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The New European rebrands as The New World, expands its coverage, and moves to a magazine format; the title made £2.6M in 2024 revenue and had 35K subscribers (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/a9b5d243-d905-42c4-b62c-1f640175005a…

‘Remainer’ paper New European rebrands to push beyond Brexit roots
Title formed after 2016 UK vote is relaunching as The New World to reflect coverage of global politics and culture

Was just reading about Matilda Emmerich having her artwork declined by the Hawkesbury Agricultural Show because of its content. Am I the only one concerned about the censorship of artists in Australia these days?
https://www.…

Teen artist striving for ‘hope’ during global wars banned from show
A teenager submitted a painting of a young angel in combat fatigues and flags from global conflict zones, but organisers have refused to hang it.

I'm working with a few organisations with different meeting cultures at the moment, and I really enjoyed this post about levels of note taking #linkTuesday Which level do you use?

An interview with Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki on balancing chaos and accessibility, redesigning core mechanics, and more, ahead of its June 5 launch (Christopher Cruz/Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/rs-ga

The Making of ‘Mario Kart World’: ‘We Have to Think About the Chaos’
Mario Kart World producer Kosuke Yabuki talks the interconnected world, 150cc speed, and the driving cow

On culture war nonsense:
#cycling

"Woke roundabouts" is a depressing new low when it comes to how the media attempts to report on cycling and active travel
Get your irony meters at the ready, because George Hill is about to lay into how the media sensationalises things about cycling and active travel. It would have been rude not to go for an 'attention-grabbing' title to accompany the article, right?

"This is how Lotus was born: as a company featuring unprecedented benefits for their employees, fostering a culture of radical diversity and inclusion, cleverly mixing dashes of 1960s counterculture with the latest 1980s technology.
Two major names stand out in the creation of this culture: first, Janet Axelrod, who passed away in 2021, and who brought her experience at Digital Equipment Corporation in the areas of diversity and inclusion. Second, Freada Kapor Klein."

Something To Talk About
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Something To Talk About | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: Something To Talk About Host: Sarrah Le Marquand Category: Society & Culture Sub-Category: Commentary & Conversations, Entertainment News First Episode: 2021 When Australia’s celebrities are…

Why Québec Is Right to Take On Spotify: Cultural Sovereignty in the Age of Algorithmic Homogenization http://musictechpolicy.com/2025/05/26/why-quebec-i…

Why Québec Is Right to Take On Spotify: Cultural Sovereignty in the Age of Algorithmic Homogenization
Spotiy is about to run into a real buzz saw in Quebec.

DCMS announces new members of public records advisory body https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/dcms-announces-new-members-of-public-records-advisory-body/

DCMS announces new members of public records advisory body - The National Archives
Seven new members have been appointed to the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, the independent body which advises the government on access to public records. The appointments were made by Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The council advises her on historical public records when they are being transferred […]

White House boasts family of suspect in Boulder attack 'could be deported as early as tonight'
The White House is boasting on its official social media accounts about the arrests of
the wife and five children of
Mohamed Sabry Soliman,
the suspected Boulder attacker, who were taken into custody on Tuesday.
Soliman’s six family members,
“have been captured and are now in ICE custody for expedited removal”,
a White House post says.
It adds…