Their cruelty made them feel good, it made them feel proud, it made them feel happy. And it made them feel closer to one another…Their shared laughter at the suffering of others is an adhesive that binds them to one another, and to Trump. PS. - Adam Serwer, The Cruelty Is the Point

Cyberspace. A consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators, in every nation, by children being taught mathematical concepts...  PS. - Wm Gibson

When the past is always with you, it may as well be present; and if it is present, it will be future as well. PS. - William Gibson,  Neuromancer

I don't think a man has to go around shouting and play-acting to prove he is something. And a real man don't go around putting other guys down, trampling their feelings in the dirt, making out they're nothing. PS. - Joe Frazier

...This world had more potential than I...ever imagined. But the hatred here, it never ends, just swaps clothes. This century took off a hood...put on a suit. You say change is coming? Well, it's too damn slow...the cost way too high. And being forced to watch it hurts. PS. - Guinan, NG

PANDEMONIUM, n. Literally, the Place of All the Demons. Most of them have escaped into politics and finance, and the place is now used as a lecture hall by the Audible Reformer. PS. - Ambrose Bierce

Heather: Is he dead yet? Donny: Getting there. PS. - Bully

 “We need to start viewing quitting as a tool of perseverance, rather than the enemy of it,” she said. “If we find ourselves in a hole, often we dig harder when we should just stop digging.” www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

Why you should quit and not look back: ‘Saying yes to everything is saying no to what matters’

In her new book, The Case For Quitting: The Surprising Benefits of Opting Out, Lindsay Crouse discusses the costs and traps of never giving up – and how she set herself free

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Soon the Earth will be transformed, by humans, into Mars. PS. - Climate Flip - Climate Risk Reporting In Banks

'Why do so many people seem to love righteous indignation?' 'Because if you can prove you're a victim, all rules are off. You can lash out at people. You don't have to be accountable for anything.' PS. - Brandon Stanton,  Humans of New York

“It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” PS. – Henry David Thoreau

Cameron Stanley, the chief digital and artificial intelligence officer for the Department of Defense, wrote in June that xAI’s Grok “enabled U.S. forces to deploy over 2,000 munitions to 2,000 distinct targets within 96 hours during Operation Epic Fury.”  www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Killer AI is already here—we’re using it in Iran

Despite AI fears, a new poll shows few Americans know about the Pentagon's AI-assisted massacres.

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No one is actually dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away. PS. - Terry Pratchett

The words ‘squander’ and ‘Pentagon’ have sometimes been used in the same sentence... PS. - Dean Koontz, Watchers

...This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. This is not a way of life at all in any true sense. Under the clouds of war, it is humanity hanging on a cross of iron. PS. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Debi: Everybody's coming back to take stock of their lives. You know what I say? Leave your livestock alone. PS. - Grosse Pointe Blank

I have known a vast quantity of nonsense talked about bad men not looking you in the face. Don't trust that conventional idea. Dishonesty will stare honesty out of countenance any day in the week, if there is anything to be got by it. PS. - Charles Dickens

It's better to face madness with a plan than to sit still and let it take you in pieces. PS. - Josh Malerman, Bird Box

But what I did sense was an emptiness like a black hole inside of him, and there was no predicting what might emerge from a place like that. PS. - Ryu Murakami