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There is no weakness without its admirer, so be not discomfited because your ways displease some, for they will not fail to be pleasing to others: nor let their approval of them make you vain, for still others will condemn them.

[No hay defecto sin afecto, ni se ha de desconfiar porque no agraden las cosas a algunos, que no faltarán otros que las aprecien; ni aun el aplauso de estos le sea materia al desvanecimiento, que otros lo condenarán.]

Baltasar Gracián y Morales (1601-1658) Spanish Jesuit priest, writer, philosopher
The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)]

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Gracián, Baltasar - The Art of Worldly Wisdom [Oráculo Manual y Arte de Prudencia], § 101 (1647) [tr. Fischer (1937)] | WIST Quotations

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CBC Nova Scotia Apr 23

Carney 'not happy' with planned highway toll at N.B.-N.S. border
Prime Minister Mark Carney says he is not a fan of the Holt government’s plan to install a highway toll at the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/carney-not-happy-with-holt-toll-plan-9.7175036?cmp=rss

The Skeptic's Kaddish Apr 14

Obfuscate, or: A rengay

A two-person ‘Rengay’

By Freya and David

db-he wipes fog from glass
features settling into theirs—
crowds behind his eyesfp-murmurs of discontent grow
opaque truths disguised as liesdb-she hits every mark
even the tremor on cue
applause in her headfp-disastrous results
mountains of disapproval
stark realitydb-lichen spreads along the ridge
no trace of fading footstepsfp-wind-harried clouds burst
ice pellets repelled by glass
mist forms once again

Rengay?

Rengay is a form of linked verse created as an alternative to Japanese renga or renku. The form was devised by Garry Gay in California in 1992. A rengay consists of six thematic haiku verses and is normally composed by two or three poets, although solo and six-person rengay are not uncommon.

This form actually requires a bit of explanation, so I recommend that you read about it HERE.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

–Ben Harper (b. 1969)

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!

#Collaboration #Cycle #Disapproval #Erasure #Identity #Illusion #Perception #Performance #Poem #Poetry #Rengay

WIST Quotations Mar 11

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

We need to dare disturb the universe by not being manipulated or frightened by judgmental groups who assume the right to insist that if we do not agree with them, not only do we not understand but we are wrong. How dull the world would be if we all had to feel the same way about everything, if we all had to like the same books, dislike the same books.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censor #censorship #disagreement #disapproval #disturbance #judgmental #reading #unruliness

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Miss Kitty 🌈🌈🌈Feb 24

*Incumbent Performance *51% to 56% #disapproval rating *Historically #correlates with major losses for the President's party. - *Generic #Ballot *Democrats #lead by 6 to 14 points *Suggests a high probability of #Republicans #losing House control. -

Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️Feb 8

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@rationaldoge/116034777033726984

This discrepancy of audience response is the real reason DT is not going to the Superbowl and why his minions tried to create diversions. The media monster may have occupied Washington DC, thrown US out of the Kennedy Center to create a “boo proof” environment, possibly an AI generated salute, but the distortions will exacerbate these tensions between reality and deception.
#Olympicsaudience #disapproval #Vance

WIST Quotations Feb 6

A quotation from Horace

We learn more quickly and bring back to mind more readily
The things we laugh at than those we respect and revere.

[Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius ilud
Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 2, ep. 1 “To Augustus,” l. 262ff (2.1.262-263) (14 BC) [tr. Palmer Bovie (1959)]

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We learn more quickly and bring back to mind more readily The things we laugh at than those we respect and revere. [Discit enim citius, meminitque libentius ilud Quod quis deridet, quam quod probat et veneratur.] On why he declines to write epic poetry: because he doubts his talents, and…

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DrWeb Feb 4

CNN Polls – CNN Politics

CNN Poll of Polls: Trump approval

Presidential job approval ratings are one of the few metrics consistently and similarly measured in nearly all major public polls. An average of recent polls can often paint a more reliable picture of how the public views the president than a single poll can. The CNN Poll of Polls tracks President Donald Trump’s average approval and disapproval ratings in national polls. It includes the most recent results on this question which meet CNN’s standards for reporting and which measure the views of all US adults. The CNN Poll of Polls does not have a margin of sampling error.

See CNN’s archived Poll of Polls averages for President Joe Biden >>

Latest Trump approval rating

CNN Poll of Polls

Approve40%Disapprove59%

Date Range: 01/14-01/28

Editor’s Note: The disapproval is hovering at or near 60% disapproval of Trump. It will continue to fall, right up to Midterms, and beyond. My prediction… Thanks to CNN for their fine summary poll. Across the multiple polls, the data in patterns become visible.–DrWeb

*The CNN Poll of Polls aggregates and averages a number of recent polls. The latest Poll of Polls includes results from Marquette Law School (01/21-01/28), Pew Research Center (01/20-01/26), Reuters/Ipsos (01/23-01/25), Strength In Numbers/Verasight (01/14-01/20), CBS News/YouGov (01/14-01/16).

CNN Poll of Polls: Trump approval rating over time

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Donald Trump Job Approval Rating, 2025.
Source: CNN Poll of Polls / RealClearPolitics / The Economist

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