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These 3 charts show female‑dominated jobs are actually the most exposed to AI

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:48:09 +1000

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

<https://theconversation.com/these-3-charts-show-female-dominated-jobs-are-actually-the-most-exposed-to-ai-288103>

"As the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) sweep across the labour force,
it’s understandable for workers to be concerned about which jobs are most at
risk of being replaced by technology.

Sydney’s sugar rush: how the colony’s most powerful profited from Australia’s slave trade

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:47:26 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/10/sydney-sugar-industry-slave-trade-pacific-islanders-ntwnfb>

"Emelda Davis is a former Sydney city councillor, community advocate and
second-generation descendant of blackbirded South Sea Islanders. Otherwise
known as enslaved people.

What three million online posts reveal about anti‑First Nations hate in Australia

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:46:15 +1000

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

<https://theconversation.com/what-three-million-online-posts-reveal-about-anti-first-nations-hate-in-australia-289052>

"A federal parliamentary inquiry is currently asking a difficult question: what
is driving racism, hate and violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people, and what role does the internet play?

In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:45:26 +1000

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

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/australia-home-batteries

"A little more than one year ago, Australia rolled out a program to heavily
subsidize home batteries, part of a larger effort to make use of the huge
volumes of solar energy that were going to waste. On Friday, officials

Europe EV market share tops 25% in July as France, Germany drive growth

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:43:57 +1000

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

<https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/europe-ev-market-share-tops-25-july-france-germany-drive-growth-2026-08-23/>

"Aug 24 (Reuters) - Battery electric vehicle registrations in Europe
continued to rise in July, with electric cars accounting for more than one in
four new vehicles ‌sold as strong growth in France and Germany offset weaker

Scholastic Partners with Tezuka Productions for Reimagined Manga Classics

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:40:30 +1000

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

<https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/08/scholastic-partners-with-tezuka-productions-for-reimagine-manga-classics/>

"Children’s publishing, education and media company Scholastic announced it
will be partnering with Tezuka Productions, Co., Ltd., Osamu Tezuka’s IP
company, to reimagine five of his original manga titles for children.

New Zealand opens marine reserves with groundbreaking Māori co-management model

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:23:25 +1000

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

<https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/new-zealand-opens-marine-reserves-with-groundbreaking-maori-co-management-model/>

"DUNEDIN, Aotearoa New Zealand — At a U.N. meeting in 2015, Aotearoa New
Zealand’s then Prime Minister John Key made a major announcement that drew
praise from international conservation groups: His administration would turn a

‘I love it. It’s hope’: the mysterious self-willed wildflower meadow that seeded itself

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:21:15 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/24/mysterious-self-willed-wildflower-meadow-that-seeded-itself>

"Tucked away on a country lane, a small field bursts with yellow and pink
flowers. Quail and whitethroats call from the thick hedges and the plants,
including common centaury, yellow rattle and marsh and common spotted orchids,

Sydney gardener fined almost $200,000 for removing 287 trees to improve harbourside mansion’s water views

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:19:02 +1000

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/09/trees-vandalism-lane-cove-council-sydney-gardener-fined-court-longueville-ntwnfb>

"It began with a gardener being hired to trim grass at a harbourside mansion in
Sydney – and escalated to payments being left in a shoe for the unlawful
felling of hundreds of native trees in protected bushland.

First mRNA flu shot approved by FDA bodes well for improving drugs of the future – though a few hurdles remain before mRNA can move beyond vaccines

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:17:54 +1000

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

<https://theconversation.com/first-mrna-flu-shot-approved-by-fda-bodes-well-for-improving-drugs-of-the-future-though-a-few-hurdles-remain-before-mrna-can-move-beyond-vaccines-289277>

"Vaccines have been reliably and affordably protecting people from diseases
worldwide for centuries. Until the COVID-19 pandemic, however, vaccine
development was still a long and idiosyncratic process. Traditionally,