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How high is your EQ?

I personally think it is more important than IQ.
It impacts everything important; relationships, social maneuvering or networking, being professional at work, and everyday interactions.

Check out this article if you want to know more!
verywellmind.com/components-of

Verywell Mind5 Key Components of Emotional IntelligencePsychologists suggest there are five key emotional intelligence skills. Learn more about what you can do to improve your emotional intelligence quotient or EQ.

The #MuslimWorld declares #Fatwa and #Jihad against the #StateOfIsrael.
#GifsArtidote: watch children, adults and governments voice their protest about the #Palestinian occupation and #genocide by #Israel. All of them call for a global boycott of #US companies and for all humans to stand up and fight against #authoritarianism and my message is learn about #anarchism and #DirectAction, #CommunitySafety and #DefenceTechniques. #KnowledgeIsPower #press #BreakingNews #news
youtu.be/72LagQ9ocBk?si=Of2ecr

"The responsibility of intellectuals is to speak the truth and expose lies."

–Noam Chomsky

#Chomsky emphasizes that those who have knowledge and influence must use their intellect to challenge falsehoods and reveal the truth. Intellectuals, whether scholars, journalists, or thinkers, have a duty to question power structures and educate the public. Silence in the face of deception allows misinformation to spread unchecked.

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We should reopen and #evangelize #libraries, and I think everyone should spend a few hours per week just finding any book on any topic and reading it cover to cover. There's still something to be said about holding a #book, especially an old one, in your hands. Flipping the pages. Absorbing its scent. Not saying you can't get the same experience digitally, but many people don't use their digital devices for true #learning and #cognitive growth. Apps and games aren't the same.

It's how I grew up and fed my deepest #addiction - #learning - spending hours in the library and just reading. The Internet barely existed. That's true knowledge. Ever learning. Ever #craving more. And I believe knowledge is true power.

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@Beachbum @GreenFire

Sure, the #ukrainian Dr are the source to read, like this BBC article

...patients pass through multiple facilities, each with their own strains of AMR...it only worsens the spread of AMR infections.mOn the one hand, we must save a patient. On the other, we mustn't breed new microorganisms that will have antimicrobial resistance

bbc.com/news/articles/c20k5wrg

@ManyRoads
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Getting the information I do takes a LOT of time

Tell me about it‼️ #knowledgeispower but it's work🤣

Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 🌐✨

If you too feel uneasy about
the state of the world,
and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet,

Know that you can download an
offline copy of Wikipedia!

Here's how 📚👇

1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): kiwix.org/en/applications/

2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix.

Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right :neocat_book:

3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right.

4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 🔍

5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission).

Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&ca

6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 📦

7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix!

8. Magic! 📖✨

Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! ⚒️ :blobcatrainbow: