The daily clickthroughs:

STATE OF THE PLANET: Fake meat and real Christmas trees

FRIDAY TRASH WRAP: Carrie Fisher’s revelations and more GOOP

What’s new on the Crikey blogs:

POLLYTICS: Newspoll quarterly, Cookie Monster edition

FIRST BLOG ON THE MOON: My brush with fame! Dinner with Rocket

ROOTED: Tim Hollo is calling all scientists: “Speak now or forever hold your peace” 

CROAKEY: Sickening relationships between the industries that cause and treat diseases

CORPORATE ENGAGEMENT: Kmart scores with blog giveaways

JONATHAN GREEN: Gordon Brown contributes another cracker

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