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Friendship is magic: male dolphins with close friends age more slowly

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:12:17 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/friendship-is-magic-male-dolphins-with-close-friends-age-more-slowly-271411>

"For more than 40 years, researchers in Shark Bay, Western Australia, have been
watching the lives of a very unusual group of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins
(Tursiops aduncus). The male dolphins in this group form one of the most

Digital Revolutionary Mini Zine Vol. 2

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:10:52 +1100

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

https://www.patreon.com/posts/digital-mini-vol-145883737

“This 7-page mini 'zine shows you how to counter surveillance distress,
mitigate vicarious trauma from seeing violent news or social media, focuses on
stopping the outrage-to-overwhelm cycle (like when we "freeze up"), refine your

One UK journalist’s close access to Hitler carries a warning about Trump’s media restrictions

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:08:57 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/one-uk-journalists-close-access-to-hitler-carries-a-warning-about-trumps-media-restrictions-265278>

"Interviewing Hitler opens in Linz, Austria, in 1938: the year before the
outbreak of World War Two. Adolf Hitler, who was born in Austria, has just
announced the Anschluss, the forced political union of Germany and his birth

Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2025 FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:06:57 +1100

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

https://www.comedywildlifephoto.com/

"We are delighted to announce that the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Overall Winner of
2025 is:

Has the Trump resistance been too passive? Here are 7 ways to effectively protest authoritarian rule

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:05:32 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/has-the-trump-resistance-been-too-passive-here-are-7-ways-to-effectively-protest-authoritarian-rule-268208>

"The United States, it has long been claimed, is organically disposed towards
democracy. When the Puritans founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early
1600s, the first governor, John Winthrop, called the new settlement a “city

Scientists Relaunch the ‘Internet of Animals’

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:19:40 +1100

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

https://e360.yale.edu/digest/icarus-2025-launch

"German scientists have relaunched a satellite system that will be used to
track wildlife all across the globe. The “internet of animals” was first
launched in 2020, in collaboration with Russian researchers, but was abruptly

‘Checkout charity’ requests often backfire, leaving shoppers feeling guilty: new study

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:18:05 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/checkout-charity-requests-often-backfire-leaving-shoppers-feeling-guilty-new-study-271731>

"“Would you like to donate $2 to charity today?”

If you have been Christmas shopping this season, you probably heard this

“Remarkable:” World’s largest battery-electric ship powers up for first time in Australia

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:17:20 +1100

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

<https://thedriven.io/2025/12/15/remarkable-worlds-largest-battery-electric-ship-powered-up-for-first-time-in-australia/>

"Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has achieved a historic milestone,
powering up the world’s largest battery-electric ship ever constructed that was
built at its shipyards on the River Derwent north of Hobart.

Why tensions between China and Japan are unlikely to be resolved soon

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:15:32 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/why-tensions-between-china-and-japan-are-unlikely-to-be-resolved-soon-271527>

"Though China and Japan are experienced in dealing with diplomatic crises,
relations between the two neighbours appear to have reached a new low. And this
time, their conflict may not be easily resolved.

Hong Kong’s last major opposition party disbands amid Chinese pressure

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 19:14:38 +1100

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/14/hong-kong-opposition-democratic-party-disbands-chinese-pressure>

"Hong Kong’s last major opposition party has disbanded after a vote by its
members, the culmination of Chinese pressure on the city’s remaining liberal
voices in a years-long security crackdown.