Guardian Australia’s weekend wrap of essential reads from the past seven days, selected by Jacqueline Housden
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Welcome to the weekend. If you’ve woken up wondering why we haven’t yet met extraterrestrial beings, how to protect kids against the rise of brain-rotting AI slop, or how to break the ice with a true blue Australian, then you have come to the right place.