Ali Shirdelan 🦋
@alishirdelan.bsky.social
Iranian living in Germany from Tehran.
Posts in فارسی, English, Deutsch.
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hab Zeit und Raum verloren, wie ein Astronaut..
Posts in فارسی, English, Deutsch.
🖋️📚💻🎧⚽🚲
hab Zeit und Raum verloren, wie ein Astronaut..
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I posted this in 2023:
Teaching kids that enslaved people developed skills that could be “applied to their personal benefit” is like saying concentration camps are bad, but at least they got free tattoos.
Teaching kids that enslaved people developed skills that could be “applied to their personal benefit” is like saying concentration camps are bad, but at least they got free tattoos.
December 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I posted this in 2023:
Teaching kids that enslaved people developed skills that could be “applied to their personal benefit” is like saying concentration camps are bad, but at least they got free tattoos.
Teaching kids that enslaved people developed skills that could be “applied to their personal benefit” is like saying concentration camps are bad, but at least they got free tattoos.
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Dragonflies fun facts
- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360° vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful
- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360° vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Dragonflies fun facts
- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360° vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful
- Just one dragonfly can consume over 100 mosquitos in a day
- Dragonflies can fly backwards
- They have nearly 360° vision
- Their wings inhibit bacterial growth due to their natural structures
- They're actually beautiful
Two survivors were shot dead, and now everyone says it was unlawful or murder.
But were the other boat strikes legal?
But were the other boat strikes legal?
December 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Two survivors were shot dead, and now everyone says it was unlawful or murder.
But were the other boat strikes legal?
But were the other boat strikes legal?
"Sometimes, to win, you must show that there are principles for which you are prepared to lose."
Ben Rhodes, NY Times
Ben Rhodes, NY Times
December 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Sometimes, to win, you must show that there are principles for which you are prepared to lose."
Ben Rhodes, NY Times
Ben Rhodes, NY Times
Carthage, such a sad fate..
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Carthage, such a sad fate..
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Another shot of this Sea Eagle from the other day.
I’m very tired, but I’ll try and get back to the cliff top today.
Have a good one.
I’m very tired, but I’ll try and get back to the cliff top today.
Have a good one.
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Another shot of this Sea Eagle from the other day.
I’m very tired, but I’ll try and get back to the cliff top today.
Have a good one.
I’m very tired, but I’ll try and get back to the cliff top today.
Have a good one.
November 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
همینجوری از تعداد دوستانم کم بشه(کم کنم؟) بعد از یه مدتی تنها کمتر از ۴ ۵ نفر میمونن که «میتونم» باهاشون معاشرت کنم.
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
همینجوری از تعداد دوستانم کم بشه(کم کنم؟) بعد از یه مدتی تنها کمتر از ۴ ۵ نفر میمونن که «میتونم» باهاشون معاشرت کنم.
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crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
crazy
IG em_clarkson
IG em_clarkson
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother
In an extract from her posthumous memoir, Virginia Roberts Giuffre remembers the day an ‘apex predator’ recruited her from Mar-a-Lago, aged just 16; how she was trafficked to a succession of wealthy and powerful men, and how everyone knew what was going on
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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«هیچکس یادش نمیآید چه زمانی مرده است.»
October 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
«هیچکس یادش نمیآید چه زمانی مرده است.»
"Pointless dying is unfreedom."
--Timothy Snyder, on Freedom
--Timothy Snyder, on Freedom
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Pointless dying is unfreedom."
--Timothy Snyder, on Freedom
--Timothy Snyder, on Freedom
"Intermittent reinforcement [is] lumped together with rationality as a normal way to treat people. It would be "rational" for people who control systems to intermittently reinforce others in this way, to get them to gamble at slot machines or to buy things"
--Timothy Snyder, On Freedom
--Timothy Snyder, On Freedom
October 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"Intermittent reinforcement [is] lumped together with rationality as a normal way to treat people. It would be "rational" for people who control systems to intermittently reinforce others in this way, to get them to gamble at slot machines or to buy things"
--Timothy Snyder, On Freedom
--Timothy Snyder, On Freedom
"But history suggests that those who choose the Spartan path, however proudly, ultimately find themselves weaker, not stronger."
Irad Malkin, Foreign Policy
Irad Malkin, Foreign Policy
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"But history suggests that those who choose the Spartan path, however proudly, ultimately find themselves weaker, not stronger."
