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  1. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20598…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #humor #jest #joke #merriment #reaction #surprise

  2. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20598…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #humor #jest #joke #merriment #reaction #surprise

  3. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20598…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #humor #jest #joke #merriment #reaction #surprise

  4. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20598…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #humor #jest #joke #merriment #reaction #surprise

  5. How does one go about unlearning what society probably taught us about talent? I know from personal experience that almost...

    Check out my weekday daily #blog and read more in my post: Knots Blocks

    #Blog #CommercializationOfArt #CorporateSocialMedia #Expectations #MetaMonday

    8clicks.8r4d.com/2026/04/knots

  6. 🌟 Expectations 🐾

    As I start writing this, it's only one more night till the coming of Koa. I have tried to be prepared as best as I could. Tried to puppy proof things I the home. Tried to order enough food and snacks for him. Tried to get enough toys for him to play with. I got a new harness and leash, and a longer training leash. I cleaned things as best as I could. And... I tried to read as much as I could to "revive" my knowledge again. A change of my routine, to adjust to Koa. He is used to a schedule now, and I don't want to disturb it too much, when his whole world is already turned upside-down. I have canceled some appointents, I won't go to the gym for a while, I have asked kind folks to "puppy-sit" Koa, so that I can go to some appointments, which are too important to cancel. I am excited. I an anxious. And, I am also a bit scared... […]

    cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2026/

  7. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20542…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #gladness #goodfortune #goodluck #happiness #pleasure #serendipity #surprise #unexpectedness

  8. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20542…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #gladness #goodfortune #goodluck #happiness #pleasure #serendipity #surprise #unexpectedness

  9. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20542…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #gladness #goodfortune #goodluck #happiness #pleasure #serendipity #surprise #unexpectedness

  10. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20542…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #gladness #goodfortune #goodluck #happiness #pleasure #serendipity #surprise #unexpectedness

  11. @johannab

    > FOSS has a very unfortunate weak spot in its foundation, that being the idea that “free” implies “without ownership” rather than “equitably shareable”

    💯! Just dropped a #meme depicting how #SX considers #FOSS: social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    #Equity is the word. I wrote a blog on #SharedOwnership earlier: coding.social/blog/shared-owne

    Note, that "libertarianism" is emergent, comes with scale. I avoid the term for its political heat it often introduces, and how that stifles #solution-orientation.

    > I make product actually meet the users’ needs, cuz damn, you didn’t!

    It's funny how actual #Needs are often totally unknown, esp. in FOSS. The #technology then quickly exists mostly for the sake of itself. Damn the externalities.

    Social coding commons defines FOSS as the pure software artifact. Code + an open license. Period. All the rest is #SocialCoding where all #expectations we have are either implied and unjustified, or warranted with mutual understanding. The latter is hardly done.

  12. @johannab

    > FOSS has a very unfortunate weak spot in its foundation, that being the idea that “free” implies “without ownership” rather than “equitably shareable”

    💯! Just dropped a #meme depicting how #SX considers #FOSS: social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    #Equity is the word. I wrote a blog on #SharedOwnership earlier: coding.social/blog/shared-owne

    Note, that "libertarianism" is emergent, comes with scale. I avoid the term for its political heat it often introduces, and how that stifles #solution-orientation.

    > I make product actually meet the users’ needs, cuz damn, you didn’t!

    It's funny how actual #Needs are often totally unknown, esp. in FOSS. The #technology then quickly exists mostly for the sake of itself. Damn the externalities.

    Social coding commons defines FOSS as the pure software artifact. Code + an open license. Period. All the rest is #SocialCoding where all #expectations we have are either implied and unjustified, or warranted with mutual understanding. The latter is hardly done.

  13. @johannab

    > FOSS has a very unfortunate weak spot in its foundation, that being the idea that “free” implies “without ownership” rather than “equitably shareable”

    💯! Just dropped a #meme depicting how #SX considers #FOSS: social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    #Equity is the word. I wrote a blog on #SharedOwnership earlier: coding.social/blog/shared-owne

    Note, that "libertarianism" is emergent, comes with scale. I avoid the term for its political heat it often introduces, and how that stifles #solution-orientation.

