Social media stuff taking over our lives!

Australia has 40 degrees temperature. We were at zero here at some point in the night as there was a heavy frost this morning. A slippery run in places. But at least it is fine and bright. The weathermen say it will get milder and wetter by the weekend. I much prefer cold but bright but there is nothing qI can do about it!

Stories are bouncing around about Johnson going back on his promise that there would not be a no-deal Brexit. What else? We shall see!

Somebody posted this, an item from a news website called Pressenza:-

“UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has been awarded the Sean MacBride Peace Prize along with Noam Chomsky and Japanese anti-military base activists, yet the award received scant coverage in the British media. The International Peace Bureau presents the Sean MacBride Peace Prize to individuals, organizations or movements for their work in the areas of peace, disarmament and human rights. Corbyn, along with renowned scholar Noam Chomsky and the All Okinawa Council Against Henoko New Base, were deemed this year’s recipients. Corbyn received his award in Geneva on Friday.
The Labour leader was recognized for his “sustained and powerful political work for disarmament and peace.” His longtime work with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the UK and the Stop the War Campaign was commended, as was his efforts for peace as a politician”

Uh oh! Here we go. More evidence of the media messing with our heads by only publishing negative Corbyn stuff! But when you look into it more closely, you discover that this is from 2017. But then it appears to be quite normal now to dig up news stories from the past and give them importance now.

Electronic news-sites give us all kinds of reports.

I don’t know much about the singer Ellie Goulding. She is one of those singers of today I have overlooked. I am still stuck listening to much older stuff. Anyway, a story about her has been in the news online, a story about events happening now, not several years ago.

It seems that she and her driver, along with other motorists, came to the rescue of a motorist whose car was being pushed sideways down a busy London road by a Royal Mail lorry. The lorry driver, high up in his cab had no idea that he was shunting this car along. He simply could not see it. That in itself is frightening enough. Other motorists were honking their horns and gesticulating and shouting at him to stop. Could he see or hear them up there in his secure place? Eventually he stopped and while some people, including her driver, remonstrated with the lorry-man, Ellie Goulding went to check on the driver of the car. Who must have been pretty shaken up.

The singer commented to her 14.4 million Instagram followers: “On a side note, I can’t believe the first instinct of the other drivers who got out was to instantly start filming on their phones and shout abuse at the poor shocked driver, not even checking the other driver was okay. What on earth.”

Filming incidents and accidents on your mobile phone is the modern way, unfortunately! A Royal Mail spokesman said: “We are very concerned about this incident. We sincerely hope that no one was hurt. We are investigating as a matter of urgency.” In the meantime, beware of lorries!

Social media continue to take over our lives. According to this article you can get templates for how to respond to texts in certain situations. Here is a suggested response to a friend asking for support. “I’m so glad you reached out. I’m actually at capacity / helping someone else who’s in crisis / dealing with some personal stuff right now, and I don’t think I can hold appropriate space for you.” Oh boy! Do people really need that sort of assistance to deal with their friends and their social life?

Apparently it’s all about making your life and your relationships as perfect as possible. Really!?