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HABITS I STOLE FROM MUSLIMS WHO NEVER MISS FAJR AND DON'T HATE WAKING UP.
None of them involve "More Iman," cold showers, or sleeping at 9 PM.
It's all in what they do the night before.
None of them involve "More Iman," cold showers, or sleeping at 9 PM.
It's all in what they do the night before.
1. They make wudu the moment they decide to sleep. Not "before bed." Before sleep.
One sister told me: "I treat wudu like locking the front door. I don't go to sleep without it. When the alarm rings, I'm not starting from zero. I'm continuing something I already began."
She hasn't missed Fajr in 7 years.
One sister told me: "I treat wudu like locking the front door. I don't go to sleep without it. When the alarm rings, I'm not starting from zero. I'm continuing something I already began."
She hasn't missed Fajr in 7 years.
2. They never negotiate with the alarm.
Not "just 5 more minutes." Not "let me check my phone first."
The alarm rings → feet on the floor within 10 seconds.
A sister who's been consistent for 11 years told me: "I made the decision once in a calm moment, during the day. When the alarm rings, there is no new decision. The decision was already made. I just obey it."
She said the people who think about whether to get up have already lost.
Not "just 5 more minutes." Not "let me check my phone first."
The alarm rings → feet on the floor within 10 seconds.
A sister who's been consistent for 11 years told me: "I made the decision once in a calm moment, during the day. When the alarm rings, there is no new decision. The decision was already made. I just obey it."
She said the people who think about whether to get up have already lost.
Overslept Fajr? Don’t panic - the Sunnah prayer isn’t lost.
Here’s the proof:
Here’s the proof:
Islam doesn’t punish you for what you didn’t intend.
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“There is no negligence in missing prayer unintentionally through sleep. Negligence is only while awake. If one of you forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers. (Tirmidhi)
The Prophet ﷺ said:
“There is no negligence in missing prayer unintentionally through sleep. Negligence is only while awake. If one of you forgets a prayer or sleeps through it, let him pray it when he remembers. (Tirmidhi)
And yes - that includes the Sunnah of Fajr.
The Prophet ﷺ and the companions once overslept on a journey.
When they woke up, he ﷺ: prayed the Sunnah of Fajr first, then the Fard.
(Sahih Muslim 681)
The Prophet ﷺ and the companions once overslept on a journey.
When they woke up, he ﷺ: prayed the Sunnah of Fajr first, then the Fard.
(Sahih Muslim 681)
1/ Miracle Growth
Whose GDP is growing twice as fast as China's?
Whose GDP is growing twice as fast as China's?
2/ Answer: Taiwan, whose GDP is expected to grow 11% year-over-year in 2026—Taiwan’s fastest growth in 40 years.
3/ China’s GDP is expected to grow at about 4.5% year-over-year.
【長文解説】
7月中国製造業PMI 49.2%（前月比-1.1pt）
投資縮小・消費低迷・受注急減
「国内需要不足」が慢性化している
#中国経済
#中国PMI
#製造業PMI
7月中国製造業PMI 49.2%（前月比-1.1pt）
投資縮小・消費低迷・受注急減
「国内需要不足」が慢性化している
#中国経済
#中国PMI
#製造業PMI
2026年7月、中国の製造業、建設業、サービス業の購買担当者景気指数（PMI）はいずれも拡大／縮小の閾値50を下回り、それぞれ49.2％、47.0％、49.3％に低下した。
製造業は下降傾向に戻り、建設業は固定資産投資の減少により緩やかな縮小に深く陥り、サービス業は夏期消費を支えるのに苦労している。
製造業は下降傾向に戻り、建設業は固定資産投資の減少により緩やかな縮小に深く陥り、サービス業は夏期消費を支えるのに苦労している。
さらに深刻なのは、3業種すべてにおいて「供給過剰、需要不足」の不均衡が悪化し続け、売上高対購入額比率のマイナス幅が拡大し、供給バランス指数が軒並み上昇したことで、過剰生産能力と需要不足の矛盾が激化していることを示している。
1. Havana Syndrome aka AHI aka DEBE
Luckily David Relman managed to share his thoughts:
“Neurological Illness and National Security: Lessons to Be Learned. March 18, 2024"
See:
microwavenews.com/sites/default/…
and
ovid.com/journals/jama/… x.com/LenBerMd/statu…
Luckily David Relman managed to share his thoughts:
“Neurological Illness and National Security: Lessons to Be Learned. March 18, 2024"
See:
microwavenews.com/sites/default/…
and
ovid.com/journals/jama/… x.com/LenBerMd/statu…
2. More recently we learned
"Assessments were deliberately manufactured & used to discredit some of our nation’s bravest & impede access to medical care. As was the case with other high-visibility intel assessments (Covid-19?), it fell far short of analytic integrity standards"
"Assessments were deliberately manufactured & used to discredit some of our nation’s bravest & impede access to medical care. As was the case with other high-visibility intel assessments (Covid-19?), it fell far short of analytic integrity standards"
3. "Today’s action by @TulsiGabbard is a glimmer of hope for our nation’s intelligence officers, service members, & diplomats who have defended this country in austere locations and subsequently had the nation they served turn its back on them"
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Here we go again. The core of the issues here is district court judges abusing their authority by issuing “stays” to large scale government programs to “preserve the status quo” while briefing occurs. This is not how it works. I’ll explain more below.
First, there is no authority for a court to “stay” a program. What the court can do (and effectively did do here) is issue an TRO. But in a TRO, the PLAINTIFFS bear the burden of making a clear showing that they are entitled to relief.
The judge here did not even pretend to do an analysis of how plaintiffs met that burden. Instead, without the government even getting a chance to respond, she effectively enjoined the program until more briefing can occur. This is an abuse of discretion.
FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn
Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
Big admission of a big mistake by Team Trump
In court filing tonight, Justice Dept admits they have information about Reflecting Pool: "showing that the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism as initially represented by Dept of Interior"
In court filing tonight, Justice Dept admits they have information about Reflecting Pool: "showing that the damage was the result of a botched installation and not vandalism as initially represented by Dept of Interior"
US Atty Jeanine Pirro's court filing says Justice Dept met w/ park officials on July 1 at Reflecting Pool.. but admits pool "remained filled w/ water, making it difficult to observe the condition of the floor of the entire pool, which was mostly obscured as it covered w/ water"
Da Vinci's Last Supper is the most famous painting in Christian history.
But most people have never actually seen it.
Hidden in plain sight: a betrayal frozen mid-sentence, the Trinity encoded in the geometry, and one apostle already marked for death.
Let me show you 🧵
But most people have never actually seen it.
Hidden in plain sight: a betrayal frozen mid-sentence, the Trinity encoded in the geometry, and one apostle already marked for death.
Let me show you 🧵
First, the moment.
This isn't a calm meal.
Da Vinci chose the exact second after Jesus speaks the words of John 13:21:
"Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
Everything in the painting, every hand, every face, is a reaction to that sentence still hanging in the air.
This isn't a calm meal.
Da Vinci chose the exact second after Jesus speaks the words of John 13:21:
"Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
Everything in the painting, every hand, every face, is a reaction to that sentence still hanging in the air.
Now find Judas.
No horns.
No dark cloak.
Da Vinci hides him the way sin actually hides, in the group.
Look closer:
His face falls in shadow while others catch the light.
He clutches a money bag, thirty pieces of silver.
And he's the only one leaning away from Christ.
No horns.
No dark cloak.
Da Vinci hides him the way sin actually hides, in the group.
Look closer:
His face falls in shadow while others catch the light.
He clutches a money bag, thirty pieces of silver.
And he's the only one leaning away from Christ.
A Guerra de Troia aconteceu de verdade?
O conflito visto no filme Odisseia é um dos mais icônicos da história, tanto que influencia nossa sociedade até hoje.
História real, ou apenas um mito, a invasão grega de Troia guarda perturbadoras semelhanças com os dias de hoje. Vem comigo na aula de história!
O conflito visto no filme Odisseia é um dos mais icônicos da história, tanto que influencia nossa sociedade até hoje.
História real, ou apenas um mito, a invasão grega de Troia guarda perturbadoras semelhanças com os dias de hoje. Vem comigo na aula de história!
