Glass Wings Blog: May 2018
End of the American dream? The dark history of 'America first'
Tue, 1 May 2018 23:44:05 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/21/end-of-the-american-dream-the-dark-history-of-america-first>
"When he promised to put America first in his inaugural speech, Donald
Trump drew on a slogan with a long and sinister history – a sign of what
was to follow in his presidency"
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Gadrian Hoosan: When water is death
Tue, 1 May 2018 23:45:27 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://indigenousx.com.au/gadrian-hoosan-when-water-is-death/
"Gadrian Hoosan is a Garrwa and Yanyuwa man, born and raised in Gulf
country. As a community leader and musician he works in Borroloola to
protect homelands and revitalise language and culture for the future
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'I felt like dirt': disabled Canadian woman told to leave UK after 44 years
Tue, 1 May 2018 23:46:33 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/24/canadian-woman-told-to-leave-uk-margaret-obrien>
"Margaret O’Brien, 69, moved from Canada to Wolverhampton in 1971, got
married, had three children and worked for the local council for more
than 25 years as a dinner lady, meals on wheels driver, lollipop lady
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AI and the future of humanity
Wed, 2 May 2018 22:53:53 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://plus.google.com/+RickWayne/posts/1dSHV4drhvj
"The questions was, basically, is there cause to be optimistic about AI.
My answer, trying not to be offensive, is that that's an
oversimplification almost to the point of farce."
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When Robots Take Our Jobs, Platform Cooperatives Are a Solution
Wed, 2 May 2018 22:54:55 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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A Thought Provoking Fable About the Consequences of Delaying Creative Solutions to Horrible Problems
Wed, 2 May 2018 22:55:41 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://laughingsquid.com/the-fable-of-the-dragon-tyrant/
"In a departure from his regular analytical commentary series, CGP Grey
brilliantly adapted a thought-provoking fable by Nick Bostrom entitled
“The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant“."
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Dad Of 4 Girls Tweets Conversations With His Daughters, And It’s Impossible Not To Laugh At Them (Part 2)
Fri, 4 May 2018 22:50:54 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-parenting-tweets-james-breakwell-xploding-unicorn/>
"Most parents photograph or film their children growing up, but James
Breakwell has another way of documenting the precious moments he shares
with his 4 daughters. Since April 2016, the comedy writer and family man
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Universal Basic Assets Could Be The Foundation To Build An Equitable Society
Fri, 4 May 2018 22:52:30 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.fastcompany.com/40554308/universal-basic-assets-could-be-the-foundation-to-build-an-equitable-society>
"We can generate much more income for society if we hold more
assets–like natural resources, carbon tax payments, or a sovereign
wealth fund–in common, and used it to fund programs like a universal
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Gladys Hargraves v Susan Eveston [2018] NSWSC 505
Fri, 4 May 2018 22:53:55 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Terms of Service; Didn't Read: a browser add-on that warns you about the terrible fine-print you're about to "agree" to
Sat, 5 May 2018 16:38:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://boingboing.net/2018/04/18/ul-for-eula.html
"ToS;dr is a crowdsourced database of website terms of service; install
the associate plugin and your browser will display a letter grade (from
A to F) for every site you visit, with subcategories for things like
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Native Tribes Could Lose Federal Recognition of Tribal Sovereignty Under Trump
Sat, 5 May 2018 16:39:38 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.teenvogue.com/story/native-tribes-could-lose-federal-recognition-of-tribal-sovereignty-under-trump>
"In this op-ed, Ruth H. Hopkins (Cankudutawin-Red Road Woman), a
Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer, biologist, attorney, and former tribal
judge, explains how the Trump administration is trying to remove the
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'We're doomed': Mayer Hillman on the climate reality no one else will dare mention
Sat, 5 May 2018 16:45:28 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/26/were-doomed-mayer-hillman-on-the-climate-reality-no-one-else-will-dare-mention>
"The 86-year-old social scientist says accepting the impending end of
most life on Earth might be the very thing needed to help us prolong it"
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TASAT (There’s A Story About That): The What-If Scenarios Database
Sat, 5 May 2018 16:46:37 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://tasat.ucsd.edu/
"Accessing more than a hundred years of science fiction thought
experiments, TASAT taps into a passionate, global community of writers,
scholars, librarians, and fans. We aim to curate a reading list
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This is how scientists feel
Mon, 7 May 2018 02:00:15 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.isthishowyoufeel.com/this-is-how-scientists-feel.html
"What follows are the words of real scientists. Researchers that
understand climate change."
