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  https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/sep/24/banned-anti-fascist-play-1936-returns-melbourne-till-the-day-i-die-clifford-odets

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  My son was telling me that three different modes of doing research were tested. ✅ Using pen and paper only ✅ Using the internet ✅ Using AI It won't surprise you that the researchers' brains lighted up the least with AI. It might surprise you, though, that their brains lighted up the most with pen and paper.

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  https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/sep/06/the-moment-i-knew-id-lost-his-number-and-was-about-to-switch-off-my-old-phone-for-good-then-a-text-pinged

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  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/01/how-misinformation-ai-hallucinations-infiltrating-australian-parliament Ai is an abomination.

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  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/03/july-driest-month-southern-england-since-records-began But no, ask any rabid right supporter: climate change isn't happening.

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  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/29/wildfires-rage-world-climate-action-scientists-fossil-fuels

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  https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/26/how-the-met-police-spent-25m-hiding-spycop-from-former-partner

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  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/23/australia-politician-claims-northern-territory-water-could-flip-earths-magnetic-poles That's the Right for you. Innumerate.

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  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/australian-ski-resorts-smash-july-climate-records-with-temperatures-12c-above-average [Reminder: It's winter in Australia. Goddess help us if *summer* temperatures are so much above the average]

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  https://volewica.blogspot.com/2024/11/nsws-bi-mode-dieselelectric-trains.html

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  Just finished watching Department Q on Netflix. Gosh, it was good. It's based on a book by the Danish author Jussi Adler-Olsen, but is set in Scotland. Netflix does make a lot of rubbsih but this was different.

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  UK emissions fall to 1872 level https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/03/uk-emissions-fall-to-1872-level.html

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  Christian Brothers sold real estate worth millions for $1. Now it claims in court it lacks money to pay abuse survivors https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/27/christian-brothers-real-estate-sales-catholic-group-failed-to-pay-abuse-survivors-ntwnfb

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  His father had just been buried. Then West Bank settlers forced him to dig up the body https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjrpnjpl39po

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  Doctors warned Andrea could die without safe housing, then discharged her to sleep on the streets https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/11/doctors-warned-andrea-could-die-without-safe-housing-then-discharged-her-to-sleep-on-the-streets-ntwnfb This, in one of the richest nations on Earth.

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  Israeli army chief says West Bank troops ‘killing like we haven’t killed since 1967’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/israeli-army-chief-unequal-enforcement-palestinians-west-bank Sever all ties with Israel.

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  Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/03/guilty-until-proven-innocent-shoppers-falsely-identified-by-facial-recognition-struggle-to-clear-their-name

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  Family of New Zealand woman detained by ICE pleads for government help to secure her release https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/30/new-zealand-woman-detained-ice *Don't* go to the USA. Don't visit. Keep away. It's not safe. The US is now a shithole country.

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  ‘Incomprehensible’: birds flee and hundreds of turtles left to die after government cuts water to NSW wetlands https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/18/incomprehensible-birds-flee-and-hundreds-of-turtles-left-to-die-after-government-cuts-water-to-nsw-wetlands For all the gab, gab, gab about the #environment, they actually couldn't care less.

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  Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/16/israel-escalates-attacks-on-medics-in-lebanon-with-deadly-quadruple-tap

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  Max Chandler-Mather says Greens can use ‘progressive populism’ to win voters deserting major parties for One Nation https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/07/australian-greens-max-chandler-mather-voters-major-parties-one-nation

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  And this is just the beginning.

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  ‘Doesn’t make sense to hold onto a combustion engine’: used EV prices rise as Australia’s fuel crisis hits. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/06/secondhand-ev-prices-rise-fuel-crisis-australia

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  A festering carcass By Oliver Kornetzke https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-festering-carcass.html

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  Israel pushes ahead with vast illegal settlement in heart of West Bank Exclusive: Tender posted for construction of 3,401 homes in settlement designed to ‘bury idea of a Palestinian state’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/06/israel-vast-illegal-settlement-west-bank #Israel #Apartheid

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  Trump derangement syndrome By Nick Anderson https://volewica.blogspot.com/2025/01/trump-derangement-syndrome.html

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  ‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/21/west-carmakers-retreat-electric-vehicle-risks-irrelevance-iran-war-evs-china