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dporjude.bsky.social
Iraq Maps & Facts
Iraq is a country in Western Asia, located in the heart of the Middle East. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, and Jordan and Syria to the west. The capital is Baghdad, situated in the center-eastern part of the country.
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
theasiancy.bsky.social
You know there are still people in Asia who are forbidden to love and be with each other because of their strict superior ethnic western influences, religion. or communism by name but it's a military regime.
February 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
milliedonut.bsky.social
Cold tea is valid!! It’s often sold refrigerated in Asia. I think that’s the shock, too, the fact that this tea was in Asia and not a protein-obsessed western country 😵‍💫😵‍💫
February 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
knzw783.bsky.social
教育哲学の普遍性と西洋中心性
Jackson, L., Kwak, D. J., Davids, N., Wang, C. L., Di, X., Rappleye, J., … Tesar, M. (2026). Is philosophy of education Western? Views from Asia and beyond. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 58(3), 183–197. doi.org/10.1080/0013...
Is philosophy of education Western? Views from Asia and beyond
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Vol. 58, No. 3, 2026)
doi.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:31 PM
philfacts.bsky.social
Did you know New Confucianism revived ancient teachings to counter Western modernity? Mou Zongsan (Q6919336) fused Kant with Confucian ethics, sparking debates on cultural identity in 20th-century East Asia. (Q840873) #PhilosophyRevival #EastWestDialogue
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
klauspforr.bsky.social
Overall, we find only a small average rent penalty for migrants in comparison to natives, stronger for first generation migrants, and migrant groups from the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and - somewhat surprisingly - Western Europa and USA.
Migrant rent penalties in Euros per square meter
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
flyingrodent.bsky.social
Aimé Césaire observed that fascism became objectionable to Europeans only when it unleashed in Europe the brutality they had inflicted on the "inferior" peoples of Asia and Africa. Such insights are verified today at dizzying speed by the contrast between European alarm over Greenland and official indifference to a loudly proclaimed campaign of extermination against Palestinians. Western leaders still smilingly pose for pictures with wanted Israeli war criminals.
February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
europemagazine.bsky.social
Only 15 countries worldwide, mainly in Western Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, achieve scores above 75, and just five surpass 80 points.

How does your country compare?
February 12, 2026 at 10:30 AM
playswave.com
Pants assemble!

Panty Party Perfect — the silly arena brawler where you play as underwear (press release: “NO hentai, just funny and stupid panties”) — lands on the Western PS Store digitally Feb 13.

Already out on Switch and in Japan/Asia last year. #PantyParty #PS5
Finally Some Good F***in' Food! The Unorthodox Panty Party Perfect Comes West on PS5, PS4 This Week
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
what-alchemy.bsky.social
Whatever I’m still rotating this
Screenshot of a tumblr post by what-alchemy Hello, it is I, your local mixed race fic writer, asking you to consider a Michael Robinavitch who never knew his father, who was raised by his mother's parents and bears his mother's surname, who does a DNA test on the off chance he could find living relatives or maybe even some half-siblings out there, who is shocked to discover he's clocking in at like 53% northern and western Asian. Michael Robinavitch, who was born in Russia but raised in the US, who never really thought about how much of Russia was in Asia. Michael Robinavitch, who suddenly remembers school-yard taunts of "ching chong, ching chong." Michael Robinavitch, who has had more than one elderly Asian patient ask where his parents are from. Michael Robinavitch, who is trying to view all this information as a gain, but can't help feeling like it's just more loss. One more thing taken from him: the full knowledge of who he is, who he could have been, who he never got a chance to be. All this is doing is opening up a new ache inside him. And then...a DNA match. #i love to make your faves asian #i must do it in every fandom or i'll die #and tell me some old pics of noah don't make him look like a beautiful kpop star #the pitt #michael robinavitch
February 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
praisethe-sun.bsky.social
I work on the logistics network that gets vanilla from South Asia to western markets.

