#principle — Public Fediverse posts
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A quotation from Henry Commager
The effort to equate loyalty with conformity is misguided because it assumes that there is a fixed content to loyalty and that this can be determined and defined. But loyalty is a principle, and eludes definition except in its own terms. It is devotion to the best interests of the commonwealth, and may require hostility to the particular policies which the government pursues, the particular practices which the economy undertakes, the particular institutions which society maintains.
Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 2, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #conformity #dissent #loyalty #patriotism #principle
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The #Bathtub #Principle is a helpful analogy that explains the relationship between the inflow, outflow, and the level of something in a system over time.
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The #Bathtub #Principle: Why Great #Systems Outlast Great #Code : Medium
Bizarre #CRISPR #Enzyme kills #Cancer cells by shredding their #DNA : Nature
The #Global #Biogeography of #Passerine #Songs : Science
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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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/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #francisbacon #enthusiasm #overenthusiasm #action #fanaticism #headstrong #hotheadedness #impulse #insistence #principle #youth
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Wherein I babble about #ballotmeasures, ballot #propositions #goodgovernance #principle and #hypocrisy . As one does.
https://hill-kleerup.org/blog/2026/08/09/propositioning-and-good-government.html
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Polymorphous Perverse
#FanFic #TitanicVoyage @juliebihn
#Wss366 Principle #ScribesAndMakers Polymorphous #TimeTravelAuthors 08/8. What ever
Desc: Rocky, Rocky, Rocky. (Prequel to Titanic Voyage)“Hey, put on some clothes.”
Liam’s shout startled Rocky. Looking down at his attire, he saw no problem: a tatty t-shirt bearing an image of a decade-past rock idol, and cut-offs that might be a tad short, but they kept him cool. The ride’s control room was air-conditioned, but the Arizona summer heat still crept in.
“Oh, you mean those,” he said, gesturing to the figures on the computer monitor. “I stole the models from ‘Poly and Murphy’s Grand Adventure.’ It’s not like they have genitals or anything.”
“Yeah, those. Guests are complaining about naked figures in the staterooms.”
“Wow, did they escape containment! That will teach me to take a shortcut and use CoderGX2 to help develop my new game.”
Rocky looked over his code and quickly spotted the error and corrected it. “Good thing I hadn’t launched the exe. That one…” He pointed to the buxom, genitalless female figure. “I call her #Polymorphous Perverse. She can change form and can cause her opponents to regress in age.”
He laughed. “That might have caused an uproar. But the publicity would have boosted attendance. I can see it: ‘Naked Superhero Appears on Titanic Ride.’ or maybe ‘Immaculate Births on Titanic.’”
“Put clothes on her!” Liam insisted.
“Why? No one but me will see her. Besides, little girls play with dolls that look like this all the time. No one complains except about Poly’s bust size.”
“It’s the #principle.”
“Geez, Liam, get a girlfriend and leave me alone.”
#MicroFiction #TootFic #NMFic #TimeTravel #SliceOfLife #Ecchi
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#SAUDI #ARABIA, #TURKEY, AND #PAKISTAN SIGN A MUTUAL #DEFENSE #PACT: On August 7 in #Mecca, #Prince Mohammed bin #Salman, #President #Erdogan, and #Prime #Minister Shehbaz #Sharif signed the “Mecca Joint Defense #Agreement” — a trilateral defense pact based on the #principle of “an attack on one is an attack on all,” which mirrors #Article 5 of the #NATO Charter.
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"How dare you!" Tseluna hissed, finally. "You nearly killed yourself. Are you trying to find out how badly I can punish you?"
"You can't stop me from killing myself eventually," Rory said, blood oozing down his arms and legs from his scrapes. "You can't watch me that closely."
They stared daggers at one another for long seconds. Finally, she sighed.
"Is this really so important to you?"
"It's the #principle of the thing," he said, squaring his shoulders. #wss366 -
"Here's 10 shillings for you, Ab, and 10 for you, Benji."
"But, Gran, I'm older!" Abernathy complained. "I should get more money."
"Yes, you're the older brother. You'll probably die before Benji does."
Abernathy looked terrified and Benjamin laughed.
"I'm going to spend all of mine on sweets!" Benjamin declared.
