Psychologist, trekker, music lover, reader.
Lahore, Pakistan
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Indian tycoon Ratan Tata dies aged 86 bbc.in/3BHk7Pe
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And this year's #NobelPrize in Physics goes to—plot twist!—neural network scientists, for advancing machine learning models with physics concepts. That story and more of the best in @ScienceMagazine and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: science.org/content/article/…
ALT Nobel Medal. CREDIT: Kay Nietfeld/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
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Terrible decision to ban the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement—a non-violent movement rooted in Bacha Khan's philosophy. It advocates for Pashtun rights and seeks justice for those affected by flawed military policies and human rights abuses, standing firmly for peace and equality.
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NEW: we may have passed peak obesity 🎉📈📉🙏
In what might be one of the most significant trends I have ever charted, the US obesity rate fell last year.
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This is what it looks like when power slips thru your fingers like sand. My piece in Dawn today.
dawn.com/news/1855434
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Power and Plots
General Faiz Hameed, the once powerful head of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, was recently arrested on charges of intimidating a land developer to extort valuable land. Land is one of the favorite assets through which the powerful extract rents from the economy. The tactics used for extracting these rents range from the legal to what Gen. Faiz is alleged to have done. However, even if the means to acquire land by the powerful are legal, it does not necessarily make them desirable, or fair. In fact, the entrenched nexus between power and plots in Pakistan is seriously damaging the economy.
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atifmian.com/p/power-and-plo…
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Aristotle's Wheel Paradox:
This image seems to imply that the two circumferences of different sized circles are equal.
Can you guess the fallacy?
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All the cities which haunt one are life-size, built to human scale.
London and Paris have grown this way — out of affection and intimacy: one loves little pieces of them now, not the whole.
— Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell in Paris (Martha Rocher)
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We have seen many forms of government throughout history: monarchies and republics, citizens vs. slaves, communism, socialism, direct popular vote on sensitive issues,and occasionally even democracy.
Now we are witnessing the birth of a completely new form of government: by, for and of billionaire WhatsApp groups
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Fantastic this by @KhurramHusain
The net metering dead end dawn.com/news/1832368
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My 11yo today: "I meant to think X but instead I thought Y."
Turns out she was talking about her inner voice, which made a speech error (!).
This blew my mind. Do other people have this experience?
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Remembering Legendary actor Balraj Sahani on his birth anniversary.
Balraj Sahni was born in #Rawalpindi on 1st May 1913 in this house at Alam Khan road near Committee chowk.
Balraj Sahni was seen in popular Bollywood movies like Do bigha zamin, Garam Hawa, Kabuliwala, Seema, Waqt, Sanghursh, Ek phool do Mali, Do raste.
The great Balraj Sahni died a day after he finished his dubbing for M S Sathyu's Garam Hawa. He didn't live long enough to see his performance being recognised as a milestone.
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I did Nazi that coming
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These are remarkable scenes, and indicate an unstoppable momentum forming.
WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.
I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.
This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. @ATLNewsFirst
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Students with last names later in the alphabet receive lower grades than those in the beginning.
Teachers give higher grades when they start and lower when they are tired of grading.
Teachers that grade Z-A give higher grades to late last names.
Delta is 0.6/100
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Not a word from Canada about the event that triggered this retaliation — Israel’s illegal airstrike against the Iranian consulate in Damascus, which also damaged the Canadian embassy. Instead of pushing for de-escalation, Canada is giving unconditional support to a rogue state. – at Montréal, Québec
Canada unequivocally condemns Iran’s airborne attacks against Israel – and the Iranian regime’s disregard for peace and stability in the region. My statement:
pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/…
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Indeed…. lots of people draw their line @ the killing of westerners. All the children and babies before that could be excused.
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The World Bank has correctly identified the main reasons why Pakistan saw a period of severe volatility from 2021 onwards. But it has done so too late. Thai recognition should have come as early as April '22.
My piece in Dawn today.
dawn.com/news/1825612