Glass Wings Blog: October 2018
The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid
Tue, 2 Oct 2018 00:22:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.workman.com/products/the-atlas-obscura-explorers-guide-for-the-worlds-most-adventurous-kid>
"An instant New York Times bestseller! The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s
Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid is a thrilling expedition to
100 of the most surprising, mysterious, and weird-but-true places on
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‘conserve the sound’ – listen to sounds made by vintage technology | #history #retro #retrotech
Tue, 2 Oct 2018 00:25:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://blog.adafruit.com/2018/09/19/conserve-the-sound-listen-to-sounds-made-by-vintage-technology/>
"CTS (conserve the sound) is a collection of audio recordings of Sony
walkmans, VHS decks, mechanical film shutters, actual typewriters, and
the like. And yes that includes the sound made by opening a paper map!
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Mr. Maezawa, Would you like to go to the Moon with me? / Dearmoon / Spacex
Tue, 2 Oct 2018 00:26:15 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN7aI_HbAeU
"I would love to go to the Moon 2023 and share the experience!"
Martin would be an excellent choice! #dearmoon
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Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Wed, 3 Oct 2018 01:25:26 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic
Wed, 3 Oct 2018 01:29:11 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-ocean-cleanup-project-sails-out-to-sweep-pacific-plastic>
"A massive boom that acts like a coastline is being towed out to the
Pacific Ocean to be used to corral plastic rubbish floating between
California and Hawaii."
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For Valentino Dixon, a wrong righted
Wed, 3 Oct 2018 01:29:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.golfdigest.com/story/for-valentino-dixon-a-wrong-righted-murder-charge-vacated-by-court-after-serving-27-years-in-prison>
"With an investigation Golf Digest helped open, an Erie County court
vacated Dixon's murder conviction after he had already served 27 years
in jail"
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Elephants no longer made to perform at Singapore Zoo
Wed, 3 Oct 2018 22:57:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/elephants-no-longer-made-to-perform-at-singapore-zoo>
"Elephants at Singapore Zoo will no longer be commanded to perform
during shows, as part of a shift in its model of care for the park's
five female specimens."
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Why Australia Is Heading For Epic Failure On Carbon Emissions
Wed, 3 Oct 2018 22:59:52 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://lethalheating.blogspot.com/2018/09/why-australia-is-heading-for-epic.html>
"Since replacing Malcolm Turnbull a month ago, Prime Minister Scott
Morrison has seemingly taken climate change mitigation off the policy
table altogether."
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How To Kill Your Tech Industry
Wed, 3 Oct 2018 23:00:48 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://logicmag.io/05-how-to-kill-your-tech-industry/
"In World War II, Britain invented the electronic computer. By the
1970s, its computing industry had collapsed—thanks to a labor shortage
produced by sexism."
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Nothing personal: The questionable Myers-Briggs test
Thu, 4 Oct 2018 23:21:06 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2013/mar/19/myers-briggs-test-unscientific>
"The MBTI as an industry apparently makes $20 million a year. When
you've spent so much time and money on learning something, of course
you're going to have a faith in it, even to the point of cognitive
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Germinating Utopia
Thu, 4 Oct 2018 23:21:39 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://medium.com/@muse_9093/germinating-utopia-f5182b3d11b2
"The biggest breakthrough our planet groans for has nothing to do with
jet packs or androids. The biggest breakthrough must be one where we
revolutionise our culture, overturning our current ways of thinking,
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Julian Burnside Oration: Fear is the great threat to multiculturalism in Australia
Thu, 4 Oct 2018 23:22:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://dailyreview.com.au/julian-burnside-oration/78065/
"It’s often said that Australia is a very successful multicultural
nation. I think that is true. It was not always so, and there is no
guarantee that it will always be so."
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Author of first English novel kept it hidden for ten years – here’s why
Sat, 6 Oct 2018 01:31:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/author-of-first-english-novel-kept-it-hidden-for-ten-years-heres-why-103381>
"
Beware the Cat tells the tale of a talkative priest, Gregory
Streamer, who determines to understand the language of cats after he is
kept awake by a feline rabble on the rooftops."
