETYMOLOGY:
After Seth Pecksniff, a character in Charles Dickens’s novel Martin Chuzzlewit (serialized 1843-1844). Earliest documented use: 1844. The adjectival form is pecksniffian.NOTES:
Pecksniff sounds like a man who moralizes in public and misbehaves in private. Which, spoiler alert, he does.But Pecksniff, seriously? If a character’s name is Pecksniff, his moral downfall feels less like a character arc and more like a destiny. With a name like this, you have given them no hope. They’re doomed from page one. See nominative determinism.
It’s not just Dickens. The Harry Potter world has Voldemort (from French vol de mort: flight of death), 101 Dalmatians has Cruella de Vil, and so on. Heroes, on the other hand, get regular names like Oliver Twist or Harry Potter.
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#TFG #GOP #ChristianRight #AWAD #AnuGarg
Today's word:
pecksniff
PRONUNCIATION:
(PEK-snif)MEANING:
noun: A hypocritical person who pretends to have high moral principles.ETYMOLOGY:
After Seth Pecksniff, a character in Charles Dickens’s novel Martin Chuzzlewit (serialized 1843-1844). Earliest documented use: 1844. The adjectival form is pecksniffian.NOTES:
Pecksniff sounds like a man who moralizes in public and misbehaves in private. Which, spoiler alert, he does.But Pecksniff, seriously? If a character’s name is Pecksniff, his moral downfall feels less like a character arc and more like a destiny. With a name like this, you have given them no hope. They’re doomed from page one. See nominative determinism.
It’s not just Dickens. The Harry Potter world has Voldemort (from French vol de mort: flight of death), 101 Dalmatians has Cruella de Vil, and so on. Heroes, on the other hand, get regular names like Oliver Twist or Harry Potter.
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#Nautical theme this week on A Word A Day #awad #AnuGarg #language
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A.Word.A.Day
with #AnuGargEight billion people. That’s a lot of humanity -- and a lot of personality! One can never have too many words, especially words to describe people.
Sometimes a single word just won’t cut it when summing up someone’s essence. This week’s words might help. Who in your life, at work, or beyond fits one or more of these words?
nefandous
PRONUNCIATION:
(nuh-FAN-duhs)MEANING:
adjective: So wicked as to defy description: abominable, appalling.#AWAD
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A.Word.A.Day
with #AnuGargEight billion people. That’s a lot of humanity -- and a lot of personality! One can never have too many words, especially words to describe people.
Sometimes a single word just won’t cut it when summing up someone’s essence. This week’s words might help. Who in your life, at work, or beyond fits one or more of these words?
nefandous
PRONUNCIATION:
(nuh-FAN-duhs)MEANING:
adjective: So wicked as to defy description: abominable, appalling.#AWAD
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Today's #AWAD #AWordADay: ELSEWHEN
with Anu Garg❛❛ Unlike a #BlackHole — a region of #SpaceTime from which you cannot escape if you get too close — a #Wormhole is a region into which you would disappear only to reappear #elsewhere or #elsewhen. ❜❜ 2001 May 20 #WaPo
🔗 https://Wordsmith.org/words/elsewhen.html 2025 Jan 06
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Garg … #AnuGarg#Community #TimeTravel #Research #vocabulary #lexicon #words #glossary #English #Time #Kronodon
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Today's #AWAD #AWordADay: ELSEWHEN
with Anu Garg❛❛ Unlike a #BlackHole — a region of #SpaceTime from which you cannot escape if you get too close — a #Wormhole is a region into which you would disappear only to reappear #elsewhere or #elsewhen. ❜❜ 2001 May 20 #WaPo
🔗 https://Wordsmith.org/words/elsewhen.html 2025 Jan 06
🔗 https://Wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Garg … #AnuGarg#Community #TimeTravel #Research #vocabulary #lexicon #words #glossary #English #Time #Kronodon
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#AWordADay #AnuGarg #AWAD #Wordplay #DadJokes
In Anu Garg's weekday email, the word was "tangent" in a week of math/geometry terms.
