Omar Kooheji 🍉

I think to an extent we’re only just entering a stage where the Middle East can tell the west to eff off.

The puppet states are having their Pinocchio moment now and are pissed off at the puppet master for taking advantage of them.

Cartoonists shout what editors fear to whisper.

No, I think, in this instance at least, the issue is Bluesky’s user interface.

If you click on the alt text it scrolls up. I translated it myself not Google.

عاجل وزير الخارجية السعودي 36 سنة كنا نعتقد القواعد الأمريكية تحمينا بأول حرب اكتشفنا احنا نحميهم Breaking minister of exterior: For 36 years we thought we he US bases were protecting us, now we’ve discovered we were protecting them.

BREAKING NEWS • TechTimes BREAKING: SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KUWAIT AND QATAR ARE DISCUSSING WITHDRAWING FROM CONTRACTS WITH THE U.S.

العقارة الرئيس السابق لجهاز المخابرات السعودي تركي الفيصل: هذه ليست حربنا، بل حرب نتنياهو، يحاول الهروب من جرائمه في غزة والضفة عبر هذه الحرب aleqaria.com.eg Former Saudi intelligence chief, Turkey Al Faisal: This is not our War, this is Netanyahu trying to escape from his crimes in Gaza.

Narrative in the gulf is turning against the US and the war on Iran.

Translations in alt text, but general gist is resentment against being pulled into a war which is a distraction for what is happening in Gaza.

Yeah, the thing is… Is the Russian news outlet lying, the Iranian government, the Israeli and American governments, or all of the above?

Translated by my phone…

إيران توجه اتهاما خطيرا لواشنطن وتل أبيب بضرب دول الخليج العربية بمسيرات "انتحارية" تشبه الإيرانية

I can’t find an English source for this, and it’s a Russian news outlet. But Iran is accusing Israel and the US of using drones that are clones of its drones to attack gulf countries.

Autotranslated screenshots in next post.

A picture of PEW poll on global attitude survey, saying the % who rate the morality and ethics of people in their country as good vs bad, where the US has the worst rankings and Canada the best

Americans: we live in a fallen state—embroiled by sin, cheating, lying, and evil. You cannot trust anyone, not even those who claim to know you best

Canadians: I love my neighbors and my friends!

Our one and a half year old dressed as the Gruffalo to nursery and spent the whole drive there saying: “Gruff-lo! Gruff-lo!”

When he got there, another kid was also dressed as the Gruffalo, and he walked up to him and said: “Gruff-lo too!”

Happy World Book Day!

Books are magic you make yourself!

One of the worrying things about the conflict in the Gulf just now is that the Iranian Shahad drones cost roughly $20k and the Patriot missiles that are being used to intercept them cost roughly $4m each.

It costs the US and it's allies 200 times more per drone intercepted, assuming they hit.

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Hell yeah Newcastle! Up the toon!

#beastmode

It’s climbing up the rankings! Only you can get it to number 1!

LPT: if you are in a city where there are likely to be explosions open the windows a bit, it stops the sudden air pressure difference from shattering your windows.

I hope you never need this tip…

LPT: if you are in a city where there are likely to be explosions open the windows a bit, it stops the sudden air pressure difference from shattering your windows.

I hope you never need this tip…

During Ramadan it’s common to fire a cannon to alert everyone that the sun has set and they can break their fast.

Given current events in the region, this is causing confusion for tourists.

Literary agents urge writers to avoid Al as they see 'change in nature of submissions' NEWS FEB 23, 2026 BY LAUREN BROWN © Shutterstock A number of literary agencies are adding amendments to their submission guidelines urging authors not to use Al in their submissions, as signs of its use become more prevalent.

Good.

It’s also pleasing to see increasingly clear and prominent image attributions in a lot of places.

My wife’s book (The Outcast Mage by @annabelcwrites.bsky.social ) is 99p in a hr kindle store today. Get it if you already haven’t, the sequel comes out in October! amzn.eu/d/07cQ6DYG

If the rumours are true and the kids and social media consultation opens today, here are two things I think should be banned from
social media:

1) AI bots
2) recommendations algorithms that optimise for time on site

Firm regulation of both of these things is possible and auditable

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Reform win a seat: The true Volk have spoken and we all must listen.

Greens win a seat: Early reports that Muslims may have ‘voted’ (an ancient Islamic practice designed to steal elections). How severely should the franchise be limited in response?

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

Olympic Truce - Wikipedia

Wikipedia link for the lazy, I ran out of characters so couldn’t include in the preceding post. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic...

Did not know about the Olympic Truce, in which the IOC prohibits any nations who attack another nation during the period one week before, to one week after the summer and Winter Olympics from competing in the following Olympic Games.

Which means the US should be prohibited from competing in LA 2028

I’m not being pedantic but when you say word count do you mean character count.

Yah there’s a version on one of the Miku Rhythm games.