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  1. That is why I'm here, other than to get a name in the #art world. That's it That's my personal #motives. And I have devoted far too much energy to getting that attention because I didn't understand the #platform. It's good for somethings, just not as much as I thought, or I don't know enough yet.

  2. A quotation from Bill Watterson

    CALVIN: Hobbes, do you think our morality is defined by our actions, or by what’s in our hearts?
    HOBBES: I think our actions show what’s in our hearts.
    CALVIN: (after consideration) I resent that!

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1990-10-18)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/83114…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #actions #bestintentions #conscience #goodintentions #heart #integrity #intentions #morality #motivations #motives #virtue #wellintentioned #wordsanddeeds #aspersions #guilt #shame

  3. A quotation from Bill Watterson

    CALVIN: Hobbes, do you think our morality is defined by our actions, or by what’s in our hearts?
    HOBBES: I think our actions show what’s in our hearts.
    CALVIN: (after consideration) I resent that!

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1990-10-18)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/83114…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #actions #bestintentions #conscience #goodintentions #heart #integrity #intentions #morality #motivations #motives #virtue #wellintentioned #wordsanddeeds #aspersions #guilt #shame

  4. A quotation from Bill Watterson

    CALVIN: Hobbes, do you think our morality is defined by our actions, or by what’s in our hearts?
    HOBBES: I think our actions show what’s in our hearts.
    CALVIN: (after consideration) I resent that!

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1990-10-18)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/83114…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #actions #bestintentions #conscience #goodintentions #heart #integrity #intentions #morality #motivations #motives #virtue #wellintentioned #wordsanddeeds #aspersions #guilt #shame

  5. A quotation from Bill Watterson

    CALVIN: Hobbes, do you think our morality is defined by our actions, or by what’s in our hearts?
    HOBBES: I think our actions show what’s in our hearts.
    CALVIN: (after consideration) I resent that!

    Bill Watterson (b. 1958) American cartoonist
    Calvin and Hobbes (1990-10-18)

    More about this quote: wist.info/watterson-bill/83114…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #billwatterson #calvinandhobbes #actions #bestintentions #conscience #goodintentions #heart #integrity #intentions #morality #motivations #motives #virtue #wellintentioned #wordsanddeeds #aspersions #guilt #shame

  6. The eloquent quote from the New York Times in the quoted skeet below aligns closely with my piece from last year on the whole question of the #motives of #massshooters: often the search for a "motive" will lead us to something most of us won't comprehend. doncurren.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-...

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lz7cm7knes2v


    The Killer’s “Motive”: Examini...

  7. The eloquent quote from the New York Times in the quoted skeet below aligns closely with my piece from last year on the whole question of the #motives of #massshooters: often the search for a "motive" will lead us to something most of us won't comprehend. doncurren.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-...

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lz7cm7knes2v


    The Killer’s “Motive”: Examini...

  8. The eloquent quote from the New York Times in the quoted skeet below aligns closely with my piece from last year on the whole question of the #motives of #massshooters: often the search for a "motive" will lead us to something most of us won't comprehend. doncurren.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-...

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lz7cm7knes2v


    The Killer’s “Motive”: Examini...

  9. The eloquent quote from the New York Times in the quoted skeet below aligns closely with my piece from last year on the whole question of the #motives of #massshooters: often the search for a "motive" will lead us to something most of us won't comprehend. doncurren.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-...

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lz7cm7knes2v


    The Killer’s “Motive”: Examini...

  10. The same applies to #lonegunmen #assassins. In fact, if someone is driven to assassinate someone by their belief systems, it seems highly probable that their thinking is so seriously disordered their #motives won’t seem rational to the rest of us.

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lxx4mev5422q

  11. The same applies to #lonegunmen #assassins. In fact, if someone is driven to assassinate someone by their belief systems, it seems highly probable that their thinking is so seriously disordered their #motives won’t seem rational to the rest of us.

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lxx4mev5422q

  12. The same applies to #lonegunmen #assassins. In fact, if someone is driven to assassinate someone by their belief systems, it seems highly probable that their thinking is so seriously disordered their #motives won’t seem rational to the rest of us.

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lxx4mev5422q

  13. The same applies to #lonegunmen #assassins. In fact, if someone is driven to assassinate someone by their belief systems, it seems highly probable that their thinking is so seriously disordered their #motives won’t seem rational to the rest of us.

    RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lxx4mev5422q

  14. New details have emerged regarding the controversial house search of a 17-year-old in Menden, North Rhine-Westphalia, which has since been declared unlawful. In... news.osna.fm/?p=14972 | #news #emerge #motives #possible #private

  15. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    We can never understand other people’s motives, nor their furniture. - Mignon McLaughlin

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 3 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/78…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aesthetic #comprehension #furniture #meme #motivation #motives #others #taste #understanding

  16. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    We can never understand other people’s motives, nor their furniture. - Mignon McLaughlin

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 3 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/78…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aesthetic #comprehension #furniture #meme #motivation #motives #others #taste #understanding

  17. A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin

    We can never understand other people’s motives, nor their furniture. - Mignon McLaughlin

    Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
    The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 3 (1963)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/78…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #aesthetic #comprehension #furniture #meme #motivation #motives #others #taste #understanding

  18. Good morning. 🐟🎣☕

    4 August 2025

    I recall my first fishing experiences when I was a child, sitting on the bank with a pole a like and a bobber. It was fun and exciting putting a worm on a hook and pulling out a fish, usually a little blue gill. We'd go home with a batch to be fried up later. Cleaning them was a chore. Now when I think about it, I feel a tinge of guilt. I'd pretty much killed two living creatures just for fun each time I cast a line. Sure, we usually ate the fish, but the point is, I didn't go fishing because we needed food, I did it for fun. Motives matter I think, don't you?

    "And now my friend we meet again We shall see which one will bend Under the strain of death's golden eyes Which one of us shall win the prize To live and which one will die 'Tis I, my friend, yes 'tis I Shall kill to live again and again To clutch the throat of sweet revenge For life is here only for the taking" —Country Joe and the Fish

    #morning #life #fishing #motives

  19. Good morning. 🐟🎣☕

    4 August 2025

    I recall my first fishing experiences when I was a child, sitting on the bank with a pole a like and a bobber. It was fun and exciting putting a worm on a hook and pulling out a fish, usually a little blue gill. We'd go home with a batch to be fried up later. Cleaning them was a chore. Now when I think about it, I feel a tinge of guilt. I'd pretty much killed two living creatures just for fun each time I cast a line. Sure, we usually ate the fish, but the point is, I didn't go fishing because we needed food, I did it for fun. Motives matter I think, don't you?

    "And now my friend we meet again We shall see which one will bend Under the strain of death's golden eyes Which one of us shall win the prize To live and which one will die 'Tis I, my friend, yes 'tis I Shall kill to live again and again To clutch the throat of sweet revenge For life is here only for the taking" —Country Joe and the Fish

    #morning #life #fishing #motives

  20. Good morning. 🐟🎣☕

    4 August 2025

    I recall my first fishing experiences when I was a child, sitting on the bank with a pole a like and a bobber. It was fun and exciting putting a worm on a hook and pulling out a fish, usually a little blue gill. We'd go home with a batch to be fried up later. Cleaning them was a chore. Now when I think about it, I feel a tinge of guilt. I'd pretty much killed two living creatures just for fun each time I cast a line. Sure, we usually ate the fish, but the point is, I didn't go fishing because we needed food, I did it for fun. Motives matter I think, don't you?

    "And now my friend we meet again We shall see which one will bend Under the strain of death's golden eyes Which one of us shall win the prize To live and which one will die 'Tis I, my friend, yes 'tis I Shall kill to live again and again To clutch the throat of sweet revenge For life is here only for the taking" —Country Joe and the Fish

    #morning #life #fishing #motives

  21. Good morning. 🐟🎣☕

    4 August 2025

    I recall my first fishing experiences when I was a child, sitting on the bank with a pole a like and a bobber. It was fun and exciting putting a worm on a hook and pulling out a fish, usually a little blue gill. We'd go home with a batch to be fried up later. Cleaning them was a chore. Now when I think about it, I feel a tinge of guilt. I'd pretty much killed two living creatures just for fun each time I cast a line. Sure, we usually ate the fish, but the point is, I didn't go fishing because we needed food, I did it for fun. Motives matter I think, don't you?

    "And now my friend we meet again We shall see which one will bend Under the strain of death's golden eyes Which one of us shall win the prize To live and which one will die 'Tis I, my friend, yes 'tis I Shall kill to live again and again To clutch the throat of sweet revenge For life is here only for the taking" —Country Joe and the Fish

    #morning #life #fishing #motives

  22. A quotation from Shakespeare, William:

    «
    SECOND MURDERER: I am one, my liege,
    Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world
    Have so incensed that I am reckless what
    I do to spite the world.
    FIRST MURDERER: And I another,
    So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune,
    That I would set my life on any chance,
    To mend it, or be rid on ‘t.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/shakespeare-william/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #anger #assassin #motives #criminal #killer #motivation #murderer #thug

  23. A quotation from Shakespeare, William:

    «
    SECOND MURDERER: I am one, my liege,
    Whom the vile blows and buffets of the world
    Have so incensed that I am reckless what
    I do to spite the world.
    FIRST MURDERER: And I another,
    So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune,
    That I would set my life on any chance,
    To mend it, or be rid on ‘t.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/shakespeare-william/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #anger #assassin #motives #criminal #killer #motivation #murderer #thug

  24. A quotation from Fuller, Thomas (1654):

    «
    Look as much into the Intention of him that praises thee, as of him that calumniates thee.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7

    #quote #quotes #quotation #badintent #denunciation #flattery #goodintent #insult #intent #motivation #motives #praise

  25. A quotation from Fuller, Thomas (1654):

    «
    Look as much into the Intention of him that praises thee, as of him that calumniates thee.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/7

    #quote #quotes #quotation #badintent #denunciation #flattery #goodintent #insult #intent #motivation #motives #praise

  26. "The court’s decision further states that in distinguishing #official from #unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into a president’s #motives. If a president should choose to declare a political rival guilty of #treason, deploy a paramilitary group to assassinate that rival & direct the attorney general to sign a document saying that said rival’s death is necessary for the “securing of liberty,” these would be official acts for which the president is immune"

    #SCOTUS #Corruption #USA #News

  27. "The court’s decision further states that in distinguishing #official from #unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into a president’s #motives. If a president should choose to declare a political rival guilty of #treason, deploy a paramilitary group to assassinate that rival & direct the attorney general to sign a document saying that said rival’s death is necessary for the “securing of liberty,” these would be official acts for which the president is immune"

    #SCOTUS #Corruption #USA #News

  28. "The court’s decision further states that in distinguishing #official from #unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into a president’s #motives. If a president should choose to declare a political rival guilty of #treason, deploy a paramilitary group to assassinate that rival & direct the attorney general to sign a document saying that said rival’s death is necessary for the “securing of liberty,” these would be official acts for which the president is immune"

    #SCOTUS #Corruption #USA #News

  29. "The court’s decision further states that in distinguishing #official from #unofficial conduct, courts may not inquire into a president’s #motives. If a president should choose to declare a political rival guilty of #treason, deploy a paramilitary group to assassinate that rival & direct the attorney general to sign a document saying that said rival’s death is necessary for the “securing of liberty,” these would be official acts for which the president is immune"

    #SCOTUS #Corruption #USA #News

  30. Whenever the #media picks up on any such vicious act we also need to ask about their #motives to do so. Yes that's sad and a #shame but it would only be naive to assume that the #victim of this particular #crime against #humanity was any more or less worthy of our #sympathy and support than all the others, on that day, the day before or any other. #Rape and sexual #abuse of #children and also by adolescents is one dark and way too normalized part of our underdeveloped societies. If we really want to change that we need to see the whole picture, not the occasional #scandal. Making this primarily about #antisemitism or even "October 7" is just cheap and disingenuous! It should be about our #children and the toxic environment they grow up in as well as our general attitude towards particularly vulnerable persons and groups.

    Since we clearly are not there yet, i.e., I don't know who else has been victimized like this in the conceivable past, all I can do now is to express my rage against and disgust of the perpetrators and everything that lead them to suspend their humanity in this brutally consequential way (#kids are not born #evil), feel painful #empathy with the fate stricken girl (and whoever else got hurt), and maybe be a little bit hopeful that her ordeal will make people think about this sick and heartless world we are actually living in. I am and will be equally disgusted by anyone who tries to use this report in order to distract from the #genocide in #Palestine or even put the blame on #Palestinians or those who support them.

