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astronomy ocean physics science ethics education democracy philosophy. Sea Angel pteropods - Alexander Semenov
🇦🇺 Noosa
🇦🇺 Noosa
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When your conflicts become the story instead of the anti-corruption work you’re supposed to be leading, you know there’s a problem.
That Commissioner Brereton claims he’s seeking a public hearing to “put questions to rest” only erodes trust further.
He has to go.
That Commissioner Brereton claims he’s seeking a public hearing to “put questions to rest” only erodes trust further.
He has to go.
December 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
When your conflicts become the story instead of the anti-corruption work you’re supposed to be leading, you know there’s a problem.
That Commissioner Brereton claims he’s seeking a public hearing to “put questions to rest” only erodes trust further.
He has to go.
That Commissioner Brereton claims he’s seeking a public hearing to “put questions to rest” only erodes trust further.
He has to go.
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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🚨 Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 990,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,470,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,060,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,520,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 990,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,470,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,060,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,520,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🚨 Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the lowest on record (JAXA data)
• about 990,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,470,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,060,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,520,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 990,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,470,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 2,060,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,520,000 km² below the 1980s mean
Graphics zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
What difference does a couple of degrees make in our food supply ?
🍀🔬🌡️
Heat stress suppresses DNA replication and mitosis in barley root apical meristems @FrontPlantSci
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
Heat stress suppresses DNA replication and mitosis in barley root apical meristems @FrontPlantSci
www.frontiersin.org/journals/pla...
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 PM
What difference does a couple of degrees make in our food supply ?
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So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:29 PM
So today I found out that my TED talk ‘This is What a Digital Coup Looks Like’ was TED’s most watched talk of the year.
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
It’s sort of amazing & terrifying. Because this *is* what a digital coup looks like.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOo...
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what a week! i wrote this yesterday but bright spot to everything that's happening:
teens were having so much fun getting around the ban. they were experimenting, working together, sharing info, expressing themselves politically (telling Albo to SYBAU)
www.crikey.com.au/20...
teens were having so much fun getting around the ban. they were experimenting, working together, sharing info, expressing themselves politically (telling Albo to SYBAU)
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
what a week! i wrote this yesterday but bright spot to everything that's happening:
teens were having so much fun getting around the ban. they were experimenting, working together, sharing info, expressing themselves politically (telling Albo to SYBAU)
www.crikey.com.au/20...
teens were having so much fun getting around the ban. they were experimenting, working together, sharing info, expressing themselves politically (telling Albo to SYBAU)
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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When we choose not to tax wealthy people and corporations appropriately we are choosing children in poverty and aged stuck in hospital beds, we choose suffering for the many for the privilege of the few
Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families t...
thepoint.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
When we choose not to tax wealthy people and corporations appropriately we are choosing children in poverty and aged stuck in hospital beds, we choose suffering for the many for the privilege of the few
Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
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“The world’s 7 richest individuals are all now powerful media barons, controlling what 🌎 sees, reads, and hears, marking a new chapter in oligarchical control over society and striking another blow at a free, independent press and diversity of opinion.” www.mintpressnews.com/the-seven-ri...
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“The world’s 7 richest individuals are all now powerful media barons, controlling what 🌎 sees, reads, and hears, marking a new chapter in oligarchical control over society and striking another blow at a free, independent press and diversity of opinion.” www.mintpressnews.com/the-seven-ri...
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New CEFC report into data centres in Aus - shows that the worst-case scenario seem to be about 10x to 15x worse than the potential best-case scenario
Also frames DCs as "critical infrastructure". Is AI (84% of new DC growth) as 'critical' as a hospital or transport?
www.cefc.com.au/insights/mar...
Also frames DCs as "critical infrastructure". Is AI (84% of new DC growth) as 'critical' as a hospital or transport?
www.cefc.com.au/insights/mar...
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
New CEFC report into data centres in Aus - shows that the worst-case scenario seem to be about 10x to 15x worse than the potential best-case scenario
Also frames DCs as "critical infrastructure". Is AI (84% of new DC growth) as 'critical' as a hospital or transport?
www.cefc.com.au/insights/mar...