Um rápido contexto pra quem não lembra
Na versão mais famosa, Agamêmnon, rei da cidade de Micenas, reúne uma coalizão grega pra derrotar Troia e recuperar a mulher de seu irmão, Menelau, a famosa Helena que tinha sido levada pelos troianos.
Depois de 10 anos de guerra, os troianos são vencidos pela artimanha do mais famoso ainda "Cavalo de Troia".
Na versão mais famosa, Agamêmnon, rei da cidade de Micenas, reúne uma coalizão grega pra derrotar Troia e recuperar a mulher de seu irmão, Menelau, a famosa Helena que tinha sido levada pelos troianos.
Depois de 10 anos de guerra, os troianos são vencidos pela artimanha do mais famoso ainda "Cavalo de Troia".
A lenda, eternizada nos poemas de Homero como a Ilíada e a Odisseia, é linda, cheia de dilemas morais e problemas filosóficos.
Ela também é coalhada de deuses, monstros e outras criaturas fantásticas que têm papel decisivo na história.
O problema é que elas foram escritas séculos depois da época em que deviam ter acontecido.
Ela também é coalhada de deuses, monstros e outras criaturas fantásticas que têm papel decisivo na história.
O problema é que elas foram escritas séculos depois da época em que deviam ter acontecido.
This is going to be a long one! But i could not believe my ears when I heard @KellyPowersBPA use Romans 14 to essentially say a man is free in Christ to Sodomise his wife, in a conversation with @Trent_Horn
Kelly often defends “Sola Scriptura”, but respectfully he is not SS, he is Solo Scriptura.
For Kelly and many evangelicals, if you cannot find something VERBATIM in Scripture then it’s not “biblical”. That is not Sola Scriptura
For Kelly and many evangelicals, if you cannot find something VERBATIM in Scripture then it’s not “biblical”. That is not Sola Scriptura
A husband and wife can commit sodomy together. Marriage makes them lawful sexual partners, but it does not make every sexual act they perform lawful. The morality of an act depends upon its nature, not merely the marital status or consent of those performing it.
Many musicians have done a pretty good job of exploring what is generally called "world music" and incorporating it into their sound. But only two stand out in my opinion: Peter Gabriel and this gentleman.
A difference between the two is that Gabriel had a wider geographical reach and also mentored and sponsored a few musicians through WOMAD and Real World Records (Youssou N'Dour, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan), while Byrne mostly searched inspiration in the Caribbean and Latin America.
The other difference is that Gabriel incorporated those influences into his own sound "mix", i.e. blending it with other sources, while Byrne essentially kept the roots and the rhythm and just created lyrics to go with that.
Bill Gates had a Q Clearance and a private editor at NIH.
Across nearly twenty years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation built a relationship with the federal government that ran on personal access as much as formal partnership. I'm releasing the documents. 🧵
Across nearly twenty years, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation built a relationship with the federal government that ran on personal access as much as formal partnership. I'm releasing the documents. 🧵
Bill Gates held a Department of Energy "Q" security clearance for seven years, including during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. DOE confirmed his clearance "was reciprocally granted on June 11, 2014, and subsequently terminated on December 6, 2021."
A "Q" clearance permits access to Top Secret Restricted Data of the U.S. Government.
A "Q" clearance permits access to Top Secret Restricted Data of the U.S. Government.
With the help of David Morens, Anthony Fauci served as Bill Gates's private editor.
In April 2020, Gates asked Fauci for feedback on his memo "Pandemic I: The First Modern Pandemic." In January 2022, Gates asked Fauci to edit his book before it went to the publisher.
In April 2020, Gates asked Fauci for feedback on his memo "Pandemic I: The First Modern Pandemic." In January 2022, Gates asked Fauci to edit his book before it went to the publisher.
In the tenth month of the ceasefire, the Israeli military killed at least 13 children in Gaza, most of them while they were sleeping in their homes. Hundreds more were injured, lost their homes and were displaced in July alone.
In the thread are their faces and stories🧵
In the thread are their faces and stories🧵
Bill Jensen spent 8 years in bariatric surgery watching patients regain the weight they lost.
What he's seeing now with a ketogenic diet plus a micro-dose GLP-1 challenges the idea that losing weight is temporary.
