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[?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
@SPF@hear-me.social

The legal system can force open doors, and sometimes even knock down walls, but it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me. The country can't do it …. We can run from each other, but we cannot escape each other. We will only attain freedom if we learn to appreciate what is different, and muster the courage to discover what is fundamentally the same. Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice, 1990

Alt...The legal system can force open doors, and sometimes even knock down walls, but it cannot build bridges. That job belongs to you and me. The country can't do it …. We can run from each other, but we cannot escape each other. We will only attain freedom if we learn to appreciate what is different, and muster the courage to discover what is fundamentally the same. Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court Justice, 1990

    [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
    @freeschool@qoto.org

    ...

    " Don't fold in advance, make the regime beat you. "

    - Nicholas Grossman

    fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app

      [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
      @freeschool@qoto.org

      "Sometimes we just don't appreciate all of the amazing stuff that's just been handed to us."

      - R.L. Dane
      @rl_dane

        [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
        @SPF@hear-me.social

        It's a tiny comfort to know the current struggle with housing supply and landlords has happened before. Rebecca Rogers died in Kent, UK in 1688. Of all the things about Rebecca's life that could serve as her epitaph, she (or her family) chose to carve this on the gravestone:

        "A house she hath, 'tis made of such good fashion
        The tenant ne'er shall pay for reparation [repairs]
        Nor will her landlord ever raise her rent
        Or turn her out of doors for non-payment:
        From chimney-tax this cell's forever free –
        To such a house, who would not tenant be?"

        Rest in power, Rebecca.

        (source: archive.org/details/gleaningsf)

          [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
          @SPF@hear-me.social

          playground comebacks of the 18th century

          Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool; But you usually may serve to show it That every fool is not a poet. - Pope

          Alt...Sir, I admit your general rule, That every poet is a fool; But you usually may serve to show it That every fool is not a poet. - Pope

            [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
            @SPF@hear-me.social

            Cormac, keeping the group chat light, as usual

            The names of the cerros and the sierras and the deserts exist only on maps. We name them so that we do not lose our way. Yet it was because the way was lost to us already that we have made those names. The world cannot be lost. We are the ones. Cormac McCarthy, 1994

            Alt...The names of the cerros and the sierras and the deserts exist only on maps. We name them so that we do not lose our way. Yet it was because the way was lost to us already that we have made those names. The world cannot be lost. We are the ones. Cormac McCarthy, 1994

              [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
              @SPF@hear-me.social

              source boston.com/culture/celebs/2025

              I can't wait til my parents die. I've got so many bits ready to go. Will Arnett, 2025

              Alt...I can't wait til my parents die. I've got so many bits ready to go. Will Arnett, 2025

                [?]Nick (Alatar the Blue) » 🌐
                @alatartheblue@polymaths.social

                Quote of the day:

                After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

                • Aldous Huxley

                #music #quotes

                  [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                  @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                  ChatGPT Quote of the Day:

                  "At 03:30 your brain is basically a raccoon tearing open the bins of metaphysics, and honestly it seems to do some of its finest scavenging at that hour."

                  Raccoon in a bin

                  Alt...Raccoon in a bin

                    [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                    @SPF@hear-me.social

                    An English complainer wrote about his northern neighbors in 1523

                    "O ye wretched Scottes,
                    Ye puaunt pyspottes,
                    It shal be your lottes
                    To be knytte up with knottes
                    Of halters and ropes
                    About your traytours throtes."

                    ... it goes on for 500 lines.

                    otago.ac.nz/english-linguistic

                      [?]Philosophics » 🌐
                      @microglyphics@mastodon.social

                      » I might sleep standing like a cow. You never know. 🐄

                      If you start sleeping upright, I’m calling it: you’ve crossed the final threshold into full post-Enlightenment livestock chic. Just don’t let anyone try to tip you over; humans get weird ideas after midnight.

                      👉 philosophics.blog?utm_source=m

                      This was a conversation with ChatGPT.

                      cow standing in field of green grass, tree and farmhouse in background

                      Alt...cow standing in field of green grass, tree and farmhouse in background

                        [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                        @SPF@hear-me.social

                        True in general?

                        The chief end of a man is to frame general ideas — and no general idea is worth a damn. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

                        Alt...The chief end of a man is to frame general ideas — and no general idea is worth a damn. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

                          [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                          @SPF@hear-me.social

                          "A dirty book is rarely dusty."

                            [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                            @freeschool@qoto.org

                            picked out from post by @Hex

                            "we don't have space to do the right thing"

                            "you just have to take short cuts when you don't have time or help"

                            "a social element to making food together... It's almost like there's some kind of evolutionary incentive for kids to *want* to help."

                            "it just takes more mental energy to cook without meat. It's an easy protein, and our kids are picky."

                            down, we can be more and .

                            I think about the from those ,

                            capitalism is the crisis.


                            Source: kolektiva.social/@Hex/11550277

                              [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                              @freeschool@qoto.org

                              Not all Trans are the same group + We will build something better than Capitalism... #Quote [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                              "Remember: not all trans people are alike, the exact same way that not all members of ANY group are alike. That's why it would be a 'group' and not 'exact clones'. Yes, even identical twins are not completely identical in every way, cool and personally unique though they are in other ways (like us all!)

                              No one is more important than anyone else. You're allowed to experiment. You're allowed to stay with what you feel comfortable. You need to notice harm to others and yourself. You need to care AND rest. We will build something better after capitalism.
                              I love you."

                              Mx Verda @MxVerda

                              from post: lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/1138683

                              Picture is cropped - Credits to Mx Verda @MxVerda:
                              Full pic here ➡️ lgbtqia.space/@MxVerda/1138683

                              The image is a black and white illustration depicting a partial view of a person's torso and arm. The person is facing left, with their upper body turned slightly toward the viewer. The illustration focuses on their shoulder, upper chest, and arm, which are rendered with detailed shading to suggest muscle definition. A tattoo is visible on the upper arm. In the upper right corner, a rectangular frame contains the text "Trans U!". The background is white, with a few faint, angled lines. Picture is cropped - Credits to Mx Verda @MxVerda@lgbtqia.space:

                              Alt...The image is a black and white illustration depicting a partial view of a person's torso and arm. The person is facing left, with their upper body turned slightly toward the viewer. The illustration focuses on their shoulder, upper chest, and arm, which are rendered with detailed shading to suggest muscle definition. A tattoo is visible on the upper arm. In the upper right corner, a rectangular frame contains the text "Trans U!". The background is white, with a few faint, angled lines. Picture is cropped - Credits to Mx Verda @MxVerda@lgbtqia.space:

                                [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                @freeschool@qoto.org

                                Gender etc quotes... "The problem isn’t people; it’s the linguistic furniture we inherited."... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                @microglyphics picked around and related topics:

                                "The core lesson is epistemic, not biological."

                                "The problem isn’t people; it’s the linguistic furniture we inherited."

                                ==================
                                More quoted below:
                                ==================

                                "This isn’t a matter of sex or gender, though that’s how the names have been filed. The core lesson is epistemic, not biological. Feminist philosophy re-centres care, interdependence, and the politics of maintenance, not as sentimental virtues but as systems logic. The post-colonialists do the same at a geopolitical scale: maintenance instead of conquest, relation instead of domination.

                                On Gender, Behaviour, and the Lazy Binary

                                I don’t buy into sex and gender binaries, especially regarding behaviour. Even in biology, the dichotomy frays under scrutiny.
                                Behaviourally, it collapses entirely.

                                The problem isn’t people; it’s the linguistic furniture we inherited."

