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In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance.

Phyllis Wheatley (1753-1784) African-American poet, manumitted (1773) enslaved person [also "Phillis" and/or "Wheatly"]
Letter (1774-02-11) to Samson Occom

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Wheatley, Phyllis - Letter (1774-02-11) to Samson Occom | WIST Quotations

In every human Breast, God has implanted a Principle, which we call Love of Freedom; it is impatient of Oppression, and pants for Deliverance. Regarding slavery. First printed in the Connecticut Gazette (1774-03-11) through Rev. Occom, her longtime friend.

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aproitz Apr 16

#Inclusion, #Diversity and #Rights for #disabled and #queer People are #Mandatory !!!
I answer the #MAGA- #Goons with a #JohnLennon-Song:
"One Thing you can't hide, is when you're crippled inside".
And read the fucking #Kant (Immanuel) ( #Cathegorical #Imperative) !

MAGA Rages Over Stevie Being Queer In 'Malcolm' Revival - Comic Sands
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MAGA Rages Over Stevie Being Queer In 'Malcolm' Revival

Imagine getting triggered by a sitcom storyline...

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WordofTheHour Feb 13

#imperative : expressive of command

- French: impératif

- German: dringend

- Italian: imperativo

- Portuguese: imperativo

- Spanish: imperativo

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 19, 2025

A quotation from William Pitt

It is true, the bill is said to be founded on necessity; but what is this? Is it not necessity, which has always been the plea of every illegal exertion of power, or exercise of oppression? Is not necessity the pretence of every usurpation? Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

William Pitt (1759-1806) British Prime Minister (1804-06) [William Pitt the Younger]
Speech (1793-11-18), House of Commons, London

More info about this quote: wist.info/pitt-william/3164/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williampitt #control #emergency #excuse #government #imperative #justification #necessity #need #oppression #power #pretense #security #servility #tyranny

WordofTheHour Oct 11, 2025

#imperative : expressive of command

- French: impératif

- German: dringend

- Italian: imperativo

- Portuguese: imperativo

- Spanish: imperativo

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Vivekanandan KS

(vivek)Oct 2, 2025

@finner
#Nix became an awesome ecosystem, it's not just one thing now. All the projects of it doing awesome things.
Scripts are imperative, Nix idea is like declarative and atomic in nature no midway script fails and undo problems etc.
If u wanna read about nix shells have a look at this, I made this for a workshop few weeks back. It's almost like blog, so u get everything from basics.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sFSG0As2L9cWjJ8qcRS6O4XDrMPe-WSlbu2oKryPIWM/

#nix #shells #scripts #imperative #declarative #atomic #workshop #blog

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Nix Shells: Supercharging Your Projects with Reproducibility, Reliability & Declarative Control By Vivekanandan KS https://linksta.cc/@vivekanandanks

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Oct 1, 2025

A quotation from William James

Without any exception known to me, militarist authors take a highly mystical view of their subject, and regard war as a biological or sociological necessity, uncontrolled by ordinary psychological checks or motives. When the time of development is ripe the war must come, reason or no reason, for the justifications pleaded are invariably fictions. War is, in short, a permanent human obligation.

William James (1842-1910) American psychologist and philosopher
Essay (1910-02), “The Moral Equivalent of War,” Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 77 (1910-10)

More info about this quote: wist.info/james-william/79447/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamjames #inevitability #duty #obligation #aggression #holywar #humancondition #humannature #imperative #violence #war #warmongering

Moshville Times Sep 8, 2025

New post: Album Review: Various Artists – Imperative Music Compilation Volume 19 https://www.moshville.co.uk/reviews/album-review/2025/09/album-review-various-artists-imperative-music-compilation-volume-19/ #Imperative

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Vivekanandan KS

(vivek)Aug 25, 2025

@joepie91
#Declarative #manifests are great. But when #people start #practicing the declarative #idea they'll #love it. Coz almost all #programs from #shells, #terminals, #programs have #configuration #files, whose #workflow is kind of, do changes and apply and repeat, that's all. That'll be a good #future #practice too.
#Imperative workflows are currently okayish for #GUI #applications, eg: changing a #setting in GUI and it'll store in declarative #manifest. That'll #help us all move forward.