    > I make product actually meet the users’ needs, cuz damn, you didn’t!

    It's funny how actual #Needs are often totally unknown, esp. in FOSS. The #technology then quickly exists mostly for the sake of itself. Damn the externalities.

    Social coding commons defines FOSS as the pure software artifact. Code + an open license. Period. All the rest is #SocialCoding where all #expectations we have are either implied and unjustified, or warranted with mutual understanding. The latter is hardly done.

  14. @johannab

    > FOSS has a very unfortunate weak spot in its foundation, that being the idea that “free” implies “without ownership” rather than “equitably shareable”

    💯! Just dropped a #meme depicting how #SX considers #FOSS: social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    #Equity is the word. I wrote a blog on #SharedOwnership earlier: coding.social/blog/shared-owne

    Note, that "libertarianism" is emergent, comes with scale. I avoid the term for its political heat it often introduces, and how that stifles #solution-orientation.

    > I make product actually meet the users’ needs, cuz damn, you didn’t!

    It's funny how actual #Needs are often totally unknown, esp. in FOSS. The #technology then quickly exists mostly for the sake of itself. Damn the externalities.

    Social coding commons defines FOSS as the pure software artifact. Code + an open license. Period. All the rest is #SocialCoding where all #expectations we have are either implied and unjustified, or warranted with mutual understanding. The latter is hardly done.

  15. @johannab

    > FOSS has a very unfortunate weak spot in its foundation, that being the idea that “free” implies “without ownership” rather than “equitably shareable”

    💯! Just dropped a #meme depicting how #SX considers #FOSS: social.coop/@smallcircles/1164

    #Equity is the word. I wrote a blog on #SharedOwnership earlier: coding.social/blog/shared-owne

    Note, that "libertarianism" is emergent, comes with scale. I avoid the term for its political heat it often introduces, and how that stifles #solution-orientation.

    > I make product actually meet the users’ needs, cuz damn, you didn’t!

    It's funny how actual #Needs are often totally unknown, esp. in FOSS. The #technology then quickly exists mostly for the sake of itself. Damn the externalities.

    Social coding commons defines FOSS as the pure software artifact. Code + an open license. Period. All the rest is #SocialCoding where all #expectations we have are either implied and unjustified, or warranted with mutual understanding. The latter is hardly done.

  16. NASA’s Photography Trainers Say Artemis II Astronauts Exceeded Their Expectations - PetaPixel
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    <p>NASA’s Photography Trainers Say Artemis II Astronauts Exceeded Their ExpectationsPetaPixel Artemis II
    #expectations #photography #astronauts #trainers

  17. NASA’s Photography Trainers Say Artemis II Astronauts Exceeded Their Expectations
    atlas.whatip.xyz/post.php?slug
    <p>There&#039;s little doubt that the Artemis II astronauts took some astounding photos on their historic
    #expectations #photography #astronauts #trainers

  18. Wall Street hits a record as S&P 500 continues its 2-week rally on hopes for an end to the Iran war

    NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market hit a record Wednesday after adding to its two-week rally…
    #NewsBeep #News #Business #CA #Canada #expectations #GlobalEconomy #Irán #S&P500 #stockindexes #Stockmarkets #Stockprice #stockprices #u.s.stockmarket #WallStreet
    newsbeep.com/ca/607636/

  19. 🥰 Ever the romantic, I look under the covers at the calculus of matchmaking.

    philosophics.blog/2026/04/16/d

    It should be no surprise to most that dating is not an economic endeavour (with some obvious exceptions). In this blog post and associated podcast, I articulate why.

    #philosophy #economics #psychology #signal #noise #markets #attributes #efficiency #optimisation #dating #shopping #wants #needs #menus #heuristics #evaluation #romance #preferences #blog #podcast #expectations #value #reality

  20. A quotation from Margaret Atwood

    No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well.

