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- Sep 24, 2026
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- Jul 9, 2026
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Sweet Spots (opens the original)
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I confess. I’m addicted.I’ve probably eaten my body weight in chocolate in my lifetime. Did you know that 60% of the world’s cocoa comes from just two countries, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire? It was sobering to learn that most of it is grown on small family farms paid so little they can’t afford adult workers, so children fill the gap. Those kids, as young as 10, use machetes, clear land, work at night, and handle toxic agrochemicals.In the early 2000s, Dutch TV journalist Teun van de Keuken also lea
Mesh Fences (opens the original)
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How LittleI found myself in conversation with a group of three-year-olds this week. They were playing in the yard of a kinder adjoining my tennis club. They explained their elaborate game: “We’re in prison. He’s the guard. He’s giving us all drinks. But we’re going to escape with our tools.” The prison? A mesh fence. The drinks? An empty sauce bottle. The tools? A plastic garden trowel. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pYYU!,f_auto,q_auto
Take a Position (opens the original)
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A long gameMy city is, for the first time ever, hosting an NFL game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. I seem to have met a lot of people this week who, despite having no interest in NFL, will be amongst the 100,000 there. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" hei
The Quiet Multiplier (opens the original)
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Headphones offMy son is the music streaming generation. My parents were transistor radio. Their parents grew up with the first wirelesses.Me? I was Walkman. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="971" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!
What It’s Worth (opens the original)
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Seeing it for real My friend Marcus is a banker. His job is to lend to Australia’s largest agricultural businesses. We’ve got lots here: dairy, wheat, canola, chickens. <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1091" src="https
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