Ananth

To those in Dubai DMing me who are concerned, relax, yes this is an escalation - and whilst it is very ‘headline worthy’ it is in fact highly unlikely to impact day to day personnel security / safety levels for you and your family here. I recommend that you: Firstly and most importantly - monitor official channels like UAE Ministry of Interior, National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA), Dubai Police, WAM (Emirates News Agency) via their websites or X pages, for official security / safety advice. Keep in mind western mainstream media makes money from clicks - not from truth or giving balanced assessments - they use fear to get attention and hence advertiser revenue. Much better to rely on official channels for balanced updates. Postpone any travel plans until the situation stabilises. Avoid military facilities of any type. Contact family outside of the country to reassure them that you are fine, they are likely concerned due to western media fear mongering. ——- I’ve assessed conflicts and geopolitical risk in the region for decades, yes this is an escalation but no, there is no need for concern or leaving the country. As a career security professional - with near 20 years working across the Middle East and an MSc in Risk - I’m still MUCH more comfortable having my family living in Dubai than in most major western cities.

@shanaka86 Lol. I live in Dubai. Every clickbait hungry idiot on X is hoping they can get some visibility. A bunch of missiles flew overhead towards Qatar and Doha. Some debris landed unfortunately. Dubai is safe. But thanks Aussie man for making this a war zone. Clowns!

This is Dubai burning on camera tonight. Not a war zone. Not a conflict state. Dubai. The city that every sovereign wealth fund, every tech billionaire, every luxury brand on earth chose as the safest address in the Middle East. Fires rising between residential towers. Smoke columns visible from the Marina. Exclusive footage from the ground showing what Iranian ordnance looks like when it meets the most expensive real estate on the planet. These images are not from a military briefing. They are from people's phones. Shot from apartments. Shot from hotel balconies. Shot by residents who moved their families and their capital to Dubai specifically because this was never supposed to happen here. Every frame is already being forwarded to every group chat, every boardroom, every family WhatsApp thread of every expat who chose the UAE over Singapore, over London, over Zurich. The calculation that built modern Dubai is being repriced in real time by people watching their skyline burn through their bedroom windows. Dubai spent three decades engineering the most successful city brand in human history. Zero income tax. World-class infrastructure. The implicit promise that geography could be overcome by architecture. That you could build a global financial center 150 kilometers across the Gulf from Iran and it would never matter because stability was the product Dubai sold. Tonight that product is on fire. There are 3.5 million expatriates in Dubai. They represent 85 percent of the population. They have no citizenship. No permanent right to stay. They are there because the math worked: safety plus returns plus lifestyle. When the math changes, they leave. They do not protest. They do not negotiate. They book flights. Except tonight there are no flights. Both airports are closed. The expatriates who power Dubai's entire economy are watching fires from their windows in a city they cannot leave. Iran did not need to hit a single building to achieve this. The interceptions may have been perfect. The air defenses may have worked exactly as designed. It does not matter. What matters is that tonight, on every screen on earth, Dubai looks like a war zone. And Dubai's entire value proposition was that it would never look like this. Three decades of brand building. Thirty seconds of missile flight. The skyline is still standing. The illusion is not.

@BRICSinfo Lot of people who don’t live in Dubai extrapolating a lot. It’s still safe for now. But a lot of missles flying overhead towards US bases in Qatar and Bahrain being intercepted and debris fell a few times. That’s causing some of this. I live in Dubai.

JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇦🇪 Close up footage of Iranian strike on Dubai hotel in UAE.

Sad. @claudeai has become like @Airbnb and other big Cos I hated for their lack of support. Send msg into ether and hope universe responds. Claude - talk to bot.. Bot - sorry, can't solve, need more money, conversation over. @amazon rocks for support.

I love @CareemUAE app when it tries fun things. they beat the clock by 7 mins, by delaying the initial delivery time provided by 30 mins. What a win. Hope the team’s celebrating

Also, automation is amateurish. Transcript - Male voice says "Hi I'm Sarah calling from Binance; pause for a moment; I want to inform you about a conference" 🤦‍♂️. If you want to spam, get it right.

Hey @binance, your automated call bot from a KS number is spamming me. I get 7 calls a day since last week about a stupid conference, and though I have blocked the number, @ThreeUK allows it to leave a VM; 7 VMs a day. STOP!!!

Wow.. how bad is web and app usability for @IndiGo6E? Check-in link on website header goes to how to page without actual check in option. 🤦‍♂️ i can't log into app ever and purchase flow on web was broken so bought tik on cleartrip. Low cost doesn't need to be low experience.

Is this intentional @careem @CareemUAE? Allowing on 4 star and above rating. Anything below and the continue button doesn’t work even if I provide detailed feedback. Feel like you’re scamming the system.

@WioBank been messaging your WhatsApp inbox. No response. Can your care team please respond to my WA msgs soon?

@IndiGo6E your booking experience is so bad. Everytime I book, I’m filled with regret that I have to spend many more hours chasing you for confirmation etc. just booked another flight on @airindia simultaneously and am sorted for that flight.

@eDreams do you have chat support to help me book a flight? I don’t want to download the app, which seems to be the answer for everything.

@IndiGo6E - need help with making a booking. How do I connect with someone over chat? No response on your office WhatsApp for business as always.

@VietjetairCom sitting on the tarmac of a delayed flight listening to a 120 secs of a shitty looping pop song. Stop being cheap and get a playlist or just keep it silent. This is torture.

@eladgil 😂😂 on a site where verification is paid for and populated by bots. And you and stop the steal crew complain about a proven 2020 secure election result. Man..Partisanship is killing your credibility. Atleast make sensible arguments.

They should just have people vote directly via X in 2028

He was a key part of our shift from incredibly average to exciting club with a positive outlook. Thanks Edu. Clearly the club were planning for this with James King's return. Hope this doesn't become a David Dein moment, when Arteta becomes too strong but indecisive like Wenger

Another 3 game winless streak for @Arsenal. Wannabe champions need to quickly rebound from “bad days in the office”. 3 games winless streak against Man115City and you’re toast. This one’s on @m8arteta. We’ve played without Odegaard for over a month. We should’ve setup better.

@SwingVisionApp - new subscriber, really hating my experience so far. Not a single recording is working properly, the watch app is moody. I need help and I am getting a bot that wants me to wait 2-3 business days. Super shitty experience for a new user. How do I get resolution?

Amazing work by the Arsenal. As always, ruined by crap refereeing. Second yellow when a city player doesn’t get one for same foul - happens 2 mins over overtime. And then City gets an equaliser 30s over overtime. Fuck Michael Oliver.

Partey in yellow scares me.. 40 mins of 10 vs 12 (incl ref)