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Giving People Money Helped Less Than I Thought It Would
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/giving-people-money-helped-less-than
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Scientists Prove Justinian's Plague, which Continued through the Rise of Islam, was Caused by Y. Pestis
https://www.juancole.com/2025/09/scientists-justinians-continued.html
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The first recorded world-historical pandemic took place in the Roman Empire and Sasanian Iran, as …
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Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/13/epstein-birthday-book-feminism-culture
Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that culture
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Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning | The Nation
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/charlie-kirk-assassination-maga/#
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
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The senator, the ex-PM and the lobby group: Price’s crusade to remake the Liberals
https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/the-senator-the-ex-pm-and-the-lobby-group-price-s-crusade-to-remake-the-liberals-20250911-p5mueu.html
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When is a tent too big?
https://publiccomment.blog/p/when-is-a-tent-too-big
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The government has asked for bold proposals. Maybe it’s time to consider taxing the family home
https://theconversation.com/the-government-has-asked-for-bold-proposals-maybe-its-time-to-consider-taxing-the-family-home-262323
When it comes to improving the fairness of the tax system, this is no time to be squeamish.
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The Chinese Adoptees Who Were Stolen | The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/news/american-chronicles/the-chinese-adoptees-who-were-stolen
DNA tests and organizations such as 23andMe, DNAConnect, GEDmatch, and Nanchang Project are reuniting parents and children separated by China's one-child policy, Barbara Demick reports.
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How Big Can a Black Hole Get? | Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-big-can-a-black-hole-get/
Some black holes get extremely massive. Is there an upper limit to their growth?
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Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up
https://mikelovesrobots.substack.com/p/wheres-the-shovelware-why-ai-coding
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How mainstream media and politicians fuelled Australia's biggest far-right rally
https://www.lamestream.com.au/how-mainstream-media-and-politicians-fuelled-australias-biggest-far-right-rally/
Six takeaways from the March for Australia and why it should be a wake-up call.
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Clinical Comedy
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/clinical-comedy/
It is impossible to change people’s minds. Every new fact is taken as confirmation of pre-existing bias, every criticism of our in-group taken as a sign of the critic’s bad faith. We are more sure than ever that we are more sure than ever, we are of one
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Liberals: Alas, the Time Has Come to Throw John Rawls Under the Bus
https://newrepublic.com/article/199273/john-rawls-liberals-philosopher-bus-neutrality
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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 Mind of Those Who Kill, and Kill Themselves - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/science/the-mind-of-those-who-kill-and-kill-themselves.html?_r=0
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The fight over your backyard: Why NIMBY has become a ‘dirty word’
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-13/yimby-nimby-housing-crisis-battle-for-your-backyard/105510984
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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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In a Game of Diplomatic Warfare, This Negotiator Has the Upper Hand
https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/a34043608/winning-diplomacy-strategy-andrew-goff/
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Trans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?
https://www.transresearch.org.au/post/trans-women-in-sport
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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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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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Most Advice About Your Sleep Is Ridiculous
https://gidmk.substack.com/p/most-advice-about-your-sleep-is-ridiculous
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World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990
https://theconversation.com/world-athletics-mandatory-genetic-test-for-women-athletes-is-misguided-i-should-know-i-discovered-the-relevant-gene-in-1990-262367
World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.
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