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Karen Strickholm<p>Beautiful <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dream</span></a> last night. I was lost, floating in a calm ocean, no land in sight. A dolphin - one of my spirit animals - came to save me.</p><p>It floated underneath, nudging me onto my stomach, pointing me to the right, hovering its fin beneath my hands. I wrapped my hands around the fin - slippery, hard to hold.</p><p>That is all. It felt like I was eventually rescued. I woke up, told myself: "Remember this, it's important." Interpretations welcome! 🙏💕</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphor</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Allegory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Allegory</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Symbols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Symbols</span></a></p>
Sprocket Bicycle Marketplace<p>The perfect <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> does not exi.... 👁</p><p>These "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ostrich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ostrich</span></a> Sculptures" adjacent to the European Parliament in Brussels, were created by the architectural firm MSA in collaboration with contemporary art sculptor Elodie Antoine 🇪🇺</p>
Stan Carey<p>Driving the perfect length of Ireland,<br>Like a worn fold in a newspaper</p><p>—Medbh McGuckian, from "To a Cuckoo at Coolanlough"<br><a href="https://textworksite.com/2009/05/09/a-saturday-woman-poet-medbh-mc-guckian/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">textworksite.com/2009/05/09/a-</span><span class="invisible">saturday-woman-poet-medbh-mc-guckian/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/geography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/IrishPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IrishPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MedbhMcGuckian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedbhMcGuckian</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/simile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simile</span></a></p>
Mick's Suite<p>... beach shot</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/time" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>time</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/footprint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>footprint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a></p>
nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>Insider quote on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a>: "… Software engineers" advice for their curated and programmed/developed stuff: "… don't use it at all…" xD <a href="https://mas.to/tags/noshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noshit</span></a> </p><p>Q: Why are you working there then?</p><p>A: Well, I've sold my… because money <a href="https://mas.to/tags/faustianpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>faustianpact</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Michigan: Tweeted metaphors shape views about immigration. “People with strong political views about immigration can wield significant influence by crafting tweets laden with metaphors, shaping how others grasp this hotly contested issue.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/university-of-michigan-tweeted-metaphors-shape-views-about-immigration/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/university-of-michigan-tweeted-metaphors-shape-views-about-immigration/</a></p>
Games Japan<p><a href="https://www.wacoca.com/games/1115061/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wacoca.com/games/1115061/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> アトラス「スプリングセール」開催中！(PS Store/ニンテンドーeショップ)｜セガ SEGA #<a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/GAMING" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GAMING</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/Game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Game</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/GameNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameNews</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/GamingNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GamingNews</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/Overload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Overload</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/P3R" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P3R</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/PSSrore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSSrore</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/SALE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SALE</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/unicorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unicorn</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ゲーミング</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ゲーム</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E6%94%BB%E7%95%A5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ゲーム攻略</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0%E6%83%85%E5%A0%B1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ゲーム最新情報</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>セール</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BCe%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%97" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ニンテンドーeショップ</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%BF%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>メタファー</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E3%83%A6%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ユニコーンオーバーロード</span></a> <a href="https://wakoka.com/tags/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%A8%B9%E3%81%AE%E8%BF%B7%E5%AE%AE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>世界樹の迷宮</span></a></p>
Tainome<p>More often than not, reading answers to tech problems online feels like reading someone asking for help to fix a sink and people telling them to tear the house down and start a new one from scratch :/ <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/problems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>problems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.design/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>More memories of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Kanzi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kanzi</span></a></p><p>'One of Pruetz’s favorite pieces of Kanzi lore, she added, was a story about him using two of his symbols to describe a frightening beaver he discovered in his new outdoor habitat in Iowa. “He combined the symbols for ‘water’ and ‘gorilla,’ the latter referred to something scary in his world, and I always think of beavers ... as water gorillas now,” she wrote.'</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kanzi-the-bonobo-who-learned-language-and-made-stone-tools-dies-at-age-44/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scientificamerican.com/article</span><span class="invisible">/kanzi-the-bonobo-who-learned-language-and-made-stone-tools-dies-at-age-44/</span></a></p>
Adam Crow Gaming<p>Metaphor: ReFantazio continues!!! Tonight we head to The Mage Academy to confront Rella!!! <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/adamcrowgaming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">twitch.tv/adamcrowgaming</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>WARNING: Game may cause seizures. Viewer discretion advised.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitchtv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitchtv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitchstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitchstream</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitchstreamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitchstreamer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitchstreaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitchstreaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitchgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitchgaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Twitchgamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Twitchgamer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitchstreamers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitchstreamers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twitchaffiliate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>twitchaffiliate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PNGTuber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PNGTuber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vtuber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vtuber</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetaphorReFantazio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetaphorReFantazio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atlus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sega" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sega</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/XboxSeriesX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XboxSeriesX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FirstPlaythrough" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPlaythrough</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JRP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JRP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TurnBasedRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurnBasedRPG</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>Nine of my learnings from the first Meeting Design Practicum — 30 meeting designers together for 48 hours in Utrecht, The Netherlands</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2016/02/nine-learnings-from-the-first-meeting-design-practicum" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2016/02/nine-learnings-from-the-first-meeting-design-practicum</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EventDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EventDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Practicum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Practicum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElementaryMeetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElementaryMeetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Druids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Druids</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EscapeRoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EscapeRoom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
