KR @AbstractOpinion

Enthusiast of combat sports, Chinese history and the occasional pun. Aspiring long-distance swimmer. ❤️ @sanchirai Joined September 2009

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KR @AbstractOpinion

4 days ago

the best gym / playing arena isn't the one that has the best equipment or trainers. it's one that's near home, so that the commute isn't a factor. getting there 4-5 times a week is the hardest part.

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Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_

5 days ago

If Liverpool continue like this the Premier League must really consider implementing rules against sustainable and competent ownership, the competitive balance of the league is at stake here

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KR @AbstractOpinion

6 days ago

Running in the rain will never not be fun.

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a week ago

Went to an open sports quiz after nearly a decade, recognized half the faces (now suitably salted & peppered) and had a huge impulse of deja vu.

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Sayantan Ghosh @sayantansunnyg

7 years ago

Just look at novelist Norman Mailer’s quixotic Brooklyn Heights apartment where he spent his final years, which was essentially a giant library.

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List of favorite top ten "classic" science books. All communicate profound, mind-expanding ideas, often in profound prose. Many are multidisciplinary; some touch deeply on history, philosophy and society. All give repeated reading pleasure, revealing something new each time.

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KR @AbstractOpinion

2 weeks ago

The Gambler || James Caan explains Dostoyevsky Nice connection drawn here between athletes and poets, wish the scene had explored it further. youtu.be/6C4k-Ygu5tI?si…

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KR @AbstractOpinion

2 weeks ago

"Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed men and such as sleep a-nights. Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look, He thinks too much; such men are dangerous." - Julius Caesar, Act I, Scene II

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Curiosity @MAstronomers

2 weeks ago

What the Night Sky on Mars may look like...

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T. Greer @Scholars_Stage

2 weeks ago

Essentially I think all of these books, and the many articles that precede them, are variations on a central theme -- a thesis about Chinese statecraft that extends back several thousand years but is rooted in concerns about the present.

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KR @AbstractOpinion

2 weeks ago

Chen Jian's biography of Zhou Enlai is fantastic. Traces Zhou's rise, and the trajectory of Zhou's China, in a very readable manner. I can see why it has a 3-month long waitlist at my library.

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KR @AbstractOpinion

3 weeks ago

Science vs humanities is the silliest of all debates. Both have their place, and you should learn both over time (+ commerce). I'm very proud of the fact that I have a grounding in all 3 disciplines.

constans @constans

2 years ago

Science vs humanities is the silliest of all debates. Both have their place, and you should learn both over time (+ commerce). I'm very proud of the fact that I have a grounding in all 3 disciplines.

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KR @AbstractOpinion

3 weeks ago

Had my first experience of looking through a powerful telescope, courtesy an astronomer friend. Saw and photographed M16 (the Eagle Nebula). What a phenomenal sight. Can't wait for the processed pictures!

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KR @AbstractOpinion

3 weeks ago

On chess dot com, I used to get opponents with a Vatican flag fairly often - about once every 40-50 games. Haven't seen a Vatican flag in several months now. The last Pope died in April. I've been wondering whether...

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KR @AbstractOpinion

3 weeks ago

Aside: The very fact that there is a contest between physical books and e-books is testament to the power of print. The digital takeover wiped out entire categories like CDs & DVDs and landline phones. Umberto Eco was right when he said the book was like the wheel: irrevocable.

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12 months ago

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3 weeks ago

"When people start moving, the first loyalty, the first identity, is always a rather small one. They can't immediately become other things.. Only countries that have ceased to live can say it's all wonderful." Food for thought. indiatoday.in/india-today-in…

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MCM @MMike218

4 weeks ago

@TheCinesthetic This

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cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic

4 weeks ago

Nearly 30 years later and the CGI still holds up. That score? On another level. Spielberg didn’t just make sci-fi, he made it breathe.

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4 weeks ago

Nearly 30 years later and the CGI still holds up. That score? On another level. Spielberg didn’t just make sci-fi, he made it breathe. https://t.co/351VGVtxPG

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4 weeks ago

Powerful, thought-provoking passage on Thomas Hobbes by Hugh Trevor-Roper. Probably true for most polemicists. archive.org/details/in.ern…

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4 weeks ago

You don't need to see the unflattering reviews of the latest The Naked Gun to know that Leslie Nielsen was one of a kind. My favourite Nielsen performance, however, was in this vampire comedy opposite Mel Brooks. Two masters of deadpan comedy going at it: youtu.be/ryeHPPypACk?si…