Trolling feels like a new phenomenon. But it existed long before the internet

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Trolling on the internet looks and feels like a new phenomenon. Abuse can rain down on a target instantly and from everywhere, in quantities never before seen. But as David Rudrums engaging book on the history of trolling...

The desert among the snow: how Anmatyerr ceremony men came to create ground paintings in Switzerland

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Cliffy Tommy working on the _rrpwamper_ (common brushtail possum) ground painting sculpture. Georges Petitjean, CC BY A ground painting is known in Anmatyerr as Ahelh Anety-irrem, meaning broken or perhaps even transformed...

Canada’s cuts to newcomer English language programs puts communities’ well-being at risk

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The impact of of Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canadas 2024-25 department plan, released about a year ago, are only now starting to become clear in cities across Canada. Whether its colleges in Vancouver, Lethbridge...

CDC layoffs strike deeply at its ability to respond to the current flu, norovirus and measles outbreaks and other public health emergencies

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In just a few short weeks, the Trump administration has brought drastic changes to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and public health. Beginning with the removal of websites and key public health datasets in...

What if a sitting president became dangerously unstable? The 1965 novel Night of Camp David makes for uncanny reading today

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Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential books. The Gridiron Club is one of the oldest, most exclusive journalistic organisations in Washington, D.C. Much like the White House Correspondents Association, this...

NZ has long suffered from low productivity. A simple fix is keeping workers happy

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The low-productivity bogeyman has long haunted New Zealand, with people working longer hours for lower output than other comparable countries. The country is now one of the least productive in the OECD. At its most basic...

With Whyalla steelworks forced into administration, Australia has crucial decisions to make on the future of its steel industry

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Whyalla is a proud steel town. The steelworks physically dominates the townscape, and most jobs in the town are either directly at the steelworks or heavily reliant on it. In recent months, however, the steelworks have...