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As
I may have written here before, I got rid of the Twitter app
on my phone a year or so back. But the addictive nature of the
platform often drags me back for a ‘check’ via my laptop. One
such nosey on Monday revealed the new ‘X’ logo, rolled out as
Twitter, under Elon Musk, ditched its famous blue bird
recognisable to millions.
Like
many other moves made since Musk took over, it just struck me
as odd. Why junk such a successful brand? Well, perhaps
there’s some method to the approach. Cameron
Shackell of Queensland University of Technology considers what
might be going on.
It’s
the middle of the summer holiday season in the northern
hemisphere, and that means tourists from across the world are
flocking
to Europe’s mediterranean region – even amid a record
breaking heatwave. But this year may well be the one that
forces a wider rethink of people’s travel plans. And we have
more
on that Spanish election, the aftermath of which is still
becoming clear. One thing is certain though: it was far from
the triumph for the right that pollsters predicted. |
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Stephen Khan
Global Executive
Editor | |
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Carmen Isolina Egea Gutiérrez - Cortines,
Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
The
general elections in Spain have left a confusing
scenario in which party negotiators and regional
players may be the main protagonists.
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Cameron Shackell, Queensland University
of Technology
Twitter
has been officially rebranded to X, in a process many
would deem chaotic. But we can still try to make sense
of it. | |
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Lauren A. Siegel, University of Greenwich
When
people see their friends behaving selfishly on holiday, they
might assume they can do the same. |
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Susanne Becken, Griffith University;
Johanna Loehr, Griffith University
No
one plans a European holiday thinking of fleeing from
fire or sheltering from intense heat. But the climate
crisis is forcing a reckoning – tourism as we
knew it will have to change.
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John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University
The
Nile Basin states are keen to see what kind of deal
Ethiopia reaches with Egypt and Sudan.
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Ed Atkins, University of Bristol
An
argument over London’s ultra low emissions zone
threatens to engulf UK
politics. | |
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Jack L. Rozdilsky, York University, Canada
The
Christopher Nolan film ‘Oppenheimer’ is set to become a summer
blockbuster. But one of the featured sites in the movie is a
sobering reminder of the horror of nuclear war. |
Roberta Davidson, University of Adelaide
Machu
Picchu is now an iconic tourist destination in Peru – but it
was once a royal palace that pulled people from all corners of
the Inca empire. |
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Subject: Twitter: X marks the what?
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