#Scholars

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

I have my account back for the weekend as usual, but still don't intend to tweet much. I see some disagreements over whether or not "born in the wrong body"

S.

S9_A4

عموم البلوى This is actually not true, statements like this may have a good intention behind them, but they over simplify our tradition. In certain situations, there are accepted principles

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moaliforwhat

[THREAD - La'nah and Sabb. Do they have a basis in our religion, and should it be done publically or privately?] Firstly, let's define what these two words mean."al-La'an" =

Anecdotist

CapitalistRumi

Malalai da Maiwand (Cultural Legend & Myth)History THREAD“Malalai da maiwand” was real? Or just cultural fiction?When u Google “Malalai da Maiwand”, U will almost see a very plagiarized article written

Ibn Muwaffaq

Ibn_Muwaffaq

[THREAD]FALSELY ACCUSING ANOTHER MUSLIM OF ZINA/RAPENote: Punishments mentioned below are for Muslim countries ruling by Islamic laws and are not for any deranged individual to take the law into their

Kenneth Chen

khchen516

I don't know who needs to hear this, because this is such a common-sense among most people I know. But, I think the "international student ban" is sending a very

tessa

virgil_30

Working on epistemic polarization. Something I find striking is that people often find those who are incompletely ideologically aligned with them to be more problematic than those who disagree completely.

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

gradydoctor

1/I remember saying in a talk once: “Bad intentions aren’t a prerequisite for something to be considered a #microaggression.” Funny how our own words and lessons can come back to

Bharadwaj

BharadwajSpeaks

Today is Jayanti of Ahilyabai HolkarShe was a widow who became Malwa's greatest queen. Defended our country & personally led armies into battle.Never plundered anyone. Developed Malwa into a prosperous

Paul Poast

ProfPaulPoast

Did Iraq & Afghanistan Wars contribute to the militarization of US police departments?Data are pretty clear.Surplus military equipment transferred to local law enforcement (via 1033 program) steadily rose starting in

Subhrajyoti

subhra2jyoti

#Thread on Vedas (mainly samhitas) with translations and commentary by Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati and other Vedic scholars in Hindi. #SanatanaDharma #vedas #scriptures #Hinduism #hindu #knowledge #sacred #divine @AartiAuthor @harshasherni

Heidi Tworek

HeidiTworek

Out today - a new report by @cjtenove and me. Thread on our findings:https://democracy.arts.ubc.ca/campaign-trail/ We wanted to know - how bad are incivility and abuse during political campaigns in Canada?

Sidharth Deb

DebSidharth

Here's a link to @internetfreedom's paper which unpacks the challenges with tech deployments and surveillance responses to COVID-19. This has been a labour of love & would request stakeholders to

⚒ Sam Hoadley-Brill ⚒

deonteleologist

THREAD on @NewDiscourses & cynical interpretations.I've got a critical essay about one particular chapter of Cynical Theories on the way. But since it won't be out for a bit, let's

Vans🌬

vansfq

#sunnigenocidea certain sect and ignorant cucks will ridicule the ongoing genocide against sunnis and show their hypocrisy by supporting the people responsible for it. Here is a thread about the

Bloomberg Opinion

bopinion

It’s getting crowded up there, and awfully dangerous. By up there, we mean space — and not the far-off areas that concern astronomers and science fiction, but the closer orbits