as maxims go ‘the cruelty is the point’ seems to have far outlived any rhetorical use it once had
May 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
as maxims go ‘the cruelty is the point’ seems to have far outlived any rhetorical use it once had
“Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Comrade Napoleon is always right’—maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.” — George Orwell, “Animal Farm”
Kevin Hassett on tariffs: "President Trump has a hat which is the accurate response to what that person said, which is 'Trump always wins.' A lot of people are wearing that hat, and 'Trump was always right.' But Trump does always win these negotiations."
May 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“Napoleon ended his speech with a reminder of Boxer's two favourite maxims, ‘I will work harder’ and ‘Comrade Napoleon is always right’—maxims, he said, which every animal would do well to adopt as his own.” — George Orwell, “Animal Farm”
"Chill before serving" is one of my maxims for doing discussion and debate online.
August 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"Chill before serving" is one of my maxims for doing discussion and debate online.
From "Napoleon's Maxims of War."
January 27, 2026 at 1:19 AM
From "Napoleon's Maxims of War."
that's why they're called maxims, because they're maximally correct
shoot the messenger before you even get the message. no news is good news as the maxim goes. they don't make wrong maxims
January 5, 2026 at 7:28 PM
that's why they're called maxims, because they're maximally correct
Pair of Wolf's Dragoons Maxims. #Battletech #Miniaturepainting
July 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Pair of Wolf's Dragoons Maxims. #Battletech #Miniaturepainting
shoot the messenger before you even get the message. no news is good news as the maxim goes. they don't make wrong maxims
January 5, 2026 at 7:27 PM
shoot the messenger before you even get the message. no news is good news as the maxim goes. they don't make wrong maxims
Pair of Eridani Light Horse Maxims. #Battletech #Miniaturepainting
August 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Pair of Eridani Light Horse Maxims. #Battletech #Miniaturepainting
Via Maxims IG❤️
March 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Via Maxims IG❤️
Gricean Maxims <<< Grobian Maxims
September 29, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Gricean Maxims <<< Grobian Maxims
There is sort of a subcategory of Main Character Syndrome that’s like Niemoller Syndrome where you think your job during all this is Sayer of the Maxims
“The cruelty is the point” is not a particularly useful thing to say at this time in response to someone pointing out a particular harm republicans are enacting.
May 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
There is sort of a subcategory of Main Character Syndrome that’s like Niemoller Syndrome where you think your job during all this is Sayer of the Maxims
Oh good God.
Remember one of the Timothy Snyder maxims: 'Don't Obey in Advance'? Might need a reminder at NPR.
Remember one of the Timothy Snyder maxims: 'Don't Obey in Advance'? Might need a reminder at NPR.
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
RFK Jr. wants to 'Make America Healthy Again.' He could face a lot of pushback
RFK Jr. wants to tackle chronic disease. Despite controversial views on vaccines, his focus on healthy food and taking on special interests may find broad support — and face political headwinds.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Oh good God.
Remember one of the Timothy Snyder maxims: 'Don't Obey in Advance'? Might need a reminder at NPR.
Remember one of the Timothy Snyder maxims: 'Don't Obey in Advance'? Might need a reminder at NPR.
"When they go low, we go high" has to be one of the most discredited maxims of the last ten years
December 19, 2024 at 11:23 AM
"When they go low, we go high" has to be one of the most discredited maxims of the last ten years
I fling poo at your
-- fussbudget maxims
-- weird typographical fixations
-- dull pedantry
-- fussbudget maxims
-- weird typographical fixations
-- dull pedantry
September 29, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I fling poo at your
-- fussbudget maxims
-- weird typographical fixations
-- dull pedantry
-- fussbudget maxims
-- weird typographical fixations
-- dull pedantry
Being asked to do more with less is one of those internet era maxims that seems to imply ingenuity, but is actually just the managerial slogan for squeezing uncompensated labor out of workers unwilling or unable to leave their current employment.
April 29, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Being asked to do more with less is one of those internet era maxims that seems to imply ingenuity, but is actually just the managerial slogan for squeezing uncompensated labor out of workers unwilling or unable to leave their current employment.
