Nathan S. French

@innesseff.bsky.social

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Researching & Teaching -- Religious Studies, Islamic Studies, Religion & Law, Jihadi-Salafi Studies, 9/11 Baseball spectator.

A quote from Michael Sandel's Tanner Lectures: "Increasingly, people are rewarded less for making things than for managing and manipulating risk, less for producing useful goods and services than for speculating on future prices and events. As state governments rely increasingly on revenue from lotteries and casino gambling, as financial activity accounts for a growing share of the gross domestic product, as life insurance becomes hard to distinguish from betting on the lives of strangers, as derivatives and naked credit default swaps turn finance into a form of high-stakes gambling, the speculative impulse that defines our economy strays ever further from the social purpose of finance, which is to allocate capital to productive purposes."
Let’s begin with a naked reality: Arab leaders, not Israel, must hold the Palestinians responsible and accountable for their actions, and for being a true partner in peace. To that end, the now-discredited path to a “two-state solution” should be replaced by a 23-state solution: the 21 Arab nations that have exploited Palestinian rights as a slogan for decades now need to roll up their sleeves and stand up a governing authority capable of accepting the historic Jewish connection to this land. That new institution must put an end to the heinous practice of financially rewarding terrorists who kill Jews. And they must stop teaching young children to hate Israelis.
USMNT Head Coach Mauricio Pochettino coaches players during the second half against Australia in the opening around of the World Cup.
Pope Leo XIV says: “Let us allow ourselves to be transformed by the peace of Christ! Let us make heard the cry for peace that springs from our hearts! For this reason, I invite everyone to join me in a prayer vigil for peace that we will celebrate here in Saint Peter’s Square next Saturday, April 11. #Easter”
A New York Times headline inaccurately labeling NATO as the “North American Treaty Organization.”
A document in Farsi from the office of ayatullah Ali Sistani in Iraq
A meme, Leo DiCaprio pointing in recognition at the screen
The book cover of Tom Clancy’s Patriot Games
Text reads: “And again, for a lot of conversation — and rightfully so — in higher ed about never facing those tougher questions about what we're not going to do, moving forward, I think here's an example where the recommendation at this point, from the group looking at this, was to try to do that,” Knuffman said at the November meeting.
Joe DiMaggio swinging a baseball bat in a suit in an empty Yankee Stadium, cover of Esquire, July 1960
A pestle marked “jihad” crushes a Soviet hammer and sickle in a mortar marked “Afghanistan”
Chinese influencers now required to hold university degree to discuss serious topics — or face a ¥100,000 fine
An article from Elsevier reads: The future of scientific publishing and peer review will likely include more AI-powered tools. At Elsevier, we are committed to navigating this future responsibly, with the research community at the heart of every decision, always with human oversight, ethical safeguards, and transparency. As we rethink peer review in the AI era, one principle remains clear: technology can support the process, but human insight must lead it. Disclaimer: AI was used in refining the language of the article with human oversight.