John Henry<p>The Bad-Faith Interrogator - a troll who attempts to distract attention from substantive discourse and waste your time and energy by demanding simple answers to complex questions.<br><a href="https://me.dm/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/manipulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manipulation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://custode.org/2023/10/08/the-bad-faith-interrogator/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">custode.org/2023/10/08/the-bad</span><span class="invisible">-faith-interrogator/</span></a></p>
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WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/76016/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Bertrand Russell</b></a></p><blockquote>A man may feel so completely thwarted that he seeks no form of satisfaction, but only distraction and oblivion. He then becomes a devotee of “pleasure.” That is to say, he seeks to make life bearable by becoming less alive. Drunkenness, for example, is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness.</blockquote><p><b>Bertrand Russell</b> (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher<br><i>Conquest of Happiness</i>, Part 1, ch. 1 “What Makes People Unhappy?” (1930)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/russell-bertrand/76016/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/russell-bertrand/760…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=bertrandrussell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bertrandrussell</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=analgesic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>analgesic</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=drinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drinking</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=drunkenness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drunkenness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=frustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>frustration</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hedonism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hedonism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=living" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>living</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=oblivion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oblivion</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=palliative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>palliative</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pleasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pleasure</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unawareness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=unhappiness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unhappiness</span></a></p>
Maho Pacheco<p>Computer Science is my therapy.</p><p> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>focus</span></a></p>
Maho Pacheco 🦝🍻<p>Computer Science is my therapy.</p><p> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>focus</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown/75984/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Barbara Brown Taylor</b></a></p><blockquote>Most of us spend so much time thinking about where we have been or where we are supposed to be going that we have a hard time recognizing where we actually are.</blockquote><p><b>Barbara Brown Taylor</b> (b. 1951) American minister, academic, author<br><i>An Altar in the World</i>, ch. 4 (2009)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown/75984/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/taylor-barbara-brown…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=destination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>destination</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hereandnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hereandnow</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=origin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>origin</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=past" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>past</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=presence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>presence</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=present" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>present</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=living" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>living</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journey</span></a></p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/HumanBehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanBehavior</span></a> </p><p>'Limited smartphone accessibility led to reduced smartphone use, but instead of becoming less distracted, participants shifted their attention to their laptops. '</p><p><a href="https://techxplore.com/news/2025-03-constantly-distracted-ways-procrastinate-isnt.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techxplore.com/news/2025-03-co</span><span class="invisible">nstantly-distracted-ways-procrastinate-isnt.html</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leak</span></a> was never about an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>app</span></a>. It was a diagnostic stain, exposing the rot festering beneath the Mythic US’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/veneer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veneer</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>. The fleeting obsession with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encryption</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/protocols" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>protocols</span></a> and personnel errors encapsulated the farce: a society expertly trained by its <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machine</span></a> to fixate on trivialities while the Operational US – the militarist-oligarchic core – wages <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/wars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wars</span></a> with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/psychopathic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychopathic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/impunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impunity</span></a>”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p</span><span class="invisible">/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Empire</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“Beyond the App: America's Willing Acceptance of Imperial Crime”</p><p>by Raja Sohail Bashir in The Geopolitical Compass on Substack </p><p>“This article wields the Signal leak as a diagnostic tool. The disproportionate attention to process over substance exemplifies how the distraction machine operates: trivialities amplified, atrocities obscured, and publics anesthetized to the crimes committed in their name”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/hailyb/p</span><span class="invisible">/beyond-the-app-americas-willing-acceptance?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Leak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leak</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Yemen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yemen</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Imperial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Imperial</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a></p>
Coffeedate with ADHD<p>The reason why I don't like open-plan offices and love working from home. The DnD mode is much more effective.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/focus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>focus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homeoffice</span></a></p>
