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Australians turn to back yard chickens to beat the rising price of eggs | Cost of living crisis

It’s fair to say Christine Dinas has a passion for back yard chickens. Dinas has been keeping and selling the birds for more than 15 years and reckons there’s a “chicken for everybody”. “They all have different personalities,” says Dinas, who helps run several online poultry-keeping groups and operates Melbourne-based Aussie Chook Supplies. “It’s fascinating…

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Two leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern studies center to step down | Harvard University

The leaders of Harvard University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies are leaving their positions after the center faced accusations of anti-Israel bias. The departures come as the Trump administration scrutinizes institutions that have had pro-Palestinian protests over the last year. Earlier this week, Columbia’s president announced she would step down after Trump targeted the university…

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Two may be company, but for a rising number of Australians, three (or more) isn’t a crowd | Relationships

“I didn’t know what polyamory was,” Melissa* says. “I didn’t have the vocabulary. I Googled it a few times to understand.” Melissa was on the “relationship escalator”. She got married, had a child, then the no longer happy couple split. So she started exploring her options. First stop? Singles’ groups. “Then I went down the…

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