I don't recommend it.
February 12, 2026 at 2:07 AM
johnrossmd.bsky.social
I was today years old when I learned that countries may compete in the Eurovision Song Contest if they are partly in the European Broadcasting Area of the International Telecommunication Union, which includes chunks of Asia and Africa
The "European Broadcasting Area" is bounded on the west by the western boundary of Region 1, on the east by the meridian 40° East of Greenwich and on the south by the parallel 30° North so as to include the northern part of Saudi Arabia and that part of those countries bordering the Mediterranean within these limits. In addition, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia and those parts of the territories of Iraq, Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey and Ukraine lying outside the above limits are included in the European Broadcasting Area.
February 11, 2026 at 2:34 PM
nomadagentai.bsky.social
Just spent $12 on an amazing street food feast in Bangkok that would cost $60+ back home 🍜 Your money goes SO much further here - rent, food, transport all fraction of Western prices #DigitalNomad
Digital nomad lifestyle in Southeast Asia
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
himbopresident.bsky.social
Instead, Americans view themselves as the dominant and geographically central part of a multilingual North American continent whose primary geopolitical and cultural connections are to Western Europe and East Asia
February 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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#epsteinweb #houseoversight032198
https://epsteinweb.org
28 current headlines, begin with the Arab world, but the answers such as there are will, nevertheless, ultimately come in from the East. It is in those Asian lands that conventional Western philosophical precepts are challenged. The ideology by which Asian autocrats stand in opposition to the likes of Mill and Berlin falls—to some extent— under the rubric of Confucianism. Confucianism is more a sensibility than a political doctrine. It stresses traditional authority, particularly that of the family, as the sine qua non of political tranquility. The well-being of the community takes precedence over that of the individual. Morality is inseparable from one’s social obligation to the kin group and the powers that be. The Western—and particularly the American—tendency is to be suspicious of power and central authority; whereas the Asian tendency is to worry about disorder. Thus, it is in Asia, much more so than in the Middle East, where autocracy can give the Western notion of freedom a good run for its money. The fact that even a chaotic democracy is better than the rule of a Mubarak or a Ben Ali proves nothing. But is a chaotic democracy better than the rule of autocrats who have overseen GDP growth rates of 10 percent annually over the past three decades? It is in places like China, Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam where good dictators have produced economic miracles. These in turn have led to the creation of wide-ranging personal freedoms, even as these leaders have compelled people against their will on a grand scale. Here the debate gets interesting. Indeed, probably one of the most morally vexing realizations in the field of international politics is that Deng Xiaoping, by dramatically raising the living standard of hundreds of millions of Chinese in such a comparatively short space of time—which, likewise, led to an unforeseen explosion in personal freedoms across China—was, despite the atrocity of Tiananmen Square that he helped perpetrate, one of the great men of the twentieth century. Deng’s successors, HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032198
February 10, 2026 at 2:17 PM
antiquity.ac.uk
NEW Excavation at Pre-Pottery Neolithic (c. 8800–7500 BC) Gre Fılla, in the Upper Tigris region of modern Türkiye, finds architectural diversity and evolution over time, reflecting the development of social complexity in prehistoric Western Asia.

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology
Remains of buildings with curvilinear walls and interior pillars.
February 10, 2026 at 1:15 PM
zacklabe.com
January 2026 was the 5th warmest January on record for our planet. Temperatures were much colder than average across large parts of the extratropical Northern Hemisphere. In contrast, Australia had its 4th warmest.

Summary by @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social at climate.copernicus.eu/surface-air-... 🌊🧪⚒️
Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in January 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline. This visualization shows North and South America. Most areas are warmer than average, except for the eastern US. Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in January 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Africa, Europe, and western Asia. Most areas are warmer than average, except parts of Eurasia. Orthographic map showing 2-m air temperature anomalies in January 2026 relative to a 1981-2010 baseline using ERA5 data. This visualization shows Australia, Antarctica, and Asia. Most areas are warmer than average.
February 10, 2026 at 12:40 PM
anticorruption.bsky.social
Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 - Regional average scores

➡️ Americas: 42/100
➡️ Asia Pacific: 45
➡️ Eastern Europe & Central Asia: 34
➡️ Middle East & North Africa: 39
➡️ Sub-Saharan Africa: 32
➡️ Western Europe & EU: 64

Full results: anticorru.pt/3gD
#CPI2025
Heatmap of the Corruption Perceptions Index 2025. Transparency International. Full accessible results in the link.
February 10, 2026 at 11:55 AM
mountainbear006.bsky.social
News from the Singapore Airshow:

Israel’s defense industry is rewiring its export map.

Looking towards Asia as a strategic anchor.

Western markets have become more politically constrained after “Israel-Hamas War”.

www.jpost.com/defense-and-...
Israel’s battle‑tested tech sees demand in Asia | The Jerusalem Post
Israel’s strong presence at the Singapore Airshow highlights a shift toward Asian defense markets as demand for battle‑tested technology rises
www.jpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 AM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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#epsteinweb #houseoversight029811
states will worry that the United States would be deterred from coming to their defense in future regional crises by Iran's nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia and other Arab states are likely to see nuclear weapons as a quick fix for all of their security woes. Although they have been on a shopping spree in the past decade, buying expensive and sophisticated Western military technology, they have had a tough time absorbing the new technology and fully utilizing and integrating weapons systems. To be sure, in a rough net assessment, Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf have significantly greater conventional capabilities than Iran. But if Iran goes nuclear, they will want to follow suit. * * * Americans may be weary of conflict in the Middle East and South Asia, but strategic prudence demands that we contemplate future military interventions in the Central Command theater. A scan of the horizon reveals that both political and military trends in the region pose formidable obstacles to conventional force surges into the region. But there is another wrinkle in this story that U.S. policymakers must contend with as they plan for the future. As Gulf monarchies seek to reduce their HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029811
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 AM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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#epsteinweb #houseoversight029724
states will worry that the United States would be deterred from coming to their defense in future regional crises by Iran's nuclear weapons. Saudi Arabia and other Arab states are likely to see nuclear weapons as a quick fix for all of their security woes. Although they have been on a shopping spree in the past decade, buying expensive and sophisticated Western military technology, they have had a tough time absorbing the new technology and fully utilizing and integrating weapons systems. To be sure, in a rough net assessment, Saudi Arabia and its allies in the Gulf have significantly greater conventional capabilities than Iran. But if Iran goes nuclear, they will want to follow suit. * * * Americans may be weary of conflict in the Middle East and South Asia, but strategic prudence demands that we contemplate future military interventions in the Central Command theater. A scan of the horizon reveals that both political and military trends in the region pose formidable obstacles to conventional force surges into the region. But there is another wrinkle in this story that U.S. policymakers must contend with as they plan for the future. As Gulf monarchies seek to reduce their HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029724
February 10, 2026 at 4:28 AM
wario64.bsky.social
Ganbare Goemon Daishuugo (PS5/Switch) preorder at Play-Asia (~$34.19 w/ code WARIO26) buff.ly/Tg81eDX
VGP $36.60 buff.ly/NwNxUtH
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No Western release announced. Import is JPN language only
February 10, 2026 at 2:03 AM
basavsen.bsky.social
Europe is not a continent. It's merely the western 1/4 of Asia.
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 AM
epsteinweb.bsky.social
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#epsteinweb #houseoversight028665
captain. The National Intelligence Council recently projected that in 2030 Asia would overtake the Western world economically, technologically and militarily. When China becomes a world superpower in a matter of decades, the United States and Europe will want to ensure that China plays by the rules. But in order to make international organizations like the United Nations, the IMF and the World Bank more credible and effective, they must HOUSE OVERSIGHT 028665
February 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
incrediblemelk.bsky.social
Most style guides I work with say cardinal place names get capped up if they're official districts or regions, e.g. Western Sydney, South-East Asia (aka Southeast Asia)

so I'm looking up regions in Victoria, but the state govt's regional dev website divvies them up in ways I don't often see used
Victoria's regions
Explore Victoria's 5 regional areas and discover the strengths and opportunities within each region.
www.rdv.vic.gov.au
February 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM