being timid, modest or shy due to a lack of self-cofidence
Jane
@jcm444.bsky.social
no one is perfect
but it can become
a bit terrifying
to want something so much
yet not feel solid enough
confident enough
to show up consistently
in perfect imperfection
shaky instead, #wonky
shrinking, unpredictable
uncertain, diffident
casually human
naturally human
just perfectly human
#vss365
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David Storey
@davidstoreygeog.bsky.social
"The American people will have no patience for any museum that is diffident about America’s founding or otherwise uncomfortable conveying a positive view of American history"
Self-censorship, pre-emptive acquiescence and anticipatory obedience
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/donald-trump-smithsonian-reframe-entire-culture-united-states?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Kelly Heard
@meankellyjean.bsky.social
Finished Bleak House. Cheers to Esther Summerson, the most self-effacing unreliable narrator. I read that even many Victorians found her too fawning and diffident, but, being that this is the 21st century and I know a thing or two about the fawn response, I think Esther and I would have been friends
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