abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Do you think if Mamdani fails to deliver on his socdem policies, he will exhibit the same kind of immunity to false promises that Trump demonstrated? Zohran was definitely helped by the vibes but he's not a post-truth candidate like Trump was. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 07/07/2025You have to remember that a key feature of Trump is that he was elected on vibes, not policy. So when he fails to deliver his radical proposals, it doesn't affect his popularity. Mamdani doesn't have that. He was elected for policy. When he fails to deliver on it, he will fall. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Muslim scholars differed on the permissibility of music. But let's set that aside. Music = lots of dopamine. Listening to your favorite music throughout the day is like a dopamine IV drip. You've raised your dopamine baseline. Now wonder you can't get anything done. 010 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Wherein I try to explain to politically-inclined Muslims (like Sneako) Islam's totalizing role in politics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy7DwciO4i0 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Introducing a new idea into society is easier than re-introducing an old one (all else being equal). i) Blank slate. You have an opportunity to shape the brand from scratch. ii) intrigue. When an idea is fresh, and people don't fully understand it yet, that makes it cool. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I asked ChatGPT to add a glass-shattering effect to the old Syrian flag. What in God's name... 010 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 08/12/2024what if every problem you have in life can be attributed to a deficiency of a vitamin/nutrient you didn't even know existed? That alluring idea is the basis for the $200B supplement industry. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 06/12/2024"faith" has christian baggage of a personal/private spiritual practice. "character" is one piece of the islamic personality. It would be more correct to say Islam has everything to do with worldview (aqeedah), law (sharia), and spirituality (tasawuf). iman/islam/ihsaan resp. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Solid Snake -- had the same thought! Slide-locking to prevent the sound of automatic cycling? You're pretty good! 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024That kind of power to decide how the world is presented, literally, can change how people think about life. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 04/12/20241) Saudi Arabia seems to be a quarter the size of Canada 2) Scandinavia is WAY smaller than you'd think. Turkey is almost double the size of SWEDEN!!! 3) Wasn't ready for Brazil being almost as big as Europe. 100 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I've heard before that the West standardized the Mercator projection to make themselves look bigger (compared to SA, Asia, Africa, ME, etc). I didn't realize how insane the effect was until I saw it on this map. 110 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024"A modern morality, on the other hand, can only point with absolute conviction to the horrors that follow breaches of law; its only certainty is a certainty of ill. It can only point to imperfection. It has no perfection to point to" -- G.K. Chesterton 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Those in the know are not surprised by what Joe Biden did today. The elites care (only) about their families. The rest of us can rot. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024talking of course about the web version. don't really use my phone much. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024One thing I'm liking about bluesky: minimalist layout. My X UI has gotten so crowded. Look how clean this is in comparison: 020 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I've heard that bluesky is what twitter was before all the engagement farming and rage bait. If so then it has the potentially to really rival twitter, unless and until Elon gets his mess cleaned up. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Sure. After all a camera is just a measurement device that captures visual information (cf. Steve Yedlin). But after you capture that information, the best thing to do with it is make it look like film. 000 0
abu ibrahim @abuibrahim-mm.bsky.social · 02/12/2024What's the bluesky business model? to dethrone twitter? or provide a "left-wing" alternative (much like rumble is right-wing youtube)? 000 0
