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You don’t have to be a “content creator” to have a website.
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“Video podcasts are the worst of both worlds. They’re not as good as actual video content designed to be consumed exclusively as video and they’re inferior to audio-only podcasts.”
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I have been using Kagi instead of Google for a few months now and pretty happy with it too.
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“The great argument for democracy is not that it will produce good rule, but that it will prevent terrible rule, which is the worst thing societies can have, except for the absence of rule — in other words, anarchy.” —Martin Wolf
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My latest: Saudi officials fear the brutal images emerging from the shattered Gaza Strip will radicalise their young population, and disrupt plans for economic and social reforms.
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The US still stuck in its blue bubbles vs green bubbles debate? Rest of the world runs on WhatsApp.
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“We weren’t designed to have the output of all of human history at our fingertips, nor to be contactable at all times — but that is the situation we now find ourselves in, and it’s both a great privilege and a damned curse.”
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Earlier this month I shared my media diet here.
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Cathay Pacific to relaunch passenger flights between Hong Kong and Riyadh in Q4 as HK government seeks stronger trade and investment links with Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi dairy giant Almarai plans to spend $4.8 billion over the next five years to boost food security and supply chains. PIF owns 16% of the company.
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“Writing for a global audience is harder than isolating your prose in one locale.”
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“In Dubai the government doesn’t bother us,” Telegram CEO Pavel Durov says. He describes the Gulf emirate where his company is based as “neutral.”
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“Be independent. We can build things on the web without them. Better things.”
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Saudi dairy giant Almarai leaves Arizona valley after it was targeted by the state over groundwater use.
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Big companies heed Saudi Arabia’s demand to set up regional HQs in Riyadh, but leading banks have been conspicuous by their absence.
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Saudi Arabia transfers further 8% stake in Aramco to the PIF, boosting the sovereign wealth fund’s finances with $163 billion.
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Thinking of the Downs-Thomson paradox in the context of growing public frustration with traffic congestions in Riyadh. (via @kottke.org)
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Shares of Al Rajhi Bank are up nearly 270% since Saudi Arabia unveiled plans to diversify the economy away from oil eight years ago.
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Saudi clubs will return to the transfer market for more big signings in the summer after last year’s €800 million shopping spree.
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“Subvert the status quo. Own a website. Make and share links.”
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When I worked for NPR my cubicle was near the music desk, and I was lucky to attend Tiny Desk Concerts by Wilco and the Cranberries, among others.
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MLS club DC United had all expenses paid and received appearance fees for four friendlies during a 17-day per-season camp in Saudi Arabia.
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📢 Some personal news: Excited to re-join Financial Times as Saudi correspondent to cover the kingdom and the Gulf during these ~ interesting times ~ Please send tips, story ideas and more 📩 ahmed.alomran@ft.com
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Saudi Arabia has lined up Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and HSBC to raise about $20 billion by selling more shares in oil giant Aramco.
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Saudi Aramco is continuing to send tanker loads of crude and fuels through the Red Sea despite the threat of Houthi rockets. The associated risks are “manageable,” a senior company official said.
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