Nostr notes by Mr. Bill

~ I am seeing a trend here. Has to be a blond and liar.

2026-10-10T13:22:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…zndm
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~ I am seeing a trend here. Has to be a blond and liar.

“Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us ...

2026-09-26T18:04:47Z

“Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.”

Douglas Adams

~ No Natalie?

2026-09-25T22:05:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…svng
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~ No Natalie?

When it all goes Vanilla . . . ...

2026-09-06T21:39:00Z

When it all goes Vanilla . . .

~ Then they could not possibly be great.

2026-08-24T00:12:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…q2yd
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~ Then they could not possibly be great.

~ The stories, the myths and history.

2026-08-23T23:52:40Z

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~ The stories, the myths and history.

"A wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended." ...

2026-08-23T21:30:23Z

"A wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended."

Ursula K. Le Guin

"There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, ...

2026-08-23T21:24:59Z

"There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories."

Ursula K. Le Guin

"Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going ...

2026-08-23T21:22:15Z

"Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I'm going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I'm going to unbuild walls."

Ursula K. Le Guin

Junipers always make it easy for me. This is a beautiful ...

2026-08-20T23:09:49Z

Junipers always make it easy for me. This is a beautiful specimen.

~ I could not agree more and I feel that the Martian Chronicles ...

2026-07-14T15:28:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…y2p5
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~ I could not agree more and I feel that the Martian Chronicles is a classic. Be well.

~ Long ago, I was a talk being given by Mr. Bradbury; when a ...

2026-07-14T15:16:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…lxyr
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~ Long ago, I was a talk being given by Mr. Bradbury; when a drunken woman interrupts him shouting, she is escorted from the room. Later I learned it was Ayn Rand and even later I realized the symbolism of what happened. His writing rang true while hers led us into this drunkenness. 😞

~ Thank you dear friend. This I will celebrate today. I will ...

2026-07-04T20:41:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…5hjl
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~ Thank you dear friend. This I will celebrate today. I will quote you. Thank you. ❤️

"Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them." ...

2026-06-20T15:54:42Z

"Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them."

Ursula K. Le Guin

~ The exiting ones here are swap meet centers and no longer offer ...

2026-06-13T22:44:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…3kem
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~ The exiting ones here are swap meet centers and no longer offer movies.

“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do ...

2026-06-12T20:12:06Z

“I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.”

Frederick Douglass

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” Frederick ...

2026-06-12T20:06:36Z

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

Frederick Douglass

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism ...

2026-06-06T20:34:33Z

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and then offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”

Timothy Snyder

Of course, there will be a price to pay for being the only ...

2026-05-31T17:45:29Z

Of course, there will be a price to pay for being the only species which fouls our nest

“To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.”

James Randi

"History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that ...

2026-05-10T16:52:01Z

"History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it."

Robert A. Heinlein

"God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented ...

2026-05-10T16:46:03Z

"God was invented to explain mystery. God is always invented to explain those things that you do not understand."

Richard P. Feynman

"No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are ...

2026-05-08T17:41:27Z

"No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars."

Ursula K. Le Guin

" It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how ...

2026-04-28T14:30:11Z

" It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works."

Terry Pratchett

"The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make ...

2026-04-17T22:15:34Z

"The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it."

James A. Baldwin

"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the ...

2026-04-01T20:56:15Z

"You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere."

Ursula K. Le Guin

"No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are ...

2026-04-01T20:53:07Z

"No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars."

Ursula K. Le Guin

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it ...

2026-03-23T17:07:37Z

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”

Maya Angelou

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world ...

2026-03-08T17:53:01Z

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

Jimi Hendrix

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of ...

2026-03-08T17:44:21Z

"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."

Albert Einstein

"The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in ...

2026-02-10T17:37:34Z

"The greatness of humanity is not in being human, but in being humane."

Mahatma Gandhi

“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack ...

2026-02-04T17:54:11Z

“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it.”

Timothy Snyder

“The most important thing is to have a sense of responsibility, ...