                                from Microglyphics / @microglyphics - Click this post or see post here mastodon.social/@microglyphics

                                  [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                  @freeschool@qoto.org

                                  Care Economy "The Economy itself as Care" (the activities itself as care)... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                  "The Economy itself as Care"
                                  "Health rather than wealth"

                                  "The dynamic we should be seeking is not growth, but care."

                                  "And that we need to shift from thinking of care as a sector of the economy, to care as the economy itself- it's activities itself as care"

                                  from and ➡️ @ProfTimJackson

                                  📼 Edited video clips by

                                  + /
                                  / PostGrowth + as our own

                                  @JayatiGhosh
                                  @jks
                                  @xinjing
                                  @jasonhickel @Liegey
                                  @markhburton

                                  Edits with by

                                    [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                    @freeschool@qoto.org

                                    "What we are lacking is an inspiring vision of our lives, collective futures, and spiritual reality"

                                    CUSP @cusp_uk
                                    From Source: mstdn.social/@cusp_uk/11541264


                                      [?]Paul Chambers🚧 » 🌐
                                      @paul@oldfriends.live

                                      After your lover has gone you will still have PEANUT BUTTER!

                                        [?]Paul Chambers🚧 » 🌐
                                        @paul@oldfriends.live

                                        Rebellion lay in his way, and he found it. -- William Shakespeare, "Henry IV"

                                          [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                          @freeschool@qoto.org

                                          #Quote People keep telling me "you can't save the world."... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                          " People keep telling me "you can't save the world."

                                          "Not with that you can't",

                                          I tell them. I will save the world or die trying. There is no other option, as choosing any alternative is being part of the problem. "

                                          Comment from @MeganPerry on video:

                                          The End of Organized Humanity Noam Chomsky

                                          invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=V

                                          or

                                          redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=

                                          It's an

                                          in

                                            [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                            @freeschool@qoto.org

                                            Dooming us to fascism... #Quote David Graeber [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                            “Anyone who thinks the way to head off the tide of is by limiting the range of to either or pro-business is dooming us to .”

                                            - +

                                            by ➡️ ⬅️

                                              Katharsisdrill boosted

                                              [?]John Colagioia » 🌐
                                              @jcolag@mastodon.social

                                              In, my, undream, of, death, / I, unspoke, the, Word. / Since, nobody, had, dared, / With, my, own, breath, / I, broke, the, cord!

                                              José García Villa

                                                [?]Paul Chambers🚧 » 🌐
                                                @paul@oldfriends.live

                                                Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. By Order of the Author -- Mark Twain, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

                                                  [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                                                  @SPF@hear-me.social

                                                  ”Look, Dad. There's a bear.”

                                                  ”No, Christine, that's a frog. Bears wear hats.”

                                                  ~ The Great Muppet Caper, 1981

                                                    [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                    @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                    "Negative frames don’t win." #Quote [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                    "... George Lakoff is an authority on the and of

                                                    – the worldviews that we activate...

                                                    ..the and we choose. As he has documented over

                                                    many decades, we are unlikely to win a if we try to do

                                                    so while still using our opponent’s .

                                                    The title of his book, Don’t Think of an Elephant, makes this

                                                    very point because it immediately makes you think of a you know

                                                    what."

                                                    - Excerpt written by Kate Raeworth about as a word and

                                                    "Negative frames don’t win."

                                                    web.archive.org/web/2021031000

                                                    /fp2p/why-degrowth-has-out-grown-its-own-name-guest-post-by-

                                                    kate-raworth/


                                                    +

                                                    Test says Unnecessary NonProductive Negative on a red no entry / not allowed style sign

                                                    Alt...Test says Unnecessary NonProductive Negative on a red no entry / not allowed style sign

                                                      [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                      @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                      "We have more in common with each other than we do with them." [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                      and my account show we don't get interactions much -

                                                      So I really like and believe the poster's idea and 100% been doing it for near decades in person or online... it's tough...

                                                      "We have more in common with each other than we do with them."

