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Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah on the Disastrous Consequences of the Beliefs of the Negators (Ashʿaris/Maturidis) | 🧵 
If what those negators claim is true—those who have nothing to support their words in the Book or the Sunnah, nor in the speech of the three generations that are held in highest esteem above all others, nor in the words of any of the imams of Islam who are to be followed; rather, what is found in the Book, the Sunnah, and the words of the Salaf and the imams indicates the opposite of what they consider to be the truth, either explicitly or apparently, and even indicates—according to them—disbelief and misguidance—then a number of false consequences necessarily follow from that:
▪️Among them: that God, exalted be He, has revealed in His Book and in the Sunnah of His Prophet words whose apparent meanings mislead people and plunge them into anthropomorphism and likening God to His creation.
@chicagolandish @annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant "I am not."
Anna says, as she goes on failing to understand the concept of an ecological fallacy, and goes into hysterics about the fact that the errors in a statistical argument were brought up, at all.
Anna says, as she goes on failing to understand the concept of an ecological fallacy, and goes into hysterics about the fact that the errors in a statistical argument were brought up, at all.
@chicagolandish @annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant "Using that word definitely says a lot about you tho."
Not at all. It's a perfectly good word, even if some very loud activists have irrationally chosen to make a lot of noise about it. "Mentally retarded" simply means "low IQ." Nothing more, nothing less.
Not at all. It's a perfectly good word, even if some very loud activists have irrationally chosen to make a lot of noise about it. "Mentally retarded" simply means "low IQ." Nothing more, nothing less.
@chicagolandish @annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant The truth doesn't become a slur merely because it hurts. If you're going to fail, not only to understand a very simple concept, Anna, but even to react to in a way appropriate for a grown adult, then to conclude that you're stupid from that is perfect reasonable.
MEN'S SIX FAVORITE POSITIONS: PRELIMINARY RESULTS
Most position surveys just ask about the four or five most basic positions. Instead I've given men the option of over a hundred variants. Which have they chosen so far? Let's find out.
Most position surveys just ask about the four or five most basic positions. Instead I've given men the option of over a hundred variants. Which have they chosen so far? Let's find out.
By the way, PLEASE vote in the survey - preferably before you continue reading. Link at the end of the thread!
6. Is missionary as boring as they say? Maybe for some men, but there are also some who really like it and picked it as their first preference.
A quick run through of the Trump administration's proposal for a Ukraine security guarantee, which is a security guarantee in the same way that the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia is a party committed to liberalism and democracy. 🧵
The proposed security guarantee is allegedly modelled on NATO Article 5, but that doesn't contain any of these qualifications for action, let alone all of them.
This proposed security guarantee requires that an armed attack by Russia would have to be significant *and* deliberate *and* sustained to merit a response. In theory, Russia could drop a nuke on Kyiv and that wouldn't meet the criteria because the attack wouldn't be sustained.
🚨Important.🚨
If you actually read it, the Trump (or should that be Witkoff-Dmitriev?) Peace Plan includes *significant* Russian concessions. So why is it being dismissed out of hand by the UK press and European political class?
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If you actually read it, the Trump (or should that be Witkoff-Dmitriev?) Peace Plan includes *significant* Russian concessions. So why is it being dismissed out of hand by the UK press and European political class?
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Before I start, we should be clear that this is a super important matter—about war with a nuclear armed power; about literally trillions of dollars of total economic cost to Europe—and so the concerned citizen must take time to inform him or herself.
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As will become apparent, the legacy press in the UK appears to be untrustworthy on this issue (surprise!) We need to do better, so let us try to break down the plan and then answer these questions ourselves.
First, those Russian concessions I mentioned.
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First, those Russian concessions I mentioned.
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NEW: Federal prison workers are jumping ship & heading to ICE for better pay + bonuses. Already BOP lost >1400 people this year, reversing all of 2024’s staffing gains.
It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations.
It’s an unintended consequence of Trump’s push for mass deportations.
My ~first~ for @propublica propublica.org/article/ice-bo…
@propublica For years, BOP has been struggling to keep staff. In 2023, ~40% of officer jobs were unfilled, leaving so many vacancies that the prison system ended up on GAO’s high-risk list & OIG said understaffing contributed to 30 prisoner deaths.
