Wisdom in SpaceIn a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
-- George Orwell
Luke TrevorrowAnother book haul from the charity shop. Three books acquired: Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell; Moonraker by Ian Fleming; and something of a chance read - The Enchanted Night by Miklós Bánffy (no idea what this will be like, but thought I’d try it out). #bookhaul #charityshop #georgeorwell #nineteeneightyfour #ianfleming #moonraker #miklosbanffy #theenchantednight #bookstodon #books
WIST QuotationsHistory is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds of Indians from the guns, or Cromwell’s soldiers slashing Irishwomen’s faces with razors, become morally neutral or even meritorious when it is felt that they were done in the “right” cause. If one looks back over the past quarter of a century, one finds that there was hardly a single year when atrocity stories were not being reported from some part of the world; and yet in not one single case were these atrocities — in Spain, Russia, China, Hungary, Mexico, Amritsar, Smyrna — believed in and disapproved of by the English intelligentsia as a whole. Whether such deeds were reprehensible, or even whether they happened, was always decided according to political predilection.
George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)
More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/46140/
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Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations
History is thought of largely in nationalist terms, and such things as the Inquisition, the tortures of the Star Chamber, the exploits of the English buccaneers (Sir Francis Drake, for instance, who was given to sinking Spanish prisoners alive), the Reign of Terror, the heroes of the Mutiny blowing hundreds…
Trishhttps://nkvssp.thecomicseries.com/comics/655/
It bears repeating.
#Society is made up of people, for people.
#puppy #dictators #shunThem #tuesdayThought #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics #1984 #georgeOrwell #NineteenEightyFour #warnings #authors #knowthesigns #tuesday #vibecheck
Trevor Wright AuthorJust finished Animal Farm for the first time. Written in 1945. Feels like it was written yesterday. That's the problem. Everyone should read this. Especially right now.
#animalfarm #GeorgeOrwell #Bookstagram #mustread #Bookreview
https://wrightspoetry.com/2026/04/14/animal-farm-book-review/
Mx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of the Pnictogen WingGeorge Orwell wanted to terrify the world with a vision of a fascist power so overweening as to demand (when needed, situationally mind you) exceptions to the general rules of arithmetic. It's a great scene still, often mimicked or referenced. But I find myself thinking of how much more drawn out and excruciating it would have been for O'Brien to say that there were approximately four fingers visible. Four and change. Four, possibly three or five but Winston, if it makes you happy, we'll agree that it's four. For now. And what is a finger, anyway? Maybe fingers don't even exist. ~Chara
#george-orwell #1984 #waffling
https://nkvsspsundaycomics.thecomicseries.com/comics/423/
Shun the wanna-be dictator weirdos.
#puppy #sundaycomics #mondaymorning #mondayThought #weirdos #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics #dictators #removethem #1984 #GeorgeOrwell #notpsychic #warnings #authors #prescient #monday #vibecheck
P. L. Klein
RegendansZat net hier rond te kijken. Deze pagina is niet verkrijgbaar in het Nederlands maar wel in het <checks notes> Limburgs 🙂 Baskisch, Catalaans en de taal in Galicie (Noord West Spanje), Galicisch.🥳
Der KamikaZEN 
Y bien si, todos lo sabemos pero, ¿Era realmente necesario recordárnoslo tan descaradamente? 
