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  1. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    My greatest fear has always been that I would be afraid — afraid physically or mentally or morally — and allow myself to be influenced by fear instead of by my honest convictions.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1942-08), “If You Ask Me,” Ladies’ Home Journal, Vol. 59

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/28…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #convictions #cowardice #fear #fearfulness #principles

  2. Tim Apple's retirement announcement reminded me of a saying that is more relevant now than ever.

    If you don't stand up for your principles, you don't have principles - you have "thoughts & prayers".

    #principles #opportunistic #unprincipled #TimApple #TimCook #Apple #RealityDistortionField #FruityCargoCult

  3. #ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink:

    @laurenshof wrote fabulous reports analysing our #SocialWeb and sadly this included raging techno-ideological #ProtocolWars too. How can we turn that to #Progress?

    So much friction and heat in the raging discussions #ActivityPub vs. #ATProto 😭

    🔮 What is *much* more relevant in #Bluesky vs AP is WHY ❔ Bluesky + ATProto gets the bigger uptake, despite compromising on #moral and #ethical values and #principles we hold dear.

    Knowing the answers to that is where #opportunity for strategic action comes from. And subsequently following what you may call #FocusedPragmatism instead of just 'wild-coding' the chaotic #fedi with countless independent, uncoordinated "Show, don't tells" of yet more code to shove onto the #BigBallOfMud that fediverse-we-have increasingly represents.

    #ActivityPubAPI provides such Opportunity.

    To revive on a *greenfield basis* doing #Protocol design and adopt lessons-learned from APv1 #Microbloggosphere vs. #Atmosphere.

    #SX

  4. #ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink:

    @laurenshof wrote fabulous reports analysing our #SocialWeb and sadly this included raging techno-ideological #ProtocolWars too. How can we turn that to #Progress?

    So much friction and heat in the raging discussions #ActivityPub vs. #ATProto 😭

    🔮 What is *much* more relevant in #Bluesky vs AP is WHY ❔ Bluesky + ATProto gets the bigger uptake, despite compromising on #moral and #ethical values and #principles we hold dear.

    Knowing the answers to that is where #opportunity for strategic action comes from. And subsequently following what you may call #FocusedPragmatism instead of just 'wild-coding' the chaotic #fedi with countless independent, uncoordinated "Show, don't tells" of yet more code to shove onto the #BigBallOfMud that fediverse-we-have increasingly represents.

    #ActivityPubAPI provides such Opportunity.

    To revive on a *greenfield basis* doing #Protocol design and adopt lessons-learned from APv1 #Microbloggosphere vs. #Atmosphere.

    #SX

  5. #ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink:

    @laurenshof wrote fabulous reports analysing our #SocialWeb and sadly this included raging techno-ideological #ProtocolWars too. How can we turn that to #Progress?

    So much friction and heat in the raging discussions #ActivityPub vs. #ATProto 😭

    🔮 What is *much* more relevant in #Bluesky vs AP is WHY ❔ Bluesky + ATProto gets the bigger uptake, despite compromising on #moral and #ethical values and #principles we hold dear.

    Knowing the answers to that is where #opportunity for strategic action comes from. And subsequently following what you may call #FocusedPragmatism instead of just 'wild-coding' the chaotic #fedi with countless independent, uncoordinated "Show, don't tells" of yet more code to shove onto the #BigBallOfMud that fediverse-we-have increasingly represents.

    #ActivityPubAPI provides such Opportunity.

    To revive on a *greenfield basis* doing #Protocol design and adopt lessons-learned from APv1 #Microbloggosphere vs. #Atmosphere.

    #SX

  6. #ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink:

    @laurenshof wrote fabulous reports analysing our #SocialWeb and sadly this included raging techno-ideological #ProtocolWars too. How can we turn that to #Progress?

    So much friction and heat in the raging discussions #ActivityPub vs. #ATProto 😭

    🔮 What is *much* more relevant in #Bluesky vs AP is WHY ❔ Bluesky + ATProto gets the bigger uptake, despite compromising on #moral and #ethical values and #principles we hold dear.

    Knowing the answers to that is where #opportunity for strategic action comes from. And subsequently following what you may call #FocusedPragmatism instead of just 'wild-coding' the chaotic #fedi with countless independent, uncoordinated "Show, don't tells" of yet more code to shove onto the #BigBallOfMud that fediverse-we-have increasingly represents.

    #ActivityPubAPI provides such Opportunity.

    To revive on a *greenfield basis* doing #Protocol design and adopt lessons-learned from APv1 #Microbloggosphere vs. #Atmosphere.

    #SX

  7. #ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink:

    @laurenshof wrote fabulous reports analysing our #SocialWeb and sadly this included raging techno-ideological #ProtocolWars too. How can we turn that to #Progress?

    So much friction and heat in the raging discussions #ActivityPub vs. #ATProto 😭

    🔮 What is *much* more relevant in #Bluesky vs AP is WHY ❔ Bluesky + ATProto gets the bigger uptake, despite compromising on #moral and #ethical values and #principles we hold dear.

