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Impish4249<p>"Will Musk’s Ties to Trump &amp; DOGE Lead to Long-Term Problems for Tesla?"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> calling <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> a"great patriot" rings totally hollow. What has he risked other than a few million of his billions? What has he done for the country other than throw it into further disarray? Trump's hollow praise will not long protect Tesla stock.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> will be forever scourged by what Musk has done &amp; what he stands for: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whitesupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whitesupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nazism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corpocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corpocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-trump-musk-tesla/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techrepublic.com/article/news-</span><span class="invisible">trump-musk-tesla/</span></a></p>
usbs-usa<p><a href="https://glasgow.social/tags/Ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ignorance</span></a> and <a href="https://glasgow.social/tags/Arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arrogance</span></a><br>The two headed beast<br><a href="https://glasgow.social/tags/Always" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Always</span></a></p>
Carol Peters<p>“Be quiet, small man. You pay a tiny fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>.”</p><p>-- <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> to Polish Foreign Minister</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Rudeness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rudeness</span></a></p>
ClareBear :tinoflag:<p><a href="https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544317/embattled-former-minister-andrew-bayly-climbing-mt-everest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rnz.co.nz/news/political/54431</span><span class="invisible">7/embattled-former-minister-andrew-bayly-climbing-mt-everest</span></a> What a non story. Slow news day is it RNZ? And I think you spelt “disgraced” wrong <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/nzpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nzpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/lazymps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lazymps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Today, in this age of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> anti - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>truth</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhQExEUdhxU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=bhQExEUdhxU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>My preferred "history repeating itself" would involve Sir Stable Genius and his owner from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muskville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muskville</span></a>, facing the same consequence for flagrant indifference to the human masses' condition. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arrogance</span></a> vs. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/guillotine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>guillotine</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MakeAmericaSaneAgain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MakeAmericaSaneAgain</span></a> (or saner!)</p>
RTN<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PBS</span></a>:<br>"<br>MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — President Donald Trump says no one has ever heard of Lesotho. The foreign minister of the small African kingdom tells The Associated Press that Trump should “speak for himself.”<br>"<br>"“It is surprising and disappointing that he claimed no one knows Lesotho, especially given that the U.S. has an embassy here,” minster Lejone Mpotjoane said,.."</p><p><a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-said-nobody-has-ever-heard-of-lesotho-but-musk-is-trying-to-do-business-there" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-s</span><span class="invisible">aid-nobody-has-ever-heard-of-lesotho-but-musk-is-trying-to-do-business-there</span></a></p><p>5.3.2025</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Lesotho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lesotho</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Impish4249<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/robertrowley.bsky.social" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>robertrowley.bsky.social</span></a></span> </p><p>Considering that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has cut <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/militaryaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militaryaid</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/intelligencesharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligencesharing</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, I don't see why he thinks he can ban anything they feel they need to do to save their lives and their lives and their country.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> #1984 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a></p>
Frank Müller 🌻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rheinneckar.social/@amayer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>amayer</span></a></span> I know. That’s why I used the subjunctive. IMHO he doesn’t even know how to write democracy. Maybe he needs it to be spelled:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Domination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Domination</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egoism</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Manipulation</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oppression</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Repression</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arrogance</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Control" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Control</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yoke</span></a></p><p>These are the only words <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> understands in the context of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>. And so he continues to destroy and divide the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>.</p>
Paul Wermer, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0<p>The Washington Post formally announcing that it is now a propaganda rag, not a newspaper that can be relied on to report accurately on issues.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/26/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/26/jeff-bezos-washington-post-opinion?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a> is a prime example of the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ProblemOfBillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProblemOfBillionaires</span></a> - <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arrogance</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ObeyingInAdvance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ObeyingInAdvance</span></a> in full evidence.</p>
FarhadGoing through old files &amp; found things I lost to severe <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/depression?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#depression</a>.<br> <br> Now I'm looking forward to start over &amp; leave the past behind.<br> <br> Have given up trying to <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/change?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#change</a> others, just looking to a place to isolate, grow <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/vegetables?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegetables</a>, have an <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/aquaponics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aquaponics</a> system &amp; some <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/chickens?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chickens</a>.<br> <br> I feel like I'm living in 1930s &amp; have to set up my life for the next horrible 20 years since most people are too busy looking through their self built tunnel, silencing &amp; attacking anyone who doesn't .<br> <br> I feel like my father before revolution in <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Iran?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iran</a>, warning us with his <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/wisdom?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wisdom</a> to look beyond the words &amp; never trust the mullahs, our <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/arrogance?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arrogance</a> &amp; <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/ignorance?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ignorance</a> destroyed our lives.<br> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/NeverAgain?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NeverAgain</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Gardening?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gardening</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Survival?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Survival</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.automat.click/discover/tags/Politics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a>
Wisdom in Space<p>Holy war inflames religion into arrogance.<br> -- Kevin Phillips (American Theocracy)</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KevinPhillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KevinPhillips</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Hammock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hammock</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KinderhookCreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KinderhookCreek</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewYork</span></a></p>
Nando161<p>When <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a>, <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a>, and <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> are the point <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/commonsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commonsense</span></a> is mind blowing.</p>
Impish4249<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>VeroniqueB99</span></a></span> </p><p>Funny how powerful people like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> who chant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> only want it for themselves....</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/controlfreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>controlfreak</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weirdo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weirdo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mysogony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mysogony</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>charity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a></p>
Cosmic Librarian<p>Narcissists are significantly more likely to feel excluded, new study finds </p><p> Narcissists tend to be excluded in social circles because of their disruptive behaviors, and if they feel left out, their arrogant and aggressive behaviors will only intensify, a new study suggests.</p><p>Uh, no comment...🙄 </p><p> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/narcissism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcissism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/behavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>behavior</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/health/narcissism-social-exclusion-rejection-wellness/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/02/20/health/narc</span><span class="invisible">issism-social-exclusion-rejection-wellness/index.html</span></a></p>
Otis Scops aka Crash Course<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>breadandcircuses</span></a></span> <br>It's no use to be right if you're unable to do something against it.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CrashCourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrashCourse</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a></p>
StanceOfMind<p>"The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have. All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them."</p><p>~Erasmus</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quote</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pride</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Vanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vanity</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arrogance</span></a></p>
Jeff Gibbard :verify:<p>Arrogance is rooted in feeling superior to others, while true confidence is self-assurance, independent of others. </p><p>Arrogance resists feedback and critique as a form of self-protection, while confidence embraces it as an opportunity for further growth. <a href="https://c.im/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/taleb-nassim-nicholas/74457/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</b></a></p><blockquote>When the map does not correspond to the territory, there is a certain category of fool — the overeducated, the academic, the journalist, the newspaper reader, the mechanistic “scientist”, the pseudo-empiricist, those endowed with what I call “epistemic arrogance”, this wonderful ability to discount what they did not see, the unobserved — who enter a state of denial, imagining the territory as fitting the map.</blockquote><p><b>Nassim Nicholas Taleb</b> (b. 1960) Lebanese-American essayist, statistician, risk analyst, aphorist.<br><i>The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms</i>, “Postface” (2010)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/taleb-nassim-nicholas/74457/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/taleb-nassim-nichola…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=assumptions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assumptions</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=theory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theory</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evidence</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>map</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>model</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=territory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>territory</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"All my life I have been an admirer of the United States and its people. But I am frightened of it now, and I am even more frightened of them."</p><p>~ Andrew Coyne, writing from Canada</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AmericanExceptionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanExceptionalism</span></a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://robertreich.substack.com/p/a-view-from-north-of-the-border" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">robertreich.substack.com/p/a-v</span><span class="invisible">iew-from-north-of-the-border</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Contempt is a dangerous way to lead a country."</p><p>~ Mariann Edgar Budde</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/cruelty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cruelty</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/arrogance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrogance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/bullying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bullying</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/deportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deportations</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/militarization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>militarization</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/AmericanExceptionalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanExceptionalism</span></a><br>/4</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/24/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-sermon-that-enraged-donald-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/24/bishop-mariann-edgar-budde-sermon-that-enraged-donald-trump</span></a></p>