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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Had a meeting today by the UN with Netanyahu in town Pockets of protestors with Palestinian flags all over town A huge Israel funded anti Iran campaign on billboards and trucks Expensive advertising v organic support The genocide has lost the biggest Jewish city in the world after Jerusalem

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Amazed at how dreadful jfk airport is You really notice in the States that the infrastructure is terrible. Roads, public transport etc. If you shrink the state you end up with terrible infrastructure

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm in NYC during the UN General Assembly and the Israeli government has bought advertising space everywhere to promote war on Iran Having been almost droned when this kicked off I wonder who the audience for this advert is meant to be?

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Got my Esta through just in time so off to NY for climate week Kissed the wife goodnight. Just the 15 hour flight to go. The kids will be finishing up at school by the time I land.

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As amusing as it is seeing Sheeran burn his reputation the interesting thing about the Mackelmore cancelling is the push back on Kraft to the point he felt he had to comment on it The modern US is run by billionaires for billionaires. Well that's what they think anyway. Bubble punctured

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"UK sanctions will only help Netanyahu in the elections" Perhaps. It's too early to tell, but there's no evidence so far to suggest it would make a difference either way. And US sanctions against the Israeli Likud govt in 1991 helped Rabin win in 1992.

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It’s telling that the Israel lobby reacts with rage (including accusations of antisemitism at Milliband) to the UK imposing sanctions on settlements that the UK considers illegal under international law while offering no solutions for ending the wave of violence and ethnic cleansing in the West Bank

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

On the way to work this morning my Waze thought I was in the middle of the Gulf. When the Iranians send a drone attack they scramble the GPS Haven't seen a drone overhead since April/May.

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Got the "under attack" sms followed by the all clear a few minutes later Almost forgot there's a war on. Probably a false alarm Remarkable how quickly you forget that drones flew over your house and the windows shaking from interceptors

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Three weeks travelling up from Saigon through Vietnam but I don't think anything can prepare you for how crazy and fun and cool Hanoi is

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

A half hour, half time show in the world cup final? This has been by a long way the worst world cup off the pitch since 78 and next time we have the farce of 3 matches in South America for a World Cupn in Europe/Africa Fifa is a disgrace

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Salah has won the Champions League, Premier League the FA Cup. But spoke after the match last night as if Egypt getting to the last 16 if the World Cup is his greatest achievement with a team Almost every 8 year old with a ball dreams of the World Cup. Greatest competition there is

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Off to London for work. They have the world cup on! Tunisia Japan. Great way to spend the first two hours Work is the only time in about 20 years I flyv without kids

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

If we get a goal soon this will be good match Canada look pretty good. Direct. But Bosnia can do them on the break Canadian fans cheesy but loud

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

So Shakira didn't go down for tax evasion

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

This little fella is about 4 months old. Abandoned and taken in my the kids. Very affectionate. One of those cats that meows at you when he wants to be stroked Guess we can't get rid of him now even though he eats everything and keeps climbing up the curtains andv getting stuck

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

When I open up Twitter this is what it is promoting as a "debate"

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I wasn't in any way excited about the world cup but in a funny way the Tim Payne viral story reminded me that there's something really special about how someone can come out if nowhere to be world famous in this tournament. Just the scale of attention is only this and the Olympics

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I do think it sums up “the weird way the Internet shapes politics unnoticed” that “some chants that people should knock off but are mostly an ignorable part of an in-person march” are given more explanatory power than “the website that is full of antisemitism of every stripe that MPs hang out on”.

