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As Australia's reliance on imported blood plasma grows, the ethics of paid donation are back in focus - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-07/donating-blood-plasma-money-red-cross-supply/103923554
Australia imported hundreds of millions of dollars in plasma products from overseas last year to make up a national shortfall.
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Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall, by Zeke Faux
https://zekefaux.com/
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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni's Hollywood feud allegedly involved a smear campaign and 'astroturfing' - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-27/blake-lively-justin-baldoni-astroturfing/104761210
In a social media ecosystem already rife with misogyny, racism and aggression, experts say it's remarkably easy to shape the narrative around a public figure through "astroturfing".
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Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space, by Adam Higginbotham
https://www.adamhigginbotham.com/
LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back
https://jude-doyle.ghost.io/lgbtq-people-are-not-going-back/
On identity politics and unreasonable demands.
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Housing affordability crisis - Saving for a deposit forever - The Australia Institute
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/housing-affordability-crisis-saving-for-a-deposit-forever/
The dream of saving for a deposit on a house is now so far beyond most poeple that even if you have a high paying job, you still can never save enough.
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13 Things I Learned Reading a 225 Page Report About the Gaming Industry
https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/13-things-i-learned-reading-a-225
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Hayden Youlley's Handmade Ceramics - Designed & Crafted in Australia – | Hayden Youlley
https://haydenyoulley.com/
Hayden Youlley's handmade ceramics are crafted to surprise and delight. From ceramic cups, dinnerwear to personalised keep cups, his original designs are the perfect gift for your loved one or to refine your homewear collection.
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Shop — FELDMARK POTTERY
https://www.feldmark.com.au/shop
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Mark Zuckerberg Is at War With Himself - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/01/mark-zuckerberg-free-expression/681238/
Mark Zuckerberg is at war with himself.
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They Cannot Conquer For Ever | Goldwag's Journal on Civilization
https://nathangoldwag.wordpress.com/2024/11/07/they-cannot-conquer-for-ever/
American Indian Movement flag, Wounded Knee, 1988 (Source) I have not talked much about the election on here this year because I had very little of interest to say. I was hoping Harris would win. I think Trump was a bad president before, and will be a worse one now. I had a very bad…
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The End of Children | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/03/the-population-implosion
Birth rates are crashing around the world. Should we be worried? Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports.
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I adore my children. I’m also scared that one day my son will kill me | Femicide | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/08/i-adore-my-children-im-also-scared-that-one-day-my-son-will-kill-me
In the UK, more than 170 women have been murdered by their sons in the past 15 years. An anonymous mother reveals what it is like to be frightened of your child while desperately wanting to support him
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The Pithiest Critique of Modern Conservatism Keeps Getting Credited to the Wrong Man
https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html
“Wilhoit’s Law” was coined by a different Frank Wilhoit.
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favorite books i read in 2024: challenger
https://www.yatima.org/archives/2024/12/26/favorite-books-i-read-in-2024-challenger/
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Let's Get Real: I'm going to use the F-word and the C-word
https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/lets-get-real
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Vivian Jenna Wilson on Being Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter, Protecting Trans Youth and Taking on the Right Online | Teen Vogue
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/vivian-jenna-wilson-elon-musk-trans-youth
In Teen Vogue’s special issue cover story, the estranged 20-year-old daughter of Elon Musk talks about the “cartoonishly evil” Trump administration and being a young trans woman today.
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Midnight In Chernobyl: the Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster, by Adam Higginbotham
https://www.adamhigginbotham.com/#midnight
Want to sell a book or release an album? Better start a TikTok. | Vox
https://www.vox.com/culture/2024/2/1/24056883/tiktok-self-promotion-artist-career-how-to-build-following
How self-promotion became the new networking.
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How Did Silicon Valley Break Bad?
https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/how-did-silicon-valley-break-bad
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Elon Musk, Apartheid, and America’s New Boycott Movement – Mother Jones
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/elon-musk-apartheid-boycott-tesla-doge-trump/
If you think mass protests can’t combat evil, remember what we did in the 1980s.
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Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear, by Seanan McGuire
https://torpublishinggroup.com/adrift-in-currents-clean-and-clear/
Are LLMs making StackOverflow irrelevant? - The Pragmatic Engineer
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/are-llms-making-stackoverflow-irrelevant/
Fresh data shows that the number of questions asked on StackOverflow are as low as they were back in 2009 – which was when StackOverflow was one years old. The drop suggests that ChatGPT – and LLMs – managed to make StackOverflow’s business model irrelevant in about two years’ time.
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