Glass Wings Blog: July 2019
Real Native history in a video game: An Indigenous take on The Oregon Trail
Mon, 1 Jul 2019 22:41:57 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://newsmaven.io/indiancountrytoday/lifestyle/real-native-history-in-a-video-game-an-indigenous-take-on-the-oregon-trail-t0HHVelCr0uBAsBE64jumQ/>
"20 Indigenous writers and music by Supaman and Michael Charette combine
efforts to create a decision-based roleplaying game, 'When Rivers Were
Trails'"
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Thin Yet Repairable Devices: HP Proves They Exist
Mon, 1 Jul 2019 22:45:06 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.ifixit.com/News/hp-makes-the-modern-repairable-devices-you-might-have-forgotten-existed>
"Most of your time pursuing your passions, you wade through so much
mediocrity, so little excitement, you become numb to disappointment. But
then you catch that one great moment that ensures you come back for more."
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Marble Machine X Plays Drums!
Mon, 1 Jul 2019 22:46:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isosWOzmbe0
Almost there! It’s really coming together now.
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Universal Music Cashed In On Insurance After It Let Thousands Of Master Recordings Burn... And Didn't Give Any To Artists
Mon, 1 Jul 2019 22:49:08 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Notes on Excessive Wealth Disorder
Tue, 2 Jul 2019 23:53:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/22/opinion/notes-on-excessive-wealth-disorder.html>
"In a couple of days I’m going to be participating in an Economic Policy
Institute conference on “excessive wealth disorder” — the problems and
dangers created by extreme concentration of income and wealth at the
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The London Zoo is hosting a Pride celebration for its same-sex penguin couples
Tue, 2 Jul 2019 23:54:03 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.insider.com/zsl-london-zoo-hosting-pride-celebration-for-same-sex-penguin-couples-2019-6>
"London Zoo is paying homage to same-sex penguin couples for a
celebration being held during the capital's Pride weekend."
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When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: 'Hope is contagious'
Tue, 2 Jul 2019 23:54:59 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-greta-thunberg-hope-contagious-climate>
"One is America’s youngest-ever congresswoman, the other a Swedish
schoolgirl. Two of the most powerful voices on the climate speak for the
first time"
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How Republicans killed Oregon’s climate crisis bill – by fleeing the state
Tue, 2 Jul 2019 23:56:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/28/how-republican-senators-killed-oregons-climate-crisis-bill>
"Oregon politics has been thrown into chaos for more than a week after
Republican legislators fled the state and took refuge in neighboring
Idaho. As police were ordered to bring them home, rightwing militia
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The "3.5% rule": How a small minority can change the world
Wed, 3 Jul 2019 23:57:54 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world>
"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts –
and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never
failed to bring about change."
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Seven Worlds, One Planet: Extended Trailer (ft Sia and Hans Zimmer) | New David Attenborough Series
Wed, 3 Jul 2019 23:58:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlFRPkT-hVc
"Seven continents, all unique. Seven Worlds, One Planet is the latest
natural history landmark from BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit,
narrated by Sir David Attenborough. The series will showcase the rich
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'It is not a pipe dream': five things Australia could do now to end poverty
Wed, 3 Jul 2019 23:59:25 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jul/01/it-is-not-a-pipe-dream-five-things-australia-could-do-now-to-end-poverty>
"In New Zealand and Canada, poverty rates are falling dramatically. What
would it take to lift the forgotten Australians living in poverty?"
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Sandra Boynton is tweaking some of her beloved children’s books. But why mess with perfection?
Thu, 4 Jul 2019 22:28:11 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/sandra-boynton-is-changing-some-of-her-beloved-childrens-books-but-why-mess-with-perfection/2019/06/27/9447026e-9457-11e9-b58a-a6a9afaa0e3e_story.html>
"If you’ve been a child, had a child or known a child in the last 40
years, you’ve met a Boynton book. More than likely, you have counted,
sung and ABC-ed along with her bewildered cows, bright pigs and sullen
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'You grow up hating yourself': why child abuse survivors keep – and break – their silence
Thu, 4 Jul 2019 22:30:03 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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In the world’s northernmost town, temperatures have risen by 4C, devastating homes, wildlife and even the cemetery. Will the rest of the planet heed its warning?