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Hope for Great Barrier Reef? New Study Shows Genetic Diversity of Coral Could Extend Our Chance to Save It
Mon, 7 May 2018 02:02:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.ecowatch.com/great-barrier-reef-50-years-2561790398.html
"Researchers from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, the University
of Melbourne and the Australian Institute of Marine Science found that
corals in the Great Barrier Reef have enough genetic diversity to
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Can the world kick its fossil-fuel addiction fast enough?
Mon, 7 May 2018 02:03:39 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04931-6
"Clean energy is growing quickly. But time is running out to rein in
carbon emissions."
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E-waste recycler Eric Lundgren loses appeal on computer restore disks, must serve 15-month prison term
Mon, 7 May 2018 02:07:25 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/24/recycling-innovator-eric-lundgren-loses-appeal-on-computer-restore-discs-must-serve-15-month-prison-term/>
"What I’m not okay with is people not understanding why I’m going to prison.
Hopefully my story can shine some light on the e-waste epidemic we have in the
United States, how wasteful we are. At what point do people stand up and say
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This Designer Is Fighting Back Against Bad Data–With Feminism
Mon, 7 May 2018 22:14:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.fastcodesign.com/90168266/the-designer-fighting-back-against-bad-data-with-feminism>
"AI tends to compound the problems of a sexist data set, codifying it
into a formula that can appear rational and even just despite its bias.
A key solution, then, is better data."
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One in Eight Bird Species Threatened With Extinction, Study Finds
Mon, 7 May 2018 22:14:54 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.ecowatch.com/bird-species-faces-extinction-2562629255.html
"A new report from BirdLife International finds that 40 percent of the
world's 11,000 bird species are in decline, with one in eight bird
species now under some threat of extinction."
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Janelle Monáe’s exhilarating Dirty Computer celebrates queer love as defiance
Mon, 7 May 2018 22:16:32 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/4/27/17290140/janelle-monae-dirty-computer-emotion-picture-review-tessa-thompson>
"Five years after
Electric Lady, the genre-defying star dropped both a
new album and an accompanying 46-minute “emotion picture” late Thursday
night to tell its story — or, more accurately, her own."
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Facebook And Google Finally Take First Steps On Road To Transparency About Content Moderation
Wed, 9 May 2018 00:50:21 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180426/10164939724/facebook-google-finally-take-first-steps-road-to-transparency-about-content-moderation.shtml>
"As internet platforms are aggressively expanding their “moderation” of
problematic content in response to increased pressure from policymakers
and the public, how can we best hold them accountable and make sure that
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Why we should bulldoze the business school
Wed, 9 May 2018 00:51:32 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/27/bulldoze-the-business-school>
"Business schools have huge influence, yet they are also widely regarded
to be intellectually fraudulent places, fostering a culture of
short-termism and greed."
