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Georgian president does not recognize election results, calls for protests

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:51:35 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://kyivindependent.com/georgian-president-does-not-recognize-election-calls-for-protests/>

'Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said on Oct. 27 that she will not
recognize the results of the country's recent parliamentary elections and
called for citizens to join her in mass demonstrations.

A new flow: pioneering UK river restoration declared a success

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:48:26 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.positive.news/environment/a-new-flow-pioneering-uk-river-restoration-declared-a-success/>

"We can restart our computers with a simple ctrl-alt-delete, but how easy is it
to do a full reset on a river? A year on from the completion of a three-year
project on the National Trust’s Holnicote estate in Somerset, scientists say

World Energy Outlook 2024

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:45:58 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://www.iea.org/reports/world-energy-outlook-2024

"The IEA's flagship World Energy Outlook, published every year, is the most
authoritative global source of energy analysis and projections. It identifies
and explores the biggest trends in energy demand and supply, as well as what

First breathtaking images from Euclid telescope's map of the universe

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:44:43 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452099-first-breathtaking-images-from-euclid-telescopes-map-of-the-universe/>

"A mosaic of images from the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope
captures more than 14 million galaxies, offering a first glimpse of a “cosmic
atlas”. The mapping project could add to our understanding of the role dark

EVs are just going to win

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:43:25 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/evs-are-just-going-to-win

"My last post was pretty dark and dire, so here’s something a little more
cheerful and optimistic. One of the most important and positive trends that
I’ve been trying to highlight over the past few years is the amazing progress

Long COVID science, research and policy

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:42:29 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://archive.md/tj19G

"Long COVID represents the constellation of post-acute and long-term health
effects caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection; it is a complex, multisystem disorder
that can affect nearly every organ system and can be severely disabling. The

Food waste warriors redirect unwanted produce to homes, charities

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:27:17 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-27/food-waste-warriors-redirect-unwanted-produce-homes-charities/104512870>

'Victorian vegetable grower Catherine Velisha says Australia's food system is
broken but it isn't the supermarkets' fault.

Letters from an American: October 26, 2024

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:25:49 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-26-2024

"Beginning in 1943, the War Department published a series of pamphlets for U.S.
Army personnel in the European theater of World War II. Titled Army Talks,
the series was designed “to help [the personnel] become better-informed men and

Olivetti’s Ivrea: How an Italian Tech Giant Built the World’s Most Progressive Company Town

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:24:23 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://medium.com/@danielstone/olivettis-ivrea-how-an-italian-tech-giant-built-the-world-s-most-progressive-company-town-557cb035c383>

"If you trace the path of the Dora Baltea River in early spring, when it swells
with melting snow from the Matterhorn, you will quietly arrive at what first
appears to be any other small Italian town. Yet in the 1950s, Ivrea was the

Catching COVID-19 during childhood could increase risk of type 2 diabetes later in life

Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:22:36 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

<https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2024/oct/catching-covid-19-during-childhood-could-increase-risk-of-type-2-diabetes-later-in-life.html>

"Children and young people who have contracted COVID-19 are more at risk of
developing type 2 diabetes in the future compared to those never infected with
the disease, a study has indicated.