A quotation from Victor Hugo

It was a characteristic of Jean Valjean that he might have been said to carry two bags: in one he kept his saintly thoughts, in the other the formidable talents of a convict. He dug into one or the other, depending on circumstances.
 
[Jean Valjean avait cela de particulier qu’on pouvait dire qu’il portait deux besaces; dans l’une il avait les pensées d’un saint, dans l’autre les redoutables talents d’un forçat. Il fouillait dans l’une ou dans l’autre, selon l’occasion.]

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) French writer
Les Misérables, Part 2 “Cosette,” Book 5 “Dark Hunt, Mute Mutts,” ch. 5 (2.5.5) (1862) [tr. Donougher (2013)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/hugo-victor/74273/

@energisch_ @gerrymcgovern unfortunately, the more mom and pop, specialized, independent #home service companies get eaten up by larger all-in-one, everything home #conglomerates the harder that becomes.

Even with their #expensive #crm #serviceTitan #efficiency #constantContact #app tool for #scheduling and #pricing their new #super #skills #company needs to charge more for everything with less experienced #workers than if you had a #momAndPop #master do the work!

If anyone truly wants to #save the #Planet everyone needs to kick #bro out of the #game

Anyone that thinks replacing #human #skills and #abilities with #software and #machines is better for the #Environment than letting a human expell their own #energy doing the same things, is the problem, not part of any real word solution.

Are you the #Victim or the #Crime ?

https://youtu.be/Lygh4jxfvl4

#GratefulDead #BuiltToLast #MuzakLessons #ClimateChange Does one really need an #ebike for a trip through #downtown and back?

My #leap across the #chasm.

After #years of #debate and #contemplation, I’ve come to believe in a #Christian #God of #limited #abilities. Here’s #why.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Spirituality #Religion #Representation #Culture

https://aeon.co/essays/why-i-now-think-that-a-certain-form-of-christianity-is-true

"Though all people be equally frail before the world, the differences between them are terrifying." — R. Scott Bakker — — — #RScottBakker #quote #quotes #humans #people #frail #similar #different #terrifying #characteristics #abilities

"The only part you can’t outsource is judgement." — Naval Ravikant — — — #NavalRavikant #quote #quotes #abilities #skill #talent #judgment #outsource #choice

"Creativity is our ability to envision novel solutions to achieve desired outcomes."

Don't Confuse Creative Skills with Creative Ability

https://www.mindful-creativity.com/p/dont-confuse-creative-skills-with

The Best #SocialJustice #Movies to Stir the #Soul.

#Socialjustice is the #belief #everyone #deserves #equalaccess to the #opportunities #society offers, regardless of #gender, #race, #ethnicity, #religion, #physical #abilities, #sexualorientation, or #socioeconomic #status.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #Movies #Representation #Culture #BlackMastodon

https://wealthofgeeks.com/the-best-social-justice-movies/

This is an excellent film about the experience of travelling around #Southampton for people of different ages and #abilities

https://bitternepark.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12765:is-this-street-good-enough-for-me&catid=166&Itemid=92

Car maker #Nissan "admits in their #privacy policy to collecting (...) #sexual activity, #health diagnosis data, and #genetic data (...). They say they can share and sell #consumers’ “preferences, characteristics, #psychological trends, #predispositions, #behavior, #attitudes, #intelligence, #abilities, and #aptitudes” to data #brokers, #lawenforcement, and other third parties."

"All new cars today are privacy nightmares on wheels."

Via @mozilla
https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

https://music.apple.com/us/album/first-born/1516887432 #hiphop #rap #Music #Eyedea #Abilities #classicHipHop #OldSchoolCool #oldschoolhiphop Eyedea and Abilities first album First Born-great hip hop album.

"@historickomodo submission: “Salvador Allende didn’t die for this shit.”