    Margaret Atwood (b. 1939) Canadian writer, literary critic, environmental activist
    The Handmaid’s Tale, ch. 28 (1986)

    More about this quote: wist.info/atwood-margaret/8327…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #margaretatwood #handmaidstale #child #expectations #ideal #mother #parent #parenting #perspective #preconception #feetofclay #paragon

  21. A quotation from Wallace Stegner

    You can plan all you want to. You can lie in your morning bed and fill whole notebooks with schemes and intentions. But within a single afternoon, within hours or minutes, everything you plan and everything you have fought to make yourself can be undone as a slug is undone when salt is poured on him. And right up to the moment when you find yourself dissolving into foam you can still believe you are doing fine.

    Wallace Stegner (1909-1993) American novelist
    Crossing to Safety, ch. 13 (1987)

    More about this quote: wist.info/stegner-wallace/3708…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #wallacestegner #expectations #intention #plan #planning #scheme

  22. [Doodle] - Old Cat Meets New Cat
    When you're told that your roommate's cat is a bully who pushed his siblings around, you expect to have to do some work to get them to be nice to your own cat.

    In actual fact, he appears to be a giant coward when confronted with a girl cat barely 1/3rd his size. Ah well, they'll get there :P

    #cat #cats #funny #sfw #comic #expectations #reality

  23. A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

    Writing fiction is definitely a universe disturber, and for the writer, first of all. My books push me and prod me and make me ask questions I might otherwise avoid. I start a book, having lived with the characters for several years, during the writing of other books, and I have a pretty good idea of where the story is going and what I hope it’s going to say. And then, once I get deep into the writing, unexpected things begin to happen, things which make me question, and which sometimes really shake my universe.

    Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
    Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

    More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/828…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #author #expectations #imagination #selfexamination #selfquestioning #worldview #writer #writing

  24. Strongest Q4 Results from the Shelf-Stable Food Group

    The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how shelf-stable food stocks fared in Q4, starting with Hershey (NYSE:HSY). As America industrialized and moved away fr…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #earningsresults #expectations #hershey #revenueestimates
    diningandcooking.com/2558237/s

  25. DIN) And The Rest Of The Sit-Down Dining Segment

    As the Q4 earnings season wraps, let’s dig into this quarter’s best and worst performers in the sit-down dining industry, including Dine Brands (NYSE:DIN) and its peers. Sit-down restaurants offer a complete dining experience with table se…
    #dining #cooking #diet #food #Dining #DineBrands #earningsresults #expectations #Q4Earnings #redrobin #revenueestimates
    diningandcooking.com/2558233/d

  26. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  27. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  28. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  29. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  30. A quotation from Churchill

    Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events. Antiquated War Offices, weak, incompetent, or arrogant Commanders, untrustworthy allies, hostile neutrals, malignant Fortune, ugly surprises, awful miscalculations — all take their seats at the Council Board on the morrow of a declaration of war. Always remember, however sure you are that you could easily win, that there would not be a war if the other man did not think he also had a chance.

    Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
    My Early Life: A Roving Commission, ch. 18 “With Buller to the Cape” (1930)

    More about this quote: wist.info/churchill-winston/11…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #churchill #winstonchurchill #control #declarationofwar #error #events #expectations #fortune #hubris #misfortune #overconfidence #perspective #presumption #surprises #uncontrolled #unexpected #victory #war

  31. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) entered the Munich Security Conference on Friday with high expectations. He told reporters on Thursday that the conferenc... news.osna.fm/?p=34130 | #news #brings #conference #expectations #foreign

  32. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) entered the Munich Security Conference on Friday with high expectations. He told reporters on Thursday that the conferenc... news.osna.fm/?p=34130 | #news #brings #conference #expectations #foreign

  33. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) entered the Munich Security Conference on Friday with high expectations. He told reporters on Thursday that the conferenc... news.osna.fm/?p=34130 | #news #brings #conference #expectations #foreign

  34. Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul (CDU) entered the Munich Security Conference on Friday with high expectations. He told reporters on Thursday that the conferenc... news.osna.fm/?p=34130 | #news #brings #conference #expectations #foreign