I feel like we should bring back 13th/14th century #medieval Arabic conventions for naming #logic #books:
"The Garden of Truths", "The Dazzling Light of the Shining Wisdoms", "The Cream of Secrets", "The Cream of Truths", "Guidance of Hearts", "The Chapter of Wonders", "The Dawning Lights," and its study guide, "The Blazing Secrets in Commenting upon the Dawning Lights."
https://schwabe.ch/khaled-el-rouayheb-the-development-of-arabic-logic-1200-1800-978-3-7965-3909-1
#arabic-logic #philosophy
Configuration du compte mail #CCK sur #Android avec #K9
https://kerkeni.tn/configuration-du-compte-mail-cck-sur-android-avec-k9
Not sure if folks are aware but India has stopped exporting rice to other countries and other asian countries are following suit. Basmati and Sona Masoori rice is really hard to find now.
For asians, not having rice is something unfathomable. Our cultures depend on it. There is no bigger wake up call than seeing rice being restricted thanks to climate change.
"AI is going to take your job!"
Like hell it is. Try:
"A super-rich capitalist has invested billions of dollars into replacing human creative work with a shitty computer program, so he can pocket more of the profits."
When you stop intentionally obscuring who is doing things and who is benefiting from them, the world starts looking very different indeed.
What they're trying to sell to us is the idea that somehow, this technology just appeared on its own, and now we have to adjust to it. A notion of technology as an inevitable force of nature.
A large portion of the world's journalists are helping them pull the scam off by constantly writing about technology as if it just shows up and does things on its own. As if people weren't constantly making choices on how to develop and deploy it.
Historique Hafnaoui, Double Champion du Monde de #Natation ! via @mw_a
#Tunisie #AquaFukuoka2023 #Fukuoka2023
https://www.tunilympics.com/historique-hafnaoui-double-champion-du-monde/
Elon Musk lies a lot. He lies about being a "utopian socialist." He lies about being a "free speech absolutist." He lies about which companies he founded:
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https://pluralistic.net/2023/07/28/edison-not-tesla/#demon-haunted-world
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#BBCNews - Watch ‘epic’ moment three #whales breach in unison
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66333690 wow indeed
If you have some awareness of history, you’ll realize the EU new agreement with #Tunisia sounds a lot like the dirty deals European countries used to make with Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
The message from Europe’s authoritarian partners is as simple as ever: pay me to deal with these unwanted Black people for you.
It was disgusting then, and it’s disgusting now.
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🗞️ Read in English: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/07/19?story=paragraph-6159
📰 Lire en français: https://www.hrw.org/fr/news/2023/07/19/terreur-tunisienne-et-team-europe
🔊 Listen:
for the fediverse to live up to its potential, you do have to report accts that violate rules. when you hit block you have the option of sending a report to the user’s admins, which is what it takes to remove abusive accts.
if someone is invoking systems of oppression in their posts or replies, it’s not just words, it’s harm that causes real stress, anxiety, ptsd etc, all of which are physically unhealthy and/or change a person’s ability to express themselves or seek and find community here
🔴 Vagues de chaleur : les températures frôlent les 50 °C en #Tunisie
https://www.france24.com/fr/plan%C3%A8te/20230718-%F0%9F%94%B4-l-h%C3%A9misph%C3%A8re-nord-aborde-le-pic-de-la-canicule
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