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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this infallible sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
-- Jonathan Swift⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JonathanSwift #Genius #Mediocrity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this infallible sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
-- Jonathan Swift⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JonathanSwift #Genius #Mediocrity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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¿Sabían que la célebre novela Los viajes de Gulliver no fue escrita como un cuento de fantasía para niños, sino como una feroz sátira política y social dirigida contra el gobierno de Gran Bretaña durante el siglo XVIII?
Publicada de forma anónima en el año 1726 por el escritor eclesiástico irlandés Jonathan Swift, la obra constituye un ataque directo contra la corrupción de la corte del rey Jorge I y las absurdas disputas entre los partidos políticos británicos de la época, los tories y los whigs. El viaje a la isla de Lilliput, donde habitan personas de apenas 15 centímetros de altura, representa una burla directa hacia la pequeñez moral, el ego desmedido y la mezquindad de los gobernantes y diplomáticos ingleses, quienes inician guerras destructivas por motivos tan ridículos como el método correcto para romper la cáscara de un huevo cocido. Por el contrario, el viaje a Brobdingnag, la tierra donde viven gigantes bondadosos de 20 metros de estatura, sirve para contrastar la soberbia europea con una sociedad gobernada por la razón y el sentido común, donde el rey de los gigantes se horroriza al escuchar a Gulliver describir el funcionamiento de la pólvora, los cañones y las guerras del viejo continente. A través de este recurso literario de cambiar las escalas físicas de los personajes, Swift desnudó las miserias humanas y criticó con humor ácido las instituciones de su tiempo, ocultando un profundo tratado filosófico detrás de una aparente historia de aventuras marineras.
— A. Eldritch, Periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso
Alt text via @altbot y @TeLoDescribot
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¿Sabían que la célebre novela Los viajes de Gulliver no fue escrita como un cuento de fantasía para niños, sino como una feroz sátira política y social dirigida contra el gobierno de Gran Bretaña durante el siglo XVIII?
Publicada de forma anónima en el año 1726 por el escritor eclesiástico irlandés Jonathan Swift, la obra constituye un ataque directo contra la corrupción de la corte del rey Jorge I y las absurdas disputas entre los partidos políticos británicos de la época, los tories y los whigs. El viaje a la isla de Lilliput, donde habitan personas de apenas 15 centímetros de altura, representa una burla directa hacia la pequeñez moral, el ego desmedido y la mezquindad de los gobernantes y diplomáticos ingleses, quienes inician guerras destructivas por motivos tan ridículos como el método correcto para romper la cáscara de un huevo cocido. Por el contrario, el viaje a Brobdingnag, la tierra donde viven gigantes bondadosos de 20 metros de estatura, sirve para contrastar la soberbia europea con una sociedad gobernada por la razón y el sentido común, donde el rey de los gigantes se horroriza al escuchar a Gulliver describir el funcionamiento de la pólvora, los cañones y las guerras del viejo continente. A través de este recurso literario de cambiar las escalas físicas de los personajes, Swift desnudó las miserias humanas y criticó con humor ácido las instituciones de su tiempo, ocultando un profundo tratado filosófico detrás de una aparente historia de aventuras marineras.
— A. Eldritch, Periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso
Alt text via @altbot y @TeLoDescribot
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A quotation from Jonathan Swift
Conversation is but carving;
Carve for all, yourself is starving:
Give no more to every Guest,
Than he’s able to digest;
Give him always of the Prime;
And but little at a Time.
Carve to all but just enough:
Let them neither starve nor stuff:
And, that you may have your Due,
Let your Neighbours carve for you.Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
“An Epistle to a Lady Who Desired the Author to Write Some Verses Upon Her in the Heroic Style,” ll. 123-132 (1732)More about this quote: wist.info/swift-jonathan/68207…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jonathanswift #conversation #dialog #discussion #host #mutuality #service #talking #guest #hospitality
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I'm trying to understand the code I found that I'm using to generate ASE swatch files and I'm not familiar with writing binary files so I started reading about the PHP pack() function where the code uses the "n" format which got me to look up big and little endian and the origin of the term endian is so funny.
#Programming #BigEndian #LittleEndian #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lit
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I'm trying to understand the code I found that I'm using to generate ASE swatch files and I'm not familiar with writing binary files so I started reading about the PHP pack() function where the code uses the "n" format which got me to look up big and little endian and the origin of the term endian is so funny.
