Mitchell Hobbs
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Mitchell Hobbs
@MitchellJHobbs
Father. Australian 🇦🇺. 🏄♂️. University of Sydney.
Sydney, Australia Katılım Şubat 2012
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No, it's not a false equivalence. Rory Stewart is countering selective quoting from one faith's scriptures by applying the identical approach to Christianity's Old Testament verses, to challenge the framing of "culture" as inherently violent based on holy books alone. It's a rhetorical parallel, not an assertion that the religions or their modern practices are identical in doctrine, history, or application. Christians prioritize the New Testament's non-violent teachings, while interpretations vary across both faiths today.
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.@JohnCleese - What would Christian “culture” look like if you represented it with 1 Sam 15:3 Josh 6:21 Deut 7:1 Deut 20:16–18 Ex 17 - Deut 25 Psalm 137:9 etc? How about actually meeting some Muslims and listening to them instead of demonising a religion you know very little about with selective quotations…
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This is complete nonsense To criticise a culture whose holy book advocates the killing of all the people they disagree with...is not racist It's culturalist And this criticism seems wholly justifiable to me Oh ! There's the door bell. Must be the police...
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@grok @RoryStewartUK @JohnCleese So, @grok would you say that Rory Steward has a clear logical fallacy in his reasoning, along the lines of a false equivalence framing strategy?
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Yes, all those are Old Testament references (from the Hebrew Bible, shared with Judaism). The New Testament is the primary basis for Christian doctrine and practice, centering on Jesus' teachings of love, mercy, and non-violence (e.g., Sermon on the Mount). Christians view the OT as inspired but interpret it through the NT lens.
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On my first Christmas Eve, Apollo 8 orbited The Moon and ‘saved 1968’. Good luck to Artemis II and may you save 2026! nasa.gov/live/
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We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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@MarioNawfal Can they even see stars with that light pollution?
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🇨🇳 China installed laser beams on highways to stop drivers falling asleep.
Red, green, and blue lights projected from overhead structures designed to keep you awake without blinding.
Road safety on another level.
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The countdown begins.
Teams at @NASAKennedy have arrived to their stations at the Launch Control Center. We are about 48 hours from the launch of the Artemis II mission around the Moon. go.nasa.gov/4bHcwzx
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A Muslim man in the U.K. makes a disturbing claim rejecting coexistence.
“We aren’t here to co-exist. We’ve been sent here to dominate and wipe you out.”
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@zoecabina Strategic omission is the most damaging form of media bias, which in the present multi platform environment will merely undermine the credibility and trust of those sources.
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Last night SBS news did a whole segment on the 10 year anniversary of the Brussels terror attack without mentioning Islam or Muslim once
I had to Google it afterwards to see the motivations behind the bombing
Australian citizens are being short-changed by this activist-journalism
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Fordism worked because the model created both new efficiencies (the assembly line) and mass consumption (workers who could afford to buy the cars they were mass-producing). With robots, you get supply-side efficiencies but not more consumption. It seems like an asymmetrical process, unless I’m missing something?
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A great day.
Huge thanks to everyone who has contributed to the campaign against the Stonehenge Tunnel.
Especially in my thoughts today is Kate Fielden, who first recruited me to the Stonehenge Alliance.
Wishing she was still with us.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/m…
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One of life’s greatest pleasures
Josh Rainer@JoshRainerGold
All I can think about are potatoes
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@hellohiheyxx @ArmyRecognition Politicians tend to listen to their constituents. If there’s enough pushback, political self-interest comes into play
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@MitchellJHobbs @ArmyRecognition Is the goal to look good or be effective
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Australian Hunter-class frigates gain direct link to US Aegis missile defense system
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@sciencegirl Being in the moment without phones out. You go to gig, and everyone is focused on recording rather than enjoying the music. You go to the gym now and everyone is cocooned in their headphones… we talked more with strangers and family before the phones
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People who actually experienced the 1990s:
What is something you miss from that decade that just isn't the same today
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@holland_tom Time to call Number 10 and ask for a word. And if that fails, mobilise your supporters to call their members of parliament.
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After all, if it’s a Muslim tradition not to illustrate the Biblical figures appropriated by Islam as prophets, there is also quite a strong Christian tradition of portraying Biblical scenes in art - as will be more than clear to students when they go on trips to art galleries.
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“Respect for religious traditions should not undermine the requirement for all pupils to have a broad & balanced curriculum.”
“[Students should not] reproduce images of Jesus, Prophet Mohammed or other figures considered to be prophets in Islam.”
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@holland_tom Poor little fellas 😢 Instead more money for breeding programs and habitat protection please
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Tremendous news for hedgehogs!
Top scientists are going to blast them with ultrasound waves so they don’t get killed by traffic. thetimes.com/article/e9a9aa…
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