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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 7:29 PM

I'm going to support Universal Humanism on here from time to time with my own aphorisms.....anybody wants to be immortalized in memes😁🤷‍♂️, set up an account and post Maxims at CivilSimian.com and you'll be part of the database too.....

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A polished chrome ring made of several concentric metallic bands sits on a light gray background, framing a solid black circle. Centered inside, rounded handwritten-style lettering in a pink-to-blue gradient displays a quote reading Humanity's universal is what we are before we choose. THIS is the foundation of justice. -kalokagathia. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears in the lower left corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:39 PM

Those who live by customs that coincide with and preserve universality...universal human rights....are the customs that are likely to survive....

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 6:31 PM

Two viewpoints: Help them or let them die. That breaks down into how to help them or figure out how it's their fault....or kill them and get it over with.

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 5:15 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 3:41 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 2:41 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 1:40 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 10:59 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:45 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 8:18 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 6:35 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 5:39 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 4:34 AM

😂🤷‍♂️☀️.....

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 2:39 AM

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A dark, moody background of faint gray storm clouds overlaid with subtle diagonal stripes. Flowing script lettering in a pink-to-light-blue gradient displays a quote reading A man who has trained himself in goodness come to have certain direct intuitions about character, about the relations between human beings, about his own position in the world — intuitions that are quite different from the intuitions of the average sensual man. -Aldous Huxley. The CivilSimian.com watermark appears faintly in the lower left corner.

@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 1:39 AM

There's got to be an easier way to say this....

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 12:26 AM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 9:29 PM

Alternative facts....

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 8:15 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 7:08 PM

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 5:47 AM

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