The Joyful Little Art Space is a new studio and art gallery in Boyup Brook welcoming people to tap into creativity as a way to invite joy into their lives.
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Taskforce to combat family and domestic violence over Christmas in South West
A Statewide taskforce will operate over the Christmas period this year, to address high-risk cases of family and domestic violence.
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Manjimup resident honoured: annual prestigious log chop competition named after town legend
A section of Coronation Park in Manjimup is now officially known as the Neil Halden Log Chopping Arena, in honour of the namesake who gave more than 20 years of his life supporting the sport he loved.
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Bridgetown textile artist exhibits conversational ‘oasis’ collection in Busselton
A Bridgetown textile artist is exhibiting a collection of works in Busselton about finding ones inner “oasis” when life is hard.
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Iran pauses the process to implement a new, stricter headscarf law for women, official says
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has paused the process of , an official said — a bill that many believe could have reignited the protests that engulfed the Islamic Republic after . The controversial law, which was approved by the parliament in September 2023, will not be sent to the government as planned this week, according […]
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She’s worked at nearly every FAANG company. In her free time, she built a free tool to appeal health insurance denials.
Holden Karau works as an open-source engineer in California — but just about every day after work, she’s building Fight Health Insurance, a free AI-powered platform designed to help people appeal healthcare claim denials. The 38-year-old Canadian has worked in the big data space for years, previously holding jobs at every FAANG company aside from […]
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Trump Nominates Tough-on-China Businessman As Japan Ambassador
On Dec. 16, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump nominated his former ambassador to Portugal, George Glass, to be his next ambassador to Japan—adding another China hawk to his team. Glass founded and ran Pacific Crest Securities, an investment firm, until 2014. He then ran an Oregon-based real estate firm before taking up his Portugal ambassador post […]
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Fusion Start-Up Plans to Build Its First Power Plant in Virginia
Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a start-up founded by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said on Tuesday that it planned to build its first fusion power plant in Virginia, with the aim of generating zero-emissions electricity there in the early 2030s. The proposed facility is among the first to be announced that would harness nuclear […]
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6 New Songs You Should Hear Now
Dear listeners, I feel bad for the songs released in this current temporal buffer zone — after most people have made their year-end lists, but before the next year begins. A lyric from a recent Vampire Weekend song comes to mind: “Capricorn, the year that you were born / Finished fast, and the next one […]
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Democrat rep defeats AOC for top role on key committee
Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia defeated fellow Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) on Tuesday in the race to become the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee in the 119th Congress. Connolly, who has served in Congress since 2009, defeated Ocasio-Cortez in a 131-84 vote. Although Ocasio-Cortez has been a rising star within her […]
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