Mastodawn

There are three things one must not do in the face of electoral disaster. Whine. Despair. Or fall for that specious old radical crap: “Things have to get worse before they can get better.” The only possible response to that one is, “Not with my child’s life.”
Nor is it helpful to sit around hoping that given enough rope, the R’s will hang themselves. They’ll hang us along with them. The only thing to do is to fight harder and smarter.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (2002-12-01) “Fight Harder and Smarter,” The Progressive Magazine

More about this quote: wist.info/ivins-molly/16447/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #fightingback #smarts #defeat #despair #election #fightingback #losing #persistence #persisting #struggle #struggling #whining

Ivins, Molly - Essay (2002-12-01) "Fight Harder and Smarter," The Progressive Magazine | WIST Quotations

There are three things one must not do in the face of electoral disaster. Whine. Despair. Or fall for that specious old radical crap: "Things have to get worse before they can get better." The only possible response to that one is, "Not with my child's life." Nor is it…

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anparker Jun 7

Firefox error pages became unusable.

`authenticity of the received data could not be verified` my ass.

Server is down, no data sent. But, hey, neither `connection refused` nor`connection reset`, but `authenticity ... could not be verified`. Authenticity of what, exactly? Closed socket? orz.

#whining #Firefox

Wisdom in Space Jun 4

Two Problems with Whining. The first is that it doesn't work. You can whine about the government or your friends or your job or your family, but nothing will happen except that you'll waste time. Worse... far worse... is that whining is a reverse placebo. When you get good at whining, you start noticing evidence that makes your whining more true. So you amplify that and immerse yourself in it, thus creating more evidence, more stuff worth complaining about. If you spent the same time prattling on about how optimistic you are, you'd have to work hard to make that true...
-- Seth Godin ((Seth's Blog))

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SethGodin #Optimism #Pessimism #Whining

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #MotorMill #Iowa

StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎May 28

#Treason, no! #Pedophilia! No! #Theft! No! #Rape! No! #Sycophantcy! #Whining! No!... Aww, damn it, circle back around to me

Mia Kivinen May 19

It seems I'm updating the blog again. This time it's a collection of LinkedIn posts, though: https://helloimatourist.blogspot.com/2026/05/six-whines-about-light-festival-maps.html

#whining #websites #Art #culture #kulttuuri #light #LightArt #LightArtFestival #MediaArt #mediataide #valo #valotaide #valotaidefestivaali #tiedotus #advertising #RespectTheArtist

Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋May 19

Dude on here is #whining about his cat... I would like to hear the #cats rebuttal. youtube.com/shorts/1D7mh...

I hate my cat

I hate my cat

YouTube

Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋May 19

Dude on here is #whining about his cat... I would like to hear the #cats rebuttal. youtube.com/shorts/1D7mh...

I hate my cat

I hate my cat

YouTube

SP⟁CED GO⟁T Apr 12

Was supposed to take off at 730a, have one stop, and get to my destination at like 11a.

Now I'm taking off at 1030a, have two stops, and don't arrive at my destination until 10p.

'Fun' day of plane hopping and sitting around airports all day to travel ~900 miles. I could just about drive in the same amount of time.

At least im leaving through a small airport that isn't filled with ICE FUCKS.

#Travel #Whining #Flying #Airports

Flipturns 🏊‍♀️ 📷 🦋Mar 16

I did enough #whining. Lol I still like #bluesky; I just wish the app worked better and was more user friendly at times.

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Ainur Elmgren Mar 14

I tell those that complain that citation styles evolve. (What else does the 7 in APA7 stand for?) They are tools for clarity and transparency that - when used well - save time.

Another thing is the predilection for citations as fillers in sentences like "Anderson & Peterson (2007) state in their 2007 study that this method is effective (Anderson & Peterson 2007)"... This should also have been ironed out in year 1! #academia #whining