2026-02-01T17:11:10Z

“The most important thing is to have a sense of responsibility, commitment, and concern for each of our fellow human beings.”

Dalai Lama XIV

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. ...

2026-02-01T17:07:59Z

“People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, “Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.” I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.”

Carl R. Rogers

"Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people ...

2026-01-24T21:41:05Z

"Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others. "

Unknown

"Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels ...

2026-01-24T21:33:35Z

"Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people."

Roy T. Bennett

“Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a ...

2026-01-23T21:09:57Z

“Of course it is exhausting, having to reason all the time in a universe which wasn’t meant to be reasonable.”

Kurt Vonnegut – Book – (Breakfast of Champions)

I have not seen this domain before. Is it what I think it is? ...

2026-01-22T16:02:47Z

I have not seen this domain before. Is it what I think it is?

"There is a distinct difference between having an open mind ...

2026-01-19T18:46:27Z

"There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out."

James Randi

There was a time when I would be saying this man has too much ...

2026-01-16T01:33:42Z

There was a time when I would be saying this man has too much time on his hands, but nor this time

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/man-going-viral-teaching-crows-004604488.html

“I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please ...

2026-01-04T18:10:03Z

“I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings. I think that, uh, we should use our energy and our initiative to solve our problems, and stop relying on prayer and wishful thinking. If we have faith in ourselves, we won't have to have faith in gods.”

Ruth Hurmence Green

“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without ...

2025-12-20T17:30:15Z

“Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you are dead.”

Kurt Vonnegut

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels ...

2025-12-20T17:27:48Z

“Be the reason someone smiles. Be the reason someone feels loved and believes in the goodness in people.”

Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

"Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the ...

2025-12-15T17:35:51Z

"Humanism is the only - I would go so far as saying the final- resistance we have against the inhuman practices and injustices that disfigure human history."

Edward Said

“The ability to ask questions is the greatest resource in ...

2025-12-11T17:42:48Z

“The ability to ask questions is the greatest resource in learning the truth.”

Carl Jung

“Everyone you meet knows something you don’t know but need to ...

2025-12-11T17:35:31Z

“Everyone you meet knows something you don’t know but need to know. Learn from them.”

Carl Jung

"To embrace humanism is to embrace the concept that caring ...

2025-12-06T16:59:01Z

"To embrace humanism is to embrace the concept that caring for our fellow human beings is our highest calling."

Sean Faircloth

“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack ...

2025-11-20T17:49:23Z

“Nature doesn’t cheat – people do.” James Randi ...

2025-11-16T18:16:24Z

“Nature doesn’t cheat – people do.”

James Randi

“We’re not at the point of trying to stop global warming; ...

2025-11-12T19:09:49Z

“We’re not at the point of trying to stop global warming; it’s too late for that. We’re trying to keep it from becoming a complete and utter calamity.”

Bill McKibben

"Science," of course, replaced "God" as a guiding ...

2025-11-04T22:01:39Z

"Science," of course, replaced "God" as a guiding concept for many people after Darwin. Or, really, the two were rolled up into a sticky ball. To some degree this was mindless worship of a miracle future, the pursuit of which has landed us in the fix we now inhabit.

Bill McKibben

"A lot of people hate my skepticism, and I think I understand ...

2025-11-02T17:51:30Z

"A lot of people hate my skepticism, and I think I understand why. The psychics offer wonders and endless possibilities in a world that often seems difficult and mundane. They promise health, wealth, wisdom, eternal life. But if you examine the record, it's not the psychics but the hard-nosed scientists who have actually delivered the things that improve human life. And, to me, science describes a world far more interesting than any psychic fantasy. It's a good world, not perfect"

James Randi

"We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to ...

2025-11-02T17:46:31Z

"We owe it to our kids to inform them and train them how to think, not what to think."

James Randi

"Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective ...

2025-10-29T20:02:25Z

"Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience does violence to the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism."

Hermann Hesse

I was asked by a new comer how does one deal with all the ...

