Well said Pope. I am mildly dyslexic and have had to retrain my brain circuits my entire life. I learned to check for certain oddities in my work. For example, when I was a kid 2+2=A. I would interchange 4’s for A’s and never know. Even as an engineer, decibels are called dBs and I would always write Bds. I would also stutter as a kid as did my…[Read more]

Take the example of playing a game, and you know you’re making a mistake when you push that button when you shouldn’t have, but your mind can’t stop your finger in time.

To me, that sounds similar to when your mind has made a decision before you’re conscious of it. And then some outsider know-it-all scientist or philosopher says “See, your…[Read more]

jakelafort wrote:
“Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts,” government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.

This is the latest move taken by the group in its repression of women since the U.S. and its allies pulled out of Afghanistan in February 2020.

The Tal…

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From a Newsweek article:

The Taliban have banned windows that look onto areas where Afghan women could be seen inside their homes.

“Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from wells can lead to obscene acts,” government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid posted on X on Saturday.

This is the latest move taken by the…[Read more]