Of course, my mind went:
Tangent: The dapper dude that sprays a certain orange-y bronze-ish color on an egomaniac and then tells him how great it looks.
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#AWordADay #AnuGarg #AWAD #Wordplay #DadJokes
In Anu Garg's weekday email, the word was "tangent" in a week of math/geometry terms.
Of course, my mind went:
Tangent: The dapper dude that sprays a certain orange-y bronze-ish color on an egomaniac and then tells him how great it looks.
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Another new word to me that I probably knew at one point. Maybe?
umbrageous
PRONUNCIATION:
(uhm-BRAY-juhs)MEANING:
adjective:
1. Inclined to take offense easily.
2. Cast in shadow; shaded.
3. Providing shade.ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin umbra (shade, shadow) + -ous (full of). Earliest documented use: 1587. -
Another new word to me that I probably knew at one point. Maybe?
umbrageous
PRONUNCIATION:
(uhm-BRAY-juhs)MEANING:
adjective:
1. Inclined to take offense easily.
2. Cast in shadow; shaded.
3. Providing shade.ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin umbra (shade, shadow) + -ous (full of). Earliest documented use: 1587. -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #ThoughtForToday #JohnUpdike
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. -John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #ThoughtForToday #JohnUpdike
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. -John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #JohnUpdike
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback. -John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #JohnUpdike
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Smaller than a breadbox, bigger than a TV remote, the average book fits into the human hand with a seductive nestling, a kiss of texture, whether of cover cloth, glazed jacket, or flexible paperback. -John Updike, writer (18 Mar 1932-2009) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #Crime #CesareBeccaria #IdesOfMarch
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them. -Cesare Beccaria, philosopher and politician (15 Mar 1738-1794) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #Crime #CesareBeccaria #IdesOfMarch
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
It is better to prevent crimes than to punish them. -Cesare Beccaria, philosopher and politician (15 Mar 1738-1794) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #PZMyers #Atheist #Science
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
What has occurred over the course of the last few centuries is a growing (but by no means universal or certain) recognition that science gets the job done, while religion makes excuses. Sometimes they are very pretty excuses that capture the imagination of the public, but ultimately, when you want to win a war or heal a dying child or get rich from a discovery or explore Antarctica, you turn to science and reason, or you fail. -PZ Myers, biology professor (b. 9 Mar 1957) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #PZMyers #Atheist #Science
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
What has occurred over the course of the last few centuries is a growing (but by no means universal or certain) recognition that science gets the job done, while religion makes excuses. Sometimes they are very pretty excuses that capture the imagination of the public, but ultimately, when you want to win a war or heal a dying child or get rich from a discovery or explore Antarctica, you turn to science and reason, or you fail. -PZ Myers, biology professor (b. 9 Mar 1957) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #Creativity #JuliaCameron
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY (that makes a lot of sense even if I haven't had any brilliantly creative ideas---yet!)
Creativity -- like human life itself -- begins in darkness. We need to acknowledge this. All too often, we think only in terms of light: "And then the lightbulb went on and I got it!" It is true that insights may come to us as flashes. It is true that some of these flashes may be blinding. It is, however, also true that such bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary. -Julia Cameron, artist, author, teacher, filmmaker, composer, and journalist (b. 4 Mar 1948)
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#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #Creativity #JuliaCameron
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY (that makes a lot of sense even if I haven't had any brilliantly creative ideas---yet!)
Creativity -- like human life itself -- begins in darkness. We need to acknowledge this. All too often, we think only in terms of light: "And then the lightbulb went on and I got it!" It is true that insights may come to us as flashes. It is true that some of these flashes may be blinding. It is, however, also true that such bright ideas are preceded by a gestation period that is interior, murky, and completely necessary. -Julia Cameron, artist, author, teacher, filmmaker, composer, and journalist (b. 4 Mar 1948)
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#Quotes #Ducks #AWAD #AnuGarg #Multatuli
Indeed. So, let's not remove things from children that would otherwise help them grow!
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water. -Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (2 Mar 1820-1887) -
#Quotes #Ducks #AWAD #AnuGarg #Multatuli
Indeed. So, let's not remove things from children that would otherwise help them grow!