@RuckerCulpepper @annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant Reading her tweet
and assuming (wrongly, as it turns out) that Anna wasn't dumber than a rock, I took it to mean that the average female salary was lower than it might otherwise have been, ...
and assuming (wrongly, as it turns out) that Anna wasn't dumber than a rock, I took it to mean that the average female salary was lower than it might otherwise have been, ...
@RuckerCulpepper @annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant ... because women often chose to go into relatively low paying professions, like teaching. Turns out, no, she's just ranting and raving like a lunatic because she wants to be heard.
She came unglued when I thought up the seniority issue.
She came unglued when I thought up the seniority issue.
@RuckerCulpepper @annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant Starting here ...
(THREAD 🧵) The Left maintains power through psychological manipulation rather than superior policy. They hide their authoritarian instincts behind masks of compassion and inclusivity. To defeat them, you must stop listening to their words and start dissecting their intent. We must become scholars of their deceit. These 14 ruthless tactics will arm you with the ability to strip away their moral camouflage and expose the hollow tyrants beneath. It is time to turn their own nature against them.
Most men walk into a room blind. They project their own insecurities onto others, desperate to be liked. Machiavelli entered with a scalpel. He understood that power requires seeing the skeleton beneath the skin. To dominate, you must read. To protect, you must predict. Here is the strategic framework needed for reading the Left.
Watch how they treat the invisible. The waiter, the intern, the janitor. Ignore how they treat you; you have value to them. The "tolerant" liberal elite are often the most abusive to the working class when they think no one is watching. Respect toward the powerless is the only accurate signal of character because it offers no profit.
@annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant Are you in fact retarded, Anna? I'm a female PhD student in Mathematics.
"50% of the population is 'on average' younger with less experience."
You have a lot to learn about Statistics, don't you?
"50% of the population is 'on average' younger with less experience."
You have a lot to learn about Statistics, don't you?
@annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant Since female entry into higher paid professions (eg. medicine and engineering) is more common now than it was in the past, yes, women in those professions will, on the average, be younger than the men in them, because the lower rates of female entry in them leaves us with a ...
@annafoat @SocratesGBruno @AdamMGrant ... shortage of older female practitioners in them, in the present. This skews the numbers, and will go on skewing them for a while, because gaining experience takes time.
This is not debatable. This isn't even something that you should have trouble seeing.
This is not debatable. This isn't even something that you should have trouble seeing.
A fun thing to do with ChatGPT is tell it how the actual evidence (which it can find itself, but then denies seeing) contradicts the official narrative of Charlie Kirk's assassination. Since it's not allowed to conclude the obvious, it flips to insisting that Charlie is alive.
If you want to know about how genes actually work, or how to look at scientific study design, this will be worth a watch (even if you have no interest in Amatica's work specifically).
Many ME/CFS researchers are above average science communicators, I suspect because of connection to patient experience. Even against that landscape, the core scientific concepts have been explained exceptionally well!
As someone who tries to create good scicom while ill, I also appreciate the extra energy needed.
I've taught scicom in various fields for 20 some yrs. I've found that often the most knowledgeable often struggle the most in "translating" their work for general audiences.
I've taught scicom in various fields for 20 some yrs. I've found that often the most knowledgeable often struggle the most in "translating" their work for general audiences.
1).
„Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defence council, on Friday denied reports that he had agreed to parts of the proposal and secured a change to a section that had called for an audit of international aid to Kyiv.
„Rustem Umerov, secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defence council, on Friday denied reports that he had agreed to parts of the proposal and secured a change to a section that had called for an audit of international aid to Kyiv.
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– »We are carefully studying all the partners’ proposals, expecting the same respectful attitude towards the Ukrainian position« – Umerov said.
– »We are carefully studying all the partners’ proposals, expecting the same respectful attitude towards the Ukrainian position« – Umerov said.
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– »We are thoughtfully processing the partners’ proposals within the framework of Ukraine’s unchanging principles — sovereignty, people’s security and a just peace«.”
Nov. 21, 2025
@FT archive.ph/9lMyY
– »We are thoughtfully processing the partners’ proposals within the framework of Ukraine’s unchanging principles — sovereignty, people’s security and a just peace«.”
Nov. 21, 2025
@FT archive.ph/9lMyY
