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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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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.
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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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