#Programming #BigEndian #LittleEndian #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lit
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Jonathan Swift – der Wütendste aller Satiriker
Kommentar von Michael Köhlmeier – Der Autor und Priester Jonathan Swift servierte seine Menschenverachtung als Fabelhafte Satiren, seine glühendsten Tiraden gegen die Umstände musste er sogar anonym veröffentlichen. Ein Musterbeispiel für Kritik in Zeiten der Zensur. – https://www.derpragmaticus.com/r/jonathan-swift-satiriker
#Artikel #Autor #Geschichte #JonathanSwift #Kommentar #Kultur #Literatur #MichaelKöhlmeier #Pragmaticus #Satiriker -
Winnie Houyhnhnm, Winslow, Midge, and Vanna enjoy a documentary about feminist lesbian icon, Kate Millet, in the Valley of the Dolls. #doll #dolls #barbie #barbies #midge #midges #vannawhite #wheeloffortune #celebrity #celebritydoll #celebritydolls #houyhnhnm #houyhnhnms #gulliverstravels #swift #jonathanswift #satirist #famoussatirist #satirists #literature #famousliterature #talkinghorses #katemillet #feminist #feminism #lesbian #lgbtqpride #lgbtqcommunity #documentary #documentaries #tv
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Winnie Houyhnhnm, Winslow, Midge, and Vanna enjoy a documentary about feminist lesbian icon, Kate Millet, in the Valley of the Dolls. #doll #dolls #barbie #barbies #midge #midges #vannawhite #wheeloffortune #celebrity #celebritydoll #celebritydolls #houyhnhnm #houyhnhnms #gulliverstravels #swift #jonathanswift #satirist #famoussatirist #satirists #literature #famousliterature #talkinghorses #katemillet #feminist #feminism #lesbian #lgbtqpride #lgbtqcommunity #documentary #documentaries #tv
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The difference between rationalising and reasoning, and why it’s futile to argue on social media
It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into.
– Jonathan Swift (attributed)Here’s the thing! I’m about to advise you not to do something I have been regularly indulging in. Having lots of time at my disposal, I developed an admittedly nasty penchant for responding to the blatant bigotry in the comments sections of various social media platforms.
You can hate me later, but first let me tell you why I’ve decided to come clean about it. It’s not just the barefaced ignorance of recorded history, wilful misunderstanding and perversion of current events, debasement of civil norms, disingenuity, and rank hypocrisy of the social commentators. Worse, it’s the (mis)appropriation of divine authority (why is it almost always the Christians?), and the sheer inhumanity, entitlement, and complete lack of awareness that incenses me.
I have, unfortunately, developed a habit of making screen prints on my mobile device of exchanges with complete strangers on social media because of the distasteful practice of some who, having been called out or chastised, delete their comments. Here is an example of just one such comment made in response to an article by a local online newspaper, bemoaning the bombing of Palestinian schoolchildren in Gaza:
There were so many others, most excusing or justifying the Israeli bombing, closing ranks around the depraved Israeli soldiers and nation, while cold-heartedly ignoring the object of the article itself. My comment, as it usually does, generated a heap of nasty responses and, of course, the obligatory insults.
Of course, my antagonist had to double down on his position when I challenged both his insult and his uneducated approach to reasoning.
My parting response remains unanswered. Maybe he finally figured it out, but perhaps that’s too much to hope for. The subtleties of the English language were furthest from Paul’s mind. Paul’s intention was to ridicule, insult and score brownie points with like-minded online commentators who frequently use laugh emojis among others to buttress their argument, or lack of it.
While I’m not particularly proud of my final response, it does lead to the main reason for this post. It’s not the first time I’ve encountered someone who does not understand the difference between reasoning and rationalising.
Reasoning is the objective process of using logic and evidence to discover the truth. Rationalising, however, is a psychological defense mechanism where you start with a preconceived conclusion or emotional bias, and work backward to invent superficially plausible justifications to defend it.
Paul had already rationalised his support for Israel and their military campaign in Gaza. He had convinced himself that his rationalisations were sound. Arguing with him online was bound to fail. Writing in the Blog of the American Philosophical Association, Isaac Wiegman provides reasons why arguments almost never work.
