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#smokeandmirrors
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A.Stringer<p>"As Ellie Mae O’Hagan of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> thinktank E3G put it to me: “The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/energytransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>energytransition</span></a> is unstoppable. The anti-net zero <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politicalpantomime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalpantomime</span></a> we’re seeing right now doesn’t change the fundamental <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a>.”</p><p>The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a>’s climate plans are still ambitious and on-track, so why is <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> making so much anti-green noise? | Richard Power Sayeed | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/12/labour-climate-plans-anti-green-noise" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/12/labour-climate-plans-anti-green-noise</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatecrisis</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>renewableenergy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/greenenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenenergy</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a> <br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpol</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKpolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/smokeandmirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smokeandmirrors</span></a></p>
Charles Herold<p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a></p><p>US immigration is gaming Google to create a mirage of mass deportations | US immigration | The Guardian</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/06/ice-us-immigration-deportations-google" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/06/ice-us-immigration-deportations-google</span></a></p>
RebelGeek99<p>Despite his fiery rhetoric at anti-vax individualist and conspiracy theorist reply guy icon <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a>, Senator Cassidy (R-LA*) voted to confirm Kristi Noem (renown as the COVID Queen of South Dakota) as Secretary of Homeland Security just this past week. She was confirmed 59-34, with bipartisan gusto.</p><p>Any noises this conservative makes about vaccines are just to protect Big Pharma interests. Don't believe for a minute any of these ghouls have your health at heart.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smokeandmirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smokeandmirrors</span></a></p><p>* LA not AL</p>
Bob Cardboard<p>Ooo flippin Eck<br>Coming very close here to revealing why a certain streaming company maybe shifted its royalty payment focus from just music to to 'content' and the potential complicity of its 'big brain' CEO.<br>I suppose if your company is not making a profit after so many years you may as well explore other opportunities for improving your personal wealth. <br>Shareholders may not agree</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a></p>
Kyle Memoir 🍉<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.hongkongers.net/@glnews_mirror" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>glnews_mirror</span></a></span> </p><p>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.”</p><p>Decoded: the industry will use this technology to bring up more oil. We will then burn that oil.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/smokeandmirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smokeandmirrors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a></p>
BrandUnbrand<p>William DuVall // <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WilliamDuVall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamDuVall</span></a> //</p><p>Smoke and Mirrors<br>[album One Alone, 2019]</p><p>//via // <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DVLRecordings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVLRecordings</span></a> //</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brandunbrand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brandunbrand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bandcamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bandcamp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WilliamDuVall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilliamDuVall</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OneAlone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OneAlone</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a></p><p>bandcamp: <a href="https://williamduvall.bandcamp.com/track/smoke-and-mirrors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">williamduvall.bandcamp.com/tra</span><span class="invisible">ck/smoke-and-mirrors</span></a></p>
MattJohns<p>Since the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reform</span></a> company is in the news, I'll add my regular reminder that it's a limited company with £1m more in debt than assets <a href="https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11694875/filing-history/MzM5NDg5MjY0OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">find-and-update.company-inform</span><span class="invisible">ation.service.gov.uk/company/11694875/filing-history/MzM5NDg5MjY0OWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0</span></a>. The person with control is whoever lent that debt. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a></p>
AJCxZ0<p>Next up is "Smoke and Mirrors".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NeilGaiman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGaiman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Audiobooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Audiobooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a></p>
Charming Malcontent<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://schleuss.online/@itnewsbot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>itnewsbot</span></a></span> <br>Serves them right for using this POS platform... UTTER garbage and TOTAL B.S. claiming it "aids collaboration"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SLACK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SLACK</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a></p>
GG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@NMBA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NMBA</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Snowshadow" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Snowshadow</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@Jgmeadows" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jgmeadows</span></a></span> <br>Biggest waste in <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> ⬇️ <br>Instead of funding vital services, <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> uses our tax dollars on his never-ending ads to tell everyone what a great job he's doing.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/millions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>millions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a></p>
Mistigris computer arts<p>Mistodon: illusionists and practitioners of legerdemain rejoice, for today is the day for celebration of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/smokeandmirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smokeandmirrors</span></a>! There is nothing deceptive about this <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ANSIart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANSIart</span></a> observance by AdeptApril.</p>
StockbridgeArch<p>What building? 3.000M in the Zillertal, Austria. Didn’t stop for a Harry Worth moment. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/smokeandmirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smokeandmirrors</span></a></p>
BonnettsBooks<p>3/4/24 — Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open drinks please. </p><p>The groundhog was right. It's a beautiful here. I wouldn't blame you if you didn't want to buy books today. Still, I'll be putting cool stuff out, like these...</p><p><a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BonnettsBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BonnettsBooks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/DaytonOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DaytonOhio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/BrickAndMortar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrickAndMortar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/UsedBookStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UsedBookStore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/NeilGaiman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NeilGaiman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/SidMeiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SidMeiers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/SignedMemoir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignedMemoir</span></a> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span></p>
Lady Wicket<p>“Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.”<br>Terry Pratchett; Night Watch<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DiscWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiscWorld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ToriesTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToriesTax</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NIReductionDistraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NIReductionDistraction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeneralElectionNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElectionNow</span></a></p>
PSiReN-X :verified_paw:<p>I've <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/Suspected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Suspected</span></a> <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/ForSomeTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForSomeTime</span></a> that this <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/PlanetMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetMastodon</span></a> is just <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/Home" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Home</span></a> to <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/You" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>You</span></a>, <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/Me" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Me</span></a> and <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/ThreeOtherPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeOtherPeople</span></a>.... </p><p><a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/TheRest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheRest</span></a> are just <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a>; <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/PoweredBy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoweredBy</span></a>: <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/FloofsAndSparkles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FloofsAndSparkles</span></a>... </p><p><a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/AlsoAvailable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlsoAvailable</span></a> in <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/PlumAndRusty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlumAndRusty</span></a>... With <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/QuoteToots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuoteToots</span></a>... <a href="https://psiren.eu/tags/StillQuiteCool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StillQuiteCool</span></a>, huh...?</p><p>🧙⚔️🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | 🪐🦹🚀🦄🚀🦹🪐</p>
Jason D. Moss 🇨🇦<p>Doing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SEO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEO</span></a> is less straightforward than buying the advertising space labeled "Sponsored" above organic search results; it's more like the Wizard of Oz projecting his voice to magnify his authority.</p><p>People doing SEO find loopholes in the algorithm; critics complain about search results; search engines innovate and close the loopholes. Rinse, repeat.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@verge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>verge</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullshit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/features/23931789/seo-search-engine-optimization-experts-google-results" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/features/23931789</span><span class="invisible">/seo-search-engine-optimization-experts-google-results</span></a></p>
Christopher Phin<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://functional.cafe/@otfrom" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>otfrom</span></a></span> Heh. I’m fairness, sometimes the greenscreen comes out because my room is a bomb site. The irony is that I then look MORE slick because I then have a branded background. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a></p>
Raymond Russell<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@gerrykelly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gerrykelly</span></a></span> <br>For my game BlockZ I used this with two extra printed zeros at the end to give the impression on using a higher number than the max value of 65535 that this method can handle.<br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SmokeAndMirrors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmokeAndMirrors</span></a></p>
Nick<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@johnmu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnmu</span></a></span> This is most of the problem i feel. We 'think' these things don't affect it but we're never quite sure. In AdWords i can conclusively tell you it does affect ad ranking as i've seen it play out over 100s of accounts. However i can only assume it does in SEO <a class="hashtag" href="https://ti22.pro/tag/smokeandmirrors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smokeandmirrors</a> 😁
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