Thought of the Day

[Vin Marco]

[mike carey]

Remember, remember! The fifth of November,

The Gunpowder treason and plot;

I know of no reason, why the Gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot!

[+ FrankR]

[+ nycman]

47 minutes ago, FrankR said:

You’re an ass.

grin

And yes…I wiped.

[+ Cash4Trash]

In the information age ignorance is a choice. 

[mike carey]

13 minutes ago, Cash4Trash said:

In the information age ignorance is a choice. 

True, but we too easily mistake information for knowledge, or worse for wisdom.

[+ sync]

2 hours ago, Cash4Trash said:

In the information age ignorance is a choice. 

For me it's mental survival.

[mike carey]

@susiedent.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and...

Just joined this and starting to find my way around.

[+ ApexNomad]

1 minute ago, mike carey said:

@susiedent.bsky.social on Bluesky

BSKY.APP

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Good morning. Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and...

Just joined this and starting to find my way around.

I like the word of the day.

[mike carey]

Finding it was serendipitous - I was doing a reverse Marie Kondo, finding posters who might bring me joy, and Nigella Lawson had reposted this in her time line.

[+ ApexNomad]

3 minutes ago, mike carey said:

Finding it was serendipitous - I was doing a reverse Marie Kondo, finding posters who might bring me joy, and Nigella Lawson had reposted this in her time line.

The word of the day already seems to be rubbing off on you. 🙂

Nigella Lawson used to (maybe she still does) do really nice dessert cooking shows.

[mike carey]

The Macquarie Dictionary has come up with its word of the year, and the winner is enshittification. Not how I would have spelt it, but that's just me. (Not -tt-.) The article I saw this in is paywalled, this one it not.

Australian Dictionary Picks 'Enshittification' As Word Of The Year

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Australia's quasi-official Macquarie Dictionary has picked "enshittification" as the word of 2024, tapping into a...

They've called it quasi-official, as although it is a private project of Macquarie University in Sydney, it has become the accepted national standard used by government and other institutions.

[+ FrankR]

18 hours ago, mike carey said:

The Macquarie Dictionary has come up with its word of the year, and the winner is enshittification. Not how I would have spelt it, but that's just me. (Not -tt-.) The article I saw this in is paywalled, this one it not.

Australian Dictionary Picks 'Enshittification' As Word Of The Year

WWW.BARRONS.COM

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Australia's quasi-official Macquarie Dictionary has picked "enshittification" as the word of 2024, tapping into a...

They've called it quasi-official, as although it is a private project of Macquarie University in Sydney, it has become the accepted national standard used by government and other institutions.

Dude! Can we please keep the expletives to a minimum?? 🤣

[mike carey]

[Danny-Darko]

[Danny-Darko]

[mike carey]

Not the usual epigram or short philosophical observation but a longer form reflection on an Arabic word for acceptance when things don't turn out the way you had hoped. It is used in Islam to encapsulate the idea of recognising that not everything in life is within your control, and that failure is not necessarily something you could have avoided or prevented. And it's not simply a concept in Islam, but is an idea that is reflected in other world religions. Of course, the idea of changing what you can, accepting what you cannot and having the wisdom to tell the difference is not confined to religion.

Put another way, experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

 

The concept of ‘naseeb’ offers a way to stay grounded even when the world refuses to make sense | Shadi Khan Saif | The Guardian

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In Muslim communities, naseeb is a word people often say when things don’t go to plan. But what does it really mean...