Asakiyume<p>"The beak descends, the air is furious with blurs, drab against the snowless city day....Allow me to sit between you and the piercing sharpened roving eye for just a little time."</p><p>Sitting side by side with this poem from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@marywordymary" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>marywordymary</span></a></span> </p><p> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/poems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poems</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/condolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>condolence</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/solace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solace</span></a><br><a href="https://sweetlit.com/issue-13-3/poet-mary-alexandra-agner/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sweetlit.com/issue-13-3/poet-m</span><span class="invisible">ary-alexandra-agner/</span></a></p>
takeonrules<p>Last year, we had to remove a few trees (it hurt but they were a danger to us and our neighbors). The removal wrecked the yard so they brought some more soil. And as part of turning up that soil, they must've scattered many <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/crocus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crocus</span></a> bulbs. My yard has 50 or more clusters bursting forth.</p><p>There's a <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> in this somewhere.</p>
Lorry :unverified:<p>MAGA Mike Johnson was on FOX talking about the US economy and stuttered through the following statement:</p><p>"The adults are back in the room, and we're going to turn this economy around. We need a little runway to do it... I keep using this metaphor of an aircraft carrier, you know, it took decades to get into the mess that we're in. You don't turn an aircraft carrier on a dime, but you need miles of open ocean to do it" </p><p>Given his position in the government, I am sure he should know more about US Aircraft carriers. They can turn on a dime, and what's more, even at 30 knots they don't need miles of open ocean to turn, they are almost as nimble as a Seadoo when they want to be!</p><p>The USS Abraham Lincoln has a message for your shitty metaphor, Mike.</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1104336333000151" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/watch/?v=11043363</span><span class="invisible">33000151</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AircraftCarrier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AircraftCarrier</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Shitty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitty</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MikeJohnson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MikeJohnson</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USNavy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNavy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a></p>
Kent Pitman<p>newton's laws apply<br>any move to force respect<br>pushes it away</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ShortPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ShortPoem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoem</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Newton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Newton</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Doc Edward Morbius ⭕​<p><strong>Words, culture, and metaphors for power</strong></p><p>I've long suspected that the Chinese, with a millennia-long history of hydrologic civil engineering projects might have a language of power which borrows from water control structures (dams, gates, levees, bridges, etc.). Some time afterward I realised that Latin certainly does, and retains at least one descriptor in pontifex maximus, that is, "bridge builder in chief*, first applied to Rome's emperors, now its Pope. And I've very recently learnt that Vietnamese language and culture have many words with shared roots in water, including the word for "mother".</p><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42036781" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">2036781</span></a></p><p>Listening to another David Runciman lecture again (climate / conspiracy), I'm realising that there's another metaphor which has been lodged in Western political discourse for the past half-century, though it had slipped my awareness and is perhaps a bit of a cheat as it comes from a proper name rather than a description. But still:</p><p><strong>Watergate.</strong></p><p><a href="https://toot.cat/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/hydraulics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydraulics</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/WaterPowerMetaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterPowerMetaphors</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/watergate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watergate</span></a></p>
I wonder...<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.ai/@chemoelectric" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>chemoelectric</span></a></span> </p><p>I was raised <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Catholic</span></a>. I currently identify as <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/agnostic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agnostic</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/pagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pagan</span></a>. Which is say, that <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/gods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gods</span></a> or <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/deities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deities</span></a>, or whatever exist because people treat them that way. Like how we have seven-day weeks, and 24-hour days. And, if treated as <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> for "stuff that exists/happens that I/we don't understand," makes <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> as a concept somewhat sensical. </p><p>The best book about <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Jesus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jesus</span></a> and/or <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> I have encountered is _Jesus for the Non-Religous_ by John Shelby Spong. I'll put a Libro.fm link at the end.</p><p>Spong takes the reader through the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> liturgical year, connecting the gospels and their stories to the various Jewish holy days. Because not only would a historical Jesus have been a <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Jew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jew</span></a>, the disciples would also be Jews who follow Jesus. Whether Jesus was a historical person or not, the disciples are certain they had an important experience together, and that experience is Jesus-shaped.</p><p>The gospels are about this true thing that cannot be explained. It changed the lives of the disciples, and it is Important. </p><p><a href="https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9780061262555" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">libro.fm/audiobooks/9780061262</span><span class="invisible">555</span></a></p>
Anthony“End of the Road” doesn’t have to mean end of your journey. The path might just not be as smooth right now. <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/blackandwhite?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackandwhite</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bnw?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bnw</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fotografie?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fotografie</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/road?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#road</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sky?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sky</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/philosophy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/metaphor?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphor</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/clouds?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clouds</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fujifilm?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fujifilm</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/delta3200?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#delta3200</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/filmsim?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#filmsim</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/filmsimulation?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#filmsimulation</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/life?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a>
Muro deGrizeco<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://newsie.social/@Osteopenia_Powers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Osteopenia_Powers</span></a></span> </p><p>Eh, perhaps bank robber Sutton was in it just for the thrills, but then why didn't he spend his time knocking over hot dog shops?</p><p>Nah, for the same reason ticks don't spend their time trying to suck blood from sunflower seeds.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/thieves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thieves</span></a></p>
EyeInHand<p>Border Collie</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/analogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analogy</span></a> <br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> <br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a></p>
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