Apodictic
Adjective
Latin, 17th century
Clearly established or beyond dispute: originally from Greek “apodeiktikos” and “apodeiktos” and Latin “apodicticus”, it stems from the verbal adjective of “apodeiknynai,” meaning “to show off, demonstrate, show by argument, point out, prove.”
Example: My apodictic knowledge of the history of canines is due to my life-long love for dogs.
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“If we can do a better job to remember that we’re all created in God’s image, ‘b’tzelem Elohim.’ If we could all do more to tone down the rhetoric in politics and on talk shows and remember that we can debate ideas. We don’t have to agree. We also don’t have to attack one another personally to get our point across.”
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, who was taken hostage at gunpoint for 11 hours along with three other congregants at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas on January 15
The phrase ‘b’tzelem elohim,’ means “in the image of God”.
“We depend upon one another whether we know it or not and we are made better when more of us are seen and heard and helped. So many tiny-tribe people have been fooled into believing that someone else’s gain is their loss; that this existence is competitive when it is actually supposed to collaborative, that we take care of our own. That is a sad way to spend the brief time here that we have. I want something better.”
John Pavlovitz, in “Yes, This Is All About Tribalism”
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A writer’s job is never done. That includes marketing – which most of us hate. We’re writers – not salespeople! At least I’m not. Regardless, we scribes HAVE to take every opportunity to sell our writings and we HAVE to use any means necessary – preferably those that fall within the bounds of legality. The Marketing Deities have established unique reasons to mark every day of the year. With February close upon us, here are some prime marketing opportunities for each day of the month.
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Tsundoku (積ん読)
Noun
Japanese (slang), 19th century
Acquiring reading materials and letting them pile up without reading them. It combines elements of tsunde-oku (積んでおく, to pile things up) and dokusho (読書, reading books). As currently written, the word combines the characters for “pile up” (積) and the character for “read” (読).
Example: My vast tsundoku looks overwhelming, but it’s still comforting to me.
Image: Ronnie Filyaw – Whomp!
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Who knew that local television reporting could be dangerous? Tori Yorgey of WSAZ-TV in Charleston, West Virginia could provide some insight. Yorgey was reporting on a water main break in nearby Dunbar during an evening broadcast on January 19, when she was struck by a white S.U.V. and knocked down. The camera fell to the ground as well, and from outside the shot, Yorgey could be heard telling her in-studio colleague, “I just got hit by a car, but I’m OK.”
Regardless of Yorgey’s nonchalant demeanor, it was a frightening episode.
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Kentucky U.S. Senate candidate Charles Booker responding to a Tweet by Sen. Rand Paul
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“I saw a large group and made a joke. Sadly when Democrats see the same they demonize my family for a year straight.”
Rep. Lauren Boebert, trying to explain her response to a group of Orthodox Jewish visitors to the U.S. Capitol
The group, whose members donned traditional yarmulkes, was meeting with Rep. Tom Suozzi. Boebert’s remark came just days after a hostage-taking ordeal at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas.
“And the solution is as simple as the problem. Here’s the solution, stop putting up with it. Say no. No, you can’t smoke meth in the park. You’re not allowed to crap on the sidewalk. Pull up your pants and get the hell out of here. Go somewhere with lower standards. Head for a place where politicians don’t care about their people, because we do care and that’s why we’re hauling your tent to a landfill and cutting off your checks today. You are a drug addict. Get a job or leave. This is our city, you are not allowed to wreck it; you didn’t build it.”
Tucker Carlson, suggesting how to deal with homeless people
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