Irad Malkin, Foreign Policy
Irad Malkin, Foreign Policy
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"Equal dignity is easy to grant in theory. But how do we recognize others in practice?"
September 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Equal dignity is easy to grant in theory. But how do we recognize others in practice?"
"Chinese are much more sophisticated players of the game of nations - that while we play checkers, the Chinese play chess, always thinking many moves ahead. Well, it’s sort of like that with Trump. Only Trump is not playing either checkers or chess. He’s playing Monopoly."
Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Thomas Friedman, NY Times
September 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Chinese are much more sophisticated players of the game of nations - that while we play checkers, the Chinese play chess, always thinking many moves ahead. Well, it’s sort of like that with Trump. Only Trump is not playing either checkers or chess. He’s playing Monopoly."
Thomas Friedman, NY Times
Thomas Friedman, NY Times
September 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
"If God is dead, is everything permitted?"
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky
September 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"If God is dead, is everything permitted?"
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky
-- Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Ich fürchte das hier, ist bei vielen Menschen im Bezug auf die USA immer noch nicht angekommen.
Bei der Politik auch nicht.
Sollte es aber.
Bei der Politik auch nicht.
Sollte es aber.
September 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Ich fürchte das hier, ist bei vielen Menschen im Bezug auf die USA immer noch nicht angekommen.
Bei der Politik auch nicht.
Sollte es aber.
Bei der Politik auch nicht.
Sollte es aber.
محاکمه کافکا رو خوندم و متوجه شدم زودتر باید میخوندمش.
کتاب رو زمانی خریده بودم که ۶۵۰۰ تومان قیمتش بود، فکر کنم از کتاب فروشی تقاطع فاطمی-ولیعصر.
به دلیلی شروع به خوندنش کردم و در نهایت فهمیدم میتونه از یک نگاه شبیه زندگی کنونی خودم باشه. دارم فکر میکنم که اصل آلمانیش رو بخونم یا ترجمه انگلیسش رو.
کتاب رو زمانی خریده بودم که ۶۵۰۰ تومان قیمتش بود، فکر کنم از کتاب فروشی تقاطع فاطمی-ولیعصر.
به دلیلی شروع به خوندنش کردم و در نهایت فهمیدم میتونه از یک نگاه شبیه زندگی کنونی خودم باشه. دارم فکر میکنم که اصل آلمانیش رو بخونم یا ترجمه انگلیسش رو.
September 7, 2025 at 10:49 PM
محاکمه کافکا رو خوندم و متوجه شدم زودتر باید میخوندمش.
کتاب رو زمانی خریده بودم که ۶۵۰۰ تومان قیمتش بود، فکر کنم از کتاب فروشی تقاطع فاطمی-ولیعصر.
به دلیلی شروع به خوندنش کردم و در نهایت فهمیدم میتونه از یک نگاه شبیه زندگی کنونی خودم باشه. دارم فکر میکنم که اصل آلمانیش رو بخونم یا ترجمه انگلیسش رو.
کتاب رو زمانی خریده بودم که ۶۵۰۰ تومان قیمتش بود، فکر کنم از کتاب فروشی تقاطع فاطمی-ولیعصر.
به دلیلی شروع به خوندنش کردم و در نهایت فهمیدم میتونه از یک نگاه شبیه زندگی کنونی خودم باشه. دارم فکر میکنم که اصل آلمانیش رو بخونم یا ترجمه انگلیسش رو.
These two books are excellent — they could even serve as daily guidance for recognizing the patterns of #fascism.
They provide very detailed insights into authoritarianism and totalitarianism.
#Jason_Stanley has done a great job!
#bookSky
They provide very detailed insights into authoritarianism and totalitarianism.
#Jason_Stanley has done a great job!
#bookSky
September 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
These two books are excellent — they could even serve as daily guidance for recognizing the patterns of #fascism.
They provide very detailed insights into authoritarianism and totalitarianism.
#Jason_Stanley has done a great job!
#bookSky
They provide very detailed insights into authoritarianism and totalitarianism.
#Jason_Stanley has done a great job!
#bookSky
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How do you stay hopeful in todays often monstrous times?
I don‘t.
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I don‘t.
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September 1, 2025 at 7:52 AM
How do you stay hopeful in todays often monstrous times?
I don‘t.
🫳🎤
I don‘t.
🫳🎤