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In Defense of Studying “Basket Weaving” At College
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:42:48 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://clivethompson.medium.com/in-defense-of-studying-basket-weaving-at-college-a862792f3a85>
"Last week, Nathan Heller published a long reported piece in the
New Yorker
that explored the dramatic decline in students studying the humanities at
college.
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Why NZ should lower motorway speed limits for SUVs and other high-emission vehicles
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:41:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/why-nz-should-lower-motorway-speed-limits-for-suvs-and-other-high-emission-vehicles-201466>
"By the end of this month, speed limits on more than 2,000 roads across Tāmaki
Makaurau/Auckland will have been reduced by between 10 and 60 kilometres per
hour (km/h). Part of the Auckland Transport (AT) safe speeds programme, the aim
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Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ found in toilet paper around the world
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:40:23 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/13/toxic-forever-chemicals-pfas-toilet-paper>
"All toilet paper from across the globe checked for toxic PFAS “forever
chemicals” contained the compounds, and the waste flushed down toilets and sent
to sewage treatment plants probably creates a significant source of water
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Orange-bellied parrot shows there’s more to saving endangered species than captive breeding
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:39:31 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/orange-bellied-parrot-shows-theres-more-to-saving-endangered-species-than-captive-breeding-201226>
"Captive breeding of threatened species for release into the wild is an
important conservation tool. But where threats to wild populations remain
unresolved, this tool may not guarantee population recovery in the long term.
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Australia’s backlog of soft plastic could be processed overseas before supermarket scheme is rebooted
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 10:38:57 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/14/australias-backlog-of-soft-plastic-could-be-processed-overseas-before-supermarket-scheme-is-rebooted>
"Thousands of tonnes of soft plastic that was collected and dropped off by
supermarket customers, and has been stockpiled since the collapse of a domestic
recycling program, could be be shipped to the US for processing.
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If we perfect cultivated meat, we could hedge against food shortages as climate chaos intensifies
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 01:03:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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David Attenborough says nature is in crisis but ‘we have the solutions’
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 01:02:29 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Post apocalypse: the end of daily letter deliveries is in sight
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 01:01:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/post-apocalypse-the-end-of-daily-letter-deliveries-is-in-sight-201094>
"Australia Post is seeing red. A lot of it.
After posting a razor-thin profit of $23.6 million in the last six months of
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Latvia donates drunk drivers' cars to Ukraine's war effort
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 01:00:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/latvia-donates-drunk-drivers-cars-ukraines-war-effort-2023-03-09/>
'RIGA, March 9 (Reuters) - Latvia began seizing cars from heavily drunk drivers
this year, and as hundreds of vehicles began overfilling impound lots, decided
to send them to Ukrainian military and hospitals.
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AutoFlight completes one of the world’s longest eVTOL flights with its new Gen 4 aircraft
Wed, 29 Mar 2023 00:57:16 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://evtolinsights.com/2023/03/autoflight-claims-worlds-longest-evtol-flight-with-new-gen4-aircraft/>
"AutoFlight has achieved one of the world’s longest eVTOL flight in history
with a distance of 250 km (155 miles) on a single charge of the aircraft’s
lithium-ion batteries.
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