#disinterest — Public Fediverse posts
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We can forgive people who bore us, but never those whom we bore.
[Nous pardonnons souvent à ceux qui nous ennuient, mais nous ne pouvons pardonner à ceux que nous ennuyons.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶304 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶311]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #bore #boredom #boring #disinterest #ego #ennui #forgiveness #hypocrisy #insult #offense #pride #weariness #weary
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A quotation from La Rochefoucauld
We can forgive people who bore us, but never those whom we bore.
[Nous pardonnons souvent à ceux qui nous ennuient, mais nous ne pouvons pardonner à ceux que nous ennuyons.]François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims], ¶304 (1665-1678) [tr. Heard (1917), ¶311]More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/la-rochefoucauld-fra…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #larochefoucauld #bore #boredom #boring #disinterest #ego #ennui #forgiveness #hypocrisy #insult #offense #pride #weariness #weary
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It’s all very well to dismiss the dismal sight of our Legislature in action by saying, “I’m just not interested in politics,” but the qualifications of the people who prescribe your eyeglasses, how deep you will be buried, what books your kids read in school, whether your beautician knows how to give a perm, the size of the cells in Stripe City, and a thousand and one other matters that touch your lives daily are decided by the dweebs, dorks, geeks, crooks, and bozos we’ve put into public office.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1992-03-01), “Good morning, Fort Worth! Glad to be here,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83846/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #disinterest #government #impact #legislature #politicians #politics #disdain
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It’s all very well to dismiss the dismal sight of our Legislature in action by saying, “I’m just not interested in politics,” but the qualifications of the people who prescribe your eyeglasses, how deep you will be buried, what books your kids read in school, whether your beautician knows how to give a perm, the size of the cells in Stripe City, and a thousand and one other matters that touch your lives daily are decided by the dweebs, dorks, geeks, crooks, and bozos we’ve put into public office.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1992-03-01), “Good morning, Fort Worth! Glad to be here,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83846/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #disinterest #government #impact #legislature #politicians #politics #disdain
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It’s all very well to dismiss the dismal sight of our Legislature in action by saying, “I’m just not interested in politics,” but the qualifications of the people who prescribe your eyeglasses, how deep you will be buried, what books your kids read in school, whether your beautician knows how to give a perm, the size of the cells in Stripe City, and a thousand and one other matters that touch your lives daily are decided by the dweebs, dorks, geeks, crooks, and bozos we’ve put into public office.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1992-03-01), “Good morning, Fort Worth! Glad to be here,” Fort Worth Star-TelegramMore about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/83846/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #disinterest #government #impact #legislature #politicians #politics #disdain
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Okay, so [insert name] either muted me... or they think that what I post into the fediverse is not worth interacting with.
:catthinking:
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As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client. And when you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1850), Notes for a Law Lecture (fragment)More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/8344…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abelincoln #lincoln #advance #attorney #commitment #completion #disinterest #fee #incentive #interest #lawyer #ondelivery #payment #retainer
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As a general rule never take your whole fee in advance, nor any more than a small retainer. When fully paid beforehand, you are more than a common mortal if you can feel the same interest in the case, as if something was still in prospect for you, as well as for your client. And when you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.
Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1850), Notes for a Law Lecture (fragment)More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/8344…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abrahamlincoln #abelincoln #lincoln #advance #attorney #commitment #completion #disinterest #fee #incentive #interest #lawyer #ondelivery #payment #retainer
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A quotation from Josh Billings
Thare iz nothing we are more apt to parade before others, than our kares and sorrows, and thare iz nothing the world kares so little about.
[There is nothing we are more apt to parade before others, than our cares and sorrows, and there is nothing the world cares so little about.]Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1875-12 (1875 ed.)More info about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/79269/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #joshbillings #care #complaint #concern #disinterest #ego #selfcenteredness #sharing #sorrow #troubles
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A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt
I know that we will be the sufferers if we let great wrongs occur without exerting ourselves to correct them.
