Rendi Reza

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[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

Liat fesbuk, ada yg meninggal.
Cek ig nya karena berteman.
"Active yesterday".
😢

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

@empty__core Jualan muntah ikan paus.

[RT @RT_com]

'ONE VENGEANCE FOR ALL' — Iran 'bombs' the Statue of Liberty WITH THE HEAD OF BAAL

[Kr @karirfess]

15 Jurusan Kuliah dengan Tingkat Pengangguran Tertinggi:
1. Antropologi 9,4%
2. Fisika 7,8%
3. Teknik Komputer 7,5%
4. Seni Komersial dan Desain Grafis 7,2%
5. Seni Rupa 7,0%
6. Sosiologi 6,7%
7. Kimia 6,1%
8. Ilmu Komputer 6,1%
9. Sistem Informasi dan Manajemen 5,6%
10. Kebijakan Publik dan Hukum 5,5%
11. Seni Liberal 5,3%
12. Teknologi Lain-lain 5,0%
13. Bahasa Inggris 4,9%
14. Ekonomi 4,9%
15. Hubungan Internasional 4,9%

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

BREAKING: Yesterday I wrote that ships in the Persian Gulf were changing their transponders to broadcast “Chinese Owner” and “All Chinese Crew” to avoid Iranian attack. The ocean’s rules had changed. The new rules were written in Mandarin.

There is now a 30,000 ton Chinese intelligence vessel sitting in the Gulf of Oman confirming exactly what those transponder signals already told you.

The Liaowang-1 is a next generation signals intelligence and space tracking ship commissioned in 2025. It displaces 30,000 tons. It carries at least five radar domes and high gain antennas capable of tracking 1,200 air and missile targets simultaneously with over 95 percent identification accuracy using deep neural network algorithms. Its sensor range reaches approximately 6,000 kilometers. It is escorted by Type 055 and Type 052D destroyers.

It is parked in international waters near Oman, watching the war.

China officially describes these vessels as satellite tracking and rocket telemetry ships. That is true. They track space launches and missile tests. The plausible deniability is built into the design. The same sensors that track a Chinese satellite can track an American carrier. The same algorithms that identify a ballistic reentry vehicle can identify an F-35 launching from the USS Gerald Ford.

Defense analysts across multiple publications assess that Liaowang-1 is collecting real time electromagnetic intelligence on US and Israeli naval and aerial operations. Whether that intelligence is being shared with Iran is unconfirmed. No official Chinese or Iranian statement acknowledges data transfer. But the ship’s position, its timing, and its capabilities create an inference that every analyst in Washington is already drawing.

Consider the operational picture from Tehran’s perspective. Iranian air defenses are 80 percent destroyed according to the IDF. Iranian radar coverage is degraded. Iranian satellite imagery is limited. But a Chinese vessel with a 6,000 kilometer sensor range sitting in the Gulf of Oman can see every carrier movement, every aerial refueling track, every missile launch corridor, and every submarine surfacing event in the theater. If even a fraction of that data reaches Iranian commanders through any channel, the value to Iran’s remaining defense is incalculable.

China has not fired a weapon. It has not violated international law. It has not entered Iranian territorial waters. It has deployed a surveillance platform in international waters where any nation has the right to operate. And it has done so at the precise moment when the information that platform collects has maximum strategic value to the country the United States is bombing.

The Cold War had a name for this: intelligence support to a belligerent without direct combat involvement. The Soviets did it for decades with AGI ships shadowing American carriers. China is doing it with a vessel whose neural network processing exceeds anything the Soviets imagined.

The ships are spoofing Chinese identity to survive. The Chinese intelligence vessel is watching to ensure it knows everything that happens next. The new maritime order is not approaching. It has arrived. And it is 30,000 tons of radar domes and neural networks, anchored in the Gulf of Oman, seeing everything.

https://t.co/ULBgEzZ3A8

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am a diplomatic aide in the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

My job is logistics. When two countries that cannot speak to each other need to speak to each other, I book the rooms. I prepare the briefing materials. I make sure the water glasses are the right distance apart. You would be surprised how much of diplomacy is water glasses. Too close and it feels informal. Too far and it feels like a tribunal. I have a chart.

We had a very good month.