2025-10-22T15:03:30Z

I was asked by a new comer how does one deal with all the comments on one's posts. I replied that one must hold the mindset of this quote from Plato.

"A wise man has something to say and a fool has to say something"

❤️

"It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it ...

2025-10-21T18:04:39Z

"It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works."

Terry Pratchett

"Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation ...

2025-10-21T17:55:17Z

"Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show."

Terry Pratchett

“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and ...

2025-10-19T16:46:16Z

“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”

Kurt Vonnegut

“We allowed ourselves to accept the politics of inevitability, ...

2025-10-17T16:54:38Z

“We allowed ourselves to accept the politics of inevitability, the sense that history could move in only one direction: toward liberal democracy... We imbibed the myth of an “end of history”. In doing so, we lowered our defenses, constrained our imagination, and opened the way for precisely the kinds of regimes we told ourselves could never return.”

Timothy Snyder

~ Recall that flood? and his church was the only structure around ...

2025-10-14T00:51:36Z

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~ Recall that flood? and his church was the only structure around that could be used to house the victims and he took 2 days to decide to open it.

Interesting read ...

2025-10-13T23:42:38Z

Interesting read

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/vertical-morality-term-may-describe-161402209.html

‘The essence of fascism is to make up a community of people who ...

2025-10-13T21:50:02Z

‘The essence of fascism is to make up a community of people who are convinced they have the right to do whatever they want.’

by Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Do not obey in advance.” Timothy Snyder ...

2025-10-10T20:26:17Z

“Do not obey in advance.”

Timothy Snyder

“Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ...

2025-10-09T16:23:52Z

“Climate change is the single biggest thing that humans have ever done on this planet. The one thing that needs to be bigger is our movement to stop it.”

Bill McKibben

"Be wary of paramilitaries." Timothy Snyder ...

2025-09-29T20:02:51Z

"Be wary of paramilitaries."

Timothy Snyder

"Post-truth is pre-fascism." Timothy Snyder ...

2025-09-29T20:00:27Z

"Post-truth is pre-fascism."

Timothy Snyder

"The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power ...

2025-09-29T19:56:26Z

"The mistake is to assume that rulers who came to power through institutions cannot change or destroy those very institutions."

Timothy Snyder

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2025-09-27T01:05:24Z

"Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most ...

2025-09-25T20:25:07Z

"Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it."

Bertrand Russell

"Remember your humanity, and forget the rest." Bertrand ...

2025-09-25T20:22:38Z

"Remember your humanity, and forget the rest."

Bertrand Russell

The number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given ...

2025-09-22T20:18:45Z

The number of rational hypotheses that can explain any given phenomenon is infinite.

Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)

Quality tends to fan out like waves. The Quality job he ...

2025-09-22T20:14:18Z

Quality tends to fan out like waves. The Quality job he didn't think anyone was going to see is seen, and the person who sees it feels a little better because of it, and is likely to pass that feeling on to others, and in that way the Quality tends to keep on going.

Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)

“For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. ” ― ...

2025-09-20T20:35:08Z

“For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. ”

― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart ...

2025-09-19T17:42:00Z

“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.”

― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called ...

2025-09-19T17:40:09Z

“When one person suffers from a delusion, it is called insanity. When many people suffer from a delusion it is called a Religion.”

― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate ...

2025-09-16T21:04:03Z

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.”

Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced ...

2025-09-16T20:55:13Z

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist.”

Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

"If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it ...

2025-09-12T17:41:16Z

"If you stick a knife nine inches into my back and pull it out three inches, that is not progress. Even if you pull it all the way out, that is not progress. Progress is healing the wound, and America hasn't even begun to pull out the knife."

Malcolm X

“Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human ...

2025-09-11T20:27:28Z

“Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings. Homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, mental illness, and illiteracy are only a few of the problems that disappear from public view when the human beings contending with them are relegated to cages.”

Angela Davis

“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously ...

2025-09-11T20:24:43Z

“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.”

Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete?

