"The life of the mind only attains its truth when discovering itself in absolute desolation."
— #Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), quoted in #Adorno, Minima Moralia (1951), "Dedication", discussing why #aphorism now is crucial means to this. #quotesky
"If today the [human] subject is vanishing, aphorisms take upon themselves the duty “to consider the evanescent itself as essential”."
— #Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections On A Damaged Life (1951), "Dedication," riffing on #Hegel.
#Aphorism #LiteraryFragment #MinimaMoralia #booksky #quotesky
A woman wearing an orange and purple collared shirt stands in front of a blurred background of trees and wood beams, with text on the right side of the image stating "Nothing terrifies fragile men more than an educated woman. ... a country that sidelines half its population doesn't become stronger. It just becomes less competitive. — Bossi".
" #Nothing terrifies fragile #men more than an educated #woman. ... a country that sidelines half its population doesn't become stronger. It just becomes less competitive." — Bossi
#Politics #QuoteSky
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Smiling man with gray hair, next to text: "To threaten censorship, especially in the context of an illegal war, is completely unamerican. Reach out to your Congress people and ... demand adherence to the First Amendment. - David Gierlach."
"To threaten #censorship, especially in the context of an illegal #war 💣, is completely unamerican. Reach out to your #Congress people and ... demand adherence to the First Amendment." — David Gierlach @davidgierlach.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
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"When someone has been bitten by true principles, even a very brief and hackneyed prompt can serve as a reminder to dispel sorrow and fear."
— Marcus #Aurelius (121–180CE). Meditations 11:34. [text itself often shows use of such compilations, #CommonplaceBook, or memorized lines]
#booksky #quotesky
inscription at Portland's Central Library, "Guide thee to our *house*…[of] rich treasures" is ironically taken from, and notably altering perhaps for propriety, lines of 3rd Outlaw, in #Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona IV:1, inviting Valentine into their *crews*, not their 'house'. #quotesky
Text-based graphic with a light green background, featuring a quote from T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" in purple font: "April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain." The author's name "T.S. Eliot" appears below the quote, and the graphic is decorated with a border of colorful paper flowers and foliage at the bottom and a small butterfly graphic with a social media handle.
" #April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with #spring #rain." — T.S. Eliot
#QuoteSky #Springtime
Blonde woman with short hair and a white blazer speaks into a microphone, with text overlay in brown boxes that says, "Susie Wiles is anticipating when he's hungry. She's anticipating when he needs a lie down. She's like an assistant/nanny because for the most part he does behave like a child." and "- Joanna Coles" at the bottom in a yellow box. A social media handle is in the lower left corner.
"Susie Wiles is anticipating when he's #hungry. She's anticipating when he needs a lie down. She's like an assistant/nanny because for the most part he does behave #like a #child 🧒🏼." — Joanna Coles @joannacoles.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
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A man with short, light brown hair and a beard is pictured looking directly at the camera. Behind him is a map. To the right of the man's portrait is a block of text that reads, "... leave Cuba alone and let the Cuban people decide for themselves what sort of future they want, what sort of economy they want, what sort of government they want, rather than giving Trump another trophy to put on his shelf in the White House." Below the text, attributed to Trevor Poutine. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Es_VRxO_AZ4)
"... leave #Cuba 🇨🇺 alone and let the Cuban people decide for themselves what sort of future they want, what sort of #economy 💲 they want, what sort of #government they want, rather than giving dɯnɹꓕ another trophy to put on his shelf in the White House." — Trevor Poutine
#Politics #QuoteSky
A man with a gray beard and serious expression, wearing a black shirt with a yellow monster design, next to a purple background with text about the importance of fair elections. (Source: https://bsky.app/profile/confettimother.bsky.social/post/3mgxcafwrct25)
"Free and fair #elections are the cornerstone of our #democracy 🦅. Right now, that cornerstone is under #attack by people who claim to want free and fair elections, but only when the results are the ones that they want." — Michael McWhorter (aka Tizzy) @tizzyent.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
Light green background with a floral border, and text in purple that reads: "April is a promise that May is bound to keep. - Hal Borland." Small butterfly and social media handle in the bottom right corner.
