mathstodon.xyz is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A Mastodon instance for maths people. We have LaTeX rendering in the web interface!

Server stats:

2.8K
active users

#rejection

0 posts0 participants0 posts today
Brian Greenberg<p>💼 Why does rejection at work hurt so much—and how do we move past it?</p><p>Whether it’s a failed job interview, a declined proposal, or being passed over for a promotion, rejection in the workplace can feel deeply personal.</p><p>According to psychologist Art Markman, the reasons include:<br>・🧠 Rejection sensitivity—some of us are wired to expect rejection<br>・📉 Fear of asking, applying, or risking failure<br>・💔 When rejection hits your self-concept or future goals</p><p>Here’s how to cope effectively:<br>・✍️ Write about the experience to process it<br>・🛌 Prioritize sleep to reset emotionally<br>・💬 Work with a therapist to unpack recurring patterns</p><p>Success in any field means risking rejection. The trick is learning to face it, grow from it—and keep going.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91308630/why-it-can-be-so-hard-to-get-over-rejection-at-work" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fastcompany.com/91308630/why-i</span><span class="invisible">t-can-be-so-hard-to-get-over-rejection-at-work</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CareerDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CareerDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EmotionalIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmotionalIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rejection</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leadership</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WorkplaceWellness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorkplaceWellness</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ProfessionalGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProfessionalGrowth</span></a></p>
Piia Bartos<p>Reviewer #1: "The publication records of the applicant do not support the ability of the PI to conduct ground-breaking research. I was not convinced that there is sufficient evidence of creative and original thinking by the applicant, and that the Pi has the required scientific expertise and capacity to successfully execute the project."</p><p>All other 4 reviewers saw that I had good enough CV for the project... what an ass.</p><p><a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/application" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>application</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/AcademicChatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicChatter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodontti.fi/tags/reviewer2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reviewer2</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/adams-john/9544/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>John Adams</b></a></p><blockquote>The desire of the esteem of others is as real a want of nature as hunger — and the neglect and contempt of the world as severe a pain as the gout or stone.</blockquote><p><b>John Adams</b> (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)<br>Essay (1790), “Discourses on Davila: A Series of Papers on Political History,” No. 4, Gazette of the United States</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/adams-john/9544/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/adams-john/9544/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=contempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contempt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ego" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ego</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=emotionalpain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emotionalpain</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=esteem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>esteem</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=pride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pride</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=respect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>respect</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=validation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>validation</span></a></p>
Knowledge Zone<p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Race" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Race</span></a> for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Superintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Superintelligence</span></a>: <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scaling</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Challenges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Challenges</span></a>, and Future <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Prospects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prospects</span></a> : Medium</p><p>You should be setting <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rejection</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Goals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goals</span></a> : Vox</p><p>Why <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a>’s <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brains</span></a> are more <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Resilient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilient</span></a>: it could be their ‘silent’ X <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Chromosome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chromosome</span></a> : Nature</p><p>Check our latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeLinks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/resources/</span><span class="invisible">bookmarks</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/marcus-aureleus/74912/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Marcus Aurelius</b></a></p><blockquote>We were born for cooperation, like feet, like hands, like eyelids, like the rows of upper and lower teeth. So to work against each other is contrary to nature; and resentment and rejection count as working against someone.<br>&nbsp;<br>[γεγόναμεν γὰρ πρὸς συνεργίαν ὡς πόδες, ὡς χεῖρες, ὡς βλέφαρα, ὡς οἱ στοῖχοι τῶν ἄνω καὶ κάτω ὀδόντων. τὸ οὖν ἀντιπράσσειν ἀλλήλοις παρὰ φύσιν: ἀντιπρακτικὸν δὲ τὸ ἀγανακτεῖν καὶ ἀποστρέφεσθαι.]</blockquote><p><b>Marcus Aurelius</b> (AD 121-180) Roman emperor (161-180), Stoic philosopher<br><i>Meditations [To Himself; Τὰ εἰς ἑαυτόν],</i> Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1) [tr. Gill (2013)]</p> <p>Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: <a href="https://wist.info/marcus-aureleus/74912/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wist.info/marcus-aureleus/7491…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=MarcusAurelius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcusAurelius</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=anger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>anger</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=assistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assistance</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=cooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>help</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=humannature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humannature</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=meaningoflife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meaningoflife</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=mutuality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutuality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=purpose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>purpose</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=resentment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resentment</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=together" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>together</span></a></p>
