Wednesday, February 4, 2026
"You cannot reward monsters": US lawmakers demand increased pressure on Russia -- Russian attack shows Moscow is not serious about peace, NATO chief says -- How Soviet nostalgia and silence enable wartime complicity on Russian YouTube -- How the Kremlin drafted Russia's hackers to attack the West, leading to a rare US court case ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/wednesday-february-4-2026/
“The mind self-edits. The mind airbrushes.” — Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex
#QOTD #JeffreyEugenides #CognitiveBias #SelectiveMemory #selfdeception #MentalEditing #illusion
https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/quote-of-the-day-5407/
“you suffer calculated amnesia. you
forget those who remind you of what you really are.” — Wanda Coleman, "I Died with the First Blow & Was Reborn Wrong," Bathwater Wine
#BOTD #WandaColeman #Quote #Amnesia #Quotation #SelectiveMemory #QOTD
https://yahooeysblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/quote-of-the-day-5338/
A quotation from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
Memory is a net; one finds it full of fish when he takes it from the brook; but a dozen miles of water have run through it without sticking.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) American poet, essayist, scholar
Article (1858-10), “Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table,” Atlantic Monthly
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/holmes-sr-oliver-wen…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #experience #forgetfulness #memory #recollection #selectivememory
"Despite the fact that Chief Justice John Roberts also voted with the liberal justices on the foreign aid case, and despite the fact that Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored opinions during his time as a lower court judge that are now being relied upon as precedent in arguments against the Trump administration before the Supreme Court, the level of ire directed at the male justices is not the same. MAGA acolytes hate women with a sense of violence that is not mirrored in their criticisms of men who step out of line."
-- Leeja Miller, "On Amy Coney Barrett | May 28, 2025"
That's analogous to what I'm talking about, when I talk about the acrimonious underpinnings against femme professionals in the workplace.
WENDY: Oh! Peter, when Captain Hook carried us away —
PETER: Who’s Captain Hook? Is it a story? Tell it me.
WENDY: (aghast) Do you mean to say you’ve even forgotten Captain Hook, and how you killed him and saved all our lives?
PETER: (fidgeting) I forget them after I kill them.
J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]
When Wendy Grew Up — An Afterthought (1908, publ. 1957)
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/barrie-james/76677/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #peterpan #jmbarrie #disregard #forgetfulness #memory #remembrance #selectivememory
Edmonton cops calling Nazi landmarks 'war memorials'—sounds like the birthplace of the KKK in Canada is also the home of convenient amnesia. #SelectiveMemory #WhitewashingHistory
“This is a story about memory. And this much can be remembered ...”
Terry Pratchett; Soul Music
#DiscWorld #SelectiveMemory #ICantRecall #IDontRemember #DrDeathSunak #LiarSunak #CovidInquiry
New House Speaker Conveniently Can’t Remember His Past Homophobia. | Mike Johnson has an extensive record attacking LGBTQ rights—and suddenly, he doesn’t want to talk about it.
https://newrepublic.com/post/176473/speaker-mike-johnson-cant-remember-past-homophobia-fox
#MikeJohnson #Homophobia #LGBTQrights #NewHouseSpeaker #PastRecord #SelectiveMemory #Politics #News