~ I think your attitude and many others are the reason that many ...

2025-09-10T18:16:50Z

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~ I think your attitude and many others are the reason that many have fled the US. We are too busy throwing rocks at barking dogs and no enough time building bridges. Also, the threats to his family. Like myself, he is asking others to think in this thoughtless world. Please do.

“If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us ...

2025-09-10T17:39:30Z

“If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.”

Timothy Synder

"Read books. Defend institutions. Contribute to good causes. ...

2025-09-10T17:36:25Z

"Read books. Defend institutions. Contribute to good causes. and finally Believe in truth."

Timothy Synder

Ry Cooder He'll Have to Go (Jim Reeves) ...

2025-09-08T22:41:05Z

Ry Cooder
He'll Have to Go
(Jim Reeves)

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=78Zfk2seVVQ

“Art breaks open a dimension inaccessible to other experience, ...

2025-09-07T16:43:09Z

“Art breaks open a dimension inaccessible to other experience, a dimension in which human beings, nature, and things no longer stand under the law of the established reality principle...The encounter with the truth of art happens in the estranging language and images which make perceptible, visible, and audible that which is no longer, or not yet, perceived, said, and heard in everyday life.”

Herbert Marcuse

“The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate ...

2025-09-07T16:36:26Z

“The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressively to the commodity form. The need for possessing, consuming, handling and constantly renewing the gadgets, devices, instruments, engines, offered to and imposed upon the people, for using these wares even at the danger of one’s own destruction, has become a “biological” need.”

Herbert Marcuse

“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. ...

2025-08-31T16:39:17Z

“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”

Kurt Vonnegut
— From The Sirens of Titan

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” Terry ...

2025-08-28T17:31:29Z

“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”

Terry Pratchett

"Science is best defined as a careful, disciplined, logical ...

2025-08-24T16:13:35Z

"Science is best defined as a careful, disciplined, logical search for knowledge about any and all aspects of the universe, obtained by examination of the best available evidence and always subject to correction and improvement upon discovery of better evidence. What's left is magic. And it doesn't work."

James Randi

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it ...

2025-08-21T16:15:45Z

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them, and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both.”

Frederick Douglass

"It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting ...

2025-08-19T15:08:28Z

"It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul."

Ursula K. Le Guin

~ They will not disappoint. Some elementary students planted our ...

2025-08-18T20:32:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…necl
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~ They will not disappoint. Some elementary students planted our neighborhood and we have been watching the butterflies flourish here. 💕

~ Not directly, agreed.

2025-08-18T19:53:51Z

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~ Not directly, agreed.

~ We all do. 😍

2025-08-18T19:52:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…hes4
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~ We all do. 😍

~ Exquisite ❤️

2025-08-18T19:33:04Z

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~ Exquisite ❤️

"If you limit yourself only to what seems possible or ...

2025-08-18T17:20:35Z

"If you limit yourself only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is compromise."

Anais Nin

"Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We ...

2025-08-18T17:17:23Z

"Our culture made a virtue of living only as extroverts. We discouraged the inner journey, the quest for a center. So we lost our center and have to find it again."

Anais Nin

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not ...

2025-08-18T17:14:16Z

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

Anais Nin

~ In my case I went with the premium for $25/mo and everything ...

2025-08-17T16:04:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…vue6
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~ In my case I went with the premium for $25/mo and everything was ok for a short while then ads appeared and then more infomercials came in my way. When I complained; I was sent a refund and I cannot login in or view. Invidious saved my music.

~ Alas, I am banned from youtube. I may watch at a neighbors. ...

2025-08-17T15:22:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…rne0
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~ Alas, I am banned from youtube. I may watch at a neighbors. Thank you. 💕

I was on a project in LA and it was lame, but across from my ...

2025-08-17T02:27:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…qmat
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I was on a project in LA and it was lame, but across from my hotel was a dance studio that offered Tango lessons. Those lessons so enriched my life. That piece is special to me because it is a complex and wonder blend of electric and classical guitar.