#sociability

WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-12-18

A quotation from Eric Hoffer

We ought to beware of people who do not think it necessary to pretend that they are good and decent. Lack of hypocrisy in such things hints at a capacity for a most depraved ruthlessness.

Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 200 (1955)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/80863/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #badperson #character #decency #depravity #goodperson #hypocrisy #pretense #ruthlessness #sociability #mask

2025-09-17

Individual variation in #sociability is a central feature of every society, including #HoneyBees. This study shows that specific genetic variants & #brain gene expression patterns are linked to variation in the social act of sharing liquids (trophallaxis) in bees @PLOSBiology plos.io/3VjjXnJ

Left: Barcoded honey bee workers share liquid food via trophallaxis. Credit Tim Gernat. Right: A barcoded honey bee worker sitting on a flower during a foraging trip. Credit: Zachary Huang.
2025-08-21

New article out today in #Scientific #Data: Lewandowski et al. (2025) present the #Apemen #Faces #Database (#ApeFD)!
620 #hominin faces, with #morphometric data + "vibe check" (#threat, #sociability, #trustworthiness... you name it).

Researchers can use this #open dataset to explore questions on #ocular #morphology, social perception, facial morphology, and even applications in cross-disciplinary fields such as #primatology, #cultural #anthropology, and media studies. Go wild, use it in your research, and e-mail us if you have any questions! :D

đź”— Article: doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-058
đź”— Dataset: doi.org/10.18150/L2RHIA

A screenshot of the title, authors' list, and the abstract of the article. The title says: The Apemen Faces Database (ApeFD). The authors are: Zdzisław Lewandowski, Slawomir Wacewicz, Juan Olvido Perea-García, Vojtěch Fiala , Marta Sibierska, Anna Szala, and Dariusz P. Danel. The abstract says: The Apemen Faces Database is a novel and versatile stimulus set designed for research in behavioral biology, evolutionary psychology, and related fields. The dataset comprises 620 photorealistic, artificially generated facial images of 31 generalized hominin models, available in multiple ocular coloration variants (31 hominins x 20 color variants). Each of the 31 facial portraits is paired with geometric morphometric data and norming information that includes perceptual ratings of six constructs (Threat, Sociability, Trustworthiness, Health, Age, and Masculinity). Further, editable .psd files enable easy generation of a wide spectrum of great ape eye phenotypes. The images were designed to be morphologically diverse, sufficiently humanlike to elicit social attributions, yet clearly non-human. This unique “humanlike but not human” design facilitates the study of face perception beyond the boundaries of extant human variation, offering novel opportunities for investigating cognitive and perceptual mechanisms in both humans and non-human primates.
Gay CurmudgeonHermitsDaily
2025-06-21

I may be an old Hermit, but I do see a few special people on a very limited basis. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.

WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-04-21

A quotation from Judith Martin

The stress of making small talk with in-laws is called being part of a family.

Judith Martin (b. 1938) American author, journalist, etiquette expert [a.k.a. Miss Manners]
“Miss Manners,” syndicated column (2014-02-18)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/martin-judith/76275/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #missmanners #chitchat #conversation #duty #family #inlaw #smalltalk #sociability

Judith Martin: The stress of making small talk with in-laws is called being part of a family.
Sara Teinturier Phototeinturs@photog.social
2025-04-15

Launch of issue 10 of Siggi, sociology magazine on the theme of sociability
đź—“ Wednesday April 16, 5@7
📍 Quai des Brumes - 4481 rue Saint-Denis - Montreal

I publish a photographic essay: “le café”, gathering photos taken over the period 1996-2024.

#essaiphoto #photoessay #café #sociologie #sociabilite #sociability #bnw #sociophotography @sociology

Sara Teinturier Phototeinturs@photog.social
2025-04-15

(English in thread) Lancement du numéro 10 de Siggi, magazine de sociologie, sur la thématique de la sociabilité
đź—“ Mercredi 16 avril, 5@7
📍 Quai des Brumes - 4481 rue Saint-Denis - Montréal

J'y publie un essai photographique : "le café", regroupant des photos prises sur la période 1996-2024.

