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‘Giant colouring book’: how money and paint mix in Melbourne’s street art scene
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:30:39 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/07/giant-colouring-book-how-money-and-paint-mix-in-melbournes-street-art-scene>
"Of the many reasons to visit Melbourne, the city’s street art is pretty high.
Hosier Lane, a constantly evolving graffiti and paint-covered laneway in the
CBD, has become a common background in Instagram posts from visitors around the
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Justin Trudeau quits: How his focus on social policy will be his legacy
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:29:42 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/justin-trudeau-quits-how-his-focus-on-social-policy-will-be-his-legacy-246730>
"Justin Trudeau has resigned after more than nine years as Canada’s 23rd prime
minister. Parliament will be prorogued and will resume sitting on March 24.
Trudeau says he made his decision over the holidays after discussions with his
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Have we been duped by the primary energy fallacy?
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:28:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://medium.com/@jan.rosenow/have-we-been-duped-by-the-primary-energy-fallacy-167f53c58961>
"Whenever I post something on renewable energy on social media it never takes
long for negative comments to arrive in my feed. One type of comment I get
frequently is from people who share a chart showing global primary energy
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Relentless warming is driving the water cycle to new extremes, the 2024 global water report shows
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:28:14 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/relentless-warming-is-driving-the-water-cycle-to-new-extremes-the-2024-global-water-report-shows-246131>
"Last year, Earth experienced its hottest year on record − for the fourth year
in a row. Rising temperatures are changing the way water moves around our
planet, wreaking havoc on the water cycle.
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Satellite images show melting glaciers are shifting national borders in EU
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:22:20 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-satellite-images-glaciers-shifting-national.html>
"In Europe and around the globe, melting glaciers are transforming both
landscapes and national borders. In this article, Elzė Buslavičiūtė and Dr.
Laurynas Jukna, researchers at the Institute of Geosciences of Vilnius
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The Real Reason People Don’t Trust in Science Has Nothing to Do with Scientists
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:21:31 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-real-reason-people-dont-trust-in-science-has-nothing-to-do-with/>
"“We’re all trying to find the guy who did this,” said the hot-dog–costumed
protagonist of a 2019 comedy sketch, pretending not to know who had crashed a
hot-dog–shaped car.
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‘Our thighs are aquiver!’ Inside the Siegfried and Roy opera with magic, tiger puppets and ‘hysterical sex’
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:29:31 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/jan/06/siegfried-and-roy-magicians-the-unauthorised-opera-magic>
"Magic doesn’t just happen. Opera singers Kanen Breen and Christopher Tonkin
are learning that the hard way. Making magic is key to their onstage
partnership as the stars of a new Australian opera about one of the most
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Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:28:34 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/continental-drift-why-the-need-for-critical-minerals-might-change-the-way-we-define-earths-zones-229498>
"Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international
law. The idea of dividing the world into geographical zones is ancient.
Sovereignty and influence over natural resources is at the heart of most global
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Sunglasses reflect more than the light: a brief history of shades, from Ancient Rome to Hollywood
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:27:41 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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Hydrogen Hype is Dying, And That's a Good Thing
Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:26:52 +1100
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awN2w3sGj1w
"Over the past decade, governments all over the world have invested heavily
into the hydrogen economy, that is the idea to use hydrogen to store and
transport energy from intermittent renewables. But over the past year, stocks
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