a howling wind

A difficult watch. Let’s add Pat McFadden to the list of people not humming

In Abu Dhabi, the UAE has completed the world’s largest strategic underground water reservoir beneath the golden dunes of the Liwa Desert. Using advanced Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) technology, the project injects high-quality desalinated water deep underground, protecting it from evaporation and external factors. The massive reserve consists of 315 strategic wells with a daily pumping capacity of up to 100 million liters. With a total storage capacity of 26 billion liters (26 million cubic meters) of premium water, the reservoir can fully supply the Emirate of Abu Dhabi for 90 days in any emergency — a huge leap from the previous reserve that lasted only about two days. The project, which cost AED 1.61 billion (approximately $435 million), represents a major milestone in water security and sustainability. It demonstrates the UAE’s forward-thinking leadership in building resilient infrastructure before crises occur.

This is a man who desires nothing more than to be admired, whose entire shtick revolves around presenting himself as a hero worthy of envy and emulation (lest we forget, he 'identifies with Gandhi and Martin Luther King'). To people like Maugham, any perceived diminution of what they believe to be their exalted status feels like a mortal attack, which is why every loss must be spun as a win, and black must be made to be white if the facts threaten his self-image. He's just the latest in a long line of people on social media who think they're dealing me a fatal blow by telling me I've lost popularity, that my legacy is tarnished or that former fans hate me. None of these people appear to grasped yet that I'm completely indifferent to being disliked by people I've never met, especially those I do not respect because of their online behaviour or what I believe to be their irrational and illiberal views. Maugham is a textbook narcissist who can't believe that everyone else doesn't live life with an unceasing thirst for validation from complete strangers. In spite of the fact that we've never met, and that as the years have rolled by I've been very open about the fact that I find his public behaviour increasingly bizarre, he seems to genuinely believe that the loss of his approval will cause me anguish. In reality, it's a welcome source of ongoing entertainment, so long may he continue.

اسم حسن نصرالله كان حاضراً في مباراة سوريا ولبنان اليوم "يلعن روحك يا نصرالله" هتافات الجمهور خلال افتتاح صالة الفيحاء بين منتخب سوريا ولبنان بحضور الرئيس السوري