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TikTok may be best tool to reduce food waste
Australian food waste costs $20 billion a year, making the nation the world’s fourth highest food waster per capita. A third of the waste is generated by households and costs the average family $195 a month (Fight Food Waste CRC Annual Report 2018-2019).
A research project led by Dr Jenny Hou from QUT’s Digital Media Research Centre and School of Communication is examining how to measure the effectiveness of social media campaigns in reducing food waste. Early findings suggest they can change behaviour, especially when tapping into cultural identity and aesthetic factors.
dimorphic continuum is mashed into a
binary categorisation. Some pretty shitty treatment of people who might not be close to one of the poles, when only transwomen are supposed to be treated shittily.
The earth has two geographic poles. But almost nobody is at the north pole or the south pole .
weka …
are you saying that you believe sex is a spectrum that sits between two poles?
By all means talk about the fairness with Semenya. I haven t looked at her situation closely so would be interested to hear ideas on how it can be resolved. But intersex and trans people aren t the same, so I m just not sure what that has to do with opening up women s sports to males. If you want to make a case for desegregating sport by sex, please do. Otherwise as far as I can see the argument is that some males should be allowed to compete against any and all females, irrespective of fairness to women. Understandably, a lot of women aren t too happy about that.
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Brisbane Labor-run community news website criticised as propaganda by LNP Lord Mayor
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A community news website run by Brisbane City Council s Labor opposition has been criticised by LNP Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner as political propaganda .
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Brisbane Labor councillors have launched a community news website
The LNP lord mayor Adrian Schrinner wants them to take it down, labelling it fake news
Experts say the site is an example of websites replacing traditional regional papers
The BrisbaneNow website was launched in late 2020 by opposition councillors, described in its about section as a community-focused news platform for the people of Brisbane .
The Impact of the Pandemic on Children, and What it Bodes for Their Future Mental Health
What is less known is the long-term impact this will have on children down the road.
“The effects of the pandemic on mental health in children are highly diverse, and we are unlikely to see the full effects for years to come,” says Dr. Jared Heathman, a Houston-based psychiatrist.
Laura Goldstein, a family therapist based in Washington, D.C., says the pandemic is especially hard on teenagers who are forced to stay away from peers at a time when they are developmentally geared toward independence and forming an identity separate from their families. She sees a trend where teens are either “rebelling harder” to gain independence or “regressing” into dependence on parents.