I just searched "not enough hope to care" on DuckDuckGo. The search result's top listing was for a page on Amazon showcasing a 1-ounce, $52 bottle of philosophy® brand 'facial firming serum'. I snickered.

[I'd forgotten the word #despondency ]

"Details emerge about #horses killed in Russian attack on #Kyiv"

3 #Shahed #drones, aimed on purpose at an #equestrian facility

I've seen the pictures. Heartbreaking. I will spare you

Why kill horses?

#Ukraine aims at oil pipelines and refineries

#Russia aims at hospitals and apartments. And horses

To break Ukraine's will

To spread #despondency, #hopelessness, #cynicism

To aim for the heart

#Terrorism

Russia doesn't understand how it backfires

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/09/8/7529902/

#UkraineWar

Details emerge about horses killed in Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast – photo

Russian kamikaze drones struck the stables of the Endurance Horse Sport Club, owned by equestrian endurance master Yuliia Tolpyha, on the night of 6-7 September. Seven horses were killed, including champion Malakhita, Arabian stallion Ra-Nazran and his son Ra-Marsel, mare Freili (rescued from Bucha in 2022), racehorse Bosfor, and Ars.

Ukrainska Pravda

A quotation from Ambrose Bierce

PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Patience,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/bierce-ambrose/74496…

#quote #quotes #quotation #abiding #composure #despair #forbearance #fortitude #patience #perseverance #selfrestraint #virtue #waiting #hopelessness #despondency #givingup

"Patience," The Devil's Dictionary (1911) - Bierce, Ambrose | WIST Quotations

PATIENCE, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue. Originally published in the "Cynic's Word Book" column in the New York American (1904-12-26), and the "Cynic's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco Examiner (1905-01-03).

WIST Quotations
Opinion | The Rule of Law Now Depends on Republicans

Trump and his defenders are priming his supporters to reject our legal system.

The New York Times
Portrait of a Dog in a Room Where Cheese Is Being Unwrapped but Not Fed to Him
#DogsOfMastodon #despondency #injustice