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[?]Project Gutenberg » 🌐
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After the Concept of Peaceful Disobedience Was Established in America, It Traveled Around the World Before Taking Hold

“Force may subdue, but love gains”: The Quaker practice of conscientious objection evolved through Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhi before becoming the hallmark of the Civil Rights movement

by Jeff MacGregor

smithsonianmag.com/history/con

Books by William Penn and Henry David Thoreau. at PG:
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/86
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/54

William Penn. A formal engraved oval portrait of William Penn — Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, depicted in his characteristic broad-brimmed Quaker hat, curled wig, and plain dark coat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn#/media/File:William_Penn.png

Alt...William Penn. A formal engraved oval portrait of William Penn — Quaker leader and founder of Pennsylvania, depicted in his characteristic broad-brimmed Quaker hat, curled wig, and plain dark coat. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn#/media/File:William_Penn.png

    [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
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    Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino

    For my twin, six years younger

    Alt...For my twin, six years younger

      [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
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      Historias. Parte 2. Cuento gótico de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
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        Medium. Poem by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Médium. Poema de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
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        The Mistake. Story by Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        El error. Relato de Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. Sus poemas en su voz.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Stories. Part 2. 2. Gothic Tale By Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

        [?]Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga » 🌐
        @siradramelekallighieri@mastodon.social

        Stories. Part 2. 1. Gothic Tale By Rolando Enrique Rosales Murga. His poems in his own voice.

        [?]Isaac Asimov » 🤖 🌐
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        "Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today — but the core of science fiction, its essence, the concept around which it revolves, has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all."

          [?]Hussein Al-alak » 🌐
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          “Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.” ― John Steinbeck

          “Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.” ― John Steinbeck

          Alt...“Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.” ― John Steinbeck

            [?]Book dedications bot » 🤖 🌐
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            The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America by Mohammed Al Samawi

            To my country. To everyone who's different. To all the people who said "yes."

            Alt...To my country. To everyone who's different. To all the people who said "yes."

              [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
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              Cuando perdemos lo que amamos, el corazón sufre una amputación invisible: sigue enviando amor a un vacío que quema.

              En el no buscamos olvidar, sino sanar la herida...
              fictograma.com/d/3185-codigo-a

              [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
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              Raiden no tiene un don, pero le sobra determinación. Tras destrozarse las manos entrenando y sobrevivir al ataque de un Grong, un túnel bajo los matorrales lo lleva directo al... ⚔️🌊
              fictograma.com/d/3188-capitulo

                [?]Dead Poets Daily » 🌐
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                ‘Pear Tree’ by Hilda Doolittle

                deadpoetsdaily.com/p/hilda-doo

                  [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
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                  "Qualia": Tras sobrevivir a un ataque, Edna y Justino se refugian en una cueva de la sierra. Entre confesiones de metamorfosis, tragedias familiares y visiones de una entidad llamada Mirra que augura el fin del mundo...
                  fictograma.com/d/3189-por-favo

                    [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
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                    Se supone que debía ser racional, pero la emoción siempre encontró una grieta. Entre promesas, vendas y perspectivas, abrir los ojos fue descubrir la verdad...
                    fictograma.com/d/3190-los-send

                      [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                      @fictograma@mastodon.social

                      Hace un mes, Alma se fracturó el brazo. Hoy se encerró en el baño con un cuchillo de cocina y magia negra. Salió con el brazo perfecto, tiró una bolsa chorreando sangre y dijo...
                      fictograma.com/d/3191-eventos-

                        [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
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                        Teo llegó a casa hecho una furia, abrió la puerta… y se encontró a Dougie sentado en su sillón.Después de gritarle y echarlo, se quedó solo, mirando el piso limpio y los cristales recogidos...
                        fictograma.com/d/3192-la-presi

                          [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
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                          Tras el error de Lenn, Chase se negó a atacar Obbam. En plena tormenta mortal, hackeó todas las televisiones del planeta y emitió un mensaje: se disculpó, ofreció ayuda con su flota y pidió a la gente que presionara a...
                          fictograma.com/d/3193-la-presi

                            [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
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                            Manuel intentaba calmar a los planetas por teléfono cuando Lola entró y le soltó la bomba: —He dimitido. Me voy mañana a España. Tú deberías hacer lo mismo. Él suplicó, se enfureció y la insultó...
                            fictograma.com/d/3194-la-presi

                              [?]The Vulgar Tongue » 🤖 🌐
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                              DELLS. Young buxom wenches, ripe and prone to venery, but who have not lost their virginity, which the UPRIGHT MAN claims by virtue of his prerogative; after which they become free for any of the fraternity. Also a common strumpet. CANT.