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Church of The Donald
Wed, 9 May 2018 00:52:32 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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“Crabs In A Bucket” As An Analogy For Modern Human Society
Wed, 9 May 2018 23:29:05 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.trueactivist.com/crabs-in-a-bucket-as-an-analogy-for-modern-human-society/>
"Recently I came across an extremely interesting concept that does a
really good job at depicting the current mentality that many people have
in their personal relationships as well as their business and political
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How to get rich quick in Silicon Valley
Wed, 9 May 2018 23:30:03 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/17/get-rich-quick-silicon-valley-startup-billionaire-techie>
"Corey Pein took his half-baked startup idea to America’s hottest
billionaire factory – and found a wasteland of techie hustlers and con men"
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Condemning a generation of renters to years of hardship
Wed, 9 May 2018 23:30:53 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/condemning-a-generation-of-renters-to-years-of-hardship-20180424-p4zbh5.html>
"Australia’s housing market is a catastrophe so dire that it has become
an international joke, even in New York. And when it comes to renters on
low incomes, a group that has been ignored by governments for years, the
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The First Computers in East Africa –and what became of them
Thu, 10 May 2018 22:48:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://owaahh.com/the-first-computers-in-east-africa-and-what-became-of-them/>
"As part of the British Empire, East Africa used some of the earliest
commercial computers ever made. One of them ended up at the bottom of
the sea, and the other, mysteriously, in China."
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New Australian climate developing
Thu, 10 May 2018 22:49:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://aegic.org.au/new-australian-climate-developing/
"A new climate is emerging in Australia, according to new maps released
by the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC)."
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Rick Astley with Choir! Choir! Choir! - Never Gonna Give You Up!!!
Thu, 10 May 2018 22:51:00 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJRsWJqDjFE
"In March 2018, we made a video asking pop legend Rick Astley to come
sing with us. HE SHOWED UP two weeks later!!"
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Bamboozled… Are Bamboo Sheets & Socks Eco Friendly?
Fri, 11 May 2018 23:58:25 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.biome.com.au/blog/bamboo-sheets-bamboo-socks-eco-friendly/
"Don’t you wonder how a material that on one hand is used for building
scaffolding due to a tensile strength greater than steel is also touted
as soft, silky fabric for underwear? And where is all the land coming
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Here’s your first look at the magical ‘Ghibli Park’
Fri, 11 May 2018 23:59:19 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://travelwireasia.com/2018/04/heres-your-first-look-at-the-magical-ghibli-park/>
"IN CASE YOU WEREN’T AWARE, a Studio Ghibli Inc. theme park is scheduled
to open in Japan in four years, featuring rides and attractions based on
Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki’s works."
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The Last Slave
Sat, 12 May 2018 00:00:21 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.vulture.com/2018/04/zora-neale-hurston-barracoon-excerpt.html
"In 1931, Zora Neale Hurston sought to publish the story of Cudjo Lewis,
the final slave-ship survivor. Instead it languished in a vault. Until now."
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The radical idea that people have value
Sat, 12 May 2018 00:01:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/the-radical-idea-that-people-have-value-641106dac961>
"When we weaken people’s ability to say “no,” we take power from them
and put it in the hands of people who can demand things from them; we
take wealth from them, we take time from them, we take the very energy
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Record heat for Australia in driest April for 21 years
Sun, 13 May 2018 01:39:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/record-heat-for-australia-in-driest-april-for-21-years-20180501-p4zcox.html>
"A huge heatwave that seared much of Australia in the first half of
April helped drive daytime temperatures to a record high as national
rainfall totals dropped to a third of normal levels."
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Work for the Dole CDP scheme a costly failure that's harming people: report
Sun, 13 May 2018 01:40:33 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-02/work-for-the-dole-cdp-scheme-costly-failure-harming-people/9714522>
'The Federal Government has been urged to stop slugging people with
fines under its controversial remote Work for the Dole program with
claims it is "blatant discrimination" and has caused serious harm.'
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Viktor Orbán Versus the Enlightenment
Sun, 13 May 2018 01:41:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/04/viktor-orban-hungary-elections-enlightenment>
"In Viktor Orbán's Hungary, anti-immigrant paranoia reigns and basic
democratic rights are under assault."
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Better Strategies for Equality
Sun, 13 May 2018 01:42:43 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://katherinephelps.com/2018/05/better-strategies-for-equality/
"We have a dominant culture that has not only taken over the world, it
is destroying it. Why are all of us who are subject to this system
propping it up? We should be burning our black business suits; tearing
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The extraordinary life and death of the world’s oldest known spider
Sun, 13 May 2018 23:46:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/05/01/the-extraordinary-life-and-death-of-the-worlds-oldest-known-spider/>
"This is the story of the oldest known spider in the world and the
people who knew her. The details are compiled largely from research
conducted by Barbara Main and Leanda Mason, who knew her best over
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Kernit: a Jim Henson-inspired font and pun that will turn you green
Sun, 13 May 2018 23:47:49 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://boingboing.net/2018/05/01/kernit-a-jim-henson-inspired.html
"As well as its obvious influences in its name and the colour palette of
its specimen, Kernit was inspired by a host of Henson’s characters as
well as the bold typography of the 1970s: an era of rounded edges."
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TSUNAMI of Homelessness and Poverty set to hit on JUNE 4
Sun, 13 May 2018 23:49:05 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.julianburnside.com.au/tsunami-of-homelessness-and-poverty-set-to-hit-on-june-4/>
"Not since the DEPRESSION in the 1930’s has an Australian government so
deliberately set out to deliberately impoverish a group of people
including children."
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Reporter’s Diary: The Lost Art of Storytelling
Sun, 13 May 2018 23:49:51 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://africa.cgtn.com/reporters-diary-the-lost-art-of-storytelling/
"These are Morocco’s last surviving storytellers, or hlaykia as they are
otherwise known. Through expressive intonations and gestures practiced
from memory, they keep thousand-year-old tales alive."
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Ostracised and fetishised: The perils of travelling as a young black woman
Mon, 14 May 2018 23:06:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.bbc.com/news/stories-43877568
"Ashley Butterfield, 31, has been around the world - but a visit to
India brought home the particular challenges of being a lone black
female tourist."
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Budget repair less urgent than raising dole payments, leading economist Chris Richardson says
Mon, 14 May 2018 23:07:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-02/budget-repair-less-urgent-than-raising-dole-economist-says/9717140>
'Fixing "unnecessarily cruel" dole payments is a more urgent priority
than budget repair, a leading economist says.'
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Russia’s Muslim Reawakening
Mon, 14 May 2018 23:11:18 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://thenib.com/russia-s-muslim-reawakening
"Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Tatarstan’s muslim majority has
been looking for steady footing"
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3 Things to Keep Me From Rolling My Eyes at Your White Privilege
Tue, 15 May 2018 23:54:11 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.colorlines.com/articles/3-things-keep-me-rolling-my-eyes-your-white-privilege>
"Gabriella Cazares-Kelly, a community organizer from the Tohono O’odham
Nation, presents three best practices for White allies trying to
meaningfully engage with people from underrepresented groups at
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My name is Wil Wheaton. I live with chronic Depression, and I am not ashamed.
Tue, 15 May 2018 23:55:19 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://wilwheaton.net/2018/05/my-name-is-wil-wheaton-i-live-with-chronic-depression-and-i-am-not-ashamed/>
"I’m about to go speak to NAMI Ohio’s statewide conference, Fulfilling
the Promise. These are the remarks I prepared for my speech."
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Envy’s hidden hand
Tue, 15 May 2018 23:56:37 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://aeon.co/essays/why-inequality-bothers-people-more-than-poverty
"Namibian hunter-gatherers deride those who stand out. What does this
tell us about why, and how, we care about fairness?"
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How The ACORN Scandal Seeded Today's Nightmare Politics
Wed, 16 May 2018 22:21:33 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/2009-acorn-scandal_us_5ae23fa6e4b02baed1b86696>
"Breitbart led the charge, but Democrats delivered the killing blow. Has
anyone really learned?"
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The Media's Paywall Obsession Will End In Disaster For Most
Wed, 16 May 2018 22:22:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180506/11501539779/medias-paywall-obsession-will-end-disaster-most.shtml>
"Paywalls are (once again) getting attention, and there it's worth
discussing this latest round of interest and why it's misguided."
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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter Confirmed For BILL & TED FACE THE MUSIC Which is Officially in Pre-Production!
Wed, 16 May 2018 22:23:34 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://geektyrant.com/news/keanu-reeves-and-alex-winter-confirmed-for-bill-ted-face-the-music-which-is-officially-in-pre-production>
"It's happening!!! After all these years of talk about a third Bill &
Ted film, Deadline is reporting that Bill & Ted Face The Music is
officially in pre-production and that Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are
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Why Are We Becoming So Narcissistic? Here’s The Science
Thu, 17 May 2018 21:46:11 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://reliawire.com/becoming-narcissistic/
"The subject of narcissism has intrigued people for centuries, but
social scientists now claim that it has become a modern “epidemic”. So
what is it, what has led to its increase, and is there anything we can
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Is it an invasion of your kids’ privacy to post pictures of them on social media?
Thu, 17 May 2018 21:47:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/growth-curve/kids-privacy-pictures-social-media>
"Am I invading my daughter’s privacy by sharing her kooky dance moves or
epic Nick Nolte hair? Will she feel violated when she’s older? My
generation had to contend with mom showing an embarrassing baby photo to
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Finnish Wildlife Photographer Captures the Many Ways That Foxes Use Their Faces To Communicate
Thu, 17 May 2018 21:48:19 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://laughingsquid.com/ways-that-foxes-use-their-faces-to-communicate/>
"Wildlife photographer Ossi Saarinen, who is also a Geography student in
Helsinki, Finland, spend a great deal of time taking photos of all sorts
of wonderful creatures, but the photos that really stand out are those
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Utopia now
Fri, 18 May 2018 23:22:15 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://aeon.co/essays/why-the-utopian-vision-of-william-morris-is-now-within-reach>
"In 1890 William Morris imagined a world free from wage slavery. Thanks
to technology, his vision is finally within reach"
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AI Isn’t a Crystal Ball, But It Might Be a Mirror
Fri, 18 May 2018 23:23:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.wired.com/story/ideas-ai-as-mirror-not-crystal-ball
"We’re using algorithms as crystal balls to make predictions on behalf
of society, when we should be using them as a mirror to examine
ourselves and our social systems more critically."
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An online collection of high-res scans of M.C. Escher’s prints
Fri, 18 May 2018 23:24:30 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://kottke.org/18/05/an-online-collection-of-high-res-scans-of-mc-eschers-prints>
"The Boston Public Library has digitized their collection of M.C. Escher
prints; browse the whole collection here. The level of zoom you can get
to with these images is amazing."
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Happy Birthday to Me, Here’s a Story For You: “Regarding Your Application Status”
Sat, 19 May 2018 22:11:47 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2018/05/10/happy-birthday-to-me-heres-a-story-for-you-regarding-your-application-status/>
"The idea of the story is simple: There’s a galaxy-spanning federation
of planets out there, and we humans of Earth are super excited about it.
And we say “Can we join?” And they say, “Well, you can apply.” And this
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This Indonesian company wants to replace plastic with edible seaweed packaging
Sat, 19 May 2018 22:12:47 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://thenextweb.com/syndication/2018/05/09/this-indonesian-company-wants-to-replace-plastic-with-edible-seaweed-packaging/>
"What to do about the plastic planet? The seas are steadily filling up
with plastic, and it’s vital to find ways to address the problem. One
way to do this is to move away from plastic usage towards more
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7 Powerful Harry Potter Scenes That Did Not Make It To The Movies Finally Come To Life Thanks To This Illustrator
Sat, 19 May 2018 22:13:38 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.boredpanda.com/harry-potter-movie-comics-left-scenes-katie-knudson/>
"People say that the book is always better than the movie. Mostly
because the movie leaves things out. To help Potterheads visually
revisit their favorite moments from the series, artist Katie Knudson
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Squirrel Island
Sun, 20 May 2018 23:47:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://vimeo.com/169167032
"Sci-fi action thriller following Dot, a renegade grey squirrel trapped
on a hostile and mysterious red squirrel island. Teaming up with a
reluctant acorn partner, they uncover a horrifying red squirrel plot.
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“The Right to Have Rights” and the Plight of the Stateless
Sun, 20 May 2018 23:48:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-right-to-have-rights-and-the-plight-of-the-stateless>
Reflections on Hannah Arendt. Muse added:
"The author's concerns are well-founded. I find her conclusions on the
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Taking Children from Their Parents Is a Form of State Terror
Sun, 20 May 2018 23:50:00 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/taking-children-from-their-parents-is-a-form-of-state-terror>
"When my kids were fifteen and twelve, we lived through a period during
which the Russian government was threatening to take children away from
queer parents, and, specifically, threatening to go after my kids. I
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Companies Respond To The GDPR By Blocking All EU Users
Sun, 20 May 2018 23:52:45 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180509/14021739811/companies-respond-to-gdpr-blocking-all-eu-users.shtml>
"...the larger issue to me is how this is increasingly splintering the
internet, and doing so in a way that we're not entirely prepared for."
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The More Copyright Holders Move Up The Stack, The More They Put Everyone At Risk
Mon, 21 May 2018 23:54:36 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180506/13013839781/more-copyright-holders-move-up-stack-more-they-put-everyone-risk.shtml>
"We've raised some questions in the past about this process of copyright
holders moving up the stack — and not just targeting the content hosts,
but companies further upstream, including ad providers, domain registers
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Forgiveness, Apologies, and Just Relations
Mon, 21 May 2018 23:56:25 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://medium.com/@muse_9093/forgiveness-apologies-and-just-relations-cb10f8e5f15b>
"It’s hard to know where any one person is on their journey through
life. Who I was as a child and who I am now are two very distinct people."
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Stunning Lifelike 3D Paper Sculptures
Mon, 21 May 2018 23:57:33 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://laughingsquid.com/3d-paper-sculptures/
"British artist Lisa Lloyd creates stunningly lifelike animals, jewelry,
insects, flowers, foods and even beer completely out of paper."
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Extinction vs. Collapse: Does it matter?
Tue, 22 May 2018 21:28:17 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://mahb.stanford.edu/blog/extinction-vs-collapse/
"Climate twitter – the most fun twitter – has recently been relitigating
the debate between human extinction and mere civilizational collapse,
between doom and gloom, despair and (kind of) hope."
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Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening - Who We Are - San Marino - LIVE - Second Semi-Final - Eurovision 2018
Tue, 22 May 2018 21:29:26 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66D0pKVdA-4
"Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening represented San Marino at the second
Semi-Final of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest with the song
Who We Are."
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Final donation for man whose blood helped save 2.4 million babies
Tue, 22 May 2018 21:30:29 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Success in America has nothing to do with hard work — and we're in the middle of a 'war on normal people'
Wed, 23 May 2018 22:45:27 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.businessinsider.com/america-belief-that-hard-work-leads-to-success-is-wrong-2018-5/>
"We say success in America is about hard work and character. It's not
really. Most of success today is about how good you are at certain tests
and what kind of family background you have, with some exceptions
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I am not their nanny, I am their mom. And I’m American Indian.
Wed, 23 May 2018 22:46:36 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/05/11/watching-my-daughters-find-their-rhythm-at-our-annual-pow-wow-filled-me-with-nativepride/>
"Just as I do every year, I took my daughters out of school and day care
for a few days last month to take part in my tribe’s powwow in
Hollister, N.C., home of the Haliwa-Saponi."
