A quotation from Colette

It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
 
[Il n’est pas mauvais que les enfants remettent de temps en temps, avec politesse, les parents à leur place.]

Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954) French writer
My Mother’s House [La Maison de Claudine], “The Priest on the Wall [Le curé sur le mur]” (1922) [tr. Troubridge/McLeod (1949)]

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A quotation from Marcus Aurelius

Kindness is invincible, if it be sincere and not hypocritical or a mere facade. For what can the most insulting of people do to you if you are consistently kind to him, and, when the occasion allows, gently advise him and quietly put him on the proper course at the very time when he is attempting to do you a mischief. “No, my son, we were born for something other than this; it is not I who am harmed, it is you, my son, who are causing harm to yourself.”
 
[τὸ εὐμενὲς ἀνίκητον, ἐὰν γνήσιον ᾖ καὶ μὴ σεσηρὸς μηδὲ ὑπόκρισις. τί γάρ σοι ποιήσει ὁ ὑβριστικώτατος, ἐὰν διατελῇς εὐμενὴς αὐτῷ καί, εἰ οὕτως ἔτυχε, πρᾴως παραινῇς καὶ μεταδιδάσκῃς εὐσχολῶν παῤ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν ὅτε κακοποιεῖν σε ἐπιχειρεῖ: ῾μή, τέκνον: πρὸς ἄλλο πεφύκαμεν. ἐγὼ μὲν οὐ μὴ βλαβῶ, σὺ δὲ βλάπτῃ, τέκνον.᾿]

Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher
Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν], Book 11, ch. 18 (11.18) (AD 161-180) [tr. Hard (1997 ed.)]

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RE: https://techhub.social/@chris_hitarori/115762484112344166

#Poll / #Umfrage (orig. engl. version, PDF, 2025, Oct 28 ):

https://www.pcpsr.org/sites/default/files/Poll%2096%20press%20release%20FINAL%20ENGLISH%2028%20Oct%202025.pdf

#Gaza #Hamas #Palestine #WestBank #Palestinians #October7th #terror #attack #TrumpPlan #disarming #Islam #Arab #Abbas #Fatah #Barghouti
#Israel #DIG

Disarming an Atomic Bomb Is the Worst Job in the World

https://daxe.substack.com/p/disarming-an-atomic-bomb-is-the-worst

#HackerNews #Disarming #Atomic #Bombs #Worst #Job #Nuclear #Safety #Risk #Management

For #Trump, #Putin calling for #disarming #Ukraine slowly so he can more easily #genocide the country is "things are going ok in #russia.”

“If we get Mia’s #disarming smile, it’s good news,” said Ari.
“Tom looks too relaxed. Don’t you think?” said Ava.
“She’s too inscrutable,” said Jin.
“The suspense could kill me,” said Dan.
“You can’t keep us guessing,” said Ari.
“I thought you were guessing,” said Mia. #vss365

"For activists in France, mega-basins have become a symbol of how the government is adapting to climate change in precisely the wrong way. In response to intensifying droughts, French authorities have carved giant water storage systems into the countryside for large farms to draw down in dry months. Critics say these mega-basins—which can hold up to 720 million liters, the equivalent of nearly 300 Olympic-sized swimming pools—are effectively hoarding water, reserving it for private landowners, leaving rivers parched and local groundwater systems depleted."

by Morgan Meaker at @WIRED: https://www.wired.com/story/climate-activism-radical-new-face-lena-lazare/ @climate ⏚

#climate #sabotage #climateCrisis #mitigation #activism #Wired #MorganMeaker #France #megaBasins #megaBassines #water #agriculture #climateMitigation #LénaLazare #LesSoulèvementsDeLaTerre #SoulèvementsDeLaTerre #FrenchPolitics #FRPol #disarming #disarmament #reservoirs #property

@freemo

Counterpoint; maybe #police would never have been able to justify being so heavily armed in the first place, if it wasn't EASIER to get a #Gun in the #USA than to get a #Degree, a #Home, or a #Job.

The "defence against tyranny" #rhetoric LOST ANY and ALL water it may have held once the #NRA got in bed with the most tyrannical #President elected to date.

Before #disarming ANYONE, you need to disarm #NRAMembers, "#PrivateMilitias,"
ANYONE with a "#Gadsenflag," #MAGAs...

When you stand there before us
Your smile shining like the sun
With your disarming charm
How can we deny you.

#MastoPrompt #SmallPoems #Poetry #Disarming

In the morning
I walk along the dew sprinkled sidewalks
Leaving shoe prints in cut forest green
Take side treks down asphalt paved alleys
Disarming the stray in search of easy prey
The sun barely peaks over clear blue horizon
I breathe in the day
Knowing there is more to come
Carrying gratitude in each step
Stumbling through the cascade of unknowns
Casually embracing the solitude of possibility
I breathe in the day

#MastoPrompt #SmallPoems #poetry #poem #disarming