"You'll get fat, lose your teeth, and probably develop diabetes. Then you will probably die first," Gran said.
Father came home and both boys ran up to him, crying.
"Gran says we're going to die!"
"Oh, dear. That's not something to worry about for a long, long time. I'll tell you what: who wants ice cream?"
Benji sobbed. "I don't wanna get fat and have dibeebees and die!"
"What?! Ma, what have you been telling the boys? They're so upset!"
"Just a bit of sweet tooth control. You'll thank me some day."
"No, scaring them like that is not OK! It's a matter of principle."
"You might not remember, but it worked on you!"
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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
(Spurious)More about this misquote: wist.info/voltaire/34462/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #voltaire #defense #freepress #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #integrity #principle #selfsacrifice
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Good morning! If you lose something, make sure it's not your faith. #Faith is a #principle that exists. Faith is not tied to a #religion. It's not tied to a #political party. It is #mind #technology. What is your highest ideal? Don't lose your faith in that. I don't care your brand. I know the way.
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"It is another foundational #principle of #English #law that no one should be convicted of an offence that has not been charged & proved. In this case, the principle was suspended. The #secrecy compounds the injury."
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https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/12/trump-west-china-rome-civilization-vance-iran-hegseth-russia/; https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/27/samuel-huntington-clash-of-civilizations-civilizational-state/. "The [Trump] administration violates every requirement of the #Christian 'just war' doctrine... The #war did not have a 'just cause'; there was no imminent #Iranian #threat to US forces; & the conflict did not meet the 'last resort' #principle since #negotiations were ongoing. What’s more, the declared #goal of #regimechange & #civilizational #destruction cannot be reconciled with 'proportionality' or the aim of restoring #peace."
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"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Why do #Galaxies still #Collide in the expanding #Universe? : Medium
We can now #Track #Animal #Panic from #Space. Here's why it matters : BBC
A #Fundamental #Principle of #Aeronautical #Engineering Has Been Overturned : WIRED
Latest #KnowledgeLinks
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@markmetz It boils down to this: the Kantian - or #Catholic, or #Orthodox, for that matter - #principle that people should never be treated as means to some end, however good or desirable that end might be, but should always be treated as ends-in-themselves. You can't murder a baby, even if the result would be to create a perfect world (Dostoevsky, "The Brothers Karamazov", Part 2, Book V, Chapter 4, "Mutiny").
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#principle : beginning; commencement
- French: principe
- Italian: principio
- Portuguese: princípio
- Spanish: principio
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A daily challenge to chain words together @ https://wordwallgame.com
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/16/rachel-reeves-warns-other-budgets-may-be-cut-to-lift-defence-spending. Absolutely TYPICAL of #Labour - once again, betraying every single #principle & #value they EVER stood for, @ChrisMayLA6! How they've got the brass-neck to call themselves the #LabourParty these days I simply don't know! I've long since become completely sick & tired of them. If they think #Defence #spending should be increased, they should put #taxes up - ON THE RICH!
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Principle, a Ukrainian-founded AI startup, has won the KPMG Enterprise Innovation Award at SXSW 2026. The company builds strategic simulation engines that create digital twins of companies competitive environments, enabling executives to stress-test strategic decisions across hundreds of scenarios before committing capital. The platform brings Pentagon-style wargaming methodology to corporate boardrooms, making strategic simulation accessible without requiring 100-person planning teams or million-dollar consulting engagements. Since launching in January 2026, Principle has secured paid enterprise pilots and a custom model partnership with AWS. https://www.startupreporter.eu/principle-wins-kpmg-enterprise-innovation-award-at-sxsw/ #Tech #Startup #News #AI #Principle
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Ukrainian AI startup Principle has won the KPMG Enterprise Innovation Award at SXSW Pitch Competition. The strategic simulation engine creates digital twins of companies' competitive environments and runs hundreds of possible futures simultaneously, letting executives stress-test decisions like acquisitions and market entries before committing capital. https://www.startupreporter.eu/principle-wins-kpmg-enterprise-innovation-award-at-sxsw/ #Tech #Startup #News #AI #Principle
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I am writing an open letter to the #fediverse #administration and #moderation community, because you need to keep a few things in mind.
Lately I have started noticing some #fediverse #relays disable this instance in the server logs.
