companycain3 days agoHe used to make a crust as a mortgage broker but the man behind Pyney’s Pie Reviews now lifts the lid on baked goodsverified_publisherabc.net.au - Chris CalcinoA former mortgage broker on a mission to review every pie shop in Australia has taken his pastry pilgrimage to the farthest reaches of North …
companycain5 days agoWhy Did These Sperm Whales Adopt a Disfigured Dolphin?discovermagazine.comThe rare interspecies interaction reveals whale society is more sophisticated — and more playful — than previously thought. This story was originally …
companycain5 days agoFriday essay: a slave state - how blackbirding in colonial Australia created a legacy of racismtheconversation.com - Jeff SparrowIn July 2021, Jack Dempsey, the mayor of Bundaberg, delivered an official apology for Northern Queensland’s past reliance on the indentured labour of …
companycain4 days agoThe harrowing story of the Nagasaki bombing missionthebulletin.org - By Ellen Bradbury, Sandra Blakeslee"Bockscar" en route to Japan with the atomic bomb on board, August 9, 1945. (US Air Force photo)Editor’s note: Due to popular demand we thought it …
companycainFriends turn 90yo abandoned site into a 'guerilla garden' - ABC Everydayverified_publisherabc.net.auFriends Al Wicks and Ruby Thorburn have always had the "pipe dream" of starting a community garden. When the pandemic hit, Ruby saw there was "an …
companycainJames Lovelock, who theorized that Earth is a living organism, dies at 103verified_publisherNPR - The Associated PressLONDON — James Lovelock, the British environmental scientist whose influential Gaia theory sees the Earth as a living organism gravely imperiled by human activity, has died on his 103rd birthday. Lovelock's family said Wednesday that he died the previous evening at his home in southwest England …