Losing the best thing that ever happened to you, is the worst thing that could ever happen to you. You did at least have the best thing though, even if it's gone. Cold comfort.
Just lost the cat. He left in his sleep, at home, in his favourite spot by the window.
Farewell, Sooty. You were a good mate, and I'll never forget you.
The cat sleeps,
Fur unkempt,
Peaceful, sweet,
He purrs no more,
Too still, missing something,
The cat sleeps, one last time.
Quexlia retweeted
I've no idea who made this, but it's bloody brilliant & sums up the current mood of the country!
The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism.
I don't imagine anyone genuinely objects to the idea of restricting access to porn to protect kids, but the overreach into blocking content that isn't overly sensitive, and in some cases is nothing more than newsworthy information, is frankly disturbing.
Quexlia retweeted
There are multiple reasons this is a bad idea
I'll go through each one by one for anyone who can be arsed to find out
The only people who won't be arsed are people who think this only for ideological, NOT rational reasons
1/🧵
Quexlia retweeted
Paul Dirac's remarks on God and religion (1927) 💭
If we are honest — and scientists have to be — we must admit that religion is a jumble of false assertions, with no basis in reality. The very idea of God is a product of the human imagination. It is quite understandable why primitive people, who were so much more exposed to the overpowering forces of nature than we are today, should have personified these forces in fear and trembling. But nowadays, when we understand so many natural processes, we have no need for such solutions. I can't for the life of me see how the postulate of an Almighty God helps us in any way. What I do see is that this assumption leads to such unproductive questions as why God allows so much misery and injustice, the exploitation of the poor by the rich and all the other horrors He might have prevented. If religion is still being taught, it is by no means because its ideas still convince us, but simply because some of us want to keep the lower classes quiet. Quiet people are much easier to govern than clamorous and dissatisfied ones. They are also much easier to exploit. Religion is a kind of opium that allows a nation to lull itself into wishful dreams and so forget the injustices that are being perpetrated against the people. Hence the close alliance between those two great political forces, the State and the Church. Both need the illusion that a kindly God rewards — in heaven if not on earth — all those who have not risen up against injustice, who have done their duty quietly and uncomplainingly. That is precisely why the honest assertion that God is a mere product of the human imagination is branded as the worst of all mortal sins.
