[NEWS] Seven links, from drugs in Germany to dolphin cuisine to dual nations in Australia

[rfmcdonald]

• Johann Hari writes for Open Democracy about what may be the beginning of the end of the drug war in Germany.


• I am not in agreement with Joseph Couture's argument in NOW Toronto that the Internet has ended gay communities. (Convince me.)


• Samantha Edwards reports in NOW Toronto controversy regarding the Parkdale feminist street art event. Was it really intersectional?


• James Cooray Smith wonders--or "wonders"--why some Doctor Who fans are so upset with a woman portraying the Doctor.


• In MacLean's, chief Perry Bellegarde argues that more Canadians should be concerned with the too-many deaths of young First Nations people in Thunder Bay.


• The National Post tells the story of how Australian senator Larissa Walters had to unexpectedly resign her position on account of her Canadian birth.


• Via James Nicoll, a paper claiming evidence of human presence in northern Australia, in Madjedbebe, 65k years ago.


• National Geographic tells of the peculiar way some Gulf of Mexico dolphins prepare their catfish. Is it cultural, culinary even?

Comments

[tavella]

This quote made me sad for the catfish, somehow. Even though I like dolphins better:

As the boat made its way back to land, the heads started vocalizing, making what Ronje describes as gurgling grunts. (He declined to imitate the sound.)

“The poor little catfish heads,” says Ronje. “Your heart goes out to them, but there’s really nothing you can do for them.”