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“It is hard to be brave,” said Piglet, sniffing slightly, “when you’re only a Very Small Animal.”

A. A. Milne (1882-1956) English poet and playwright [Alan Alexander Milne]
Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 7 “Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest” (1926)

More about this quote: wist.info/milne-a-a/80809/

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Winnie-the-Pooh, ch. 7 "Kanga and Baby Roo Come to the Forest" (1926) - Milne, A. A. | WIST Quotations

"It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal."

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Ferrous Jan 17, 2023

I made a video of 'On Smallness and Power'.

I used lots of #timelapse footage of skies over #Edinburgh, and a couple of short clips of @scrappapertiger and our dog, Kifl, and a few little #slomo clips of other things.

I hope you enjoy it.

#Smallness, #power, #politics, #clouds
https://youtu.be/HoQsYG0oGKQ

On Smallness and Power

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Ferrous Jan 15, 2023

I wrote 'On Smallness and Power' back in 2018.

I think a lot of effort has gone into convincing people to feel powerless, or to feel empowered by things which don't actually achieve much, and certainly don't threaten the status quo.

It's easy to feel small, in a neoliberal society. To feel like none of the options we're presented with will make much difference. Which they probably won't - that's why we need to look out for courses of action that we're *not* presented with.

Anyway, I made a recording and put it on #SoundCloud. I'll be turning it into a video soon, but for now here's the #audio:
On #Smallness and #Power -
https://on.soundcloud.com/88GXd

On Smallness and Power

In a world of 7.6 billion people, does it really matter what each of us does? I argue that it does, and that it's very convenient for extremely powerful people when they're able to convince us otherw

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Aral Balkan Nov 5, 2022

Fediverse server admins: have you considered putting a limit on the number of people that can join your instance?

If not, please do.

(This should really be a feature in fediverse servers like Mastodon, etc. “Max occupancy” or something with an auto-shutoff when it’s reached.)

Remember, small is beautiful ;)

If nothing else, I’m sure none of you want to become mini Zuckerbergs or Musks – eww – so let’s make sure we set the right incentives from the start.

#fediverse #scale #smallness