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Almost Half The Planet Predicted to Enter New Climate Zones by 2100

Mon, 29 May 2023 06:35:47 +1000

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

<https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-half-the-planet-predicted-to-enter-new-climate-zones-by-2100>

'Our planet is teetering on the edge of several tipping points that once
passed, will topple into a cascade of ecological changes.

Ed Sheeran, Once Again, Demonstrates How Modern Copyright Is Destroying, Rather Than Helping Musicians

Mon, 29 May 2023 06:34:07 +1000

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

<https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/08/ed-sheeran-once-again-demonstrates-how-modern-copyright-is-destroying-rather-than-helping-musicians/>

"To hear the recording industry tell the story, copyright is the only thing
protecting musicians from poverty and despair. Of course, that’s always been
a myth. Copyright was designed to benefit the middlemen and gatekeepers, such

Our tropical fruits are vulnerable to climate change. Can we make them resilient in time?

Mon, 29 May 2023 06:32:45 +1000

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

<https://theconversation.com/our-tropical-fruits-are-vulnerable-to-climate-change-can-we-make-them-resilient-in-time-199978>

"Plants provide almost every calorie of food we eat. Grains like rice, wheat
and corn make civilisation possible. For millennia, farmers have bred grains,
fruit and vegetable varieties to get larger harvests and plants better able to

Hollywood is the single best example of mature labor power in America

Mon, 29 May 2023 06:31:22 +1000

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

<https://doctorow.medium.com/hollywood-is-the-single-best-example-of-mature-labor-power-in-america-2f691e6bad08>

"The Writers Guild is on strike. Hollywood is closed for business. The union’s
bargaining documents reveal a cartel of studios that refused to negotiate on a
single position. This could go on for a long-ass time:

A cancer centre is the latest victim of cyber attacks. Why health data hacks keep happening

Mon, 29 May 2023 06:30:07 +1000

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

<https://theconversation.com/a-cancer-centre-is-the-latest-victim-of-cyber-attacks-why-health-data-hacks-keep-happening-205131>

"It seems hardly a day goes by without another report of a cyber crime
incident. With Medibank still fresh in our minds, the latest attack is on a
Sydney-based cancer treatment facility, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre in

Asia’s ‘thirst’ for Indigenous Australian art on full display in South Korea

Sun, 28 May 2023 22:15:33 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/may/08/gwangju-biennale-2023-14th-south-korea-indigenous-australian-art>

"In 1997, Judy Watson exhibited alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Yvonne
Koolmatrie at the Venice Biennale’s Australian pavilion. That three Indigenous
female artists were selected to be shown at the prestigious event was

The end of offshore oil and gas exploration in NZ was hard won – but it remains politically fragile

Sun, 28 May 2023 22:13:22 +1000

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

<https://theconversation.com/the-end-of-offshore-oil-and-gas-exploration-in-nz-was-hard-won-but-it-remains-politically-fragile-203396>

"Recent news that the New Zealand government has granted an offshore oil and
gas exploration permit it had earlier declined demonstrates how fragile the
current ban on such activity still is.

Met police ‘regret’ arrest of anti-monarchy protesters at coronation

Sun, 28 May 2023 22:12:11 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/may/08/arrests-coronation-protesters-premeditated-republic-chief-police>

"The Metropolitan police have defended the arrest of anti-monarchy protesters
during the coronation despite announcing that no charges will be brought
against them.

Welcome to May 9 – the true Australia Day

Sun, 28 May 2023 22:11:17 +1000

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

<https://theconversation.com/welcome-to-may-9-the-true-australia-day-204555>

"We missed out on a holiday for the king’s coronation.

Early next month we are about to get one for his birthday in most states of

RWDS: A Massacre in Texas and a Warning to Us All

Sun, 28 May 2023 22:10:27 +1000

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

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/rwds-a-massacre-in-texas-and-a-warning

"Another horrific mass shooting in Texas over the weekend added to the grim
tally of some 200 nationwide so far this year. As with other massacres, the
shooter wielded an AR-15 and gunned down people in a public place, this time an