Also frames DCs as "critical infrastructure". Is AI (84% of new DC growth) as 'critical' as a hospital or transport?
www.cefc.com.au/insights/mar...
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"A chaotic two-day session punctuated by shouting matches, passive-aggressive insults, and confusion about the agenda"
@doritreiss.bsky.social and I were both interviewed for this story about the hepatitis vaccine + ACIP by thedispatchmedia.bsky.social - #MedSky.
thedispatch.com/article/vacc...
@doritreiss.bsky.social and I were both interviewed for this story about the hepatitis vaccine + ACIP by thedispatchmedia.bsky.social - #MedSky.
thedispatch.com/article/vacc...
The Iconoclasts vs. Public Health
The CDC’s vaccine advisory panel takes full aim at the childhood vaccine schedule.
thedispatch.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"A chaotic two-day session punctuated by shouting matches, passive-aggressive insults, and confusion about the agenda"
@doritreiss.bsky.social and I were both interviewed for this story about the hepatitis vaccine + ACIP by thedispatchmedia.bsky.social - #MedSky.
thedispatch.com/article/vacc...
@doritreiss.bsky.social and I were both interviewed for this story about the hepatitis vaccine + ACIP by thedispatchmedia.bsky.social - #MedSky.
thedispatch.com/article/vacc...
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Experts Warn: Trump’s Vaccine Rewrite Risks Public Health youtube.com/shorts/4wnNy... with
@angierasmussen.bsky.social
@ggronvall.bsky.social
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@drdemetre.bsky.social
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.social
@jeremyfaust.bsky.social
@tnicholsmd.com
@angierasmussen.bsky.social
@ggronvall.bsky.social
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@drdemetre.bsky.social
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.social
@jeremyfaust.bsky.social
@tnicholsmd.com
Experts Warn: Trump’s Vaccine Rewrite Risks Public Health
YouTube video by Save America Movement
youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Experts Warn: Trump’s Vaccine Rewrite Risks Public Health youtube.com/shorts/4wnNy... with
@angierasmussen.bsky.social
@ggronvall.bsky.social
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@drdemetre.bsky.social
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.social
@jeremyfaust.bsky.social
@tnicholsmd.com
@angierasmussen.bsky.social
@ggronvall.bsky.social
@gregggonsalves.bsky.social
@drdemetre.bsky.social
@gavinyamey.bsky.social
@doritreiss.bsky.social
@jeremyfaust.bsky.social
@tnicholsmd.com
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NACC has no cred, nor chair Brereton, but unless both major parties move to fix it, Australia stuck with it for another year. @kimwingerei.bsky.social #whatsthescam Brereton hearing today
#auspol
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#auspol
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NACC Inspector Furness states the obvious while Brereton obfuscates - Michael West
Today's Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting examining the performance of the NACC made it clear that Paul Brereton just doesn't get it.
michaelwest.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
NACC has no cred, nor chair Brereton, but unless both major parties move to fix it, Australia stuck with it for another year. @kimwingerei.bsky.social #whatsthescam Brereton hearing today
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/nacc-inspect...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/nacc-inspect...
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My #Arctic temperature graphics have been updated for November 2025 (ranked in top 5 warmest). New records were reached in my individual Pacific Arctic and Greenland Arctic regional sectors.
➡️ Check it out: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe.... #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData
➡️ Check it out: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe.... #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData
Arctic Temperatures
Near real-time visualizations [Arctic Climate Seasonality and Variability] [Arctic Sea-Ice Extent and Concentration] [Arctic Sea-Ice Volume and Thickness] [Arctic Temperatures] [Antarctic Sea-Ice E…
zacklabe.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My #Arctic temperature graphics have been updated for November 2025 (ranked in top 5 warmest). New records were reached in my individual Pacific Arctic and Greenland Arctic regional sectors.
