/ 05 October 2021

Painting the flowers blue, suing Squid Game, and James Bond smashes the box office

Image source: Netflix
Image source: Netflix

Rangers in Sydney’s National Parks are painting waratah blooms blue to deter visitors from picking them. In abundance after bushfires went through, plant savvy people say the flowers need to stay on the plants to release their seeds. That and it’s illegal to pick them…

Netflix hit Squid Game isn’t just upsetting viewers – South Korean internet service provider SK Broadband is suing the streamer because of a surge in traffic as the nation goes bananas for the series.

Also going off: the new Bond flick. No Time To Die took US$119 million on its opening weekend, making it the first Hollywood release in pandemic times to generate more than $100 million without China. Cinema-goers are shaken and stirred…

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