RE: https://mas.to/@kissane/115771219606234540

Thank you so much, Erin! You are a writer and poster supreme! I love your websites too. They are fascinating and engaging:
https://www.wrecka.ge/
and
https://erinkissane.com

#Reporting #GoodWriting #GoodIntentions #Earthquakes #Tsunamis #Salvage #Networks #PublicHealth #Politics and MUCH else besides.

A quotation from Ben Franklin

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/80…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #action #determination #effort #execution #followthrough #followup #goodintentions #inertia #intention #laziness #resolution #sloth #wellintentioned #wordsanddeeds

Earlier this summer, I wore a black hat to my city’s Dyke March.
Across the front, in bold rainbow letters, it said MAGA. Below it, the punchline read Make America Gay Again.
https://medium.com/prismnpen/why-i-wore-a-maga-hat-to-pride-and-won-t-do-it-again-75851f78ce4b?sk=f796095d44c514669f2a7410f2166af1

#LGBTQ #Pride #MAGA #GoodIntentions #Division

In an attempt to actually play all the boardgames I own rather than keep replaying sporadically the couple we know how to play I treated myself to the Boardgame Stats app. I was pleasently surprised by how easy it was to catalogue all of the games I own and I love the random game button if I'm struggling to think of something to play. We are aiming to make Saturday nights Boardgame and PC co-op game night

#GoodIntentions #BGStats #Boardgames

We all have that corner of the garage where good intentions go to rest. The projects that seemed brilliant at 2 AM but somehow never quite came together in daylight.

Tag someone whose parts collection tells stories of abandoned dreams. We've all been there.

What's your longest-running unfinished project? Some builds take decades to find their moment.

#projectgraveyard #goodintentions #bobberculture #somedaymaybe

🎥 👉 @lnspltblvd

A quotation from Will Rogers

Will Rogers (1879-1935) American humorist
Essay (1932-03-12), “Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to Senator Borah,” Saturday Evening Post

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/rogers-will/76180/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #willrogers #autobiography #doinggood #goodintentions #history #memoir #past #wishfulthinking #wrongdoing

A quotation from Joubert

Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 18 “Du Siècle [On the Age],” ¶ 21 (1850 ed.) [tr. Auster (1983), 1813 entry]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translation: wist.info/joubert-joseph/21783…

#quote #quotes #quotation #change #corruption #decadence #goodintentions #government #law #politics #problem #program #solution

A quotation from Molière

Molière (1622-1673) French playwright, actor [stage name for Jean-Baptiste Poquelin]
Tartuffe, Act 4, sc. 5 (1664) [tr. Wilbur (1963)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/moliere/65413/

#quote #quotes #quotation #accomodation #carnality #compromise #divinelaw #God, #goodintentions #gratification #heaven #intent #lust #pleasure #seduction #sin #virtue #wellintentioned

If you’re expecting #gay #footballers to #comeout as a group this week, you’ve been #played.

The #Goodintentions of #MarcusUrban’s #gay-#footballers-focused “#SportsFree” are at risk of being overshadowed by online #hype

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Sports #Soccer #Representation #Culture

https://www.outsports.com/2024/5/13/24093764/gay-footballers-coming-out-group-may-17-sports-free-bundesliga-media-hype/

Biting my tongue on Facebook.

I just saw a heartwarming FB post (reposted by a good friend) in which a "neuroscientist" (*doubt*) allegedly explained to her daughter about cognitive abilities. She used glasses filled with water. If the "memory ability" glass was filled up extra for someone, that meant some other ability had to be emptied out a bit, so if someone has a cognitive deficit of some kind you can be sure they have a compensating cognitive strength somewhere else.

As someone who has administered about 200 IQ tests and other intellectual assessment measures to kids and adults...

Just no. Fairy tales that misrepresent reality aren't good for kids even if they seem to support your values.

Another issue is that this anti-evidence theory could plausibly lead someone to ignore or minimize others' disabilities when they need recognition and support. "It's sad that you have low IQ, but that's okay because I'm sure your brain compensates in other ways! Bye!"

#badscience #misinformation #goodIntentions #RoadToHell