katalogeur
@katalogeur.bsky.social
'Kataloguing' = musing while roaming through historical tales of wonder and woe
Quotes I like:
Of the exercise of a right, power may deprive me; of the right itself, never. Privilege, in the abstract, does not exist; there is no such thing. Rights recognized, privilege is destroyed.
⇐ Voltairine de Cleyre
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltair...
Of the exercise of a right, power may deprive me; of the right itself, never. Privilege, in the abstract, does not exist; there is no such thing. Rights recognized, privilege is destroyed.
⇐ Voltairine de Cleyre
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltair...
Voltairine de Cleyre - Wikiquote
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December 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Quotes I like:
Of the exercise of a right, power may deprive me; of the right itself, never. Privilege, in the abstract, does not exist; there is no such thing. Rights recognized, privilege is destroyed.
⇐ Voltairine de Cleyre
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltair...
Of the exercise of a right, power may deprive me; of the right itself, never. Privilege, in the abstract, does not exist; there is no such thing. Rights recognized, privilege is destroyed.
⇐ Voltairine de Cleyre
en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Voltair...
"Music for Airports liner notes contain a graphic score designed by Brian Eno himself. Not a trained musician, and unable to read or write sheet music, he instead used graphic symbols to denote each musical phrase or loop."
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
Still many people enjoyed this ambience
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Still many people enjoyed this ambience
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
"Music for Airports liner notes contain a graphic score designed by Brian Eno himself. Not a trained musician, and unable to read or write sheet music, he instead used graphic symbols to denote each musical phrase or loop."
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
Still many people enjoyed this ambience
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
Still many people enjoyed this ambience
Quotes I like:
Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.
⇐ G.K. Chesterton
Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.
⇐ G.K. Chesterton
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Quotes I like:
Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.
⇐ G.K. Chesterton
Moderate strength is shown in violence, supreme strength is shown in levity.
⇐ G.K. Chesterton
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Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 1
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
‘The village’
Artist: SR Badmin
*Interesting* quote:
As we speak cruel time is fleeing.
Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.
⇐ Horace (poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65BC-8AD, Rome)
(Promoter of phrase carpe diem, lit. 'Pluck the day.' )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace
As we speak cruel time is fleeing.
Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.
⇐ Horace (poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65BC-8AD, Rome)
(Promoter of phrase carpe diem, lit. 'Pluck the day.' )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace
Horace - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 PM
*Interesting* quote:
As we speak cruel time is fleeing.
Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.
⇐ Horace (poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65BC-8AD, Rome)
(Promoter of phrase carpe diem, lit. 'Pluck the day.' )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace
As we speak cruel time is fleeing.
Seize the day, believing as little as possible in the morrow.
⇐ Horace (poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus 65BC-8AD, Rome)
(Promoter of phrase carpe diem, lit. 'Pluck the day.' )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace
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The body of María Florinda Ríos Pérez, a Guatemalan woman killed in Indiana, has been returned to her native country.
Body of Guatemalan woman killed when she went to clean the wrong Indiana house is returned home
The body of María Florinda Ríos Pérez, a Guatemalan woman killed in Indiana, has been returned to her native country.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The body of María Florinda Ríos Pérez, a Guatemalan woman killed in Indiana, has been returned to her native country.
Favorite stories:
And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers – shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle – to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
⇐ Time Traveller, The Time Machine (1895)
And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers – shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle – to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
⇐ Time Traveller, The Time Machine (1895)
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Favorite stories:
And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers – shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle – to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
⇐ Time Traveller, The Time Machine (1895)
And I have by me, for my comfort, two strange white flowers – shrivelled now, and brown and flat and brittle – to witness that even when mind and strength had gone, gratitude and a mutual tenderness still lived on in the heart of man.
⇐ Time Traveller, The Time Machine (1895)
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#nowwatching
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
After listening to the sound track all day, I had to rewatch it.
Brad and Janet run into trouble on their honeymoon - a flat tire, and the only place in sight is the castle of the lovely Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Don't be shy-who else loves this movie?
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
After listening to the sound track all day, I had to rewatch it.
Brad and Janet run into trouble on their honeymoon - a flat tire, and the only place in sight is the castle of the lovely Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Don't be shy-who else loves this movie?
November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
#nowwatching
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
After listening to the sound track all day, I had to rewatch it.