Thu, 4 Jul 2019 22:31:27 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/jul/01/its-getting-warmer-wetter-wilder-the-arctic-town-heating-faster-than-anywhere>
"Nowhere on the planet is heating faster. This was the message of a
report commissioned by the Norwegian Environment Agency, unveiled in
February to a stunned audience in Longyearbyen, the archipelago’s de
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How Economic Inequality Inflicts Real Biological Harm
Sat, 6 Jul 2019 04:02:38 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-economic-inequality-inflicts-real-biological-harm/>
"Basically, more unequal societies have worse quality of life. Across
countries and among U.S. states, more inequality, independent of
absolute levels of income, predicts higher rates of crime, including
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Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
Sat, 6 Jul 2019 04:03:48 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-48824181
"A young Arctic fox has walked across the ice from Norway's Svalbard
islands to northern Canada in an epic journey, covering 3,506 km (2,176
miles) in 76 days."
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Bonn climate talks: Key outcomes from the June 2019 conference
Sat, 6 Jul 2019 04:06:19 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/bonn-climate-talks-key-outcomes-from-the-june-2019-conference-58045/>
"In her opening speech, UN climate change executive secretary Patricia
Espinosa sent a clear message about the “climate emergency” the world
faces, and emphasised the importance of nations dramatically increasing
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ICANN eliminates .org domain price caps despite lopsided opposition
Sat, 6 Jul 2019 04:08:30 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/icann-eliminates-org-domain-price-caps-despite-lopsided-opposition/>
"To sum up, fewer than 0.07 percent of commenters thought it would be a
good idea to remove the price cap on .org domains, while more than 98
percent opposed the change.
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A new abnormal: It is still 2 minutes to midnight
Sun, 7 Jul 2019 02:50:06 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/current-time/
"Humanity now faces two simultaneous existential threats, either of
which would be cause for extreme concern and immediate attention. These
major threats—nuclear weapons and climate change—were exacerbated this
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Artist Turns Scrap Metal into Delicately Crafted Insect Sculptures
Sun, 7 Jul 2019 02:53:03 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://mymodernmet.com/scrap-metal-sculpture-insects-by-edouard-martinet/>
"Many children develop a short-lived fascination with bugs, but French
artist Edouard Martinet’s childhood curiosity has stayed with him to
this day. When he was 8 years old, a teacher introduced him to “the
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A Crime by Any Name
Sun, 7 Jul 2019 02:59:06 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/border-facilities/593239/>
"The Trump administration’s commitment to deterring immigration through
cruelty has made horrifying conditions in detention facilities inevitable."
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The Empire is Crumbling
Sun, 7 Jul 2019 02:59:42 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://thenib.com/america-in-decay
"Rails, waterways, pipes, bridges, airports, electricity, even the
internet – America is falling apart."
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We Should Probably Stop Blaming Technology For The Failings Of Human Beings
Sun, 7 Jul 2019 22:51:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190616/02114442409/we-should-probably-stop-blaming-technology-failings-human-beings.shtml>
[…] "I’m still thinking a lot about how the internet has really held up
a mirror to society, and we don’t really like what we see. But rather
than recognizing that we need to fix society – or some of our political
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After urging land reform I now know the brute power of our billionaire press
Sun, 7 Jul 2019 22:52:18 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/03/land-reform-brute-power-billionaire-press-attacks>
“The common factor in all these articles is their conflation of the
interests of the ultra-rich with the interests of the middle classes.
