I don’t remember! Sometimes when I don’t feel lazy I stretch beforehand (I should be more consistent). But I usually begin by simply walking then elevate the intensity progressively.
My biggest suspicion was breathing. I somewhat remember that I wasn’t properly inhaling and exhaling, sometimes would hold my breath unconsciously.
This morning I made sure to stretch and actively breathe. Didn’t face an issue.
Perhaps the body builds certain habits. I go for a run in the early morning on an empty stomach. Always been the case.
I’m sorry I don’t understand what you mean.
Definitely. I also noticed how little these supposed economists know what marxism is. Their entire doctrine is incoherent.
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Ottoman Turkish, although the geographical terms and country names wouldn’t have differed much.
Musical theme: Kahlil Gibran wrote an eloquent essay on music, though good luck finding it.
Outside your comfort zone: Capitalism as Civilisation by Ntina Tzouvala, a theoretical work which examines how western legal scholars categorized non-western polities based on a racist standard of civilisation and justified colonising them.
Book from a different cultural background: the Cairo Trilogy by the Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz, a chronicle of a wealthy family witnessing the instability of the 1930s in British-occupied Egypt.
Piano. It would make sense that the songs I can play perfectly are the ones I composed. Otherwise, I enjoyed covering Tempelhof by Yann Tiersen.
The public representation is more important than the ideology behind the process. Women take off their veils; they are emancipated.
OK, I will think about it. Thanks.
I never bothered with the social aspect of book platforms, so I use an offline tracker. Do you recommend me creating one?
It’s all of lemmy actually, not just here.
I’m not fond of series because I usually can’t commit to them, but I can guarantee you that this one is worth a watch.
The irony is that the Americans are slaves to their electoral system. Liberal democracies are one big, pathetic myth where they make the masses believe that they are the ones in control of the polity and just like they elected someone into a position of power they can dismiss them in later elections.
The discourse that has been happening shows quite a different reality: Americans are treating the elections as if there is no alternative. Even if there indeed was no alternative, they don’t bargain with the ones in power, they don’t use their vote as a bargaining chip for political change. They are ready to vote unconditionally because they accept their candidate as is.
You don’t see democrat voters pressuring the Biden administration to put an end to the genocide in Palestine. They feel uneasy towards what’s happening but ultimately they consider themselves to be powerless. Western democracy and constitutionalism have politically alienated the people.
Zoroastrianism is a principle component of Iranian identity in the antiquities, especially under Achaemenid rule during which its doctrines were formalised and the church was tied to the state apparatus.
As the empire grew, Zoroastrianism was spread as far as India (I heard the biggest Zoroastrian community today is located there). Some vassal states within the Acahemenid/Sassanid spheres of influence even adopted the religion, such as Armenia before it converted to Christianity. The extent of Zoroastrianism was so deep-rooted in Iranian societies that even centuries after the Islamic conquests it remained prevalent (There wasn’t forced conversion to Islam but many eventually did to avoid paying war tributes).
There was also a popular movement led by the Zoroastrian priest Mazdak who preached for an egalitarian social system and the distribution of the wealth of the nobility and priests to peasants.
I am reading The Oxford Handbook of Iranian History as a preparation for my next read, which is Perceptions of Iran: History Myths And Nationalism From Medieval Persia To The Islamic Republic by Ali Ansari. One thing that the coauthors of the Oxford handbook have specially mentioned was the sense of national identity that premodern Iranians enjoyed, but it remains a very controversial subject. So I am intrigued to know how Ansari handles that question.
That but also whitewashing billionaires.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis by Giorgio Bassani. Although initially I couldn’t grasp much of what was happening in the prologue, as I progress it grows on me more and more.
Works fine for me. You can open an issue on Github.
None whatsoever. I went on a run this morning and didn’t face any issue.