Experts share a simple mind shift to stop comparing yourself to others on social media
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A summit co-hosted by #Trump in Egypt on Monday ended with no public announcement of major progress towards establishing an international military force for #Gaza, or a new governing body.
#Israel PM #Netanyahu has consistently maintained that the #war cannot end until #Hamas gives up its weapons & ceases to control Gaza, a demand that fighters have rejected, torpedoing all previous peace efforts.
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Meanwhile, Israeli drone fire killed 5 people as they went to check on houses in a suburb east of #Gaza City & an airstrike killed one person & injured another near #KhanYounis, Gaza health authorities said.
#Hamas accused #Israel of violating the #ceasefire. The Israeli military said it had fired on people who crossed truce lines & approached its forces after ignoring calls to turn back.
#Gaza #ceasefire outlook darkens as #Israel delays #aid & #Hamas tightens grip
Israel delayed aid into Gaza & kept the enclave's border shut on Tuesday, while re-emergent Hamas fighters demonstrated their grip by executing men in the street, darkening the outlook for #Trump’s [ego & the region’s stability]….
#MiddleEast #geopolitics #Netanyahu #SmokeAndMirrors #Palestinians #HumanitarianCrisis #famine
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/hamas-fighters-tighten-grip-gaza-clouding-future-ceasefire-2025-10-14/
Dear all tech reviewers breathlessly explaining that a square sensor means that you can have both portrait and landscape images without tilting your phone, please realise that this really means that all your images are cropped from a higher resolution square image. Maybe that would be better?
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@NigelTufnel Much appreciated and yet I give the credit to Ray Ban you guys know just how much of a dork I am
Yes but how will #Boeing actually make them in the current US economic conditions?
#smokeandmirrors
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgm2kv2erxlo
www.bbc.comKorean Air to buy 103 Boeing jets as Trump pressures trading partnersThe deal was announced just hours after the presidents of the US and South Korea met in Washington.
The Israel Lobby Keeps Falling Flat on Its Face
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9B1OcyZ-otI
The Israel lobby has long wanted you to believe that being pro-Israel is a prerequisite for holding elected office. But polling trends, Zohran Mamdani's overwhelming win, and the Israel lobby's longer electoral track record suggest otherwise.
Conman Trump’s first “trade deal” with the UK took tariffs from 10% to… checks notes 10%. Zero change. Just smoke, mirrors, and a press release. The world deserves better than performative policy. #TrumpWatch #TradeFail #SmokeAndMirrors www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/b...
Trump’s first trade ‘deal’ doe...
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"As Ellie Mae O’Hagan of the #climatechange thinktank E3G put it to me: “The #energytransition is unstoppable. The anti-net zero #politicalpantomime we’re seeing right now doesn’t change the fundamental #economics.”
The #government’s climate plans are still ambitious and on-track, so why is #Labour making so much anti-green noise? | Richard Power Sayeed | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/12/labour-climate-plans-anti-green-noise
#climatecrisis
#renewableenergy
#greenenergy
#fossilfuels
#UKpol
#UKpolitics
#smokeandmirrors
The Guardian · The government’s climate plans are still ambitious and on-track, so why is Labour making so much anti-green noise?
US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations | US immigration | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/ice-us-immigration-deportations-google
The Guardian · US immigration is creating a mirage of mass deportations on Google search
Meta’s business model relies on collecting as much information as possible about people in order to sell snake-oil to gullible and insecure idiots.
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wiki: “The terms CCS, CCU, and CCUS often refer to the practice of capturing CO2 and using it for enhanced oil recovery, a process in which CO2 is injected into partially-depleted oil reservoirs in order to extract more oil and then is left underground. As of 2022, around 73% of the CO2 captured annually is used for EOR.”
Decoded: the industry will use this technology to bring up more oil. We will then burn that oil.
William DuVall // #WilliamDuVall //
Smoke and Mirrors
[album One Alone, 2019]
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#brandunbrand #music #bandcamp #WilliamDuVall #OneAlone #SmokeAndMirrors
bandcamp: https://williamduvall.bandcamp.com/track/smoke-and-mirrors
Since the #Reform company is in the news, I'll add my regular reminder that it's a limited company with £1m more in debt than assets https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11694875/filing-history/MzM5NDg5MjY0OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0. The person with control is whoever lent that debt. #SmokeAndMirrors
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@itnewsbot
Serves them right for using this POS platform... UTTER garbage and TOTAL B.S. claiming it "aids collaboration"
DfE Press Release: Age limits introduced to protect children in RSHE - GOV.UK https://www.gov.uk/government/news/age-limits-introduced-to-protect-children-in-rshe < a notable absence of any quotes from the many teachers apparently seeking detailed guidance, or concerned about the resources being used? #smokeandmirrors
GOV.UK · Age limits introduced to protect children in RSHE