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  1. A quotation from Thoreau

    All streams are but tributary to the ocean, which itself does not stream, and the shores are unchanged but in longer periods than man can measure. Go where we will, we discover infinite change in particulars only, not in generals.

    Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
    A Week on the Concord and Marrimack Rivers, “Monday” (1849)

    More about this quote: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thoroeau #henrydavidthoreau #change #details #era #generalities #macro #micro #particular #passageoftime #perspective #scale #time

  2. @ianbetteridge

    I've heard the suggestion that Facebook is great if you're interested in people, and Twitter is great if you're interested in ideas. That was certainly the reason that I favoured Twitter!

    #My #worry #about #Mastodon #is #quite #foundational#its #apparent #inability #to #search #for #terms #that #aren't #hashtagged. #This #makes #it #much #less #effective #as #a #way #to #see #who's #talking #about #a #particular #aspect #of #a #topic.

    Unless you write like that, of course!