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'Just four citizens': the Australians who confronted Adani in India, and made a difference
Wed, 23 May 2018 22:47:43 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/12/just-four-citizens-the-australians-who-confronted-adani-in-india-and-made-a-difference>
"Our delegation was small but diverse in character. It included a
Queensland farmer who had never travelled out of Australia before, a
Great Barrier Reef expert and activist, and a tourist operator from the
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Pia Andrews (Waugh) – To do something so well that you transcend the act itself
Thu, 24 May 2018 22:42:32 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.accessgranted.nz/episodes/2017/12/3/pia-andrews-to-do-something-so-well-that-you-transcend-the-act-itself>
"Pia Andrews (recently married, you probably know her as Pia Waugh,
@piawaugh) is a deep thinker, a deliciously cohesive speaker and one of
the most active and effective people we have ever met when it comes to
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Can Dirt Save the Earth?
Thu, 24 May 2018 22:43:35 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/18/magazine/dirt-save-earth-carbon-farming-climate-change.html>
"Agriculture could pull carbon out of the air and into the soil — but it
would mean a whole new way of thinking about how to tend the land."
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U.S. One of Five Countries to Oppose UN Environment Pact
Thu, 24 May 2018 22:45:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.ecowatch.com/un-environment-pact-2567904337.html
"Supporters see the pact as a way to continue the work of the Paris
agreement and the 2030 UN goals for fighting poverty and protecting the
Earth."
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Innovation should be legal; that's why I'm launching NeTV2
Fri, 25 May 2018 21:23:26 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://boingboing.net/2018/05/11/free-as-in-to-air.html
"I’d like to share a project I’m working on that could have an impact on
your future freedoms in the digital age. It’s an open video development
board I call NeTV2."
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Thread by @2FBS: "I'm with a young Indigenous lad at Children's Court. He is one of my wife's students. He is 14 . He has no family willing to attend with him […]"
Fri, 25 May 2018 21:24:50 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/995814889569505280.html
'I'm with a young Indigenous lad at Children's Court. He is one of my
wife's students. He is 14. He has no family willing to attend with him.
He has no real idea of what is happening. The Police told him to "turn
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Harvey Birdman's Coming Back To Adult Swim And He's Got A Fancy New Job
Fri, 25 May 2018 21:25:50 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2018/05/harvey-birdmans-coming-back-to-adult-swim-and-hes-got-a-fancy-new-job/>
"It's been years since we last saw former superhero-turned-attorney
Harvey Birdman trying to keep classic Hanna-Barbera characters out of
jail - and in that time, he's apparently been making some serious career
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Jewelry Roundup! Bugs & Books & Beautiful Dinos, OH MY
Sat, 26 May 2018 21:54:01 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
http://www.epbot.com/2018/05/jewelry-roundup-bugs-books-beautiful.html
"I haven't gone jewelry shopping in ages, so let's hurt our bank
accounts together, shall we?"
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Hundreds arrested as activists pick up where Martin Luther King left off
Sat, 26 May 2018 21:54:49 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/14/poor-peoples-campaign-arrests-martin-luther-king>
"The Poor People’s campaign kicked off 40 days of nonviolent protest on
Monday, reviving King’s anti-poverty efforts and demanding action"
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This gorgeous indie game is like a Ghibli film brought to life
Sat, 26 May 2018 21:56:01 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/15/17357202/forgotton-anne-indie-game-ps4-xbox-ghibli>
"Forgotton Anne channels Hayao Miyazaki into an emotional platformer"
Ooh! This looks gorgeous, and I like the premise and game design as
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Which Poor People Shouldn’t Have to Work for Aid?
Sun, 27 May 2018 22:47:00 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/upshot/medicaid-poor-michigan-work-requirements.html>
"The lines set by policymakers risk embedding regional and racial biases
about who counts as “left behind.”"
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This illustrated collection of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea books finally does the series justice
Sun, 27 May 2018 22:48:59 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/15/17314892/the-book-of-earthsea-wizards-ursula-k-le-illustrations-release-date>
"The illustrated collection of Earthsea novels was a painstaking
collaboration and one of the legendary author’s final projects"
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Life During Interesting Times
Sun, 27 May 2018 22:49:46 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://medium.com/the-nib/life-during-interesting-times-fd776c82e7ba
"“The greatest generation” was defined by their suffering. Will we be?"
