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Plan Blue @boulderchick.bsky.social · 2h

Maestro was wondering if he missed #Caturday

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 3h

Freeloaders making the most of springtime green grasses

For those outside Australia, it is pronounced "Eem-you", not ee-moo.

Aboriginal language is spoken, not written, so it's irrelevant how it is written down, it's all about how it is pronounced.

#Birds #BigChickens

green paddocks with emus in the foreground and kangaroos in the background

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Kaelyrhn 3³ ✅ @kaelyrhn.kayleighbourquin.com · 2d

He then yawned and I got a face full of cat breath

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 3h

This isn’t fearmongering — it’s reality. Hospital-acquired COVID can delay care or cost you your health — even your life.

Infection control measures — masks, ventilation, testing, and staff/patient protections — should be standard care in every healthcare setting.

Source: x.com/PrognosticCh...

Prognostic Chats @PrognosticChats

Some day you’ll be in hospital for surgery or chemotherapy or with another illness & a nurse, or doctor or visitor at the next bed, or the patient opposite you will give you a Covid infection & your treatment will get delayed & your life will be put at unnecessary risk.

4:28 AM · Oct 12, 2025 · 5,515 Views

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 8h

So now the Administration are saying that the mass firing of CDC scientists, including many responsible for preventing outbreaks, was an “error” and many will be brought back.

Whether by intention or incompetence, dismantling public health will kill people.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 12h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 11h

Absolutely superb effort by all those who voted for this, many of whom are now dead.

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 4h

What a frakkin mess.

Crawford Kilian @crof.bsky.social · 4h

Breaking News: RIFs in reverse. Some CDC workers have been brought back, in latest whiplash.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Breaking News: RIFs in reverse. Some CDC workers have been brought back, in latest whiplash.

This is breaking news.

open.substack.com

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McB @cmcd.bsky.social · 7h

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes
Everybody knows
(Leonard Cohen)

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Dr 'Mysterious and Important' Stip 😷 🎃 @drstip.bsky.social · 3h

Yes I'm very proud of them. It has become harder over time, and not sure the youngest will mask consistently at uni next year. But the older 2 have

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Railmaps @railmaps.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 6h

The first electric train to Byford is en-route from Perth now and will arrive at 10:03WST.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-12/final-stage-perth-metronet-byford-rail-extension-opening/105876182

Timetables are online at Australian Rail Maps at timetable […]

[Original post on mastodon.online]

Screencap of Perth Rail Map from the Australian Rail Maps website showing the re-opened Armadale line and the extension to Byford.

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Dr 'Mysterious and Important' Stip 😷 🎃 @drstip.bsky.social · 5h

Yes, I'm very proud of my teens wearing masks to school the last several years, it hasn't been easy. But it has limited us to only one covid infection each. Trying hard to keep it that way.

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HELLody SchreiBOO @melodyschreiber.com · 5h

Nightmare

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 16h

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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chadzia dax 🔞😷🖖🏻 @m00psy.bsky.social · 5h

would you like to know what a complication of covid is?

…yep, it’s diabetes.

yet another reason to #MaskUp in shared air, because #CovidIsntOver.

Deluxe Hospital app @deluxehospital.bsky.social · 5h

Complications of diabetes in 30s
#diabetes #diabetescomplications

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RiotGrlErin @riotgrlerin.bsky.social · 9h

celebrities as lord of the rings characters: thread

Doja cat in a dress the same shape as the eye of Sauron.

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 5h

SAMHSA is responsible for overseeing the new 988 suicide prevention hotline. It also gives out billions in grants for mental health and addiction services. It was created in 1992 through bipartisan legislation signed by then-President George H.W. Bush.
www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.

www.npr.org

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HOW MANY CIGARETTES?????????? @howmanycigarettes.com · 9h

The French Dispatch (2021)
Dir. Wes Anderson
Runtime 108 minutes
🚬 x 86, or one cigarette every 1.26 minutes
⚠️ REAL SMOKER MOVIE ⚠️
https://howmanycigarettes.com/the-french-dispatch/

A cigarette from The French Dispatch (2021)

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Dr 'Mysterious and Important' Stip 😷 🎃 @drstip.bsky.social · 5h

I don't remember our schools ever having any

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Threadleaf Crochet @threadleafcrochet.bsky.social · 5h

October 11, 2025 🧵 As I was crocheting, this creature pushed into my lap, sat on top of the thread, turned the lamp off with her butt, turned the lamp back on with her butt, and began vigorously licking herself.

I pulled out my camera, and she looked through the magnifier directly into my soul.

The face of gray cat looking directly at the camera through a round magnifier.

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Julia M. Wright @juliamwright.bsky.social · 7h

Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...

Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage

A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…

retractionwatch.com

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MsTerious #WearAMask #CovidIsAirborne @pattyd.bsky.social · 6h

For context, we mask everywhere but our kids will not mask at school. I don't blame them bc they are teens. I blame the @vicgovau.bsky.social & schools for dropping all mitigations despite the overwhelming evidence that viral illnesses are not good for children, have long-term neg effects.

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MsTerious #WearAMask #CovidIsAirborne @pattyd.bsky.social · 6h

One week back at school and my eldest has Flu A. This is after my youngest had it in August and then had RSV one month later in Sept. We have managed to avoid spread within our family but can do nothing about school. @vicgovau.bsky.social @VicGovDE this is not sustainable. Clean the air.

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Andrew B. Watkins @windjunky.bsky.social · 6h

NOAA has declared La Niña underway, though still right at their borderline. The BoM no longer has a La Niña warning system, as it fears misunderstanding and maladaption, but the old system would be at neutral.
NOAA www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

BoM www.bom.gov.au/climate/enso...

www.bom.gov.au

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samtay.bsky.social @samtay.bsky.social · 9h

Can you please get assurance that anyone with an Australian passport will not be illegally detained by ICE on the streets while they are on holidays. Pretty sure not many Australians are visiting USA now.

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