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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sabokbāl by Hoseyn Dehlavi “Sabokbāl literally means light-winged, and refers to the dance-like nature of this composition. The main theme of this piece is taken from a shepherd dance from the reigon on Ghāsem-Ābad in northern Iran.” youtu.be/FFyAD2YjD2U?...

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Sabokbāl: Hoseyn Dehlavi سبکبال - حسین دهلوی Canadian Golha Orchestra ارکستر گلهای کانادا

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reunion. I have known this picture for years, and looking at it still stirs very deep emotions in me. Sometimes I catch myself staring at it for a long time…their hands… It is by Sasan Moayyedi and captures the return of Iranian prisoners of war after the Iran–Iraq War.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Another salve for the soul…the displaced soul… youtu.be/jp_Hm3jrQV0?...

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Sara Qədimova — Küsüb Getdi (Rəsmi Audio)

YouTube video by Sara Qədimova

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

“[…] solving problems is only a tool and proxy for achieving the primary goal of conceptual understanding and insight. Forgetting this in the world of AI may turn the tool against the primary goal./1 terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...

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A Severe Misalignment of AI in Mathematics

I am proud to be among the list of 25 initial signatories — all Fields Medallists — to the declaration below, which grew out of discussions between ourselves over the last week. We have…

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

From October, the Foundations of Longtermism project moves to Oxford, and I move with it. Sorry to leave the brilliant people at Bristol, and excited to join a new group of colleagues I have a lot to learn from.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

The wisdom: A big part of who I am is who I am not any more. Bayesian translation: The more you conditionalize (the more you exclude from the reference class), the more accurate you can expect to be!

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I can listen to this on repeat all day and never get tired. Ney improvisation has a magical effect… at least for me…I just can’t stop my tears…

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

“It’s as if a creative carpenter discovered that for some tasks a stethoscope works better than a saw.” ✨🥹

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Petter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026

‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153...

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

In an unjust world, let love leash the force of hatred rather than extinguish it.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

This workshop was amazing, and I’ve decided to name my learning experience from it ‘The Reasonable Effectiveness of Biology in the Social Sciences’! 🙃 Thanks so much to the organisers! www.bristol.ac.uk/arts-law-soc...

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July: Phil_Workshop: Randomization in Science, Society and Nature | Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences | University of Bristol

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Stephan Hartmann @stephanhartmann.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

How do we establish reliable medical knowledge in the age of AI, big data, and evidence-based medicine? Looking forward to The Epistemology of Medicine workshop (25–26 June, Munich), bringing together philosophers, statisticians, and medical researchers for two days of interdisciplinary discussion.

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The Epistemology of Medicine

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Richard Pettigrew @wiglet1981.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Second instalment of ‘Epistemology: Normal meets Formal’ happening in Oxford tomorrow!! www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/event/episte...

Poster for workshop:

EPISTEMOLOGY:
NORMAL MEETS FORMAL
WITH BOOK SYMPOSIUM ON RICHARD PETTIGREW'S
•THE VALUE OF INFORMATION AND THE EPISTEMOLOGY OF INQUIRY'
June 22-23 2026, University of Oxford
SPEAKERS
SAM CARTER (UCL)
CHRISTOPH KELP (GLASGOW)
MARIA LASONEN
(HELSINKI)
JESSIE MUNTON
(CAMBRIDGE)
RICHARD PETTIGREW
(BRISTOL)
BERNHARD SALOW
(OXFORD)
MONA SIMION
(OXFORD)

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In memory of the great David Hockney here’s his 1971 drawing of the anthropologist Edmund Leach of @kingscollege.bsky.social I love the focus on the frames of his glasses

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I broke up with Google Sites (it kept eating my text) and moved my website to somayehtohidi.github.io. Plot twist: now I have to fight Google’s own search engine to get the new link to show up. So clicking it is an act of solidarity! :)) Research, talks, and forthcoming work all live here now.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

My heart goes out to my sisters in Herat…💔 www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

And he turned away from them and said, “Oh my sorrow over Joseph,” and his eyes became white from grief, for he was [of that] a suppressor. (84)

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

When responsibility feels like a long thread tangled around my limbs, tripping me up, maybe the thing to do is weave it into a garment and wear it. Maybe some responsibilities shouldn’t be something we do. They should be something we are.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

As comforting and safe as staying in these quiet rooms is, moving between them takes real effort. I wonder how running parallel projects feels in other fields, but I think in philosophy it can be quite demanding.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

There’s a recurring scene in Perfect Days where the main character opens his door in the morning, looks at the sky and tree branches, and takes a deep breath with a grateful smile. I think I’ll remember that scene for the rest of my life, and it makes me look up more often and smile whenever I do.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Whoever invented cheese strings deserves a global award from kids! They peel into infinitely narrow strips, stretching to fit any TV session from 5 to 5000 minutes. The moment screen time ends, a kid asks for just one more cheese string’s worth, and they’ll have indefinite time 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Realizing that you are conditioned to subordinate yourself is way more painful, and more transformative, than realizing you are being subordinated./1

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

And they asked him: Why do you sing? And he answered: I sing because I sing… And they searched his voice But could only find his grief And they searched his grief But could only find his prison And they searched his prison But could only find themselves in chains

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a bezoar @a-bezoar.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

#VidSource Siba Alkhiami, Berlin DOUNANA (Without Us) sibasmusic (SIBA - صِبا) www.instagram.com/sibasmusic/ Nov 10, 2024: www.instagram.com/monkyman_mus... MONKyMAN (@monkymanmusic): www.youtube.com/@monkymanmus... Nov 9, 2024 DOUNANA: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdFl...

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DOUNANA (without us) SIBA & MONKYMAN

YouTube video by MONKyMAN

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Bomb our roofs and make us out liars and deny our feelings Destroy our dreams Objectify our bodies and darken our skies and kill our peace We will keep standing still and our love stands in us

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

A small joy: something I’ve always done (and got all sorts of labels for) is apparently a thing in critical theory. Inspired by Brecht: genuine critical thinking means positioning yourself against the consensus of whatever group you’re in. If you’re comfortable, you’re not thinking critically.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Some days I miss you more than I remember you. Some days I remember you more than I miss you, and I don’t know which one is more painful. I’m going to let the pain of exile erase this distinction from my vocabulary. I’m going to let the pain of exile devour all the pains.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The ideal modern human and the ideal religious human share a common aim: independence from other humans. The former seeks it through self-reliance, the latter through reliance on an infinite other. In theory, the self-reliant should be more arrogant: “I am my own best provider.”/1

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

“A whole civilization will die tonight…” I’m so tired of reading his words and telling myself that he is a lunatic…maybe I’m a lunatic…what sane person can read this while having no access to their whole family under this threat and still act like everything will be ok? I’m not sane…I’m not ok…

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Reading a quote from a ‘proud Islamophobe’ doesn’t shake me, but reading it while knowing she has influence on the lunatic running this war does.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

“And then we need to make the people beg on their knees for humanitarian food assistance from the international Red Cross so that the people force Iran to surrender to the US.” Laura Loomer

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

If you’re going to rage-tweet a war, at least learn the difference between “reign” and “rain.” 🤡

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Ten years ago today, I became a mother to an amazing soul.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

-Mum! What are you doing these days without any internet connection? +I sew…I sew a lot…

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The best moment of the day: when he’s asleep and I lie beside him, smell his small head and wait until I feel the warm energetic pulse on his neck… when I can finally tell myself that ‘you’re safe, we’re safe’ and believe it.

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Somayeh Tohidi @somayehtohidi.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I wrote this two years ago and came across it again today. I was thinking the passion for survival is probably so strong and addictive that once you’ve fully developed it, you can never turn it into a passion for life. That’s why staying in survival mode for too long is dangerous.

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