Wiegman writes about our inclination for defensiveness and motivated reasoning, and draws on The Scout Mindset, a book by Julia Galef, who hosted Rationally Speaking, a podcast I used to follow more than a decade ago, before podcasts became so widely popular. Julia distinguishes between thoughtful reasoning, which she calls the Scout Mindset and motivated reasoning, which she calls Soldier Mindset. She outlines six broad categories that a soldier mindset defends as follows:
Comfort: We shield ourselves from unpleasant emotions. If you have invested time and energy in convincing yourself and others of something (e.g., that the earth is flat or not, that global warming is a threat or not, that abortion is okay or not), you will avoid evidence to the contrary because you want to avoid the shame, embarrassment, or dissonance that would go along with admitting you were wrong.
Self-esteem: We enhance or protect our self-image. If you are wealthy, you might ignore or discount evidence of systemic injustice or inequality. At some level, you want to maintain the belief that you earned what you got within a just and equitable system. If you are relatively poor, you’ll think the opposite and blame bad luck for your setbacks.
Morale: We fight to preserve our motivations and expectations. If you are committed to a new business idea, you might avoid evidence that it could fail. You want to protect your motivation to give it your best shot, holding on to your expectation that your hard work will pay off.
Persuasion: We defend our ability to convince others. If you’re in the middle of a messy divorce or court battle, you might fiercely deny your adversary’s claims, however reasonable. You want to stay convinced of the righteousness of your cause so that you can be convincing to others.
Image: We shield our reputation. If someone accuses you of plagiarism, you may look for all kinds of reasons why your uncited use of a source was excusable. As in the case of René Diekstra.
Belonging: We protect our place of belonging in social groups. If your belief in God is required for membership and belonging in a community of faith (or required to keep your job in it), then you may tend to avoid evidence that God might not exist.
Given the outlined futility of unstructured online argumentation, it remains to be seen whether I will, in the future, resist the urge to engage with those who demonstrate blatant bigotry. The mindfulness required could well be the deterrent.
#BlogOfTheAmericanPhilosophicalAssociation #Gaza #IsaacWiegman #JonathanSwift #JuliaGalef #Palestinian #rationalising #reasoning #soldierMindset #TheScoutMindset -
De gigante en un mundo de enanos a enano en un mundo de gigantes. 🗺️⛵ Acompaña a Lemuel Gulliver en sus viajes fantásticos que, tras su apariencia de aventura, esconden una mordaz sátira a la humanidad. ¡Un viaje inolvidable!
Escucha el audiolibro completo GRATIS aquí.
👇👇👇
https://youtu.be/oTUaq0yE4iY?list=PL5DTV9q_lz9KTj4h_of73gYRRNk6IuPav&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Copys#Audiolibro #Novelas #LiteraturaClásica #Aventura #Satira #LecturaParaTodos #LosViajesDeGulliver #JonathanSwift #YouTube #Viral #EpeArboleda
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Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.
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Jonathan Swift was a wonderful satirist who could, apparently, see the future.
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Jonathan Swift was a wonderful satirist who could, apparently, see the future.
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3/10-14/26
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible”—Jonathan Swift
SONG OF THE WEEK: “The Sleeping Giant of Love” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/the-sleeping-giant-of-love
#SleepingGiant #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lilliput #davidbowie #splitenz #neilfinn #denniswilson #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #sanfrancisco #california #christianrock #artrock #poprock #alternativerock #singeratlarge #storm #hurricane #lightning #thunder #island #drums
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3/10-14/26
“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible”—Jonathan Swift
SONG OF THE WEEK: “The Sleeping Giant of Love” https://johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/the-sleeping-giant-of-love
#SleepingGiant #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #Lilliput #davidbowie #splitenz #neilfinn #denniswilson #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #sanfrancisco #california #christianrock #artrock #poprock #alternativerock #singeratlarge #storm #hurricane #lightning #thunder #island #drums
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#GulliversTravels by #JonathanSwift
Giants, tiny people, and talking horses! Gulliver's voyages are far more than fantasy; they are a brilliant satire on human nature. ⛵️🗺️🏹
Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/10/gullivers-travels-by-jonathan-swift.html
#HeartOfDarkness by #JosephConrad
A harrowing journey up the Congo River and into the darkness that lies deep within the human heart. "The horror! The horror!" 🚣♂️🌑🌿
Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/06/heart-of-darkness-by-joseph-conrad.html
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#AChristmasCarol by #CharlesDickens
Journey through snowy London with Scrooge and three spirits to rediscover the true meaning of Christmas. A festive masterpiece for the soul! 🎄✨
Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-christmas-carol-by-charles-dickens.html
#AModestProposal by #JonathanSwift
The ultimate masterclass in biting satire. Swift’s "proposal" remains one of the most shocking and powerful political critiques ever written. 🖋️🔥
Read here: https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/2018/11/a-modest-proposal-by-jonathan-swift.html
