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Twinfluencer

How to make your brand’s Instagram thrive — and actually make money

Just to let you know, if you buy something featured here, Mashable might earn an affiliate commission. Image: Pexels By Nicole CammorataMashable Shopping2020-02-09 10:00:00 UTC One billion people use Instagram every month. ONE BILLION. And two hundred million of those users visit at least one business profile daily. That's quite…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

Green Deal

The EU’s green deal is a colossal exercise in greenwashing – The Guardian

Ursula von der Leyen’s signature proposal co-opts the slogans of climate activism, but has none of the substance Emergencies tend to reveal our true priorities. When our house is burning down or the storm waters are flooding in, we hold on to what we value most, and leave the rest…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

Jackie Chan

Movie Legend Jackie Chan Promises to Pay $140,000 for Coronavirus Vaccine

Since its outbreak in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the virus has spread to more than 25 countries, with over 780 confirmed deaths in Hubei Province alone and over 37,000 infected worldwide. Famous movie star Jackie Chan has vowed to pay 1 million yuan (almost $140,000) for developing a vaccine…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

Tories and Labour

Dawn Butler Accuses Tories of Bullying Bercow

Dawn Butler Accuses Tories of Bullying Bercow The Labour Party continue to show they’re the true party of workers’ rights, with their ongoing defence of serial abuser (if the accusations from his officials are to be believed) John Bercow. Following Diane Abbott’s claim earlier this week that Black Rod –…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

1619 Slavery

The Link Up: The $30 Pants Sara Immediately Bought Two Of, Mallory’s Blonde Hair Secret, & The New Bench We All Love

design by jake alexander arnold | photo by trevor tondro | via elle decor Hello friends and welcome back. If you are experiencing the Sunday scaries, we hear you and we hope this little link up can give you a little relief. Let’s get to it: First things first. We…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

Trade War

Xi commands coronavirus fight from safe heights

An entrance to the Wuhan City Central Hospital in Wuhan.WUHAN: President Xi Jinping strode onstage before an adoring audience in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing less than three weeks ago, trumpeting his successes in steering China through a tumultuous year and promising "landmark" progress in 2020. "Every…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

Bubble

Is the life of a Catholic priest increasingly lonely?

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Association of Catholic Priests says some clerics are at risk of feeling increasingly isolated "You can feel like an island, or like you are in a bubble. There is that sense that you are missing something."Even in the formative years of his childhood,…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

Alexander von Humboldt

Kenyan fossil reveals chameleons may have ‘rafted’ from Africa to Madagascar

Parsons chameleon, Calumma parsonii, in Andasibe - Analamazaotra National Park, Madagascar Artush/Shutterstock Chameleons (Chamaeleonidae) are a family of unique lizards with unusual characteristics : rapidly extendable tongues, feet with two toes pointing fo…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

Refugees

Snow worsens conditions for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Snow has arrived in Lebanon's mountains, making life harder for the hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees living in the Bekaa Valley. Just under half of the refugees rely on cash assistance from aid agencies, but Lebanon's economic crisis has made it difficult for them to access those funds. And…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

Filter Bubble

Are Filter Bubbles Real? – Book Review

Are Filter Bubbles Real? Axel Bruns. Polity. 2019. Find this book: Terms like ‘filter bubbles’ and ‘echo chambers’ have transcended social media and political communication research to enter the public consciousness, being associated in particular with polarisation in today’s societies and the unexpected outcomes of recent public votes, such as…

bubmagFebruary 9, 2020

How to make your brand’s Instagram thrive — and actually make money

The EU’s green deal is a colossal exercise in greenwashing – The Guardian

Movie Legend Jackie Chan Promises to Pay $140,000 for Coronavirus Vaccine

Dawn Butler Accuses Tories of Bullying Bercow

The Link Up: The $30 Pants Sara Immediately Bought Two Of, Mallory’s Blonde Hair Secret, & The New Bench We All Love

Xi commands coronavirus fight from safe heights

Is the life of a Catholic priest increasingly lonely?

Kenyan fossil reveals chameleons may have ‘rafted’ from Africa to Madagascar

Snow worsens conditions for Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Are Filter Bubbles Real? – Book Review

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