Profile avatar
graysonsa.bsky.social
18 posts 21 followers 26 following
Getting Started
Conversation Starter
Posts 5 Comments 13

In 1895, Theodore Roosevelt argued against the spoils system and in favor of a nonpartisan civil service. “The government cannot endure permanently if administered on a spoils basis. If this form of corruption is permitted and encouraged, other forms of corruption will inevitably follow.”

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

From Barry Lopez: A writer’s responsibility isn’t to be wise. There are wisdom keepers in all societies, and they aren’t necessarily storytellers. The storyteller’s responsibility is to remember what we are all prone to forget, and to say it memorably.

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Trump embodies the myth that money and power can prevent you for having to deal with the human condition of love and loss. He projects an immunity to both where Biden, despite his powerful position, shows his humanity with his grief over his son who died. We want to believe you can live without loss

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Anyone notice that while the form factor has largely stayed the same, Apple continues to cram more and more features onto the iPhone and Apple Watch? The UI is so overburdened that it’s far too easy to accidentally cause unwanted actions. New button actions further confuse things.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

A friend recently summed up her reaction to the election, which I find endearing: “Well, better honestly depressed than insincerely anesthetized.”

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments