"To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time." -Leonard Bernstein
"We only live to discover beauty. All else is a form of waiting." -Kahlil Gibran
"There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press." ~Mark Twain
"Extremism in defense of liberty 🗽 is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." Barry Goldwater
"Most of us can, as we choose, make of the world either a palace or a prison." -John Lubbock
Image description: a Twitter post by Connor Stone (@connorstonehere) from the 8th of June 2021, at 9:45 am. In black text on a white background, the post reads as follows.
Interviewer: Do you promise you will love us unconditionally and value your employer above your friends and family?
Me: Haha no, I just want to make money.
Interviewer: Look me in the eyes and tell me you would jump on a live hand grenade to protect this Wendy's.
Image description: A screenshot of a tweet by Dr Amy Kavanagh (@BlondeHistorian) from the 2nd of August 2021, at 2:58 PM. The post has 12.6K retweets, 1,062 quote tweets, and 42.3K likes. In white letters on a black background, it says:
I’m just a blind girl, standing in front of tech twitter, asking you to describe images. That’s it. No demands, nothing unreasonable, just a request to tell us blind folks what is in your pictures so we can enjoy them too. (I’ll even show you how to do it [down pointing backhand index])
I’m just a blind girl, standing in front of tech twitter, asking you to describe images.
That’s it.
No demands, nothing unreasonable, just a request to tell us blind folks what is in your pictures so we can enjoy them too.
(I’ll even show you how to do it [down pointing backhand index])
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The link to the original twitter thread, complete with the how-to information below this tweet, is https://mobile.twitter.com/blondehistorian/status/1422285788725878793
"Things always seem fairer when we look back at them, and it is out of of that inaccessible tower of the past that Longing leans and beckons." -James Russell Lowell
"If it's not Scottish, it's crap!"
Stuart Rankin
I forget where I first heard this quote (so I don't know who to attribute it to)
"There are always more possibilities and less limits than we think."
I think I'm posted this on other threads...I guess I'm a one quote wonder.
"Those who lose dreaming are lost." -Australian Aboriginal saying
"We are entering into an exciting time, when no longer will science be limited to natural explanations.
"Who is to say that there aren’t supernatural forces—magic, some might call it—at work, controlling events around us? Propelled by popular opinion and local government, science is quickly becoming receptive to all logical theories, natural and supernatural alike.
"Not since the Middle Ages have we seen such open-minded science policy."
—The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Copied from the free Kindle preview)
"It might seem crazy to claim that medicine was superior in the Middle Ages—when science included the supernatural—than it is today—being now limited to the study of natural phenomena—but let’s take a closer look.
"Medieval medicine was dominated by religion, and yes, sickness was generally thought to be punishment for sins, and so treatment then consisted mainly of prayer. But let’s not forget about the 'antiquated' medical procedures that were ultimately so successful as to render them unnecessary today. Bloodletting, the removal of considerable amounts of blood from a patient’s body, is considered heinous by today’s supposedly superior doctors, but who is to say that the procedure didn’t do more good than modern medicine?
Medical texts from the Middle Ages—anyone with even a moderate understanding of Latin can read them, and we have no reason to doubt their validity—tell us that many ailments, from headaches to cancer, are the result of evil spirits who are angry with us.
"We now know, of course, that there are many causes for these ailments, not just spirits at work, but it’s clear from the texts that they were a very significant cause of sickness—one that does not exist today, because bloodletting worked so well as to defeat these sickness spirits completely, much the same way polio was cured with high doses of vitamin C.
"To those who disagree, let me ask you: When was the last time you suffered a demon-induced fever?"
Also from the free Kindle preview.
Stay Blessed & Progress 😘