6 things from our conversation:
What he's seeing now with a ketogenic diet plus a micro-dose GLP-1 challenges the idea that losing weight is temporary.
6 things from our conversation:
The first point Bill made is one I think is easy to miss.
GLP-1s aren't good or bad. The more useful question is how to use them well, so people gain agency over their health rather than hand it to a drug.
Everything else in our talk built on that.
GLP-1s aren't good or bad. The more useful question is how to use them well, so people gain agency over their health rather than hand it to a drug.
Everything else in our talk built on that.
The case series he co-authored with @BenBikmanPhD followed 7 patients on a ketogenic diet plus low-dose semaglutide, most at 0.5 mg a week or less.
About 92% of the weight lost was fat. Lean mass held. Visceral fat dropped 30% or more.
Small sample and early data, but a striking pattern.
About 92% of the weight lost was fat. Lean mass held. Visceral fat dropped 30% or more.
Small sample and early data, but a striking pattern.
31 juillet 1938
François est à Paris, au foyer du 104, il révise le droit et lit Dostoïevski et Stendhal. Il confie le secret de cette impassibilité qui le caractérise :
« Je connais trop bien ce visage sceptique que j’offre aux yeux de ceux qui m’entourent, cette attitude de défiance ou d’impassibilité en face de tout élan, de tout abandon véritable, de tout sentiment (j’avais trop peur de les galvauder). Et si, à vous, j’ai présenté mon visage réel, il fallait que je sois bien sûr de vous, il fallait que je sois certain de mon amour. »
Le masque et le visage @OlivierBabeau 1/4
François est à Paris, au foyer du 104, il révise le droit et lit Dostoïevski et Stendhal. Il confie le secret de cette impassibilité qui le caractérise :
« Je connais trop bien ce visage sceptique que j’offre aux yeux de ceux qui m’entourent, cette attitude de défiance ou d’impassibilité en face de tout élan, de tout abandon véritable, de tout sentiment (j’avais trop peur de les galvauder). Et si, à vous, j’ai présenté mon visage réel, il fallait que je sois bien sûr de vous, il fallait que je sois certain de mon amour. »
Le masque et le visage @OlivierBabeau 1/4
« Je deviens de plus en plus “homme de la nuit”. En compagnie de Dostoïevski, de Stendhal et de Thibaudet, je laisse couler les heures ; de temps à autre je me replonge dans du Droit civil, comme pour me donner l’illusion d’un travail sérieux… » 2/4
Il n’a qu’ironie pour les jeunes filles de bonne famille et préfère s’isoler pour penser à son amour : « Rien ne venait s’interposer entre nous, et le soleil frappait à ma table de travail comme pour m’inviter à le suivre hors de l’espace. Et je songeais à vous, à vos occupations : et j’éprouvais une sourde peine de savoir que vous existiez, indépendamment de moi. » 3/4
President Trump and his cabinet have made incredible achievements in just 18 months in office.
"America is safer, and stronger, and far more successful than it was two years ago. When we took office, we inherited a total catastrophe." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸
"America is safer, and stronger, and far more successful than it was two years ago. When we took office, we inherited a total catastrophe." - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸
“Just since the beginning of the Fraud Task Force that I started under the President’s leadership and direction, we have identified $230 billion of fraud that's being perpetrated against the American people, and we have halted, already, $56 billion of that…We’ve made a lot of progress, Mr. President, in just under a year, but we’re going to keep on working at it because we believe the American people deserve to have there money spent as you and the congress have directed it." - @VP JD Vance
"We had an unprecedented ministerial, 60 countries came to Washington, and were part of an effort shedding light on far left terrorism and violence... If it's a leftist group, an Antifa group, they ignore the ideological spin... we got 60 countries came up here, hopefully creating a strong group to go after far left violent terrorism." - @SecRubio
ISRAEL DETRAS DE LA INVASION DE CEUTA ✡️ [HILO🧵]
Los recientes acontecimientos en Ceuta dejan claro que cierto "pueblo elegido" está impulsando el ataque contra España como venganza histórica. En este hilo vamos a recopilar muchísima información que lo demuestra, así que acompáñanos.
Los recientes acontecimientos en Ceuta dejan claro que cierto "pueblo elegido" está impulsando el ataque contra España como venganza histórica. En este hilo vamos a recopilar muchísima información que lo demuestra, así que acompáñanos.