" #April is a #promise that #May is bound to keep." — Hal Borland
#QuoteSky #Springtime
Father David Gierlach wearing a clerical collar, looking directly at the camera, with text on the left side of the image discussing victim blaming by abusers, and a social media handle in the bottom right corner.
"Abusers always claimed that it was the six-year-old boy or the 17-year-old girl's fault ... None of them could take #responsibility. And it seems that we are having that on #national display every #day." — Fr David Gierlach @davidgierlach.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
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"Given the material at hand, what’s the most sound thing that can be done or said? The point is… it can be done or said."
—Marcus #Aurelius, Meditations 10:33. #Stoicism #quotesky
Image of Robert Reich, a man with short gray hair and a beard, in a suit, looking at the viewer. Text on the right quotes Reich: "Talk about fraud, waste, and abuse...to spend it on pianos and lobsters and everything else is obscene." A social media handle and name "Robert Reich" appear on the bottom.
"Talk about #fraud, waste, and #abuse. I can't begin to tell you how much waste the big waste is in the #Pentagon. You got to spend it. But to spend it on pianos and lobsters and everything else is obscene." — Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
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Bald, bespectacled man facing camera, a quote by Michael Wolff on the right, stating Trump doesn't care about politics or government, has no advisors or goals. (Source: https://bsky.app/profile/confettimother.bsky.social/post/3mh24v33ony27)
"This is a #government of #one. dɯnɹꓕ doesn't care about #politics, doesn't care about government, has no advisor, so really responds to no one, has no no goals in the traditional sense of an agenda that a president wants to accomplish." — Michael Wolff @michaelwolffnyc.bsky.social
#QuoteSky
Light green background with a quote in purple text: "April hath put a spirit of youth in everything." by William Shakespeare, with a lower floral border in various colors and a blue butterfly and social media handle at the bottom.
" #April hath put a #spirit of #youth in everything." — William Shakespeare
#QuoteSky #Springtime
E. Jean Carroll, a woman with blonde hair, in a black and white patterned blazer and brown shirt, with text overlaying the image, "There are so many episodes that people don't know about that women don't, you know, a smart woman is not going to come forward and accuse Donald Trump because the minute you do, you're hit with such slime," and the quote is attributed to her.
"There are so many episodes that people don't know about that women don't, you know, a #smart #woman 👩🏻 is not going to come forward and accuse dɯnɹꓕ pʅɐuoꓷ because the minute you do, you're hit with such #slime." — E. Jean Carroll
#Politics #QuoteSky
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A bald man in a black hoodie speaks against a black background with white text, including the words "Billionaires love recessions" and mentioning Bezos, Musk, and Teal, attributed to "Chip Franklin," with the Twitter handle @confettimother.bsky.social at the bottom left. (Source: https://bsky.app/profile/confettimother.bsky.social/post/3mgxrwa44kb2u)
"Billionaires love recessions. For them, the whole world turns into a yard sale. And we get plucked and [__] again by the likes of Bezos, Musk, and Teal. And while Fox can hide the #EpsteinFiles, they can't hide the #economic #disaster." — Chip Franklin @chipfranklin.bsky.social
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Bald man wearing black-framed sunglasses, looking at the viewer with text on the left side: "MAGA is getting their homes foreclosed upon, their cars repossessed, and their air and water... is again turning their neighborhoods into cancer wards. Trump is hard at work on their behalf." Signature "Chip Franklin" and social media handle.
" #MAGA is getting their homes foreclosed upon, their #cars 🛻 repossessed, and their air and water ... is again turning their neighborhoods into #cancer wards. dɯnɹꓕ is hard at work on their behalf." — Chip Franklin @chipfranklin.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
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Selfie-style photo of a middle-aged, fair-skinned man with blue eyes and a slight beard, wearing a blue shirt, next to a text overlay that poses questions about war and youth, attributed to Trevor Poutine, with a map visible in the background and a social media handle watermark. (Source: https://bsky.app/profile/confettimother.bsky.social/post/3mh4uxkb2vd27)
"If you train #boys 👦🏼 to become #warriors, then that is what they will do. And it's really important that Pete Hegseth remember that old adage. Old men start wars, but it's young men that fight and die in them. What do you really want for the youth of #America?" — Trevor Poutine
#Politics #QuoteSky
Light green background with a quote by Edna St. Vincent Millay in purple text: "April comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers." Below the quote, the author's name is listed, and a social media handle is featured at the bottom, framed by paper flowers.