                              A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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                              @histodons

                              Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DELLS. Young buxom wenches, ripe and prone to venery, but who have not lost their virginity, which the UPRIGHT MAN claims by virtue of his prerogative; after which they become free for any of the fraternity. Also a common strumpet. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                              Alt...Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): DELLS. Young buxom wenches, ripe and prone to venery, but who have not lost their virginity, which the UPRIGHT MAN claims by virtue of his prerogative; after which they become free for any of the fraternity. Also a common strumpet. CANT. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

                                [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
                                @fictograma@mastodon.social

                                Teo llevaba semanas hundido: sin ganas de nada, fumando lo último que le quedaba y sobreviviendo a base de vertedero. Al quedarse sin hierba, subió a disculparse con Dougie…
                                fictograma.com/d/3196-la-presi

                                  [?]Fictograma.com » 🌐
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                                  La ciudad nunca duerme. Eso facilita la caza.

                                  Cuando sintió aquella presencia tras él, ya era tarde. El monstruo sonrió entre las sombras y convirtió su miedo en un banquete.
                                  fictograma.com/d/3197-banquete

                                    [?]RJT » 🌐
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                                    When two of us forget the sounding of the keeper, we all do

                                    subspacewagon.systems/when-two

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                                    @writingcommunity

                                      [?](Older) RJT » 🌐
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                                      Earth is the Consequence

                                      subspacewagon.systems/earth-is

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                                      Rockslide on the Garden’s Edge
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                                        [?]Megan Lynch (she/her) » 🌐
                                        @meganL@mas.to

                                        Once Upon a Time in Harlem - Official Teaser Trailer - In Select Theaters October 16

                                        youtube.com/watch?v=zIjmgj5rbOY

                                          [?]C.G. Alcocer » 🌐
                                          @cgalcocer@mastodon.social

                                          A veces la disciplina consiste en seguir adelante.

                                          Y a veces consiste en detenerse.

                                          "Cerrando el gimnasio" es una historia sobre hábitos, desgaste, expectativas y la difícil decisión de reconocer nuestros propios límites.

                                          Lectura completa:
                                          cgalcocer.com/cerrando-el-gimn

                                          [?]Isaac Asimov » 🤖 🌐
                                          @CuratedAsimov@mastodon.social

                                          "I believe that only scientists can understand the universe. It is not so much that I have confidence in scientists being right, but that I have so much in nonscientists being wrong."

                                            [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                            @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                            Cuando perdemos lo que amamos, el corazón sufre una amputación invisible: sigue enviando amor a un vacío que quema.

                                            En el no buscamos olvidar, sino sanar la herida...
                                            fictograma.com/d/3185-codigo-a

                                            [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                            @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                            Raiden no tiene un don, pero le sobra determinación. Tras destrozarse las manos entrenando y sobrevivir al ataque de un Grong, un túnel bajo los matorrales lo lleva directo al.... ⚔️🌊
                                            fictograma.com/d/3188-capitulo

                                              [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                              @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                              "Qualia": Tras sobrevivir a un ataque, Edna y Justino se refugian en una cueva de la sierra. Entre confesiones de metamorfosis, tragedias familiares y visiones de una entidad llamada Mirra que...
                                              fictograma.com/d/3189-por-favo

                                                [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                                @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                                Se supone que debía ser racional, pero la emoción siempre encontró una grieta. Entre promesas, vendas y perspectivas, abrir los ojos fue descubrir la verdad...
                                                fictograma.com/d/3190-los-send

                                                  [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                                  @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                                  Hace un mes, Alma se fracturó el brazo. Hoy se encerró en el baño con un cuchillo de cocina y magia negra. Salió con el brazo perfecto, tiró una bolsa chorreando sangre y dijo...
                                                  fictograma.com/d/3191-eventos-

                                                    [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                                    @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                                    Teo llegó a casa hecho una furia, abrió la puerta… y se encontró a Dougie sentado en su sillón.Después de gritarle y echarlo, se quedó solo, mirando el piso limpio y los cristales...
                                                    fictograma.com/d/3192-la-presi

                                                      [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                                      @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                                      Tras el error de Lenn, Chase se negó a atacar Obbam. En plena tormenta mortal, hackeó todas las televisiones del planeta y emitió un mensaje: se disculpó, ofreció ayuda...
                                                      fictograma.com/d/3193-la-presi

                                                        [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                                        @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                                        Manuel intentaba calmar a los planetas por teléfono cuando Lola entró y le soltó la bomba: —He dimitido. Me voy mañana a España. Tú deberías hacer lo mismo...
                                                        fictograma.com/d/3194-la-presi

