#Contemporary

Usaama al-Azami

DrUsaama

Great to see this from a Muslim leader.https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1327442599028854784 Muslims do not celebrate non-Muslim religious festivals like Diwali or Christmas, but our Prophet taught us to be neighbourly, and part of

Bharadwaj

BharadwajSpeaks

Thread.Recently, Harsimrat Kaur @HarsimratBadal_ claimed in parliament that Guru Tegh Bahadur protected the religion of Hindus despite of being a Non-Hindu. And Hindus owe a huge favor to others.In this

Hebrew Words

HebreWords

The Modern Hebrew word for turtle and tortoise is צָב, but this is not the word's meaning in the Bible (Lev. 11:29), where it refers to a kind of "unclean"

Aaron Stewart-Ahn

somebadideas

Because it's been strip mined to a nostalgic, retro aesthetic. In 2021 people at forefront of design & urban futurism should stop recycling Ridley Scott's 1980s and catch up to

Lee Rice Epstein 🦄

lee_re

For someone who wants to get into jazz, I might start with these 5 drummer-led groups:Tim Daisy's Vox ArcanaHarris Eisenstadt's Canada Day QuintetCharles Rumback TrioTomas Fujiwara & The Hook UpDevin

Nnamdi

NnamdiNwoha

As a writer, I think about this. As much as TV/film is a reflection of society, TV/film also shapes society. We spend hours and hours watching morally grey and dystopian

The Notorious LHB

lhbizness

I do so hate the trend of "this movie from 1931 isn't scary, therefore it is bad and we shouldn't talk about it!"Oh, I'm sorry that you "predicted" the ending

Kent Lassman

KentatCEI

Good book reviews can serve any number of functions. Bad reviews only serve one. 1/6 A good review encapsulates a book without giving away its secrets, illustrates its strengths and

🦇 Live Natalie, Not A Cat 🦇

nataliereed84

Hot take:It is literally impossible to create meaningful cyberpunk anymore, no matter who writes it or what their intentions, because the *real world* is very very very literally now a

Michael Socolow

MichaelSocolow

I'd like to note something about the wonderful success of @HC_Richardson on Substack: It's not luck & it's not overnight. She works tremendously hard. And she studied composition very closely

Kate Derickson

katederickson

A few more thoughts on the NSF announcement. 1/I am not surprised that *just* as we see the emergence of the field of Black Geographies, which fundamentally challenges epistemologies of

Mian Ali Haider

MianAliHaider0

Recently read a thread by a twitter mate @FahadChishte on Imran Khan that how he largely is different from the other contemporary leaders of Pakistan. Without producing a thread with

James Wilson

jamewils

Psychological scientists Martin Reinmann and Philip Zimbardo came with an idea as to why we are capable of horrible acts. In their 2011 paper," The Dark Side of Social Encounters",

modest proposal

modestproposal1

"Our business model is predicated on behavioral economics"this is like a parody "For example, our user base is made up primarily of renters and we have very few instances of

Ibne Arsalaan

ArsalaanIbne

Plantinga's formulation of Anselm's OA, Coupled with Meinongianism (credits to @RiirReeRii): 1. God subsists but does not exist. (Assumption for reductio)2. Existence in reality is greater than Subsistence. (Premise)1/ 3.

punkacademic

punk_academic

Basically people like me are expendable, because we have chronic illness. She caveats it later with ‘well they can all shield’, but you’re talking tens of millions who have an

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