skells @skells@social.cleverlibre.org

Don't let your security standards slacken! Here's some good advice to stay on top of your game:

An attempt at writing my shortest poem in Copperplate

While i can see many of the imperfections in my writing I'm still not sure how I could train do to improve it. Suggestions always welcomed.

#poem #poetry #english #calligraphy #handwriting #copperplate.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan;
The proper study of mankind is man.
Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise, and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,
With too much weakness for the stoic's pride,
He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;
In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reas'ning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether he thinks too little, or too much:
Chaos of thought and passion, all confus'd;
Still by himself abus'd, or disabus'd;
Created half to rise, and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd:
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!

Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,
Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides;
Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,
Correct old time, and regulate the sun;
Go, soar with Plato to th' empyreal sphere,
To the first good, first perfect, and first fair;
Or tread the mazy round his follow'rs trod,
And quitting sense call imitating God;
As Eastern priests in giddy circles run,
And turn their heads to imitate the sun.
Go, teach Eternal Wisdom how to rule—
Then drop into thyself, and be a fool!

Superior beings, when of late they saw
A mortal Man unfold all Nature's law,
Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape,
And showed a Newton as we shew an Ape.

Could he, whose rules the rapid comet bind,
Describe or fix one movement of his mind?
Who saw its fires here rise, and there descend,
Explain his own beginning, or his end?
Alas what wonder! Man's superior part
Uncheck'd may rise, and climb from art to art;
But when his own great work is but begun,
What Reason weaves, by Passion is undone.

Trace science then, with modesty thy guide;
First strip off all her equipage of pride;
Deduct what is but vanity, or dress,
Or learning's luxury, or idleness;
Or tricks to show the stretch of human brain,
Mere curious pleasure, or ingenious pain;
Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts
Of all our Vices have created Arts;
Then see how little the remaining sum,
Which serv'd the past, and must the times to come!

-- Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man: Epistle II

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44900/an-essay-on-man-epistle-ii

(Note: May want to read epistle I first)

#writing #poetry #quote #AlexanderPope #APope

@General

“All right," said Susan. "I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable."

REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

"Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little—"

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

"So we can believe the big ones?"

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

"They're not the same at all!"

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET—Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME...SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

"Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point—"

MY POINT EXACTLY.”

― Terry Pratchett, Hogfather

#TerryPratchett #DiscWorld #Fantasy #magic #magick #Literature #Book Quote #Quotes

> Stone walls do not a prison make,
> Nor iron bars a cage:
> Minds innocent and quiet take
> That for an hermitage.
> If I have freedom in my love,
> And in my soul am free,
> Angels alone, that soar above,
> Enjoy such liberty.

-- Richard Lovelace, To Althea, from Prison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Althea,_from_Prison

#Lovelace #RichardLovelace #Poem #poetry #writing #literature @General

…I’m seeing people say “just don’t use an iPhone.” It’s not that simple when everyday things like financial apps with two-factor authentication are locked into the two main platforms.

We need legislation to ensure critical services use open standards so you can use your Pinephone to buy lunch in the future.

It’s shocking how easily some folks jump to “just go live in a cave.” No, that’s not an acceptable alternative. We deserve to partake in modern life without sacrificing our human rights…

@skells

This man knows poetry!

BTW this is pretty much the only poem I know and I know it because my fren @MisterRogersSnapped introduced me to a song version of it by Xurious.

'tis a good poem!

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.

@11112011

I told you man, I am going to a detention camp.

I already told my wife forget about me if they keep me there more than 6 months.

I am dead serious on this.

This issue is a bridge too far more me.

If they wanna jab me with something I don't consent to, they have to kill me first.

I am probably going to lose my clearances next month.

Back to private sector clients for me in September unless Trudeau walks back his proposal to force vaxes on all federal workers and contractors.

I was one of the first people to get masks, first to wipe down all food from the store.

never took a flu vax, none of my kids vaxxed. When they are old enough they can decide.

If we allow govt to force coerce us to vax for this week ass virus, then they can force muslims to eat bacon, Jehovah's witnesses to get blood transfusions, women to sterilize or abort.

I do not tolerate that kind of tyranny.

Might as well kill me, that is not living if you cannot make choices over your own body.

And no kids should be force vaxxed with experimental drugs, fuck that shit.

@Terry @11112011 @Andrii @GhostOfMoshe @Heliodramus @Hypothagorean @Jdogg247 @Oblivia @PonyPanda @Seal_JaggedWood23 @ThreeOneThreeChris @Verita84 @Zerglingman @ZogBot123 @alcade @chuculate @leyonhjelm @mguw @p @pernia @pissdick @thebitchisback @tinfoilhat

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Cambodia aims to wean off US dollar dependence with digital currency

https://archive.fo/F5D0X

"The country's dollarization began in the 1980s and 90s, following years of civil war and unrest.

Chea Serey said that .. it was now time to "wean off that dependence" as Cambodia's economy grows. Increasing the use of the local currency will also help the central bank maintain an independent monetary policy, including controlling the money supply and its circulation."

wo immer davon geredet wird dass die kostenlosen tests abgeschafft werden sollen: wie testet man die geimpften die potenziell symptomlos sind und trotzdem andere anstecken können?

#covid

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This so much