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I Left Red Dead Redemption 2 - Then I Came Back

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Gaming Personal Essay Red Dead Redemption 2 I thought I was starting a game. I didn't expect to spend so much time thinking about the people inside it. I first stepped into Red Dead Redemption 2 expecting a good story and a big map. What I found instead was a world that felt lived in. Set in a fictional version of the United States in 1899, in the fading days of the Wild West, the game follows Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde gang as they move from one place to another, trying to survive while holding on to a dream that is slowly becoming harder to believe in. At first, it was the world itself that drew me in. The landscapes, wildlife, changing weather, small towns, campfires, conversations that happened without me, and all those little details that seemed to exist whether I was paying attention or not. Even something as simple as looking after a horse began to feel less like a game mechanic and more like part of a r...
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Page 67: Hastening to Forgiveness, Attributes of the Righteous, and Comfort for the Believers

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Surah Āl ʿImrān · Page 67 Surah Āl ʿImrān — Hastening to Forgiveness, Attributes of the Righteous, and Comfort for the Believers Verses 3:133–140 · Page 67 📖 About This Page Surah Āl ʿImrān · Verses 133–140 Page 67 opens with an urgent call for believers to hasten toward the forgiveness of their Lord and a Paradise whose width encompasses the heavens and the earth, prepared for the righteous. It explicitly outlines the virtues of these believers: spending in ease and hardship, restraining anger, pardoning others, seeking immediate repentance upon sinning, and not persisting in wrong actions. The narrative then offers solace and vital perspective to the Muslim community following trials, urging them to travel the earth and reflect upon history. Reassur...
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When the People Building AI Ask Us to Slow Down

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AI Governance // Analysis When the People Building AI Ask Us to Slow Down For years, the dominant message from the AI industry was consistent and loud: move faster, build bigger models, deploy more capable agents, shorten the development cycle. Capability was the objective. Velocity was the measure of success. Now something unusual is happening. The people building the frontier are beginning to say something different. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called for the frontier to be paced so that safety and alignment work can catch up with capability advancement. Sam Altman has said that, given the current environment, an OpenAI IPO in 2026 would be ill-advised. Other major AI leaders have publicly echoed concern about the pace of frontier development. What are they seeing that the rest of us aren't — and what does it mean for how we govern AI in our own organisations? This is not simply another debate about AI safety. There is a deeper architectural...
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Page 66: Divine Assistance at Badr, Lessons for Uhud, and the Prohibition of Usury

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Surah Āl ʿImrān · Page 66 Surah Āl ʿImrān — Divine Assistance at Badr, Lessons for Uhud, and the Prohibition of Usury Verses 3:122–132 · Page 66 📖 About This Page Surah Āl ʿImrān · Verses 122–132 Page 66 reflects upon the military engagements of the early Muslim community, reminding the believers of Allah's support when two factions were on the verge of losing courage during Uhud, and recalling the triumphant victory granted to them at the Battle of Badr despite their initial weakness. The verses describe the divine reinforcement of ranks with thousands of marked angels sent as glad tidings to reassure their hearts, emphasizing that true victory belongs solely to Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise. The narrative then shifts to socio-economic gu...
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Page 65: Futility of Disbelief, Cautions on Intimacy, and Preparations for Uhud

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Surah Āl ʿImrān · Page 65 Surah Āl ʿImrān — Futility of Disbelief, Cautions on Intimacy, and Preparations for Uhud Verses 3:116–121 · Page 65 📖 About This Page Surah Āl ʿImrān · Verses 116–121 Page 65 begins by emphasizing the ultimate worthlessness of earthly wealth and offspring for those who disbelieve, comparing their worldly expenditures to a freezing wind that destroys a fertile harvest through their own wrongdoing. The passage cautions the believers against taking non-believers who harbor hidden animosity and malice as intimate confidants, instructing the faithful to maintain vigilance, patience, and righteousness. Finally, the page transitions into historical context, marking the onset of the Battle of Uhud as Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) set out earl...
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Switching to Linux - and Finding Ownership

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Personal Migration Notes  ·  September 2026 Switching to Linux — and Finding Ownership Two machines, three attempts, and what it actually feels like when the computer is genuinely yours. September 4, 2026  ·  ASUS ROG laptop + Custom desktop  ·  CachyOS The best analogy I can give for switching to Linux: it feels like earning that is genuinely yours — the way a halal income carries a quality beyond its monetary value. Not just what you receive, but the absence of what you didn’t consent to. No quiet deductions. No obligations to a system you didn’t choose. There is a kind of contentment in that which is difficult to quantify but easy to feel. Windows is a fine operating system. I say that without sarcasm. But after years of daily use, I began to notice the texture of the experience: the telemetry running quietly in the background, the Microsoft account prompts, the OneDrive nudges, the Start menu recommendations, the slow cree...
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