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@kbin.socialhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/03/australian-finance-department-hires-consultant-to-advise-on-hiring-consultants-in-move-compared-to-abcs-utopia
Exclusive: Department’s $32,000 contract, which comes after PwC tax leak scandal, slammed as ‘laughable scenario’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/03/tiktok-stars-clean-up-the-influencers-saving-indonesias-polluted-rivers-and-beaches
Pandawara formed in 2022 after flooding caused by rivers clogged with rubbish damaged their homes – now they are national celebrities
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23795087/animal-experiments-primates-mental-health-effective
Where biomedicine gets it wrong about primate research.
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/07/climate-optimism-is-dangerous-and-irrational
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/07/climate-optimism-is-dangerous-and-irrational
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/chief-world-new-era-marked-highest-major-power-101539957
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the post-Cold War period is over and the world is moving toward a new multipolar era already marked by the highest level of geopolitical tensions and major power competition in decades
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/20/green-revolution-cost-of-living-crisis-heat-pump-car
In a cost of living crisis, heat pumps and electric cars are out of reach for most. Britain needs to fund a genuinely fair transition – and fast, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
https://www.ladbible.com/news/world-news/weather/people-have-third-degree-burns-from-heatwave-830539-20230717
Scorching weather is sweeping Europe and the United States.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/15/food-systems-collapse-plutocrats-life-on-earth-climate-breakdown
Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever more creative ways to maintain the status quo, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/13/1187295769/otter-santa-cruz-surfboard-surfers-california