For newbies playing along at home, this #meme circulates all over the place on #liberal pages, and it’s filled with #contradictory pieces of #ideology. Firstly, one can’t really be a #capitalist and a #socialist at the same time – if you support capitalist #ownership over the means of #production, then you support capitalism; if you support #democratic ownership over the means of production, where people have a say in the #institutions and #activities they contribute to, then you support socialism. I don’t know how to make it more succinct than that. Also, #communism is the post-scarcity natural conclusion of socialism, a #stateless/ #moneyless/ #classless #society where #socially-operated #property is held in common and #people “contribute according to their #abilities and receive according to their #needs”; #statelessness is a #fundamental aspect of the ideology, ergo a #totalitarian #government “forcing everybody to be exactly equal” is not communism. 

Secondly, channeling government power to curb capitalism’s self-destructive excesses is merely Keynesian #welfare capitalism or Scandinavian social democracy, both of which try to use the state to mitigate structural tension within the parameters of the system (and all-too-often to wither away class consciousness and pushes for actual socialist change). 

Thirdly and lastly, “the #economy and society being run democratically to meet #human needs rather than #profit for a #greedy few” is literally socialism. Capitalism by definition will always have a tiny class of owners pulling the #economic and #political strings; as long as they own the means of production and accrue profit off the backs of the #laboring class, they will always, always have disproportionate power in society. Such is the #nature of class relations – throughout history, laboring classes have produced the things society needs while ruling classes have sat and accrued the most #wealth. If labor produces all, why not have a society democratically run by #laborers?"

https://www.tumblr.com/left-reminders/719052387152740352/softboypassing-leftist-daily-reminders?source=share

Which superpower would you rather have and why?

Anyone interested, it's in May in Edison NJ
#Edison #newjersey #abilities #disability
Abilities Expo New York Metro | The Event for People with Disabilities https://www.abilities.com/newyork/

What are some things I could do at #treklongisland to provide a more physically inclusive event ? I am trying to get an ASL translator for the main stage. I would love suggestions. #inclusion #abilities #disability #startrek #everyonebelongs #ada

As an #Empath with #Abilities to #See and #Feel how people are #Embodying as well as see within the #Realm of #Spirit -

it is #Disconcerting to see how the #Mainstream increase in use of #Drugs for #Attempts to become more #Spiritually #Conscious and #Enlightened is creating issues most lack the #Consciousness of, or, abilities of #Response for.

#People are acquiring energetic attachments of all sorts and are #Clueless to what they are opening to - the #Ego is leading many astray.

It’s #Weird when someone doesn’t grasp or #Comprehend the #Truth of what you #Speak of and #Believes you need to #Prove your #Consciousness to them.

That’s their #Responsibilities - #Abilities of #Response or lack of

One’s lack of comprehension is not another’s #Defect

#Stop #Dismissing #People or things you lack comprehension of.

#Accountability of one’s own consciousness.

The #Lack of #Experiences of #Seeing #Spirits and #Communication from the #HigherRealms of #Spirit fails to be #Proof of their lack of existence.

It's strange how many take their lack of #Discernment and #Abilities of #Higher finer #Senses as somehow proof that those who do are #Crazy

A Little #Knowledge can be #Dangerous though as well too much concrete knowledge can lock people in their heads and reduce their abilities to use their senses.

New Podcast! "How to Reach Our Full Potential - with Unashamedly Superhuman Author Jim Steele".

#abilities #podcast #potential #superhuman #superpower

What's your superpower?

https://www.spreaker.com/episode/52282410

Much of #Society is #Lost within their #Heads and #EmotionalBody The disconnection from ones #Consciousness of spirit, #Spiritual consciousness, #Disables #Abilities of #Response and thus #Responsibilities of #Seeing the #Path in front of ones projected #Self

We could #Spend our #Time on #Mastodon #Building a better #Experience and bring #GoodVibes onto our threads -

We could #RaiseTheNarrative #Give a #Voice and a #Boost to others to be #Heard and #Seen

Yet so many are still stuck #Regurgitating that other #App and giving the #Hatred a wider #Audience here.

#We can #BuildBetter we can create #Quality

#Abilities of #Response #Responsibilities over #Reactivity and #Disempowerment

#Empower the #Authentic #Voices to #Freedom