1/ Fediverse can do better + 2/Not sure "If hate always won, You would not exist"...
1/ Fediverse can do better + 2/Not sure "If hate always won, You would not exist"...
The ways of dead people are not our ways. They have a very oblique way of expressing themselves, and often they’ll tell you something that can be interpreted many ways; it gives them a way out while preserving their reputation for infallibility.
S. P. Somtow (b. 1952) Thai-American music composeer, conductor, author [Somtow Papinian Sucharitkul; สมเถา สุจริตกุล; Somthao Sucharitkun]
“Lottery Night,” World Fantasy Convention Program Book (1989-10)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/somtow-s-p/75788/
Roight, guv'na. Oi'm a leader in me family, see.
(silly things in emails from my kid's school that distract me from real work)
America: E pluribus unum; out of many, one.
Trump: Yes, that one is me.
Second topic on my mind last day is this thread that Niall Ferguson retweeted
(I assume he agrees with what the thread summarizes) in X, formerly #Twitter.
In my life I had never read such a succession of #Errors, #Fallacies, #Misinterpretation, #Nonsense and #Bullshit
Ferguson has been trying to replace the "History of Civilizations" with the "History of Empires" for quite some time.
How to spot misinformation, mistakes, and meaningless data
(How not to be fooled by viral charts - by Noah Smith)
“The art of any propagandist and agitator consists in his ability to find the best means of influencing any given audience, by presenting a definite truth, in such a way as to make it most convincing, most easy to digest, most graphic, and most strongly impressive.” — Lenin
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/how-not-to-be-fooled-by-viral-charts
At first glance this ad had me very concerned... #cannibalism #bacon #misinterpretation