KashifShah

@KashifShah@mastodon.sdf.org

Retired .NET enterprise software developer and computing nerd.
Bachelor of Arts dual-degrees in Mathematics and Psychology.
Neurodivergent and “medically frail”.
Pakistani-Irish-American, Radical Moderate, and (illiterate) Muslim.
Occasional enjoyer of kayaking and sport touring by car or motorcycle.
Connoisseur of science fiction and national-chain pizza.
Looking for ways to give back to the community.

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KashifShah, to random

alhumdulilah! (praise be to god!)

that will be quite an achievement!

I had once hoped to memorize the 99 names of allah (as it is said that if you do, your entrance to heaven is assured), but my memory is not so great

so i am just hoping that I do enough good works and avoid enough bad works that Allah gives me some level of mercy

did you know that technically there is a chance for some to only temporarily be in hell, in Islam?

msquebanh, to random
@msquebanh@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

@KashifShah You also owe me a yard update 😂✌

KashifShah,

@msquebanh That would be really cool; once you see a couple of the pictures, you’ll know what I’m working with

KashifShah,

@msquebanh My dad will know to some extent; he is a “Master Gardener” by taking some classes and grows tomatoes, squash, zucchini, peppers, and some other things in addition to the flowers and such.

I know that the soil is definitely made up of clay.

Otherwise, I am not yet versed in the arts of the green thumb :)

KashifShah,

@msquebanh ok, partial update lol.

so, last week my dad almost got squashed by the big branch in one of this photos. I had to use ratchet straps to pull it down off of a power line to the house, but next day we had a reliable tree service (funny story about how awesome they are) come to cut the rest of the dead branches.

see the before and after for an even bigger branch that they had to cut down from the top of the tree

photo of tree after dead branch cut down
photo of tree before dead branch cut down

KashifShah,

@msquebanh and so, from that massive dead branch thay they cut down, there now appears this, my new walking stick work-in-progress 😂 a silver lining from all the chaos of the tree having survived a big wind storm the day before + squirrels

also, that is the table that i’m going to try those light experiments on 🌈

also, was sitting on the patio and noticed two faces in the gunk on the concrete 😆 one was made from the shadow of a tree seed, so i thought that you might get a kick out of that

photo of illusory faces in the ground

KashifShah,

@msquebanh yeah, thats the plan!

i’m not sure to what extend i want to modify it though. i’m hesitant to even cut off the little branch sticks poking out of it, yet.

i might not even do anything to the handle at all, but it does have one of those carveable handles on it

definitely intending to put a spike or something at the pointy end.

the tree is oak, and the branch can pretty much take all nearly 300 lbs of me leaning on it lol

KashifShah, (edited ) to random

The Neo-KKK wants you to die.

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety True, I’ve been juggling several different threads.

Do you mind re-asking the main question and I’ll do my best to use my own words, but i might need more than 500 characters 😅

Heh, I turn 40 in a few months ;)

If you see anything of yourself in me, then I take it as a compliment! I already had much respect for you, my friend, not having known anything about you, but have even more respect now that I know a little more about you.

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety I think I partly replied to one of your statements here: https://mastodon.sdf.org/@KashifShah/110369243346987246

When Freud said “growing civilization”, as a psychologist, he was referring to his previous definition of “equal rights for all”, not any kind of colonialist “civilization”.

He would have said “culture”, but maybe he wanted to reclaim the term “civilization” to make it mean “equal rights”?

KashifShah,

@Judeet88 @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety yes, ultimately what Freud was taking about was “equal rights for all”.

after WW2, the UN decided to call that Human Rights.

So, in todays terms, “whatever grows Human Rights, at the same time, works against war”

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson And Baudrillard might roll his eyes and say, look at Twitter and TikTok, and tell me the ratio of meaningless words to meaningful words.

He was prescient in recognizing that the more that people say, the less anyone has anything to listen to.

Not that he advocated that people not speak, but rather, only speak to reality, in its perceptible forms.

“The finalities of production” being one example: once a tree is cut down, it’s cut down

KashifShah,

@pinkyfloyd @msquebanh @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety bwah, sdf.org is my home, not leaving here on my own volition lol.

plus, 500 characters is plenty for me, usually, and we tend to use gopher for more than 500 characters, at sdf.org

KashifShah,

@JoBlakely I will reply to that in more detail, soon-ish, but make note that Freud was POC, himself (Semitic).

And yes, if you read his words in the letter in reply to Einstein, it will be obvious to you that he believed in equal rights for all as the means to end war.

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson That was in reply to the concept of “many voices”, not in reply to any question.

I still have to look back through all of these threads to find the question so that I can reply to it.

KashifShah,

@Judeet88 @msquebanh @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety In psychology, there is the concept of an “operational definition”.

For the purposes of the Einstein-Freud Theory of War, “civilization” is specifically, operationally, defined as “equal rights for all”.

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @Judeet88 @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety > “Culture can/did/does exist without civilization.”

In terms of Einstein-Freud Theory of War, Freud didn’t see any difference practical between culture and civilization. He defined the term culture/civilization to be the tendency away from war, for the purposes of his psychoanalysis.

In his view, the ruled and the rulers are pitched in a superiority conflict, from which the only escape is equal rights for all.

KashifShah,

@Judeet88 @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety Yes, Freud’s point in 1932: if the ruled beat down the rulers, then the rulers become the ruled, and the cycle of violence repeats.

The UN built upon the Freud-Einstein Theory of War to it’s full and “final” solution: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

30 articles of rights, universal to all members of the human family, no matter how much you hate them.

With clear limitations on rights, for when violence is needed.

KashifShah,

@pinkyfloyd @msquebanh @PaulNickson @soc_i_ety uhhhh, sorry buddy, you’re wrong there.

https://kashifshah.sdf.org is my home. The fediverse could disappear and I’ll still be hanging out with SDF.org…

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson

  • Nothing, at this time
  • Nothing, at this time
  • Will ask Angel Mounds if they are doing anything to support UNDRIP
  • Potentially a long list & only freedoms that must be limited by law, per UNUDHR

Angel Mounds is an historic site, not a living site for a tribe, but they just got a grant to do renovations on the museum, so maybe they will do more than basic education.

Unless persuaded otherwise, ICESCR is my priority, at this time

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson I’m no stranger to threats against my life.

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson

No doubt about that.

Where are the frontlines for ICESCR?

Where were the frontline activists during Occupy? During BLM?

Too busy trying to destroy capitalism to actually push for the right strategy, if you ask me.

It’s absurd that between those two frontlines movements for social justice, not once did anyone protest for ratifying ICESCR?

Or did I miss that while I was being a conscientious corpo slave for the tax revenues?

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson shrug have I been on the streets fighting against the cops? nope

have i been in my seat fighting against the bosses? yup

if you weren’t there, you wouldn’t know

most of us in the enterprise world have to sign non-disclosure agreements just to get a job

with all due respect to your lifelong struggle, please refrain from marginalizing my own lifelong struggle, out of a place of ignorance.

it’s really an attack on one’s dignity 🖖

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson

i’m not at even at liberty to speak about where my frontlines were, but the frontlines that you listed aren’t the only frontlines.

Wherever you are standing (or sitting), at any moment, if you are standing (or sitting) up for Human Rights, it is a front line.

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson > “This sounds like you have zero personal experiences with civil disobedience & have taken no personal risks to fight for human rights.”

That’s what felt like an affront to my dignity.

Similalry, I can’t share, because I’m not at liberty to share.

Maybe someday I will be able to, but not at this time.

I would just recommend that everyone read the book, or grok the summary of, “Crucial Conversations” and know your rights.

KashifShah,

@msquebanh @soc_i_ety @PaulNickson

  1. know your rights
  2. know how to have crucial conversations
  3. be prepared to walk away from the table
  4. make your peace with starving to death
  5. then, and only then, trust the system
KashifShah, (edited )

@msquebanh

I'm not working, now, but yeah - every job that I had post-graduation, working as an enterprise software developer, or as a consultant, required a non-disclosure agreement as a condition of employment

Some things I am definitely only willing to talk about if I'm compelled to do so by a court order

Some other things are just nobody's business but the businesses'.

Some other things, further, I'd be happy to talk about, but don't, because I signed the nda's.

@soc_i_ety @PaulNickson

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