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97.5% of Israeli jews have absolutely no ancient Hebrew DNA, they're not Semites. Whereas 80% of Palestinians carry ancient Hebrew DNA. They are the real Semites. Israelis go around calling everyone antisemitic. (Source: Johns Hopkins genetic study)


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A cafe in Isfahan, Iran

ExplorerMoment's tweet image. A cafe in Isfahan, Iran

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On this day, 108 years ago, at the stroke of a colonial pen, the 67 word Balfour Declaration was issued promising our land away, reducing our existence to “non-Jewish communities”, and triggering the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the ongoing Nakba and dispossession of the…

Palestine_UN's tweet image. On this day, 108 years ago, at the stroke of a colonial pen, the 67 word Balfour Declaration was issued promising our land away, reducing our existence to “non-Jewish communities”, and triggering the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the ongoing Nakba and dispossession of the…

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The Coliseum at Rome by Moonlight. Artist: Frederick Lee Bridell, 1859. Medium: oil on canvas. Dimensions: 155 × 230.5 cm. Collection: Southampton City Art Gallery.

archaeologyart's tweet image. The Coliseum at Rome by Moonlight. Artist: Frederick Lee Bridell, 1859. Medium: oil on canvas. Dimensions: 155 × 230.5 cm. Collection: Southampton City Art Gallery.

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Bethany Orthodox School for Girls Considered one of the best private Christian schools in Palestine and under the protection of the Convent of St. Mary Magdalene, Gethsemane (ROCOR)


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Resistance is not a “horrific war crime,” Hamas did not kill “1,100 Israelis” on October 7, and occupation soldiers aren’t “hostages.” These facts matter. @ZohranKMamdani can’t balance out these distortions and lies by also condemning “Israel’s” crimes. He knows this but he’s…

My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.

ZohranKMamdani's tweet image. My statement on the two year anniversary of October 7, 2023.


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Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson died #onthisday in 1892. Famous for poems such as ‘In Memoriam’ and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’, Tennyson’s funeral, attended by thousands of mourners, was held in the Abbey four days later. Among those paying tribute was Queen Victoria,…

wabbey's tweet image. Poet Laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson died #onthisday in 1892. Famous for poems such as ‘In Memoriam’ and ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’, Tennyson’s funeral, attended by thousands of mourners, was held in the Abbey four days later.  Among those paying tribute was Queen Victoria,…

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“When the soul of a civilization has exhausted its creative powers, what remains is the intellect, which no longer believes but dissects.” Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West

RonaldCHRIST12's tweet image. “When the soul of a civilization has exhausted its creative powers, what remains is the intellect, which no longer believes but dissects.”

Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West

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The Plan: No Palestinian state; No Palestinian Authority in Gaza; Hamas goes to dustbin of history after releasing all prisoners; Nethanyu becomes the peace maker after killing 64,000 Palestinians; Trump runs Gaza as real estate bonanza follows in a land soaked in fresh blood.


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Queen Mary I was crowned in the Abbey #onthisday in 1553. Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII, and the future Queen Elizabeth I were in attendance. Mary chose not to use the ancient Coronation Chair for the crowning as she thought this might have been 'polluted' by her…

wabbey's tweet image. Queen Mary I was crowned in the Abbey #onthisday in 1553. Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII, and the future Queen Elizabeth I were in attendance. Mary chose not to use the ancient Coronation Chair for the crowning as she thought this might have been 'polluted' by her…

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On #InternationalTranslationDay, we're celebrating this rare 1588 edition of the Bible from the Abbey's collection - the first complete translation of the Bible into the Welsh language. The Bible was given to us by Bishop William Morgan, who had been commissioned to produce a…

wabbey's tweet image. On #InternationalTranslationDay, we're celebrating this rare 1588 edition of the Bible from the Abbey's collection - the first complete translation of the Bible into the Welsh language.

The Bible was given to us by Bishop William Morgan, who had been commissioned to produce a…
wabbey's tweet image. On #InternationalTranslationDay, we're celebrating this rare 1588 edition of the Bible from the Abbey's collection - the first complete translation of the Bible into the Welsh language.

The Bible was given to us by Bishop William Morgan, who had been commissioned to produce a…
wabbey's tweet image. On #InternationalTranslationDay, we're celebrating this rare 1588 edition of the Bible from the Abbey's collection - the first complete translation of the Bible into the Welsh language.

