"a worldly, reflective, slightly cynical observer type" (Grok) Formerly 🇸🇦🇦🇪🇭🇰🇮🇶🇨🇳

Joined August 2007
Spoke with @HananAltaib on @ithnainofficial's podcast about Saudi Arabia’s digital health shift under Vision 2030, digital health innovation such as @AmplifaiHealth and @malaffi, the rise of AGI, and why global cooperation is key for responsible #AI. 🎧 youtube.com/watch?v=hCWYWgqL…
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Dubai is buzzing.
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And complimentary bottled water!
On the brand new Etihad Rail service linking Abu Dhabi with Dubai. So good. 98 AED return (20 quid!).
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On the brand new Etihad Rail service linking Abu Dhabi with Dubai. So good. 98 AED return (20 quid!).
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The world’s best striker, England’s finest player, and seemingly a top bloke - hardworking, controversy-free and highly adaptable. Love his German accent, too!
Where do I begin? That was an evening I'll never forget. It’s an incredible honour to receive the Ballon d’Or award after a year full of goals, trophies and special milestones. Thank you to all the staff and my teammates at @england and @fcbayern, as well as family, friends and everyone who’s supported me – this wouldn’t be possible without you all. Thank you to everyone who has sent a kind message, social media post - I appreciate every single one of them. This will live long in the memory. 🙌🏆❤️
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Pretty cool that you can easily see the London Eye from Heathrow Terminal 5 (among other landmarks).
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And facial recognition to check your boarding gate. Absurdly high-tech.
A friend currently at Guangzhou airport has just shared that they have free, open pickleball courts. Amazing! Makes me think that airports should generally offer more sports/fitness facilities and fewer bars…
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A friend currently at Guangzhou airport has just shared that they have free, open pickleball courts. Amazing! Makes me think that airports should generally offer more sports/fitness facilities and fewer bars…
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Looks much improved - reminds me of great pedestrian shopping streets like Callao and Taksim.
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Parabens, Brasil 👏
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My goodness, Man Utd are absolute poop.
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Seeing flyadeal offer a bus service to and from Qassim airport and Riyadh. That’s how you do it. KSA keeps moving.
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Aerial London as you’ve never seen it before. I could spend hours exploring every detail.
Introducing tiny.london A massive isometric pixel map of London, based on amazing NYC demo by @_coenen from 9 months ago My agent created the dataset, finetuned qwen image LoRA adapter, did a multiday inference run and built an efficient tile viewer!
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Why are YouTube ads still so astronomically bad? “I remember putting my head in my hands and thinking, why are we still so reactive?” <skip>
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Receiving an alarming number of dodgy calls while in the UK. Pretty shocking that someone can call me about my "Bitcoin account" and tell me that "action needs to be taken".
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Meanwhile, events in Singapore are now being postponed or cancelled because of the toxic haze. What a world.
I’m seeing the statements now, and they sadly confirm what I suspected. Here’s hoping the situation improves next year and events can go ahead as planned.
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Fair to say that 2026 will go down as another tumultuous year in what has already been a very difficult and turbulent decade - and one that few of us would have wished for.
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I’m seeing the statements now, and they sadly confirm what I suspected. Here’s hoping the situation improves next year and events can go ahead as planned.
A little disconcerting how little public communication there has been from organisers about upcoming events in Riyadh. Are they going ahead as planned, being postponed, or under review?
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As haze spreads across SE Asia, protecting indoor air quality is taking on renewed urgency - particularly in healthcare settings. Singapore-based SafeAir explains how it monitors and interprets indoor air quality to generate actionable insights. #haze healthtechasia.co/beyond-cle…
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11 years ago #haze
The #haze appears worse this morning. Enjoy the weekend!
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