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Herbert Kroemer, Nobel winner who developed laser tech, dies at 95

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:45:38 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
https://archive.md/jUd4J

"Herbert Kroemer, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who spearheaded the
development of a new kind of semiconductor, leading to Information Age advances
at the heart of everything from bar-code scanners, CD players and cellphones to

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Factcheck: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:44:17 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-18-misleading-myths-about-heat-pumps/>

"Heat pumps are an alternative to gas boilers and wood stoves for indoor
heating.

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Meatspace twiddling

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:43:01 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/26/glitchbread/#electronic-shelf-tags

'"Enshittification" isn't just a way of describing the symptoms of platform
decay: it's also a theory of the mechanism of decay – the means by which
platforms get shittier and shittier until they are a giant pile of shit.

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Think $5.50 is too much for a flat white? Actually it’s too cheap, and our world-famous cafes are paying the price

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:41:11 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/think-5-50-is-too-much-for-a-flat-white-actually-its-too-cheap-and-our-world-famous-cafes-are-paying-the-price-226015>

"Even in a stubborn cost-of-living crisis, it seems there’s one luxury most
Australians won’t sacrifice – their daily cup of coffee.

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Could spending a billion dollars actually bring solar manufacturing back to Australia? It’s worth a shot

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:40:24 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/could-spending-a-billion-dollars-actually-bring-solar-manufacturing-back-to-australia-its-worth-a-shot-226809>

"Solar SunShot is well named. The Australian government announced today it
would plough A$1 billion into bringing back solar manufacturing to Australia,
boosting energy security, swapping coal and gas jobs for those in the solar

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How do we halt the next pandemic? Be kind to critters like bats, says a new paper

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:39:31 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2024/03/26/1240779167/how-do-we-halt-the-next-pandemic-be-kind-to-critters-like-bats-says-a-new-paper>

'Almost every pandemic we've seen over the last century has come from a virus
that's spilled over into humans from an animal. "Generally, pandemics are seen
as a biomedical problem," says Raina Plowright, an infectious disease ecologist

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‘Property poetry’? Real estate ads and literature have more in common than you might think

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:17:41 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/property-poetry-real-estate-ads-and-literature-have-more-in-common-than-you-might-think-214835>

"A few years ago, I turned some real estate advertisements into poems by adding
line breaks:

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War in Ukraine: Conflict, Strategy, and the Return of a Fractured World

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:16:19 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
https://muse.jhu.edu/book/122782 (free download)

"The war in Ukraine has altered the course of global history. These authors
explore how.

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May Our Nowruz Be Victorious One Day!

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:14:02 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
<https://freedium.cfd/https://medium.com/fourth-wave/may-our-nowruz-be-victorious-one-day-9076150105e1>

'Nowruz, which means "new day," marks the joyous arrival of spring, coinciding
precisely with the vernal equinox. On this day, the Earth's tilt brings equal
measures of daylight and darkness, symbolizing a fresh start. Celebrated across

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Marine protected areas safeguard more than ecology – they bring economic benefits to fisheries and tourism

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:12:36 +1000

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

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/marine-protected-areas-safeguard-more-than-ecology-they-bring-economic-benefits-to-fisheries-and-tourism-225337>

"Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been used as a conservation measure for
decades, but critics continue to argue that evidence of their economic benefits
is weak, particularly with regard to fisheries.

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