{"id":8301,"date":"2025-12-09T19:44:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T01:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/?p=8301"},"modified":"2025-12-20T08:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:41:40","slug":"8301","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/12\/09\/8301\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is a social media \u201cLike\u201d?\u00a0 We have that question in the West also.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202512083143\">\u201cIran summons Jewish MP over constituents\u2019 social media activity,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-9-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202512091605\">\u201cRussia dismisses recruitment flyers in Tehran as scam,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-9-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202512095318\">\u201cIran, Egypt protest Seattle\u2019s \u2018Pride Match\u2019 branding for 2026 World Cup game,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-9-25.\u00a0\u00a0FIFA doesn\u2019t have to allow its events to become politicized.\u00a0 Wish it was just futbol.<\/p>\n<p>NCRI is good at highlighting these local or regional protest stories.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/ncri-statements\/statement-iran-protest\/iran-massive-protest-by-thousands-of-south-pars-gas-workers-in-asaluyeh-amidst-ongoing-protests-across-various-sectors\/\">\u201cIran: Massive Protest by Thousands of South Pars Gas Workers in Asaluyeh Amidst Ongoing Protests Across Various Sectors,\u201d<\/a> NCRI, 12-9-25.<\/p>\n<p>I agree with this story, that most likely the control of Syria by Iran is gone.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/oilprice.com\/Geopolitics\/Middle-East\/The-Unraveling-of-Irans-Influence-in-Syria.html\">\u201cThe Unraveling of Iran&#8217;s Influence in Syria,\u201d<\/a> RFE\/RL, OilPrice.com, 12-9-25.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iranintl.com\/en\/202512094793\">\u201cIran accelerates missile rebuilding effort, IDF warns Knesset \u2013 Ynet,\u201d<\/a> Iran International, 12-9-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a social media \u201cLike\u201d?\u00a0 We have that question in the West also.\u00a0 \u201cIran summons Jewish MP over constituents\u2019 social media activity,\u201d Iran International, 12-9-25. \u201cRussia dismisses recruitment flyers in Tehran as scam,\u201d Iran International, 12-9-25. \u201cIran, Egypt protest Seattle\u2019s \u2018Pride Match\u2019 branding for 2026 World Cup game,\u201d Iran International, 12-9-25.\u00a0\u00a0FIFA doesn\u2019t have to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/2025\/12\/09\/8301\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2819,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2532],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-update"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2819"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8307,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8301\/revisions\/8307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coatesn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}