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1943-08-13), “My Day”Sourcing, notes: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/27…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bystander #disinterest #evil #injustice #karma #neutrality #passivity #standingby #uninvolvement #wrongdoing #complicity #acquiescence
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🚀🤷♂️ Oh no, #NASA might miss out on the chance to watch a #space #rock whiz by, presumably because they're busy with more important matters—like losing #funding or misplacing telescopes. Meanwhile, the rest of us will likely just continue not caring. 🙄🌌
https://arstechnica.com/features/2025/06/trump-budget-kills-nasas-golden-opportunity-to-see-a-killer-asteroid-up-close/ #Missed #Opportunity #Issues #Astronomy #Disinterest #HackerNews #ngated -
🚀🤷♂️ Oh no, #NASA might miss out on the chance to watch a #space #rock whiz by, presumably because they're busy with more important matters—like losing #funding or misplacing telescopes. Meanwhile, the rest of us will likely just continue not caring. 🙄🌌
https://arstechnica.com/features/2025/06/trump-budget-kills-nasas-golden-opportunity-to-see-a-killer-asteroid-up-close/ #Missed #Opportunity #Issues #Astronomy #Disinterest #HackerNews #ngated -
Happy that nation, fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1740 ed.)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/76…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #PoorRichardsAlamanack #perspective #age #boredom #calm #disinterest #era #events #history #nation #troubles #interestingtimes
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Quiet extinctions of invertebrates are largely unnoticed and unmourned
‘This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper’ TS Eliot, The Hollow Men
"Australian species have become extinct over this 236-year period...We predict that 39–148 species will become extinct in 2024. This is inconsistent with a recent pledge by the Australian government to prevent all extinction...Unless there is a major increase in investment and change in conservation priorities, and more effective control of threats, this rate of extinction will increase. We should not simply maintain the current conservation status quo and let these extinctions happen."
"So long as invertebrate extinctions remain nameless and invisible, this failure cannot be demonstrated, or readily overcome; and efforts will instead be directed towards the less imperilled, but better-known and iconic species."
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Woinarski JCZ, Braby MF, Gibb H, et al. This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction. 2024;2:e23. doi:10.1017/ext.2024.26
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper-estimating-the-number-and-ongoing-rate-of-extinctions-of-australian-nonmarine-invertebrates/D0DCAA03EBA7ACC25F98F7BF5D87A2A6
#invertebrates #extinction #narrative #QuietExtinctions #ecosystem #biodiversity #HabitatDestruction #habitat #degradation #taxonomy #TaxonomicInequality #biases #cute #iconic #disinterest #BushBlitz #conservation #values -
Quiet extinctions of invertebrates are largely unnoticed and unmourned
‘This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper’ TS Eliot, The Hollow Men
"Australian species have become extinct over this 236-year period...We predict that 39–148 species will become extinct in 2024. This is inconsistent with a recent pledge by the Australian government to prevent all extinction...Unless there is a major increase in investment and change in conservation priorities, and more effective control of threats, this rate of extinction will increase. We should not simply maintain the current conservation status quo and let these extinctions happen."
"So long as invertebrate extinctions remain nameless and invisible, this failure cannot be demonstrated, or readily overcome; and efforts will instead be directed towards the less imperilled, but better-known and iconic species."
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Woinarski JCZ, Braby MF, Gibb H, et al. This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates. Cambridge Prisms: Extinction. 2024;2:e23. doi:10.1017/ext.2024.26
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-prisms-extinction/article/this-is-the-way-the-world-ends-not-with-a-bang-but-a-whimper-estimating-the-number-and-ongoing-rate-of-extinctions-of-australian-nonmarine-invertebrates/D0DCAA03EBA7ACC25F98F7BF5D87A2A6
#invertebrates #extinction #narrative #QuietExtinctions #ecosystem #biodiversity #HabitatDestruction #habitat #degradation #taxonomy #TaxonomicInequality #biases #cute #iconic #disinterest #BushBlitz #conservation #values