A quotation from Emerson

Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances — it was somebody’s name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1860), “Worship,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 6

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Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5FBJyqfoLM

In 1968, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act that made it illegal to discriminate in housing. Gene Demby of NPR’s Code Switch explains why neighborhoods are still so segregated today.

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Housing Segregation and Redlining in America: A Short History | Code Switch | NPR

YouTube

#Trump does not even try to #excuse himself about this mega #security #error

As usual... :

#insults instead of #excuses

#Attack instead of #Defense , especially when you are wrong..

https://youtube.com/shorts/CuctNpFTdEA?si=fF_V1r9Xl6eZpHR9

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#Trump does not even try to #excuse himself ajout this mega #security #error As usual... : #insults instead of #excuses #Attack instead of #Defense , especially when you are wrong.. youtube.com/shorts/CuctN...

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Bluesky

Bluesky Social
@MarkAsser This seems like a #SensiblePrecaution rather than an #excuse, Mark.
Failing to allocate a time later in the week to do some pruning might just tip it into the category of an excuse, though.

#excuse : to forgive entirely, or to admit to be little censurable, and to overlook

- French: excuse

- German: die Ausrede

- Italian: scusa

- Portuguese: desculpa

- Spanish: la excusa

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Yesterday we packed the car again and set off with another load of #furniture, only some of it #flatpack, and other supplies to make the #cottage in #PrestonBrook habitable.

Guess who got in #trouble when unloading the car at our destination? My #excuse is there's 30 yards of muddy #towpath to walk along to reach the cottage.