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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

“I awoke feeling hollower than a dug-out canoe, and disappointed that I didn’t have a bad hangover to occupy my day.” - Phillip Kerr, “March Violets”

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“Excessive dress prevents the body from moving freely. Excessive wealth interferes with the movements of our soul.” — Demosthenes

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“Friends are warmer than gold when you're old. And keeping them is harder than you might suppose” - Purple Mountains Cool line when you are young. Hits a lot harder when you are old.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You’re walking around a city late a night. Going from bar to bar. What’s your song? The one that is in your head… the one that either is driving you for fun, driving you for the next encounter with an interesting stranger?

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

There are all the typical novels being thrown out to read that reflect on tyranny. You’ve read 1984 for what tyranny looks like. Read March Violets for how ordinary people talked themselves into it.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“Sinful people had once accepted their right to punish others - and most of our misfortunes started from this.” - Tolstoy

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Good end to a fairly shite week. Thank you. Do Red Wheelbarrow next… or not, you aren’t a Poetry Jukebox.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“War creates no absolutely new situation; it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that we can no longer ignore it.” - CS Lewis

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“Intolerant and power-hungry priests and pastors bring about the negation of religion.” — Willam Warburton

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

“The philosopher’s lecture-hall is a hospital—you shouldn’t walk out of it feeling pleasure, but pain, for you aren’t well when you enter it.” — Epictetus

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“I’ll never be ashamed to quote a bad writer with a good saying.” —Seneca

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

“Every new desire is the beginning of a new wish, the beginning of a new sadness.” - Voltaire

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I love when I haven’t posted in days & even when I do it’s just about food and wine then the only notifications I have is that people have blocked me.

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Ron Burgundy: Boy, That Escalated

ALT: Ron Burgundy: Boy, That Escalated

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Do not allow yourself to be infected by the mood or spirit of those who abuse you; do not step onto their path. —Marcus Aurelius

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Thanks @usdhuga.bsky.social for good music recommendations. Adding them to a new listening list for the weekend.

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Man Listening To Music

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

“Receive without pride, let go without attachment.” — Marcus Aurelius , Meditations, 8.33

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Listening to this gem of an album. I blame @usdhuga.bsky.social for making me go down the solo piano works rabbit hole for the last week. It’s a good blame though. classical.music.apple.com/us/album/145...

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Poulenc: The Complete Music for Solo Piano by Pascal Rogé - Apple Music Classical

Listen to Poulenc: The Complete Music for Solo Piano by Pascal Rogé. 1998. 90 tracks. 3 hours 20 minutes.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

“It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners.”

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

“Show me that the good life doesn’t consist in its length, but in its use, and that it is possible - no, entirely too common - for a person who has had a long life to have lived too little.” - Seneca, Moral Letters

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’ve never met Monica Queen but I fell in love with her when I first listened to “Lazy Line Painter Jane” in 1997. And any time I listen to that song it’s like seeing an old flame that can never be extinguished.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Another Sunny Day by Belle & Sebastian may be the best song in the world. Tonight. You know who you are and why I think this way. Tonight.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

“Criticize yourself, but do not feel desperate about it.” — Epictetus

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

“We live, in fact, in a world starved for solitude, silence, and privacy, and therefore starved for meditation and true friendship.” - C.S. Lewis

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

“The worst mistake which was ever made in this world was the separation of political science from ethics” - Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

#KhargIslandFestival Rage Against the Machine set: Barrels on Parade Drilling in the Name

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

“Atreus: Who would reject the flood of fortune’s gifts? Thyestes: Anyone who has experienced how easily they flow back.” —Seneca

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Was discussing this movie yesterday with a friend who bought a “historic” home. He had never heard of it… now he is about to live it.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

“Slavery resides under marble and gold.” - Seneca

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Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

🔥 Enduring wisdom from Seneca: “A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.”

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Quotes from the Forum @stoicquotes.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

🏛️ Philosophy from Epictetus: “Circumstances don’t make the man, they only reveal him to himself.”

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H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 01/02/2026

Here’s something I love about information democracy: there’s 3 million open source Epstein files out there right now. Almost everyone, 99.9999% of people, are like “eh, I’ll let someone else look for me” Journalists have such a great opportunity right now.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

2021 Trois Noix Lovely Bordeaux blend from Napa (Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot). Loads of red fruit & spice. #BQWines

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

“Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.” - Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Pals, it only took us 28 years, but Wait Wait finally has merch! Pick it up here or when you come to see us, and Represent. shopnpr.org/collections/...

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

“On Bullshit” by Harry Frankfurt is a book that is incredibly pertinent, interesting, and enjoyable. The idea that bullshit is more dangerous than lying is something so necessary for people to understand right now. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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On Bullshit

Over one million copies sold worldwideThe international and #1 New York Times bestsellerThe anniversary edition of the acclaimed book that reveals why bullshit is more dangerous than lying

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NPR @npr.org · 04/01/2026

President Trump wants more U.S. oil companies to "go in" to Venezuela. But there are economic, historical, and climate reasons that may not be easy. Here's what you need to know about oil in Venezuela. n.pr/4sp63PX

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Trump wants U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. Here's what to know

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The Philosophy of Cheese by Patrick McGuigan is a fun, interesting, and informative book to start 2026. However it is also making me hungry.

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

“The difference between real material poison and intellectual poison is that most material poison is disgusting to the taste, but intellectual poison, which takes the form of cheap newspapers or bad books, can unfortunately sometimes be attractive.” - Tolstoy

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

2012 Salmon Rosé for ringing in the New Year. Always a great wine. Cheers! #BQWines

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

“Many times an old man has no other evidence besides his age to prove he has lived a long time.” —Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

“You act like mortals in all that you fear, and like immortals in all that you desire.” —Seneca

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

You kind of have to repost this, right? Right?

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/12/2025

Trump: "We have a fool at the Federal Reserve. I mean, Biden reappointed him. It's too bad. You would have thought he wouldn't have done that." (Jerome Powell was appointed by Trump)

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Buck Quivas @buckquivas.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

“This is our big mistake: to think we look forward toward death. Most of death is already gone. Whatever time has passed is owned by death.” —Seneca

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