2/2 To supplement your life models, always have plenty of plaster casts to hand! One of Michael Sweert's favorite maxims, here painted in 1652. Today is his birthday.
September 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
2/2 To supplement your life models, always have plenty of plaster casts to hand! One of Michael Sweert's favorite maxims, here painted in 1652. Today is his birthday.
“I don’t have many maxims in life, but one of them is that the moment you privatise a public service is also the day you should set the date for the Royal Commission into the failures and abuses of the system.”
My @deepcutnews.bsky.social column - in the late 1970s neoliberal con artists unleashed their cancer in to society. Fuck them and the horse they rode on.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/neoliberal...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/neoliberal...
Neoliberalism has destroyed our social fabric in the name of profits – Greg Jericho
Privatisation has failed. It's time to put public services back into public hands
www.deepcutnews.com
August 10, 2026 at 12:31 AM
“I don’t have many maxims in life, but one of them is that the moment you privatise a public service is also the day you should set the date for the Royal Commission into the failures and abuses of the system.”
"Even the most courageous among us only rarely has the courage for what he really knows."
Twilight of the Idols, Maxims and Arrows §2
#existentialism #Nietzsche
Twilight of the Idols, Maxims and Arrows §2
#existentialism #Nietzsche
October 1, 2026 at 8:29 PM
"Even the most courageous among us only rarely has the courage for what he really knows."
Twilight of the Idols, Maxims and Arrows §2
#existentialism #Nietzsche
Twilight of the Idols, Maxims and Arrows §2
#existentialism #Nietzsche
(discourse voice) the gricean maxims are biased against neurotypicals
June 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
(discourse voice) the gricean maxims are biased against neurotypicals
Kirk was not debating he was performing. And he was a good performer, a gifted demagogue who had his finger on the pulse of many young Americans, mostly white and male. Sitting in front of an ecstatic crowd aggressively batting down questions with pithy right wing maxims was a show not a debate.
September 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Kirk was not debating he was performing. And he was a good performer, a gifted demagogue who had his finger on the pulse of many young Americans, mostly white and male. Sitting in front of an ecstatic crowd aggressively batting down questions with pithy right wing maxims was a show not a debate.
Struggling to take a good pic as always, but that's the Merc box Galleons and Maxims done. I don't think I'll base the Maxims, but I'll probably add something for the Galleons.
#Battletech #AlphaStrike
#Battletech #AlphaStrike
June 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Struggling to take a good pic as always, but that's the Merc box Galleons and Maxims done. I don't think I'll base the Maxims, but I'll probably add something for the Galleons.
#Battletech #AlphaStrike
#Battletech #AlphaStrike
there are two maxims that have accurately allowed me to predict the Trump admin thus far
(1) what would the stupid cyberpunk outcome be?
(2) what action would annoy/hurt the most amount of liberals?
(1) what would the stupid cyberpunk outcome be?
(2) what action would annoy/hurt the most amount of liberals?
January 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
there are two maxims that have accurately allowed me to predict the Trump admin thus far
(1) what would the stupid cyberpunk outcome be?
(2) what action would annoy/hurt the most amount of liberals?
(1) what would the stupid cyberpunk outcome be?
(2) what action would annoy/hurt the most amount of liberals?
at the end of the day it’s important to remember the three maxims:
1 - Chicks rock
2 - Do it scared
3 - You’re not alone
1 - Chicks rock
2 - Do it scared
3 - You’re not alone
August 25, 2026 at 10:47 PM
at the end of the day it’s important to remember the three maxims:
1 - Chicks rock
2 - Do it scared
3 - You’re not alone
1 - Chicks rock
2 - Do it scared
3 - You’re not alone
World domination is just bdsm universalized in accordance with Kantian maxims
September 28, 2026 at 9:27 PM
World domination is just bdsm universalized in accordance with Kantian maxims
I generally dismiss maxims but the whole “familiarity breeds contempt” thing??? They snapped on that one.
September 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I generally dismiss maxims but the whole “familiarity breeds contempt” thing??? They snapped on that one.