In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 13/03/2026I was radicalized by parents that believed that we should assume the best of people and that all humans deserve dignity. He is testing mine too...or, should I say, he tested mine and failed. 122
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 12/03/2026Temerity ...(n.) acting fearlessly without consideration of the consequences and doing so in an often reckless and audacious way 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 27/02/2026ultracrepidarian ...(n.) a person who gives opinions on things that they don't know much about From Latin, meaning the cobbler shouldn't judge things beyond his shoes 030
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Bertrand Russell lived before social media gave them the power of self-direction (and the illusion of knowledge and understanding) and a bunch of people in their echo chamber egging them on. 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Kafkaesque, Orwellian, Atwoodian, Dickensian, Bradburyan... ...enough authors understood the intersection of politics, power and human nature that their names can be used as adjectives. 110
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Is the guy second from the right doing a facepalm? ...maybe he gets it. 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I think people fear things when they can imagine the consequences; especially to themselves and those they love. The rest is just white noise. 000
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The irony of 'textbook cases' is that you have to read textbooks to know about them 000
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Hamartia ...(n.) a tragic or fatal flaw that leads to one's downfall. 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Mumpsimus ...(n.) a belief that one continues to hold despite all evidence that shows it is not true 021
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Or people on the dole who think they are on their team 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 22/12/2025subterfuge ...(n.) deceit, evasion or trickery used to achieve a goal 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Hamartia ...(n.) a severe flaw or error in judgement that leads to a person's downfall "... And it is the nature of a hamartia that you can’t see it coming. You think, 'Man, this is great, I’m going up forever!' ... you reach the top and you start the descent." -John Greene 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 16/12/2025scurrilous ... (adj.) meant to attack one's integrity or defame. (as in scurrilous rumors, scurrilous comments, scurrilous social media posts, etc...) 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Panoply ...(n.) a large and impressive collection of things (literal or figurative) "Why did the night withhold its panoply of sounds?" -David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 000
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Compathy ...(n.) feelings that are shared between or among people (compathy is to share the feeling...empathy is to try to understand the feeling) 021
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 02/12/2025otiose ... (adj) serves no purpose. useless. “Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands.” -Martin Amis in the Second Plane 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 24/11/2025You are correct! Bluesky doesn't allow editing, so I'll leave it as an example of how I am still learning late in life. 🙄 020
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 22/11/2025In other words, they don't care if words hurt other people, but when it hurts them, they will reverse. Imagine how much time was wasted on this ignorant double reversal. 070
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Looks like it was programmed to take the path or least resistance initially and then suck up when called out...many humans are programmed the same. 172
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Adynaton ...(n.) a hyperbole that is so extreme it can never happen; or when a gross exaggeration becomes exaggerated enough to get a new name. 000
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 09/11/2025Intransigent ...(adj.) unwilling to change your mind, stubborn to a fault "Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads..." -Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged 000
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 08/11/2025Obsimath ...(n.) a person who begins learning later in life 121
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 05/09/2025badinage ...(noun) witty banter "...playful warfare of badinage..." -Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 29/08/2025aposiopesis ...breaking off in the middle of a sentence, usually due to emotion. "I'll get you, or else..." 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Corybantic ...(adj.) wild and spirited ..cage me and i d go frantic my life is so romantic capricious and corybantic... -Song of Mehitabel by Don Marquis 010
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Any chance they are trying to get dems to scream "mail-in ballots are safe" so they can rig the mail-ins and nobody feels like they can question it? 000
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 12/08/2025lassitude ...Weariness. Lack of mental or physical energy. "A deadly lassitude had taken hold of him." -1984, George Orwell 110
In a word... @propitious.bsky.social · 18/06/2025I don’t believe Fox News anchors should be either 0130
