[Link] Omicron 'may already be here in Australia'. Experts say there's more we can do to stop COVID

Read: 28/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Just weeks after Australia declared it was opening its borders to the world, some restrictions have been reimposed in response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, first detected in South Africa.

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[Link] 'Squid Game' Halloween Costumes Are Missing the Point

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Squid Game costumes have seamlessly slotted into this year's selection of Halloween costumes, to the point that at least one school district has banned them. Given the show's popularity, this was inevitable. It's still a little weird.

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[Link] UN food summit will be ‘elitist’ and ‘pro-corporate’, says special rapporteur

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

The UN global food summit is “elitist and regressive” and has failed in its goal of being a “people’s summit”, according to the special rapporteur on food rights.

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[Link] Around the world, the disadvantaged have been left behind by politicians of all hues

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Given the steep rise in economic inequality in many parts of the world since the 1980s, one might have expected to see increasing political demands for the redistribution of wealth and the return of class-based politics. This didn’t quite happen – or at least not straightforwardly.

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[Link] Greta Thunberg Got Her First COVID-19 Vax Dose and Called Out Global Vaccine Inequality

Read: 30/7/2021 www.teenvogue.com

Greta Thunberg got her first dose of the vaccine and took the opportunity to call out vaccine inequality. The teen climate striker took to social media to do what she does best: highlight lackluster leadership in the face of a global crisis.

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