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Obviously, “Gulliver’s Travels” (1996) is based on Anglo-Irish cleric and writer Jonathan Swift’s 1726 satirical novel of the same name. You can read it for free here (https://archive.org/details/gulliverstravels1800swif/page/n7/mode/2up) and listen to a free audiobook here (https://archive.org/details/gulliver_ld_librivox)
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Obviously, “Gulliver’s Travels” (1996) is based on Anglo-Irish cleric and writer Jonathan Swift’s 1726 satirical novel of the same name. You can read it for free here (https://archive.org/details/gulliverstravels1800swif/page/n7/mode/2up) and listen to a free audiobook here (https://archive.org/details/gulliver_ld_librivox)
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Judge in Palestine Action case has ties to Israel lobby
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Judge in Palestine Action case has ties to Israel lobby
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Gullivinia
Seldom-mentioned Wife-Giant
Lilliput's terror#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Autumn #Fall #Winter #Gulliver #GulliversTravels #Lilliput #Lilliputians #Gullivinia #Giants #Giant #Swift #JonathanSwift #USA #Photography
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Gullivinia
Seldom-mentioned Wife-Giant
Lilliput's terror#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Autumn #Fall #Winter #Gulliver #GulliversTravels #Lilliput #Lilliputians #Gullivinia #Giants #Giant #Swift #JonathanSwift #USA #Photography
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A quotation from Jonathan Swift
Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
Essay (1720-01-09), “Letter to a Young Clergyman”More info about this quote: wist.info/swift-jonathan/30282…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jonathanswift #appealtoemotion #argument #debate #deception #ego #emotion #emotionalism #error #irrational #logic #opinion #prejudice #pride #reason #stubbornness #illogic
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A quotation from Jonathan Swift
Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) English writer and churchman
Essay (1720-01-09), “Letter to a Young Clergyman”More info about this quote: wist.info/swift-jonathan/30282…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jonathanswift #appealtoemotion #argument #debate #deception #ego #emotion #emotionalism #error #irrational #logic #opinion #prejudice #pride #reason #stubbornness #illogic
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(I realized when I posted this that the #Swift hashtag was likely to be populated by programming posts, but I did it anyway. More coders should read #JonathanSwift. Know your history!)
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🇮🇪 📖 **What Was Behind Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal?**
_“A Modest Proposal” is “a distinctively Irish critique of a distinctively Irish process of reconquest and recolonization,”_
🔗 https://daily.jstor.org/what-was-behind-jonathan-swifts-modest-proposal/.
#History #Ireland #JonathanSwift #Books #Literature #Bookstodon
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🇮🇪 📖 **What Was Behind Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal?**
_“A Modest Proposal” is “a distinctively Irish critique of a distinctively Irish process of reconquest and recolonization,”_
🔗 https://daily.jstor.org/what-was-behind-jonathan-swifts-modest-proposal/.
#History #Ireland #JonathanSwift #Books #Literature #Bookstodon
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May you live every day of your life.
-- Jonathan Swift⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JonathanSwift #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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May you live every day of your life.
-- Jonathan Swift⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JonathanSwift #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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And now for some fun with classical music. Telemann wrote this suite in 1728, two years after the Jonathan Swift classic was published, and it humorously refers to some of his creations with the music.
"Intrada Suite for Two Violins (The Gulliver Suite)," composed by Georg Philipp Telemann, performed here by uncredited artists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep1FdFpqU4I
#MusicalInterlude #ClassicalMusic #GeorgPhilippTelemann #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #MusicalHumor #Baroque
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And now for some fun with classical music. Telemann wrote this suite in 1728, two years after the Jonathan Swift classic was published, and it humorously refers to some of his creations with the music.
"Intrada Suite for Two Violins (The Gulliver Suite)," composed by Georg Philipp Telemann, performed here by uncredited artists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep1FdFpqU4I
#MusicalInterlude #ClassicalMusic #GeorgPhilippTelemann #GulliversTravels #JonathanSwift #MusicalHumor #Baroque
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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this infallible sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
-- Jonathan Swift⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JonathanSwift #Genius #Mediocrity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Mangrove #RabbitKey #Everglades #Florida
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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this infallible sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
-- Jonathan Swift⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #JonathanSwift #Genius #Mediocrity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Mangrove #RabbitKey #Everglades #Florida
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The Achilles heel of creepy weirdos is they hate, hate, hate being laughed at.