The Bible was given to us by Bishop William Morgan, who had been commissioned to produce a…

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Our memorial to novelist Elizabeth Gaskell was dedicated in Poets’ Corner #onthsiday in 2010. Best known for her novels North and South, Wives and Daughters and Cranford, Gaskell knew writers Charles Dickens, John Ruskin and Charlotte Brontë, all of whom are memorialised here at…

wabbey's tweet image. Our memorial to novelist Elizabeth Gaskell was dedicated in Poets’ Corner #onthsiday in 2010. Best known for her novels North and South, Wives and Daughters and Cranford, Gaskell knew writers Charles Dickens, John Ruskin and Charlotte Brontë, all of whom are memorialised here at…

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Despite his claims of victory, Netanyahu has brought ruin and unprecedented isolation to Israel. The criminal Israeli regime has never been more reviled in our region and around the world. Repugnantly, he is tarnishing the image of all Jews and Judaism by committing genocide of…

araghchi's tweet image. Despite his claims of victory, Netanyahu has brought ruin and unprecedented isolation to Israel. The criminal Israeli regime has never been more reviled in our region and around the world. Repugnantly, he is tarnishing the image of all Jews and Judaism by committing genocide of…

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Kierkegaard described the “despair of possibility,” when endless horizons dissolve necessity. In digital culture, this manifests as aimless scrolling, the pursuit of novelty without rest. Identity fragments into niches and the self risks vanishing into abstraction.

guilherme94jose's tweet image. Kierkegaard described the “despair of possibility,” when endless horizons dissolve necessity. In digital culture, this manifests as aimless scrolling, the pursuit of novelty without rest. Identity fragments into niches and the self risks vanishing into abstraction.
guilherme94jose's tweet image. Kierkegaard described the “despair of possibility,” when endless horizons dissolve necessity. In digital culture, this manifests as aimless scrolling, the pursuit of novelty without rest. Identity fragments into niches and the self risks vanishing into abstraction.

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I agree with Byung-Chul Han’s view that modernity, through its obsession with production, erases enduring rituals and symbols, and that it is urgent to reclaim life’s meaning through playful rituals that sustain existence and restore the symbolic animal that is human.

guilherme94jose's tweet image. I agree with Byung-Chul Han’s view that modernity, through its obsession with production, erases enduring rituals and symbols, and that it is urgent to reclaim life’s meaning through playful rituals that sustain existence and restore the symbolic animal that is human.
guilherme94jose's tweet image. I agree with Byung-Chul Han’s view that modernity, through its obsession with production, erases enduring rituals and symbols, and that it is urgent to reclaim life’s meaning through playful rituals that sustain existence and restore the symbolic animal that is human.

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“The pervasive extension of algorithmic logic has now become attuned to alien regions of perception and cognition.” Luciana Parisi


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IIryna Zarutska was 23 years old. She left Ukraine to escape a war, believing she had found safety in America. On August 22 she boarded a train in Charlotte like anyone would — expecting nothing more than to get home. Minutes later she was stabbed again and again in her seat, her…

ianmiles's tweet image. IIryna Zarutska was 23 years old. She left Ukraine to escape a war, believing she had found safety in America. On August 22 she boarded a train in Charlotte like anyone would — expecting nothing more than to get home. Minutes later she was stabbed again and again in her seat, her…

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"[I]f reason is not associated with being, then being is not associated with reason, is alogical. Illusionism and all kinds of nihilism, which end in flaccid and pitiful skepticism, are then inevitable. The only way out of this quagmire of relativity and conditionality is the…

pwhhjr's tweet image. "[I]f reason is not associated with being, then being is not associated with reason, is alogical. Illusionism and all kinds of nihilism, which end in flaccid and pitiful skepticism, are then inevitable. The only way out of this quagmire of relativity and conditionality is the…
pwhhjr's tweet image. "[I]f reason is not associated with being, then being is not associated with reason, is alogical. Illusionism and all kinds of nihilism, which end in flaccid and pitiful skepticism, are then inevitable. The only way out of this quagmire of relativity and conditionality is the…

An example of the sort of thing for which studying Eastern philosophy/religion helped me better understand aspects that were initially difficult for me in, e.g., St. Maximus: "[Sara Grant, RSCJ] argues that the 'hidden thread which holds together the entire fabric' is Shankara's…



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Should Christians really support Israel? Palestinian pastor Munther Isaac responds


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