Today's poem:

Lament of a Man for His Son
- anonymous

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/800005157968576512/lament-of-a-man-for-his-son?source=share

#poetry #love #lament #death #life #futility #parenthood

Oh, joy! 😴 Another Wordle clone but with the thrilling addition of futility: predict your failure before you even start! 🎉 Because why play games when you can bask in the glory of disappointment among fellow desk jockeys? 🚀
https://boring.game/invite/SRhyUStjin #WordleClone #Futility #GamingDisappointment #DeskJockeys #ThrillingFailures #HackerNews #ngated

"Futility is a novella written by Morgan Robertson, first published in 1898. It was revised as The Wreck of the #Titan in 1912. It features a fictional American ocean liner named Titan that sinks in the North Atlantic Ocean after striking an #iceberg. The Titan and its sinking are famous for their similarities to the real-life passenger #ship RMS #Titanic and its sinking 14 years later."

The Wreck of the Titan: Or, #Futility
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Titan:_Or,_Futility

🤖 Oh, the irony! Humans handwrite a tedious manifesto on the necessity of #manual #labor while simultaneously dreading their inevitable #obsolescence by robots. If only these ivory tower thinkers knew that writing about AI's inadequacy is the ultimate exercise in #futility. 😂💻
https://www.ssp.sh/brain/will-ai-replace-humans/ #irony #AI #tech #humor #HackerNews #ngated

A quotation from Molly Ivins

The War on Drugs is the perfect substitute for the Cold War. We can continue to pursue policies that don’t work on the cheerful assumption that if we just do more of what doesn’t work, it will solve the problem.

Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1990-02), “The Czar is Hooked,” The Progressive

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/ivins-molly/78096/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #mollyivins #futility #policy #problemsolving #Prohibition #warondrugs

I want to copy and paste from my iPad to my android phone. #ios #android #futility #oldmanyellsatcloud

A quotation from Lincoln

The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1839-12-26), “The Sub-Treasury,” Illinois House of Representatives, Springfield

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2862…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #cause #failure #futility #intimidation #perseverance #righteousness #courage

Today's poem:

Old Houses of Charlottenburg
- by William Greco

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/785698731228086272/old-houses-of-charlottenburg?source=share

#Berlin #Charlottenburg #house #architecture #surreal #futility #bourgeois #complacency

unitedforclimate.blogspot.com/2025/04/john... #AIEvidentialMaterial #Perplexity #DeepAIimage: in Consideration of Russian Influence in UK politics Attacking Democracy Llewelyn Pritchard 6 June 2025 #FossilFuelledWar #Stupidity #Futility #UltimatelyNobodyBenefits

RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN UK POLITI...

OPINION: War generally represents Humanity's #Stupidity #Futility

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zse4mldsnlvz4htia3guzoyf/post/3lqw6s5ta5s25

The Preacher's whole premise featured the #futility, or #absurdity, of life. Nothing we do under the sun endures. It will all have to be done again.

Many people despair regarding "the grind" and are discouraged by the various behaviors we have to participate in constantly. Such things are often associated with drudgery.

Yelich homers twice and the Brewers hold off the Pirates 8-5 after a long rain delay https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/47947/ #Baseball #Brewers #BryanReynolds #ChristianYelich #FirstInning #futility #hit #KeyMomentrodriguez #LongRainDelay #MikeBurrows #Milwaukee #MilwaukeeBrewers #MilwaukeeBrewers #MLB #MLBHistory #NationalLeague #nl #NLCentral #pirates #Pittsburgh #PittsburghPirates #RainDelayedGame #run #SecondHomeRun #solo #SpencerHorwitz

Milwaukee Brewers 8 Pittsburgh Pirates 5 (May 22, 2025) https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/47810/ #Baseball #BryanReynolds #ChristianYelich #FirstInning #futility #game #hit #KeyMomentrodriguez #MilwaukeeBrewers #MLB #MLBHistory #pirates #Pittsburgh #PittsburghPirates #PittsburghPirates #run #SecondHomeRun #SeriesOpener #solo #SpencerHorwitz

Inheriting a post's visibility setting of "Followers only" for Mastodon replies. IIUC, is a rather absurd feature.

OP has followers a, b, and me.
I have followers x and y, neither of whom follows OP.

X and Y see my reply to OP but can't see what I'm replying to? Do I have that right?

#mastodon #askMastodon #UX #futility #socialMedia #technology #design

"Disguised Rick Roll Generator" services creating links with domain names like rickhider, disguisedrick, and rickrolltrick. That's some disguise. 🙄

#futility #sarcasm #disguise #rickroll #technology

The Legend of psychoblockie... unfolds
Chasing the absurd beauty of life with camera and keyboard. Join the journey.
🔗 https://psychoblockie.substack.com/p/the-legend-of-the-psychoblockieunfolds?r=swwz0
#psychoblockie #substack #art #hauntology #futility #nostalgia #brickpunk

“From the moment he found its first five syllabic notes, the song seems to have found its themes: #loneliness, #futility, the end of life. #McCartney was twenty-three.” #TheBeatles #PaulMcCartney #JohnLennon #EleanorRigby #music #songs lithub.com/on-eleanor-r...

On “Eleanor Rigby” as a Produc...

🎮 Behold, a "puzzle game" where a lonely chess knight gallops aimlessly, collecting points like a toddler in a candy store! 🍬🍼 With a high score of zero, it’s a masterclass in how to gamify #futility. 💀🏆
https://knightride.rakhim.org/ #puzzlegame #gamification #chessknight #highscorezero #HackerNews #ngated

Many days this is how writing code and doing software development (or just working a job?) feels. #Futility vs #Progress, #NeverGiveUpLittleGuy