Turning industrial infrastructure into spectacle ⁦@sezaduqm⁩

Duqm Made is about what turns production into dependable exports. From factory gate to ship - standards, documentation and exports that run on time. Read all about it https://t.co/JgIdj5jNpz #DuqmNow

Straight up ridiculous from Di Canio 🤩

Partnerships are easy to announce. Harder to make work. Tejarah Talks: International Partnerships That Deliver - what makes cross-border relationships hold in the real economy, from trade and investment to tourism? @OCEC ⏱️ 11:00am Tue 3 Feb. 📋Register https://t.co/Ifc4EOAIyW

In the second part of our conversation about the historical weirdness of the United States, David Runciman and I get to the twenty-first century: what the return of China changes + why we Europeans need to revisit history and geography. https://t.co/2dnkssMN18

I wonder if people are aware how many seldom-seen and experimental films are just sitting on Vimeo, often uploaded by the directors themselves. Here's a thread of some interesting stuff:

Tony Benn’s 5 key questions: “What power have you got? Where did you get it from? In whose interests do you exercise it? To whom are you accountable? How do we get rid of you? And if you can’t get rid of the people who govern you, you don’t live in a democratic system.”

“I think there are two ways in which people are controlled. First of all frighten people and secondly, demoralise them…An educated, healthy and confident nation is harder to govern.” ~ Tony Benn

من الفكرة إلى المشروع💡 #بنك_التنمية معك في كل خطوة🎯 و #معك_من_البداية 💫 @mwasalat_om

Let’s remember David Lynch, explaining on why he told stories the way he did.

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Today, 4 movie studios control Hollywood. 4 subscription platforms account for two-thirds of home movie streaming. 3 major record labels own most hit songs. 5 publishers account for 80% of US book market. Just 1 company controls 60%+ of US audiobook business

“The real problem isn’t whether machines think but whether men do.”

West Ham, 1972

Vallejo, CA has the highest rate of young adults living with parents in the US at 33% compared to the national average of 18% for 25-34 year olds - up from 8% in the 1970s. Now you know.

"It's all down to the self-appointed director of football David Sullivan" "I don't see any way out of it" West Ham fan Gary Killington says it's "terminal" for his side who are five points adrift of safety ⚒️ #SkySportsFC @Fanalysisapp

Caught my eye…

"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals." - Immanuel Kant

Prosocial: Technology should enable connection and coordination, helping us become better neighbours, collaborators and stewards of shared spaces, both online and off

#TejarahTalks ESG report https://t.co/GZDe3CzE2X via @DMPender