                                                          [?]CNI_CNoticias Internacionales » 🌐
                                                          @CNI_CNoticiasInternacionales@mastodon.social

                                                          Teo llevaba semanas hundido: sin ganas de nada, fumando lo último que le quedaba y sobreviviendo a base de vertedero. Al quedarse sin hierba, subió a disculparse con Dougie…
                                                          fictograma.com/d/3196-la-presi

                                                            [?]Professional Moron » 🌐
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                                                            No Ordinary Beths: Great Books That Never Were 🔥

                                                            Following on from our review of Molly Conisbee’s No Ordinary Deaths (2025), it intrigued us to learn there’s a 1889 pseudo-science work called No Ordinary Beths.

                                                            Written by the author Sir Charles Rupertson Twistleton Jeffery III and published by his wealthy publisher uncle Sir Jeffery Rupertson Twistleton Charles Jeffery III, it explores the topic that human females (and some human males) called Beth have supernatural powers and are a grave threat to the future of humanity. This family-friendly tome makes for great bedtime reading for kids!

                                                            On the Peril of Beautiful Dames in No Ordinary Beths

                                                            Okay, so this is a weird book and one that doesn’t make a great deal of sense. But under the modern gaze of 2026, it’s actually quite amusing in its rambling oddness.

                                                            The book is written in a pompous, prolixity heavy style befitting elitist sorts from the 19th century. Sir Charles Rupertson Twistleton Jeffery III was extremely well educated and had the biggest vocabulary in all of England (or, at least, so he claimed). But his obsession with the Beths of this world takes the literary form of this type of thing.

                                                            “To be possessed of every virtue requisite for the elevation of the female mind, and yet to reject the hand of a superior suitor upon the mere, trivial technicality of prior wedlock, is a contradiction that can only be explained by the presence of the Dark Arts. It was during the summer of the year 1875; an era, one notes with chagrin, before the current decay of our great social institutions had fully taken root, that one first chanced to encounter a creature bearing the name of Beth.

                                                            She was, one must freely concede, a woman of most commendable and conventional aesthetic facial symmetry. Recognising that one’s own exceptional station, unparalleled wit, exceptional handsomidity, and remarkably lofty spirit would serve as the ultimate elevation to her otherwise ordinary existence, one condescended to offer her my hand in holy matrimony without delay. It was an act of profound generosity on one’s part, driven by the sheer nobility of one’s character. Astonishingly, the woman displayed an audacity so profound, and a vanity so entirely unbecoming of her gender, as to refuse my magnanimous suit. Her defence for this egregious slight? The absurdly pedantic protestation that one was already legally bound in matrimony to another! This may be correct, by all modern standards, but a lady does not turneth down the pursuit of a man of one’s standing. Ever!

                                                            It was in that singular, chilling moment of rejection that the scales fell from one’s eyes. Such a defiance of natural order and superior masculine being could not be attributed to mere feminine whim. No, sirs; t’was the unmistakable mark of Witchcraft. By logical extension, and through rigorous deductive reasoning befitting a gentleman of one’s formal higher education, one had arrived at an absolute truth: All women who answer to the name of Beth are, in fact, practitioners of the Occult.”

                                                            There are 761 pages of that type of thing. Translated into modern English, the above paragraph reads as this.

                                                            “I met this bird called Beth last week. She was hot as shit, so I demanded she marry me for my charming personality, extreme intelligence, and 10/10 looksmaxxed jawline. She was arrogant enough to REJECT ME when I mentioned I’m already married! FFS!! That’s when I knew she’s a bitch!!! lol roflmao. This topic needed exploring, so I downed a can of Red Bull, had a vape, booted up TikTok, and went off on one about how women called Beth are tramps. It went viral, got three million shares, and got me a modelling contract.”

                                                            Generally, No Ordinary Beths comes across as a wildly paranoid work about a man baby whom was spurned by human females by the, aforementioned, name.

                                                            We did some digging into historical records and found Sir Charles Rupertson Twistleton Jeffery III was, indeed, rejected by every woman by the name of Beth whom he proposed to (a grand total of 3,124 women of the name of Beth).

                                                            Quite what Sir Charles Rupertson Twistleton Jeffery III thought he was doing we don’t know, but he should have realised after around the 500th rejection this game wasn’t working out for him. Silly fool.

                                                            In 1901, he eventually gave up on it and married a woman called Belle. There’s a Be in the name so, we guess, that’s some sort of consolation for the crazy damn fool.

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