Glass Wings Blog: March 2025
Anti-Trump sentiment drives dramatic upturn in fortunes for Canada’s Liberals
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 11:25:59 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/canada-liberal-party-poll
"Canada’s ruling Liberals, who a few weeks ago looked certain to lose an
election this year, are mounting a major comeback amid the threat of US tariffs
and are tied with their rival Conservatives, according to three new polls.
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Nose-to-tail mining: how making sand from ore could solve a looming crisis
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 11:27:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/nose-to-tail-mining-how-making-sand-from-ore-could-solve-a-looming-crisis-250284>
"Every year, the world consumes around 50 billion tonnes of sand, gravel and
crushed stone. The astonishing scale of this demand is hard to comprehend –
12.5 million Olympic sized swimming pools per year – making it the most-used
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BP blames ‘misplaced’ faith in green transition for its renewed focus on fossil fuels
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 11:27:46 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/26/bp-oil-and-gas-spending-green-energy-scale-back>
"BP has abandoned its green ambitions in favour of ramping up fossil fuel
production as its boss claimed that optimism over the pace of the green
transition had been “misplaced”.
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Why do we fall for wellness scams? Our cultural biases and myths are often to blame
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 11:29:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/why-do-we-fall-for-wellness-scams-our-cultural-biases-and-myths-are-often-to-blame-250790>
"Netflix’s
Apple Cider Vinegar has renewed interest in Belle Gibson’s
infamous wellness scam, reminding us how vulnerable we can be to deception.
While Gibson’s scheme eventually collapsed, her story highlights how fraudsters
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Building an open-source battery
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 11:30:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1011730/eb6bcf25ca60e90d/
'FOSDEM 2025 featured the usual talks about open-source software, but, as
always, the conference also offered the opportunity to discover some more
exotic and less software-centric topics. That's how I learned about the Flow
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New report skewers Coalition’s contentious nuclear plan – and reignites Australia’s energy debate
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 11:31:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/new-report-skewers-coalitions-contentious-nuclear-plan-and-reignites-australias-energy-debate-250912>
"Debate over the future of Australia’s energy system has erupted again after a
federal parliamentary inquiry delivered a report into the deployment of nuclear
power in Australia.
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Gen Z teens tell us why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 19:26:07 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://fortune.com/2025/02/14/gen-z-teens-experts-trust-influencers-tiktok/>
"Iman Pabani is a 15-year-old student at Dwight School London, studying the
International Baccalaureate. She wants to pursue a career in investigative
journalism and travel around the world. Fortune asked her to interview her
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We analysed almost 1,000 social media posts about 5 popular medical tests. Most were utterly misleading
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 19:27:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/we-analysed-almost-1-000-social-media-posts-about-5-popular-medical-tests-most-were-utterly-misleading-247362>
"When Kim Kardashian posted on Instagram about having had a full-body MRI, she
enthused that the test can be “life saving”, detecting diseases in the earliest
stages before symptoms arise.
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“Last ditch:” Australia’s richest woman takes on local environment laws in Canada coal power play
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 19:28:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/last-ditch-australias-richest-woman-takes-on-local-environment-laws-in-canada-coal-power-play/>
"A push by Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart’s corporate interests to open
The Rockies in Canada to coal mining is facing growing resistance after the
provincial government announced it is planning to rewrite environmental rules
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Intense heat changes our biology and can make us age significantly faster: study
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 19:28:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/intense-heat-changes-our-biology-and-can-make-us-age-significantly-faster-study-250784>
"Heat takes it out of you. After a long, hot day, we feel tired and grumpy.
But sustained periods of heat do more than that – they age us faster.
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Fix the News 287: The Secret Pattern
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 19:29:58 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://fixthenews.com/287-secret-pattern/
"To see the web of the world, and the warp and the weft of that web. Plus, an
astonishingly good year for clean energy, child marriage declines in Malaysia,
poverty falling in Thailand, the return of big carnivores in Europe, and the
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Hitler wanted to kill me because I'm Jewish. Putin wants to kill me because I'm Ukrainian
Sat, 1 Mar 2025 19:32:33 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://kyivindependent.com/hitler-wanted-to-kill-me-because-im-jewish-putin-wants-to-kill-me-because-im-ukrainian/>
"
Editor’s Note: The following is a translated transcript of the address
delivered by Roman Shvartsman, the chairman of the Odesa Association of Jews
and a Holocaust survivor, at the Yalta European Strategy (YES) Special
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Amazon’s Goodreads builds community, but breeds division. Indie rival StoryGraph is playing it safe – and gaining ground
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 02:54:37 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/amazons-goodreads-builds-community-but-breeds-division-indie-rival-storygraph-is-playing-it-safe-and-gaining-ground-250523>
"Reading, once a largely private activity, has become more public and communal
with the emergence of book-centred social media spaces. But while the “BookTok”
and “Bookstagram” communities are often in the news, Goodreads, founded in 2006
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In Nepal, a eucalyptus boom became an ecological cautionary tale
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 02:56:19 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/in-nepal-a-eucalyptus-boom-became-an-ecological-cautionary-tale/>
"SARLAHI, Nepal — In 1984, Bharat Kumar Pokhrel was a young forester with a
mission to turn theory into practice. Fresh out of forestry school, he joined
Nepal’s Sagarnath Forest Development Project.
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Global gas lobby tries to hamper Victoria's electrification efforts by stoking fear, researchers say
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 02:57:30 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-28/global-gas-lobby-push-against-victoria-electrification/104966938>
'Removing gas appliances is big business for Brendan.
His company, appropriately titled Get Off Gas, helps Melbourne home owners to
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Nauru sells citizenship to help fund relocations as sea levels rise
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 02:58:39 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/nauru-climate-citizenship-golden-passport>
"The Pacific island nation of Nauru is selling citizenship to fund its retreat
from rising seas, the country’s president, David Adeang, announced on Tuesday,
opening a contentious “golden passport” scheme as climate financing runs dry.
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Here Be Dragons
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 03:02:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.sciencehistory.org/collections/blog/here-be-dragons/
"This February kicks off the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Dragon. And
dragons abound in the Science History Institute’s collections, including
examples of the legendary creatures that date back to the 17th century!"
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Dutton hints he’ll sack 36,000 public servants. Voters deserve to know what services will be affected
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 03:02:59 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Whales sing when they’ve had a good meal – new research
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 10:55:48 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/whales-sing-when-theyve-had-a-good-meal-new-research-250926>
"Spanning more octaves than a piano, humpback whales sing powerfully into the
vast ocean. These songs are beautifully complex, weaving phrases and themes
into masterful compositions. Blue and fin whales richly fill out a bass section
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Queensland council moves to evict homeless people from parks with public camping ban
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 10:59:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/27/moreton-bay-council-camping-ban-homeless-evictions>
"Dozens of homeless residents of Moreton Bay in south-east Queensland will soon
be liable for fines for sleeping in parks, after the local council changed its
local law to effectively ban homelessness.
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Legal aid is a lifeline for vulnerable Australians, but consistent underfunding puts the system at risk
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 10:59:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/legal-aid-is-a-lifeline-for-vulnerable-australians-but-consistent-underfunding-puts-the-system-at-risk-250275>
"It’s central to any democracy that citizens receive fair treatment under the
law. An important part of this is access to legal advice and representation.
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Republicans terrified of crossing Trump due to physical threats, Democrat says
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:01:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/27/republicans-trump-threats>
"Republicans on Capitol Hill are shying away from criticizing Donald Trump’s
policies over fears for their physical safety and that of their families, a
Democratic member of Congress has said.
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New report slaps an official price tag on Australia’s precious natural assets
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:01:51 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/new-report-slaps-an-official-price-tag-on-australias-precious-natural-assets-250623>
"Climate regulation through carbon storage was worth A$43.2 billion to
Australia in 2020-21, according to a report released today which seeks to put a
monetary value on the benefits flowing from our natural assets.
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Thailand deports dozens of Uyghurs to China despite torture fears
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 11:03:04 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/27/thailand-deports-dozens-of-uyghurs-to-china-despite-torture-fears>
"Dozens of Uyghurs have been deported from Thailand to China in the face of
warnings from human rights experts that there is a high risk they will suffer
torture, enforced disappearance and imprisonment.
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Trump’s war on climate science is pushing us into a dystopian future
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 19:18:08 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/trumps-war-on-climate-science-is-pushing-us-into-a-dystopian-future-250891>
"US President Donald Trump’s latest war on the climate includes withdrawing
support for any research that mentions the word.
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Trump’s threatened 25% tariffs on EU imports could trigger ‘economic turmoil’
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 19:19:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/27/donald-trump-tariffs-on-eu-imports-could-trigger-economic-turmoil>
"Donald Trump’s threatened 25% tariffs on EU imports could trigger “economic
turmoil”, sharply push down growth and send inflation soaring, according to a
German thinktank.
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Friday essay: ‘I was unseen, even to myself’ – as many as half of people with anorexia are autistic. Fiona Wright is one of them
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 19:20:08 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-i-was-unseen-even-to-myself-as-many-as-half-of-people-with-anorexia-are-autistic-fiona-wright-is-one-of-them-248010>
"The final straw, the one that broke this particular camel’s back, was my
girlfriend’s receipt of her autism diagnosis over email. She didn’t want to
open the report alone and asked if I would read it with her – and when we were
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Violet Blue's Threat Model - Covid: February 27, 2025
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 19:21:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-february-123210711
"One unvaccinated child has died as a result of the Texas measles outbreak. RFK
Jr., who became the US Health and Human Services Director two weeks ago today,
downplayed the death and outbreak as “not unusual” and suggested there has been
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Shuttered car factories in Australia could be repurposed to make houses faster and cheaper
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 19:22:33 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/shuttered-car-factories-in-australia-could-be-repurposed-to-make-houses-faster-and-cheaper-249709>
"Australia is in the grip of a severe housing shortage. Many people are finding
it extremely difficult to find a place to live in the face of rising rents and
property price surges. Homelessness is rising sharply. Tent cities are becoming
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Hey Elon: You Don’t Just ‘Ooopsie’ The Destruction Of Ebola Prevention
Sun, 2 Mar 2025 19:23:39 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/27/hey-elon-you-dont-just-ooopsie-the-destruction-of-ebola-prevention/>
"Look, sometimes you make mistakes. Maybe you send an email to the wrong
person. Maybe you accidentally buy the wrong kind of pasta sauce at the grocery
store. Maybe you accidentally dismantle critical global health infrastructure.
