Chris
@chrisb502.bsky.social
Volunteer, hobbyist, model railroader, and occasional freelance writer.
To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, I feel like a man without a country. I’m determined to make my little part of the world a better, kinder, more compassionate place.
To paraphrase Kurt Vonnegut, I feel like a man without a country. I’m determined to make my little part of the world a better, kinder, more compassionate place.
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At trivia last night they announced the next category was going to be current events and everybody booed
February 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
At trivia last night they announced the next category was going to be current events and everybody booed
If Felon 47 isn’t on Putin’s payroll, how would he act any differently if he was?
February 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
If Felon 47 isn’t on Putin’s payroll, how would he act any differently if he was?
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
How is this legal?
Exclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources say
Aides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials.
www.reuters.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
How is this legal?
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MAGAs are using DEI now because woke was too difficult to spell.
January 30, 2025 at 10:37 PM
MAGAs are using DEI now because woke was too difficult to spell.
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So… Who got the job because of the way she looks or who she knows, and not her qualifications?
January 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
So… Who got the job because of the way she looks or who she knows, and not her qualifications?
If guys like Mike Lee aren’t on Putin’s payroll, would they behave any differently if they were?
I wish I could snap my fingers and get Mike Lee out of the Senate.
January 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
If guys like Mike Lee aren’t on Putin’s payroll, would they behave any differently if they were?
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Facts. Love Adam’s insights
The highest compliment from someone who disagrees with you is not “You were right.” It’s “You made me think.”
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
Good arguments help us recognize complexity where we once saw simplicity.
The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.
January 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Facts. Love Adam’s insights
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It’s out in the open and they admit it now.
January 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It’s out in the open and they admit it now.
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'Don't Let Bishop Budde Stand Alone: A Challenge to Every Minister in America.'
READ AND SHARE POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
READ AND SHARE POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
January 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
'Don't Let Bishop Budde Stand Alone: A Challenge to Every Minister in America.'
READ AND SHARE POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
READ AND SHARE POST: johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dont-let-b...
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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Seneca
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
- Seneca
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
January 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.
- Seneca
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
- Seneca
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
“If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.” - Mahatma Gandhi
January 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“If you don't find God in the next person you meet, it is a waste of time looking for him further.” - Mahatma Gandhi
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You don’t need a front-row seat to this political circus all the time.
January 21, 2025 at 12:31 AM
You don’t need a front-row seat to this political circus all the time.
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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
- Epictetus
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
- Epictetus
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
January 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
- Epictetus
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
- Epictetus
#stoicism #inspiration #philosophy
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"If what philosophers say of the kinship of God and Man be true, what remains for men to do but as Socrates did:—never, when asked one's country, to answer, "I am an Athenian or a Corinthian," but "I am a citizen of the world.""
- Epictetus#philosophyh#stoici#Epictetusu#wisdomo#dailystoicic
- Epictetus#philosophyh#stoici#Epictetusu#wisdomo#dailystoicic
January 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"If what philosophers say of the kinship of God and Man be true, what remains for men to do but as Socrates did:—never, when asked one's country, to answer, "I am an Athenian or a Corinthian," but "I am a citizen of the world.""
- Epictetus#philosophyh#stoici#Epictetusu#wisdomo#dailystoicic
- Epictetus#philosophyh#stoici#Epictetusu#wisdomo#dailystoicic
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I fear there is deep truth here.
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I fear there is deep truth here.
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This is what it means to be a “citizen of the world.”
What Is Sympatheia? (And Why It’s So Damn Important)
In Book Six of Meditations, Marcus gives himself (and us) a command to keep an important idea in mind. “Meditate often,” he writes, “on the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all things ...
dailystoic.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This is what it means to be a “citizen of the world.”
FB’s new “free speech” policies are why I’m here exploring Bluesky. I’ve had enough, and I’m stick and tired of billionaires yanking the chains of decent people and democracy.
NEW: Platformer has obtained the dehumanizing new guidelines moderating what people can now say about trans people on Facebook and Instagram. Employees tell me these changes are likely to inspire more violence against LGBT people: www.platformer.news/meta-new-tra...
January 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
FB’s new “free speech” policies are why I’m here exploring Bluesky. I’ve had enough, and I’m stick and tired of billionaires yanking the chains of decent people and democracy.
Just tried to cancel my 2025 trial membership and looks like I missed the cutoff date AGAIN so fuuuuck
January 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM