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Weekly Round-up

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‘After the Tornado, a War Zone‘ - New York Times on the Oklahoma tornado “In the roaring black suck, thousands of houses were ripped off their foundations (although tons of foundation went flying too) and crashed down where they’d been — …
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Weekly Round-Up

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Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please Don’t Fire Us? - Kevin Drum, Mother Jones “In simple terms, if owners of capital are capturing an increasing fraction of national income, then that capital needs to be shared more widely if we want to maintain …
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On the gendered readings of Gillard’s crying

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You may have heard about the introduction of the NDIS bill to parliament yesterday. You may have also heard that Prime Minister Gillard wept at the bill’s introduction. Andi f you were on Twitter, you may have even seen this …
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Ideas at the House Podcast Launches!

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It’s finally happened: Ideas at the House is on iTunes! We’ve set up four channels for you to go and check out: – Ideas at the House and All About Women, each in audio and video – Ideas at the …
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Has Snapchat changed or have we?

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There was a wave of mild hysteria last week when it was revealed that a forensic software company had figured out how to recover deleted files from Snapchat. A passing familiarity with Snapchat is probably required to understand why that’s …
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National Geographic Live returns

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National Geographic Live returns to the Sydney Opera House on July 21 & Aug 25 with epic tales of adventure from the most remote corners of the planet. Discover what it’s like to be on assignment with Nat Geo, as …
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