# aphorism (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover aphorism. Page: Feed: --- ## [Sound and Fury Signifying Desperation](https://voxday.net/2026/08/20/sound-and-fury-signifying-desperation/) _2026-08-20 · VD · Vox Popoli_ Short Fake Trump jacks up the rhetoric again: No one has given the Islamic Republic of Iran a greater opportunity to make a Deal than me. TRAGICALLY, for them, they hâve failed to take it. Therefore, today, I am announcing the MOST CRUSHING ECONOMIC OPERATION EVER TAKEN AGAINST ANY COUNTRY! This will be Economie Warfare \[…\] The post Sound and Fury Signifying Desperation appeared first on Vox… ## [The New Carthage](https://voxday.net/2026/08/20/the-new-carthage-2/) _2026-08-20 · VD · Vox Popoli_ DISCUSS ON SG The post The New Carthage appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [By the AI, For the AI](https://voxday.net/2026/08/19/by-the-ai-for-the-ai/) _2026-08-19 · VD · Vox Popoli_ No doubt the Representatives in Congress are also using AI to read the AI-drafted legislation that is being provided to them: US congressional lawyers are struggling with a flood of error-ridden AI-generated legislation, forcing them to spend increasingly more time rewriting proposals produced by chatbots, Politico reported on Monday. Staffers and outside groups have more \[…\] The post By the AI,… ## [The Final Five Hours](https://voxday.net/2026/08/19/the-final-five-hours/) _2026-08-19 · VD · Vox Popoli_ This is your last chance to back the proof of conept of the Byron AI. We’ve now hit our original goal of 250 backers. 300 would seem to be ambitious, but a last day rush is common, so we’ll see how it goes. Thanks to everyone who is supporting this. While I have not publicly \[…\] The post The Final Five Hours appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Theology Adjacent](https://voxday.net/2026/08/19/theology-adjacent/) _2026-08-19 · VD · Vox Popoli_ As you probably know, I am highly allergic to theology and regard most of it as varying degrees of human philosophy dressed up as Divine revelation. The obvious holes in most dogma are the result of the same sort of amphiboly and ambiguity that render Enlightenment philosophy intrinsically flawed, and assuming one possible interpretation is \[…\] The post Theology Adjacent appeared first on Vox… ## [Don’t They Know They’re Losing?](https://voxday.net/2026/08/18/dont-they-know-theyre-losing/) _2026-08-18 · VD · Vox Popoli_ Iran is engaging in some very unusual behavior for a side that we are reliably and repeatedly losing the war in the Gulf. Of course, we’re also being told that Ukraine is winning the EU/NATO’s war against Russia despite having lost over one-third of its population, 20 percent of its territory, and living without heat \[…\] The post Don’t They Know They’re Losing? appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [The New Reason to Back Byron AI](https://voxday.net/2026/08/18/the-new-reason-to-back-byron-ai/) _2026-08-18 · VD · Vox Popoli_ The last three weeks have significantly underlined the importance of supporting the combined efforts of Castalia and Infogalactic to develop a custom AI system that will protect and enhance the ability to produce fiction without limits being imposed by the major AI providers. A number of things have happened since we launched the Byron AI \[…\] The post The New Reason to Back Byron AI appeared first… ## [Development](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/development/) _2026-08-18 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ Not so long agothis land was forestfar as the eye could see.Now that forest is tatteredreduced to scraps.Where vast reachesof maple, oak, chestnut and hickory once stoodhousing tracts and shopping centershighways and office parks now teem.Where elk, wolf and bear once roamedcars and trucks now crowd.Where only the cry of bird and beastand the rustle \[…\] ## [Skip the Sunscreen](https://voxday.net/2026/08/17/skip-the-sunscreen/) _2026-08-17 · VD · Vox Popoli_ Another lesson in what trusting the science and the media gets you: At this point, your best bet is to ignore absolutely everything the media reports that The Science is recommending. Some of us can still remember when microwaving carbohydrates in margarine, then going outside covered in sunscreen was optimizing your health. DISCUSS ON SG The post Skip the Sunscreen appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Cathedra Three](https://voxday.net/2026/08/17/cathedra-three/) _2026-08-17 · VD · Vox Popoli_ The third book in the Castalia Cathedra series of leatherbound Christian titles is APOLOGETICUS by Quintus Septimus Florens Tertullian. Apologeticus is a text attributed to Tertullian according to Christian tradition, consisting of apologetic and polemic. In this work Tertullian defends Christianity, demanding legal toleration and that Christians be treated like all other sects of the \[…\] The post… ## [Watch Chovy Code Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rII7HQfBd3Ub) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Join live coding streams with real-time collaborative screen sharing, open source and free. ## [The Retreat From Asia](https://voxday.net/2026/08/17/the-retreat-from-asia/) _2026-08-17 · VD · Vox Popoli_ Even those pulling the strings of the Short Fat Trump now understand that Asia is a bridge too far for the US military to even pretend it can contest, and it appears they’re now conceding the region to China. Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not \[…\] The post The Retreat From Asia appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Two Days to Go](https://voxday.net/2026/08/16/two-days-to-go/) _2026-08-16 · VD · Vox Popoli_ Only two days left to back the successful Byron AI campaign, and remember, each backing is being doubled by one of our strongest supporters, so you’re getting double bang for your backing. I’ll explain the connection tomorrow, but we’ve added one more very special reward, which is a custom three-minute music video or animated Arkhaven \[…\] The post Two Days to Go appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [The Mystery of the Missing Novelist](https://voxday.net/2026/08/16/the-mystery-of-the-missing-novelist/) _2026-08-16 · VD · Vox Popoli_ In 1926, Agatha Christie famously disappeared for 11 days and was widely believed dead. When she reappeared in public, she claimed to have had an episode of amnesia, which absolutely no one ever believed. One hundred years later, the truth of the matter has finally been revealed. When the Queen of Crime’s car was discovered \[…\] The post The Mystery of the Missing Novelist appeared first on Vox… ## [Never Assume Stupidity](https://voxday.net/2026/08/16/never-assume-stupidity/) _2026-08-16 · VD · Vox Popoli_ A foolish aphorism known as Hanlon’s razor says “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” This is foolish and short-sighted. All adopting it accomplishes is to offer cover to the malicious and allow them to hide behind their multiple levels of deception. Consider the following comments made in response to a \[…\] The post Never Assume Stupidity appeared first on… ## [Clown World Lunacy](https://voxday.net/2026/08/15/clown-world-lunacy/) _2026-08-15 · VD · Vox Popoli_ If China wants to maintain good relations with Estonia, then it should stop supporting Russia. This was stated by Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhkna following a trip to Beijing and negotiations with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Are Clown World’s puppets as innumerate as biologists? Or do they simply speak the lines they are given, \[…\] The post Clown World Lunacy appeared first on Vox… ## [Two Perspectives on The Absurd](https://voxday.net/2026/08/15/two-perspectives-on-the-absurd/) _2026-08-15 · VD · Vox Popoli_ As I mentioned the other day, I’d been on a bit of a creative tear of late. And if I’ve learned one thing from GRR Martin, it’s that you’d better strike while the iron is at least warm, because you have absolutely no idea when life, the universe, and everything is going to pull the \[…\] The post Two Perspectives on The Absurd appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Diversity Kills](https://voxday.net/2026/08/14/diversity-kills/) _2026-08-14 · VD · Vox Popoli_ The imposters can’t handle it when their manufactured success is exposed for the total fraud that it is. Aug 12: Jason Arday, a professor at the University of Cambridge and DEI poster boy, has RESIGNED after being accused of plagiarism and lying about his career achievements August 15: Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor accused of \[…\] The post Diversity Kills appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Cathedra Cometh](https://voxday.net/2026/08/14/cathedra-cometh/) _2026-08-14 · VD · Vox Popoli_ At long last, the first Castalia Cathedra book has been bound, in beautiful blue pigskin. You can see the pictures of the actual book at Castalia Library. It is Good, it is True, and it is definitely Beautiful. I would draw your attention to the fact that Aristotle said nothing about the virtue and importance \[…\] The post Cathedra Cometh appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [The Damned Live in Fear](https://voxday.net/2026/08/14/the-damned-live-in-fear/) _2026-08-14 · VD · Vox Popoli_ Tucker Carlson places his faith in the right place: American journalist Tucker Carlson has told RT that he is not afraid of being killed for using his platform to say what he believes is true. The former Fox News host has adopted a staunch non-interventionist stance toward US involvement in foreign conflicts in recent years, \[…\] The post The Damned Live in Fear appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [There Once Was a People](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/there-once-was-a-people/) _2026-08-14 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ on these landswho ranged its vanished forests,fished its then teeming riversfor species now hardly a memory,crossed countryon trails wide enough only for a manunder boughs everywhere overhead,made houses of saplings and barktools of stone and woodclothes of skinstaking only what the land provided.Now they are gonethose people so lacking in ambitionreplaced by those who please \[…\] ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QkynFEWRFec2) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [The Civilizational Metric](https://voxday.net/2026/08/12/the-civilizational-metric/) _2026-08-12 · VD · Vox Popoli_ Civilization literally lives when you give men more money and dies when you give women more money. Literally. That’s the Natural Law. And it is screaming at us. A recent study found that giving men a pay raise led them to have more children, while giving women a pay raise led them to have fewer \[…\] The post The Civilizational Metric appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Give Them What They Voted For](https://voxday.net/2026/08/12/give-them-what-they-voted-for/) _2026-08-12 · VD · Vox Popoli_ The new Labour Prime Minister is going to provide refugees for those who welcomed them most enthusiastically: There are 17 local authorities with no taxpayer-supported asylum seekers, an analysis by the Daily Mail reveals – as Andy Burnham vows to send more to middle-class areas. The Prime Minister yesterday promised to ensure arrivals are not \[…\] The post Give Them What They Voted For appeared… ## [Sorry, Not