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Thermostat 6 - Animation Short Film 2018 - GOBELINS
Sat, 6 Oct 2018 01:33:12 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Hz_gdqS1k
"Diane can't ignore anymore the leak coming from the ceiling above the
family [dinner]… "
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Ex-UN chief Ban Ki-moon says US healthcare system is 'morally wrong'
Sat, 6 Oct 2018 01:34:21 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/25/ex-un-chief-ban-kioon-says-us-healthcare-system-is-morally-wrong>
"The former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has denounced
the United States’ healthcare system as politically and morally wrong,
and urged American leaders to enact publicly financed healthcare as a
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Seven Ways to Build the Solidarity Economy
Sat, 6 Oct 2018 23:14:28 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/09/05/seven-ways-build-solidarity-economy>
"We can transform capitalism by encouraging the ‘better angels of our
nature.’"
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Apple's claims about recycling and sustainability are kinda entirely nonsense
Sat, 6 Oct 2018 23:16:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/14/apples-claims-about-recyclin.html
"If you really care about sustainability, think hard before you invest
in a new product. Here's why."
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Tesla big battery defies skeptics, sends industry bananas over performance
Sat, 6 Oct 2018 23:18:45 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-big-battery-defies-skeptics-sends-industry-bananas-over-performance-38273/>
"They said it couldn’t be done. Batteries can’t be that big. They can’t
be built that quick. They won’t work. Ten months on from its
installation, the Tesla big battery has emphatically proven its worth –
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Action Expresses Priorities
Mon, 8 Oct 2018 00:48:38 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.wattpad.com/624998767-big-change-action-expresses-priorities>
"Anytime two or three people get together--there's power in that. The
more people get together, the more power. You can either nurture and
direct that power toward life-affirming goals or use it as a tool for
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Why Your Vacuum Clogs but a Manta Ray Doesn’t
Mon, 8 Oct 2018 00:49:32 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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I Turned 19 Famous Disney Characters Into Evolving Pokemon
Mon, 8 Oct 2018 00:50:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.boredpanda.com/disney-evolution/
"My inspiration comes from pop culture. I really like drawing fan art,
when its a game I like or a movie I enjoy, I just want to draw it and
add my little touches to it to make it my own. This one time, I thought
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Everything I Can Remember
Mon, 8 Oct 2018 22:58:22 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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CBS Shuts Down Stage 9, a Fan-Made Recreation of the USS Enterprise
Mon, 8 Oct 2018 23:00:24 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://torrentfreak.com/cbs-shuts-down-stage-9-a-fan-made-recreation-of-the-uss-enterprise-180927/>
"
Stage 9, a beautiful fan-made recreation of the Enterprise ship from
Star Trek: The Next Generation, has been shut down following a
cease-and-desist from CBS. The people behind the two-year-old project
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‘This guy doesn’t know anything’: the inside story of Trump’s shambolic transition team
Mon, 8 Oct 2018 23:01:46 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team>
"Michael Lewis, author of
Moneyball and
The Big Short, reveals how
Trump’s bungled presidential transition set the template for his time in
the White House"
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Everything you've been told about plastic is wrong – the answer isn't recycling
Tue, 9 Oct 2018 22:57:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/plastic-waste-wish-recycling-bins-black-environment-green-shopping-a8548736.html>
"Recycling is an easy cop-out for governments and large corporations,
but the truth is that we have to take very different action if we want
to stop irreversibly poisoning the planet"
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An Axe for the Frozen Sea
Tue, 9 Oct 2018 23:26:54 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://believermag.com/logger/an-axe-for-the-frozen-sea/
"Learning to Throw Axes in 2018"
An excellent essay on anger. Via George Station, who wrote: "This is SO
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Leigh Sales: 'It just started to feel like nothing was safe'
Tue, 9 Oct 2018 23:28:10 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/leigh-sales-it-just-started-to-feel-like-nothing-was-safe-20180925-p505ta.html>
"The ABC TV host led a charmed life until her 40s, when a string of
heart-wrenching events led her to ponder the nature of trauma and how
people face tragedy."
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How Programmable Calculators and a Sci-Fi Story Brought Soviet Teens Into the Digital Age
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:27:38 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Five myths about capitalism
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:29:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-myths/five-myths-about-capitalism/2018/09/27/3f0b72f6-c06f-11e8-90c9-23f963eea204_story.html>
"Over time, however, the most radical versions of these ideas have
polarized our politics, threatened our prosperity and undermined the
moral legitimacy of our system."
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ICE Defied a Court Order in Vendetta Against Deportee
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 23:31:11 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/29/ice-deportation-immigration-system/
“They’re sore losers. When they lose, and somebody gets released, they
still try to be heavy-handed and throw around their authority or
whatever it is. That’s typical ICE behavior.”