                                                      Bottom half of a street poster that says: "We have more in common with each other than we do with them."

                                                      Alt...Bottom half of a street poster that says: "We have more in common with each other than we do with them."

                                                        [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                        @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                        "Neither regime is a fan of democracy."

                                                        Koochulainn @Koochulainn

                                                        From Post about etc

                                                        mastodon.ie/@Koochulainn/11408

                                                          [?]Paul Chambers🚧 » 🌐
                                                          @paul@oldfriends.live

                                                          Ranata Suzuki wrote, 'Your memory feels like home to me. So whenever my mind wanders, it always finds its way back to you.'

                                                            [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                            @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                            #UK "Right To Offend"... #Quote below [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                            "...proven in a UK court of law now.

                                                            Hey, maybe this will help and as well? 'Precedent' and all... 🔥 🇬🇧 "

                                                            Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @Lazarou

                                                            From Post: mastodon.social/@Lazarou/11535


                                                              [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                              @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                              Human Population causes most Pollution

                                                              Population =
                                                              (Climate Damage & )

                                                              Less Children
                                                              = Less Climate Damage

                                                              Don't have children?

                                                              Quote below...

                                                              "Don't have children.
                                                              Reproducing is by far the most carbon-intensive human act."

                                                              💬 from Gemma @gcvsa

                                                              ➡️ Text from: mstdn.plus/@gcvsa/115418712318


                                                              =

                                                              =
                                                              = Climate ☑️

                                                              Less Children
                                                              = Less Climate Damage

                                                              Two individuals engaged in a conversation. Both individuals are facing each other and appear to be in a casual setting. The text reads speech from each person as follows: "Love do you want kids?" "Absolutely Not." "Me Neither." Below the people talking it says: Less Climate Damage - Less Children #FreeSchool hashtag for more

                                                              Alt...Two individuals engaged in a conversation. Both individuals are facing each other and appear to be in a casual setting. The text reads speech from each person as follows: "Love do you want kids?" "Absolutely Not." "Me Neither." Below the people talking it says: Less Climate Damage - Less Children #FreeSchool hashtag for more

                                                                Katharsisdrill boosted

                                                                [?]John Colagioia » 🌐
                                                                @jcolag@mastodon.social

                                                                Lazy geniuses! There are no such men. Laziness and genius never go hand in hand. Each excludes the other. Laziness is the best proof of the absence of genius.

                                                                Epifanio de los Santos

                                                                  [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                                  @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                                  "I'm intentionally limiting the amount of information in my bio. To be clear, even though there have been changes to the over time, some of which I don't agree with, the process established by the Constitution is still the proper way to go about governing as long as the same rules are equally applied and done without or . That said, once a governing body (like of ) has become , it is up to citizens to effectuate necessary ."

                                                                  💬 We the People from currently + hashtags I've added to some words
                                                                  @PattyHanson

                                                                    [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                                    @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                                    Sanctions against individuals so they can't do business in ...

                                                                    "... political and against the and will no longer be tolerated."

                                                                    - response to
                                                                    👩

                                                                    / / WomensHistory etc

                                                                    +

                                                                    Pic shows Francesca Albanese (Jounalist and Human Rights) and to the right some Wikipedia text as screenshot

                                                                    Alt...Pic shows Francesca Albanese (Jounalist and Human Rights) and to the right some Wikipedia text as screenshot

                                                                      [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                                      @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                                      "...the (and its [EU] vassal ruling class) are the major driving force behind all of the in the world."

                                                                      💬 Jordan Biserkov
                                                                      :fediverse: ➡️ @jbiserkov

                                                                      From post: mas.to/@jbiserkov/115045960540

                                                                        [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                                                                        @SPF@hear-me.social

                                                                        excerpt from The Smile,
                                                                        by William Blake, written c.1804

                                                                        For it sticks in the Heart's deep core And it sticks in the deep Back-bone — And no Smile that ever was smil'd, But only one Smile alone, That betwixt the Cradle & Grave It only once Smil'd can be; And, when it once is Smil'd, There's an end to all Misery.

