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The stunning decline of the preference for having boys
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/06/05/the-stunning-decline-of-the-preference-for-having-boys
Millions of girls were aborted for being girls. Now parents often lean towards them | Leaders
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Buried Deep and Other Stories, by Naomi Novik
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723828/buried-deep-and-other-stories-by-naomi-novik/
A thrilling collection of thirteen short stories that span the worlds of the New York Times bestselling author of the Scholomance trilogy, including a...
#13 - Chiara Dellantonio - Piece Talks - Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/13-chiara-dellantonio/id1742455250?i=1000688332527
You may know that Chiara Dellantonio is a world-class speed puzzler who has finished 11th or higher in the individuals at every one of the last three years at t
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Do viruses trigger Alzheimer’s?
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/03/17/do-viruses-trigger-alzheimers
A growing group of scientists think so, and are asking whether antivirals could treat the disease | Science & technology
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Deciphering Glyph :: I Think I’m Done Thinking About genAI For Now
https://blog.glyph.im/2025/06/i-think-im-done-thinking-about-genai-for-now.html
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.
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2025 election: The Murdoch media no longer matters
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/03/31/2025-election-murdoch-media-news-corp-no-longer-matters/
The 2025 Australian federal election could be the first in decades where Rupert Murdoch's News Corp doesn't have much influence.
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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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We Found The Guy Behind Australia's Greatest Ever Meme
https://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/seriously-john-howard-djs-like-a-mad-cunt
If you remember when Howard DJ'd like a mad c*nt...this story is for you.
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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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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 ...
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Elon Musk’s Legacy Is Disease, Starvation and Death
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/opinion/elon-musk-doge-usaid.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.M8Vw.raMdU_L48AEh&smid=bs-share
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How Murdoch's News Corp Still ... - Lamestream - Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/how-murdochs-news-corp-still-has-influence-the-sports/id1810214465?i=1000710321070
Has Rupert Murdoch's News Corp lost its ability to influence Australian politics and society? Os and Scott debate how powerful the right-wing media empire reall
How To Survive a Plague: The Inside Story of How Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS, by David France
https://www.davidfrance.com/books
It’s time for Dolly to record that long-lost Prince song. - Anil Dash
https://www.anildash.com/2025/04/10/dolly-prince-rescue-me/
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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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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Turnout is up, and election day is down | The Tally Room
https://www.tallyroom.com.au/60666
We are now getting to the point in the election count where all of the primary votes appear to have been counted. We don’t have all the preference data yet – Bradfield is obviously stil…
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‘I came out as autistic. Everyone said: That explains a lot’ | The Observer
https://observer.co.uk/news/first-person/article/laurie-penny-autism
An autism diagnosis helped Laurie Penny make sense of their experiences, but its real value was in helping them understand the rest of society
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Saddam Hussein: Erotic Novelist - Behind the Bastards | iHeart
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/saddam-hussein-erotic-novelist-29264138/
Ian Gent's Blog: The Petrie Multiplier: Why an Attack on Sexism in Tech is NOT an Attack on Men
https://blog.ian.gent/2013/10/the-petrie-multiplier-why-attack-on.html
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Fertility clinics Melbourne IVF and IVFAustralia accused of bungling records of donated sperm - ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-15/ivf-sperm-donor-mistake-wrong-family-list-dna-not-related/105404898
Some of Australia's largest IVF clinics have passed inaccurate information about children born from sperm donations to their male donors.
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Russell T Davies–David Tennant Does a Podcast With… – Apple Podcasts
https://podcasts.apple.com/ke/podcast/russell-t-davies/id1450005207?i=1000698585806
David Tennant sits down with his longtime friend and collaborator, Russell T Davies, the acclaimed writer behind Doctor Who, It's a Sin, Queer as Folk, and more
ANU honours Australia's first female neuroscientist Rose Mason
https://reporter.anu.edu.au/all-stories/finally-telling-her-story-trailblazer-in-science-recognised-with-honorary-degree
Australia's first female neuroscientist, Dr Rose Mason, has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Science by ANU.
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Faster than Usain Bolt at the same age: The Ipswich schoolboy turned $6 million man
https://www.smh.com.au/national/faster-than-usain-bolt-at-the-same-age-the-ipswich-schoolboy-turned-6-million-man-20250116-p5l4xq.html
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The good times in tech are over
https://www.seangoedecke.com/good-times-are-over/
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