➡️ Check it out: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe.... #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData
➡️ Check it out: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe.... #DataViz #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData
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NSW Health resists lower blood lead guidelines for children in Broken Hill, documents reveal
NSW Health resists lower blood lead guidelines for children in Broken Hill, documents reveal
Greens MP condemns ‘pathetic’ level of funding to deal with lead contamination in state’s far west
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NSW Health resisted government advice to strengthen protections for children exposed to lead in Broken Hill, despite internal documents acknowledging that far lower blood lead levels than those recognised in current guidelines can harm developing brains.
Newly released documents reveal the Department of Premier and Cabinet urged a whole-of-government response to consider lowering the blood lead investigation threshold – the level at which a child’s blood test result should trigger a health response – from 5 micrograms of lead per decilitre (5μg/dL) to 3.5μg/dL. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NSW Health resists lower blood lead guidelines for children in Broken Hill, documents reveal
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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The Prime Minister credited 36 Months for convincing him to ban teens from social media.
This group accused experts who opposed the ban of being 'bought' by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up brand deals, eyeing global expansion & developing an AI tool to track students
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This group accused experts who opposed the ban of being 'bought' by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up brand deals, eyeing global expansion & developing an AI tool to track students
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 9, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The Prime Minister credited 36 Months for convincing him to ban teens from social media.
This group accused experts who opposed the ban of being 'bought' by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up brand deals, eyeing global expansion & developing an AI tool to track students
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This group accused experts who opposed the ban of being 'bought' by big tech. Meanwhile, it was lining up brand deals, eyeing global expansion & developing an AI tool to track students
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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NEW: A leaked document shows the key group behind the teen social media ban, 36 Months, was selling a $150,000 "UNGA Event Sponsorship" in the lead-up to Australia's UN event spruiking the policy.
It promised brands "influence" and "access" to heads of state.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It promised brands "influence" and "access" to heads of state.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
NEW: A leaked document shows the key group behind the teen social media ban, 36 Months, was selling a $150,000 "UNGA Event Sponsorship" in the lead-up to Australia's UN event spruiking the policy.
It promised brands "influence" and "access" to heads of state.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
It promised brands "influence" and "access" to heads of state.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought experiment that could settle the matter. Now, that experiment has finally been performed for real
Quantum experiment settles a century-old row between Einstein and Bohr
Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought experiment that could settle the matter. Now, that experiment has finally been performed for real
www.newscientist.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr had an ongoing rivalry about the true nature of quantum mechanics, and came up with a thought experiment that could settle the matter. Now, that experiment has finally been performed for real
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The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
After Commr Brereton rates NACC 7 out of 10, David Shoebridge reveals a shocking case where survivor of child sexual abuse had her case against AFP botched by NACC who apologised “for not using relevant evidence”
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
“Do u stand by your 7/10 rating?”🔥Shameless Brereton stands by it
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The ALP designed the NACC with the assistance of the LNP to ensure everyone remained very, very safe and comfortable
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The cheapest way to deliver healthcare is to provide universal healthcare. This has been demonstrated nearly infinite times; Roger Marshall just isn’t smart. The US spends more on healthcare than any other country in the entire world BECAUSE of privatization (and we have the worst health outcomes!)
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The cheapest way to deliver healthcare is to provide universal healthcare. This has been demonstrated nearly infinite times; Roger Marshall just isn’t smart. The US spends more on healthcare than any other country in the entire world BECAUSE of privatization (and we have the worst health outcomes!)
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Too young for Instagram, not too young for an ankle monitor...
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device.
Children as young as 10 to be fitted with ankle monitors under proposed laws
The legislation removes the requirement for either the child, or their parent or guardian, to consent to wearing the device.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Too young for Instagram, not too young for an ankle monitor...
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Look behind the pomp of Putin’s New Delhi visit. The India-Russia relationship has weakened | Chietigj Bajpaee
Look behind the pomp of Putin’s New Delhi visit. The India-Russia relationship has weakened | Chietigj Bajpaee
Modi voiced words of respect, but he is resisting an anti-western, anti-Ukraine stance, despite the foreign policy contradictions, says Chietigj Bajpaee, a senior fellow at Chatham House
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Look behind the pomp of Putin’s New Delhi visit. The India-Russia relationship has weakened | Chietigj Bajpaee
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December 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM