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Finland gains direct rail link to Europe this summer

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:30:24 +1000

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

https://yle.fi/a/74-20220038

“Starting this summer, railway afficionados will be able to make a record-long
train journey within the EU.

The Blossoming of the Big Tree

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:28:53 +1000

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

https://mograph.social/@dilmandila/116272273000220971

"This #solarpunksunday check out my new novella, which is on pre-order and due
out on 1st July. It's my vision of the future, where I fantasize about a world
without central governments, politicians, or capitalism, and it centers on an

As RFK Jr allies hailed Mississippi’s rollback of strict school vaccine rules, whooping cough surged and a baby died

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:27:07 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/09/rfk-jr-mississippi-rollback-school-vaccine-rules>

"When a federal judge in Mississippi ordered a sweeping rollback of the state’s
strict school vaccine rules in 2023, the ruling hit some doctors like “a gut
punch”.

Aspiring author Dillon Helbig wanted his book in a library, so he wrote it and snuck it onto the shelves

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:22:47 +1000

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

<https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-02-03/american-child-dillon-helbig-sneaks-book-local-library/100800848>

“Dillon Helbig has been wanting to see his work in a library since he was five.

Instead of the going down the traditional publishing route, which would have

I swapped England for Seoul after watching a Korean teen drama – and found myself cast in a K-pop video

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:21:18 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/11/a-teen-k-drama-led-to-a-new-life-in-seoul-south-korea>

"The first time I discovered South Korea was during a Mandarin homework mishap
in 2013. I was 16 and lacked all the characteristics required to be good at
languages: confidence, a thick skin and any desire to talk out loud. Forced to

How a mother turned her drowned daughter’s passion into a thriving patisserie

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:19:29 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/germany-patisserie-johanna-orth-bereaved-parents-ahr-valley-floods>

"Johanna Orth was a fun-loving, determined little girl and later a
purpose-driven young woman who revelled in making a creative mess in the
kitchen. Her parents, Inka and Ralph, chuckle quietly as they remember the

An environmental disaster in Moldova has Russia’s fingerprints all over it

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:12:02 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/11/environmental-disaster-moldova-russia-ukraine-war-drinking-water>

"In the second week of March, the nature vlogger Ilie Cojocari went out to film
the arrival of spring on the Nistru (Dniester) river, 70 metres away from his
home in Naslavcea, a village bordering Ukraine on the northernmost point of

Blue Marble Redux

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:10:53 +1000

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

https://theprogressnetwork.substack.com/p/blue-marble-redux

"The four-astronaut crew of Artemis II is on its way back to Earth, due to
reenter our atmosphere tomorrow and splash down somewhere off the coast of San
Diego, California.

The yidaki, a 16th-century double bass and a South American flute: finding Australia’s oldest playable musical instrument

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:09:35 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/06/australia-oldest-musical-instrument>

"“Was it love at first sight?” asks Max Bibeau. “I would say no.”

The relationship between a musician and their instrument is always complicated.

Fix The News 334: Mother. Orion. Europe 💪 Ukraine. Vancouver's marine life. Asia pivots to solar.

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 03:08:35 +1000

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

https://fixthenews.com/p/334-mother-orion-europe-ukraine-vancouver

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* Four humans just flew behind the Moon…and photographed Earthrise.