Slowkahn

[Blunt @Shinamuller]

Because Iran is throwing missiles at Jordan right now, you need to know something first. Jordan did not grow out of the ground like an old country. It was stitched together in a hotel in Cairo in March 1921 by a handful of British officials who needed a cheap solution and a quiet map.
The Ottoman Empire had just collapsed. Britain was sitting on Mesopotamia, Palestine, and a big empty stretch of desert east of the Jordan River. Keeping troops there cost a fortune. Winston Churchill, then Colonial Secretary, called a meeting at the Semiramis Hotel. They joked they were the forty thieves. Gertrude Bell was the only woman in the room who actually knew the tribes and the roads. T. E. Lawrence was there. Sir Percy Cox came from Baghdad with the files.
They needed Arab kings who would take British money and not demand a giant army. Faisal, son of the Sharif of Mecca, got Iraq. His older brother Abdullah needed a prize too, otherwise the family would sulk. So they gave him the leftover desert and called it Transjordan. Churchill later said he created the place on a Sunday afternoon with a stroke of a pen. That is not poetry. That is how the country entered the world.
Abdullah became emir, then king. The British paid him, trained his force, and used the land as a buffer. After independence the Hashemite throne stayed. Decades later American aircraft and missile batteries moved onto Jordanian air bases because the same strip of desert sits in a useful place between Iraq, Syria, Israel, and the Gulf. King Hussein Air Base. Al Azraq. Muwaffaq Salti. Names on a modern war map that sit on ground first outlined in that Cairo dining room.
So when Iranian missiles fly toward those bases, they are not hitting some ancient kingdom that chose this fight in the year 700. They are hitting a state invented to save British cash and keep two Hashemite brothers employed. The joke is old and it is not funny anymore. A hotel table made the border. The border hosted the bases. The bases drew the missiles. That is the whole chain.
Read it once more if you have to. Cairo, March 1921. Cheap kings. A Sunday map. A country that still has to catch steel that was aimed at someone else’s war.

[Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan]

I love the World Cup. But the older I get, the more I realise it's about far more than football: each tournament tells us something about empire, migration, identity, power and the changing world. So: a few quick thoughts ! 1/5

[Royal Challengers Bengaluru @RCBTweets]

Yes, we’re addicted to winning. ⭐️⭐️

[Ramesh Srivats @rameshsrivats]

Now that Vijay has got the support of 118 MLAs, the Governor is going to send him back to do KYC, get copies of their Aadhaar cards and PAN cards, and get a small video from each confirming their consent (file size < 5MB).

[Shankar Sharma @1shankarsharma]

Le Grand Fromage piece in Business Standard today: The Algebra of the Calculus of the War.

Don't fall for the crocodile tears. US has Venezuela and needs higher Oil prices to boost production from old Infra.
So do ME, Russia, Iran.

ROW can go €¥$¢ itself

[Rk @RkFutbol]

This AI stuff need to be stopped bro 😭😭😭

[Slowkahn @snasrkhan]

@GeneralBakshi the legend!

[Republic @republic]

'Iranian people are not fools... we don't see regime change anywhere in the horizon: Major General GD Bakshi (@GeneralBakshi) schools Israeli specialist Terry Newman over his claim

Tune in to LIVE TV for fastest #BREAKING alerts - https://t.co/7fa7m0oHeD

#RepublicWorld #RepublicTV #RepublicNews #IndiaNews #LiveNews #RepublicWorldLive

[Maine @TheMaineWonk]

Millennials living through:

- 2 economic recessions
- 9/11
- Iraq & Afghanistan
- a global pandemic
- 8 stock market crashes
- jobs replaced by AI
- Host of The Apprentice possibly starting WW3

We’re tired boss.

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Happy 60th Birthday to the ultimate King of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk !

I have to admit, I'm finding this "60" number deeply suspicious. A crack team of independent fact-checkers and forensic detectives investigated this "60" claim & concluded: "In the complete and absolute absence of any discernible visual evidence—specifically, no non-photoshopped grey hair, no undeniable signs of slowing down, and a persistent appearance of someone significantly younger—the claim that Shah Rukh Khan is turning 60 cannot be factually confirmed."

I suspect the official story is a cover-up & that SRK is actually starring in a real-life, decades-long, global-scale Bollywood adaptation of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.' He's ageing in reverse.

Look at the evidence:
1. His energy levels today seem higher than they were 20 years ago.
2. His hairstyle has become progressively more youthful.
3. There are no wrinkles a decent lighting crew can't explain away.

I predict by the time he hits his "70th" birthday, he'll be auditioning for teenage roles. Mercifully, I don’t expect to be around when he turns into a child star.

Congratulations on this unbelievable milestone, Shah Rukh! Please keep defying physics and biology, & confusing us all for many years to come.

#HappyBirthdaySRK #KingKhan

[Mbogo ya Nduĩki @WambuguWanjohi]

Also she is the most difficult person to sing "Happy Birthday" to.

[Darab Farooqui @darab_farooqui]

I attended a missionary school in Jaipur called St. Xavier's.

1. Not once was I told to read the Bible.
2. Not once I was told anything negative about my religion.
3. Not once any Christian student received special treatment.
4. Not once, the National Anthem of India was not sung in every assembly, every day.
5. Not once I ever saw anyone being discriminated against based on their caste or religion.
6. Not once did anyone ever receive special treatment because of their parents, however powerful and rich they were.
7. And I owe a lot of who I am to that school, including my democratic, egalitarian, and humanist values.

And all of those who attended missionary schools owe a great deal of their humanity to them.

[Che_Krishna 👑 💛❤️ @ITSJAMES_007]

Few youths opened a "Virtual Reality Gaming Centre" in Karnataka 's village.

The response was overwhelming 🤩

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

[John Cusack @johncusack]

Stop the genocide in Gaza .

[Dinda Academy @academy_dinda]

Temba Bavuma destroying the Aussie mentality tonight 🥵

[Not Jerome Powell @alifarhat79]

Lmao who did this?

[DP SATISH @dp_satish]

RCB is a cult. No other team has the cult following like this. People are celebrating even in the remote areas of Karnataka, including my village with a total population of 90 people! RCB as a political party will have a bright future!! @RCBTweets #IPLFinals

[Vijay Mallya @TheVijayMallya]

RCB are IPL Champions finally after 18 years. Superb campaign right through the 2025 tournament. A well balanced team Playing Bold with outstanding coaching and support staff. Many congratulations ! Ee sala cup namde !!

[Stanly Johny @johnstanly]

UN’s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher says 14,000 babies could die in Gaza in the next 48 hours if aid doesn’t reach them in time.

If you still call it war on terror, you neither have a brain nor a heart.