Kevin Russell<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@MaryAustinBooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MaryAustinBooks</span></a></span> </p><p>That's the ticket. That's the way to do it.</p><p>Ordinary respected people REJECTING the assault.</p><p>Wowsers Ms. Crowe.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/humptrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humptrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/dems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dems</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>“UK has kindly decided not to accept the refugees it helped to create”</p><p>by Laura And Normal Island News on Substack</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@UKLabour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>UKLabour</span></a></span> </p><p>“The British government has decided it does not want to accept Palestinian refugees, but it’s quite happy to supply Israel with the weapons that create them. I mean it’s not reasonable for us to take responsibility for the consequences of our actions…”</p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/normalislandnews/p/uk-has-kindly-decided-not-to-accept?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/normalis</span><span class="invisible">landnews/p/uk-has-kindly-decided-not-to-accept?r=27oltk&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Participation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Participation</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Refugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Refugees</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rejection</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a></p>
Knowledge Zone<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Shortest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shortest</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Paths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Paths</span></a> in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Spacetime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spacetime</span></a>? It’s Not as Easy As You Think! : Medium</p><p>How to Take <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rejection</span></a> Way Less Personally : Misc</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> found a new way to create <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quantum</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Entanglement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Entanglement</span></a> : New Sci</p><p>Check our latest <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/KnowledgeLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KnowledgeLinks</span></a></p><p><a href="https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">knowledgezone.co.in/resources/</span><span class="invisible">bookmarks</span></a></p>
Coffeedate with ADHD<p>It's not even a meme. It's more the typical reaction when I talk about it. Btw, I hate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSD</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhdmeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhdmeme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhdbrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhdbrain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adhdawareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adhdawareness</span></a></p>
Zelestian PhD memes<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/christmas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>christmas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gift</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/paper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reviewers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reviewers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdstudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdstudent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratestudent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratestudent</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctorate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctorate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/motivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmeme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmeme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdmemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdmemes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdstudentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdstudentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phdtroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phdtroll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratemotivation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratemotivation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratememe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratememe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratememes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratememes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratestudentlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratestudentlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doctoratetroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctoratetroll</span></a></p>
Janice Harayda<p>Were These History's Worst Rejections of Great Writers? I explain why some editors thought Flaubert, Melville, Agatha Christie and James Baldwin were turkeys in a new story <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@medium" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>medium</span></a></span>. </p><p>As a critic, I've been writing about literary snubs for years, but I was still appalled by some of these boneheaded replies to unlucky authors.</p><p><a href="https://me.dm/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writing</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Medium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medium</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rejection</span></a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/Inspiration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inspiration</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://medium.com/lit-life/were-these-historys-worst-rejections-of-great-writers-637019450c66?sk=5a652bab6dc7e0e16f56936c456b3d5c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/lit-life/were-these</span><span class="invisible">-historys-worst-rejections-of-great-writers-637019450c66?sk=5a652bab6dc7e0e16f56936c456b3d5c</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>It wasn’t supposed to be a big deal, just a ho-hum announcement of something not happening. Instead the greatest salesperson of the era, whose customer obsession had made <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> into a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/colossus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>colossus</span></a>…, got the greatest customer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> of a lifetime.</p><p>A ¼M <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WashingtonPost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WashingtonPost</span></a> readers canceled their subscriptions….That is ~10% of the total circulation. The speed &amp; decisive force of the cancellations was a bit of a shock but also appropriate, said Danny Caine, author of “How to Resist Amazon &amp; Why.”</p>
Deborah Harmes<p>Frightening that so MANY citizens of the USA agree with these sentiments.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/18/election-trump-immigration-poll" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o</span><span class="invisible">ct/18/election-trump-immigration-poll</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deceit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deceit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trends</span></a></p>
Deborah Harmes<p>The Double Whammy of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FEMA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/decision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decision</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/denial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assistance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unanswered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unanswered</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dysfunctional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dysfunctional</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
