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So You Want To Abolish Time Zones @ Things Of Interest
https://qntm.org/abolish

Laudable! Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative.

Before abolishing time zones I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there? Google tells me it is currently...

 
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world | Childbirth | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/nov/22/free-birth-society-linked-to-babies-deaths-investigation

A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors

 
articles:rec birth childbirth death
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The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-mystery-of-mistletoes-missing-genes-20201221/
 
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In Spite of You, by Patrick Lenton
https://patricklenton.com/books

Patrick Lenton is the author of the book of short stories A Man Made Entirely of Bats, the book of comedic essays Uncle Hercules and Other Lies, and the full length short story collection Sexy Tales of Paleontology. Sexy Tales of Paleontology was shortlisted for the SPN Book of the Year Award, 2022.

 
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How did the CIA lose a nuclear device?
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html
 
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Burke and Wills died as Victorian heroes, but their expedition was a farce. Now Melbourne is rethinking their statue | Melbourne | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/07/burke-wills-australian-heroes-expedition-farce-melbourne-statue

Their quest captured the imagination of the colony and became part of Australia’s foundation narrative. But it was a debacle led by an eccentric man with a poor sense of direction

 
australia history
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He set out to walk around the world. After 27 years, he’s nearly home. - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/12/05/karl-bushby-walk-around-world/

his focus to that once he’s home.

His main takeaway from his adventures is how people along the way have treated him. He said he hopes to pay it forward in the ways he can.

“The world will wrap itself around you and help you achieve things and keep you moving,” he said. “It’s been absolutely astounding.”

 
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A Grave Condition Caused by C-Sections Is on the Rise
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/health/placenta-accreta-c-sections.html
 
articles:rec birth childbirth medicine
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Memo to Bari Weiss Re: CBS News: You’re doomed | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/business/793525/bari-weiss-cbs-news-glass-cliff

Bari Weiss has sold her company, The Free Press, to manage the decline of broadcast news at CBS. How many ways can it go wrong?

 
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There are three kinds of antisemitism – each needs to be dealt with differently
https://www.smh.com.au/national/there-are-three-kinds-of-antisemitism-each-needs-to-be-dealt-with-differently-20251225-p5nq1t.html
 
articles:rec australia racism
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The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine
https://dissentmagazine.org/article/the-left-needs-bureaucrats/

After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.

 
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Australia’s red and yellow beach flags can be dangerously confusing. Is it time to change them?
https://theconversation.com/australias-red-and-yellow-beach-flags-can-be-dangerously-confusing-is-it-time-to-change-them-266772

To international visitors, red and yellow beach flags may look like a warning.

 
articles:rec australia swimming
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Tehran's Corruption Has Put the City on the Brink of Catastrophe
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/26/tehran-iran-water-quakes/

Moving the capital is an old idea and a perennial nonstarter.

 
articles:rec iran politics
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AI and Folk Cartesianism - Part 1: Defining the Problem
https://andymasley.substack.com/p/ai-and-folk-cartesianism-part-1-defining
 
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The Birthday of the World, by Ursula K. Le Guin
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/the-birthday-of-the-world
 
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Through Gates of Garnet and Gold, by Seanan McGuire
https://torpublishinggroup.com/through-gates-of-garnet-and-gold/
 
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Why some people got blood clots after the AstraZeneca vaccine – new clues
https://theconversation.com/why-some-people-got-blood-clots-after-the-astrazeneca-vaccine-new-clues-211949

Adenoviral vaccines are widely used. We need to know why some people get deadly blood clots.

 
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Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable | Science | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/27/face-transplant-patients-results-outcomes

Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance

 
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Literary Hub » Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
https://lithub.com/maybe-dont-talk-to-the-new-york-times-about-zohran-mamdani/

It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…

 
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Message in a bottle from first world war soldier found on remote Australian beach | Australia news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/02/message-in-bottle-first-world-war-soldier-found-australia-wharton-beach

Light-hearted note, penned on 15 August 1916, was found on Wharton beach, after severe winter storms washed away sand dunes

 
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Will the ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ really help me sleep?
https://theconversation.com/will-the-scandinavian-sleep-method-really-help-me-sleep-270359

The ‘Scandinavian sleep method’ is having a moment on social media. But what is it? And will it stop you fighting over the doona?

 
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S2 E8 Free Solo and More - Alex Honnold on Life and El Capitan | Real Risk
https://realriskpodcast.com/s2-e8-free-solo-and-more-alex-honnold-on-life-and-el-capitan/

S2 E8 Free Solo and More - Alex Honnold on Life and El Capitan

 
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Usman Khawaja did it all his own way and retires a modern day Australian cricket great - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-02/usman-khawaja-retirement-cricket-career-legacy-analysis/106092620
 
articles:rec australia cricket sports
Added 3 weeks ago
S3 E4 Back to Thailand - Cave Diver Craig Challen on The Rescue, Risk and Adventure | Real Risk
https://realriskpodcast.com/s3-e4-back-to-thailand-cave-diver-craig-challen-on-the-rescue-risk-and-adventure/

S3 E4 Back to Thailand - Cave Diver Craig Challen on The Rescue, Risk and Adventure

 
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