En abril un importante diario israelí, publicó un artículo de opinión donde decían que Israel debería respaldar diplomáticamente a Marruecos en la recuperación de Ceuta y Melilla de España mediante el apalancamiento de los Acuerdos de Abraham y canales estadounidenses.
En una televisión propiedad de Israel (país aliado de Marruecos) ya afirmaban abiertamente que "Ceuta y Melilla serán marroquíes, llegará el momento en que Marruecos las recupere porque el tema ya está acordado diplomáticamente. Marruecos recuperará Ceuta, Melilla, las Chafarinas y las islas Canarias".
@daviddunn177 Do you know who can hold this beer?
a Cameroonian: Paul Biya 🤣
a Cameroonian: Paul Biya 🤣
@daviddunn177 Not because he saved lives, but because he is still president at over 90 years old and has met all these American presidents.
@daviddunn177 President Ronald Reagan Meeting with President Paul Biya of Cameroon in The Oval Office - DPLA - 235fce96f392cdb19950ed959a3c239c - Paul Biya - Wikipedia share.google/OWPhiGk4mWvcp8…
So yesterday, my account was hacked. Here's how it went:
- a month ago, I got an email saying a passkey had been added to my account; it wasn't done by me
- I immediately went in and changed my password (multiple times, b/c paranoia)
- I added 2FA via Google Authenticator
👇
- a month ago, I got an email saying a passkey had been added to my account; it wasn't done by me
- I immediately went in and changed my password (multiple times, b/c paranoia)
- I added 2FA via Google Authenticator
👇
- Elon doesn't allow 2FA via text unless you pay 🙄
- I added my fingerprint as a passkey
- I signed out of all active sessions
- I was kicked out & prompted to log in again a few times, but everything seemed fine
- I figured all was good
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- I added my fingerprint as a passkey
- I signed out of all active sessions
- I was kicked out & prompted to log in again a few times, but everything seemed fine
- I figured all was good
👇
- yesterday (3 weeks later), out of the blue, while not using my phone or computer, I was logged out & couldn't get back in
- I got an email saying my account email address had been changed
- no link was clicked by me from a "vote for me" DM or anywhere else
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- I got an email saying my account email address had been changed
- no link was clicked by me from a "vote for me" DM or anywhere else
👇
In Cass' recent briefing to Parliamentarians she is keen to stress that previous studies from the Netherlands and Tavistock into puberty blockers were not 'randomised controlled trials' e.g. see excerpts below contrasting with PATHWAYS trial 1/5
In the judgment today, the Judge says PATHWAYS is NOT a randomised controlled trial but a 'pragmatic trial' according to the 'application materials'. Well let's look at what the protocol says shall we?? 2/5
In the Protocol, co-sponsored by King's College London the trial design is explicitly described as a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Read for yourself at this link: 3/5 kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets/p…
🚨 The U.S. Treasury is preparing to intervene in the Japanese yen.
This is an extraordinary move that could become one of the most consequential currency-market events in decades-
Yet 99% of investors have no idea why it’s happening and how it will impact U.S. markets.
Here’s what you need to know: 🧵
This is an extraordinary move that could become one of the most consequential currency-market events in decades-
Yet 99% of investors have no idea why it’s happening and how it will impact U.S. markets.
Here’s what you need to know: 🧵
The yen has fallen toward its weakest level against the dollar in roughly four decades.
A weak yen makes Japanese exports more competitive...
But it also makes imported oil, food, and other dollar-priced goods much more expensive for Japanese consumers.
Japan now wants to stop the decline.
A weak yen makes Japanese exports more competitive...
But it also makes imported oil, food, and other dollar-priced goods much more expensive for Japanese consumers.
Japan now wants to stop the decline.
Japan reportedly purchased roughly $53 billion worth of yen on Thursday.
To support its currency, Japan sells dollars and uses the proceeds to buy yen.
More demand for yen pushes its value higher, while additional dollars entering the market can weaken the dollar.
To support its currency, Japan sells dollars and uses the proceeds to buy yen.
More demand for yen pushes its value higher, while additional dollars entering the market can weaken the dollar.
