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New York Times editor Joe Kahn says defending democracy is a partisan act and he won’t do it
  • From the article

    University of Illinois professor Nicholas Grossman wrote:
    Biden’s age isn’t among voters’ top issues in polls, but the NY Times made it a recurring top story anyway. Voters sure didn’t say they care about the president of Harvard, but the Times made that the number one story for days. When NYT editors care, they don’t defer to polls.

  • Glorious Science!
  • STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION
    "THE CLOSET INCIDENT"
    INT. ENTERPRISE - MAIN BRIDGE

    PICARD (turning to Geordi) Mr. La Forge, we need more power to the shields.

    GEORDI On it, Captain.

    Geordi hurries to a small, inconspicuous closet at the side of the bridge. He opens the door and steps inside. The closet is cramped, filled with various cleaning supplies and equipment.

    INT. CLOSET

    GEORDI (whispering to himself) Alright, let's see what we've got.

    The lights in the closet flicker, and a low hum of machinery can be heard.

    INT. MAIN BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

    The crew on the bridge looks puzzled

    WORF (raising an eyebrow) Did he... Go into the closet?

    PICARD (trying to maintain composure) Starfleet decided the production was too expensive.

    Riker stifles a chuckle. Suddenly, the console beeps and the shields increase power.

    PICARD (exhales with relief)

    Geordi emerges from the closet

    GEORDI (tapping his combadge) La Forge to bridge, power levels are stable.

    PICARD Nods awkwardly.

    PICARD Excellent work, Mr. La Forge.

    The crew exchanges amused glances.

    FADE OUT.

  • If English was good enough for Jesus, it’s good enough for me.
  • The first Qur'an was written within two years of Muhammads death. The Qur'an was standardized under caliph Uthman several years later, and all other copies were ordered to be burned or buried, or however one would respectfully retire a holy book. The closest English word for Qur'an is generally regarded to be 'recitations', as it was not originally meant to be a text. So, to maintain the integrity of the Suras (chapters, sort of), each one was required to be verified by multiple independent witnesses. Written Arabic was even elaborated to include information about how it was to be read (literally read aloud, not interpreted).

    The relative speed with which this all occurred meant that some of these sources were indeed very close to Muhammad during his life. His wife A'i'sha, for example. Still, you can raise doubts by pointing out that the Suras may not have survived oral transmission fully in-tact, or that changes may have occurred over the 20+ year gap between Muhammads death and it's final transcription, and indeed many scholars do. I believe there is some degree of variation in manuscripts and sources.

    But the general view among believers is that the Qur'an is the literal, unadulterated word of God, and we know that great care was taken to preserve it.

    Not an expert, just took an Intro to the Qur'an course.

  • Anon is anti drugs
  • I knew at least one kid in high school who was told that weed was as bad as heroin. Then he saw his friends doing weed and everything seemed fine. So then he did weed and everything seemed fine. Then he started asking about heroin.