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
One does not advance the swimming abilities of ducks by throwing the eggs in the water. -Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker), novelist (2 Mar 1820-1887) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #MicheldeMontaigne
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #MicheldeMontaigne
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war between princes. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (28 Feb 1533-1592) -
#Quotes #Boldness #AWAD #AnuGarg #JohnLeonard
I love this:
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. -John Leonard, critic (25 Feb 1939-2008) -
#Quotes #Boldness #AWAD #AnuGarg #JohnLeonard
I love this:
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. -John Leonard, critic (25 Feb 1939-2008) -
#Quotes #Boldness #AWAD #AnuGarg #JohnLeonard
I love this:
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. -John Leonard, critic (25 Feb 1939-2008) -
#Quotes #Boldness #AWAD #AnuGarg #JohnLeonard
I love this:
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
In the cellars of the night, when the mind starts moving around old trunks of bad times, the pain of this and the shame of that, the memory of a small boldness is a hand to hold. -John Leonard, critic (25 Feb 1939-2008) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #Democracy #WEBDuBois
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience. -W.E.B. Du Bois, educator, civil rights activist, and writer (23 Feb 1868-1963) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #Democracy #WEBDuBois
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The theory of democratic government is not that the will of the people is always right, but rather that normal human beings of average intelligence will, if given a chance, learn the right and best course by bitter experience. -W.E.B. Du Bois, educator, civil rights activist, and writer (23 Feb 1868-1963) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #JamesRussellLowell #ActionsNotWords
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (22 Feb 1819-1891) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #JamesRussellLowell #ActionsNotWords
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (22 Feb 1819-1891) -
#Quotes #Galileo #TheSun #AWAD #AnuGarg
I really love this quote, again, for perspective.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (15 Feb 1564-1642) -
#Quotes #Galileo #TheSun #AWAD #AnuGarg
I really love this quote, again, for perspective.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent upon it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do. -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (15 Feb 1564-1642) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #Atheist #RobertGreenINgersoll
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. / Love is the ever-gleaming star / That leads the way, / That shines, not on vague worlds of bliss, / But on a paradise in this. -Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #Atheist #RobertGreenINgersoll
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
The hands that help are better far / Than lips that pray. / Love is the ever-gleaming star / That leads the way, / That shines, not on vague worlds of bliss, / But on a paradise in this. -Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer and orator (1833-1899) -
#Customs #AWAD #AnuGarg #AaronHill
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I see too plainly custom forms us all. Our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth. -Aaron Hill, dramatist and writer (10 Feb 1685-1750) -
#Customs #AWAD #AnuGarg #AaronHill
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I see too plainly custom forms us all. Our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed belief, are consequences of our place of birth. -Aaron Hill, dramatist and writer (10 Feb 1685-1750) -
#Empathy #Empaths #Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #AliceWalker
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I'm causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It's a physical pain. So it's self-interest that I don't want to cause harm. -Alice Walker, author (b. 9 Feb 1944) -
#Empathy #Empaths #Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #AliceWalker
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
I find it difficult to feel responsible for the suffering of others. That's why I find war so hard to bear. It's the same with animals: I feel the less harm I do, the lighter my heart. I love a light heart. And when I know I'm causing suffering, I feel the heaviness of it. It's a physical pain. So it's self-interest that I don't want to cause harm. -Alice Walker, author (b. 9 Feb 1944) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #HumanLabor #LouisNizer
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. -Louis Nizer, lawyer (6 Feb 1902-1994) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #HumanLabor #LouisNizer
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. -Louis Nizer, lawyer (6 Feb 1902-1994) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #JamesJoyce #Mistakes
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. -James Joyce, novelist (2 Feb 1882-1941) -
#Quotes #AWAD #AnuGarg #JamesJoyce #Mistakes
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Mistakes are the portals of discovery. -James Joyce, novelist (2 Feb 1882-1941) -
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where nonconformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose. -Learned Hand, jurist (27 Jan 1872-1961)
