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AI overviews have transformed Google search. Here’s how they work – and how to opt out
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:23:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/ai-overviews-have-transformed-google-search-heres-how-they-work-and-how-to-opt-out-258282>
"People turn to the internet to run billions of search queries each year. These
range from keeping tabs on world events and celebrities to learning new words
and getting DIY help.
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Australia joins global 'wake-up call' to end plastic pollution, eyeing packaging importers
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:22:48 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-13/un-plastics-treaty-australia-eyes-plastic-imports/105409464>
'Imported plastic, which makes up most of Australia's plastic waste, is being
scrutinised as the nation joins a global "wake-up call" to end plastic
pollution.
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Cheating by car makers, tampering by owners: crucial car pollution control is being sabotaged
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:22:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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David Byrne - "Everybody Laughs" (Official Music Video)
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:21:14 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM-BTJKIz0Q
"Taken from 'Who Is The Sky?', the new album from David Byrne out September 5th
on Matador Records."
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Australia opens door to Pacific climate refugees weeks after approving gas “carbon bomb”
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:20:31 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-opens-door-to-pacific-climate-refugees-weeks-after-approving-gas-carbon-bomb/>
"Almost 300 Tuvalu citizens will be able to move to Australia each year under a
new pact agreed with the climate-threatened Pacific nation.
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The virus that won’t quit: new research reveals how SARS-CoV-2 evolves
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 19:19:44 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2025/06/the-virus-that-won-t-quit-new-research-reveals-how-sars-cov-2-evolves>
"In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the world scrambled to
understand the fast-moving virus, a team of Australian researchers set out to
study how the virus would evolve long term.
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Pentagon launches review of US-UK-Australia Aukus security alliance
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:35:50 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/11/pentagon-review-aukus-security-alliance>
"The Pentagon has launched a review of the Aukus defence pact to make sure it
is aligned with Trump’s “America first” agenda, throwing the $240bn agreement
with Britain and Australia into doubt.
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Goodbye to all that? Rethinking Australia’s alliance with Trump’s America
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:34:40 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/goodbye-to-all-that-rethinking-australias-alliance-with-trumps-america-258066>
"
Review: After America: Australia and the new world order – Emma Shortis
(Australia Institute Press), Hard New World: Our Post-American Future;
Quarterly Essay 98 – Hugh White (Black Inc)
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Brian Wilson, visionary creative spirit for the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:32:00 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jun/11/brian-wilson-beach-boys-dies>
"Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys musician, songwriter and producer who created
some of history’s most purely beautiful pop music, has died aged 82.
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A reversal in US climate policy will send renewables investors packing – and Australia can reap the benefits
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:31:02 +1000
Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>
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https://theconversation.com/a-reversal-in-us-climate-policy-will-send-renewables-investors-packing-and-australia-can-reap-the-benefits-258388>
"President Donald Trump is trying to unravel the signature climate policy of
his predecessor Joe Biden, the
Inflation Reduction Act, as part of a sweeping
bid to dismantle the United States’ climate ambition.
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