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Compound interest explained in Australia: it usually starts with a story about a twenty-five-year-old investing a modest…
The 4-Hour Spanish Bus: What Flying Never Teaches You
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What Makes a Good Film Score: 3 Mechanisms Critics Never Name
Ask someone what makes a good film score and they will almost certainly name something they remember,…
What to do with a Tomato Glut: 3 Methods — Freeze, Roast, or Make Passata
The question of what to do with too many tomatoes tends to arrive on a Tuesday, when…
Lobster’s Back — 3 Things Australia’s China Reset Didn’t Fix
The Australia-China relationship 2024 offers a genuinely complicated picture, and most of the coverage simplifies it in…
Can’t Afford Rent in Australia: 5 Steps to Take Before You Fall Behind
If you can’t afford rent in Australia right now, you are not uniquely failing at adulthood. Rents…
The Security Industry Built You to Fail — for 25 Years
Why is cybersecurity so hard? Ask the security industry and you will hear about sophisticated attackers, escalating…
3 Phone Data Layers the Privacy Act Reform Still Can’t Reach
Phone data privacy surveillance coverage stops at the apps on your screen: Google, Meta, TikTok. That is…
Why I Travel to the Same Place 3 Times (And What I Find)
Travelling to the same place twice is, according to a certain kind of traveller, the cautious option.…
How Australia Broke 1 Myth About Rest and Recovery
The importance of rest and recovery has been documented thoroughly enough that most of us carry it…