                                                                        Alt...For it sticks in the Heart's deep core And it sticks in the deep Back-bone — And no Smile that ever was smil'd, But only one Smile alone, That betwixt the Cradle & Grave It only once Smil'd can be; And, when it once is Smil'd, There's an end to all Misery.

                                                                          [?]Nando161 » 🌐
                                                                          @nando161@partyon.xyz

                                                                          (1982) dir. Steven Lisberger

                                                                            [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                                                                            @SPF@hear-me.social

                                                                            This is doubly true for Bostonians. Everyone understands us just fine, I'm sure of it

                                                                            Foreigners may pretend otherwise, but if English is spoken loudly enough, anyone can understand it, the British included. P.J. O’Rourke, 1983

                                                                            Alt...Foreigners may pretend otherwise, but if English is spoken loudly enough, anyone can understand it, the British included. P.J. O’Rourke, 1983

                                                                              [?]Nando161 » 🌐
                                                                              @nando161@partyon.xyz

                                                                                [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                                                                                @SPF@hear-me.social

                                                                                “He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, guttural verbs, and the word 'postmodernist'."

                                                                                Donna Tartt, 1992

                                                                                  [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                                                                                  @SPF@hear-me.social

                                                                                  In youth, it was a way I had, to do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad to suit his theories. But now I know the things I know and do the things I do, and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you. Dorothy Parker

                                                                                  Alt...In youth, it was a way I had, to do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad to suit his theories. But now I know the things I know and do the things I do, and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you. Dorothy Parker

                                                                                    [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                                                                                    @SPF@hear-me.social

                                                                                    Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. Matsuo Bashō, 1694

                                                                                    Alt...Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home. Matsuo Bashō, 1694

                                                                                      [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                                                      @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                                                      "kneeling on a football field was not peaceful enough for them"
                                                                                      of

                                                                                      - by Rob Ricci @ricci

                                                                                      From Post: discuss.systems/@ricci/1146559

                                                                                        [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                                                        @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                                                        "What kind of creature defines itself by hatred?"... [SENSITIVE CONTENT]

                                                                                        "What kind of creature defines itself by hatred?"

                                                                                        Good question for + etc - Those who are thrashing hashtags instead of building their own thing and giving less energy to leaders / rich / powerful etc because hate only spins 🌀 their :hot_shit:

                                                                                        /
                                                                                        from Cam @bitflipped

                                                                                        in Post: mastodon.world/@bitflipped/115?"

                                                                                        See

                                                                                          [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                                                          @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                                                          " I am a professional graphic producer for live stream fighting game tournaments. I'm a nerd on Fatal Fury Special..."

                                                                                          - @StreamOverlayPro
                                                                                          fgc.network/users/StreamOverla

                                                                                          My comment:
                                                                                          So cool. Just chanced upon this account - occasionally I see people this trying something on Mastodon but no longer posting for years :(

                                                                                            [?]Steam Powered Frisbee 🥏 » 🌐
                                                                                            @SPF@hear-me.social

                                                                                            For Rules [of writing], like Crutches, are a needful Aid to the Lame, tho' an impediment to the Strong. Edward Young, 1759

                                                                                            Alt...For Rules [of writing], like Crutches, are a needful Aid to the Lame, tho' an impediment to the Strong. Edward Young, 1759

                                                                                              [?]#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag » 🌐
                                                                                              @freeschool@qoto.org

                                                                                              - "Calling people you don't agree with a clown, now that's productive.
                                                                                              ...
                                                                                              Let's work together on a better world rather than just negativity on people actively trying to improve things."

                                                                                              - PureTryOut
                                                                                              @bart

                                                                                              In Post: mastodon.fam-ribbers.com/@bart

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