" #April comes like an #idiot, babbling and strewing #flowers 💐." — Edna St. Vincent Millay
#QuoteSky #Springtime
Black and white image of Barbara Tuchman, the historian, looking towards the viewer, beside the quote, "War is the unfolding of miscalculations" and her name on a yellow background, a social media butterfly logo in the bottom left.
" #War is the unfolding of miscalculations." — Barbara Tuchman
#Politics #QuoteSky
Man wearing sunglasses and a coat, overlaid with text discussing the treatment of protestors against ICE and supporters' emphasis on providing aid and solidarity rather than weapons, with the quote attributed to Robert Held and a social media handle.
"Just being near a protester at a noise #protest 🪧 against #ICE 🧊 can be treated like #terrorism. ... Supporters say that many of these people showed up with first aid kits, words, and solidarity, but not with weapons." — Robert Held
#Politics #QuoteSky
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Close-up shot of a man with gray hair wearing a clerical collar and black shirt, with text on the left stating, "Every day that this administration moves forward is another day of damage to us as a nation and with our friends internationally. - David Gierlach."
"Every #day that this administration moves forward is another day of damage to us as a #nation and with our #friends internationally." — David Gierlach @davidgierlach.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
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Blonde woman, identified as Leigh McGowan, speaking and looking directly at the viewer, with a quote about war strategy on a dark blue background. The quote reads, "If you take our soldiers into war, you not only have to have a plan and a reason, you have to have an exit strategy. You have to know why you're there, what you're doing, what your goal is. We do not have that." Below the quote, the name "Leigh McGowan" is written in white on a yellow stripe. A butterfly icon and a social media handle are in the lower right corner. (Source: https://bsky.app/profile/politicsgirl.bsky.social/post/3mh4rejpedc26)
"If you take our soldiers into #war 💣, you not only have to have a plan and a #reason, you have to have an exit #strategy. You have to know why you're there, what you're doing, what your goal is. We do not have that." — Leigh McGowan @politicsgirl.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
A pastel-green background with purple text quoting Neltje Blanchan's "Can words describe the fragrance of the very breath of spring?" and a decorative border of paper flowers in various colors and shades of green leaves, with the social media handle @confettimother.bsky.social at the bottom.
"Can #words describe the #fragrance of the very breath of #spring?" — Neltje Blanchan
#QuoteSky #Springtime
Ana Navarro, smiling, holding a small brown dog on a leash, with a quote about compromising principles for power; text reads "The question is, are you willing to compromise every principle you supposedly stood for, every conviction you supposedly had, every belief you supposedly held in order to stay in that circle of power?" below which is her name.
"The question is, are you willing to compromise #every principle you supposedly stood for, every conviction you supposedly had, every belief you supposedly held in order to #stay in that circle of #power?" — Ana Navarro @ananavarro.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
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A smiling Black man in a suit and tie, likely a news anchor, with text overlayed stating, "It's getting to the point where it's harder and harder to find a photo of Donald Trump without Jeffrey Epstein," attributed to Joshua Johnson.
"It's getting to the point where it's harder and harder to #find a #photo of dɯnɹꓕ pʅɐuoꓷ without Jeffrey #Epstein." — Josh Johnson @joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social
#Politics #QuoteSky
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Text on light green background: "Blossom by blossom, spring begins." - Algernon Charles Swinburne, with floral cutout border on the bottom left and a butterfly with social media handle on the bottom right.
"Blossom by #blossom, #spring begins." — Algernon Charles Swinburne
#QuoteSky #Springtime