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U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 03:50:24 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/health/usaid-contract-terminations.html>
"Starting Wednesday afternoon, a wave of emails went out from the State
Department in Washington around the world, landing in inboxes for refugee
camps, tuberculosis clinics, polio vaccination projects and thousands of other
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World’s largest insect faces extinction: how to save two species of Africa’s giant Goliath beetle
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 03:51:08 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/worlds-largest-insect-faces-extinction-how-to-save-two-species-of-africas-giant-goliath-beetle-249228>
"One of Africa’s giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New
research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been
almost wiped out by the west African cocoa industry and, to a lesser extent, by
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Cop16 nature summit agrees deal at 11th hour but critics say it is not enough
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 03:52:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/28/cop-16-climate-nature-funding-agreement>
"The task of halting nature loss by 2030 is slipping out of reach, ministers
have warned, as countries from around the world came to a hard-won compromise
on nature finance after marathon negotiations in Rome.
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An Australian state promised to turn native forest into a national koala park. It’s still being logged
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 03:54:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/an-australian-state-promised-to-turn-native-forest-into-a-national-koala-park-its-still-being-logged/>
"The koala was officially declared endangered in the Australian state of New
South Wales in February 2022. A year later, the Labor Party promised to create
a 315,000-hectare (778,000-acre) Great Koala National Park to protect the
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Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 03:56:47 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/trump-russia-hacking-cyber-security>
"The Trump administration has publicly and privately signaled that it does not
believe Russia represents a cyber threat against US national security or
critical infrastructure, marking a radical departure from longstanding
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What Felt Impossible Became Possible
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 03:58:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://dansinker.com/posts/2025-02-23-dale/
'I've spent many hours since the election reading about the Ku Klux Klan in the
1920s. It started the day after election day when I had hours to kill in the
lobby of a Hampton Inn, waiting for a room to open up. I loaded a library
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Only 6% of gen Z actually favour dictatorship – not half, as some reports would have you believe
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:38:43 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/only-6-of-gen-z-actually-favour-dictatorship-not-half-as-some-reports-would-have-you-believe-250945>
"America’s constitutional framework was designed specifically to prevent the
concentration of power and to impede any president’s authoritarian aspirations.
It is certainly being put to the test right now.
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Community Inspired, Self Powered Paradise?!?
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:39:46 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTfdQ3dEopw
"In this week's episode Robert went to visit Narara Eco Village at the edge of
Strickland State Forest, New South Wales.
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‘We used to think the ice was eternal’: Colombia looks to a future without glaciers
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:41:07 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/feb/27/ice-water-colombia-looks-to-a-future-without-glaciers>
"At an altitude of 4,200 metres in the Sierra Nevada del Cocuy, Colombia,
Edilsa Ibáñez Ibáñez lowers a cupped hand into the water of a glacial stream. A
local guide and mountaineer, she has grown up drinking water that runs down
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The secret lives of polar bear families
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:42:36 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/the-secret-lives-of-polar-bear-families-248764>
"Despite being the largest land carnivore and a top Arctic predator that can
weigh over 600 kg, polar bears start off surprisingly small. Blind, almost
hairless, and weighing just 600g at birth, cubs are born in maternity dens
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New Zealand is a poster child for industrial electrification. Can Australia follow suit?
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:43:36 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-zealand-is-a-poster-child-for-industrial-electrification-can-australia-follow-suit/>
"Wads of government cash, a gas crisis, and a culture of innovation has helped
New Zealand to lead on the uptake of industrial heat pumps, an area where other
countries (ahem, Australia) are lagging.
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No Spare Parts: How Great Lakes Fisheries Are Creatively Minimizing Waste
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 11:44:36 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/great-lakes-fisheries-minimizing-waste/>
"A big lift of whitefish out of Lake Superior weighs about 2,000 pounds for
Dennis VanLandschoot, the president of VanLandschoot & Sons Fish Market. But
for the fifth-generation family business in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, only
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Gas networks resort to fanciful modelling in new scare campaign against electric homes
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:44:04 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/gas-networks-resort-to-fanciful-modelling-in-new-scare-campaign-against-electric-homes/>
"Energy Networks Australia (ENA) came out this week with new modelling
attacking the Victorian government’s proposed Building Electrification changes
– a relatively modest proposal that would require broken, inefficient gas
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Vienna’s Refugee-Run Hotel Is Thriving
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:45:18 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/vienna-refugee-run-hotel/
"Entering the lobby of Magdas Hotel around midday, the scene is one familiar
from countless trendy hotels around Vienna — the cool-yet-cozy décor and quiet
music in the background, locals on lunch break slowly filling the restaurant, a
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World reacts after Donald Trump, JD Vance berate Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:46:40 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/2/28/world-reacts-after-donald-trump-jd-vance-berate-ukaines-zelenskyy>
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s meeting with United States President
Donald Trump in Washington, DC, ended abruptly after the two leaders clashed in
a heated exchange over Russia’s war against Kyiv.
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How JD Vance emerged as the chief saboteur of the transatlantic alliance
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:47:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/28/jd-vance-volodymyr-zelenskyy>
"JD Vance was supposed to be the inconsequential vice-president.
But his starring role in Friday’s blowup between Donald Trump and Volodymyr
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A Holistic Approach to Health Care Is Helping to Keep Rural North Carolinians Housed
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:48:42 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/healthy-opportunities-north-carolina/
"In 2022, North Carolina launched an experimental initiative to address the
nonmedical health needs of low-income residents by using Medicaid dollars.
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America’s “First Car-Free Neighborhood” Is Going Pretty Good, Actually?
Mon, 3 Mar 2025 19:49:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.dwell.com/article/culdesac-tempe-car-free-neighborhood-resident-experience-8a14ebc7>
'It’s been two years since Culdesac Tempe, the self-proclaimed "first car-free
neighborhood in America," opened with a goal of making walkability its
centerpiece. With the first phase finished last year, the high-profile
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‘It feels enveloping and calming’: the London house wrapped in cork
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 03:33:32 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/18/enveloping-calming-london-house-wrapped-cork>
"For most homeowners a request from a passerby to touch the exterior of their
house would probably raise eyebrows. But for the owner of Nina’s House, which
is covered with unusual and striking cork insulation panels, it is not only a
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Woman celebrates 105th birthday with care home rave
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 03:34:37 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c98131rknlyo
'"We're having a bit of a rave. I've always loved dancing. I'm enjoying it,
every minute of it."
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World Nature Photography Awards 2025 Winners Capture Nature’s Jaw-Dropping Beauty
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 03:36:26 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://petapixel.com/2025/02/21/world-nature-photography-awards-2025-winners-show-natures-jaw-dropping-beauty/>
"The World Nature Photography Awards (WNPA) 2025 winners showcase the immense
beauty found in nature, including striking wildlife, colorful plants, and
sweeping landscapes.
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UK scientist wins prize for invention that could help avert ‘phosphogeddon’
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 03:37:28 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/02/uk-scientist-wins-prize-for-invention-that-could-help-avert-phosphogeddon>
"It is one of the least appreciated substances on the planet and its misuse is
now threatening to unleash environmental mayhem. Phosphorus is a key component
of fertilisers that have become vital in providing food for the world. But at
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Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 03:38:44 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/28/beavers-released-english-waterways-government-licence>
"The release of beavers into English waterways is to be allowed for the first
time in centuries, the
Guardian can reveal.
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The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:33:16 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-rubio-marocco-canceled-programs-gaza-syria-congo-hiv-ebola>
"The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and
refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the
State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it
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Firefly Aerospace Becomes First Commercial Company to Successfully Land on the Moon
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:34:39 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://fireflyspace.com/news/firefly-aerospace-becomes-first-commercial-company-to-successfully-land-on-the-moon/>
"Cedar Park, Texas, March 2, 2025 – Firefly Aerospace, the leader in end-to-end
responsive space services, today announced its Blue Ghost lunar lander softly
touched down on the Moon’s surface in an upright, stable configuration on the
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Where do the clothes go after we put them in a recycling bin? An 11-month investigation covering thousands of kilometers
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:36:21 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-03-01/where-do-the-clothes-go-after-we-put-them-in-a-recycling-bin-an-11-month-investigation-covering-thousands-of-kilometers.html>
"On the beaches of Accra, the sea vomits up old clothes. The sand in Akuma
Village is covered with a carpet of shoes and plastics entangled with shirts,
shoelaces and pants. It’s just the tip of the iceberg of what is currently
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Yes, paper straws suck. Rather than bring back plastic ones, let’s avoid single-use items
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:37:12 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/yes-paper-straws-suck-rather-than-bring-back-plastic-ones-lets-avoid-single-use-items-250266>
"When US President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to return to plastic
straws, claiming the paper version is ineffective and “disgustingly dissolves
in your mouth”, he was widely criticised for setting back efforts to reduce
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Diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace are under attack. Here’s why they matter more than ever
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 11:38:04 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace-are-under-attack-heres-why-they-matter-more-than-ever-250651>
"As International Women’s Day approaches, we must redouble our efforts to
champion social justice and the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion
(DEI). These are under unprecedented attack by some political leaders.
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‘A bigger victory for Putin than any military battle’: Russia gleeful after Trump-Zelenskyy clash
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 19:26:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/01/russia-trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-leader-oval-office-putin>
"Russian officials and Moscow’s media outlets reacted with predictable glee to
the dramatic clash between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump at the White
House on Friday.
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In siding with Russia over Ukraine, Trump is not putting America first. He is hastening its decline
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 19:27:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/in-siding-with-russia-over-ukraine-trump-is-not-putting-america-first-he-is-hastening-its-decline-251140>
"Has any nation squandered its diplomatic capital, plundered its own political
system, attacked its partners and supplicated itself before its far weaker
enemies as rapidly and brazenly as Donald Trump’s America?
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‘I’m selling the Nazi mobile’: Tesla owners offload cars after Musk’s fascist-style salutes
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 19:28:48 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/mar/02/tesla-owners-selling-musk>
"When Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s “truck of the future” in 2019, Filipos could
barely contain his excitement. He quickly paid $100 to get on the waitlist.
Filipos described himself as a “true Tesla fanboy”, and the Cybertruck would be
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The WA election campaign has been about big promises, but culture wars are inescapable in contemporary politics
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 19:30:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Fast food chains are mushrooming across Australia – but at what cost?
Tue, 4 Mar 2025 19:30:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/mar/02/fast-food-chains-are-mushrooming-across-australia-but-at-what-cost>
"It wasn’t that long ago Australians had only a handful of fast food options.
Want a burger? Then it was probably McDonald’s or Hungry Jack’s. Desire for a
chicken dinner would have led you to KFC, Red Rooster or, for those in Western
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Submarine cables keep the world connected. They can also help us study climate change
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 03:12:29 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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‘There’s quite a similarity’: US civil rights pioneers warn of ‘surge backwards’ under Trump
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 03:14:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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“Tesla Takedown:” Protests erupt across US to rally against Elon Musk
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 03:16:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/03/tesla-takedown-protests-erupt-across-us-to-rally-against-elon-musk/>
"A flurry of protests at Tesla dealerships across the United States erupted
over the weekend as part of a wider “Tesla Takedown” movement, rallying against
billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk and his controversial efforts to slash
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Polestar gets order boost after offering big lease discounts to disgruntled Tesla owners
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 03:17:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/03/polestar-gets-order-boost-after-offering-big-lease-discounts-to-disgruntled-tesla-owners/>
"Sweden-based electric carmaker Polestar has taken advantage of the growing
antipathy towards American competitor Tesla, with an offer to save a further
$US5,000 on the lease of a Polestar 3 if the customer could prove they owned a
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Nuclear power struggling to maintain current level of stagnation, let alone achieve any growth
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 03:18:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/nuclear-power-struggling-to-maintain-current-level-of-stagnation-let-alone-achieve-any-growth/>
"The current push in Australia to deploy nuclear power reactors once again
contrasts an excessive optimism by nuclear proponents against the continuing
stagnant situation of nuclear power worldwide. That contrast is the subject of
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Australian whose blood saved 2.4 million babies dies
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:47:26 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4xqe60gyo
'One of the world's most prolific blood donors - whose plasma saved the lives
of more than two million babies - has died.
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USAID official placed on leave after saying barriers to lifesaving programs will cause ‘preventable death’
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:48:55 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usaid-official-leave-barriers-life-saving-programs-preventable-death-rcna194455>
'An official at the federal foreign aid agency targeted by the Trump
administration with layoffs, cuts and funding obstacles was placed on leave
Sunday after saying those moves will lead to "preventable death" and threats to
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U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:50:08 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/health/usaid-cuts-deaths-infections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.qM8C.BTMGBeYjExG3&smid=url-share>
"The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the
U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause enormous human
suffering, according to estimates by the agency itself. Among them:
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"The Lost Tiger": first animated film by an Indigenous woman explores heritage and identity through a thylacine
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:51:19 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Melting Antarctic ice will slow the world’s strongest ocean current – and the global consequences are profound
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 11:52:27 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/melting-antarctic-ice-will-slow-the-worlds-strongest-ocean-current-and-the-global-consequences-are-profound-251053>
"Flowing clockwise around Antarctica, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is the
strongest ocean current on the planet. It’s five times stronger than the Gulf
Stream and more than 100 times stronger than the Amazon River.
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We looked at what supermarkets in 97 countries are doing to our waistlines. Here’s what we found
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 19:17:07 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/we-looked-at-what-supermarkets-in-97-countries-are-doing-to-our-waistlines-heres-what-we-found-246412>
"In many countries, buying food at supermarkets, convenience stores and online
has become the norm. But what’s the convenience of modern food shopping doing
to our health?
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Tesla sales continue to plummet across Europe despite overall EV market growth
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 19:18:02 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/04/tesla-sales-continue-to-plummet-across-europe-despite-overall-ev-market-growth/>
"Sales of Tesla vehicles continued to fall in February, across Scandinavia and
in France, eroding its market share in markets that are otherwise showing
continued strong electric vehicle (EV) growth.
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"Lesbian Space Princess" is South Australia's ticket to Berlin International Film Festival
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 19:19:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-18/lesbian-space-princess-goes-to-berlinale/104945102>
'
Lesbian Space Princess was always going to be the title of Leela Varghese
and Emma Hough Hobbs' first film.
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Misinformation on refugees and migrants is rife during elections. We found 6 ways it spreads – and how to stop it
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 19:20:19 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/misinformation-on-refugees-and-migrants-is-rife-during-elections-we-found-6-ways-it-spreads-and-how-to-stop-it-251035>
"Misinformation is a significant threat to our society. It undermines public
discussion, erodes social cohesion, leads to bad policy and weakens democracy.
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Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could blow out household electricity bills by up to $600 a year by 2030
Wed, 5 Mar 2025 19:21:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/peter-duttons-nuclear-plan-will-blow-out-household-electricity-bills-by-up-to-600-a-year-by-2030/>
"A new report has torpedoed Peter Dutton’s claim that the Coalition’s nuclear
power plan for Australia would be 44 per cent cheaper than Labor’s plan for
renewables, finding instead that it would inflate average consumer electricity
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Digital Luddites are rising. They want to democratise tech, not destroy it
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 04:03:23 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/digital-luddites-are-rising-they-want-to-democratise-tech-not-destroy-it-251155>
"Have you ever been called a Luddite? We have – usually as an insult, rooted in
a popular misconception that Luddites are anti-progress fanatics.
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Pro surfer Josh Kerr makes world-first surfboard from recycled wind turbine blades
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 04:04:07 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/pro-surfer-josh-kerr-makes-world-first-surfboard-from-recycled-wind-turbine-blades/>
"Recycled wind turbines have already been used to make shoes, amongst other
things, and now they are being used to make surfboards.
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permacomputing
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 04:05:10 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://permacomputing.net/
"Permacomputing is both a concept and a community of practice oriented around
issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology
inspired by permaculture. ପໄଓ☾☼✫ -☆:*´
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NZ hopes to store carbon in marine ecosystems – but some are so degraded they’re already a source of emissions
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 04:06:12 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/nz-hopes-to-store-carbon-in-marine-ecosystems-but-some-are-so-degraded-theyre-already-a-source-of-emissions-248875>
"For New Zealand, a country with an underwater territory 14 times its landmass,
marine ecosystems present a significant opportunity to investigate carbon
storage options.
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Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea - and hands more power to a dictator
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 04:06:57 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/another-us-funding-cut-threatens-human-rights-in-north-korea-and-hands-more-power-to-a-dictator-251239>
"This week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in North
Korea issued an appeal to the international community. She expressed concern
about the future of civil society work on North Korean human rights.
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The US and UK have decimated their aid spending. Australia has a unique opportunity to help fill the vacuum
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:18:11 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/the-us-and-uk-have-decimated-their-aid-spending-australia-has-a-unique-opportunity-to-help-fill-the-vacuum-251156>
"Hard on the heels of Donald Trump’s dismantling of USAID, the United Kingdom
has ripped more than A$12 billion (£6 billion) from its foreign assistance
budget.
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Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been taken to court over 11 threatened species. Here’s why
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:18:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/environment-minister-tanya-plibersek-has-been-taken-to-court-over-11-threatened-species-heres-why-219231>
"What do the Australian lungfish, ghost bat, sandhill dunnart and southern and
central greater gliders have in common? They’re all threatened species that
need a formal “recovery plan” – but do not have one.
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‘I can’t be friends with the machine’: what audio artists working in games think of AI
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:19:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/i-cant-be-friends-with-the-machine-what-audio-artists-working-in-games-think-of-ai-248869>
"The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance, the union for voice actors and
creatives, recently circulated a video of voice actor Thomas G. Burt describing
the impact of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) on his livelihood.
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First women-only rooftop solar project powers up in Victoria, sets higher bar for industry
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 11:20:40 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Biggest threat to affordable and reliable electricity in Victoria? It might just be Peter Dutton
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:39:48 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/biggest-threat-to-affordable-and-reliable-electricity-in-victoria-it-might-just-be-peter-dutton/>
"Major energy market reports based on extensive sets of modelling are often a
challenge to cover. Depending on the media outlet, the first best angle tends
to hone in on the subject judged to be of biggest interest to that outlet’s
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US moves to repeal water heater efficiency standards in all-in attack on decarbonisation
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:40:45 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/us-moves-to-repeal-water-heater-efficiency-standards-in-all-in-attack-on-decarbonisation/>
"The US Trump government is leaving no stone unturned to thwart the former
Biden administration’s decarbonisation efforts, with the House of
Representatives voting last week to repeal energy efficiency standards for
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Largest Insect on Earth Headed For Extinction Thanks to Our Love of Chocolate
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:41:29 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.sciencealert.com/largest-insect-on-earth-headed-for-extinction-thanks-to-our-love-of-chocolate>
"One of Africa's giant beetles is just one step away from extinction.
