Openforum https://www.openforum.com.au Open Forum offers an independent platform for Australian debate Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:22:42 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 Red sea blues https://www.openforum.com.au/red-sea-blues/ https://www.openforum.com.au/red-sea-blues/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:07:36 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47147 The Yemeni Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on shipping in the Red Sea serve as a reminder that global supply chains remain highly vulnerable to disruption and that food insecurity can simultaneously be an effect and cause of conflict.

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Parkruns not pills https://www.openforum.com.au/parkruns-not-pills/ https://www.openforum.com.au/parkruns-not-pills/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:07:32 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47133 ‘Social prescribing’ sees health professionals connect patients to non-medical services and physical activities to improve their health and wellbeing.

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Ten years after https://www.openforum.com.au/ten-years-after-2/ https://www.openforum.com.au/ten-years-after-2/#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 00:07:14 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47154 It is ten years since Russia illegally annexed Crimea on March 18 2014. Subsequent efforts to firmly integrate the peninsula into the Russian Federation, however, have been far from the success story that the Kremlin often likes to portray.

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Happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness https://www.openforum.com.au/happiness-without-freedom-or-freedom-without-happiness/ https://www.openforum.com.au/happiness-without-freedom-or-freedom-without-happiness/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:48:35 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46780 This year is the centenary of Russian writer Yevgeny Zamyatin’s dystopian novel We - a major influence on George Orwell’s dystopia 1984 and a seminal work of science fiction.

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Angry young men https://www.openforum.com.au/angry-young-men/ https://www.openforum.com.au/angry-young-men/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:47:20 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46953 Dire economic prospects are opening the door for an angry world of emotional manipulation that is targeting young men.

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It happened one night – 90 years ago https://www.openforum.com.au/it-happened-one-night-90-years-ago/ https://www.openforum.com.au/it-happened-one-night-90-years-ago/#respond Sat, 16 Mar 2024 13:47:12 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46830 Frank Capra’s cynical romantic fable, It Happened One Night, celebrates its 90th anniversary this year and is well due a critical revisit.

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The four waves of feminism https://www.openforum.com.au/the-four-waves-of-feminism/ https://www.openforum.com.au/the-four-waves-of-feminism/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:24:15 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47092 Feminist history is generally packaged as a story of “waves”, the first lasting from the mid-19th century to 1920. The second wave spanned the 1960s to the early 1980s. The third wave began in the mid-1990s and lasted until the 2010s and some say we are experiencing a fourth wave in the online age of today.

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Political bees and talking pigs https://www.openforum.com.au/political-bees-and-talking-pigs/ https://www.openforum.com.au/political-bees-and-talking-pigs/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 13:24:09 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47124 The differences and similarities between humans and (other) animals fascinated ancient philosophers and story tellers, and are still a point of scientific and moral contention today.

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Does long COVID exist? https://www.openforum.com.au/does-long-covid-exist/ https://www.openforum.com.au/does-long-covid-exist/#respond Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:15:34 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47128 Long COVID may be no different to other post-viral syndromes, according to Australian research which found that people who tested positive for COVID-19 a year ago were no more likely to report moderate-to-severe functional limitations than people who had influenza.

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How to have better arguments https://www.openforum.com.au/how-to-have-better-arguments/ https://www.openforum.com.au/how-to-have-better-arguments/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:43:34 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47059 Taking steps to fine-tune our argument style can help clarify our thoughts, increase positive debate, reduce anger and emotion, and help us reach a common understanding of the truth more often.

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Junk food for the mind https://www.openforum.com.au/junk-food-for-the-mind/ https://www.openforum.com.au/junk-food-for-the-mind/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:43:26 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=46944 Generative AI is pumping out endless torrents of garbage books, pictures and social media posts for scammers and fraudsters - up to 70% of tweets on Elon Musk's X are generated by bots - undermining the public's trust in all kinds of online information.

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A sham election in a hollow state https://www.openforum.com.au/a-sham-election-in-a-hollow-state/ https://www.openforum.com.au/a-sham-election-in-a-hollow-state/#respond Thu, 14 Mar 2024 23:43:17 +0000 https://www.openforum.com.au/?p=47119 Having murdered or imprisoned anyone who dared stand up to his murderous rule, Vladimir Putin will install himself for yet another term as Russian President this weekend, driving his country ever further down a dark road of repression, aggression and decay.

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