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Worldwide, people in all age groups are ditching news sites and publishers’ apps in favor of social media and video networks. ...and other findings from @risj_oxford's Digital News Report 2026 www.niemanlab.org/2026/06/news...

Korea reduces the immigration barriers for foreign researcher www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/2... Happy to see this happening.

Korea is expanding its elite "top-tier" visa program to encompass foreign professors and researchers as part of an aggressive push to secure global...

SpaceX IPO confirms my view that US is one big grift. Financial sector (Wall Street, hypersclerlers, crypto, Big 4 accounting, credit ratings), politlical system, military, society fraudulent from top to bottom. Must break one day, but who can say when.

The problem shows how widespread the fallout from the enduring Middle East conflict is, with disruptions extending beyond fuel for transport * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Prices for base oils, used to make lubricants, are rising sharply and supplies are disrupted, causing concern that Australia is facing a shortage of engine oil and other lubricants used to keep engines running. While the most immediate effect on commuters could be the pricing and availability of a routine oil change, shortages would affect any sector that relies on combustion engines, including agriculture. Continue reading...

Hundreds of whale fossils, including those from extinct species new to science, range in age from recent to five million years old and are also home to undescribed deep-sea creatures.

"Communities who voted for independents in 2022 took an enormous risk & put a huge amount of faith in their candidates to do politics differently. If it all turns out to be about the formation of just another political party, it will be very close to a betrayal." tdunlop.substack.com/p/from-voice...

A new national report prepared for the office of the Australian anti-slavery commissioner finds modern slavery victims are being let down by the justice system.

“The fact that this operation runs through billionaires, platforms, and transnational political networks rather than embassies does not make it less foreign, less coordinated, or less corrosive. It just makes it harder to see.” redbridgeintel.substack.com/p/call-it-wh...

Hundreds of whale fossils, including those from extinct species new to science, range in age from recent to five million years old and are also home to undescribed deep-sea creatures.

A new national report prepared for the office of the Australian anti-slavery commissioner finds modern slavery victims are being let down by the justice system.