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In this video from The School of Life, philosopher Alain de Botton explores why our brains jump to that thought so quickly. “The question feels so significant because, depending on how we answer it in our minds, we will either take steps to deepen the friendship or […] immediately make moves to withdraw from it, so as to spare ourselves humiliation and embarrassment,” he says. Instead of assuming a defensive position—thinking people are judging us to be uninteresting or unworthy of their attention—de Botton suggests we take the offensive and make the first attempt to connect....

The iBme retreat model allows participants to dive deeper into these practices in a safe, residential environment. Participants gain a level of insight into their own experience and heartfelt connection with peers that may be only possible in this supportive setting. For more about iBme, click here. To read more about mindfulness and teenagers, see Mindful.org’s “On Teen Life” blogger Gina Biegel’s blog posts. iBme is holding a fundraiser—Commit to Sit—in order to offer as many teen retreat scholarships as possible....

The billionaire Elon Musk has finally completed the Twitter deal and is now officially the platform owner. He first fired all of Twitter’s top executives and planned to change the company’s content moderation policies drastically. That has created a sense of fear among some users, and even hashtag #GoodByeTwitter was tended to. Amid these conflicts, Jack Dorsey is preparing to unveil his new social platform, and he has now invited users to beta test it....

This generator can be used in a number of situations, but the most common ones are camping, hunting, and during blackouts. Do note that it can be paired with a solar panel as well, which you’ll need to buy separately. It takes only two hours to recharge this generator’s battery to 80-percent, if you hook it up to the wall outlet, and a 60W PD USB-C port. It has a 293Wh lithium-Ion battery pack, and has 2 Pure Sine Wave AC outlets....

So what’s new in this Feature Drop for Pixel users? First up is the new Pocket Operator, this is a feature that lets you play with sounds from video content. Allowing you to take sounds from videos, layer them, add visual effects and play around with them to create your own unique beats. This was made in collaboration with teenage engineering. The new At A Glance is here The new At A Glance is here...