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Michael LaFrance
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A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
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The Guardian
9 days ago
I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. Itâs what makes us human | Wendy Liu
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I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. Itâs what makes us human | Wendy Liu
As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move, says author Wendy Liu
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/24/ai-tools-thinking-human-hard-coding-writing-technology?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1779607820
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Jay Peters
10 days ago
lol
www.theverge.com/tech/936176/...
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Googleâs AI search is so broken it can âdisregardâ what youâre looking for
âGot it! Let me know if you need help with anything else.â
https://www.theverge.com/tech/936176/google-ai-overviews-search-disregard
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Mark Harris
21 days ago
This is dead on. If the Democrats retake the House and Senate--or even just the House--it could mark the beginning of the end of a 50-year Republican project. If they can't? The GOP will spend the next 2 years destroying all remaining guardrails. Most important midterms of our lives, no question.
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Dave Jorgenson
24 days ago
âDid you see this Jeff? Did you see what we wrote?? Do you like it???â
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Jenny Difficult-Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithPalestineđđ
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âIn my lifetime I have witnessed a terrible decline. In yours, you could and should witness a wonderful recovery.â What an immense privilege it has been to be alive at the same time as this incredible human beingâDavid Attenborough.
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âThe greatest ambassador for life on Earthâ: Tributes paid to David Attenborough on his 100th birthday
Naturalist says he has been âoverwhelmed by greetingsâ as milestone is marked with event at Royal Albert Hall
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/may/08/david-attenborough-100th-birthday
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Emily Nussbaum
27 days ago
I honestly think that real, busted faces are going to come back into vogue & Instaface is going to be the equivalent of skinny jeans⌠itâs going to be hip & fashion-forward to have a wrinkly forehead, starburst eyes & jowls, so get ahead of the curve!
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Josh Taylor
29 days ago
Spoke to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about Wikipedia and AI, and the social media ban.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Wikipedia founder brands Australiaâs social media ban an âunmitigated disasterâ and an âembarrassmentâ
Jimmy Wales remembers a toxic internet even before social media and says AI is ânot a disasterâ for the free â and freely edited - online encyclopaedia
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/04/wikipedia-founder-brands-australias-social-media-ban-an-unmitigated-disaster-and-an-embarrassment?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Guardian Australia
about 1 month ago
âOn the inside I felt a rageâ: Antoinette Lattouf on emerging from her bruising battle with the ABC
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âOn the inside I felt a rageâ: Antoinette Lattouf on emerging from her bruising battle with the ABC
The former presenter says she took strength from other womenâs achievements as she researched her new book during federal court case * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Most people facing a gruelling federal court trial, hostile press and the glare of the public spotlight would hesitate to add more challenges to their load. But for journalist Antoinette Lattouf, the public drama she was starring in and the âmolasses of multiple legal battlesâ she faced was a good time to become âmatch fitâ by taking on tough physical challenges and start writing a book. Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/may/02/antoinette-lattouf-abc-case-interview?CMP=aus_bsky
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Nick Miller
about 1 month ago
hilarious and thought-provoking
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I tried to live for 24 hours without using oil-based products. It was ridiculously impossible
The worldâs economy is completely dependent on petrochemicals. Is there any way to avoid them?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/02/24-hours-without-oil-based-products
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shauna
about 1 month ago
iâve worked in tech more than 20 years. it has never been more ridiculous.
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đ phonakins đđ˛
about 2 months ago
Do you have to use your car because there is no PT in your area? Do you have to do "Mutual" Obligations right now? Would you feel comfortable chatting for a story? contact
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Mar Hicks
about 1 month ago
âTake a moment to think before you dive in. Thatâs the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to âuse actual images of you and your loved onesâ in AI image generation.â
www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...
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Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live
Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/04/18/google-starts-scanning-all-your-photos-as-new-update-goes-live/
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Adam Morton
about 2 months ago
A Clear Air column today
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Politicians and media canât imagine a fossil-fuel free world - and itâs holding Australians back from huge EV savings | Adam Morton
Australia is well behind other countries in embracing clean cars â itâs past time we kicked into gear on going electric
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/australia-fossil-fuels-politics-electric-vehicle-savings-clean-energy
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Julia Carrie Wong
about 2 months ago
something deeply wrong with a religious movement that is okay with bombing schools full of children but draws the line at blasphemous slop memes anyways hereâs my most recent article
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Pete Hegsethâs holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on Iran
The Bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/10/pete-hegseth-christianity-iran-war-crusade?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Guardian Australia
about 2 months ago
Behind this door is the huge fatberg that canât stop depositing poo balls on Sydneyâs beaches
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Behind this door is the huge fatberg that canât stop depositing poo balls on Sydneyâs beaches
Guardian Australia tours problematic Malabar wastewater plant where some accumulated fats, oils and grease canât be accessed â let alone cleared * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast âThis,â says Fiona Copeman, the hub manager of the Malabar wastewater treatment plant, âis what you would call our four-bus area.â Copeland is gesturing to a model of the plant on a table inside the facility itself. Sheâs referring to a 300 cubic metre underground chamber that houses, as Guardian Australia revealed in January, a âfatberg the size of four buses that likely birthed poo balls that closed Sydney beachesâ. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/09/sydney-fatberg-door-beach-poo-balls?CMP=aus_bsky
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Tech Policy Press
2 months ago
AI systems arenât just supporting decisionsâtheyâre structuring how public authority is exercised, writes Michael A. Santoro. âHuman in the loopâ isnât enough. Accountability must be built upstream through guardrails embedded in system design, not added after the fact, he argues.
