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YouTube Pick: SmarterEveryDay’s backwards bicycle is still one of the best lessons about learning
Some YouTube videos stay useful because they are not trying to be current. SmarterEveryDay’s backwards bicycle video is one of them. It begins with a simpl
New Zealand should be careful before narrowing who gets to vote
Voting rules look technical until they decide who counts as part of the political community. NZ First’s proposal to restrict voting to citizens only, repor
Australia’s online-hate inquiry is really a test of platform accountability
Online hate is often discussed as if it were only a content-moderation problem: remove the worst posts, suspend the worst users, publish a transparency rep
Lower city speed limits are a road-safety policy, not a war on drivers
Reducing a speed limit sounds minor until it touches the everyday politics of streets. A few kilometres per hour becomes an argument about commute times, d
China’s 1-trillion-yuan reverse repo is a reminder that liquidity plumbing is now economic policy
A 1-trillion-yuan central-bank operation does not look like a street-level story. It happens through money markets, bank balance sheets and auction mechani
Trade talks with seven new markets sound bold. The hard part is turning access into resilience
Trade announcements are easy to frame as big numbers and bigger maps. A government promises new markets, exporters imagine more buyers, and political leade
New Zealand’s fuel plan is really a household-resilience test
Fuel security usually lives in the language of terminals, inventories, shipping routes and emergency plans. But the moment prices jump or supply becomes un
Tails from the Coasts：基督城冬天，去博物馆看一场慢慢展开的海岸故事
基督城的冬天，有些周末并不适合把行程排满。风冷、天短、雨说来就来，最舒服的安排反而是找一个室内空间，慢慢看，慢慢聊，再在附近喝杯热饮。Canterbury Museum Pop-Up 的 Tails from the Coasts: Nature Stories of Singapore 就适合这种…
残障五年方案不是福利清单：中国城市真正要补的是“能参与”的日常
一座城市是否方便，并不只看地铁有多新、商场有多亮、手机支付有多顺。它还要看轮椅能不能顺利进门，低视力者能不能辨认公共空间，残障学生能不能在普通学校得到支持，照护者能不能喘一口气，成年残障者能不能找到一份不被过度怜悯、也不被轻易排除的工作。 7月初，中国关于残疾人保障和发展的新一轮五年行动方案进入公共