Joseph Lim :mastodon:<p>Mass <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walkout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Walkout</span></a> as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GlobalPariah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalPariah</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Netanyahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netanyahu</span></a> Addresses <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UNGeneralAssembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNGeneralAssembly</span></a><br>"The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicrebuke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicrebuke</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> PM, said one observer, "demonstrates the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> community's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a>." A large number of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diplomats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diplomats</span></a> &amp; oth officials walked out of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UNGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNGA</span></a> in New York City on Fri as Israeli "genocidalPM" Netanyahu prepared to defend his nation's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slaughter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slaughter</span></a> of more than 41,000 people in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> Strip during the past year and over 700 in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> this week" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IDF</span></a><br><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-united-nations-speech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/netanyah</span><span class="invisible">u-united-nations-speech</span></a></p>
SherBeareth<p>👀And though <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vance</span></a>’s journey from rural <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> to the halls of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> ought to make him an adept code-switcher—a scene in the movie version of his memoir <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HillbillyElegy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HillbillyElegy</span></a> finds him studying the right way to say the word syrup—it seems as if he’s lost the ability to <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/hear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hear</span></a> how he <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sounds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sounds</span></a> to people <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/outside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outside</span></a> it all. How can you put yourself in an <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/audience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>audience</span></a>’s shoes when your <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> is rooted in a radical <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/empathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>empathy</span></a> itself?</p><p>Em see rup.</p><p><a href="https://slate.com/culture/2024/08/jd-vance-trump-walz-harris-donut-shop-couch-joke-humor.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">slate.com/culture/2024/08/jd-v</span><span class="invisible">ance-trump-walz-harris-donut-shop-couch-joke-humor.html</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Officials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Officials</span></a> Voted Down a Controversial <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rule</span></a>, Saying It Violated the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a>. Then a Similar Version <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Passed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passed</span></a>.</p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rule</span></a>, pushed by prominent <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/electiondeniers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electiondeniers</span></a>, changed only slightly between its <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> in May and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/approval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>approval</span></a> in August, and the changes made it even less <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lawful" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawful</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/experts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experts</span></a> say."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Georgia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteSupremacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-rule-violates-state-law-experts-say" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/georgia</span><span class="invisible">-election-rule-violates-state-law-experts-say</span></a></p>
Jeremy<p>Well, the AISL NSF grant I was on for evaluation of a STEM maker research project was rejected. Which is quite depressing. </p><p>At least the reviewers said that my part of the proposal was innovative, exactly how evaluation should be conducted, thorough, and a bunch of other great descriptions. </p><p>Maybe next year?</p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/evaluation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evaluation</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> is quietly <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/denying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>denying</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/residents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>residents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/updated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>updated</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/birthcertificates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>birthcertificates</span></a></p><p>The <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rejection</span></a> comes without <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/publicnotice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicnotice</span></a> or new <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> — even when all other government-issued <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/identification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identification</span></a> reflects their current <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/genderidentity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>genderidentity</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Women</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transgender</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extremism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hategroups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hategroups</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Transphobia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transphobia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ThePartyOfHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThePartyOfHate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EmptyThePews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmptyThePews</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://19thnews.org/2024/07/florida-transgender-updated-birth-certificates/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2024/07/florida-t</span><span class="invisible">ransgender-updated-birth-certificates/</span></a></p>
Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arkansas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AbortionRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbortionRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Organizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Organizers</span></a> Vow to Fight '<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Absurd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Absurd</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Rejection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rejection</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ballot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ballot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Measure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Measure</span></a> </p><p>"We will not back down," <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/organizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>organizers</span></a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/initiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>initiative</span></a> said in response to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SecretaryofState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretaryofState</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JohnThurston" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnThurston</span></a>'s claim they did not provide all required information. </p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/arkansas-abortion-amendment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/arkansas</span><span class="invisible">-abortion-amendment</span></a></p>