Since January, Oman has been mediating indirect talks between the United States and Iran on Iran's nuclear program. The talks were held in Muscat and in Geneva. The Americans would sit in one room. The Iranians would sit in another room. I would walk between them. My Fitbit says I averaged fourteen thousand steps on negotiation days. The hallway between the two rooms at the Royal Opera House conference center is forty-seven meters. I walked it two hundred and twelve times in February. This is good for my cardiovascular health. It was less good for my knees. Both are in the service of peace.

By mid-February, we had something.

Iran agreed to zero stockpiling of enriched uranium. Not reduced stockpiling. Zero. They agreed to down-blend existing stockpiles to the lowest possible level. They agreed to convert them into irreversible fuel. They agreed to full IAEA verification with potential US inspector access. They agreed, in the Foreign Minister's phrase, to "never, ever" possess nuclear material for a bomb. I have worked in diplomacy for seven years. I have never seen a country agree to this many things this quickly. I made a spreadsheet of the concessions. It had fourteen rows. I color-coded it. Green for confirmed. Yellow for pending. By February 21 the spreadsheet was entirely green. I printed it. It is on my desk in Muscat. It is still green.

That phrase took eleven days. "Never, ever." The Iranians initially offered "not seek to." The Americans wanted "will not under any circumstances." We landed on "never, ever" at 2:14 AM on a Tuesday in Muscat. I typed the final version myself. I used Times New Roman because Geneva prefers it. The document was fourteen pages. I was proud of every comma.

Here is what they said, in the order they said it.

February 24: "We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity." — The Foreign Minister, private briefing to Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors. I prepared the slide deck. Slide 14 was the implementation timeline. Slide 15 was the signing ceremony logistics. I had reserved the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Room XX. It seats four hundred. We discussed pen brands for the signing. The Iranians preferred Montblanc. The Americans had no preference. I ordered twelve Montblanc Meisterstucks at six hundred and thirty dollars each. They arrive on Tuesday.

February 27, 8:30 AM EST: "The deal is within our reach." — The Foreign Minister, CBS Face the Nation. He sat across from Margaret Brennan. He said broad political terms could be agreed "tomorrow" with ninety days for technical implementation in Vienna. He said, and I wrote this line for the briefing card he carried in his breast pocket: "If we just allow diplomacy the space it needs." He praised the American envoys by name. Steve Witkoff. Jared Kushner. He said both had been constructive.

I watched from the Four Seasons Georgetown. The minibar had cashews. I ate the cashews. They were nineteen dollars. The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten. But it was a good morning and we were within our reach.

February 27, 2:00 PM EST: Meeting with Vice President Vance, Washington. The Foreign Minister presented our progress. Zero stockpiling. Full verification. Irreversible conversion. "Never, ever." The Vice President used the word "encouraging." His aide took notes on an iPad. The aide did not make eye contact for the last nine minutes of the meeting. I noticed this. Noticing things is the only part of my job that is not water glasses.

February 27, 4:00 PM EST: "Not happy with the pace." — President Trump, to reporters.

Not happy with the pace.

We had achieved zero stockpiling. Full IAEA verification. Irreversible fuel conversion. Inspector access. And the phrase "never, ever," which took eleven days and cost me two hundred and twelve trips down a forty-seven-meter hallway.

Every American president since Carter has failed to get Iran to agree to this. Forty-five years.

Not happy with the pace.

February 27, 9:47 PM EST: The Foreign Minister's flight departs Dulles for Muscat. I am in the seat behind him. He is reviewing Slide 14 on his laptop. The implementation timeline. Vienna technical sessions. The signing ceremony. The pens.

I fall asleep over the Atlantic. I dream about water glasses.

February 28, 6:00 AM GST: I wake up to push notifications.

February 28: "The United States has begun major combat operations in Iran." — President Trump.

Operation Epic Fury. Coordinated airstrikes. The United States and Israel. Tehran. Isfahan. Qom. Karaj. Kermanshah. Nuclear facilities. IRGC bases. Sites near the Supreme Leader's office. Israel called their half Operation Roaring Lion. Someone in both governments spent time choosing these names. Epic Fury. Roaring Lion. I spent eleven days on "never, ever." They spent it on branding. The President said Iran had "rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production."

Rejected.

Iran had agreed to zero stockpiling. Iran had agreed to full verification. Iran had agreed to "never, ever." Iran had agreed to everything in a fourteen-page document that I typed in Times New Roman.

The President said they rejected it.

I do not know which document the President was reading. I know which one I typed.