New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has
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Australians generate mountains of waste, and we need more help to recycle and reuse it
Thu, 6 Mar 2025 19:42:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/australians-generate-mountains-of-waste-and-we-need-more-help-to-recycle-and-reuse-it-251354>
"Australians largely support transforming the economy to increase recycling,
repurpose products and reduce waste, according to a new report from the
Productivity Commission, but they are being impeded by inconsistent
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The She Made Him Do It Theory of Everything
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 05:23:13 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/the-she-made-him-do-it-theory-of-everything-2/>
'The rhetoric and logic of the abuse of power operates similarly at all scales,
which is why I've found feminism such useful equipment for understanding
authoritarians in public and political life. Because no matter what abusers
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U.S. State Department Shuts Down Pollution Monitoring Abroad
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 05:24:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/climate/state-department-air-monitoring-embassies.html>
"What’s the air quality in New Delhi, Jakarta or Buenos Aires? Until Tuesday,
the United States Embassy in those cities could have told you.
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‘Shadow fleets’ and subaquatic sabotage: are Europe’s undersea internet cables under attack?
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 05:25:29 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/mar/05/shadow-fleets-subaquatic-sabotage-europe-undersea-internet-cables-under-attack>
"On Christmas Day 2024, Finland was investigating a mysterious incident that
had severed undersea cables connecting the country with Estonia. Investigators
could not rule out sabotage, and the next day Finnish authorities seized a
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Antarctic sea ice falls to near-record low as study reveals 'structural change'
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 05:26:50 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-06/antarctic-sea-ice-falls-to-near-record-low/105008392>
'Antarctic sea ice has again fallen to a near-record low as a new study shows
the system is undergoing a significant "structural change".
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How a New Global Citizens’ Assembly Can Revive Climate Action
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 11:30:31 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://europeandemocracyhub.epd.eu/how-a-new-global-citizens-assembly-can-revive-climate-action/>
"A new permanent Global Citizens’ Assembly for People and Planet is being
established for the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (COP30). This represents
a major step forward for inclusive democratic participation in climate policy
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Fires used to terrify city residents. New research suggests climate change could see this fear return
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 11:31:33 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/fires-used-to-terrify-city-residents-new-research-suggests-climate-change-could-see-this-fear-return-251056>
"For centuries, fire was one of the major fears for city-dwellers. Dense cities
built largely of wood could – and did – burn. In 1666, a fire in a bakery went
on to destroy two-thirds of the city of London, leaving 85% of residents
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Is climate change supercharging Tropical Cyclone Alfred as it powers towards Australia?
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 11:32:13 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/06/is-climate-change-supercharging-tropical-cyclone-alfred-as-it-powers-towards-australia>
"Tropical Cyclone Alfred is due to hit south-east Queensland some time on
Friday or early Saturday, bringing the risk of destructive winds, extreme
flooding and storm surges to millions of people around Brisbane, the Gold Coast
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Safe for autocracy: the world according to Putin and Trump
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 11:33:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/safe-for-autocracy-the-world-according-to-putin-and-trump-251246>
"What does an ideal world look like for Russian President Vladimir Putin and
his US counterpart Donald Trump? In a word: ugly.
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Tesla owners across America are selling, or even rebadging their EVs as a Honda or Audi
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:10:25 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/05/tesla-owners-across-america-are-selling-or-even-rebadging-their-evs-as-a-honda-or-audi/>
"American electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla is quickly turning into damaged
goods for some one-time fans, with everyone from average citizens to
celebrities like Sheryl Crow selling off their Teslas or rebadging their EVs
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Consumer resistance is rising in the age of Trump. History shows how boycotts can be effective
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:11:16 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/consumer-resistance-is-rising-in-the-age-of-trump-history-shows-how-boycotts-can-be-effective-251448>
"Boycotts are back. With people worried about everything from labour practices
and human rights to tariffs and equal opportunity initiatives, collective
consumer resistance has been rising globally.
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Australian logistics provider rolls out 20-strong electric truck fleet, powered by solar
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:11:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/05/australian-logistics-provider-rolls-out-20-strong-electric-truck-fleet-powered-by-solar/>
"Leading Australian transport and logistics company Centurion has rolled out 20
new battery electric trucks from Mercedes-Benz across the Perth greater
metropolitan area, all of which are powered using energy from a 4.4MW rooftop
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‘A miracle of Western tenacity’: how 10 million refugees found homes after World War II
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:13:44 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/a-miracle-of-western-tenacity-how-10-million-refugees-found-homes-after-world-war-ii-247795>
"
Review: Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War
– Sheila Fitzpatrick (Princeton University Press)
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The LARGEST Electric Vehicle In The World?!
Fri, 7 Mar 2025 19:14:24 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szzc02PFCAE
"Robert is in Tasmania, where he’s about to witness something truly remarkable
– the largest electric vehicle ever created! Get ready as Robert steps aboard
an electric ferry, a groundbreaking vessel that’s paving the way for the future
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Hot frogs and sizzling salamanders: climate change is pushing amphibians to their limits
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 03:22:17 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/hot-frogs-and-sizzling-salamanders-climate-change-is-pushing-amphibians-to-their-limits-250653>
"Frogs and other amphibians rely on the surrounding environment to regulate
their body temperature. On hot days they might seek shade, water or cool spaces
underground. But what if everywhere is too hot?
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Letters from an American: March 5, 2025
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 03:23:20 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-5-2025
"In the gym of Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946,
former and future prime minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill rose
to deliver a speech. Formally titled “Sinews of Peace,” the talk called for the
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We Need Mandatory Masking in Healthcare, and We Need it Now
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 03:24:12 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.disabledginger.com/p/we-need-mandatory-masking-in-healthcare
"We are in year six of the Covid pandemic, and patients are still struggling to
access safe healthcare. Hospitals removed mask mandates, didn’t bother
upgrading their air quality or ventilation, and stopped requiring staff to test
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“World-leading” array of massive eight-hour solar batteries to reboot Australian manufacturing
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 03:24:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/world-leading-array-of-massive-eight-hour-solar-batteries-to-reboot-australian-manufacturing/>
"The Australian infrastructure investor Quinbrook has unveiled plans for a
series of massive eight-hour solar batteries that they say will offer Australia
the best – and possibly the only chance – to protect Australian manufacturing
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Trump’s Canadian tariffs include lumber. He is pushing to cut down American trees instead.
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 11:47:05 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/06/climate/trump-logging-national-forest-tariffs/>
"President Donald Trump is promising to unleash the US timber industry by
allowing companies to raze swaths of federally protected national forests.
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The Rise of the Brutal American
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 11:48:27 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/trump-and-vance-shattered-europes-illusions-about-america/681925/>
"A book festival in Vilnius, meetings with friends in Warsaw, a dinner in
Berlin: I happened to be at gatherings in three European cities over the past
several days, and everywhere I went, everyone wanted to talk about the Oval
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Butterflies in the U.S. are disappearing at a ‘catastrophic’ rate
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 11:50:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://archive.md/qCEae
"Butterflies are rapidly fluttering out of existence from coast to coast,
according to a new assessment published Thursday, at a rate that scientists
worry could upend ecosystems and undercut pollination that sustains America’s
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Inspiring Jim Henson
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 11:51:26 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2024/07/inspiring-jim-henson/
"Since the recent release of the documentary
Jim Henson: Idea Man, many have
been looking back at the Muppets creator with fresh eyes. In his 53 years of
life, Henson was constantly innovating in puppetry, pushing its boundaries as a
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Elon Musk thinks the US should leave the UN – what if Trump does it?
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:21:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/elon-musk-thinks-the-us-should-leave-the-un-what-if-trump-does-it-251483>
"When Donald Trump’s benefactor and cost-cutter-in-chief Elon Musk recently
supported a call for the United States to quit NATO and the United Nations, it
should perhaps have been more surprising.
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Weakening currents in the Atlantic may mean a wetter northern Australia and drier New Zealand
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:21:45 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/weakening-currents-in-the-atlantic-may-mean-a-wetter-northern-australia-and-drier-new-zealand-248679>
"Europe is warmed by heat from ocean currents, which move water from the warm
tropics to the colder North Atlantic. Once the warm, salty water from the
tropics reach the polar region, they cool enough to sink to the depths and flow
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Solar developer unveils plan for “world’s deepest” undersea cable to link Australia and NZ grids
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:22:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-developer-unveils-plan-for-worlds-deepest-undersea-cable-to-link-australia-and-nz-grids/>
"The founders of New Zealand solar developer Far North Solar Farm have
announced an ambitious plan to build a 2-3GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC)
subsea cable between New Zealand and Australia.
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Woolly mice are cute and impressive – but they won’t bring back mammoths or save endangered species
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:23:17 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/woolly-mice-are-cute-and-impressive-but-they-wont-bring-back-mammoths-or-save-endangered-species-251595>
"US company Colossal Biosciences has announced the creation of a “woolly mouse”
— a laboratory mouse with a series of genetic modifications that lead to a
woolly coat. The company claims this is the first step toward “de-extincting”
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‘We’re losing decades of our life to this illness’: long Covid patients on the fear of being forgotten
Sat, 8 Mar 2025 19:24:45 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/02/were-losing-decades-of-our-life-to-this-illness-long-covid-patients-on-the-fear-of-being-forgotten>
"ƒOn 20 March 2020, Rowan Brown started to feel a tickle at the back of her
throat. Over the next few days, new symptoms began to emerge: difficulty
breathing, some tiredness. By the following week, the UK had been put under
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr says vitamin A protects you from deadly measles. Here’s what the study he cites actually says
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 03:29:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-says-vitamin-a-protects-you-from-deadly-measles-heres-what-the-study-he-cites-actually-says-251465>
"Robert F. Kennedy Jr, who oversees the health of more than 340 million
Americans, says vitamin A can prevent the worst effects of measles rather than
urging more people to get vaccinated.
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Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 03:31:18 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://misfitmentalhealth.substack.com/p/why-are-people-wearing-masks-in-2025>
"This piece has been brewing in my head over the last few years as I’ve watched
a dramatic shift happen. In a very generous framing of this dynamic, a growing
number of people are questioning: what possesses someone to still wear a mask,
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Earth’s oldest impact crater was just found in Australia – exactly where geologists hoped it would be
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 03:32:09 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/earths-oldest-impact-crater-was-just-found-in-australia-exactly-where-geologists-hoped-it-would-be-250921>
"We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very
heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The crater formed more than
3.5 billion years ago, making it the oldest known by more than a billion years.
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When the coal plant don’t work: Report counts 6,000 hours of outages at Eraring over 2024
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 03:33:12 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/when-the-coal-plant-dont-work-report-counts-6000-hours-of-outages-at-eraring-over-2024/>
"Eraring power station, the New South Wales giant coal plant whose retirement
has been pushed out from this year to at least 2027, experienced around 6,000
hours of outages across its four units over the course of 2024, a new analysis
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Bowen unveils $250m package for green fuels from canola, sugarcane, tallow and cooking oils
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 03:34:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/bowen-unveils-250m-package-for-green-fuels-from-canola-sugarcane-tallow-and-cooking-oils/>
"An Australian low-carbon fuels industry could be closer to launching after a
$250 million investment in developing environmentally friendly fuels for
planes, trucks and ships.
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Surface tension: could the promised Aukus nuclear submarines simply never be handed over to Australia?
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 11:25:01 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Growing Trump-Putin detente could spell trouble for the Arctic
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 11:26:43 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/growing-trump-putin-detente-could-spell-trouble-for-the-arctic-251386>
"During a wide-ranging 90-minute speech to the US congress of March 4, Donald
Trump revisited his determination to “get” Greenland “one way or the other”.
Trump said his country needed Greenland “for national security”. While he said
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Tesla sales plunge 75 pct in Germany as consumers react to Musk’s far right meddling
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 11:28:13 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/07/tesla-sales-plunge-75-pct-in-germany-as-consumers-react-to-musks-far-right-meddling/>
"Tesla sales have continued their precipitous plunge in Germany and other
European markets, the result of what is largely seen as a consumer backlash
against CEO Elon Musk’s support of the far right AfD political party and his
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Gas hob can raise indoor air pollution higher than busy UK road, study finds
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 11:31:33 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/cooking-gas-hob-indoor-air-pollution-uk-road-study>
"Cooking on a gas hob can create higher levels of indoor air pollution than
found on one of the UK’s busiest roads, a study has found.
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What climate vulnerability actually looks like
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 11:32:20 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/what-climate-vulnerability-actually-looks-like-249422>
"The imagery of climate change matters. How we perceive the world affects how
we perceive climate change, and how it will affect us – or whether it will
affect us at all.
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Trans women transferred to men’s prisons despite rulings against Trump’s order
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 19:09:17 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/07/transgender-women-prison-trump>
"Transgender women incarcerated in the US prison system have been transferred
to men’s facilities under Donald Trump’s executive order, despite multiple
court rulings blocking the president’s policy, according to civil rights
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Swedes launch boycott of US goods in response to recent policy shifts
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 19:11:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/07/swedes-launch-boycott-of-us-goods-in-response-to-recent-policy-shifts>
'A series of boycott movements emerged in response to the US' recent policy
changes, including Washington's decision to halt support to Ukraine and the
announcement of tariffs on Europe, in what the followers believe will place
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The highly sensitive person
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 19:13:11 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://aeon.co/essays/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-highly-sensitive-person
"How does it feel to be ‘highly sensitive’? If I’d heard the question without
all I know now, I would have said I wouldn’t know because I wasn’t. But after
the term was applied to me in 1991 by a therapist I was sent to because I had
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Two great war leaders united by American isolationism: Charles de Gaulle and Volodymyr Zelensky
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 19:14:45 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/two-great-war-leaders-united-by-american-isolationism-charles-de-gaulle-and-volodymyr-zelensky-251328>
"Eighty-five years before Volodymyr Zelensky visited Downing Street in search
of support for Ukrainian democracy, a Frenchman arrived in London with a
similar request.
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COMING EARTH DAY: Bright Green Futures Anthology
Sun, 9 Mar 2025 19:15:40 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/coming-earth-day-bright-green-futures>
"The
Bright Green Futures: 2024 anthology is a collection of short solarpunk
stories from guests of the
Bright Green Futures podcast, where we lift up
stories to build a better world.
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US trade wars with China – and how they play out in Africa
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:27:11 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/us-trade-wars-with-china-and-how-they-play-out-in-africa-249609>
"Since taking office, US president Donald Trump has implemented policies that
have been notably hostile towards China. They include trade restrictions. Most
recently, a 20% tariff was added to all imports from China and new
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This MASSIVE Electric Truck Can Battery Swap In 4 Minutes!!
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:27:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTRHEtfdxOo
"Robert returns to Janus Trucks to check out a MONSTROUS Electric Truck that
can swap its battery in just 4 MINUTES!
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2025 Solarpunk Conference
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:29:20 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.solarpunkconference.com/
"The Solarpunk Conference is a 1 day virtual event!
This conference was born out of a desire to see a space for people to come
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Abandoned Coal Mines Are Becoming the Batteries of the Future
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:30:27 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/abandoned-coal-mines-gravity-batteries/>
"From Europe to North America, an energy revolution is breathing new life into
empty, long-forgotten coal mine shafts — by repurposing them into places to
store renewable energy.
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How Stockholm Is Sprouting Healthy Trees From Concrete
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:33:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/stockholm-tree-pit-method/
"When Stockholm’s Traffic Office conducted a general assessment of street
traffic in the Swedish capital in 2001, it came to the shocking conclusion that
two-thirds of all trees in the city center were dead or dying.
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Riding the rail revival: how holidays by train are drawing the discerning traveller
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:20:45 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.positive.news/society/how-holidays-by-train-are-drawing-the-discerning-traveller/>
"The Swedes have a word for it:
tågskryt. It means literally ‘train
bragging’, and it’s a growing trend among travellers who boast about their
long-distance rail journeys. It’s not surprising: in these climate-conscious
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Why fear of billion-dollar lawsuits stops countries phasing out fossil fuels
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:22:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/06/isds-fear-of-billion-dollar-lawsuits-stops-countries-phasing-out-fossil-fuels-aoe>
"In the mountains of Transylvania, a Canadian company makes plans for a vast
gold and silver mine. The proposal – which involves razing four mountain tops –
sparks a national outcry, and the Romanian government pulls its support.
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Your Android phone will run Debian Linux soon (like some Pixels already can)
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:23:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.zdnet.com/article/your-android-phone-will-run-debian-linux-soon-like-some-pixels-already-can/>
"Qualcomm claims that my Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus' Snapdragon 8 Elite CPU is
faster than the Intel Core Ultra 288V chip. My smartphone also has 12GB of RAM
and 512GB of solid-state storage. In short, it's more powerful than most of my
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‘Power of music’: steel pan bands foster joy and resilience at Trinidad and Tobago carnival
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:24:30 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/04/carnival-steel-pan-bands-trinidad-tobago>
"A crescent moon hung in the cloudless sky over Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), as
steel pan orchestras pushed through a throng of thousands of supporters who had
gathered to greet them outside the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain.
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What it takes to regrow a community after wildfire
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 11:26:05 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://grist.org/wildfires/what-it-takes-to-regrow-a-community-after-wildfire/>
"Seeds are special for Nina Raj, a docent at the Eaton Canyon Nature Center and
the founder of the Altadena Seed Library in Southern California. So when Raj
and her partner fled from the Eaton Fire on January 7, her first thought wasn’t
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US support to maintain UK’s nuclear arsenal is in doubt, experts say
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:50:43 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/08/us-support-uk-nuclear-arsenal-in-doubt-trident-france>
"Britain’s ability to rely on the US to maintain the UK’s nuclear arsenal is
now in doubt, experts have warned, but working with European states to replace
it will be costly and take time.
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Are There Plenty of Fish in the Sea? Ask an Elephant Seal
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:52:25 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.biographic.com/are-there-plenty-of-fish-in-the-sea-ask-an-elephant-seal/>
"The deep sea contains many things: shipwrecks laden with gold, submersibles
stuffed with sightseeing billionaires, and an absolutely unfathomable number of
fish. If you could somehow put all the world’s fish in a giant pile—all the
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The Return of the Bookstore: Brick and Mortar Shops Making Stunning Comeback
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:53:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/bookstore-comeback-gen-z/>
"The long, slow death of bookstores has been foretold for decades. First, it
was the rise of megachains like Barnes & Noble pushing out independent
booksellers. Then came Amazon, the digital colossus. E-readers, which made it
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Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:54:07 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/03/music-labels-will-regret-coming-for-the-internet-archive-sound-historian-says/>
"On Thursday, music labels sought to add nearly 500 more sound recordings to a
lawsuit accusing the Internet Archive (IA) of mass copyright infringement
through its Great 78 Project, which seeks to digitize all 3 million
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In Hawai‘i, American Farmers Believe They Do Cacao Better
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 19:55:36 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://modernfarmer.com/2025/03/in-hawaii-american-farmers-believe-they-do-cacao-better/>
"On the rainy side of Hawai‘i Island, Daeus Bencomo steps through fresh mud in
his cowboy boots, rows of leafy cacao trees on either side of him. He grips a
bright orange pod and slices it neatly at the stem before bending a knee to cut
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Repowering Britain: how ‘super turbines’ could turbocharge green energy
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:40:46 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.positive.news/society/how-super-turbines-could-turbocharge-green-energy/>
"Rewind to 2002 for a minute. Eminem’s
The Eminem Show is the best-selling
album globally, Brazil has just lifted the men’s football World Cup (again),
and Nokia’s 3310 is helping usher in a new era of mobile communication. That
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Guelph prof works to save U.S. climate data before it's scrubbed from websites
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:41:55 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/university-of-guelph-professor-climate-change-data-preservation-1.7471543>
'A University of Guelph professor is one of many experts working to preserve
climate change data that the U.S. government is trying to scrub off the
internet.
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Lego, the world’s largest tyre manufacturer, shifts to recycled materials
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:42:51 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.drive.com.au/news/lego-the-worlds-largest-tyre-manufacturer-shifts-to-recycled-materials/>
"Did you know the world’s largest tyre manufacturer rolls out over 300-million
units each year, some 50 per cent more than the number-two producer? No, it’s
not Dunlop, Michelin or Goodyear... the world’s largest tyre producer is Lego.
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Nigerian king faces Shell in London high court over decades of oil spills
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:43:57 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/07/nigerian-king-faces-shell-london-high-court-decades-oil-spills>
"His Royal Highness King Godwin Bebe Okpabi has carried bottles of water drawn
from the wells of his homeland in the Niger delta to the high court in London.
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See how Australia’s first 3D-printed multi-storey house is being built: four bedrooms in five weeks
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 04:45:28 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/09/australia-first-3d-printed-multi-storey-house>
"In a quiet street in the city of Wyndham, in Melbourne’s outer western
suburbs, a house is being built. The slab has been laid, the frame is being
printed.
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Netflix codes
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:56:25 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.netflix-codes.com/
"You probably know that Netflix is using a really strange system to categorize
it films and tv shows. Indeed, there isn't any categories tab... We have the
solution, with this site, you will be able to find categories by a little
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Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:57:33 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/03/claude-malheuret-speech/681947/>
"Editor’s Note: On Tuesday, the French senator Claude Malhuret gave a powerful
speech about the implications for Europe of the reversal of American policy
toward Ukraine. Malhuret is the former mayor of the town of Vichy as well as a
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More households than ever are under-insured. Here’s what needs to be done
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:58:20 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/more-households-than-ever-are-under-insured-heres-what-needs-to-be-done-251708>
"As heavy rainfall and rising floodwaters caused by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred
drench northern New South Wales and southern Queensland, it will take weeks for
the full extent of the damage to be assessed. Major flood warnings have been
(More...)
Labor is promising a national food security strategy – but there’s no mention of Australians who are going hungry
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:58:58 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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More Americans are now seeking UK citizenship. Three of them tell us why
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 10:59:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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NZ’s glaciers have already lost nearly a third of their ice – as more vanishes, landscapes and lives change
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:33:39 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/nzs-glaciers-have-already-lost-nearly-a-third-of-their-ice-as-more-vanishes-landscapes-and-lives-change-250617>
"New Zealand ranks third globally in the proportion of ice lost from glaciers.
Almost 30% of ice volume has melted during the past 24 years and what remains
is disappearing at an accelerating pace, according to a recent global
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US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:34:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/09/watchlist-decline-civic-freedoms-civicus>
"The United States has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which
identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are
currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.
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‘Vague, confusing, and did nothing to improve my work’: how AI can undermine peer review
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:35:40 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/vague-confusing-and-did-nothing-to-improve-my-work-how-ai-can-undermine-peer-review-251040>
"Earlier this year I received comments on an academic manuscript of mine as
part of the usual peer review process, and noticed something strange.
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Abbott’s legacy, Trump’s playbook: Is the LNP planning science suppression 2.0?
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:36:32 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/abbotts-legacy-trumps-playbook-is-the-lnp-planning-science-suppression-2-0/>
"Political campaigns against scientific and intellectual communities have been
repeated throughout history, often with dire long-term consequences.
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"Children of Paradise" is the greatest film to come out of France, even 80 years on
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 19:37:46 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/children-of-paradise-is-the-greatest-film-to-come-out-of-france-even-80-years-on-250509>
"It is March 9 1945 in a swanky cinema in Paris. The audience is settling in
for the premiere of
Children of Paradise (
Les Enfants du paradis) – the
latest work by Marcel Carné, best known for his moody 1930s “poetic realist”
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Coalition’s Canavan forgets he’s backing nuclear, calls for new coal power as election looms
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:10:21 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/coalitions-canavan-forgets-hes-backing-nuclear-calls-for-new-coal-power-as-election-looms/>
"The Coalition just can’t kick its coal habit, with renegade Nationals senator
Matt Canavan ignoring the new nuclear talking points to return to his favourite
hobby horse: to build new coal power plants.
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Renewables and climate champion Mark Carney picked as Canada PM to take on Trump and Musk
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:11:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-and-climate-champion-mark-carney-picked-as-canada-pm-to-take-on-trump-and-musk/>
"Mark Carney, the former head of the Bank of Canada and of the Bank of England,
a green energy evangelist and the man who headed Brookfield’s ill-fated attempt
to turn Australia’s Origin Energy green, has been chosen to be the next prime
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CEFC’s Debelle says Trump energy moves leave Australia well placed to lure US clean tech investment
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:12:30 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/cefcs-debelle-says-trump-energy-leave-means-australia-well-placed-to-lure-us-clean-tech-investment/>
"Australia is becoming a more attractive home for green technology capital as
uncertainty clouds the investment climate in the world’s biggest economy, Clean
Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) director Guy Debelle says.
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Billboard blunders reveal dangerous double standards on climate change
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:13:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/billboard-blunders-reveal-dangerous-double-standards-on-climate-change/>
"In 2021, an article published in the
Journal of Environment Research found
that pollution from burning coal, petroleum and gas was causing far more deaths
around the world than previously thought.
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Foreign states including repressive regimes pay peers over £3m in two years
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 05:14:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/10/foreign-states-repressive-regimes-pay-peers-over-3m-two-years>
"Members of the House of Lords have been paid more than £3m in the last two
years by foreign governments including repressive Middle Eastern regimes.
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See the New Tartan Pattern Created to Honor Women Accused of Witchcraft in Scotland Between 1563 and 1736
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:41:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-new-tartan-pattern-created-to-honor-women-accused-of-witchcraft-in-scotland-between-1563-and-1736-180986172/>
"Between 1563 and 1736, thousands of individuals were executed under Scotland’s
Witchcraft Act. Designed to enforce godliness in the newly Protestant
country, the law condemned anyone who appeared to be conspiring with the devil,
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Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:42:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/microplastics-hinder-plant-photosynthesis-study-finds-threatening-millions-with-starvation>
"The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food
supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a
new assessment.
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Greenland votes on March 11. Independence was the key issue, but Trump has changed the campaign
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:43:37 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/greenland-votes-on-march-11-independence-was-the-key-issue-but-trump-has-changed-the-campaign-250042>
"“We don’t want to be Danes or Americans”, Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede
told
Fox News recently. He wants his country to be independent and plans to
hold a referendum.
(More...)
Justice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun Rights
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:44:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/politics/justice-department-mel-gibson.html>
"The Justice Department’s pardon attorney was dismissed a day after she refused
to recommend that the actor Mel Gibson, a prominent supporter of President
Trump’s, should have his gun rights restored, according to the attorney and
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This Is How Tesla Will Die
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:45:49 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://freedium.cfd/https://medium.com/predict/this-is-how-tesla-will-die-d0ca25199b9f>
'It's fair to say that Tesla isn't doing so well. Thanks to an ageing lineup
and a ket-fuelled, government-destroying, Nazi-saluting CEO, Tesla sales are
plummeting across the entire globe. Their revolutionary 4680 battery has failed
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‘A serious wake-up call’: Cyclone Alfred exposes weaknesses in Australia’s vital infrastructure
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:11:38 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/a-serious-wake-up-call-cyclone-alfred-exposes-weaknesses-in-australias-vital-infrastructure-251814>
"Thousands of residents are mopping up in the wake of ex-Cyclone Alfred, which
has damaged homes and cars, flooded roads and gouged out beaches.
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Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says leaders must stand up to bullies after being lashed by Donald Trump
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:12:50 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/donald-trump-criticises-former-australian-prime-minister-pm-malcolm-turnbull>
"The former Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said leaders should
“not give in to bullies” after he was lashed by Donald Trump in a late-night
social media post.
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Microplastics Are Messing with Photosynthesis in Plants
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:14:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/microplastic-pollution-is-messing-with-photosynthesis-in-plants/>
"Microplastics are now a ubiquitous part of our daily physical reality. These
minuscule fragments of degrading plastic now suffuse our air, our soil, the
food we eat and the water we drink. They’re being detected everywhere
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Only seven countries worldwide meet WHO dirty air guidelines, study shows
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:15:07 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Lawyer by day, dinosaur by night: Meet the man who keeps Dolores Park weird
Wed, 12 Mar 2025 19:18:51 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://missionlocal.org/2025/03/san-francisco-dolores-park-dinosaur/
"On a summery, 70-degree day at Dolores Park, Trevor Mead walked out of his
apartment at 20th and Dolores streets at about 6 p.m. and started making a lap
around the park.
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What is the value of US security guarantees? Here’s what history shows
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:22:29 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/what-is-the-value-of-us-security-guarantees-heres-what-history-shows-251197>
"Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, argues that any US-organised peace
agreement would have to be accompanied by “security guarantees” from the US to
prevent Russia from resuming its offensive in the future.
(More...)
Is Trump’s assault on Canada bringing Québec and the rest of the country closer together?
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:23:25 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/is-trumps-assault-on-canada-bringing-quebec-and-the-rest-of-the-country-closer-together-250213>
"As Canadians rally around national unity in response to American tariffs and
threats of annexation, kindling a renewed sense of Canadian nationalism, Québec
stands in solidarity with the rest of Canada.
(More...)
Coalition’s nuclear plan most expensive option for Australia, former US climate official says
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:24:45 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/11/coalitions-nuclear-plan-most-expensive-option-for-australia-former-us-climate-official-says>
"A longtime senior US climate official has weighed in on Australia’s energy
debate, saying “very, very few people” internationally are building new nuclear
power plants and, in most cases, the combination of solar and batteries
(More...)
5 years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still poorly prepared for the next one
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:25:34 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/5-years-since-covid-was-declared-a-pandemic-were-still-poorly-prepared-for-the-next-one-245362>
"On March 11 2020, as COVID continued to spread rapidly around the globe, the
World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared a pandemic.
