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HOSTAGE TO THE DACOITS Armed with increasingly sophisticated weapons and bolstered by greater networking, northern Sindh dacoits operate with near impunity.

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: REPEATABLE TRANSGRESSION History has shown that transgressions by and against the state, when left unpunished, tend to resurface with greater intensity.

Repeatable Transgression.

History has shown that transgressions by and against the state, when left unpunished, tend to resurface with greater intensity.

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: FAITH IN FALSEHOODS Despite the progress of science and reason, myths and conspiracy theories continue to thrive — even among educated people.

Faith in Falsehoods.

www.dawn.com/news/1893623...

#DarwinDay

One day, evolutionary theory will blend with thr humanities and we will stop talking about how to make art and we will start talking, scientifically, together about why.?

Biological evolution does not imply or suggest determinism. Knowledge of our evolutionary mechanisms can help us change, while ignorance keeps us in the dark.

The Right hates human evolution because it is an affront to their beliefs about Intelligent Design. The Left hates human evolution because it is seen as an affront to their beliefs about equality.

All civilizations arose from the ash of stellar alchemy. It’s amazing what hydrogen atoms can do if given enough time.👇

SMOKERS’ CORNER: BIG TECH'S BIG RUSH Technological advancements come with the notion that they are liberating people from the old, soulless forms of capitalism. But

The Big Tech’s Big Rush.

Are people being duped and led towards societal collapse and an authoritarian techno-capitalist future?

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Happy birthday to my guru and mentor, Sir Nadeem F. Paracha. Author, cultural critic and historian.

SMOKERS’ CORNER: ROMANTIC NATIONALISM AND FAKE HISTORY Pseudo-archaeology has played a big role in constructing mythical histories that feed into imagined pasts that ultimately only aid the political aims of ultra-nationalism.

Romantic Nationalism and Fake History.

Pseudo-archaeology has played a big role in constructing mythical histories that feed into imagined pasts that ultimately only aid the political aims of ultra-nationalism.

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: WESTERN BLIND SPOTS As the far-right gains momentum across the West, Western academics long fixated on ‘fragile democracies’ in the Global

It is naive to continue idealising democracy without critiquing it from some awkward angles.

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE CURSE OF 'COLLAPSOLOGY' Western political scientists and academics are often quick to label nations such as China and Pakistan as being ‘on the

THE CURSE OF 'COLLAPSOLOGY'

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SMOKERS’ CORNER: THE SEIF-COUP Heads of state, such as Donald Trump and Yoon Suk Yeol, have instigated ‘self-coups’ in an attempt to hold on to power.

The Self Coup.

www.dawn.com/news/1881733...

Marry Christmas Professor. 😔

Attending the marriage ceremony with former minister of Maritime affairs,Ali Zaidi PTI.

Never read such a surreal and strange topic like this in the history of English literature.

Is your topic of PHD thesis inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite movement or surrealism or Dadism? Dr Ally.

SMOKERS’ CORNER: READING INTO POLITICS Across history, politicians and statesmen have often found inspiration and political strategies in books. However, the age of "leader-readers" now seems to be at an end.

Reading into Politics. www.dawn.com/news/1874371

I’ve joined Bluesky and it feels like a breath of fresh air – in some ways… | John Naughton The flourishing new platform may be like Twitter once was. The problem is the limited algorithmic scope of all social media

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I can relate my motto of life to this quote by Bertrand Russell.Sapere Aude. 🙏

Our childhood memories.

The X (Twitter) Exodus To Bluesky, Explained X (formerly Twitter) users are leaving in droves to the social media site Bluesky—here’s why they’re leaving, and why they might not stay away.

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Does Bluesky have the current trends option like the old twitter.?

Nice Sir. welcome.

Being here and no longer on X as a small act of resistance.

Welcome.

Bsky is much better than X. It's just like the old version of Twitter. My old account was blocked by X and it remains suspended in Pakistan. I would suggest my friends to leave X and join Bsky.