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Claire Connelly @claireconnelly.bsky.social · 1h

Might watch First Wives Club tonight in remembrance.

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79

The legendary actor best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and Book Club, has died

www.theguardian.com

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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 12h

**PREPRINT** from Harvard & Massachusetts General - children with Long COVID show markedly increased levels of fibrinaloid microclots in their blood.
The highest levels appear in those with persistent SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in circulation.

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

Quantification of fibrinaloid clots in plasma from pediatric Long COVID patients using a microfluidic assay

Long COVID (LC) impacts one in five children after an acute SARS-CoV-2 infection. Typical LC symptoms include fatigue, brain fog, pain, and shortness of breath, which can significantly impact individu...

www.researchsquare.com

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 9h

A massive shout-out and thanks and much love to the woman juggling things behind the scenes today on this, @deniseshrivell.bsky.social

Denise helps our democracy in so many ways, every day. She is there helping behind the scenes on so many issues

She is a quiet, impactful giant

Thanks Denise 🙏🏽

Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 11h

The #SundayShot is on in about 10-15 minutes time at the link below, on the old youtube machine

Hosted by journalists Dave Milner with co-host Joel Jenkins, and guests Greg Jericho of the Australia Institute, and some bird called Ronni Salt

👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYU...

The Sunday Shot - October 12

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 4h

China Signals Firm Stance amid New U.S. Tariff Threats

You’ve got to read this ⬇️

www.onestnetwork.com/post/china-s...

China Signals Firm Stance amid New U.S. Tariff Threats

What is clear is that both sides are layering new risks over an already volatile U.S.–China relationship — and global markets, supply chains

www.onestnetwork.com

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 16h

doi.org/10.1038/s414...

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 15h

The woman who won the Nobel Peace Prize supports Israel’s invasion of Gaza, let that sink in. This after a million people signed a petition for Francesca Alabanese to win it.

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John Dupuis @dupuisj.bsky.social · 15h

www.rawstory.com/layoffs/

Horror as 'Friday night massacre' lays off entire DC office of disease experts

The Trump administration has carried out mass layoffs of federal public health officials that experts warn will leave the US dangerously unprepared to handle disease outbreaks.As reported by The New Y...

www.rawstory.com

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 1d

The trickle of BA.3.2.2 samples from Western Australia has continued.

While the frequencies of this variant are still quite low, it’s ongoing spread (likely to many thousands of infections by now) gives it every opportunity to acquire the mutations it needs to succeed.

#COVID19 #Australia
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Gregory Andrews @lyrebirddream.bsky.social · 1d

I rode into Rutherglen today expecting the end of a rail trail. Instead, I found colour, creativity, and hope on old silos.

Rural Australia isn’t “anti-environment”. It’s adapting and creating. That’s active hope and the spirit of #CitSciOz25.👇🏽

www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/where-t...

Hope Painted on Silos

This morning I cycled in to Rutherglen in Victoria expecting nothing more than the quiet end of another rail trail. Instead, I found colour, creativity, and hope towering above me.Three enormous grain...

www.lyrebirddreaming.com

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kcarruthers @kcar.me · 1d

Uh oh 😟 Sudden Stratospheric Warming 2025: Australia’s Effects

https://timsweather.au/sudden-stratospheric-warming-2025/

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Robyn @jailbirdstreet.bsky.social · 1d

This shit wasn't surprising under Morrison but it's fucking reprehensible under Albanese. Yet more evidence that he is a maga-loving neoliberal dickhead completely owned by corporations.

birdsongish.bsky.social @birdsongish.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The mood is ominous at CSIRO as jobs disappear ‘by stealth’ – and staff are wondering who’s next

National scientific agency has been ‘reshaping its research portfolio’ to deal with an imminent funding cliff in 2024

www.theguardian.com

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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 23h

Australian medical authorities say disturbing evidence is emerging of a possible return of previously eliminated diseases, as childhood immunisation rates continue to fall. satpa.pe/1KlwBMm

The rising risks of vaccine reluctance

The latest drop in childhood immunisation rates has raised concerns among medical authorities that some communities are losing herd immunity to diseases such as measles.

satpa.pe

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 23h

This is why one of my mantras is 'politics itself can be a biological risk'. Wildfowl migration has already begun in North America, which will mean a significant increase in H5N1 infections in poultry, dairy cattle and humans. Yet politics is dismantling the defence.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

www.nytimes.com

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23h

Troy Hunt: “Court injunctions are the “thoughts and prayers” of data breach response” www.troyhunt.com/court-injunc...

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

Well, this just blew me away. I had not seen this before. 🥰🥹

"7-Year-Old Cellist Prodigy Yo-Yo Ma's Debut Performance for President JFK"
www.youtube.com/live/wiwkBFR...

7-Year-Old Cellist Prodigy Yo-Yo Ma's Debut Performance for President JFK | The Kennedy Center

YouTube video by The Kennedy Center

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

What she posted

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 1d

OH. MY. GOD. 🫠

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 1d

Great editorial on the lingering stench of our previous PM…
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21790/...

The one-man super scheme

Of all the things Scott Morrison does not understand, and the list is long and often embarrassing, somewhat in the shape of his prime ministership, China would rate very close to the top.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 1d

The fundamental disconnect is that the steps required by both science and patient safety are the steps hospital infection control leaders foolishly dismissed in 2020.

They have to choose between killing patients, and admitting a very big mistake.

Turns out their egos are worth more than your life.

Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 2d

How politics is putting patients and health care workers at risk www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drgorfinkel.bsky.social @thestar.com

𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

"Masks prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses. The science is clear," writes Iris Gorfinkel. "The standards are in place. A health policy that reacts to hospitalizations and deaths falls below the long-held standard of do-no-harm. Policies that are enacted only once hospitalizations are high do the opposite.

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 1d

Meiselas: Trump says he’s focusing right now on laying off the Democratic agencies and government employees, whatever that means. Again, completely pathetic behavior, and in normal times, this would be impeachable and/or 25th Amendment territory.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 1d

Your President has dementia, this is his decision-maker.

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 1d

Mask mandates return to health care facilities in parts of California.

The mandate goes from Nov. 1 to March 31, 2026. Someone tell Covid it needs to be over by then

www.newsweek.com/mask-mandate...

Mask mandate returns to parts of California

The order in Sonoma County is designed to protect the "most vulnerable populations" in health care facilities during fall and winter.

www.newsweek.com

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 1d

“There’s also the American flag at the top of the hill, which doesn’t appear to have any stars”

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Trump launched the TrumpRX website today.

It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.

TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare

AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.

gizmodo.com

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 1d

Things that don’t have to be reiterated in most countries:

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 1d

Seen in Maywood, Illinois

Handwritten sign on parked car dash that reads ZIP TYING CHILDREN IS FUCKING WRONG

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Jon Dee (JonDee.com) @jondeeoz.bsky.social · 1d

NSW police wrongly categorised a “significant” number of incidents as antisemitic.

Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors was incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures the government cited to defend restrictions on protests.

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

NSW police wrongly categorise ‘significant’ number of incidents as antisemitic

Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests

www.theguardian.com

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