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My morning at a sober breakfast rave – and what I got out of it

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 02:58:35 +1000

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

https://www.positive.news/society/for-the-love-of-ecstatic-dance/

"Sunday mornings are usually for lazy breakfasts or a few domestic chores.
Today, however, I’m joining another 100 ravers at The Bath House in Hackney
Wick, east London, for some ecstatic dancing to sweat out the stresses of the

‘We could hear the roof collapsing’: how Russian missiles devastated Kyiv’s cultural sites

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 02:57:18 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/30/russian-missiles-devastated-kyiv-cultural-sites>

"For four years, Vitalina Martynovska and her team had been working on a
complete transformation of Kyiv’s National Chornobyl Museum.

COVID vaccination may protect household members

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 02:45:43 +1000

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

<https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-vaccination-may-protect-household-members>

"Many studies show that COVID-19 vaccination reduces the risk of severe
disease, hospitalization, and death. There is less evidence about whether
COVID-19 shots make people less contagious.

A broken economy and an emboldened regime: Iranians abandoned to endure fallout from war

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 02:44:08 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/30/iran-broken-economy-emboldened-regime-iranians-abandoned-fallout-of-war>

"As Donald Trump swung this week between threats of new military action against
Iran and predictions that a lasting ceasefire deal was imminent, many Iranians
were left exhausted and gripped by uncertainty.

Research Reveals Long Covid Cases Double Current Estimates

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 02:43:18 +1000

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

<https://www.miragenews.com/research-reveals-long-covid-cases-double-1681262/>

“The true toll of long COVID may be double that of current estimates and hidden
from current surveillance systems that rely on capturing diagnostic codes,
according to new research led by Mass General Brigham. Investigators used a

Groundbreaking genomic test could spare millions of breast cancer patients chemotherapy

Mon, 1 Jun 2026 02:38:26 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/29/groundbreaking-genomic-test-spare-breast-cancer-patients-chemotherapy-hormone-therapy>

"Millions of women with breast cancer could be spared chemotherapy with a
groundbreaking genomic test, according to the results of a trial that could
transform healthcare guidelines worldwide.

Ebola Relief

Sun, 31 May 2026 19:12:39 +1000

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

https://theprogressnetwork.substack.com/p/ebola-relief

"It has not been a good few weeks for global health. Just as the hantavirus
situation stabilized, with no deaths reported since May 2, news came of the
third-largest Ebola outbreak in history. So far, the World Health Organization

UN adds Israel and Russia to blacklist for sexual violence in conflict

Sun, 31 May 2026 19:09:55 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/29/un-israel-russia-blacklist-sexual-violence-conflict>

"The UN has added Israel and Russia to a blacklist for sexual violence in
conflict, citing abuse by security forces, including the rape of male
detainees.

How Elon Musk Killed Hundreds of Thousands of People

Sun, 31 May 2026 19:08:59 +1000

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

<https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-elon-musk-killed-hundreds-of-thousands-of-people>

“For more than 12 years, Nicholas Enrich worked at USAID, the United States
Agency for International Development, rising to become one of the agency's top
global health officials. Then, in a matter of weeks, he watched as the Trump

Damaged, deserted, dilapidated … what comes next for the Great Barrier Reef island resorts lying in ruins?

Sun, 31 May 2026 19:06:45 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/30/australia-great-barrier-reef-island-resorts>

"Kerry Outerbridge motored his powerboat through coral reef ringing the lush,
tropical island and alighted upon white sand.