Brad and Janet run into trouble on their honeymoon - a flat tire, and the only place in sight is the castle of the lovely Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Don't be shy-who else loves this movie?
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
After listening to the sound track all day, I had to rewatch it.
Brad and Janet run into trouble on their honeymoon - a flat tire, and the only place in sight is the castle of the lovely Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
Don't be shy-who else loves this movie?
TIL : "Cold temperatures weaken nasal immunity, making us more vulnerable to viruses. A mere 5°C drop in nasal tissue temperature reduces immune response by nearly half."
Mama was right.
www.healthline.com/health-news/...
Mama was right.
www.healthline.com/health-news/...
Scientists Finally Figure Out Why You Get Sick in Cold Weather
New research suggests there may be biological reasons that we are at a significantly increased risk of getting sick when temperatures drop.
www.healthline.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
TIL : "Cold temperatures weaken nasal immunity, making us more vulnerable to viruses. A mere 5°C drop in nasal tissue temperature reduces immune response by nearly half."
Mama was right.
www.healthline.com/health-news/...
Mama was right.
www.healthline.com/health-news/...
What really led Trump to threaten Seattle's World Cup
"Wrestling is a ... metaphor for (his) style. He comes out of the pro wrestling scene in New York ... fans pretend the insults and acted body slams are real, to keep the entertainment juices flowing."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"Wrestling is a ... metaphor for (his) style. He comes out of the pro wrestling scene in New York ... fans pretend the insults and acted body slams are real, to keep the entertainment juices flowing."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
What really led Trump to threaten Seattle’s World Cup
The president sparked local anxiety, twice, with threats to pull the World Cup from Seattle. But it wasn't his idea, writes columnist Danny Westneat. This is how Trump's theater show really works.
www.seattletimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
What really led Trump to threaten Seattle's World Cup
"Wrestling is a ... metaphor for (his) style. He comes out of the pro wrestling scene in New York ... fans pretend the insults and acted body slams are real, to keep the entertainment juices flowing."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
"Wrestling is a ... metaphor for (his) style. He comes out of the pro wrestling scene in New York ... fans pretend the insults and acted body slams are real, to keep the entertainment juices flowing."
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Quotes I like:
All gold is fool's gold.
⇐ Edward Abbey
All gold is fool's gold.
⇐ Edward Abbey
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Quotes I like:
All gold is fool's gold.
⇐ Edward Abbey
All gold is fool's gold.
⇐ Edward Abbey
To go where only a few have gone before: the Star Trek Fediverse! startrek.website
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
To go where only a few have gone before: the Star Trek Fediverse! startrek.website
Quotes I like:
Even the loneliest nomad on the steppes of Asia can have the news of the world by twisting a dial. He doesn't have to read. Once the common man has a chance to learn what is going on, he has a chance to control his destiny.
⇐ Walter Brattain, transistor co-inventor
Even the loneliest nomad on the steppes of Asia can have the news of the world by twisting a dial. He doesn't have to read. Once the common man has a chance to learn what is going on, he has a chance to control his destiny.
⇐ Walter Brattain, transistor co-inventor
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Quotes I like:
Even the loneliest nomad on the steppes of Asia can have the news of the world by twisting a dial. He doesn't have to read. Once the common man has a chance to learn what is going on, he has a chance to control his destiny.
⇐ Walter Brattain, transistor co-inventor
Even the loneliest nomad on the steppes of Asia can have the news of the world by twisting a dial. He doesn't have to read. Once the common man has a chance to learn what is going on, he has a chance to control his destiny.
⇐ Walter Brattain, transistor co-inventor
Quotes I like:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
⇐ George Bernard Shaw
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
⇐ George Bernard Shaw
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Quotes I like:
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
⇐ George Bernard Shaw
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
⇐ George Bernard Shaw
Tom Baker, MBE
Nov. 10, 2025
Nov. 10, 2025
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Tom Baker, MBE
Nov. 10, 2025
Nov. 10, 2025
Quotes I like:
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.
⇐ Groucho Marx
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.
⇐ Groucho Marx
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Quotes I like:
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.
⇐ Groucho Marx
I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.
⇐ Groucho Marx
Quotes I like:
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
<== Balzac
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
<== Theodore N. Vail
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
<== Balzac
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
<== Theodore N. Vail
November 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Quotes I like:
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
<== Balzac
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
<== Theodore N. Vail
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
<== Balzac
Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable.
