"This fearless book [by @abigailshrier] shows how girls’ bodies have become collateral damage in adult culture wars," says @VictoriaPeckham. In 2021 we must explore what drives gender identity theorists to put their ideology above the health & welfare

of children & young people. Gender identity ideologues promote a “progressive” new world where "trans children" skip an essential stage of every human being's physical, psychological & sexual development - puberty. /2

Then these “trans children” move on from puberty blockers to cross sex hormones whose effects are immediate and visible. 98% do @TaviAndPort. More experimentation and no measurable improvement to mental health. /3

And then we see some surgeons who have forgotten their oath to “First, do no harm” or who simply cannot resist the temptation of £/$. They remove healthy organs whose functionality can never be restored. /4

Most children play, dress up, put on make-up & cowboy hats. They use their imagination to try out all sorts of things. We think they're just growing up normally. We believe they deserve protection from a global movement that seeks to force outdated gender stereotypes on all /5

Islamic Book Recommendations 🧵

(Quran)
1) Arabic Mushaf; And a Translation if needed

English: The Qur'an (Abdul Haleem translation)

Urdu: The Holy Quran (Molana Maududi translation)

(Manners, Etiquette, & Character)
2) Book of Manners
3) The Refinement of Character
4) Adab al-Mafrud
5) Good Character

(usul ad-Deen)
6) The Pillars of Islam & Iman

(Arabic)
7) Arabic Vocabulary Practice makes perfect
8) Arabic Vocabulary 9,000 words

Want to be a better thinker?

"Thinking in Systems" by Donella Meadows is the top book on Amazon for System Theory with 1,000+ ratings.

Here are some highlights (thread ↓)

"Donella Meadows (1941–2001) was a scientist trained in chemistry and biophysics (Ph.D., Harvard University), followed by a research fellowship at MIT. There she worked with Jay Forrester, the inventor of system dynamics."

"This book is about that different way of seeing and thinking. It is intended for people who may be wary of the word 'systems' and the field of systems analysis, even though they may have been doing systems thinking all their lives."

— Donella Meadows

"Today, it is widely accepted that systems thinking is a critical tool in addressing the many environmental, political, social, and economic challenges we face around the world."

— Diana Wright

"A system is a set of things—people, cells, molecules, or whatever—interconnected in such a way that they produce their own pattern of behavior over time."

— Donella Meadows

Incredible paediatric ST3 regional teaching day organised by @DrSeanMon

Feel so privileged to be a @WMPaeds Trainee and have monthly study leave to attend this amazingness 🤩

#PaedsRocks #ChoosePaediatrics

A summary of my highlights:

First up Sean did an interactive session on #debriefing sharing frameworks for structuring a debrief both from literature & his own top tips(using pics to illustrate rather than lots of text -love this @DrSeanMon #MedEd technique, def going to steal this for future teaching 😆)

Sean's framework top tips:

1) Get Out --> get off the shop floor, go to private place and fill it with tea and biscuits

2) Get the whole team together

3) Ask "Are you ok?" then ask again #asktwice

4) Recap what has happened

Sean's tips continued...

5) What went well - although outcome may be sad, your team was likely all kinds of awesome, highlight this!

6) Could anything have gone better?

7) Is there any other learning here to be discussed?

8) Summarise and thank your team 🧡

Next up Dr Doug Simkiss gave an incredibly engaging talk about Social Determinants of Health:

-Striking graphs illustrating the effect of social deprivation on child outcomes

-Actions we can take as trainees - take a detailed SHx!

-List of essential & additional reading

1. Thread about Cross-over services.

Some have asked is December 31st really a special day and what about cross-over services? This they say is a Nigerian thing. There is nothing sacred about it some have said
This may be true however let's read from the words of Apostle Paul.

2. Paul in his day must have faced a similar challenge as some must have still observed days in the Jewish calendar. When he was asked about some people who were still observing certain days as being more important than others and they criticized those individuals Paul's response

3. Romans 14:4-6King James Version

4 "Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand."

4. Romans 14:5 "One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind."

5. Romans 14:6 "He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks."

Yesterday an old family friend came to visit for a few hours from NY. She was absolutely destroyed about the voter fraud that took place, but she exclaimed “Why isn’t anyone doing anything?!” She isn’t on social media at all. She just gets what the TV and paper tells her.

She wanted to know why so few people went to the first march in DC. She wanted to know why everyone was complacent and what she could do - she had no idea what she could do. She was depressed over it.

I took some time to explain to her and show her all of YOU. I showed her my pictures from the first event and also described just how many people were there. I tried to explain there was a lot going on and gave her a few numbers she could call.

The point of this is, again - she is not the minority but she FEELS like she is. She said “we have no country without fair elections. That means I can’t even get rid of the people I don’t feel are doing a good job! What’s the point!” What’s the point indeed. The only

way we are going to break through this is for those of us who are involved in this to keep spreading the word and keep fighting for those who know they have been wronged here but aren’t connected enough to know something is being done about it.

#jaeyong AU — 𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑷𝑳𝑬𝑻𝑬 ༄
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⠀ ❥ ҉ 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑒 — 𝐎𝐍𝐅
0:45 ———⊙————— 3:45
↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺
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↳ wherein jaehyun is the new boy at school and loner taeyong falls head over heels.

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑:
this story belongs to me. the characters used obviously are not, and any occurrence in this story that could relate to any real life event is purely coincidental. I also DO NOT own ANY of the photos used in this AU.

now, I'm sure you all know this but:
𝟏. do not comment, just quote.
𝟐. do not copy or steal.
𝟑. ignore the timestamps.
𝟒. ignore any typos I make.
𝟓. I am from Australia so I may use some Aussie slang in my writing.
𝟔. 𝑒𝑛𝑗𝑜𝑦!

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆!
there will be angst. if the story triggers you in any negative way, do NOT continue. this is not a horror nor thriller, but inside may contain certain elements that may be triggering for some.

Re-reading this piece,

“After communism fell, the promises of western liberalism to transform central and eastern Europe were never fully realized – and now we are seeing the backlash.”
https://t.co/rnlRNa72fd

“Across central and eastern Europe, many of the democracies that emerged at the end of the cold war have been transformed into conspiracy-minded majoritarian regimes.”

No single factor can explain the simultaneous emergence of authoritarian anti-liberalisms in so many differently situated countries.

Yet resentment at liberal democracy’s canonical status and the politics of imitation in general has played a decisive role.

The very conceit that “there is no other way” provided an independent motive for the wave of populist xenophobia and reactionary nativism that began in central and eastern Europe, and is now washing across much of the world.

The enthusiastic copying of western models, accompanied as it was by the evacuation of Soviet troops from the region, was initially experienced as liberation.

But after two troubled decades, the downsides of this politics of imitation became too obvious to deny.

I had set myself a goal of 35 books for the year, but lack of travel meant I could squeeze in a fair bit more. I’ve tried to read more fiction, but not very successfully (most of the books here are non-fiction). Nonetheless, here is my reading list for 2020. (1/9)

1. The Quantum Spy — David Ignatius
2. The Siege of Mecca — Yaroslav Trofimov
3. The Only Plane in the Sky — Garrett Graff
4. American Spy — Lauren Wilkinson
5. Rise and Kill First — Ronen Bergman
6. Return to Sri Lanka — Razeen Sally
7. Scale -- Geoffrey West (2/9)

8. Bridgital Nation — Roopa Purushottaman & N Chandrasekaran
9. Backstage — Montek Singh Ahluwalia
10. Spillover -- David Quammen
11. The Theory the Would not Die -- Sharon McGraves
12. The End of October -- Lawrence Wright
13. Team of Teams — Stanley McChrystal (3/9)

14. Galileo’s Daughter — Dava Sobel 15. The Gated Republic — Shankkar Aiyar
16. Powerful — Patty McCord
17. The Paladin — David Ignatius
18. India Moving — Chinmaya Tumbe
19. How Innovation Works — Matt Ridley
20. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland — Lewis Carroll (re-read) (4/9)

21. How China Escaped the Poverty Trap — Yuen Yuen Ang
22. Phantoms in the Brain — VS Ramachandran & Sandra Blakeslee
23. Seeing like a State — James C Scott
24. El Jefe: The stalking of Chapo Guzman — Alan Feuer (5/9)

It’s happening and it’s happening NOW! The first movie, Guardians of the Pedophiles, just had its big release.

Buckle up, Patriots, it’s going to be a very bumpy ride.

New on Amazon Prime Video in 2021..

A thread...

@PrimeVideoIN @aparna1502

#Tandav S1 by @aliabbaszafar, ft. #SaifAliKhan #DimpleKapadia @dirtigmanshu #KumudMishra @Mdzeeshanayyub @WhoSunilGrover @Kritika_Kamra @sarahjanedias03 @DinoMorea9 @AmyraDastur93 @GAUAHAR_KHAN @sandymridul @soniiannup @pareshpahuja @iamshonali & @tentej.

Premieres Jan 15th.

#TheFamilyMan S2 by @rajndk, ft. @BajpayeeManoj @sharibhashmi @priyamani6 @Samanthaprabhu2 @shreya_dhan13 @SharadK7 @DarshanKumaar @hinduja_sunny @sharmamatvipin and @mimegopi.

@sumank @Suparn @CastingChhabra @krishdk @rajnidimoru @SrikantTFM

Original series #MumbaiDiaries2611 by @nikkhiladvani, feat. @konkonas @mohituraina @shreya_dhan13 @tinadesai07 and @satyajeet_dubey.

@EmmayEntertain @monishaadvani @madhubhojwani

Original series #Gormint by #AyappaKM, feat. #AmolPalekar #ManavKaul #GirishKulkarni @rajshriartist @ShikhaTalsania @SmitaJayakar and #SulabhaArya.

"How to Crush Your Biggest Goals in 2021" #podcast
https://t.co/NDq0IV6kd3
Well worth a listen (8mins-57mins for juicy bits).

Six pillars in thread below 👇
~~
#SelfImprovement #Success #Entrepreneur #EntrepreneurLife

1. Mental toughness, grit. 2021 is gonna be harder than 2020.

2. Maximising what you get out of your time. Being productive.

3. Associate with people who have accomplished what you are trying to accomplish. This requires learning new social skills.

4. Self confidence. (The opposite of self-limiting)

My notes on ‘The Art of Execution’ by Lee Freeman-Shor.

First heard about this book from @IvanTanner4 interview on @Trawlingfor10x

2/ Background: Over seven years, 45 of the world’s top investors were given between $25m and $150m to invest by fund manager Lee Freeman-Shor.

His instructions were simple. There was only one rule. They could only invest in their ten best ideas.

3/ From 2006 to 2013, Lee examined all 1866 investments. What surprised him was only 49% of these investment made money. While some of the most legendary investors only made money 30% of the time.

Yet, almost all of them did not lose money. In fact, they still made a lot of it.

4/ How were they so successful if their ideas were wrong most of the time? Lee discovered successful investing is not about being right per-se.

Success in investing is down to how great ideas are executed.

5/ “It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong.” - George Soros

ASSANGE thread
1/ Introducing ICELAND
home of ORIGINAL TURNCOAT Sigurdur_Thordarson (see2/belo)
WATCH: 2 min film by
a/STRATFOR #lookitUp
b/no mention of CHINA
c/no GEOTHERM, GAMING or ELECTRONICS inf
d/no ASIANS pictured

Iceland's Geographic Challenge

I'm creating a recommended book list for students of South Asian history and politics.

What do you think should be on it?

- "Annihilation of Caste" by BR Ambedkar
- "Walking With the Comrades" by Arundhati Roy
- "Hindutva" by VD Savarkar
- "Slavery" by Jyotirao Phule
- "Mogul India" by Niccolao Manucci
- "Sketch of the Sikhs" by John Malcolm
- "Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi" by Mohandas Gandhi

- "The Mughal Throne" by Abraham Eraly
- "Aurangzeb" by Audrey Truschke
- "What Gandhi and Congress Have Done to Untouchables" by BR Ambedkar
- "A History of the Sikhs" by Joseph Davey Cunningham
- "Travels in the Mogul Empire" by François Bernier

- "City of Djinns" by William Dalrymple
- "A Free Man" by Aman Sethi
- "Ants Among Elephants" by Sujatha Gidla
- "Jahangir's India" by Francisco Pelsaert
- "The Sikhs in History" by Sangat Singh
- "We or Our Nationhood Defined" by MS Golwalkar

- "War at the Top of the World" by Eric Margolis
- "The Argumentative Indian" by Amartya Sen
- "The Age of Kali" by William Dalrymple
- "The Temptations of the West" by Pankaj Mishra
- "For Reasons of State" by John Dayal
- "The Punjab" by Henry Steinbach

It is with a glad heart that I welcome everyone to the New Year, 2021.

The out-gone year was quite dramatic and it is only by the grace of the Almighty God that we survived to witness the succeeding year.

It is cheering that we are entering the New Year with refreshing news of a handful of certified vaccines against the dreaded Covid-19 virus. And better still is news of commencement of vaccination in some parts of the world.

I am expectant that the vaccine(s) would soon be available for vaccination in Nigeria. It is also hoped that very soon life would return to normal.

As a country, we have taken our share of the blow that Covid-19 dealt to the globe. And worst still, we suffered a multi-facet downcast on account of lazy and uninspiring leadership from the government at the centre - most especially.

A Drazverse Tale: A Bedtime Story For Little Devils

"What's that, little one? A bedtime story? You can't sleep until you hear a tale? Oh, my little devil-child, you're adorable. Listen then to your mother.

Many millennia before our time, before our time's time, Satan decided to be God.

But of course, you know that, little one. You know as well as I do that Satan warred against the Most High and failed, falling to Hell. But do you know what really happened, my child?

Many facts and truths in the stories have been lost to the ages, however. Some "facts" are very over-exaggerated, or downright changed. Some "facts", my little one, are outright lies.

Listen to me, my child. Listen to your bedtime story, just as I listened to it when I was your age."

Many, many millennia ago, in times before times, God sat with all of his angels, his angels of wrath and peace and justice and hope, and said "I will make a world, and on that world, yea, I will place mankind." And so he did, and by his will and word, it was done.

Ten minutes until The High Republic launch event live on YouTube! #StarWars #TheHighRepublic #DisneyBooks #DelReyBooks

Here's the link...
https://t.co/11x3FME1ph

Okay, here we go! The boss herself, Kathleen Kennedy, introduces a The High Republic trailer! #StarWarsTheHighRepublic

Michael Siglain giving a bit of history on the project...

There's the team, all looking Luminous! @msiglain @claudiagray @CharlesSoule @justinaireland @cavanscott @djolder @KristinBaver

They are all discussing their specific experience developing the project at various points along the way. Speaking about working at the Ranch, Cavan Scott said they had to "literally chuck us out!"