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Mining giant Liebherr is developing a Segway-style autonomous electric haul truck
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 03:26:42 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/11/mining-giant-liebherr-is-developing-a-segway-style-autonomous-electric-haul-truck/>
"German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer Liebherr – which has a $4
billion contract with Australia’s Fortescue Metals for giant electric trucks
and other mining equipment – has unveiled an innovative concept for a
(More...)
Trump Can’t Hide the Real Killers of the American Dream—or the Homeless People Being Left Behind
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:39:48 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://factkeepers.com/trump-and-the-gop-cant-hide-the-real-killers-of-the-american-dream-or-the-homeless-people-left-behind/>
"Trump ordered Washington DC mayor Muriel Bowser to evict homeless people from
various parts of Washington DC. He then cut millions of dollars in federal
support to house poor people.
(More...)
Do cats have ‘friends’, or do they always vie for territory? Animal experts weigh in
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:40:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/do-cats-have-friends-or-do-they-always-vie-for-territory-animal-experts-weigh-in-249013>
"Domestic cats have been living alongside humans for an estimated 10,000 years,
first as rodent control and then as the couch-warmers we know and love. A far
cry from the lone predator lifestyle of their ancestors, today millions of cats
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Twilight of the Populists?
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:41:36 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://benansell.substack.com/p/twilight-of-the-populists
"The billionaire leader, a huge fan of Brexit and with a team of suited yes-men
surrounding him, had sidelined the corrupt, monied elites who had long
controlled the system. He was a new broom, who had come to brush the halls
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🐱 PurrCrypt 🐶
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:42:55 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://github.com/vxfemboy/purrcrypt
"Fur-ociously Secure, Paw-sitively Adorable!
The
purr-fect way to keep your secrets
fur-ever safe, straight from the
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Crypto reserves: no public good, no principles
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 11:43:39 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.citationneeded.news/crypto-reserves-no-public-good-no-principles/>
"Donald Trump has signed an executive order creating both a “strategic bitcoin
reserve” and a “digital asset stockpile”, turning the federal government into a
permanent HODLer of the billions of dollars worth of crypto assets seized by
(More...)
Dozens of South Australian townships fear a recurring disaster without future-proofing water supply
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:51:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-12/drought-like-conditions-in-south-australia/105035540>
'"Drought isn't visible, it doesn't make news."
This was a comment made by a Fleurieu Peninsula local on
ABC radio last week
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As Trump attacks US science agencies, ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred ushers in a fresh wave of climate denial in Australia
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:53:12 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/mar/11/ex-tropical-cyclone-alfred-climate-denial-australia-trump-attacks-us-science-agencies>
"It’s not a good time for climate science. The Trump administration has sacked
more than a thousand staff from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, the country’s leading agency for weather forecasting and
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Health-care workers should not be a target. In Gaza, their detention and death affect the entire population
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:53:55 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/health-care-workers-should-not-be-a-target-in-gaza-their-detention-and-death-affect-the-entire-population-251146>
"A freeze on aid entering the Gaza Strip, imposed by Israel last week, means
once again tons of urgent medical supplies and medicines are stuck at the
border, with delivery uncertain.
(More...)
Wild bees thrive among diverse flower communities, study shows
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:54:47 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-wild-bees-diverse-communities.html
'Spring is approaching in the northern hemisphere, and with it come the
perennial considerations about which kinds of flowers to plant and where. These
questions go far beyond mere aesthetics. Flowers are an essential source of
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In the wake of Alfred, how do we think about and measure the cost of catastrophes?
Thu, 13 Mar 2025 19:55:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/in-the-wake-of-alfred-how-do-we-think-about-and-measure-the-cost-of-catastrophes-251704>
"Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is the latest in a succession of extreme rainfall
events to wreak havoc on coastal communities in New South Wales and Queensland.
(More...)
More than 60 dinosaur footprints found on boulder that sat at Queensland school for 20 years
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:29:50 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/12/dinosaur-footprints-boulder-queensland-school>
"In a corner of Biloela state high school’s main office sits an unassuming
white slab, covered with fossilised dinosaur footprints.
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Why conspiracy theories and misinformation spread in the long wait for Cyclone Alfred
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:30:33 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/why-conspiracy-theories-and-misinformation-spread-in-the-long-wait-for-cyclone-alfred-251899>
"Last Monday, March 3, the Bureau of Meteorology warned residents of Queensland
and New South Wales that Tropical Cyclone Alfred was coming their way. The
storm was expected to hit the coast on Thursday or Friday.
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EV owners turn to their batteries on wheels to power homes amid Alfred blackouts
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:31:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/11/ev-owners-use-their-batteries-on-wheels-to-power-homes-amid-alfred-blackouts/>
"In the midst of Cyclone Alfred and its aftermath, there were upwards of
450,000 homes in south-east Queensland and north east NSW blacked out at some
point over the past week. Even a few days after Alfred became an ex-tropical
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Sound the trumpet: Clive Palmer’s carpet-bombing begins again
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:32:51 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/12/sound-the-trumpet-clive-palmers-carpet-bombing-begins-again-ntwnfb>
"Clive Palmer has a new party and a new slogan but it’s still the same old ads
from the mining magnate. Not content with pouring hundreds of millions into the
past two federal campaigns, for the princely return of one senator who
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Australia’s superb lyrebirds ‘farm’ the forest floor to increase their prey – a behaviour rarely seen in nature
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 03:33:42 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/australias-superb-lyrebirds-farm-the-forest-floor-to-increase-their-prey-a-behaviour-rarely-seen-in-nature-247908>
"In wet forests of southeastern Australia, superb lyrebirds engage in
extraordinary behaviour – tilling the soil to create habitats for their prey to
flourish.
(More...)
Gas network death spiral: Pressure mounts to protect consumers from cost of stranded assets
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:34:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/gas-network-death-spiral-pressure-mounts-to-protect-consumers-from-cost-of-stranded-assets/>
"Pressure is mounting on the energy market rule maker to shield consumers from
carrying the cost of an unregulated and mismanaged gas network death spiral, as
the fossil fuel is increasingly phased out of homes and businesses and
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End of the line: Friedrichsdorf
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:35:10 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3esQEZem58
"If you start in Frankfurt and take the S5 to the bitter end, you'll end up in
the town of Friedrichsdorf. At first glance it doesn't seem like much, but it
has a history involving French weavers, rusks, and the telephone."
(More...)
‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:36:16 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/12/global-weirding-climate-whiplash-hitting-worlds-biggest-cities-study-reveals>
"Climate whiplash is already hitting major cities around the world, bringing
deadly swings between extreme wet and dry weather as the climate crisis
intensifies, a report has revealed.
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Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop fields – new research
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:37:18 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/solar-farms-can-host-up-to-three-times-as-many-birds-as-crop-fields-new-research-249551>
"The UK’s installed capacity of solar power expanded rapidly over the past
decade to reach 17.2 gigawatts (GW) in 2024 – enough electricity to power
roughly 4 million homes. The government aims to raise solar generation capacity
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Lightning Over Shipping Lanes Suddenly Halved Following New Regulations
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:38:21 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.sciencealert.com/lightning-over-shipping-lanes-suddenly-halved-following-new-regulations>
"If you look at a map of lightning near the Port of Singapore, you'll notice an
odd streak of intense lightning activity right over the busiest shipping lane
in the world. As it turns out, the lightning really is responding to the ships,
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Pioneering Australian company marks new milestone on “mission” to upcycle end-of-life solar panels
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:21:11 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/pioneering-australian-company-marks-new-milestone-on-mission-to-upcycle-end-of-life-solar-panels/>
"Emerging Australian solar recycling outfit, Elecsome, has marked a
“significant milestone” on its journey to commercialisation, after receiving a
patent grant for methods it uses to break down end-of-life panels and mine them
(More...)
From Wasteland to Wonder—a Book by Basil Camu
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:22:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.leaflimb.com/wonder/
"The way we currently manage the suburban and urban landscape is creating a
wasteland and harming the well-being of Earth. Fortunately, we have an
alternative path: We can work with natural systems instead of working against
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Stronger and lighter: Wooden towers to be used for bigger wind turbines
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:24:02 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://reneweconomy.com.au/stronger-and-lighter-wooden-towers-to-be-used-for-bigger-wind-turbines/>
"Leading European timber technology companies have made headlines this week
with plans for new wooden wind turbine towers that will be capable of
supporting turbines from 4.2MW to 6.4MW.
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America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:25:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/americas-clean-air-rules-boost-health-and-the-economy-heres-what-epas-new-deregulation-plans-ignore-251203>
"The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is
“reconsidering” more than 30 air pollution regulations in a series of moves
that could impact air quality across the United States.
(More...)
AO3 is entering a new era
Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:29:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.polygon.com/culture/532463/ao3-history-destiel-future-ranking-ships>
"Counting fics, as Destiel fans will tell you, is serious business these days.
At the beginning of 2025, users of fanfiction hub Archive of Our Own, or AO3,
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Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:36:33 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/despite-recent-increases-jobseeker-still-leaves-people-below-the-poverty-line-heres-why-that-affects-us-all-251915>
"Over the past two years, there has been some progress in improving the
JobSeeker payment. But payment levels remain below the poverty line.
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Newspapers cannot justify running Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots ads as freedom of speech
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:38:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/newspapers-cannot-justify-running-clive-palmers-trumpet-of-patriots-ads-as-freedom-of-speech-252024>
"The publication by the
Newcastle Herald of a political advertisement by
Clive Palmer’s Trumpet of Patriots party stating “there are only two genders –
male and female” has provoked a backlash that has seen the advertisement
(More...)
How the world’s EV capital is reacting to Elon Musk’s meltdown
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:39:01 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/12/how-the-worlds-ev-capital-is-reacting-to-elon-musks-meltdown/>
"Across the world, protests are breaking out at Tesla dealerships, with rising
intensity. New arson attacks against Tesla cars and infrastructure seem to be
happening every single day.
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View from The Hill: tariff rebuff feeds into debate about how Australia handles Donald Trump
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:40:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/view-from-the-hill-tariff-rebuff-feeds-into-debate-about-how-australia-handles-donald-trump-251624>
"Anthony Albanese didn’t mince words in responding to Donald Trump’s refusal to
grant Australia an exemption from the United States’ tariff on aluminium and
steel. “This is not a friendly act,” the prime minister declared bluntly.
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Fortescue Zero to provide EV chargers as official “Pit Boost” for Formula E
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 03:40:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thedriven.io/2025/03/12/fortescue-zero-to-provide-ev-chargers-as-official-pit-boost-for-formula-e/>
"Green energy technology developer Fortescue Zero has been announced as the
“Official Pit Boost Provider” of the Formula E World Championship for the 11
the season of the electric vehicle racing competition.
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‘They eat snacks during class and swing on chairs’: the worrying, sexist behaviour of some young men at uni
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:09:18 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Fix the News 288: Hofstader's Butterfly
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:10:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://fixthenews.com/288-hofstaders-butterfly/
"Fundamental principles across different scales of reality. Plus, primordial
water, super lasers, Right to Repair, and good news on childcare in Canada,
vaccinations in Zimbabwe, de-mining in Cambodia, and re-wilding in New
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We tracked the mental health of trans and gender-diverse Australians for over 20 years. And we’re worried
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:11:43 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/we-tracked-the-mental-health-of-trans-and-gender-diverse-australians-for-over-20-years-and-were-worried-249355>
"The mental health of trans, nonbinary and gender-diverse Australians is worse
than the general population and the gulf is getting wider.
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Letters from an American: March 12, 2025
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:13:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/march-12-2025
"Trump’s 25% tariffs on all aluminum and steel imported into the U.S. went into
effect today, prompting retaliatory tariffs from the European Union and Canada.
The E.U. announced tariffs on about $28 billion worth of products, including
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World-first analysis of seabirds who’ve eaten plastic reveals slow, insidious health impacts
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:15:08 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Initiative sets sights on rewilding three New Zealand islands
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 11:17:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/03/initiative-sets-sights-on-rewilding-three-new-zealand-islands/>
"Three New Zealand islands will join an international initiative to remove
invasive species and restore native wildlife.
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How AI images are ‘flattening’ Indigenous cultures – creating a new form of tech colonialism
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:21:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/how-ai-images-are-flattening-indigenous-cultures-creating-a-new-form-of-tech-colonialism-246972>
"It feels like everything is slowly but surely being affected by the rise of
artificial intelligence (AI). And like every other disruptive technology before
it, AI is having both positive and negative outcomes for society.
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EU targets food and fast fashion in new war on waste
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:23:05 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/19/eu-targets-food-and-fast-fashion-in-new-war-on-waste>
"The EU has set its first ever legally binding targets for member states to cut
food waste, with lawmakers agreeing on a 30% cut across retailers, restaurants,
caterers and households by the end of the decade.
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Harnessing AI to improve eye health
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:25:13 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/highlights/harnessing-ai-to-improve-eye-health>
'University of Southampton eye specialists, mathematicians and games designers
have teamed up to create a suite of smartphone games to help improve treatment
for children with amblyopia, known as ‘lazy eye’. This causes sight loss in
(More...)
The Edelweiss Pirates: The Teenage Rebels Who Defied Hitler
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:27:42 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.dannydutch.com/post/the-edelweiss-pirates-the-teenage-rebels-who-defied-hitler>
"In the shadow of the most oppressive regime in modern history, a band of
teenage rebels emerged—not armed with guns or political manifestos, but with
jazz records, swing dances, and a stubborn refusal to conform. They were the
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No power bill for 10 years for wool mill that switched to renewables
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:32:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-03-14/business-cuts-power-bills-by-going-green-renewable-electricity/104898238>
'As Australians shake their heads at the prospect of another increase in
electricity prices, a Victorian couple who have switched their home and
business to 100 per cent renewable energy say they won't pay a power bill for
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Destruction of Ukraine dam caused ‘toxic timebomb’ of heavy metals, study finds
Sat, 15 Mar 2025 19:33:37 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Working dogs and horses have tax-deductible upkeep. But Australia’s thousands of working cats go unrecognised
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/working-dogs-and-horses-have-tax-deductible-upkeep-but-australias-thousands-of-working-cats-go-unrecognised-248675>
"Cats and milk often go hand in hand in popular culture. But on dairy farms,
cats do much more than enjoy a saucer of milk – their mousing skills are
essential. That’s because dairy farms often have a problem with rats and mice
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Brisbane council accused of ‘cruel’ and ‘heartless’ crackdown on homeless in wake of Cyclone Alfred
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:45:57 +1100
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The end of capitalism – or the end of civilisation? The choice could be that stark
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:47:10 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/the-end-of-capitalism-or-the-end-of-civilisation-the-choice-could-be-that-stark-250922>
"
Review: The End of Capitalism: Why Growth and Climate Protection are
Incompatible – Ulrike Herrmann, translated by David Shaw (Scribe)
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Australians are obsessed with SUVs and huge utes, but experts say they are making our roads deadlier
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:48:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/australian-suv-huge-ute-obsession-roads-more-dangerous>
"George Upjohn vividly remembers his interaction with the driver of an SUV
after a collision that happened while cycling in Sydney’s south.
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Battery breakthrough as 99.99% of lithium extracted from old cells
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:49:28 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.the-independent.com/tech/battery-recycle-lithium-ion-environment-b2713723.html>
"Scientists have discovered a way to recycle nearly 100 per cent of the
materials within lithium-ion batteries.
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Generative AI and deepfakes are fuelling health misinformation. Here’s what to look out for so you don’t get scammed
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 03:50:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/generative-ai-and-deepfakes-are-fuelling-health-misinformation-heres-what-to-look-out-for-so-you-dont-get-scammed-246149>
"False and misleading health information online and on social media is on the
rise, thanks to rapid developments in deepfake technology and generative
artificial intelligence (AI).
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Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 11:24:50 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/tonnes-of-microplastics-infiltrate-australias-agricultural-soils-each-year-study-shows-250624>
"Compost applied to agricultural soils in Australia each year contains tonnes
of microplastics, our research has revealed. These microplastics can harm soil
and plant health and eventually enter food crops, potentially posing a risk to
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Solar battery deal for giant smelter is a stunning game-changer for Australian energy
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 11:26:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-battery-deal-for-giant-smelter-is-a-stunning-game-changer-for-australian-energy/>
"For years there has been a game of shadow boxing around the nature of the
green energy transition in Australia. There is the admission that rooftop solar
is helping households and businesses cut their bills, and some industries have
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China confirms that installing solar panels in deserts irreversibly transforms the ecosystem
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 11:28:21 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://glassalmanac.com/china-confirms-that-installing-solar-panels-in-deserts-irreversibly-transforms-the-ecosystem/>
"A groundbreaking study conducted at a massive solar installation in the
Talatan Desert reveals that solar panels don’t just harness the sun’s
power—they alter soil conditions, encourage vegetation growth, and reshape the
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“Fossil fuel behemoth:” The climate cost of Australia’s bipartisan addiction to coal and gas
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 11:29:30 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/fossil-fuel-behemoth-the-climate-cost-of-australias-bipartisan-addiction-to-coal-and-gas/>
"Political bipartisanship across successive Australian governments has overseen
a massive expansion of oil, gas and coal production despite promises to act on
climate change over the last three decades, a new report suggests.
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‘Let the Fire Teach Us’: How L.A. Is Building Back Better
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 11:30:30 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/fire-wise-rebuilding-los-angeles/
"When the 2018 Woolsey fire reduced Carla and Kevin Fern’s modest house in the
Malibu hills to ash, they knew they wanted to rebuild. “Where else would we
go?” Carla Fern asks, having grown up in Malibu. “Being in a place with deep
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Myanmar’s military rule is crippling hope for young people like never before
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:19:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/myanmars-military-rule-is-crippling-hope-for-young-people-like-never-before-250128>
"Myanmar has struggled with civil war, military rule and widespread poverty for
much of the past seven decades. But the country’s youth have never faced
threats to their survival and future as severe as today.
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No more stressful than road traffic noise: New study adds to debunking of “wind turbine syndrome”
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:20:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/no-more-stressful-than-road-traffic-noise-new-study-adds-to-debunking-of-wind-turbine-syndrome/>
"A new study has added to the growing chorus of evidence that so-called ‘wind
turbine syndrome’ may not be a legitimate condition, but a suite of
psychosomatic symptoms resulting from the perception of harm – otherwise known
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Could This Be Canada’s Most Innovative Food City?
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:21:47 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.foodandwine.com/montreal-urban-agriculture-8783278
"“Give it a try!” says Mohamed Hage, offering me the ripe cherry tomato he’s
plucked from a vine. The Lebanese-born founder of Lufa Farms is guiding me
through a leafy landscape: rows of reddening tomatoes labeled Balthasetto and
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Electric cars were once marketed as ‘women’s cars’. Did this hold back their development over the next century?
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:23:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/electric-cars-were-once-marketed-as-womens-cars-did-this-hold-back-their-development-over-the-next-century-251398>
"It was not a given that petrol-powered cars would come to dominate the world.
In fact, back in 1900, just 22% of cars produced in the US were powered by
gasoline (also known as petrol, benzine or various other names). The rest split
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Independent running against Dutton wants bipartisan focus on home batteries after cyclone outages
Sun, 16 Mar 2025 19:24:11 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/independent-running-against-dutton-wants-bipartisan-focus-on-home-batteries-after-cyclone-outages/>
"The independent candidate running against Coalition leader Peter Dutton for
the seat of Dickson has called on the major parties to develop a bipartisan
policy to expedite the installation of home battery systems in Australia.
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