(Why I) Never read the comments section
Today’s unlimited free-press has birthed a condition where everyone feels they need to duke it out in the comments section. Well, they don’t. I’m biting the hand that needles me.
Post postal: Where does our divided country go from here?
With the results official, the real challenge is what comes next. While the postal vote split us, it is our responsibility to return as one, to debate.
Opinion: Untying the rope of emotional safety
Basing our opinion on our emotional reaction makes us feel safe, but it is merely a defence of not knowing enough about the topic.
Social media judgement and the woman in black
Social media allows us to make judgement on an issue based on what we choose to see, but only that perpetuates a more damaging cycle.
Hate against hate: are Anti-Reclaim Australia becoming who they’re fighting?
With Anti-Reclaim Australia demonstrators speaking the language of violence, Polly Chester wonders if they’ve lost their moral compass.
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Post COVID, can an employee refuse to return to the workplace?
18th century fake news: Before COVID, China was blamed for spreading smallpox
“$1,400 is not $2,000”: Americans bounce Joe Biden’s COVID cheques
The emotional lives of birds are as complicated as ours
Stolen inventions and the men history mistakenly credited