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The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife
We cannot stop wild birds from flying. But we can control whether this becomes an unmanaged catastrophe or a closely tracked outbreak.
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Abby Martin’s documentary takes on the ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy’ ecocide
REVIEW: By Olivia Rosane It’s a commonly repeated statistic that the US military is the world’s largest institutional polluter, but what exactly does that mean? The quest to find a real answer to that question led journalist and documentary filmmaker Abby Martin and her husband and co-director Mike Prysner on a five-year journey from defence
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What is Genocost? Understanding Congo’s new language of remembrance and justice
Every year on August 2, the Congolese community around the world observes a day of remembrance for the victims of the genocide perpetrated against the people of eastern DRC for economic gain.
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Meta censoring Palestinian content – and here’s proof of ‘platformicide’
COMMENTARY: By +972 podcast presenter Alaa Salama As +972 Magazine’s audience engagement manager, social media is a huge part of my job. I use it daily — not only to promote the magazine’s articles, but also to gauge audience reactions, opinions, and ideas regarding our work. We simply cannot escape using social media: Most of
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‘Kingmaker’ candidate elected new president of New Caledonia’s government
By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific A member of New Caledonia’s Eveil Océanien kingmaker’s party, Milakulo Tukumuli, has been elected as the new President of the territory’s “collegial” government. He was elected by New Caledonia’s 54-member Congress during a special sitting on Friday where the 11 members of the French Pacific territory’s government were elected.
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58 years of attacks on the media by powerful leaders trying to deflect criticism, from Nixon to Trump
American faith in news is at an all-time low, aided by a president hostile to the press. But presidents have long attacked journalists as biased. What does objectivity really mean?
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Why Arbaeen – the Shiite Muslim pilgrimage of mourning – has a deep significance that brings millions to Iraq each year
Each year, millions of Shiite Muslims walk to Karbala to honor Husayn, the prophet’s grandson, whose death continues to shape their faith.
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Clickgate: what cricket cheating scandal reveals about the nebulous ‘spirit’ of the game
Cricket prides itself on being a model of fair play and sportsmanship, but is it really that different from other sports?
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Can you get stronger without pushing yourself to the limit?
Pushing every set until you cannot do another rep may not improve strength or muscle growth, and can make recovery harder.
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An AI system ‘escaped’ during a test and hacked a company. How worried should we be?
The AI model built by OpenAI attacked the website Hugging Face.
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How your conscious and unconscious mind interact
The modern scientific consensus is that your unconscious mind does the heavy lifting.
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How grief tech is reimagining Victorian spiritualism
The 19th-century spiritualist movement promised contact with the dead. Today’s AI grief tech is reviving that promise in unsettling new ways.