Fiete Stegers<p>Absurd blame game: If - hypothetically- someone would have been able to sneak into a newly created chat group of high level officials that no one could have known existed -, this would be an even more severe breach. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a></p>
datum (n=1)<p>Panel 5 of this <a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/evm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">smbc-comics.com/comic/evm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is 💯 </p><p>(comic by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ZachWeinersmith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ZachWeinersmith</span></a></span> )</p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>comic</span></a></p>
Sean Murthy<p>Headline: Trump officials mistakenly texted war plans to reporter</p><p>Actual news: Trump officials intentionally use(d) unclassified systems to share classified information</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>press</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“Trump’s habit of deflection might explain last night's statement, and his habit of distraction might explain today’s social media post, in which the president returned to an exchange of words between him and Maine governor Janet Mills, a Democrat, more than three weeks ago…”<br>—Heather Cox Richardson, March 22, 2025<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/deflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deflection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a></p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toad.social/@wdlindsy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wdlindsy</span></a></span> <br>RE<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpDeportations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpDeportations</span></a> rely on tattoos, it’s bullshit</p><p>Right, it's to make money and a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> that almost half of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> has been pulled off</p><p>"I’m the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> who was detained by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped</p><p>I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. </p><p>Yet, compared with others, I was lucky"</p><p>Jasmine Mooney<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney</span></a></p>
Six Grandfathers Mountain<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> <br>RE<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dow</span></a> tumbles 400 points, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SP500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SP500</span></a> heads for fifth-straight weekly loss</p><p>Maybe this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wallstreet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wallstreet</span></a> badnews has made <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> make this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nyt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nyt</span></a> leak (see article) because every country has war plans for every country. As Trump would say, that's unfortunately or fortunately true.<br><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/musk-top-secret-pentagon-briefing-china_n_67dd3fa8e4b0a7d9698fee89" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/musk-top-se</span><span class="invisible">cret-pentagon-briefing-china_n_67dd3fa8e4b0a7d9698fee89</span></a></p>
Impish4249<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> friends, these are tough & frightening times for many of us.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sarcasm</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>snark</span></a> are great outlets for stress but can have the opposite effect if not labelled correctly. Please don't assume everyone knows "It's a joke."</p><p>For real events lease cite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/links" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>links</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/references" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>references</span></a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>facts</span></a>, not just <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/screenshots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenshots</span></a>, whenever possible.</p><p>If we're going to get out of this we need to work with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fact</span></a> not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a>.</p><p>Please <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/factcheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>factcheck</span></a> or ask others for citations, references & clarification.</p>
Goggles<p>TIL (Today I Learned) that, while on the train, if you spray a hand moisturizer that's lightly scented like the cologne my grandma used to wear, then the endless rattling of your crispy-snack package won't irritate the heck out of me – because I'm busy thinking about my grandma.</p><p><a href="https://kind.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a></p>
Thorsten Zöller<p>Read <a href="https://craigmod.com/essays/how_i_got_my_attention_back/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">craigmod.com/essays/how_i_got_</span><span class="invisible">my_attention_back/</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@craigmod" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>craigmod</span></a></span> for the second or third time. It is a wonderful piece which is more relevant and timely than ever (even with respect to the political allusions - now, eight years after it was first published).</p><p>It is eloquently written and full or relevant observations and insights. Also, it reminds me of how much I like Craig's writing style and that I should really read more from him (in particular his great newsletters!).</p><p>In fact, I think one can see the piece as an excellent elaboration on the central proposition "All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone" by Blaise Pascal, which is quoted in the piece (and which has long been one of my favorite quotes). But while man was not able to sit quietly in a room alone already several hundred years ago, in our times it has become incomparably harder - knowing that the much sought-after distraction - and thereby salvation - from his aloneness is not waiting somewhere outside his empty room, but beckoning right next to his fingertips.</p><p><a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/attentioneconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>attentioneconomy</span></a> <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/disconnect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disconnect</span></a> <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>distraction</span></a></p>
Sweet Home Alaberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇲🇽<p>The oligarchs are distracting the people that need to be solely focussed on the fascism that is passing opressive laws.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a></p>
The 🇨🇦 Resistance<p>Some of the things that will be used to justify this <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Distraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distraction</span></a> will be <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> 's retaliation to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a>. There have already been social media posts about how our economically defensive tactics are "illegal".</p><p>Combined with the sociopathic dismissal of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> as "not a real country" and how we are "subsidized" or "tariff abusers" -- the <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> is 'othering' and essentially de-humanizing <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Canadians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadians</span></a>.</p><p>The real motive is to expand territory and gain access to energy and minerals.</p>
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