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Photographer Beautifully 'Breaks the Rules' With Abstract Fireworks Photos | PetaPixel
https://petapixel.com/2025/07/02/photographer-beautifully-breaks-the-rules-with-abstract-fireworks-photos/
Discover the bold, abstract firework photography of Bryan Szucs, where creative techniques transform bursts of color into captivating art.
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Ancient DNA solves mystery of Hungarian, Finnish language origins — Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/07/ancient-dna-solves-mystery-of-hungarian-finnish-language-familys-origins/
Parent emerged over 4,000 years ago in Siberia, farther east than many thought, then rapidly spread west, study finds.
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Long Live Evil, by Sarah Rees Brennan
https://www.sarahreesbrennan.com/book/long-live-evil/
Reading Group Signed Special Irish Edition US Retailers UK Retailers Order Your Evil US Art & Bookplate German Special Edition Dutch Special Edition Irish
Bonus: The Lab Leak Goes Mainstream
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/episodes/17282956-bonus-the-lab-leak-goes-mainstream
By popular demand we are releasing last month's Patreon bonus episode on the main feed! We chart the transformation of the lab leak from an unfounded theory promoted by right-wing cranks to an unfounded theory promoted by liberal journalists.Where to find us: Peter's newsletterPeter's other ...
The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...
https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-behind-a-bestseller-left-a-trail-of-debt-and-deceit
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...
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Elon-Trump, Welcome to the Thunderdome - TPM – Talking Points Memo
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/elon-trump-welcome-to-the-thunderdome
We’ve clearly clarified that the Elon-Trump feud is real. I assume you’ve seen or heard about the back-and-forth social media salvos in which Trump has…
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We Need To Talk About Sloppers
https://www.todayintabs.com/p/we-need-to-talk-about-sloppers-b732
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Mondo Armand Duplantis keeps breaking his pole vault world record by a single centimetre, but why? - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-17/mondo-armand-duplantis-keeps-breaking-his-pole-vault-world-1cm/105426332
Pole vault legend Armand Duplantis keeps breaking his own record a centimetre at a time — and it keeps earning him the big bucks.
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I Asked My Haters to Critique My "Worst" Outfit
https://www.cartoonshateher.com/p/i-asked-my-haters-to-critique-my
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Pro-Israel group lobbied La Trobe and Bendigo Writers Festival over Palestinian academic's inclusion
https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-pro-israel-group-lobbied
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Everybody Wants to Rule the World Except Me, by Django Wexler
https://djangowexler.com/writing/everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world-except-me/
Dark Lord Davi rules the kingdom, but she must now break the time loop that binds her in this hilariously bloody conclusion to the Dark Lord Davi duology. After countless failures (let’s not dwell on it), Davi has finally saved the kingdom from evil–by becoming the Dark Lord herself. But now, the hordes of wilders […]
The Season, by Helen Garner
https://www.textpublishing.com.au/books/the-season
It’s footy season in Melbourne, and Helen Garner is following her grandson’s under-16s team. She not only goes to every game (give or take), but to every training session too, shivering on the sidelines at dusk, fascinated by the spectacle.She’s a passionate Western Bulldogs fan (with an imperfect
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'The Boy Crisis' is Overblown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/girls-boys-school-performance.html
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But what can we do? – The World is Not Enough
https://worldisnotenough.org/2025/08/14/but-what-can-we-do/
A simple step we can all take to help stem the rise of fascism. Unfortunately it's not what most of our leaders are doing.
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Australian journalist shot in LA. Why's it being reported passively?
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/10/australian-journalist-shot-los-angeles-protests-media-reporting/
When a US officer shot Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet in LA, it was big news. But why is the coverage so passive?
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No, AI is not Making Engineers 10x as Productive
https://colton.dev/blog/curing-your-ai-10x-engineer-imposter-syndrome/
Curing Your AI 10x Engineer Imposter Syndrome
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Sally Rooney could be arrested under Terrorism Act after pledging royalties to Palestine Action | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/18/author-sally-rooney-to-donate-funds-to-palestine-action
The bestselling novelist promised to financially support the group proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the British government
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The Modern World Is Changing America’s Personality for the Worse - The Ringer
https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/2025/08/13/the-modern-world-is-changing-americas-personality-for-the-worse
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At 21, Madison Griffiths dated her university tutor. It was legal, consensual – and a messy grey area | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jun/29/madison-griffiths-sweet-nothings-teacher-university-student-relationships-dating-sex-ntwnfb
The author’s new book Sweet Nothings follows four women who, like her, dated their professors – and explores how even a consensual pedagogical relationship can result in ‘a unique harm’
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I Want Everything, by Dominic Amerena
https://www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/I-Want-Everything/Dominic-Amerena/9781761631733
Why I Find It Hard to Write About Being a Widow
https://www.dataandpolitics.net/why-i-find-it-hard-to-write-about-being-a-widow/
Why is it so hard to write about being a widow? My story has no redemptive arc. No community rallied, no family came together, no strength was discovered. Just sudden loss and ongoing adaptation without resolution. These are the widowhood stories we don't want to hear but need to tell.
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My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts · The Fly Blog
https://fly.io/blog/youre-all-nuts/
My smartest friends have bananas arguments about LLM coding.
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Episode 168 Pregnancy: Act 1 – This Podcast Will Kill You
https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2025/03/11/episode-168-pregnancy-act-1/
Episode 147 Tasmanian Devil Facial Tumor Disease: Sympathy for the Devil – This Podcast Will Kill You
https://thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2024/07/30/episode-147-tasmanian-devil-facial-tumor-disease-sympathy-for-the-devil/