Jillaroos bring feminine touch to Outback farms: A record number of young Australian women are signing up to become jillaroos, mustering sheep and cattle on vast Outback ranches. Girls in their late teens and early twenties are forsaking the comforts of city life to get their hands dirty alongside their male counterparts, known as jackaroos. [Telegraph]
Extremist Violence the Norm in Parts of the Country: Arson attacks and racist assaults by right-wing extremists are part of everyday life in parts of Germany. Authorities are concerned that the country’s neo-Nazi scene is becoming increasingly violent. [Spiegel]
Londoners and New Yorkers gawk at each other through a transatlantic lens: No, it’s the Telectroscope, the wacky, wonderful invention of British artist Paul St. George. The story: Mr. St. George happened upon a stack of dusty papers in his grandmother’s attic, which revealed that his great-grandfather – an eccentric Victorian engineer – had planned to bore a 3,471-mile tunnel from London to New York, allowing us Brits to gawk at you Yanks through the world’s longest telescope. Now, St. George has made his great-gramp’s dream a reality. [CSM]
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