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A Melbourne bakery found TikTok fame, before trolls began harassing its young staff. How the owners responded went viral

Mon, 8 Dec 2025 04:01:46 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/06/melbourne-bakery-montmorency-tiktok-harassment-viral-video>

"Lawrence Du knew instinctively that his parents’ bakery had the potential to
pop off on social media.

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...hope in dark times...

Mon, 8 Dec 2025 04:00:17 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
https://newsletter.susankayequinn.com/v5y8e9o6w3

"As the days get shorter (and the insanity of the world continues), we've
always reached for a bit of light in the darkness.

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At least 12 homes destroyed as more than 75 bushfires burn across NSW

Mon, 8 Dec 2025 03:58:39 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/06/eastern-australia-swelters-in-severe-heatwave-as-bushfires-burn-and-dry-lightning-risks-new-blazes>

"Extreme weather conditions are lingering across parts of Australia as crews
fight to contain bushfires in multiple states.

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‘Cultivate resistance’: policy paper lays bare Trump support for Europe’s far right

Mon, 8 Dec 2025 03:56:36 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/05/civilisational-erasure-us-strategy-document-appears-to-echo-far-right-conspiracy-theories-about-europe>

"Donald Trump’s administration has said Europe faces “civilisational erasure”
within the next two decades as a result of migration and EU integration,
arguing in a policy document that the US must “cultivate resistance” within the

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Family of victim in alleged Trump ‘drug boat’ killings files first formal complaint

Mon, 8 Dec 2025 03:55:20 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/02/trump-caribbean-drug-boat-attack-complaint>

"A family in Colombia filed a petition on Tuesday with the Washington DC-based
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, alleging that the Colombian citizen
Alejandro Carranza Medina was illegally killed in a US airstrike on 15

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The Man Who Wrote Songs for the Muppets and the Carpenters Takes a Bow

Mon, 8 Dec 2025 03:54:02 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
https://archive.md/pgAol

"In 1977, the day after Paul Williams won an Oscar for writing lyrics for
“Evergreen” — the theme song from “A Star Is Born” starring its composer,
Barbra Streisand — he received a phone call from bookers for “Circus of the

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How rolling sand dunes are creeping up on last remaining oases on edge of Sahara

Sun, 7 Dec 2025 11:14:27 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/24/chad-desert-oases-wadi-water-gold-climate-crisis>

"On the ochre sands of Kanem, the neat vegetable gardens and silver-green palm
trees of Kaou oasis stand out, incongruous in this desert province of 70,000 sq
km in western Chad.

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Bombed Chornobyl shelter no longer blocks radiation and needs major repair – IAEA

Sun, 7 Dec 2025 11:12:57 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/06/chornobyl-disaster-shelter-no-longer-blocks-radiation-and-needs-major-repair-iaea>

"The protective shield over the Chornobyl disaster nuclear reactor in Ukraine,
which was hit by a drone in February, can no longer perform its main function
of blocking radiation, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has

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Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era

Sun, 7 Dec 2025 11:10:40 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
https://thelocal.to/investigating-scam-journalism-ai/

"In late September, I put out a call for pitches from freelance journalists. As
an editor at The Local, an online magazine in Toronto that wins awards for
its long-form journalism, I have a stable of dependable writers I like to work

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Expert view: Will Australia have another Christmas COVID wave this year?

Sun, 7 Dec 2025 11:06:38 +1100

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

Andrew Pam
<https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/will-australia-have-another-christmas-covid-wave-this-year/lprxvr8vq>

"As Australians prepare for Christmas and holiday plans, COVID-19 might make a
quiet comeback.

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