It seems like #censorship is alive and well. Whether it be #language or #geography based.
I will say this once.
I have no issue at all with #international content. In fact I encourage it. And I am working on a #translation enabled client for #Mastodon to release as #open #source #software, so that anyone can interact with any #ActivityPub #server out there, to not exclude entire swaths of #audience reach, that would and currently still is, isolated by regional and not human #diversity as such.
To be clear. I do not want to #expose #racism to the world. I want to move beyond that, to create ways by which #inclusive dialog can transcend #world #borders few want you to never forget.
To do that, we will at some point or other have to talk about some concepts that would otherwise never find common resolution in the mind of the everyday person. And I am open to hosting that.
I simply want to put our humanity first, the way the open #internet prior to any concept of #weaponization, was designed to build conceptually. Before bots, automation and spam ruined the experience of the pre-web 2.0 internet. To the point where marking anything as either or, gets you silenced before you remember you once weren't.
Speaking on a personal level, I make mistakes in my ability to just post before I #think about things. I cannot premoderate everything I say to the point where it comes across as neutral or distant, as if I never bothered to go through the experience. And I admit I am and can be at #fault for that. But what I cannot #apologize for, is why I #feel the way I do. In order to clear my #mind my #head, and my #heart for better #times and #memories I can more clearly #focus on. And this is what #inspires me to keep things moving along such a trajectory.
I can't be #positive or #negative all the time. I will just be #real, and let the #moment pass. In #trust that you're with me for whatever part of that #journey comes our way.
I do'nt want us separated by preventable alternatives that bring us closer together. That is my ultimate #purpose as to why I am making this post.
With this in mind, I myself have a tendency to be the only one posting on this server...but if you want to join us, and speak in your own language or talk about issues that matter to you...then by all means, go for it.
I am doing the same here, not to get attention, but to find #community so we can bond over things held in common, not broken by common disinterest. And I have largely been very #successful at this both on other platforms, and by sticking to topics at hand in more traditional forums.
The truth of the matter, is that we have a critical shortage of relays in the fediverse active at any one time. Until recently we have been fortunate here at #MediaNexus to have over 70 enabled instances, this has dropped since to the late 60's since reports started coming in criticizing just one post about the #war I have made, calling out a commentator for their views.
We can't always #agree on things. But we can ensure that we stand for the principle of an agreement not to break down over the disagreements of a few people, who just can't get along no matter how you approach them.
Guys, we need #decentralized #media now more so than ever before. It is not about monitoring for dangerous opinions. I don't want to live in an echo chamber. IF that's what you want, then I suggest you visit #BlueSky for that.
And so this is not about what I want. I have no #agenda to share. Just a simple message. Layered in #truth and #growth of either #awareness or #news that isn't 100% reliant on one person's understanding to be amplified by 1000000 more as their own, holey so.
In part, while we live in an age of alternate #information being so readily available. Even about the same exact #post generating different #analysis by whoever is looking at it from multiple perspectives. We cannot mix #facts with #fiction where #events count objectively.
Losing access to one #relay especially using platforms like #pleroma and #mastodon, potentially means dozens of your available #updates as your #content gets published, cannot be seen. And, I am asking on behalf of all #sane server owners out there, to stand in solidarity with one another for the sake of our continuity. So that one link in our chain, does not and cannot cripple its #functionality anymore. To the point where nodes are centralized around #ideals not #ideas in turn.
Please, mention me in any #disagreement you may have. We are #humans not #bots at the end of the day. And a lot of us pay really good #money to #hosting companies to be able to critically customize our experience on the deecentralized web. Myself included.
We don't do that because it's cool. We do that, because we trust in all of you to uphold this #principle of our continuity as a whole. At the federation, relay, server instance, and user level.
Media Nexus is very young. And I have only managed to get 5 people to sign up because of the common culture I would otherwise not have been able to share as we explore the world we each live in collectively.
As an #important #introduction to the wider reach of independent blogs and forums, I started this server, not to compete with others, but to ensure that we treat this entire medium of #communication like a single #torrent in great health.
I have no interest by and large, in running a #social #media company for the sake of establishing a #network of random people who otherwise have nothing in common accept liking the interface by which we share are thoughts with one another. Although I will admit that's half the fun in making this possible.