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I see the usual suspects tried to make St George's Day another "You can't say Happy Easter/Christmas", "where's your poppy", "we are the real victims" event Chill out for a day. Have a pint. Put the anger and victimhood away for a bit

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

First day without an attack since Feb 27th here in the UAE But Lebanon still being hit hard

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Netenyahu ordered mass atrocities in Beirut to try and collapse the ceasefire So predictable

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Pawel Swidlicki @pswidlicki.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Banning Kanye West from entering the UK over anti-Semitism concerns then posting about it in a self-satisfied way on on the Nazi app owned by the Nazi sympathiser is just a perfect encapsulation of this government

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Going to sleep now fully expecting to be woken up to take shelter in the middle of the night Took the kids to rugby tonight. Hope we are back on Saturday

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Went on X I've lived in the Middle East 20 years and it's been my job to know the politics and economy of the region, lots of time in energy and defence So I'm loving getting lectured on social media by people who are entirely certain about what will happen, who couldn't point to Qatar on a map

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John Br👻OoOOOoOoo👻ks @johnbrooks.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Just so everybody is clear, Pam Bondi, who tried very hard to cover up the Epstein files, was fired for not covering up the Epstein files enough.

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Andrew Duff @andrewduffeu.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Maintaining the US State Visit is a dismal remnant of Mandelson’s discredited strategy. Trump is deranged. King Charles risks humiliation in DC at the behest of Starmer. Cancel the trip. There’s a war on FFS.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 30/03/2026

Israel’s parliament has passed a controversial bill that seeks to impose the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of killing Israelis in acts of terror, but not on Jewish Israelis who kill Palestinians in similar circumstances. ft.trib.al/aSDzL0l

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

A friend went round to his neighbours’ for Eid last night and apparently the wife slightly panicked about hosting white people because she disappeared for a couple of minutes and came back with half a pint of whisky for him. This, to me, is multiculturalism

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I don't fall for the nonsense that because the Iranian government is anti colonial it is in any way leftist. It is fundamentalist, totalitarian and nationalistic But I do think people miss Iranians have a sense of humour. Even the ICRG. Pushing out Epstein stuff via their news agency is trolling

"In memory of the victims of Epstein island"

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Maybe this war will teach one orange American economics

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Phil Syrpis @syrpis.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Take back control, they said. Free us from the tyranny of the EU, they said. And now they are calling for us to be shackled to the Trump regime; else we’ll be a piffling irrelevance.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

This is no different from Putin saying MH17 was shot down by Ukraine or Assad saying rebels gassed themselves.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Weird how creating conditions where powerful people never have to face real accountability leads to powerful people abusing their power. Who could have predicted that?

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

What the Israelis are doing to the Lebanon is beyond evil (again) but we see the West doesn't think that Arab and Muslim life is worth much (again)

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Taken the family on a planned break to Ras Al Khaimah. My favourite part of the UAE. If we are going to get droned at least I'll do it with a frozen margarita

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

They've moved the school holidays in the UAE to start next week as kids can't go into school Tells me the government here don't think this is over any time soon and i won't be in the UK for Palace Leeds Its just a minor annoyance when innocent people are being blown to bits in Tehran and Beirut

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

I think there is not enough appreciation to how good this FT visualization is the original is like this 👇

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

US consulate in Dubai on fire. Been in there a few times. That's right in the heart of the old part of town. Very densely populated

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Community whatsapp groups during a bombing can quite qhickly move from did you hear that bang, to who didn't clean up after their dog, to has anyone got any tonic I can borrow

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Pascal Jacquemain @jacquep.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

From the French equivalent of The Onion Seeking revenge, Dubai parachutes 3000 influencers on Tehran.

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Some of our neighbours are hiding what's happening from their kids while ours are watching the news and trying to spot places they know and standing on the roof to watch drones get intercepted Twin boys are tough I guess

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The cat is sheltering in place and hiding from the bangs

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

You may think the Americans don't have a plan to end this but Hegseth say they are praying and will be guided by God. Worked out well for George W Bush. Anyway remind me which country is run by war mongering religious fanatics? It could be any of three in this conflict

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Oisin @oisindubai.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Farage saying HMG should break British law to support Trump Trumps wars have led to Qatar stopping LNG production which will push up UK electricity prices, maybe dramatically Farage will attack HMG for high energy prices blaming "net zero" This is how populism works

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 01/03/2026

🚨 The death toll at the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ primary school in Minab has risen to 148 dead and 95 wounded, Iranian state media reported. Most of those killed were between the ages of 7 and 12. Video via Mehr News Agency (X: @MehrnewsCom)

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