WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/76016/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Bertrand Russell</b></a></p><blockquote>A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.</blockquote><p><b>Bertrand Russell</b> (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher<br><i>Conquest of Happiness</i>, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/76016/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…</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=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bertrandrussell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bertrandrussell</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=analgesic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analgesic</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=drinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drinking</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=drunkenness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drunkenness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=frustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frustration</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hedonism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hedonism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=living" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>living</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=oblivion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oblivion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=palliative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palliative</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pleasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleasure</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unawareness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unhappiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unhappiness</span></a></p>
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OccuWorld<p>THINK OUTSIDE THE CAGE</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/CultureWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CultureWar</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austerity</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/RecordProfits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecordProfits</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/AntiUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiUnion</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homeless</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Impoverishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoverishment</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/DeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeathCult</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/HumanBehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanBehavior</span></a> </p><p>'Limited smartphone accessibility led to reduced smartphone use, but instead of becoming less distracted, participants shifted their attention to their laptops. '</p><p><a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-constantly-distracted-ways-procrastinate-isnt.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techxplore.com/news/2025-03-co</span><span class="invisible">nstantly-distracted-ways-procrastinate-isnt.html</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>TechXplore: Those constantly distracted by their phone will just find other ways to procrastinate if it isn’t nearby, study suggests. “Limited smartphone accessibility led to reduced smartphone use, but instead of becoming less distracted, participants shifted their attention to their laptops. Across conditions, participants did not spend different amounts of time on work or leisure […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/techxplore-those-constantly-distracted-by-their-phone-will-just-find-other-ways-to-procrastinate-if-it-isnt-nearby-study-suggests/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/techxplore-those-constantly-distracted-by-their-phone-will-just-find-other-ways-to-procrastinate-if-it-isnt-nearby-study-suggests/</a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leak</span></a> was never about an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a>. It was a diagnostic stain, exposing the rot festering beneath the Mythic US’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/veneer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veneer</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>. The fleeting obsession with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/protocols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protocols</span></a> and personnel errors encapsulated the farce: a society expertly trained by its <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machine</span></a> to fixate on trivialities while the Operational US – the militarist-oligarchic core – wages <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wars</span></a> with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/psychopathic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychopathic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/impunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impunity</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p</span><span class="invisible">/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Beyond the App: America's Willing Acceptance of Imperial Crime”</p><p>by Raja Sohail Bashir in The Geopolitical Compass on Substack </p><p>“This article wields the Signal leak as a diagnostic tool. The disproportionate attention to process over substance exemplifies how the distraction machine operates: trivialities amplified, atrocities obscured, and publics anesthetized to the crimes committed in their name”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p</span><span class="invisible">/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Imperial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imperial</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a></p>
Newfangled<p>I'm deleting my Discord server. This blog post explains why.</p><p><a href="https://blog.newfangled.live/deleting-my-discord-server" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.newfangled.live/deleting-</span><span class="invisible">my-discord-server</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/conversation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conversation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>connection</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a></p>
datum (n=1)<p>Panel 5 of this <a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/evm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">smbc-comics.com/comic/evm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is 💯 </p><p>(comic by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ZachWeinersmith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ZachWeinersmith</span></a></span> )</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comic</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Headline: Trump officials mistakenly texted war plans to reporter</p><p>Actual news: Trump officials intentionally use(d) unclassified systems to share classified information</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“Trump’s habit of deflection might explain last night's statement, and his habit of distraction might explain today’s social media post, in which the president returned to an exchange of words between him and Maine governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, more than three weeks ago…”<br>—Heather Cox Richardson, March 22, 2025<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a></p>
OccuWorld<p>Former Ranger Says Be Afraid For ALL Public Lands</p><p><a href="https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/03/op-ed-former-ranger-says-be-afraid-all-public-lands" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalparkstraveler.org/2025</span><span class="invisible">/03/op-ed-former-ranger-says-be-afraid-all-public-lands</span></a></p><p>they expect to force upon us their awful agenda of selling off what is ours…</p><p><a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Selling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Selling</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commons</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Division" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Division</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Profit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Profit</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Management" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Management</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PublicHarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHarm</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/PrivateProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateProfit</span></a> <a href="https://syzito.xyz/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Goggles<p>TIL (Today I Learned) that, while on the train, if you spray a hand moisturizer that's lightly scented like the cologne my grandma used to wear, then the endless rattling of your crispy-snack package won't irritate the heck out of me – because I'm busy thinking about my grandma.</p><p><a href="https://kind.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>The oligarchs are distracting the people that need to be solely focussed on the fascism that is passing opressive laws.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a></p>