In order for us to #work together, I have to imagine we already are doing so even if we never met in person.
Due to the abundant use of platforms widely available for #engagement of various purposes, all I can offer you, is access to someone who puts humanity first. Not by trend, but by principle. That's not just me, that's all of you that believe we are stronger together. Posting just as you do, for being all that you are, where ever your sense of community feels most comfortable belonging there.
No matter who reads this letter, I #support you in all that you do, even if there are times where we have to talk about why we matter to one another. The fact that it can happen at all, is a #miracle I will always #cherish and #embrace while I am alive on this Earth. Because everyone, even you, play a part in our experience in this way. And I wouldn't trade or exchange that for anything.
I #love you for the #person you are, as you become involved in your journey of #life here. And likewise, appreciate you for caring about your place in our world. And as I said above, I only wish for us to find common ground on things we in turn find interesting enough to boost, favorite, and reply to. Whether that's a poll, a photo, or a news article.
I know this post is getting quite long. But there are #reasons why I have to personally speak up about this. As someone who only started their journey on any kind of federated platform let alone hosting one at the beginning of March of this year, following the #tech news of very unsettling feedback. I cannot in good #faith abandon the #philosophy of things that go #viral, because they're #genuine and #free enough to be #authentic and original. And to me, it absolutely #matters that we remember how to #teach this to our #friends and #family as a whole. Less we forget how to #remember our meaning in a world we can still #save from the #absence of all that brings our #presence into #power in turn.
It starts with the #recognition that to deny anyone based on the #group of a sub culture someone belongs to, is a slippery slope of a #sincere and #honest diversion I cannot support.
Thank you for your #attention to this matter.
If this #resonates with you, or even if it does not, let me know.
Yours with warm #appreciation and #gratitude abounding,
Elshara Silverheart
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Challenging the Single-Responsibility Principle
https://kiss-and-solid.com/blog/keep-it-simple
#HackerNews #Challenging #the #Single-Responsibility #Principle #softwaredevelopment #programming #principles #designpatterns #codingbestpractices
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The Gervais Principle, or the Office According to "The Office"
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/
#HackerNews #The #Gervais #Principle #Office #Humor #Workplace #Culture #Comedy #Insights
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Unicursal TRUE PRINCIPLE SELF CONTROL LIBERTY Propaganda from Hermetic Library Office of the Ministry of Information
https://hermetic.com/information/true-principle-self-control-liberty/index
#propaganda #AleisterCrowley #thelema #LiberAleph #true #TruePrinciple #principle #SelfControl #liberty
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The Florida-Friendly Landscape Garden at IMAG History & Science Center https://www.allforgardening.com/1638149/the-florida-friendly-landscape-garden-at-imag-history-science-center/ #AgriculturalSciencesExtension #entertainment #florida #FloridaFriendlyLandscapeGarden #garden #gardener #gardening #GreenskeeperEmily #GulfCoastNewsApp #HorticulturistChristian #ImagHistory #LandscaperKate #LateNews #Principle #Program #RightPlant #ScienceCenter
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A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle
Many years ago, when A Wrinkle in Time was being rejected by publisher after publisher, I wrote in my journal, “I will rewrite for months or even years for an editor who sees what I am trying to do in this book and wants to make it better and stronger. But I will not, I cannot diminish and mutilate it for an editor who does not understand it and wants to weaken it.”
Now, the editors who did not understand the book and wanted the problem of evil soft peddled had every right to refuse to publish the book, as I had, sadly, the right and obligation to try to be true to it. If they refused it out of honest conviction, that was honorable. If they refused it for fear of trampling on someone else’s toes, that was, alas, the way of the world.Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DCMore about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/822…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #lengle #wrinkleintime #awrinkleintime #editing #editor #evil #principle #problemofevil #publication #rewriting #writing #rejection
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A quotation from Douglas Adams
Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.
Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English author, humorist, screenwriter
Hitchhiker’s Guide No. 4, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, ch. 11 [Arthur] (1984)More about this quote: wist.info/adams-douglas/82214/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #douglasadams #hitchhikersguide #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #solongandthanksforallthefish #adult #humannature #maturity #precedent #principle #realworld #reality #selfimage #truth