"There is nothing so difficult, for a soul which has resigned itself to hopelessness, than to reopen the wound of life." d drake

ai image test—draw this: "In no more time than a few horse paces, they moved from a desolate emptiness to a populated fertility." (d drake)(grok)

ai image test—draw this: "The soldier was wearing a simple, standard uniform: a mantle, a shirt, boots, and a belt. The belt held up a scabbarded spatha, the sword" (d drake)(grok)

New Hands for Atlas | Boston Dynamics - /"the multi-fingered hand" youtu.be/4whgw2gLBS8 via @YouTube

"in every universe the birth of space travel is a cusp event" ra heinlein

"In a departure from normal America politics, none of the major parties got anywhere near the majority needed to form a government, and instead, for the first time, the government is a loose alliance of independents." The fact they elected a leader and senior members without any problems surprised a lot of commentators, and their numbers suggest that even if they get disagreement over some policy or other, the main things they campaigned on will get passed because they’ll still have the numbers.” t ellis

"If it will take ten years to make the machine with available technology, and only five years to make it with a new technology, and it will only take two years to invent the new technology, then you can do it in seven years by inventing the new technology first!” n stephenson

"You can think and you can fight, but the world’s always movin’, and if you wanna stay ahead, you gotta dance.” t pratchett

"new Systems never replace old ones, but only surround and encapsulate them" n stephenson

"be a more competent pawn" n stephenson

“America is wonderful because you can get anything on a drive-through basis." n stephenson

“The social structure of any nation-state is ultimately determined by its security arrangements,” Oh, wow, we’re going to be profound now. n stephenson

"all men are writers, journalists scribbling within their skulls the narrative of what they see and hear, notwithstanding that a man sitting opposite them might very well brew an entirely different view as to the nature of the occurrence." t pratchett

China Launches Season's First Arctic Sea Shipment to Europe: A 'New Era' or Premature 'Hype'? - /Greenland at top/ allsides.com/story/trade-chi…

“Too often, what’s practical is defined as what we need now, as opposed to what we will need, or what we could do to avoid needing it in the future.” le modesitt

"You need to give them a reason to decide irrationally." [“People seldom decide things rationally."] le modesitt @greggutfeld @realDonaldTrump