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The Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life’s Greatest Dilemmas
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:50:44 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://evonomics.com/tragedy-of-the-commons-elinor-ostrom/
"It should be possible for almost any kind of group to assess itself
with respect to the design principles, address shortcomings, and
function better as a result."
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A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:52:44 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://medium.com/the-atlantic/a-warning-from-europe-the-worst-is-yet-to-come-4beddff9b403>
"Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An
obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a
pattern Europeans know all too well."
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Major Japanese ramen chain’s logo confuses Honda cars’ AI
Thu, 11 Oct 2018 23:54:36 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://soranews24.com/2018/09/17/major-japanese-ramen-chains-logo-confuses-honda-cars-ai/>
"Vehicular misunderstandings aren’t a new problems, decades-old
educational works such as
Knight Rider and
Maximum Overdrive have
each highlighted how communication between human and car can go terribly
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De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Manon
Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:02:02 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
"The Youth of Today"
https://vimeo.com/139601645
Via Muse, who wrote: 'Kitty says, "Dis my favourite place for sleepin. I
don't give a damn how much bass you pump through my sleepin place."'
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Sunday Sweets Goes Crazy Cat Lady
Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:03:00 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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http://www.cakewrecks.com/home/2018/9/30/sunday-sweets-goes-crazy-cat-lady.html>
"Cats are pretty awesome, you guys. The purrs, the head-butts, the
constant disapproving stare that makes you question your life choices;
they've got it all."
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I Was a Chinese Helpline’s Number One Caller. I Had a Problem.
Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:03:50 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://narratively.com/i-was-a-chinese-helplines-number-one-caller-i-had-a-problem/>
"The “magic number” helped foreigners like me get by without learning
the language. But I didn’t feel at home in China until I finally hung up
the phone."
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Monkeys’ cosy alliance with wolves looks like domestication
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 22:53:01 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27675-monkeys-cosy-alliance-with-wolves-looks-like-domestication/>
"In the alpine grasslands of eastern Africa, Ethiopian wolves and gelada
monkeys are giving peace a chance. The geladas – a type of baboon –
tolerate wolves wandering right through the middle of their herds, while
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The Dickensian Conditions of Life in a For-Profit Lockup
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 23:00:10 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/books/review/shane-bauer-american-prison.html>
"Bauer’s takeaway is that private prisons like Winn can’t be fixed, that
the profit motive inevitably drives companies to take risks and cut
corners."
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UN report on global warming target puts governments on the spot
Sat, 13 Oct 2018 23:02:05 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-global.html
"1.5C is enough to unleash climate mayhem, and the pathways to avoiding
an even hotter world require a swift and complete transformation not
just of the global economy, but of society too."
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'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Negative Buzz Amplified by Russian Trolls, Study Finds
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:40:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Myth-busting study of teenage brains wins Royal Society prize
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:42:27 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/01/study-of-teenage-brains-wins-royal-society-prize-inventing-ourselves-sarah-jayne-blakemore>
"A radical reframing of our understanding of the teenage mind, that
explains typically ridiculed behaviours such as risk-taking, emotional
instability and heightened self-consciousness as outward signs of great
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Supernumerary Rainbows over New Jersey
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:43:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap181002.html
"Yes, but can your rainbow do this? After the remnants of Hurricane
Florence passed over the Jersey Shore, New Jersey, USA last month, the
Sun came out in one direction but something quite unusual appeared in
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If the Point of Capitalism is to Escape Capitalism, Then What’s the Point of Capitalism?
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:49:48 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://eand.co/if-the-point-of-capitalism-is-to-escape-capitalism-then-whats-the-point-of-capitalism-bedd1b2447d>
"Now. Let me distill the things we are trying the freedom for, from
capitalism. Freedom from exploitation. Freedom from control and
domination. Freedom to find, develop, and realize ourselves. The freedom
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Taibbi: Why Aren’t We Talking More About Trump’s Nihilism?
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:50:47 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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'No downside': New Zealand firm adopts four-day week after successful trial
Mon, 15 Oct 2018 23:55:51 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/02/no-downside-new-zealand-firm-adopts-four-day-week-after-successful-trial>
"Perpetual Guardian says staff were more focused and productive after
the experiment and better able to manage work-life balance"
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千年长安千年纸，原来最原始的纸张是这样造出来的
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:36:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUw1_2xbYWM
"手工造纸的起源最早可追溯到公元前2世纪时的西汉初年，那时我们的祖先便开始
用麻皮和树皮制成最原始的纸张。在这个已经拥有了大量机械化生产纸张的年代，
但愿我们还能知晓祖先们是怎样用一双手，让中国成为了世界上最早发明纸的国家！"
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What’s the net cost of using renewables to hit Australia’s climate target? Nothing
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:38:05 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/whats-the-net-cost-of-using-renewables-to-hit-australias-climate-target-nothing-88021>
"Our modelling shows that renewable energy can help hit Australia’s
emissions reduction target of 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2030
effectively for free. This is because the cost of electricity from
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Spheres of Power
Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:39:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.wattpad.com/638540547-big-change-spheres-of-power
"Certain spheres of human activity tend to give groups even more power.
This is due to their centrality to how we see ourselves, how we relate
to one another, and how we organise our society for our mutual survival.
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Monody (Furry Music Video) | by Wolvinny & Keks | feat Jail
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:19:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbY6_RYNaI8
"This video was premiered at Eurofurence 24 Opening Ceremony. We're
super proud of the result and we hope you enjoy it. A lot of hard work
went into it which you can see in the behind the scenes that we will
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Pop culture characters organized by color
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:21:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://boingboing.net/2018/10/02/pop-culture-characters-organiz.html
"French illustrator Linda Bouderbala did a fun exercise where she
gathered some of her favorite characters from geek and pop culture and
organized them by color."
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Puppeteer Caroll Spinney Announces Retirement from Sesame Street - Sesame Workshop
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 03:22:42 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/press-releases/puppeteer-caroll-spinney-announces-retirement-from-sesame-street/>
After fifty years in the roles, the wonderful
Caroll Spinney is
retiring from playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. A great talent.
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nyango star drum perfomance
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:54:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdGjY1c039E
"His wonderful drum technique would overwhelm the world. It's a fairy
seemingly, but he makes up with intense music of 'X-japan' etc. very
easily. Because it's a fairy, it's proper, isn't it? This fairy lives in
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Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation isn't democracy. It's a judicial coup
Thu, 18 Oct 2018 23:56:27 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/06/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-supreme-court-republicans>
"Mitch McConnell and his ilk must be delighted: they’ve waged a
decades-long campaign to stack the courts with conservative ideologues"
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‘Cultural jail’: Brexit could bring booming industry to its knees
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:01:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/06/music-star-warn-brexit-cultural-jail>
"Top UK musicians tell PM in open letter why Europe is so important to
their industry"
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A leading Holocaust historian just seriously compared the US to Nazi Germany
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:50:18 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/5/17940610/trump-hitler-history-historian>
"The threat to the United States isn’t so much Trump alone as it is the
breakdown in the practice of American democracy, and the Republican
Party’s commitment to extreme tactics in pursuit of its policy goals in
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Free travel expanded for homeless and disadvantaged Victorians
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:51:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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20 things we could do right now to prevent the wave of natural disasters, poverty, and pollution to come
Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:52:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-to-prevent-climate-change-natural-disasters-pollution-2018-10>
"The solutions are grouped into a few key topic areas, like energy
sources, food, and education of women and girls."
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The Gateway Games of Legend (Preceded by the Legend of Gateway)
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 22:23:59 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.filfre.net/2018/09/the-gateway-games-of-legend-preceded-by-the-legend-of-gateway/>
"
Frederik Pohl, who died on September 2, 2013, at age 93, had one of
the most multifaceted careers in the history of written science fiction.
Almost uniquely, he played major roles in all three of the estates that
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A major new climate report slams the door on wishful thinking
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 22:47:45 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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The story of Queenie Chan, a manga artist crushing sexism and stereotypes
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 23:06:43 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-08/manga-artist-queenie-chan-shattering-stereotypes/10147166>
"People are always putting
Queenie Chan in boxes that don't quite fit.
This is the story of how she carved out a sense of belonging in a lonely
world."
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Mice, a small story (2018)
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 01:29:23 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LEvx4MeV-k
"In a dark subway tunnel, a group of mice find a gold ring-pull that
seems to have a mysterious effect on one of them. Not so far from them,
an owl and his enslaved rats are watching. The owl sends his rats to get
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Your Trans Students Need You
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 01:30:03 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.tolerance.org/magazine/your-trans-students-need-you
"What are the policies in place to protect trans students at your
school? How can you make them stronger?"
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List of common misconceptions
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 01:30:50 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_misconceptions
"This is a list of common misconceptions. Each entry is formatted as a
correction, and contains a link to the article where the misconception
is described. The misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated."
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Resisting Reduction: Designing our Complex Future with Machines
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:31:55 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/resisting-reduction
"The idea that we exist for the sake of progress, and that progress
requires unconstrained and exponential growth, is the whip that lashes us."
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Climate Change: Even Worse Than We Thought
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:34:42 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/climate-change-even-worse-we-thought-ipcc-report>
"Action or inaction—both will land us in an unprecedented future."
Via Kevin Vaught and Mari Thomas.
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How a mom’s “This Is My Son” anti-feminist brag went viral — and completely backfired
Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:38:55 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.vox.com/2018/10/9/17955402/this-is-my-son-meme-himtoo-metoo-pieter-hanson>
"One family’s viral #HimToo feud gave us the best meme of the week so far."
Via Christopher Lamke, who wrote: "The story of how a hateful mother
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WORLD ORDER "MISSING BEAUTY"
Wed, 24 Oct 2018 01:50:18 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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UN Says Climate Genocide Is Coming. It’s Actually Worse Than That.
Wed, 24 Oct 2018 01:51:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/un-says-climate-genocide-coming-but-its-worse-than-that.html>
"And the World War II mobilization metaphor is not hyperbole. To avoid
warming of the kind the IPCC now calls catastrophic requires a complete
rebuilding of the entire energy infrastructure of the world, a thorough
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Bernie’s New Internationalist Vision
Wed, 24 Oct 2018 01:52:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.jacobinmag.com/2018/10/bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-internationalism-authoritarianism>
"Our task is to fight against corporate power in concert with workers in
other countries. This means building bonds through struggle with working
people around the world fighting — as we are here in the United States —
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A quick guide to The Free Network
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 04:25:15 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334>
"At present, there are two supernetworks in the federated social
communication space, and they run on different protocols. They are known
as The Fediverse, and The Federation."
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HAZBIN HOTEL - "INSIDE OF EVERY DEMON IS A RAINBOW" (ORIGINAL SONG)
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 04:26:15 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWrM-eDxTas
"Charlie tries to pitch her plan for the hotel to all of Hell with the
show’s very first musical number!"
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We’ve missed many chances to curb global warming. This may be our last
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 04:27:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24031992-900-weve-missed-many-chances-to-curb-global-warming-this-may-be-our-last/>
Punchline: "The history of humanity is one of stupidity, denial and
dawdling followed by heroic rearguard action to prevail against all
odds. The climate crisis is close to that inflection point. Does our
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DOIP - Chalk
Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:59:23 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB-0ECchlrU
"Chalk. The educational rock"
Via Muse, who wrote: "WHAT A HOOT! This comes from one of the members
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Facebook Accused of 'Full-Frontal Suppression of Dissent' After Independent Media Swept Up in Mass Purge
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:01:34 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/10/12/facebook-accused-full-frontal-suppression-dissent-after-independent-media-swept-mass>
"The massive shutdown affected many progressive sites devoted to
covering war, police brutality, and other issues neglected by the
corporate media"
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Goodbye Google+, you beautiful, squandered opportunity
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:02:35 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/12/goodbye-google-plus-you-beautiful-squandered-opportunity/>
"We’re all more ready for a "Facebook killer" than ever."
A retrospective on the unfortunate missteps of Google+.
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Young people are about to utterly transform climate politics.
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:53:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://thenearlynow.com/young-people-are-about-to-utterly-transform-climate-politics-16cb3f95f77e>
"If we care about intergenerational justice, moving at the most
disruptive speed we can on cutting emissions is a clear ethical imperative."
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Overfishing and modern-day slavery
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:54:23 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://phys.org/news/2018-10-overfishing-modern-day-slavery.html
"You're about to make a sandwich with canned albacore tuna today, and
thinking that it's all a good thing—nutritionists talk about the health
benefits of eating more seafood, after all. One thing you probably
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Trump is disposing of a great American value: concern for human rights
Fri, 26 Oct 2018 22:56:21 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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How Capitalism Torched the Planet and Left it a Smoking Fascist Greenhouse
Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:15:31 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://eand.co/how-capitalism-torched-the-planet-and-left-it-a-smoking-fascist-greenhouse-fe687e99f070>
"The planet, like society, is a garden, which needs tending, watering,
care. The linkages between these things, inequality destabilizing
societies making global cooperation less possible, are not things we can
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Fediverse and Scuttlebutt
Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:18:02 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://fediverse.party/
Another useful guide to the federated social media landscape.