While our proposals take aim at the oligarchs, and would improve the
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A SHAUN THE SHEEP: THE MOVIE: FARMAGEDDON - Official Trailer 2 - From Aardman Animations
Sun, 7 Jul 2019 22:55:12 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRVEm-yrm-k
"Get ready for a close encounter of the furred kind. Watch the brand new
trailer for A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon featuring the new track
'Lazy' by The Vaccines and Kylie Minogue. Shaun the Sheep’s highly
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Climate change could be paused by planting trees, researchers say, as they map out available land
Sun, 7 Jul 2019 22:56:09 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-07-05/climate-change-tree-planting-carbon-dioxide/11267556>
"Now new research published today in Science estimates there's enough
suitable unused land on the globe for reforestation to store around 205
gigatonnes of carbon.
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Bronies learning English in the digital wild
Mon, 8 Jul 2019 23:28:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/44676/23_01_10125-44676.pdf>
(PDF)
"This article reports on fan practices, in English, among an
international community of bronies—adult fans of the animated cartoon My
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DefunctTV: The History of Muppet Babies
Mon, 8 Jul 2019 23:30:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Agx492B4FY
"In this episode of DefunctTV, part 5 of 6 in the Jim Henson miniseries,
Kevin explores the history of the Muppets Take Manhattan, Muppet Babies,
Labyrinth, The Storyteller, and much much more."
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The health impacts of climate change and why calls for action are growing louder
Mon, 8 Jul 2019 23:31:17 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2019-07-06/health-impacts-of-climate-change/11282926>
"We tend to think about climate change as an environmental problem.
But it's the impending impacts on our health that have medical experts
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EU research ‘moonshots’ focus on climate crisis
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:50:34 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-strategy-2050/news/eu-research-moonshots-focus-on-climate-crisis/>
"The European Commission unveiled five flagship research and innovation
“missions” on Thursday (4 July), two of which are directly aimed at
addressing the climate crisis.
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This baby elephant playing and chasing birds is exactly what we need this weekend!
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:54:48 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Inspired by Singapore’s education system, Bangladeshi migrant worker starts polytechnic
Wed, 10 Jul 2019 22:57:40 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/cnainsider/inspired-by-singapore-education-bangladeshi-migrant-polytechnic-11697758>
"He was unable to complete high school, but Joy Sudip Bhadro’s
eye-opening experience here led to a ‘crazy’ dream come true in his
hometown. His story is told in the CNA Insider series, Life After
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Donald Trump wants to be a dictator. It’s not enough just to laugh at him
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:43:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/05/donald-trump-dictator-not-enough-laugh>
"Maybe we’re too busy laughing to see it. Perhaps it’s the jokes and
memes that Donald Trump generates in abundance, the gift that keeps on
giving, that blinds us to a chilling fact that we’d rather not face. Put
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One climate crisis disaster happening every week, UN warns
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:44:30 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/07/one-climate-crisis-disaster-happening-every-week-un-warns>
"Climate crisis disasters are happening at the rate of one a week,
though most draw little international attention and work is urgently
needed to prepare developing countries for the profound impacts, the UN
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How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:50:13 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48885846
"In Norway, the punishment is just to take away someone's liberty. The
other rights stay. Prisoners can vote, they can have access to school,
to health care; they have the same rights as any Norwegian citizen.
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A New Plan for Keeping NASA's Oldest Explorers Going
Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:52:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=7446
"With careful planning and dashes of creativity, engineers have been
able to keep NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft flying for nearly 42
years - longer than any other spacecraft in history. To ensure that
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Ben the playing golf cat
Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:46:38 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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The California coast is disappearing under the rising sea. Our choices are grim
Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:47:41 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-sea-level-rise-california-coast/
"The state has both no time and too much time to act, spiraling into
paralyzing battles over the why, who, when and how. It’s not too late
for Californians to lead the way and plan ahead for sea level rise,
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New Coke Didn’t Fail. It Was Murdered.
Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:48:39 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.motherjones.com/food/2019/07/what-if-weve-all-been-wrong-about-what-killed-new-coke/>
“[New Coke] was done in by a complicated web of interests, a mixture of
cranks and opportunists—a sugar-starved mob of pitchfork-clutching Andy
Rooneys, powered by the thrill of rebellion and an aggrieved sense of
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Government analyst resigns over blocked climate change testimony: reports
Sat, 13 Jul 2019 04:50:25 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/452459-government-analyst-resigns-over-blocked-climate-change-testimony>
"A State Department analyst has resigned after White House officials
blocked his written testimony to a congressional panel citing evidence
that climate change poses a national security threat, according to
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Thinking Of Privacy As A Property Right Will End Badly
Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:25:42 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190708/11265942540/thinking-privacy-as-property-right-will-end-badly.shtml>
"There are plenty of legitimate reasons (and a few not-so-legitimate
ones) to be concerned about the state of privacy today. But we’re going
to create a lot more problems if the “solution” is to turn your data
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'Climate Despair' Is Making People Give Up on Life
Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:27:27 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/j5w374/climate-despair-is-making-people-give-up-on-life>
"This is painful," Lertzman said. "It's super painful to be a human
being right now at this point in history." Nonetheless, she added, "We
need to translate our concern—our despair, our anger our feelings—into
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Holland covers hundreds of bus stops with plants as gift to honeybees
Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:28:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bus-stop-plants-green-roof-bees-holland-utrecht-a8997581.html>
"The roofs of hundreds of bus stops have been covered in plants as a
gift to honeybee, by a city in the Netherlands.
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The first socialist
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:05:26 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://aeon.co/essays/cesare-beccarias-radical-ideas-on-crime-and-punishment>
"Europe was at that time a profoundly hierarchical society, where a few
privileged people ruled over the entire population with an arbitrary and
unaccountable authority. Enlightenment philosophers took inequality to
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Surveillance Cameras Debunk the Bystander Effect
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:06:22 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/07/bystander-effect-stranger-danger-crime-public-safety-video/593755/>
"A new study uses camera footage to track the frequency of bystander
intervention in heated incidents in Amsterdam; Cape Town; and Lancaster,
England."
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India’s water crisis: alarm bells for Australia, world economy
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:07:41 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.michaelwest.com.au/indias-water-crisis-alarm-bells-for-australia-world-economy/>
"Despite all the water dumped across southern India in the past 10 days,
the country remains ravaged by drought. In the third week of June,
official figures showed 46 per cent of India was in drought. The country
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VULF SANS /// Font Release Promo
Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:25:53 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Baby Dugong Gives Huge Hug To The People Who Saved Her
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 01:29:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/rescued-baby-dugong-snuggles-up-to-rescuers-thailand>
"A baby animal found all alone on a beach has stolen the hearts of so
many people since her rescue in Thailand."
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Arctic ice loss is worrying, but the giant stirring in the South could be even worse
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 01:32:15 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/arctic-ice-loss-is-worrying-but-the-giant-stirring-in-the-south-could-be-even-worse-119822>
"Antarctica is an icy giant compared to its northern counterpart. The
water frozen in the Greenland ice sheet is equivalent to around 7 metres
of potential sea level rise. In the Antarctic ice sheet there are around
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‘It’s our problem’: Brazilian drama brings Amazon rainforest battle to screen
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 01:33:40 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jul/13/aruanas-brazil-amazon-rainforest-drama-marcos-nisti>
"Brazil’s telenovelas have a history of shaping public opinion on
current affairs – and this series tackles one of the country’s most
pressing issues: the high-stakes battle over the world’s largest
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'Just a matter of when': the $20bn plan to power Singapore with Australian solar
Tue, 16 Jul 2019 01:34:46 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/14/just-a-matter-of-when-the-20bn-plan-to-power-singapore-with-australian-solar>
"The desert outside Tennant Creek, deep in the Northern Territory, is
not the most obvious place to build and transmit Singapore’s future
electricity supply. Though few in the southern states are yet to take
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The Polyphonic Spree - "Raise Your Head" (feat. The Umbilical Brothers)
Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:37:37 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NW-T4aJ4KyQ
"I set out to make a fun music video, and was fortunate enough to have
the right ingredients. The Polyphonic Spree, a 22-piece band dancing
around on stage...are fun. The Umbilical Brothers, a duo of Australian
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Incredible footage shows the moment a manta ray asks a diver for help off Ningaloo Bay
Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:38:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/incredible-footage-shows-the-moment-a-manta-ray-asks-a-diver-for-help-off-ningaloo-bay-20190713-p526uo.html>
"A film production company has captured the incredible moment a manta
ray approaches a diver off WA’s Ningaloo Bay to ask for help removing a
hook stuck under its eye."