February 28, 18:45 UTC: Iran internet connectivity: four percent. — NetBlocks, confirmed by Cloudflare. Ninety-six percent of a country went dark. You cannot negotiate with a country at four percent connectivity. You cannot negotiate with a country that is being struck. You cannot negotiate. This is not a political opinion. This is a logistics assessment.

February 28: The governor of Minab reported forty girls killed at an elementary school.

I do not have logistics for that. There is no slide for that. The water glass chart does not cover that.

February 28: Lockheed Martin: up. Northrop Grumman: up. RTX: up. Dow futures: down six hundred and twenty-two points. Gold: five thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. An analyst at AInvest published a note titled "Iran Strikes: Tactical Plays." The note recommended positions in oil, defense stocks, and gold.

The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten was nineteen dollars. The most expensive pen I have ever ordered was six hundred and thirty dollars. The math suggests I have been working in the wrong industry. Defense stocks do not require water glasses. Defense stocks do not require eleven days. Defense stocks require one morning.

February 28: Israel closed its airspace and its schools. Iran launched retaliatory missiles toward US bases in the Gulf. The Supreme Leader promised a "crushing response." Israel's defense minister declared a permanent state of emergency. Everyone is using words I recognize in an order I do not. I recognize "permanent." I recognize "emergency." I do not recognize them next to each other. In diplomacy, nothing is permanent and everything is an emergency. In war it is the reverse.

February 28: The Foreign Minister has not made a public statement.

The briefing card is still in his breast pocket. It still says "within our reach."

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

I’ve been doin this several times. I swear, never smell anything bad.

We did this barefoot, and you know what? The marble floor even feels sleeky clean and cool.

You should try it to believe it bro..
Come, and repeat after me..

Asyhadu alla illaha ilallaah..
Wa asyhadu………

[Joey Mannarino @JoeyMannarino]

Can anyone imagine the smell?

[miw. @lilaccountz]

GUYSSSSSSS ada yg mau ikutan gak???

in syaa Allah di bulan ramadhan ini kita bikin ODOP yuuu, alias One Day One Prophet’s story.

jadi nanti tiap hari di bulan Ramadhan aku bakal ngetweet 1 fakta tentang salah satu Nabi, nah nanti di replies atau di qrt kalian bisa nambahin fakta lain yg kalian tau ttg Nabi tsb pake hashtag #ODOP #OneDayOneProphet

mumpung Ramadhan, kita bagi bagi ilmu tapi have fun juga 😆 siapa tau jd amal jariyah. panen pahala yakann

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

Haha. Nice one.

“Same same, but different..” (Thai seller)

[Pierre de Wulf @PierreDeWulf]

I was able to buy this Rolex for only $70 in Oman souk!

The same watch cost €10,000 in Paris.

🇪🇺 Europoor don’t realize how the EU is robbing us with their regulation, tariffs and GDPR.

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

Mau puasa malah batuk flu.

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

Kelapa

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

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[Shining Science @ShiningScience]

🚨 Spending just 5 to 10 minutes a day in this meditative pose does more than open your hips. It can ease lower back tension, support digestion, and calm a busy mind.

Research shows that gentle stillness paired with slow breathing helps lower stress hormones and guides the body into a relaxed, focused state.

It is a small daily habit, but one that can help reset your nervous system and bring real calm.

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

Batuk.

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

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[Prakash Narayanan @myprak]

13) This is fairly common in Indo. Every business is terrifically uncompetitive and inefficient, low cash flow, high loan.

14) without corruption everyone goes to prison. with corruption, the people who know how to make money can stay outside

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

Tes tes

[Clash Report @clashreport]

NOW: Possible Israeli sabotage at UN: Technical glitches hit speeches by Turkish President Erdogan and Indonesia's Prabowo at the high-level conference on resolving the Palestine issue and implementing a two-state solution.

[Little Secret @LittleScrett_]

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[Lost Temples™ @LostTemple7]

The most captivating roads for beautiful journeys 🧵

1. Tirunelveli-Kanyakumari Highway, India 🇮🇳

[Rendi Reza @RezaRendi]

“Apapun yang terjadi, kita akan kuat.”

Pendapat ada Bung Kus?

[detikcom @detikcom]

"Saya sangat optimistis ekonomi kita dalam kondisi yang kuat, kondisinya bagus, ya kan? Jadi apa pun yang terjadi, kita akan kuat," ujar Prabowo saat ditanya soal produk AS masuk Indonesia yang tak dikenai tarif. https://t.co/7tdR5SJJDC