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Victorians urged to evacuate Otways as massive fire threatens to spread east towards more than 1,000 homes

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:25:40 +1100

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/26/victoria-evacuate-otways-fire-spread-east-lorne-heatwave>

"Residents of more than 1,000 homes in Victoria have been urged to leave before
sunset in anticipation of a massive fire spreading and the onset of a severe
heatwave.

Human composting, natural burials, water cremation: greener ways to go when you die

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:24:23 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/human-composting-natural-burials-water-cremation-greener-ways-to-go-when-you-die-270969>

"All of us, sooner or later, will need to make a decision about the final
resting place for ourselves or a loved one.

The Dildo Distribution Delegation

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:23:34 +1100

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

https://www.closertotheedge.net/p/the-dildo-distribution-delegation

"The revolution did not arrive with speeches, pamphlets, or a carefully
moderated Zoom call about optics. It arrived in a cardboard box full of
clearance-bin dildos, under purple neon light.

“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:18:26 +1100

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

https://archive.md/dwGMB

"In the wake of poet and writer Renee Good’s killing, Donald Trump and his
collaborators have done all they can to define her as an enemy of The Homeland.
The administration claims, for instance, that Good was a “domestic terrorist,”

The researchers reshaping the future of women-led business in Yorkshire

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:14:30 +1100

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

<https://www.positive.news/society/the-new-research-that-will-help-female-entrepreneurs-in-yorkshire-to-fly/>

"In York, entrepreneurship is far from a level playing field. Across the city
and the North Yorkshire region there are more than 23,000 fewer self-employed
women than men, and men remain nearly twice as likely to work for themselves.

Iran president’s son urges authorities to restore internet after protests blackout

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 04:12:30 +1100

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

<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/25/iran-presidents-son-urges-authorities-to-restore-internet-after-protest-blackout>

"The son of Iran’s president has called for the internet restrictions in the
country to be lifted, saying nothing will be solved by trying to postpone the
moment when pictures and video circulate of the protests that were violently

The Hidden History of Women Game Designers

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:31:00 +1100

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

https://daily.jstor.org/the-hidden-history-of-women-game-designers/

"Educational games were all the rage in the early ninteenth century. As the
narrator of Sir Walter Scott’s 1814 novel, Waverley, observed, “the history
of England is now reduced to a game at cards, the problems of mathematics to

Computer says no: AI vetting rejects job hunters in record time

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:28:34 +1100

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

<https://www.smh.com.au/business/workplace/computer-says-no-ai-vetting-rejects-job-hunters-in-record-time-20260122-p5nw2y.html>

"Job hunters whose applications are being rapidly knocked back are airing their
frustration as experts warn of the discriminatory risks of relying too heavily
on AI for hiring.

White House Push AI-Altered Images Of Arrested ICE Protesters To Manufacture Cruelty

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:27:27 +1100

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

<https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/23/white-house-push-ai-altered-images-of-arrested-ice-protesters-to-manufacture-cruelty/>

"We are being led by deeply unserious people. Not only that, but people who are
manufacturing cruelty upon their very own constituents. That’s how bad this has
gotten.

Australia once enshrined white superiority. These 10 trailblazers helped shift our attitudes to race

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:26:40 +1100

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

<https://theconversation.com/australia-once-enshrined-white-superiority-these-10-trailblazers-helped-shift-our-attitudes-to-race-269382>

"In early 20th century Australia, Indigenous people were denied citizenship and
the nation had a racially exclusive immigration policy. Most people not only
accepted the “White Australia” policy but openly identified with its assumption