Via Muse, who wrote "This comic is beautifully put. I have been rolling
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The Good War
Mon, 28 May 2018 23:40:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://thenib.com/the-good-war?id=mike-dawson
Via Muse, who wrote:
The 2018-2019 Federal budget does not include any new cuts to the arts council
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The profit motive in Vic. public housing sell-off
Mon, 28 May 2018 23:41:01 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=55375
"The Victorian state government is continuing to evade its
responsibility to provide affordable housing."
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Tala - An Explorational Puzzle Game - RELAUNCH!
Mon, 28 May 2018 23:42:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1185453478/tala-an-explorational-puzzle-game-relaunch>
"Tala is an autumnal adventure game created with a combination of
traditional animation techniques & nature photography."
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Escape the echo chamber
Tue, 29 May 2018 22:37:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://aeon.co/essays/why-its-as-hard-to-escape-an-echo-chamber-as-it-is-to-flee-a-cult>
"First you don’t hear other views. Then you can’t trust them. Your
personal information network entraps you just like a cult"
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Want to feel unique? Believe in the reptile people
Tue, 29 May 2018 22:38:43 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://aeon.co/ideas/want-to-feel-unique-believe-in-the-reptile-people
"While conspiracy theories have long existed, the internet has
accelerated their circulation (like the circulation of all information).
Who believes in conspiracies, and what might these people have in common?"
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From drone swarms to tree batteries, new tech is revolutionising ecology and conservation
Tue, 29 May 2018 22:40:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/from-drone-swarms-to-tree-batteries-new-tech-is-revolutionising-ecology-and-conservation-94920>
"Understanding Earth’s species and ecosystems is a monumentally
challenging scientific pursuit. But with the planet in the grip of its
sixth mass extinction event, it has never been a more pressing priority."
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i hope we choose love: notes on the application of justice
Wed, 30 May 2018 22:46:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://medium.com/@ladysintrayda/notes-on-the-application-of-justice-5a058a209599>
"i’m not a believer in justice because i have never gotten it. i really
am not certain that it would be good for me if i did. i gave so much of
myself trying to create justice for others, and it eventually rendered
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Sam Harris and the Myth of Perfectly Rational Thought
Wed, 30 May 2018 22:51:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.wired.com/story/sam-harris-and-the-myth-of-perfectly-rational-thought/>
"Of the various things that critics of the New Atheists find annoying about
them—and here I speak from personal experience—this ranks near the top: the air
of rationalist superiority they often exude."
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Photo Essay: “I want to live in peace”
Wed, 30 May 2018 22:54:29 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://medium.com/@UN_Women/photo-essay-i-want-to-live-in-peace-5a9b950fc5c4>
"Rohingya women in Bangladeshi refugee camps share stories of loss and
hopes of recovery"
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Black And Native Lives Need Each Other To Matter
Thu, 31 May 2018 23:08:48 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theestablishment.co/black-and-native-lives-need-each-other-to-matter-eba969fb5e43>
"If we want to progress forward today, we must start from a place of
shared resistance."
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'CEOs don't want this released': US study lays bare extreme pay-ratio problem
Thu, 31 May 2018 23:09:51 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/16/ceo-worker-pay-ratio-america-first-study>
"The first comprehensive study of CEO-to-worker pay reveals an
extraordinary disparity – with the highest gap approaching 5,000 to 1"
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Bang Bang Crazy, Part 14: The Cowardice of Responsibility
Thu, 31 May 2018 23:11:48 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.stonekettle.com/2018/05/bang-bang-crazy-part-14-cowardice-of.html>
"You can’t empathize with the victims of violence, instead you identify
with those who are responsible for it and that’s goddamned telling. Yes,
it is."
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