#essaiphoto #photoessay #café #sociologie #sociabilite #sociability #bnw #sociophotography #montreal #quebec

Photo des pages introductives de l'essai photographique "Le Café". La photo d'une vitrine de café est sur la page de droite, l'essai se déploie en regard et dessous. 

Photo of the introductory pages of the photographic essay “Le Café”. The photo of a cafĂ© window is on the right-hand page, with the essay unfolding opposite and below.Couverture du numĂ©ro 10 de Siggi sur la sociabilitĂ©. Illustration rĂ©alisĂ©e par Francis Desharnais. Ă€ dominante bleue et verte, des personnages griffonnĂ©s se rencontrent, jasent, rient. 

Cover of Siggi issue 10 on sociability. Illustration by Francis Desharnais. Predominantly blue and green, doodled characters meet, chat and laugh.
WIST Quotations Has Moved!wist@my-place.social
2025-03-04

A quotation from Emerson

Art is a jealous mistress, and, if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture, or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1860), “Wealth,” The Conduct of Life, ch. 3

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/emerson-ralph-waldo/…

#quote #quotes #quotation #architecture #art #artist #career #creativity #husband #spouse #partner #income #job #liberalarts #marriage #muse #music #painting #philosophy #poetry #sociability #wealth #writer #writing

WIST Quotations moves again!WISTquote@zirk.us
2024-07-10

A quotation from Austen, Jane:

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We are to have a tiny party here tonight. I hate tiny parties, they force one into constant exertion.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/austen-jane/70534/

#quote #quotes #quotation #effort #gathering #hosting #party #sociability #work

@rabia_elizabeth
@actuallyautistic In the main, yes. (And none whatsoever for chicken-shit.)

#Allistic #Autism #Sociability #Conversation

WIST Quotations moves again!WISTquote@zirk.us
2024-05-02

A quotation from Landers, Ann:

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At every party there are two kinds of people — those who want to go home and those who don’t. The trouble is, they are usually married to each other.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/landers-ann/69111/

#quote #quotes #quotation #extrovert #gathering #introvert #marriage #party #sociability #spouse

WIST Quotations moves again!WISTquote@zirk.us
2024-04-24

A quotation from Austen, Jane:

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I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/austen-jane/10454/

#quote #quotes #quotation #agreeability #compatibility #friendship #introvert #sociability

2023-08-22

Just published by Gabriel Otero, Quentin Ramond et al., "The damages of stigma, the benefits of prestige: Examining the consequences of perceived residential reputations on neighbourhood attachment", in Santiago (Chile) #sociability #inequality journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.11

WIST Quotations moves again!WISTquote@zirk.us
2023-07-20

A quotation from Kierkegaard, Soren:

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I have just now come from a party where I was its life and soul; witticisms streamed from my lips, everyone laughed and admired me, but I went away — yes, the dash should be as long as the radius of the earth’s orbit ——————————— and wanted to shoot myself.
»»»»»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
wist.info/kierkegaard-soren/62

#quote #quotes #quotation #anxiety #despair #party #sociability #suicide #wit

Pauline von Hellermannpvonhellermannn@mastodon.green
2023-06-27

@NatureMC
2/2 this impact of #Heatwaves on #Sociability #Community and #Mobility really needs more talking about.

#Conspiracy theories (like the erroneous belief that the #15minCity is about restricting movement) claim that #ClimateAction is #Authoritarian #EcoFascism restricting our #freedom, but it’s #climatechange itself that will force us to stay at home

#NoFreedomOnADeadPlanet

Ugly Bag of Mostly WaterBendingUnit@undernopretext.social
2023-05-13

K asserts that #sociability appears to favor the growth of intelligence. #Communities foster better survivability, and intelligence needs security and nurturing to grow. Primates, dolphins, elephants, humans.... all the species deemed intelligent are social animals.

Adrienne_tapsilog
2020-12-06

and his concept of is remarkable. What the fuck. This is good shit. How come they don’t teach him more

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