<== Theodore N. Vail
Quotes I like:
The question is not how to get good people to rule; the question is how to stop the powerful from doing as much damage as they can to us.
⇐ Karl Popper (1902-1994)
The question is not how to get good people to rule; the question is how to stop the powerful from doing as much damage as they can to us.
⇐ Karl Popper (1902-1994)
November 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Quotes I like:
The question is not how to get good people to rule; the question is how to stop the powerful from doing as much damage as they can to us.
⇐ Karl Popper (1902-1994)
The question is not how to get good people to rule; the question is how to stop the powerful from doing as much damage as they can to us.
⇐ Karl Popper (1902-1994)
Quotes I like:
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<== Theodore Roosevelt
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<== Theodore Roosevelt
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Quotes I like:
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<== Theodore Roosevelt
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
<== Theodore Roosevelt
I left bluesky several months ago, and returned recently to see if it had improved. Nope. Same stupid 300-character limit, still putting up huge images that take up 40x as much space, still preventing real exploration of the millions of users by limiting creation of real communities. Bye again.
October 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I left bluesky several months ago, and returned recently to see if it had improved. Nope. Same stupid 300-character limit, still putting up huge images that take up 40x as much space, still preventing real exploration of the millions of users by limiting creation of real communities. Bye again.
Quotes I like
He who lives wisely to himself and to his own heart, looks at the busy world through the loop-holes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray. 'He hears the tumult, and is still.' He is not able to mend it.
⇐ William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
www.blupete.com/Literature/E...
He who lives wisely to himself and to his own heart, looks at the busy world through the loop-holes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray. 'He hears the tumult, and is still.' He is not able to mend it.
⇐ William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
www.blupete.com/Literature/E...
Wm. Hazlitt - "On Living to One's Self" (1821).
What I mean by living to one's-self is living in the world, as in it, not of it: it is as if no one know there was such a person, and you wished no one to know it: it is to be a silent spectator of the mighty scene of things, not an object of attention or curiosity in it; to take a thoughtful, anxious interest in what is passing in the world, but not to feel the slightest inclination to make or meddle with it.
www.blupete.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Quotes I like
He who lives wisely to himself and to his own heart, looks at the busy world through the loop-holes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray. 'He hears the tumult, and is still.' He is not able to mend it.
⇐ William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
www.blupete.com/Literature/E...
He who lives wisely to himself and to his own heart, looks at the busy world through the loop-holes of retreat, and does not want to mingle in the fray. 'He hears the tumult, and is still.' He is not able to mend it.
⇐ William Hazlitt (1778-1830)
www.blupete.com/Literature/E...
Quotes I like:
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.
⇐ Sheng-yen (1931-2009
Chan school of Taiwan, originating source of Zen.)
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.
⇐ Sheng-yen (1931-2009
Chan school of Taiwan, originating source of Zen.)
October 24, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Quotes I like:
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.
⇐ Sheng-yen (1931-2009
Chan school of Taiwan, originating source of Zen.)
I follow four dictates: face it, accept it, deal with it, then let it go.
⇐ Sheng-yen (1931-2009
Chan school of Taiwan, originating source of Zen.)
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![Comic. Confusion matrix showing renditions of different combinations, colored yellow, tan, or gray. [Air: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Lead: gamma rays G, neutrons T, alpha particles G, light G, Sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust T, radio G, sharks G] [Water: gamma rays T, neutrons G, alpha particles G, light T, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Vacuum: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound G, heat T, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G] [Oven mitts: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound T, heat G, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks Y] [Armor: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords G, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks T] [Biohazard suit: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles G, light G, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust G, radio Y, sharks Y] [Faraday cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio G, sharks Y] [Shark cage: gamma rays Y, neutrons Y, alpha particles Y, light Y, sound Y, heat Y, swords Y, toxic dust Y, radio Y, sharks G]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib7rzofmrqb5cvnyccnb7ftj6qroxtp55i4dqqnbp2ozun6gaxbkm@jpeg)
October 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
This article describes what shape the White House was in 80 years ago when Harry Truman moved in....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
EG: "a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
EG: "a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below."
White House Reconstruction - Wikipedia
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October 24, 2025 at 6:20 AM
This article describes what shape the White House was in 80 years ago when Harry Truman moved in....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
EG: "a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_H...
EG: "a leg of Margaret Truman's piano crashed through the floor in her second floor sitting room and through the ceiling of the Family Dining Room below."