#insistence — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Francis Bacon

Young men, in the conduct and manage of actions, embrace more than they can hold; stir more than they can quiet; fly to the end, without consideration of the means and degrees; pursue some few principles which they have chanced upon absurdly; care not to innovate, which draws unknown inconveniences; use extreme remedies at first; and that, which doubleth all errors, will not acknowledge or retract them, like an unruly horse, that will neither stop nor turn.

Francis Bacon (1561–1626) English philosopher, scientist, author, statesman
Essay (1612), “Of Youth and Age,” Essays, No. 42 (1625)

More about this quote: wist.info/bacon-francis/85461/

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A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

POSITIVE, adj. Mistaken at the top of one’s voice.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Positive,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1077/

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

Vehemence is the expression of a blind effort to support and uphold something that can never stand on its own — something rootless, incoherent, and incomplete. Whether it is our own meaningless self we are upholding or some doctrine devoid of evidence, we can do it only in a frenzy of faith.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 60 (1955)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/76046/

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Dear Friends of Franchise Matrix, :hearthands:

There I was in The #Matrix, admiring the #Neo in the read address, when ...
I ended up in my #Element (also available as an app) ... again :mindblown:

#Fortunately, I am ever closer to my goals: 🦞

- #Free fishing without phishing, for All
- A just in #time and #space #society
- Free humans for Cats
- Stupidity #dissolved as an #option
- FREE #GNU #Software for all
- Every node, person, #device #interwebbed, if #choice :blobDab:

"We are The #Borg, #Insistence is #irrelevant" ~ Seven of Nun :thinkSpin:

https://matrix.org

#Trans #men entering #MissItaly in #protest #demand #apology amid ‘continuous #transphobia across country

More than 100 #trans #men have entered the Miss Italy #beautypageant to #protest against #patron #PatriziaMirigliani’s #insistence that #contestants should be “#women from #birth”.

#Women #TransMen #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #Italy #Allies #BeautyPageant #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/07/27/trans-miss-italy-protestors-fight-against-trasphobia/

Today's poem:

An Arrangement of Sunlight at Hagia Sophia

- by George Bradley

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/721628833034518528/todays-poem-by-george-bradley?source=share

#HagiaSophia #poetry #usage #IllUsage #visitor #paradigm #thoughts #insistence #prejudice #gift #GeorgeBradley

A quotation from Peter, Lawrence J.:

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Tact is the art of putting your foot down without stepping on anyone’s toes.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/peter-lawrence-j/35952/

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