Category: Found objects
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Is there something inside a fish other than fillets?
This article published in Aeon looks at the question of sentience in fish. In me at least, when I really stop and think about it, this raises a creeping feeling of unease. There is definitely an increasing body of evidence that challenges our sapien-centric claim to being the consciousness boss of things around here. If […]
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Movie: Dominion
It’s OK, you do not have to watch this movie. I give this 4.5 stars out of five. But you probably won’t want to watch it. It contains explicit scenes of animal cruelty and is morally confronting. The film covers common, routine practices that are a part of the commercial food chain that puts bacon, […]
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Environment report. Spoiler alert: it is bad.
Today saw the release of the latest State of the Environment Report for Australia. It is the accumulation of two years work by a panel of 30 experts and replaces the previous report published five years ago. The report was actually presented to the (then) Liberal government in December last year, but due to upcoming election […]