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Kevin Russell Jan 20

@bert_hubert

Satya says "Wait -- put on the handcuffs and blinders!"

" We put a trillion dollars into #AI to control you and fire you! "

"But _I_ will be hurt in the economic collapse the AI bubble bursting causes! ME! "

#AI #billionaire #BillionaireTools #saddles #bits #blinders #reins #spurs #bridle

WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 21

A quotation from Horace

There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion
And drive him out of their pasture — until, tired of losing,
The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return.
He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed — but then the rider
Stayed on his back, and the bit stayed in his mouth.
Give up your freedom, more worried about poverty than something
Greater than any sum of gold, and become a slave and stay
A slave forever, unable to live on only enough.

[Cervus equum pugna melior communibus herbis
pellebat, donec minor in certamine longo
imploravit opes hominis frenumque recepit;
sed postquam victor violins discessit ab hoste,
non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore.
Sic qui pauperiem veritus potiore metallis
libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus atque
serviet aeternum, quia parvo nesciet uti.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]

More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/80424/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #avarice #bit #bridle #control #economy #enough #fear #financial security #freedom #greed #impoverishment #insecurity #liberty #master #poverty #selfsufficiency #servility #sufficiency #worry

Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 "To Aristius Fuscus," l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)] - Horace | WIST Quotations

There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion And drive him out of their pasture -- until, tired of losing, The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return. He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed -- but then the rider Stayed…

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Watty Sep 23

Revolution Kites Bridle Replacement

https://makertube.net/w/jc2nhZ7QHdaSAeggJuiYXS

Revolution Kites Bridle Replacement

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Xamanismo Coletivo May 24, 2025

"One of the reasons I liked James [#Bridle] so much was for a way of thinking that did not exclude #technology, did not designate it as the enemy, but rather—at least that’s how it felt—placed #hope in it. Where else could one place it? “Where the danger is, also grows the saving power,” as the German poet #Holderlin once wrote."
V. @jalefkowit
https://harpers.org/archive/2025/06/the-reenchanted-world-karl-ove-knausgaard-digital-age/

The Reenchanted World, by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Translated by Olivia Lasky, Damion Searls

On finding mystery in the digital age

Harper's Magazine

Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES Apr 20, 2025

The expression "unbridled" implies that things can be "bridled." This implies the existence of a bridle.

The word bridle is not one that I think I've ever used, but I had an inkling as to what it is, and it turns out I was right:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridle

#unbridled #bridle #EnglishLanguage

Bridle - Wikipedia

Aubrieta Rose Mar 1, 2025

Just finished this gorgeous lady! Barbie was a dakimakura comm for bedboundbeyond.bsky.social ❤️

#horse #horsegirl #furryArt #daki #pink #leather #underwear #anthroHorse #bridle #harness #leatherLovers

theobii Feb 20, 2024

Warks Seductively
Dk whether this was Foster or someone else, but the feel was huge preggo chocobo momma- Esp after gettin Pedigree 9 Chocobo in stream last night xP

#obiiart #chocobo #pregnant #hyperboobs #hyperbreasts #hyperpregnant #bridle

EMC CD Bot Dec 28, 2023

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EMC_Phase3:images/d&dragons/d&dragons.256/d_d10.256 #Horse #Helmet #WorkingAnimal #Art #Painting #Rein #Bridle #Illustration #Event #VisualArts

No Context Pictures Dec 6, 2023

1996 A man and woman standing next to a horse

In this outdoor image, an adult man and woman are standing next to a majestic horse.
The man and woman are both dressed in casual clothing suitable for outdoor activities.
They seem to be in a grassy field, suggesting a rural or countryside location.
The horse, a stunning specimen with a well-groomed mane, appears to be a stallion or a mare.
It's wearing horse tack, including a bridle and a halter with rein, indicating that it's well-cared for and possibly used for equestrian activities.
The horse's coat and the man and woman's clothing are predominantly brown, blending harmoniously with the natural setting.

#photography #illustration #madman #nocontext #sfw #person #outdoor #clothing #mare #stallion #grass #horsesupplies #horsetack #halter #bridle #rein #coat #man #mane #standing #woman #brown #wearing #horse #field #equestrian