Think of your mind as a rubbish bin where you sometimes get rid of those unwanted thoughts or simply discard them without even realising. Your mind has two types of bins. The terrible trash one and the recycled one. On the pro-Israel side, intellectualdishonesty often takes the form of moral laundering. Hamas’s atrocities – October 7, the hostages, the tunnels, the use of UN personnel and facilities – are rightly invoked, but too often as a solvent that dissolves all subsequent scrutiny. THEMINDPLAYSTRICKS by Samantha Bryant Luisa sat looking out the window waiting for the day nurse to arrive. Her son had already left for work, and Jaleisha was running late. Luisa rubbed her hands in her lap, the jutting knuckles sharp against her palms. When people are isolated from human contact, their mind can do some truly bizarre things, says Michael Bond. Why does this happen?Inside prison walls, solitude can play disturbing tricks on themind (Flickr/Cyri). When someone is being intentionally dishonest, either through fabricating "facts", quote mining, misrepresentation of someone else's statements, or otherwise, should this be worthy of moderation? When you imagine scary things, you feel scared. You can feel less afraid of thedark by thinking about something else. Use your imagination to feel good instead of scared. First, let’s focus on breathing.