#MODERN

Said he, “Your name shall no longer be Jacob/Yaakov, but Israel/Yisrael, for you have striven with beings divine and human, and have prevailed.” (Genesis 32:29)A thread on coexistence based on
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Anyone recall Donald Rumsfeld’s speech the day before 9/11? Any idea what departments were in WTC7? Any idea what was in that particular part of the Pentagon?Ready?Auditors. Naval Intelligence (ONI),
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ONE PIECE TIMESKIP DESIGN THREAD (1/9)Thought it would be fun to concept designs for the crew with more influence from the islands they were sent to! They ended up a
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Your morning wake up call from former Conservative immigration minister @carolinenokes: The lessons of the Windrush scandal have been “torn up, disregarded and rendered clearly completely irrelevant” when it comes
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Thread on Arab superiority in the Muslim world (particularly the Sunnis)There are 4 madhabs (schools) of Sunni Islam-Hanafi-Hanbali-Shafi'i-MalikiNote: Indian Muslims are largely Hanafi except Kerala where most are Shafi'i Although
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2020 has been a long, challenging year and filled with sadness and rage and strains. It has also been a year filled for me with reading. I read 36 books
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Dame Diana Rigg’s portrayal of Mrs. Emma Peel in the 1960s British TV series "The Avengers" was both iconic and revolutionary. Rigg’s empowering combination of sex and violence influenced many
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I have not been able to find an adequate explanation for why the city of Bristol is this ridiculous shape.Wikipedia just casually references the fact and carries on as if
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Over 45 countries in the world (some with Muslim majority populations & Muslim minorities) have codified or uncodified Muslim family laws that govern family relationships. Many of these laws are
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So long 2020. TschĂŒĂŸ. さよăȘら. As a 12-year-old, I had a good laugh when Queen Elizabeth II described 1992 as her "annus horribilis", mostly because of the serendipity of being
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Warrants? Fucking please. https://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/03/28/2048220/doj-often-used-cell-tower-impersonating-devices-without-explicit-warrantsCell carriers actually charge the government a FEE to divulge name/credit cards attached to t
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Today, let's talk about the almighty Paul Kagame that according to the Western & highly rated media, he's the poster boy of Africa & the champion of a modern Rwanda.
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Smallpox was one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced—and also the only human disease we have ever eradicated. It was also the first disease with a vaccine.You may
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A thread on the historic roots of why it's difficult for the UK and the EU to agree a deal. European culture is notoriously averse to compromise, largely because of
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in Judaism I'd call this the "shomer negiah effect"snuggle up kids it's sunday night storytimehttps://twitter.com/JeffLadish/status/1340840809873063936 Once upon a time there was a thing called the sexual revolution. This
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The pearl clutching, racialized, missing the point American lens through which #Cuties is being view currently is fucking ridiculous. First of all, it's a story about a Black girl coming
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