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Television -- the longest amateur night in history.
-- Robert Carson

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom;
and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money it values more, it
will lose that, too.
-- W. Somerset Maugham

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade
themselves that they have a better idea.
-- John Ciardi

I have ascended!

BREAKING: FOSDEM confirms that in line with Belgian law, any Fediverse developers attending must wear bells and appropriate warning lights

Do not use that foreign word "ideals". We have that excellent native
word "lies".
-- Henrik Ibsen, "The Wild Duck"

"I thought that you said you were 20 years old!"
"As a programmer, yes," she replied,
"And you claimed to be very near two meters tall!"
"You said you were blonde, but you lied!"
Oh, she was a hacker and he was one, too,
They had so much in common, you'd say.
They exchanged jokes and poems, and clever new hacks,
And prompts that were cute or risque'.
He sent her a picture of his brother Sam,
She sent one from some past high school day,
And it might have gone on for the rest of their lives,
If they hadn't met in L.A.
"Your beard is an armpit," she said in disgust.
He answered, "Your armpit's a beard!"
And they chorused: "I think I could stand all the rest
If you were not so totally weird!"
If she had not said what he wanted to hear,
And he had not done just the same,
They'd have been far more honest, and never have met,
And would not have had fun with the game.
-- Judith Schrier, "Face to Face After Six Months of
Electronic Mail"

There are a lot of people on here who seem to be sincerely seeking The Lord. Please take a moment to reflect on this passage from Romans 12. We all have a lot of work to do, it's not just as simple as selecting the winning team. Satan wants us to be cruel to our enemies.

17 Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.
18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men.
19 Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
20 “But if your enemy is hungry, feed him, and if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”
21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves:
the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

I used Mandrake back in high school and so hearing Open Mandriva the direct descendant of Linux Mandrake is certifiably anti woke has me very interested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1AWos_zm6o

Gorgeous likeness of the statue of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, and the Greek model Andri Cartoni.

#archaeohistories

As I am seeing some Medium links in my timeline today, and Medium is pretty annoying (pop-overs and all), reminder you can just replace:

> medium.com

…with:

> scribe.rip

In any Medium link and get a wonderful simple unobtrusive reading experience instead.

#Medium #ScribeRip #AlternativeFrontends