    In short: whoever uses and abuses this little girl's pain and trauma in order to push their own (often sinister) #agendas should better drown in shame and silence, as much as everybody who sincerely wants to shed light on the structural enablers of these most heinous #crimes is welcome.

    forward.com/fast-forward/62527

    #ChildRape #GangRape #SexualAbuse #JuvenileDelinquency #France #Courbevoie #HautsDeSeine #Paris #Propaganda #Agenda #October7 #Gaza #MarineLePen #LePen #EmmanuelMacron #Macron #NicoleBelloubet #Belloubet #YonathanArfi #CRIF #GabrielAttal #Attal

  31. Whenever the #media picks up on any such vicious act we also need to ask about their #motives to do so. Yes that's sad and a #shame but it would only be naive to assume that the #victim of this particular #crime against #humanity was any more or less worthy of our #sympathy and support than all the others, on that day, the day before or any other. #Rape and sexual #abuse of #children and also by adolescents is one dark and way too normalized part of our underdeveloped societies. If we really want to change that we need to see the whole picture, not the occasional #scandal. Making this primarily about #antisemitism or even "October 7" is just cheap and disingenuous! It should be about our #children and the toxic environment they grow up in as well as our general attitude towards particularly vulnerable persons and groups.

    Since we clearly are not there yet, i.e., I don't know who else has been victimized like this in the conceivable past, all I can do now is to express my rage against and disgust of the perpetrators and everything that lead them to suspend their humanity in this brutally consequential way (#kids are not born #evil), feel painful #empathy with the fate stricken girl (and whoever else got hurt), and maybe be a little bit hopeful that her ordeal will make people think about this sick and heartless world we are actually living in. I am and will be equally disgusted by anyone who tries to use this report in order to distract from the #genocide in #Palestine or even put the blame on #Palestinians or those who support them.

    In short: whoever uses and abuses this little girl's pain and trauma in order to push their own (often sinister) #agendas should better drown in shame and silence, as much as everybody who sincerely wants to shed light on the structural enablers of these most heinous #crimes is welcome.

    forward.com/fast-forward/62527

    #ChildRape #GangRape #SexualAbuse #JuvenileDelinquency #France #Courbevoie #HautsDeSeine #Paris #Propaganda #Agenda #October7 #Gaza #MarineLePen #LePen #EmmanuelMacron #Macron #NicoleBelloubet #Belloubet #YonathanArfi #CRIF #GabrielAttal #Attal

  32. I got a mail from a #REPUTED #NGO to sign a petition against #Indian #Government cutting a forest in #Bhopal
    I clicked the mail to sign. My protection system #blocked their #site because they had ingested #Amazon #Tracker in their site
    I think, when going against the govt, #anonymity is crucial. If you track the users while allowing #BigTech to do the same as well. I don't #TRUST YOUR #MOTIVES
    For now, I sent them a msg regarding this issues. Depending on their response, I will name them openly.

  33. I got a mail from a #REPUTED #NGO to sign a petition against #Indian #Government cutting a forest in #Bhopal
    I clicked the mail to sign. My protection system #blocked their #site because they had ingested #Amazon #Tracker in their site
    I think, when going against the govt, #anonymity is crucial. If you track the users while allowing #BigTech to do the same as well. I don't #TRUST YOUR #MOTIVES
    For now, I sent them a msg regarding this issues. Depending on their response, I will name them openly.

  34. I got a mail from a #REPUTED #NGO to sign a petition against #Indian #Government cutting a forest in #Bhopal
    I clicked the mail to sign. My protection system #blocked their #site because they had ingested #Amazon #Tracker in their site
    I think, when going against the govt, #anonymity is crucial. If you track the users while allowing #BigTech to do the same as well. I don't #TRUST YOUR #MOTIVES
    For now, I sent them a msg regarding this issues. Depending on their response, I will name them openly.

  35. "Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments."

    - Sidney Hook

    #quote #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #Argument #motives #BeingHuman

  36. "Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments."

    - Sidney Hook

    #quote #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #Argument #motives #BeingHuman

  37. "Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments."

    - Sidney Hook

    #quote #quoteoftheday #quotestoliveby #Argument #motives #BeingHuman