Subdue the regret. Dust yourself off, proceed. You'll get it in the next life, where you don't make mistakes. Do what you can with this one, while you're alive.
One of the few times "we used to be a proper nation" truly applies in every sense of the phrase. It's incomprehensible how much irreversible damage has been done since then, to the point that most people don't even recognize what we had as progress.
im against sex work not in a “sex workers are sluts and degenerates” way but in a “we should live in a society in which exploiting our bodies is not necessary for survival” type of way
The 1979 treaty is often sold as a victory for getting land back, but it actually marked the start of Egypt’s decline from a regional leader to a sidelined state. By signing away its military flexibility, Egypt agreed to strict limits on its own troops in the Sinai, effectively compromising its own sovereignty over its territory. This wasn't just a military shift, it was a total pivot that traded Egypt’s independent foreign policy for a permanent reliance on foreign aid. Since then, the country has been trapped in a cycle of debt and dependency that has hollowed out the economy.
Beyond the numbers, the deal shattered Egypt's standing in the Arab world. The country went from being the cultural and political heart of the region to being completely isolated, even getting kicked out of the Arab League for a decade. While the government maintains a "cold peace" to keep the aid money flowing, the Egyptian people have seen almost no benefit from this arrangement. Instead of the prosperity that was promised, the decades following the treaty have been defined by rising costs, lost influence, and a government that is more answerable to its foreign backers than to its own citizens. Any Egyptian knows that "peace" on paper didn't fix their country.
China’s solar power plant in Dunhuang uses around 12,000 mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central tower, heating molten salt to extreme temperatures.
That heat is stored and used to generate electricity on demand, including after sunset.
تخيل دا رأي ستات اتحرمت من التعليم واتجوزت بدري وعايشة في بيئة فقيرة ومقهورة وحوالينا بنات كتير اخدوا فرص ميستحقوهاش في التعليم العالي ومع ذلك بيطلعوا يكلمونا عن طاقة الأنوثة اللي بتتخدش من العمل والتعلم وازاي النسويات حارمينها من نصيبها في المخبوزات.. الحياة غير عادلة فعلا
‘You sound like you’re speaking for a country who’s afraid of a bigger country.’
@Lewis_Goodall grills Labour’s Darren Jones on the UK’s repsonse to the US capture of Nicolás Maduro.