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“If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” -George Washington, 1st president of the United States (1732 - 1799)

@benjitaylor Please improve the trending/ news interface within the search section. It's so dull and boring and I believe it has so much potential.

First thing on the agenda: improve everything

@de5imulate Sick!

@de5imulate Loving these!🙏thanks for sharing

The world is not in your books and maps. It's out there

@vintagemapstore This gave me anxiety

Global Farming Land, USGS Survey.

@mysticcastIe Giving me Gondor vibes

Castel del Monte, Italy 🇮🇹

@naturebeauty760 I love the British Isles ♥️

"Remember that you are an actor in a drama, of such a kind as the author pleases to make it... see that you act it naturally." - Epictetus, Ancient Greek Stoic philosopher. (50 - 135AD)

Life is a drama scripted by fate/God. You don't choose the role, short or long, beggar or ruler, but your duty is to play it excellently and naturally, with virtue. Accept the part, perfect the performance. #Stoicism

Source: Enchiridion (Handbook), Chapter 17

@elonmusk YESSSS! Looks great!

Grokipedia.com enhanced

@Rhymestyle The real OG

look at my goat. Not a single thought in his head.

@SenecaQuote I feel this man🙏

@EricRWeinstein You're a great person Eric. I really appreciated this post. Thank you for sharing.

How to Explain Depression. First things first: it isn’t being down. Everyone has been down. Not everyone has been depressed. So you have to explain that two *very* different things are being confused. Q: What is Depression? Good question. I don’t know. But as near as I can figure out it’s a program that every brain has, but that hasn’t run even once in many brains. And some may never run the program. Some run it adaptively. Some can’t stop running it. It’s like a fire extinguisher required in all buildings. Just because it’s there doesn’t mean that building has ever used the extinguisher. So that is confusing! Q: Can it be modeled for those who have not experienced it? Yes! Good news. I believe it can. Here goes. Imagine you are in bed and someone literally fills up your home with waist deep molasses. It’s everywhere. Now you have to do normal things. Get up. Go to the shower. Brush your teeth. Answer the door. Cook a meal. Hopefully it occurs to you that now everything is a calculation. Can I make it to the closet to put on clothes? Is it worth getting up to brush my teeth? Do I have energy to get up. And what happens if you explain this to someone who calls and asks how you are doing? You say “I’m depressed!” They say “Cheer up!” Ok. What does that have to do with the molasses issue? NOTHING. Hence the mismatch. Q: Why would nature give us this program? Here is a guess. Depression stops people cold from doing things. Maybe it is an emergency override program for overriding absolutely everything on the rare occurrences when you need to stop all action to keep from damaging yourself and your kin through choices you are undertaking. Q: That sounds so exotic. Why is depression everywhere then?Unfortunately it seems like such an exotic program weirdly triggers too easily in many minds. Provably because we live in a modern world our biology hasn’t caught up with yet. ———- This post isn’t for people with depression. It is for all of you who live with people who have it. Hope it helps. Often the best thing you can do if you are kin to that person is to let them know that they aren’t failing you. That they matter to you. That you get that this is often being run against them not being chosen by them. And then hang in there for dear life. It’s impossible sometimes. But we gotta try. Because no one…and I mean no one… understands depression. I sure don’t. This is what little I’ve gleaned from loving, living and listening for decades to depression. Particularly around the holiday seasons. It’s a beast. Life and death really. So: Good luck out there. Rooting for you!

@elonmusk Great quote!!

For quality of life, it is better to err on the side of being an optimist and wrong, rather than a pessimist and right

@HumanityChad Fuck bro I'm crying happy tears right now

6-year-old brother finds out he’s a perfect match and can help save his sister with Leukemia .. his reaction 😭😭

@Dostoevskyquot Over and over and over again 😞

@curiosityonx Poetic ✨

🚨: Collision of NGC 4038 and NGC 4039. As they crash together, they rip each other apart—but they also trigger the birth of billions of new stars.

@Naturalphilosy Great quote!

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.” — Carl Jung

"The best thing for a man is to pass his life with as much cheerfulness as possible and as little grief." - Democritus, Ancient Greek philosopher, primarily remembered today for his formulation of an atomic theory of the universe. (460 - 370 BC)