Abid Zaidi | عابد زيدي

Son of nawābī lands • DPhil @oxford_uni • Shi’i Transnational History, Contemporary Iranist • Islamicate History and Civilization

[Tim Ross @TimRoss_1]

“Let’s do it. Let’s try to call the president.” @DashaBurns and @politico colleagues with some high risk, very real and very brilliant journalism here.
That wait while Trump’s phone rings…
If you’re ever in doubt as a reporter, do this. Think big and just try it.

[Kalshi @Kalshi]

JUST IN: Trump says he now sees why the Middle East fear Iran

[Abid Zaidi | عابد زيدي @abidrzaidi]

No wait I’m about to be sick

[Variety @Variety]

Patrick Stewart, who will be remembered most for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and as Professor Charles Xavier in the “X-Men” films, has died at 86.

https://t.co/7VBS83S2To

[Sethy (Digger Pilled) @Brizksie]

"Final dune trailer tomorrow"

[Abid Zaidi | عابد زيدي @abidrzaidi]

please take your shoes off on the kashan 🫣

[Clash Report @clashreport]

📸 Türkiye’s Ibrahim Kalin, Saudi Arabia’s Khalid bin Salman, Iran’s Mohsen Rezaei and Pakistan’s Asim Munir at a four-way meeting in Tehran.

[Abid Zaidi | عابد زيدي @abidrzaidi]

at least he has the self realisation

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Aaron Sorkin After 'The Social Reckoning': "I'm Very Worried That the Parts of Directing That I'm Not Good at Are Those Parts That You Can't Learn" https://t.co/l1pEIqXHlQ

[Abid Zaidi | عابد زيدي @abidrzaidi]

this man has lived a thousand lifetimes

[Alireza Akbari @itsalireza_akb]

Moments of Major General Rezaei exchanging greetings with senior officials from Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.

[GL DiVittorio @gldivittorio]

I firmly believe we should embrace this take. Mamdani is the new political center, meaning anyone to his right is objectively a conservative—even The Atlantic agrees!

[the thicc husband & father @lukeisamazing]

she’s becoming a noble gas

[Brynden Rivers🩸🐦‍⬛ @I3loodraven]

“is dune orientalist” discourse hit the tl again

[Tom Peck @tompeck]

What an incredible night for David Cameron.

[Ben Judah @b_judah]

Melenchon appears to have changed his position on Ukraine — a rare positive in this hideous French election cycle.

[broden @cupofteakim]

you have to be so chronically online to understand this

[ساسان @eghtesadnia]

This was rather interesting… The Saudi Ambassador to Tehran personally attends the funeral ceremony held for Dr. Araghchi’s sister…

[Abid Zaidi | عابد زيدي @abidrzaidi]

Surprisingly positive — I had no expectations for this being anything like the masterpiece the original is

[DawsOnScreen @DawsBear]

THE SOCIAL RECKONING is a film that should never have been marketed in connection with THE SOCIAL NETWORK. It not only sets too high an expectation but also misrepresents this film. This is a political film that feels more in line with ‘The Newsroom’ than anything else. While Jeremy Allen White puts in a career best performance and Sorkin’s writing is on top form. Jeremy Strong’s Zuck feels like a caricature and weirdly one that I feel the film would greatly benefit from removing. This is by no means a bad movie but one heavily let down by the expectations that come from making a spiritual successor to one of the best biopics of all time.

[Calgie @christiancalgie]

Tfw the waiter asks if Pepsi's ok

[Abid Zaidi | عابد زيدي @abidrzaidi]

Genuinely perfect response

[Variety @Variety]

Lance Oppenheim says Chris Hansen’s reaction to “Primetime” is “exactly what the film is about.”

"When he first heard about it, he was quite excited. He was at CrimeCon saying, 'I’m sorry, I’m not Robert Pattinson, but I’m Chris Hansen.' Several weeks later, we wanted to show it to him and there was a fairly standard NDA he didn’t want to sign."

"Since then, he has done what Chris Hansen, the showman, does and has said a lot more about it. His reaction to the film right now is exactly what the film is about. I was a fan of Chris Hansen, and I still am. That’s why I wanted to make this film. Yes, he’s a journalist. Yes, he’s an entertainer. But he’s also an artist. He made this hall of mirrors, with adult actors pretending to be children and sets that looked like something out of 'Blue Velvet.' Without that show, I don’t think I would be making films the way I do."

https://t.co/7mpq60AlKR

[Richard Sloggett @rcsloggett]

The Blair 2005 strategy of taking blow after blow from the electorate and hitting back is well worth studying for those in politics today

[Féach News @_FeachNews]

When someone calls it Londonderry instead of Derry