The 🇨🇦 Resistance<p>Some of the things that will be used to justify this <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> will be <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> 's retaliation to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>. There have already been social media posts about how our economically defensive tactics are "illegal".</p><p>Combined with the sociopathic dismissal of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> as "not a real country" and how we are "subsidized" or "tariff abusers" -- the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> is 'othering' and essentially de-humanizing <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadians</span></a>.</p><p>The real motive is to expand territory and gain access to energy and minerals.</p>
NotImpressed<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ceasefire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ceasefire</span></a> <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/palestine" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>palestine</span></a></span> </p><p>"The Gaza ceasefire is a distraction from "Israel’s" deeper strategy: dismantling Palestinian statehood, imposing foreign control, and ensuring permanent occupation under US guidance"<br>Slow genocide +"...destroying the Palestinian Authority (PA) would mean that Palestine has no seat at the UN" <br>Also "destroying UNRWA...which means the agency that registers Palestinian refugee status is being killed"</p><p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/the-israeli-agenda-for-gaza-and-the-west-bank-that-everyone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">english.almayadeen.net/article</span><span class="invisible">s/analysis/the-israeli-agenda-for-gaza-and-the-west-bank-that-everyone</span></a></p>
Estelle Platini<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Screens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Screens</span></a> "train us in convenience, which is training in predictability, in the facade of certainty. And when that facade inevitably breaks, we often find ourselves at sea.</p><p>"In the brilliant and ever-relevant Seeing Like a State, James C. Scott outlines the many ways states fail; principle among them is an obsession with putting things in order, with simplification and efficiency. More often than not, that efficiency translates into brittleness and weakness, into systems so fragile they break the moment something unanticipated arises."</p><p><a href="https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/make-life-possible" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">aworkinglibrary.com/writing/ma</span><span class="invisible">ke-life-possible</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/creation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/creatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creatives</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entertainment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/alienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alienation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/screen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screen</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technique</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technocriticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocriticism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/statehood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statehood</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/technocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technocracy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/fragility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fragility</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/progress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progress</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Sick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sick</span></a> and <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/tired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tired</span></a></p><p>(<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Disclaimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disclaimer</span></a>: <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> is at the head for a reason, but all else is random. Getting <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/distracted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distracted</span></a> by what should go where is exactly the <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/petty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>petty</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> they want.)</p>
Marie 🇸🇪<p>-> At the same time, it may be a distraction – an easy way to focus on the surface to avoid deeper, more pressing issues like inequality, environmental degradation or the fragility of our mental well-being (which is also reinforced by this superficiality). If we put half as much energy into cultivating character, compassion & sustainability as we do into chasing eternal youth, well 🤷🏻♀️</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>youth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/aging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/character" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>character</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/eternalyouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eternalyouth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Maturity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maturity</span></a></p>
Starry Time Podcast<p>🚨 New episode is out now!</p><p>In this week's episode, we were lynx-eyed and went searching for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lynx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lynx</span></a> in pop culture! </p><p>Of course, we found the branding wanting, and had some suggestions... </p><p>Listen here: <a href="https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lynx-pop-culture-superstar/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/</span><span class="invisible">e/lynx-pop-culture-superstar/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Lynx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lynx</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/PopCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PopCulture</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a></p>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEfJdtdtEoc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=IEfJdtdtEo</span><span class="invisible">c</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DoubleDownNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleDownNews</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DDN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DDN</span></a> </p><p>REVEALED: <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> & <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AdolphMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdolphMusk</span></a>'s BRUTAL Secret </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/GeorgeMonbiot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgeMonbiot</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TaxCutsForTheRichIsTHEFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxCutsForTheRichIsTHEFT</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DivideAndConquer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DivideAndConquer</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CapitalismAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismAndGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Scapegoating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scapegoating</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ClassStruggle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassStruggle</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CapitalismAndFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalismAndFascism</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ElonMuskIsANazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMuskIsANazi</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/FCKNZS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FCKNZS</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TheWealthyAndTheFascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheWealthyAndTheFascists</span></a></p>
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