Glass Wings Blog: January 2026

The Museum of Care: Open-Source Survival Kit Collection

Thu, 1 Jan 2026 11:32:42 +1100

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

<https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-the-museum-of-care-open-source-survival-kit-collection>

“The talk is about the ideas behind setting up the David Graeber Institute and
the Museum of Care. The Survival Kit Collection brings together collectives
developing open source "social technologies" —spirulina farms, self-replicating

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EU legislation intended to fight deforestation has been effectively ‘dismantled’

Thu, 1 Jan 2026 11:34:36 +1100

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/31/eu-legislation-intended-to-fight-deforestation-has-been-effectively-dismantled>

"It was hailed by campaigners around the world as a game-changing piece of
legislation that would help stop deforestation.

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‘People are wrestling with the burden’: Japan pivots to focus on nuclear power ‘maximisation’ alongside renewables

Thu, 1 Jan 2026 11:36:16 +1100

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/31/japan-pivots-nuclear-power-maximisation-renewables>

"The stillness of a bitterly cold afternoon is broken by the swish, swoosh of
three 50m-long blades, adjusting automatically to the tiniest shift in the
direction of a dependable westerly wind that keeps them turning day and night.

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It never existed

Thu, 1 Jan 2026 11:37:13 +1100

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

<https://aeon.co/essays/the-idea-of-precolonial-africa-is-vacuous-and-wrong>

"We should expunge, forever, the epithet ‘precolonial’ or any of its cognates
from all aspects of the study of Africa and its phenomena. We should banish
title phrases, names and characterisations of reality and ideas containing the

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Deep in Kakadu, nature has long warned about rising sea levels

Thu, 1 Jan 2026 11:38:32 +1100

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

<https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-31/nt-kakadu-sea-level-rise-climate-change-saltwater-intrusion/105752820>

"Crocodile warning signs break the surface of a flooded Oenpelli Road, as
Jonathan Nadji speeds through the paperbark forest of the Magela Creek system.

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New year celebrations around the world – in pictures

Thu, 1 Jan 2026 11:41:15 +1100

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/gallery/2025/dec/31/new-year-celebrations-around-the-world-in-pictures>

Revellers across the globe welcome the arrival of 2026 with spectacular
fireworks and festivities

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