Comedy is their kryptonite.
Satire is salt in their psychic wounds.
After all, #JonathanSwift made a modest proposal, in the spirit of #Juvenal.
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The Achilles heel of creepy weirdos is they hate, hate, hate being laughed at.
Comedy is their kryptonite.
Satire is salt in their psychic wounds.
After all, #JonathanSwift made a modest proposal, in the spirit of #Juvenal.
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A modest proposal about popes...
So, another pope has died and his ashes will soon be emitted from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. It is time to select a new pope.
But the pope has presided over a seemingly endless series of scandals for generations. They keep electing new popes, but the problems never go away. Why can't they solve these problems?
Looking for commonalities among all the popes of the last century or so, one stood out to me: they're all Catholic!
Maybe they should try choosing a nice Unitarian, or perhaps a Wiccan? They'd have at least as good a chance of solving the problems as the last umpteen Catholic popes. Maybe even better.
It's worth a shot.
(V jbaqre ubj znal ercyl thlf jvyy rnearfgyl rkcynva gb zr jul gur cbcr zhfg or Pngubyvp.)
#pope #selection #conclave #Swift #JonathanSwift #AModestProposal #catholic #wiccan #unitarian #cardinal
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A modest proposal about popes...
So, another pope has died and his ashes will soon be emitted from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. It is time to select a new pope.
But the pope has presided over a seemingly endless series of scandals for generations. They keep electing new popes, but the problems never go away. Why can't they solve these problems?
Looking for commonalities among all the popes of the last century or so, one stood out to me: they're all Catholic!
Maybe they should try choosing a nice Unitarian, or perhaps a Wiccan? They'd have at least as good a chance of solving the problems as the last umpteen Catholic popes. Maybe even better.
It's worth a shot.
(V jbaqre ubj znal ercyl thlf jvyy rnearfgyl rkcynva gb zr jul gur cbcr zhfg or Pngubyvp.)
#pope #selection #conclave #Swift #JonathanSwift #AModestProposal #catholic #wiccan #unitarian #cardinal
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Names of Craters on Phobos, discovered in 1877. You may recognize some of them? #Swift #TeamEnglish #literature #satire #astronomy #science #telescope #scifi #moon #JonathanSwift #18thcentury #19thcentury #cartography #lunar
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Names of Craters on Phobos, discovered in 1877. You may recognize some of them? #Swift #TeamEnglish #literature #satire #astronomy #science #telescope #scifi #moon #JonathanSwift #18thcentury #19thcentury #cartography #lunar
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Damn you #JonathanSwift!
If you had only kept your mouth shut! 😂😂😂> He then commanded six-and-thirty of the lads, to read the several lines softly, as they appeared upon the frame; and where they found three or four words together that might make part of a sentence, they dictated to the four remaining boys, who were scribes.
This work was repeated three or four times, and at every turn, the engine was so contrived, that the words shifted into new places, as the square bits of wood moved upside down.
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> He assured me “that this invention had employed all his thoughts from his youth; that he had emptied the whole vocabulary into his frame, and made the strictest computation of the general proportion there is in books between the numbers of particles, nouns, and verbs, and other parts of speech
via #thechipletter’s latest, https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/the-engine
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Damn you #JonathanSwift!
If you had only kept your mouth shut! 😂😂😂> He then commanded six-and-thirty of the lads, to read the several lines softly, as they appeared upon the frame; and where they found three or four words together that might make part of a sentence, they dictated to the four remaining boys, who were scribes.
This work was repeated three or four times, and at every turn, the engine was so contrived, that the words shifted into new places, as the square bits of wood moved upside down.
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> He assured me “that this invention had employed all his thoughts from his youth; that he had emptied the whole vocabulary into his frame, and made the strictest computation of the general proportion there is in books between the numbers of particles, nouns, and verbs, and other parts of speech
via #thechipletter’s latest, https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/the-engine
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On this day in 1667 Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman was born in Dublin. He was an Anglican cleric and became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
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On this day in 1667 Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman was born in Dublin. He was an Anglican cleric and became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