Sorry](https://voxday.net/2026/08/11/sorry-not-sorry-2/) _2026-08-11 · VD · Vox Popoli_ Posting has been light the last two days, for which I apologize, sort of. Although I would absolutely do it again, so I suppose I’m not actually sorry. Basically, three things are going on: DISCUSS ON SG The post Sorry, Not Sorry appeared first on Vox Popoli . ## [Machines](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/machines/) _2026-08-11 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ Where once was harmonyof summer field brocadeshills’ tempered curvesemollient layers of leavesfractal earthrocks’ proud displaysor even winter’s stubble-rough weave,now man’s machines pervadegobbling greenextruding black ribbonscolonizing the landscapewith their too neat symmetriesand metallic sheen.Where nature once was sovereignmachinery now patrols streetsof asphalt and concrete.(29 January… ## [Design your own toolbox on the cheap](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2026/08/09/design-your-own-toolbox-on-the-cheap/) _2026-08-09 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ I wanted a simple web tool to build an inexpensive toolbox setup that fit my garage space, and the only one I could find is the unaffordable Snap-On. So Claude build me one that uses Harbor Freight, Home Depot and Lowes. Simple 2D visualization, bill of materials, costs as of today. Free, no ads, no … Continue reading Design your own toolbox on the cheap ## [In the Long Run](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/08/07/in-the-long-run/) _2026-08-07 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ In the long runnations are born and diefuse and fission,civilizations rise and subsideas do mountains and islands,species, and whole orders. In the long runcontinents congealout of the primal magma,come togetherand split apart,and life develops,ultimately producing intelligence. In the long runstars and planets are formed and even galaxies,explode and implodeand turn darkor sink into… ## [Aphorisms](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/aphorisms-26/) _2026-08-04 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ One Tycho Brahe or William Harvey is worth three Aristotles or five Platos. Philosophy is a form of thought that attempts to know by reason that which is a matter of opinion or is only knowable empirically and for which there’s no empirical evidence. Philosophy is a mental rope trick. One’s conclusions depend on one’s \[…\] ## [To Everything a Season](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/to-everything-a-season/) _2026-07-31 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ Spring, summer, autumn, winter,eighty times I’ve lived that cycle,for my year began in springborn with the flowersand leaves and grass. Spring, summer, autumn, winter,always the same yet always fresh.Pity him who tires of the seasons.He tires of life.(26 July 2011) The poems are in topical series, the current series being “The Seasons”. ## [The Persistence of Seasons](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/the-persistence-of-seasons/) _2026-07-28 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ The warmth of summerstruggles to staysometimes until November,while leaves cling to treeslong after they’ve had their day.Then snow patchescoldly refuse to departuntil washed away by April showers.But spring’s chartreuse leaves,blossoming treesand fountains of forsythiatoo readily give wayto summer’s placid green.(30 December 2010) The poems are in topical series, the current series being “The… ## [Walking the Seasons](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/walking-the-seasons/) _2026-07-24 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ It’s August nowand I walk in early morningto avoid the heatdown to the pondits surface dimpled with bubbles,life fermenting beneath. In winter I walk at middayto eke out what heat I canfrom the distant sun. Spring and fall are best,shaded by bowers of tender leavesor the gold and scarlet trappingsof summer’s obsequies.Each season I walk \[…\] ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1aURpaqneBOq) _2026-07-24 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [Transformations](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/transformations/) _2026-07-21 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ Slowly the sun moves north,each day imperceptibly longer,until light leaks under the window shadeinvading my early morning consciousness.Each day sunlight advancesacross the breakfast tableflaring on surface once in shade,and the sun’s fiery sphereseems to fill the window frame. Forgotten nowthe days when the sun moved southwardsfavoring sleep with darknessand the light on the breakfast table \[…\] ## [Costume Changes](https://richardjgreene.wordpress.com/2026/07/17/costume-changes/) _2026-07-17 · Richard Greene · Richard Greene_ Arrayed in gallant greenthe trees in Springflourished extravagant plumes.Now, in proper attire,they sit stolidly on the hillside.Soon they will donrowdy, harvest colors.But in the end they will standnaked, gaunt and gray.