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NHS Dentist... somebody has to do it 🙄

[mh @Proactivecook]

@MastourehNasiri چند روز پیش تو لندن یه مریض کرد چند تا از اینها برام آورد مطب. هر چی فکر کردم اسمش یادم نیومد تا الان 😄مرسی 👍🏻 میگفت شنیدم ایرانی‌ها اینو دوست دارن. کردها بهش میگن اچوغ

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is recommended by many of my podcast guests.

There is one takeaway that Naval Ravikant (@naval) has reinforced with me several times on our long walks.

The protagonist, Siddhartha, a monk who looks like a beggar, has come to the city and falls in love with a famous courtesan. He attempts to court her, and she asks, “What do you have?” A well-known merchant similarly asks, “What can you give that you have learned?” His answer is the same in both cases, so I’ve included the latter story below.

Merchant: “. . . If you are without possessions, how can you give?”

Siddhartha: “Everyone gives what he has. The soldier gives strength, the merchant goods, the teacher instruction, the farmer rice, the fisherman fish.”

Merchant: “Very well, and what can you give? What have you learned that you can give?”

Siddhartha: “I can think, I can wait, I can fast.”

Merchant: “Is that all?”

Siddhartha: “I think that is all.”

Merchant: “And of what use are they? For example, fasting, what good is that?”

Siddhartha: “It is of great value, sir. If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do. If, for instance, Siddhartha had not learned to fast, he would have had to seek some kind of work today, either with you, or elsewhere, for hunger would have driven him. But, as it is, Siddhartha can wait calmly. He is not impatient, he is not in need, he can ward off hunger for a long time and laugh at it. ”

***

I think of Siddhartha’s answers often and in the following terms:

“I can think” → Having good rules for decision-making, and having good questions you can ask yourself and others.

“I can wait” → Being able to plan long-term, play the long game, and not misallocate your resources.

“I can fast” → Being able to withstand difficulties and disaster. Training yourself to be uncommonly resilient and have a high pain tolerance.

[mh @Proactivecook]

@lennylaw @DentistGoneBadd Now pts has to ask their GPs who often refuse!

[mh @Proactivecook]

@sueperkins He'a taking the piss 😑

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

“Anyone whose psychological trauma is so severe that it causes them to be emotionally triggered by the sight of someone’s name on a publication is in need of therapy.” That’s putting it kindly. Some might say, “pathetic, posturing little wimps”.

https://t.co/IVgCCmLeET

[Kian Sharifi @KianSharifi]

Iran early this morning executed Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaqoubi for the alleged killing of three Basij militiamen last November.

Their families and rights groups have denied the charges and say all three confessed under torture.

[Muriel Gray @ArtyBagger]

A date to remember today for anyone at the dentist being fitted with a crown.

[Golnaz Esfandiari @GEsfandiari]

Iranian journalists Elhahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Mohammadi who help break #mahsaamini's story along with outspoken rights advocate Narges Mohammadi are the winners of UNESCO press freedom prize.

#Journalismisnotacrime

[mh @Proactivecook]

@DrBaggins1 I did french on this which was great. Doing Japanese now, so hard 😩

[mh @Proactivecook]

@TheBDA @BrineMP I know we are a handful but surly having one dentist on the board doesn't make it unmanageable 😄

[mh @Proactivecook]

@jackthefatalist 😄

[IranWire @IranWireEnglish]

Forced Hijab For Lady Justice

#MahsaAmini #Iran #Truth #Hijab

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Very excited to announce that after a long stretch of being Literally Hitler I've become Ideologically Stalin.

With luck, hard work and your continued support, I believe I can make Vlad the Impaler by Christmas.
🙏❤️

[mh @Proactivecook]

@SouthernRailUK Ok will wait til then. Thank you

[mh @Proactivecook]

@SouthernRailUK hi, can I get help with delay repay please? Applied for 2 strike days, had an email saying I have been paid already which is incorrect

[mh @Proactivecook]

@SouthernRailUK Last night

[mh @Proactivecook]

@1mahraz The most insincere thing ever said 😄

[Tim Ferriss @tferriss]

“I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, ‘If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.’”
​— Kurt Vonnegut

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

There’s shithousery. And then there’s living in a house made completely of shit, shouting shit out of windows covered in your own shit with the words “help me, I have to shout this shit out or they will kill me by shoving shit down my throat” all over them ⬇️

[Omid Memarian @Omid_M]

Her name is #FatemehSepehri. She is one of the staunch critics of the Islamic Republic. The Revolutionary Court in Mashhad has confirmed her sentence of 18 years in prison, according to her brother @AsgharSepehri. she was arrested in the early days of the nationwide protests in Iran in September. Her clarity, courage, and persistence in pointing out the regime’s wrongdoings and rights violations have made her one of the powerful symbols of resistance in Iran. She is paying a considerable price for speaking out and continues to inspire millions of Iranians inside and outside of the country. This injustice should end, and she should be released immediately. #فاطمه_سپهری