It is probably not helpful for the Iranian women soccer players -or, more to the point, their families back in Iran - for there to be this level of media coverage around them.
Don't make them a cause célèbre which the regime feels it must respond to.
Trump did not announce a U.S. policy then walk it back. That is not what happened, and media presenting it that way does a disservice.
Trump said words he thought might appeal to his audience in the moment, with no connection to actual policy, then did that again with a different question/asker.
I really hope they mention this in the history books
Similarly, we should think about the arm twisting which parts of the US administration are trying to do to the Gulf states to make them actively participate in a war which they didn’t start, don’t want and weren’t even warned about in advance.
Gulf countries welcomed US military bases because they thought it would make them safer. In fact it's put them directly in harm's way due to the US's actions and the US has not adequately defended them.
We should think about this precedent in the AUKUS context. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
By “expose myself to enemy fire to communicate” he means he’ll tweet and maybe someone will tweet some mean things back at him
* mass domestic surveillance
We've known for well over a decade that the US does mass surveillance targeting the rest of us. There is some irony in seeing the horror with which US citizens react to the idea that their government might treat them like their government treats everyone else.
god give me the confidence of Hudson Institute guys arguing that Tehran is the first domino against Beijing
More from Tehran. The Aghdasieh oil depot in Sohanak is completely ablaze. #Iran
1/ Civilian donations to the Russian army are said to have collapsed ahead of the imminent ban on Telegram. It's a consequence, predicted by warbloggers, of the Russian government's apparent decision to ban the app. The impact on the front line is likely to be severe. ⬇️
But remember, it's not a regime change war. Also it's not a war. And the goal isn't regime change. It's just overthrowing the previous regime and picking a new one. www.reuters.com/world/middle...
So, yep.
clearly they don't all of the time! I honestly don't know why they do now, but as one guess it could be to avoid another friendly fire incident after the Kuwaiti air defences shot down those three (three!!) US jets
Actually at least four, two more just turned on their transponders
Had the slightly grim thought that maybe Trump's "big one" is en route and the US has quietly told allied governments that this is the moment to get as many people out as they can before they strike.
Two of these headed from Tel Aviv into the Gulf right now
Seems like the most air traffic over Oman/Saudi/little bit of the UAE since the start of the war. Everyone's decided this is their moment to get in and out, for some reason?
Iranian drones have hit Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry says. Two injured.
Widening.
“We are in an undeclared state of war.”
After Mike Johnson says the US is not at war, and Donald Trump says it is, Lindsey Graham tells @premthakker.bsky.social a third answer: an “undeclared state of war” — which, he suggests, allows the US to illegally strike ships in international waters.
No kidding. It says so much about this person that she was happy to stand by and profit from the many many many many many many many other times Sandilands attacked other people, often women, and it was only when she personally became his target that she walked away. www.theage.com.au/culture/tv-a...
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We’re deeply at risk of no president ever getting another leadership orb.
Hundreds of civilians dead
This looks to be pretty much exactly what they're doing
I only very recently learned from someone that going to Dubai for holidays was A Thing among the British. Very weird for an Australian, we transit Dubai but I don't believe I know a single Aussie who's actually chosen it as a holiday destination.
always worth remembering that "the cloud" is actually just someone else's computer (or their many, many computers)
Who knows in the long run but in the short to medium term this probably works very much in their interests
Hard to know all the implications but it’s probably a net benefit to Russia. They’ve mostly localised Shahed production, they’ll benefit economically from an oil price spike, benefit diplomatically from the US being distracted, benefit militarily from the US having less weaponry to sell to Ukraine