    Knowing the answers to that is where #opportunity for strategic action comes from. And subsequently following what you may call #FocusedPragmatism instead of just 'wild-coding' the chaotic #fedi with countless independent, uncoordinated "Show, don't tells" of yet more code to shove onto the #BigBallOfMud that fediverse-we-have increasingly represents.

    #ActivityPubAPI provides such Opportunity.

    To revive on a *greenfield basis* doing #Protocol design and adopt lessons-learned from APv1 #Microbloggosphere vs. #Atmosphere.

    #SX

  8. the mayor and two council members were today "volunteering" at the nijmegen #hackerspace, next week is municipal #elections. i founded that space, but within a year quit due to the vast incompatibility between #principles and #values, but even in my worst #nightmare i was not expecting #dutch "#hackers" assisting #christian #conservative #politicians re-election #campaign. hold them #accountable ffs, instead of cementing their power.

  9. A quotation from Mark Twain

    [S]he brought some of those apples. I was obliged to eat them, I was so hungry. It was against my principles, but I find that principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

    Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Story (1893), “Extracts from Adam’s Diary,” The Niagara Book

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/3927/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #convictions #hunger #moralcode #morality #needs #principles #virtue #maslowhierarchy #needs

  10. Good points in here.

    Yes, hypocrisy and arbitrariness are running amuck at the moment but the real danger is allowing mistrust in free enterprise (with appropriate regulations) to support a situation where there it becomes ok for using heavy-handed state power for arbitrary coercion. That is far more dangerous than any individual company's situation. theargumentmag.com/p/anthropic #Anthropic #StatePower #FreeSociety #FreeEnterprise #Coercion #Pentagon #AI #Principles #Policy #Hypocrisy #Business

  11. #EdwardTufte offers two #principles for making efficient graphical representations:
    1️⃣ Erase non-data-ink.
    2️⃣ Erase redundant data-ink.

    Did you know that in #LabPlot (#free, #opensource) you can apply the #EdwardTufte #theme to your #charts in a single click? :boost_love:

    @[email protected]

    Try it now:
    1️⃣ Download #LabPlot: labplot.org/download.
    2️⃣ File > Open Example > 'Tufte's Minimal Ink Design'

    #Physics #Chemistry #DataVisualization #Data #Research #Engineering #Science #DataViz #FOSS #FLOSS

  12. A quotation from The Bible

    Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise. If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good. Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
     
    [τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονοῦντες, μὴ τὰ ὑψηλὰ φρονοῦντες ἀλλὰ τοῖς ταπεινοῖς συναπαγόμενοι. μὴ γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς. μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων· εἰ δυνατὸν τὸ ἐξ ὑμῶν, μετὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων εἰρηνεύοντες·]

    The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
    Romans 12: 16-18 [GNT (1992 ed.)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/81202/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #newtestament #romans #arrogance #class #coexistence #compassion #concern #equality #harmony #humility #ideals #kindness #loveyourneighbor #peace #peaceloving #peacemaking #pride #principles #revenge #socialcircle #vengeance

  13. A quotation from The Bible

    Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise. If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good. Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
     
    [τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονοῦντες, μὴ τὰ ὑψηλὰ φρονοῦντες ἀλλὰ τοῖς ταπεινοῖς συναπαγόμενοι. μὴ γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς. μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων· εἰ δυνατὸν τὸ ἐξ ὑμῶν, μετὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων εἰρηνεύοντες·]

    The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
    Romans 12: 16-18 [GNT (1992 ed.)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/81202/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #newtestament #romans #arrogance #class #coexistence #compassion #concern #equality #harmony #humility #ideals #kindness #loveyourneighbor #peace #peaceloving #peacemaking #pride #principles #revenge #socialcircle #vengeance

  14. A quotation from The Bible

    Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise. If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good. Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
     
    [τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονοῦντες, μὴ τὰ ὑψηλὰ φρονοῦντες ἀλλὰ τοῖς ταπεινοῖς συναπαγόμενοι. μὴ γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς. μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων· εἰ δυνατὸν τὸ ἐξ ὑμῶν, μετὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων εἰρηνεύοντες·]

    The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
    Romans 12: 16-18 [GNT (1992 ed.)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/81202/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #newtestament #romans #arrogance #class #coexistence #compassion #concern #equality #harmony #humility #ideals #kindness #loveyourneighbor #peace #peaceloving #peacemaking #pride #principles #revenge #socialcircle #vengeance

  15. A quotation from The Bible

    Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise. If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good. Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
     
    [τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονοῦντες, μὴ τὰ ὑψηλὰ φρονοῦντες ἀλλὰ τοῖς ταπεινοῖς συναπαγόμενοι. μὴ γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς. μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων· εἰ δυνατὸν τὸ ἐξ ὑμῶν, μετὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων εἰρηνεύοντες·]

    The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
    Romans 12: 16-18 [GNT (1992 ed.)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/81202/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #newtestament #romans #arrogance #class #coexistence #compassion #concern #equality #harmony #humility #ideals #kindness #loveyourneighbor #peace #peaceloving #peacemaking #pride #principles #revenge #socialcircle #vengeance

  16. A quotation from The Bible

    Have the same concern for everyone. Do not be proud, but accept humble duties. Do not think of yourselves as wise. If someone has done you wrong, do not repay him with a wrong. Try to do what everyone considers to be good. Do everything possible on your part to live in peace with everybody.
     
    [τὸ αὐτὸ εἰς ἀλλήλους φρονοῦντες, μὴ τὰ ὑψηλὰ φρονοῦντες ἀλλὰ τοῖς ταπεινοῖς συναπαγόμενοι. μὴ γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι παρ᾽ ἑαυτοῖς. μηδενὶ κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἀποδιδόντες, προνοούμενοι καλὰ ἐνώπιον πάντων ἀνθρώπων· εἰ δυνατὸν τὸ ἐξ ὑμῶν, μετὰ πάντων ἀνθρώπων εἰρηνεύοντες·]

    The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
    Romans 12: 16-18 [GNT (1992 ed.)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/81202/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #newtestament #romans #arrogance #class #coexistence #compassion #concern #equality #harmony #humility #ideals #kindness #loveyourneighbor #peace #peaceloving #peacemaking #pride #principles #revenge #socialcircle #vengeance

  17. @timberwraith
    @Dgun8

    Often language has similar words or similar sounding words that people speak with incorrectly without really knowing or realizing it's misleading or not quite right.

    There is a more specific words and less misleading versions of #words or #phrases...

    ➡️ For example "Common sense"
    ...might mean "Common principles"

    "Sense" is similar to "principles" but importantly principles can be more specific or measured way of saying / doing things so a list everyone can see is more agreeable, rather than your own version of "sense" which might be differently measured than list of "principles".

    Since EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT and naturally they have different personality, it's better to measure it a bit more clearly which a list of principles in the middle which can help indicate agreement or debate things with less #ambiguity.

    ➡️ Another example
    (quick-fast / maybe not perfect)

    💜 Love for others is perhaps top of the #list of #commandments for Jesus ✝️ and his principles - so clears up a lot of confusion between #Christian people or #Christianity or #Religion #debate - presenting a |Yes| or |No| simple question

    We all need need to debate what loving people or looking after them means perhaps after that, but can assume better and not guess too not far off than even more general / unspecific words.

    So if #love is top 5 on your list then a debate "Common sense" or "Common principles" about Jesus or something can be quickly agreed / answered rather than something #ambiguous.

    #Lists are always good.

    #CommonSense #List of #Principles
    = #Answer for #Ambiguous #words or #phrases in #Debate

  18. @timberwraith
    @Dgun8

    Often language has similar words or similar sounding words that people speak with incorrectly without really knowing or realizing it's misleading or not quite right.

    There is a more specific words and less misleading versions of #words or #phrases...

    ➡️ For example "Common sense"
    ...might mean "Common principles"

    "Sense" is similar to "principles" but importantly principles can be more specific or measured way of saying / doing things so a list everyone can see is more agreeable, rather than your own version of "sense" which might be differently measured than list of "principles".

    Since EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT and naturally they have different personality, it's better to measure it a bit more clearly which a list of principles in the middle which can help indicate agreement or debate things with less #ambiguity.

    ➡️ Another example
    (quick-fast / maybe not perfect)

    💜 Love for others is perhaps top of the #list of #commandments for Jesus ✝️ and his principles - so clears up a lot of confusion between #Christian people or #Christianity or #Religion #debate - presenting a |Yes| or |No| simple question

    We all need need to debate what loving people or looking after them means perhaps after that, but can assume better and not guess too not far off than even more general / unspecific words.

    So if #love is top 5 on your list then a debate "Common sense" or "Common principles" about Jesus or something can be quickly agreed / answered rather than something #ambiguous.

    #Lists are always good.

    #CommonSense #List of #Principles
    = #Answer for #Ambiguous #words or #phrases in #Debate

  19. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    We can gain no lasting peace if we approach it with suspicion and mistrust — or with fear. We can gain it only if we proceed with the understanding and the confidence and the courage which flow from conviction.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
    Speech (1945-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #fdr #franklinroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #franklindelanoroosevelt #confidence #conviction #courage #fear #foreignrelations #internationalaffairs #internationalrelations #mistrust #peace #principles #suspicion #understanding

  20. Solidarity seems like a noble goal, but it's specious at best. When rallying for a cause, we want solidarity – for others to join – but what if we are among the others? #Solidarity comes at the expense of self – fine if you are already committed. Otherwise, not so much.

    philosophics.blog/2025/12/03/o
    #solidarity #ethics #virtue #commongood #teaching #indotrination #normativity #institution #philosophy #psychology #virtue #dogma #flourishing #boundaries #goodandevil #totalitarianism #morals #principles

  21. A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

    We may make mistakes — but they must never be mistakes which result from faintness of heart or abandonment of moral principle.

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933-1945)
    Speech (1945-01-20), Inaugural Address, Washington, D.C.

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-franklin-d…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #fdr #franklindelanoroosevelt #franklindroosevelt #error #fear #immorality #imperfection #mistake #principles #reluctance #vice #evil