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Grinnell, IA. He/his. From Peru, American, Palestinian.

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Saw someone attempting to salvage the notorious stat-padding fraud Kobe Bryant compared to Bam Adebayo and the thing is, Bam Adebayo did it the only time he ever tried to do it

11.03.2026 03:30 πŸ‘ 281 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

On Twitter Mehmetcan Akpınar responds: "Although Ibn Khallikān gives it as -wayh, the name apparently entered into Arabic as Sībawayhi with a final -i during Harūn's time.
www.jstor.org/stable/25190... and NΓΆldeke 1888 Persische Studien. Persiache Koseformen, p.4ff = [p. 388ff.]"

11.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No.

11.03.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone know what the deal is with the transliteration of Ψ³ΩŠΨ¨ΩˆΩŠΩ‡'s name? SΔ«bawayh versus SΔ«bawayhi? Help plz.

11.03.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

I can't believe people are talking about Bam breaking Kobe's record when the "record" is for second place.

11.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ω„Ψ§ Ψ¨Ω‚ΨΉ في Ψ§Ω„Ψ­Ψ§Ω„ شيؑ

Does this mean "Nothing happens in that moment" or "Nothing [in the sentence] conveys the present"? Are these two the same? Different?! Ahhhhh

10.03.2026 14:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, I have done this.

10.03.2026 14:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have spent way too long reading and rereading explanations of the muḍāri, the so-called "imperfect" form of the verb. The more I understand, the more my confusion grows. Get me out of this!

10.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've never gotten this trick to work. I must be too cowardly to use real heat.

10.03.2026 13:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Chat, is this good?

10.03.2026 13:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Calling Cormac McCarthy’s authorial style a β€œmistake” that AI no longer makes is so funny

10.03.2026 11:12 πŸ‘ 741 πŸ” 158 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 43

I think I don't understand what you mean by "culturally literate." It's much harder to engage culture (books, art in general) if you haven't consumed other culture, all the more for books, ime.

08.03.2026 16:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I *think* they still matter for promotion, but I'm honestly not sure. I'll worry about that when it comes time to think about going up for full.

08.03.2026 16:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My institution makes them optional for students, so I usually get very few evaluations per semester.

08.03.2026 15:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Many do this for all kinds of no-stakes writing, I assume they would also do so for the evals.

08.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Hereditary peer Lord Mancroft: β€˜They don’t care about fox hunting. It’s about us’ The Conservative politician and former master of hounds on House of Lords reform, the pros and cons of privilege β€” and his numerous tattoos

Lunch with the FT is always the first thing I read in the FT Weekend. This week's installment is just perfect, save for the lack of discussion of the meal itself. High recommend

www.ft.com/content/ab4d...

07.03.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1) Intro to Historical Inquiry: The Prophet Muhammad
2) Studying Religion: The Middle East
3) Islam & Gender
4) Islamic Law in Theory and Practice
5) Crusades in the Middle East
6) Life of the Quran
7) Traditions of Islam
8) Life Worth Living
9) Theory and Methods in Study of Religion

06.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Even the backflip mod made me uneasy!

06.03.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jobs numbers?

06.03.2026 13:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I also regret every second I spent learning about Platner and I don't want to run that back.

06.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't want to research everything! I don't live in Texas! I'm soft in my old age.

06.03.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've only played the original for 1,300 hours. This is too soon.

06.03.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm scared of the graphics. I like my static StS just fine, tyvm!

06.03.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I never thought that the Trump govt. considered this, but the precarity of the Gulf states (access to food + water) was sure to be an issue with the war. I'd heard Dubai generally has about a ten day reserve of water. IDK if that's true, but how much DO they have? Need resources to keep it full.

06.03.2026 11:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You could just call it Literature Seminar.

05.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I had six sets of comps!! Three for MA
1 - History of Arabic Language
2 - Arabic Literature
3 - Premodern Islamic History and Institutions
Then three for PhD
1 - Islamic Law and Intellectual History
2 - Arabic Literature
3 - Medieval Islamic Social and Cultural History
I wrote over 200 pp. total!

05.03.2026 11:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The movie totally lost me. Everyone in the theatre gasped, but I wanted to burst out laughing. gtfo with that bs

04.03.2026 23:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sirat review: πŸ‘ŽπŸ‘Ž

04.03.2026 23:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dude wants to be Shamwow Shlomi but says "It's Vince."

04.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No way to know what is on the ballot until you show up to vote, unfortunately.

04.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0