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How Germany closed its coal industry without sacking a single miner
Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:40:04 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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This Guy Improves Hollywood Movies By Editing His Cat Into Them And The Result Is Hilarious
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:31:48 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-cat-movies-videos-owl-kitty/
"Cats are known to possess all kinds of talents. They are great at
hunting, excellent at manipulating humans to get treats, and apparently,
they are amazing actors. Well, at least some of them. Meet Lizzy who
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DefunctTV: The Final Jim Henson Hour
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:32:41 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SfsynRHZK0
"In the final episode of DefunctTV's Jim Henson Series, Jim Henson
passes on, but not before he can make another television show and begin
major negotiation with the Walt Disney Company. Finish the series with a
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America is Dead
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 02:33:46 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2019/07/16/america-is-dead/
"Not the America that I idealized as a boy; not the glittering beacon of
equality I imagined it to be through the vaseline-covered lenses of my
maleness and straightness and whiteness; not the star-spangled stuff of
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Another Way In Which Patents Contributed To The Opioid Crisis: Hospitals Ordered Not To Use Better, Less Problematic Medicines
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 03:26:10 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190712/00244942576/another-way-which-patents-contributed-to-opioid-crisis-hospitals-ordered-not-to-use-better-less-problematic-medicines.shtml>
"Two years ago, we wrote about a stunning (and horrifying) study that
explained how patents deeply contributed to the opioid crisis. It
described the lengths that drug companies – including OxyContin maker
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The battle to rebuild centuries of science after an epic inferno
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 03:28:17 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02141-2
"Nearly a year after flames consumed Brazil’s National Museum in Rio de
Janeiro, researchers are struggling to revive their work and resume
their lives."
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21 Delicious Geometric Food Gradients by Artist Adam Hillman
Fri, 19 Jul 2019 03:29:42 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://twistedsifter.com/2019/07/food-art-by-adam-hillman-best-of/
"Multimedia artist and self-proclaimed ‘object arranger’ Adam Hillman
has amassed a huge following on Instagram for his colorful, geometric
artworks that he carefully arranges and photographs.
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Interoperability: Fix the Internet, Not the Tech Companies
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 04:58:26 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/interoperability-fix-internet-not-tech-companies>
"Everyone in the tech world claims to love interoperability—the
technical ability to plug one product or service into another product or
service—but interoperability covers a lot of territory, and depending on
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With ‘Molly of Denali,’ PBS Raises Its Bar for Inclusion
Sat, 20 Jul 2019 04:59:48 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/arts/television/molly-of-denali-alaska-native-pbs.html>
"The new PBS cartoon “Molly of Denali,” which centers on an Alaska
Native family, is perhaps PBS’s most ambitious effort yet to educate its
young viewers about a distinct cultural group."
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How to Win Every Argument
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 01:27:55 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://time.com/110643/how-to-win-every-argument/
“When an argument starts, persuasion stops. A group of researchers
including psychologist Drew Westen conducted a revealing experiment…So
what happened in people’s brains when they saw information that
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Shaun the Sheep completes astronaut training with ESA
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 01:30:38 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/Partnerships/Shaun_the_Sheep_completes_astronaut_training_with_ESA>
"Children’s film character Shaun the Sheep has completed his
microgravity training ahead of the launch of his second animated feature
film Farmageddon – and just in time for the 50th anniversary of Neil
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The strange story of Britain's oldest sweet
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 04:13:03 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20190710-the-strange-story-of-britains-oldest-sweet>
"First created as a medicine, liquorice cakes have been eaten throughout
the centuries – and are an unlikely symbol of Yorkshire."
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The Truth about Anti-White Discrimination
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 04:14:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-truth-about-anti-white-discrimination/>
"Many white Americans feel that discrimination against whites is on the
rise. Experiments suggests otherwise"
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Why Carl Malamud's Latest Brilliant Project, To Mine The World's Research Papers, Is Based In India
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 04:15:24 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190718/02430642607/why-carl-malamuds-latest-brilliant-project-to-mine-worlds-research-papers-is-based-india.shtml>
"Carl Malamud is one of Techdirt's heroes. We've been writing about his
campaign to liberate US government documents and information for over
ten years now. The journal Nature has a report on a new project of his,
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**Award Winning** CGI Animated Short Film: "Green Light" by Seongmin Kim | CGMeetup
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:29:03 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UT-mA673hLs
"With the ecosystem destroyed after a nuclear war, Mari, a survivor,
does all she can to rebuild. When she stumbles upon a robot soldier in
an abandoned city, everything changes."
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#HerUniverseFashionShow 2019
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:30:46 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://twitter.com/HotTopic/status/1152006356687187969
Via Muse, who wrote: "Whoa! This should blow my geek friends away!
Hot
Topic fashion show with all outfits inspired by fan favourite movies
and TV series like Star Wars, Game of Thrones, and Steven Universe."
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The History Behind the Supreme Court Showdown Over Tribal Land Is Bloody and Violent. For Rebecca Nagle, It’s Also Personal.
Tue, 23 Jul 2019 03:33:40 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2019/07/the-history-behind-the-supreme-court-showdown-over-tribal-land-is-bloody-and-violent-for-rebecca-nagle-its-also-personal/>
“A lot of judges don’t know a lot about federal Indian law. Or even
people in Congress. We have a lot of people who are making the decisions
that directly & deeply impact our lives, who don’t really understand a
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Australians’ faith in politics has collapsed – how can we reimagine democracy?
Wed, 24 Jul 2019 03:12:16 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2019/jul/19/australians-faith-in-politics-has-collapsed-how-can-we-reimagine-democracy>
"Late last year the Democracy 2025 project of the Museum of Australian
Democracy and the University of Canberra released a major piece of
research finding that trust in democracy in Australia has plummeted from
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'Ridiculed and not taken seriously': why fan fiction deserves more credit
Wed, 24 Jul 2019 03:13:41 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/ridiculed-and-not-taken-seriously-why-fan-fiction-deserves-more-credit-20190716-p527rz.html>
"Melbourne YA novelist Alison Evans says fan fiction provides a safe
space to give and receive direct, and almost instant, feedback on
writing. But despite its commercialisation, the perception of fan
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A moonlit tribute to a moon landing icon
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 01:03:16 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.blog.google/products/maps/margaret-hamilton-apollo-11-tribute/>
"With the anniversary of that moon landing approaching, Google set out
to shine a light on Margaret’s influence on Apollo, and on the field of
software engineering itself. The tribute was created by positioning over
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Here's part of @larissawaters' incredible speech about raising Newstart. Drop everything and watch this.
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 01:05:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://twitter.com/_slangers/status/1153133547294584833
"It is a government’s job to take care of a nation’s people…all of their
people."
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Trump Wants Immigrants to ‘Go Back.’ Native Americans Don’t.
Fri, 26 Jul 2019 01:05:59 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/opinion/trump-immigration-native-americans.html>
"The president and his followers lack the moral authority to tell anyone
to leave this country because they are not indigenous to this land."