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Where is Accountability When Governments Deploy AI?
AI systems now structure public authority; human-in-the-loop oversight is insufficient, requiring upstream guardrails argues Michael A. Santoro.
https://buff.ly/XAz5DWv
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Nick Evershed!?
2 months ago
australia having a Very Normal Weather Day
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Mark Harris
3 months ago
The Birdcage opened thirty years ago today, so in its honor, I want to share one of my favorite stories about Mike Nichols that didn't make it into my biography. This is from an interview I did with Nathan Lane.
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Nick Evershed!?
3 months ago
Pauline Hansonâs daughter employed in taxpayer-funded job with NSW One Nation senator
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Pauline Hansonâs daughter employed in taxpayer-funded job with NSW One Nation senator
Exclusive: Tasmanian Lee Hanson employed as senior adviser to Sean Bell in role worth as much as $180,000
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/26/pauline-hansons-daughter-employed-in-taxpayer-funded-job-with-nsw-one-nation-senator?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Nick Evershed!?
3 months ago
'Unbelievably dangerousâ: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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âUnbelievably dangerousâ: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies
Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/26/chatgpt-health-fails-recognise-medical-emergencies?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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404 Media
3 months ago
NEW: A hobbyist has created Nearby Glasses, an app that warns you if someone close by is wearing smart glasses. 404 Media spoke to the creator who said he was inspired by our coverage that uncovers how men are wearing Meta's Ray-Bans to covertly film massage parlor workers.
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This App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing Smart Glasses Nearby
The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. âI consider it to ...
https://www.404media.co/this-app-warns-you-if-someone-is-wearing-smart-glasses-nearby/
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Chris Stokel-Walker
3 months ago
AI keeps recommending nuclear strikes when put into wargame tests, a new study finds... which is... alarming. By me for
@newscientist.com
www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
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AIs canât stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2516885-ais-cant-stop-recommending-nuclear-strikes-in-war-game-simulations/
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Nick Evershed!?
3 months ago
In which
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Zachary Levenson
3 months ago
Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
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Guardian Australia reporter Jordyn Beazley filmed this video not long ago of police moving towards protesters down Elizabeth Street in the Sydney CBD following the rally at Town Hall.
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Senator David Shoebridge
4 months ago
Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.
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About thousand people are marching from the protest at Town Hall down George Street in the Sydney CBD with no police escort through traffic, which is not blocked off | đĽ Blake Sharp-Wiggins
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Calming Influence
4 months ago
What seems to be happening here in the US in response to the ICE violence a switch from 'will the police protect' to 'we will do without police'.
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Dana Hull
4 months ago
AI will never replace the institutional knowledge and memories of an absolute legend who was *listening to the police scanner the night of the Watergate break-in.*
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
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He Was Laid Off at The Washington Post After Working There 60 Years
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/business/media/washington-post-martin-weil-metro.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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abraconagra
4 months ago
I realized that a lot of the guys who have been found in the Epstein files are probably really struggling because the guy they would have gone to for advice about being discovered in the Epstein files was JEFFREY EPSTEIN
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Karen K. Ho
4 months ago
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women â and interactions with them â through the lens of sex
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Ken Klippenstein
4 months ago
đ¨ Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader. One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
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Feds Identify âLeader of Antifaâ
The list they're creating says so, anyway
https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-identify-leader-of-antifa
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The Guardian
4 months ago
Co-writer of Oscar-nominated film It Was Just an Accident arrested in Iran
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Co-writer of Oscar-nominated film It Was Just an Accident arrested in Iran
Mehdi Mahmoudian detained after signing statement condemning Iranâs supreme leader for recent bloodshed A co-writer of Oscar-nominated film It Was Just an Accident has been arrested in Teheran just weeks before the Academy Awards, after signing a statement that condemned Iranâs supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, for the recent bloodshed in the country. Human rights campaigner Mehdi Mahmoudian was detained on Saturday after putting his signature to a statement that said âthe primary responsibility for these atrocities lies with Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, and the repressive structure of the regimeâ. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/02/mehdi-mahmoudian-co-writer-oscar-nominated-film-it-was-just-an-accident-arrested-in-iran?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Jessie L
4 months ago
Incredible story
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Teenager makes 'superhuman' swim to save family swept out to sea
A 13-year-old boy has been hailed a hero after swimming four hours through rough seas to get help for his mother and two siblings, who were swept out to sea on an inflatable paddleboard in WA's South ...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-02/geographe-bay-rescue-boy-superhuman-swim/106296100?utm_source=abc_news_web
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Mark Riedl
4 months ago
âWe found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.â Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
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How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills
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'The arts have allegedly become âunsafeâ and artists are a danger to the communityâs psycho-social wellbeing. But, letâs be quite clear, the routine invocation of âsafetyâ is code for âI donât want to hear your opinionâ.'
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I cannot be party to silencing writers, which is why I am resigning as director of Adelaide Writersâ Week | Louise Adler
Cancelling the Australian Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah weakens freedom of speech and is the harbinger of a less free nation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/13/i-cannot-be-party-to-silencing-writers-which-is-why-i-am-resigning-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfb
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James Vincent
5 months ago
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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James Ball
6 months ago
Absolutely amazing chart from
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Lance Ulanoff
6 months ago
Googleâs Antigravity AI deleted a developerâs drive and then apologized
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Everyoneâs excited about Google's AIâpowered coding â until your hard drive disappears
A dev lots everything after trusting Googleâs AI agent to âclear the cacheâ
https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/googles-antigravity-ai-deleted-a-developers-drive-and-then-apologized
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Dr. Stephanie
6 months ago
Todayâs xkcd made me cry. In a good way.
xkcd.com/3172/
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Today we launched a multimedia investigation based on two years of reporting by our tenacious Queensland correspondent Ben Smee.
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Broken trust: how police failed Hannah Clarke and other women they were supposed to protect â video
Two whistleblowers from within the Queensland police and the Queensland coroners court decided to speak to Guardian Australia in the hope their revelations will change the way domestic violence cases ...
https://www.theguardian.com/society/video/2025/nov/17/broken-trust-how-police-failed-hannah-clarke-and-other-women-they-were-supposed-to-protect-video
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Henry Belot
7 months ago
Hannah Thomas required surgery after police allegedly struck her at a pro-Palestine protest. She was charged with three offences. She's "sickened" to see the force approve a neo-Nazi rally on the steps of parliament, arguing it exposes "a clear double standard".
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NSW police accused of âsickeningâ double standard over neo-Nazi rally as Jewish groups demand answers
Pro-Palestine and climate activists join Jewish voices criticising âentirely inconsistent police responsesâ and âunfathomable approvalâ
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/09/nsw-police-accused-of-sickening-double-standard-over-neo-nazi-rally-as-jewish-groups-demand-answers
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Guardian Australia
8 months ago
From The Descendants to Gina: Guardian Australiaâs nominations for the 70th annual Walkley awards
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From The Descendants to Gina: Guardian Australiaâs nominations for the 70th annual Walkley awards
Investigations into Australiaâs past, present, and wealthiest person have been recognised awards recognising excellence in journalism * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Guardian Australia has picked up four nominations in the 70th annual Walkley awards for excellence in journalism. The Indigenous affairs team was nominated twice â in coverage of Indigenous affairs and digital media: innovation journalism â for The Descendants project. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/oct/16/guardian-australia-walkley-award-nominations-excellence-journalism?CMP=aus_bsky
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Cape Cod Demon Hunter
8 months ago
Peter Thiel turning out to be this stupid honestly messes with my idea of him as the eminence grise behind the Gawker lawsuit, maybe Hogan pitched him on it and kept having to explain like âa lawsuit is like when they blew up the Death Star brotherâ
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derek guy
8 months ago
my mom took tylenol when she was pregnant, which made me super focused on menswear and now i have a million followers on twitter
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Lenore Taylor
9 months ago
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hooray, huzzah, happy days - itâs
@australia.theguardian.com
Bird of the Year poll time. Nominations open, voting following soon. As always I am on
#teamganggang
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Australian bird of the year 2025: nominate your favourite now
We want to hear which Australian birds you think should be shortlisted for the Guardian/Birdlife Australia bird of the year poll next month
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/14/australian-bird-of-the-year-2025-poll-vote-nominate-shortlist-guardian-birdlife-australia?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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