(August 1997) The poems are in topical series, the current series being “The Seasons”. ## [Richardson for today](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2026/07/07/richardson-for-today/) _2026-07-07 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ 9.Desire’s most seductive promise is not pleasure but change, not that you might possess your object but that you might become the one who belongs with it. Vectors, of course. ## [Powerless: Review](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/powerless-review) _2026-06-09 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ I do not exaggerate when I say that every Laeth book has moved me personally, though each in a different way. ## [insurmountain](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/insurmountain) _2026-05-11 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ a parable ## [Review: Sketches of Alice by Laeth](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/review-sketches-of-alice-by-laeth) _2026-04-29 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ With a new Laeth book coming soon, and me toiling away on a longer writing project, I thought it would be a great time to share this brief review of his most recent work, Sketches of Alice. \[ ebook / paperback / goodreads \] This is a beautiful book, and you can read it quickly, just in time for the next one which I am very excited to get my hands on when it is released. ## [Lululemon adds a tall-sized trouser and it’s good](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2026/04/02/lululemon-adds-a-tall-sized-trouser-and-its-good/) _2026-04-02 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ So I have an Clothing for tall men post for good reason – at 6’10” there are few options. Recently, I was watching this video about workwear and he briefly compares the crotch gusset to that of the Lululemon ‘ABC’ pant. I was intrigued, so I watched his video about the ABC Pant, in which is … Continue reading Lululemon adds a tall-sized trouser and it’s good ## [JAMES](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/james) _2026-03-30 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ A Story ## [Song Exploder](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2026/03/12/song-exploder/) _2026-03-12 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ I was in an around music and music production for a long time, so I’ve long enjoyed the Song Exploder podcast where “musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made.” Not every episode has music that I like but hey, it’s a podcast, skip those. I … Continue reading Song Exploder ## [I'm Not Here](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/im-not-here) _2026-03-03 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ A Brief Story ## [Poem fragment for the day](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2026/01/23/poem-fragment-for-the-day/) _2026-01-23 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ This is from my all-time favorite book of poetry, ‘Reservations’ by James Richardson. I’ll share two stanzas from ‘The Tracks’ that have always left me breathless with sheer awe at how well he writes. And it is hard even to imaginethe neighbors in a bath of lightplaying small cardstheir windows in precipitous lines downhill to … Continue reading Poem fragment for the day ## [A Richardson aphorism for today](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2026/01/12/a-richardson-aphorism-for-today/) _2026-01-13 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ I had lunch with an old friend recently and quoted Richardson to him, which reminded me of my neglected post series. Here’s one from Vectors 3.0: “143.The audience is faceless, back rows disappearing into dimness, and it doesn’t talk back. Find your audience and you will blather. Write, instead, to the listener at your table … Continue reading A Richardson aphorism for today ## [Meshcore](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2026/01/09/meshcore/) _2026-01-10 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ Cute, no? That’s the repeater. More about it later. I have a complicated history with ham radio. Years ago, a friend/co-worker and I got our one-day ‘Technician’ licenses, and for years after that I tried to make first contact. Like, talk to anybody. I learned about bands and power and radios and repeaters and programming … Continue reading Meshcore ## [The True Meaning of Christmas](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/the-true-meaning-of-christmas) _2025-12-25 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ A Short Story ## [Melanzana hoodie makes the list](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2025/12/18/melanzana-hoodie-makes-the-list/) _2025-12-19 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ A week or so ago, I read in the Scope of Work newsletter about a Colorado brand of hoodie called Melanzana: I did a bit of looking and the video by MyLifeOutdoors was convincing – I managed to time a release on the site and bought the micro grid hoodie. It’s gonna get a lot of wear, and I … Continue reading Melanzana hoodie makes the list ## [Stars Above, Stars Below](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/stars-above-stars-below) _2025-12-17 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ a short story ## [How I learned to Walk Through Walls](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/how-i-learned-to-walk-through-walls) _2025-12-10 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ A Brief Monologue ## [The Devil in the Mirrors](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/the-devil-in-the-mirrors) _2025-12-03 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ A brief and unsettling tale ## [M E L T](https://edgesoffaerie.substack.com/p/m-e-l-t) _2025-11-25 · Sean Gois · At the Edges of Faerie_ A Brief Story ## [Proust and coasters](https://ultracrepidarian.phfactor.net/2025/10/11/proust-and-coasters/) _2025-10-11 · Paul Hubbard · ultracrepidarian_ I was using the SX-6 coaster and realized how many I have that are mementos of things past. Leaded plastic from my time in the X-ray lab. LabView, ditto. NSA back from when Chris interviewed there. Not sure where I got the SX-6 and National Data coasters. Proust had madeleines, I guess, and I have … Continue reading Proust and coasters