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Many Animals Can’t Adapt Fast Enough to Climate Change
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 03:54:07 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.wired.com/story/many-animals-arent-adapting-fast-enough-to-survive-climate-change/>
"Life on Earth is so diverse because it’s so adaptable: Temperatures go
up or down, and a species might move into a new habitat and evolve to
become something different over time. But what we humans have unleashed
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Make environmental damage a war crime, say scientists
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 03:55:23 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/jul/24/make-environmental-damage-a-war-say-scientists-geneva-convention>
"International lawmakers should adopt a fifth Geneva convention that
recognises damage to nature alongside other war crimes, according to an
open letter by 24 prominent scientists."
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EU moves to tackle deforestation caused by chocolate and other products
Sat, 27 Jul 2019 03:56:51 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/25/eu-moves-to-tackle-deforestation-caused-by-chocolate-and-other-products>
"Campaigners hail scheme to protect and restore forests around the world
as ‘pivotal step’ towards ensuring goods remain untainted"
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What does it mean to be a tree? Undead stumps and albino redwoods.
Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:41:34 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://technosocial.com/2019/07/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-tree-undead-stumps-and-albino-redwoods/>
"This is a fascinating article about how some stumps are stay alive by
grafting their roots to other trees. In exchange for the energy derived
from other trees, they provide water siphoned up at night when the other
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Decades-Old Computer Science Conjecture Solved in Two Pages
Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:42:50 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematician-solves-computer-science-conjecture-in-two-pages-20190725/>
"The “sensitivity” conjecture stumped many top computer scientists, yet
the new proof is so simple that one researcher summed it up in a single
tweet."
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Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia’s coastal habitat
Sun, 28 Jul 2019 10:43:56 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://blog.csiro.au/extreme-weather-caused-by-climate-change-has-damaged-45-of-australias-coastal-habitat/>
"We found more than 45% of the coastline was already affected by extreme
weather events caused by climate change. What’s more, these ecosystems
are struggling to recover as extreme events are expected to get worse."
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The problem of mindfulness
Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:47:43 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://aeon.co/essays/mindfulness-is-loaded-with-troubling-metaphysical-assumptions>
"The focus tends to be solely on the contents of an individual’s mind
and the alleviation of their distress, rather than on interrogating the
deeper socioeconomic and political conditions that give rise to the
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‘Roman Biro’ – complete with joke – found at London building site
Mon, 29 Jul 2019 02:49:29 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jul/27/joke-on-roman-souvenir-bloomberg-building-site-city-of-london>
"It sounds just like the kind of joke that is ubiquitous in today’s
cheap-and-cheerful souvenir industry: “I went to Rome and all I got you
was this lousy pen.” But the tongue-in-cheek inscription recently
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Wasted
Tue, 30 Jul 2019 05:27:39 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/wasted/
"Waste is an issue throughout the global food chain. Roughly one-third
of our food supply—about 1.3 billion tonnes—gets wasted every year. A
European or North American consumer may waste up to 115 kilograms per
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Ethiopia plants 350m trees in a day to help tackle climate crisis
Wed, 31 Jul 2019 02:29:32 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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How Carly Rae Jepsen Inspired One of the Best Tabletop RPGs of the Year
Thu, 1 Aug 2019 03:52:29 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/07/how-carly-rae-jepsen-inspired-one-of-the-best-tabletop-rpgs-of-the-year/>
"Introducing friends to the world of tabletop gaming can be a daunting
task. Even if you can get beyond the initial barrier of grown adults
pretending to be gnome sorcerers or elven warriors, there still always
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Climate denial: Donald Trump mimics criminal behaviour when justifying his stance
Thu, 1 Aug 2019 03:53:22 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
<
https://theconversation.com/climate-denial-donald-trump-mimics-criminal-behaviour-when-justifying-his-stance-120741>
"From my background studying criminal behaviour, I found something
striking about the way Trump justifies inaction on climate change.
Through his own words, the president’s arguments mimic patterns in
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