Via Eric Buijs.
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The Global Whole Earth Catalog: A Proposal from 2002
Sat, 27 Oct 2018 22:18:53 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://medium.com/@AlexSteffen/the-global-whole-earth-catalog-a-proposal-from-2002-6faa32df576b>
As an old
Whole Earth Review reader, I’d love to see a new book. This
seems like the sort of thing that would be a great Kickstarter proposal.
I’d back it!
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Amsterdam Is Home to a Houseboat Full of Cats—and You Can Pet Them All
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:10:34 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://mentalfloss.com/article/560196/amsterdam-cat-houseboat-catboat-de-poezenboot>
"Some people can only dream of living on a houseboat in Amsterdam, but
that's the reality for dozens of feral and abandoned cats in the city.
As Mic reports,
De Poezenboot, or The Catboat, provides shelter to
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Sunday Sweets: Kids Cartoons!
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:11:17 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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http://cakewrecks.squarespace.com/home/2018/10/14/sunday-sweets-kids-cartoons.html>
"Kids' shows get some of the cutest cakes, you guys. I don't even have
kids, and I had a blast looking for these!"
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U.S. State Department in Australia apologises for accidental cat pic
Sun, 28 Oct 2018 22:13:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://mashable.com/article/us-embassy-cat-picture/
"We'd never get you to say sorry for sending an adorable cat picture.
But the U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia has apologised on behalf of
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Mammals cannot evolve fast enough to escape current extinction crisis
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:52:27 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181015154435.htm
"The sixth mass extinction is underway, this time caused by humans. A
team of researchers have calculated that species are dying out so
quickly that nature's built-in defense mechanism, evolution, cannot keep
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Introduction to the Holocaust
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:53:47 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://plus.google.com/+KeeHinckley/posts/ZYvG3ZTycjk
"It’s all happening again, all around the world. Just the way it did
then. But just as we falsely believe that racism requires evil intent,
so we’ve grown to believe that the Holocaust was the act of evil-doers."
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Sources of Power
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 01:55:34 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.wattpad.com/638572025-big-change-sources-of-power
"Problems arise when any group holds sources of power hostage in order
to put forward the agenda of a few at the expense of others and/or this
planet. The questions we must always ask ourselves are: who gets to
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African Nations Rife With Illegitimate Collection Societies: Nigeria Files Criminal Complaint Against COSON
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:45:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181012/09183240820/african-nations-rife-with-illegitimate-collection-societies-nigeria-files-criminal-complaint-against-coson.shtml>
"This is now becoming a trend, with collection societies in several
African nations simply and rather brazenly carrying on the business of
shaking down businesses for music licensing fees, even beyond the point
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What the media is missing about the new IPCC report: We shouldn’t give up.
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:52:55 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://environmentaldefence.ca/2018/10/15/18444/
"First, what it means for the poorest and most vulnerable people in the
world. These people have contributed little to the problem, and yet are
impacted first and worst by climate change.
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Jean-Michel Jarre: how we made Oxygène
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 22:57:56 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/oct/16/jean-michel-jarre-michel-granger-oxygene>
"I played in rock bands as a teenager and would use a tape machine my
grandfather gave me to get processed sounds out of my guitar. During the
French student uprisings of 1968, this felt like a way of being
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Boston Dynamics' Spot Robot Dances To 'Uptown Funk'
Thu, 1 Nov 2018 03:56:01 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://geekologie.com/2018/10/boston-dynamics-spot-robot-dances-to-upt.php>
"Because not perceiving a threat as a threat is how they're gonna get
us, this is a video of Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped robot dancing to
Bruno Mars' 'Uptown Funk'."
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Rhianna Pratchett On Working From Bed, Retrofitting Story, And Rise Of The Tomb Raider
Thu, 1 Nov 2018 03:58:04 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/10/rhianna-pratchett-on-retrofitting-story-working-from-bed-and-what-rise-of-the-tomb-raider-could-have-been/>
"Because Pratchett isn't full-time at any one studio, companies will
often bring her into a project after a treatment or synopsis has already
been prepared. Sometimes it happens late in the piece, which is what led
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Britain fell for a neoliberal con trick – even the IMF says so
Thu, 1 Nov 2018 04:07:06 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/17/economic-lies-neoliberalism-taxpayers>
"Privatisation and austerity have not only weakened the country’s
financial position – they have also handed unearned wealth to a select few."
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