Hi @balajis , a few questions about Network School @ns and its ties to Malaysia since you've spoken publicly about following Malaysian law and bringing investment here. Would appreciate clarification:
1) The entity running Network School is registered in Singapore and pays tax there, not Malaysia. How does this square with claims of investing in Malaysia?
2) Forest City operates under a tax-free designation. Where exactly is tax being paid?
3) Public records show the license obtained from the local authority is for a business/office premise — not a license to operate network school. Can you clarify the legal basis for running programs there?
4) Your track record in prior ventures has been publicly described as underwhelming, with "flop" a recurring word in coverage. Why should Malaysians trust this venture's claims of success?
5) This model closely resembles Próspera in Honduras. Given Próspera's trajectory, increasingly described as a "state within a state" challenging Honduran sovereignty, how do you respond to concerns this could follow the same path in Malaysia?
6) You've also brought @nasdaily into Malaysia despite knowing Malaysian law and public sentiment regarding Israel. Given Malaysia's official position on Israel and the sensitivities involved, why proceed with this knowing it could provoke backlash and did you disclose this to local partners or authorities beforehand?
Transparency here would go a long way.
Prospera, an inspiration for this in Honduras, is currently suing their host country for almost $30 Billion in a court run by the World Bank
Do not expose yourself to this risk, Malaysia. Listen to your people
في ماليزيا 🇲🇾
لاحظ رجل ماليزي انتشار مجموعة من المتسولين الأجانب في كوالالمبور. هنا، قرر الإمساك بأحدهم وعمل كمين للشخص البالغ المختبئ خلفهم
اقترب من صبي، وعند سؤاله من أين أنت؟ لم يجب. فقام بسحبه وكأنه سيسلمه للشرطة. صرخ الصبي وأخته معه حتى خرج والدهم، واتضح أنه عربي
@balajis@amasad@bhaumikgowande Good! Get the fck out from "island nearby Singapore" or respectfully known as Malaysia. None of us want u or your team here 🥱
The Network School (@ns) drama is all over the Internet
What's really happening?
I'm Malaysian & Irish ~ born and raised in London. Recently moved back to 🇲🇾 for good.
My plan?
To help build Malaysia's AI Builders Hub (@KrackedDevs) ~ upskilling our people, pulling Malaysian builders together, and pushing for Malaysian-made tech products.
Turning Malaysians from consumers into producers.
Here's a thread - a simple breakdown of the NS Drama, from my humble perspective 👇
Sebab kawan aku duduk sekampung dengan warga Rohingya, dia cerita apa dia selalu hadap :
1. Mencuri - apa jenis segala benda boleh curi, mereka curi. Baju di ampaian, basikal budak, barang tukang etc
2. Bergaduh sesama jenis sampai keluar parang, senjata tajam
This Marie Claire Women of the Year award winner is a Rohingya activist
she sharply criticised and condemned Malaysia, a country that has hosted the largest number of Rohingya refugees in the region and borne huge costs
yet not a single word about Myanmar, where the genocide against her people actually took place
it appears she hates Malaysia more than she hates Myanmar
Did you know that if you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants together in a jar, they usually coexist peacefully? But if you shake the jar hard, they immediately turn on each other and start killing one another. The red ants see the black ants as enemies, and the black ants see the red ants as enemies. Yet the real enemy is the one shaking the jar.
The same thing happens in human society. Before we turn on each other, we should stop and ask ourselves: who is shaking the jar?
Mark Zuckerberg built a MASSIVE data center in Georgia
Just hundreds of yards from people’s homes.
Water pressure collapsed. Sinks don’t run. Toilets won’t refill. Homes shake nonstop. Power outages are common
A billionaire gets his servers — working families get steamrolled.
The research behind this is wild. Your face as a kid shaped how teachers treated you, how many friends you made, how much practice you got being social, and even how much money you earn right now. It starts before you can crawl.
Babies just hours old already prefer attractive faces. Researchers at the University of Exeter showed newborns (average age: 2 days) pairs of faces and tracked which ones they stared at longer. The babies consistently picked the faces adults rated as good-looking. The sorting starts on day one.
Teachers do it too. In a 1973 study, they were given identical student profiles with different photos attached. The teachers rated the good-looking kids as having more academic potential, paid them more attention in class, and gave more detailed help when they struggled. Same kid on paper, different face, completely different treatment.
This creates a loop that psychologists have studied for decades. When people expect you to be friendly and capable, they act warmer toward you, and because they're warm, you actually become more social in return. Researchers at the University of Minnesota proved this in 1977 with a phone experiment. Men were shown a fake photo before a call (not the actual woman on the line). The ones who thought she was attractive were friendlier. And the women on the other end, who knew nothing about any photo, became more outgoing in response. The expectation changed real behavior in real time.
Now picture this running on repeat for an entire childhood. The good-looking kid gets picked for group projects, invited to birthday parties, gets smiles from strangers at the grocery store. Each of those is a rep. Social skills work like a muscle, and you get better by doing them over and over. The kid who got fewer invitations and fewer smiles fell behind for a simple reason: less practice.
The University of Texas pulled together 919 studies on attractiveness and found the same four things every time: people across cultures agree on who is good-looking, those kids get judged more favorably, they get treated better by the adults around them, and they end up with stronger social skills. Once the loop starts, it feeds itself.
It carries into your paycheck. Economists at UT Austin found that workers rated below average in looks earn 5 to 10% less per hour than average-looking coworkers, even when education and experience are the same. Over a 40-year career, that penalty alone runs into six figures. A 2026 study in Personality and Individual Differences tracked kids rated for their looks at ages 7 and 11, then checked back at age 50. The ones rated attractive in childhood still had better social skills four decades later.
So yeah, this tweet is more right than wrong. But the real driver is practice. Being less attractive as a kid meant fewer people reaching out to you, fewer good interactions, fewer chances to build the muscle. You didn't lack a social gene. You got fewer at-bats.
No matter what you say, no matter what side you take, one thing is absolutely clear to me:
Iran is, by far, one of the most daring countries in the world right now.
It is standing against the United States, a nation with the most advanced military power.
It is facing Israel, again one of the strongest and most technologically superior forces.
It is dealing with pressures across the Middle East… and doing all of this without direct backing from China or Russia.
Even after massive strikes, leadership losses, and continuous attacks, Iran is still standing, still responding, still refusing to bow down.
And honestly, I don’t remember the last 20 years where any country showed this level of sheer courage and defiance.
Say whatever you want about outcomes, politics, or consequences… but one thing is certain in my eyes:
Iran has shown a level of boldness that very few nations would even dare to attempt.
And no matter how this ends, history will remember Iran as a country that had the courage to stand its ground when almost no one else would.
🚨🇷🇺🇮🇷🇺🇸 PUTIN ON IRAN: “Iran fulfilled all of its obligations under the well-known nuclear deal. All of them.
Then U.S. President Trump unilaterally decided to withdraw from the agreement, while the Europeans were saying, ‘Yes, it’s bad that the Americans have withdrawn, but you Iranians must comply with everything’
I apologize if this sounds a bit rude, but what the hell are the Iranians supposed to comply with?”
@pjcboro@nxt888 It's much easier to move on when u come from a colonising country.
Your opinion / perspective, as a descendant of coloniser is invalid & shamefully entitled.
So with due respect, shut the fck up!
@SecWar They are not the hero & deserve to die, same goes to u! What US do is simply invate ppl countries & claiming that u are helping them.
Stop acting u are the main character in this world, u piece of shit!