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Jet Charge and Ikea complete one of Australia’s biggest electric delivery vehicle charging networks

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:26:48 +1100

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

<https://thedriven.io/2025/12/12/jet-charge-and-ikea-complete-one-of-australias-biggest-electric-delivery-vehicle-charging-networks/>

"The Australian branch of Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has completed one
of the country’s biggest charging networks for electric delivery vehicles
thanks to a partnership with leading electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure and

With Nvidia’s second-best AI chips headed for China, the US shifts priorities from security to trade

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:25:33 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/with-nvidias-second-best-ai-chips-headed-for-china-the-us-shifts-priorities-from-security-to-trade-271831>

"This week, US President Donald Trump approved previously banned exports of
Nvidia’s powerful H200 artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China.

Putin’s Already Won

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:24:23 +1100

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

https://archive.md/5As2z

"For a guy who’s lost hundreds of thousands of soldiers and barely moved his
front lines forward in a war that’s already lasted longer than U.S. involvement
in World War II, Vladimir Putin is looking pretty smug and self-satisfied these

White House Refuses to Rule Out Summary Executions of People on Its Secret Domestic Terrorist List

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 12:22:40 +1100

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

https://archive.md/Zq0sc

"President Donald Trump has shattered the limits of executive authority by
ordering the summary executions of individuals he deems members of designated
terrorist organizations. He has also tested the bounds of his presidential

Ultra-fast charging, kerbside charging and V2G projects share $21 million in Arena funding

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:43:17 +1100

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

<https://thedriven.io/2025/12/12/ultra-fast-charging-kerbside-charging-and-v2g-projects-share-21-million-in-arena-funding/>

"Three projects targeting three key planks of electric vehicle integration –
kerb-side charging, ultra-fast charging and vehicle to grid charging – have won
federal government backing through Arena.

The United States CDC has abandoned science in its new advice about vaccines and autism

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:42:17 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/the-united-states-cdc-has-abandoned-science-in-its-new-advice-about-vaccines-and-autism-271493>

"The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has revised
its long-standing guidance about vaccines and autism.

Austria votes to ban headscarves in schools for girls under 14

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:40:46 +1100

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/11/austria-votes-ban-headscarves-schools-girls-under-14>

"Lawmakers in Austria have voted overwhelmingly to ban headscarves in schools
for girls under the age of 14, despite concerns the legislation will deepen
societal divisions and marginalise Muslims. The law could also be struck down

Germany’s plan to deport Syrian refugees echoes 1980s effort to repatriate Turkish guest workers

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:39:23 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/germanys-plan-to-deport-syrian-refugees-echoes-1980s-effort-to-repatriate-turkish-guest-workers-271475>

"For 14 years while Syria’s brutal civil war raged, Germany provided a safe
haven for those fleeing the violence. Now, a year after that conflict ended
with the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, many in Germany – including

NSW Health resists lower blood lead guidelines for children in Broken Hill, documents reveal

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:38:19 +1100

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/12/children-lead-exposure-broken-hill-nsw-health-resists-guidelines>

"NSW Health resisted government advice to strengthen protections for children
exposed to lead in Broken Hill, despite internal documents acknowledging that
far lower blood lead levels than those recognised in current guidelines can

‘Tough on crime’ policies are causing Indigenous people to die in custody

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 04:36:17 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/tough-on-crime-policies-are-causing-indigenous-people-to-die-in-custody-271829>

"When a First Nations person dies in custody, it sends shockwaves through
families and communities. The trauma of losing a loved one adds to a sense of
despair that First Nations lives are expendable, that no one is held to