For decades, the "Middle East crisis" was a headline about crude oil, tankers, and the price at the pump. But as of March 2026, the stakes have shifted from the engine to the motherboard. While the world watches drone strikes over Isfahan and naval skirmishes in the Persian Gulf, a more quiet, more lethal war is being fought over the very building blocks of the 21st century: semiconductors. The "Digital Iron Curtain" is falling, and it isn't just dividing East and West—it’s threatening to starve the global AI revolution of its most basic needs. The Helium Hostage: Why the Strait of Hormuz is the New Silicon Valley We’ve long been told that the South China Sea is the "front line" of the chip war because of Taiwan’s dominance in fabrication. But the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran has revealed a terrifying bottleneck: The Middle East is the lungs of the semiconductor industry. To make the world’s most advanced 3nm chips, you don’t just need engineers;...
This is what happens when you block someone on Twitter . 1. You and your Pic will not appear on the blocked person's homepage 2. Your Tweets will not appear on their Timeline or badges 3 . The person does not get notified that they have been blocked 4. They will not be able to follow you anymore or try to re-follow you or re-add you as a friend 5. They can still see your public profile but will be unable to receive your tweets on their public timeline or Phone 6 . Immediately removed from their friends list 7 . If they try to re-add you as a friend they will see this message What they are still able to do. 1. Read your public timeline 2. Send you @replies 3. Re-Tweet your messages Related Post: How to block someone on Twitter So how to know if you've been blocked on Twitter? The surefire way is to look at their profile when you are logged into Twitter and when you logout. When you are not logged into Twitter and you see there are way more Tweets. You kn...