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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 4h

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 · 4h

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

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

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Robyn @jailbirdstreet.bsky.social · 4h

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 · 4h

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 · 3h

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.

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 3h

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 · 3h

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 · 7h

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

www.youtube.com

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13h

What she posted

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 13h

OH. MY. GOD. 🫠

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 12h

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 · 1d

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 · 12h

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 · 12h

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

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 15h

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 · 12h

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 · 12h

“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 · 12h

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 · 12h

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

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

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 · 12h

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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Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 12h

Voted 😁

Bushbark @bushbark.bsky.social · 1d

Vote to keep your bird in the running.

Team #BushStoneCurlew
#birds
#AustralianBirdOfTheYear

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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CáitKate @cait05.bsky.social · 12h

Americans will become stateless.

One single AI Data Center will use the complete water & electricity resources of a single state. Electricity will skyrocket in price. With no water to drink Americans will become stateless.

People are no longer necessary.

CáitKate @cait05.bsky.social · Jan 10

Folks I know things are impossible right now. I just want you all to know that I am also at one with the dung beetle within. We will push that ball of shit together.
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Blue Girl ✊ @gjahn.bsky.social · Jan 10

I'm kinda feeling like a dung beetle right now ..

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 12h

England is now experiencing a significant COVID wave, after 10 months of relative quiet.

"If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given that the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!"

The chart shows weekly hospital COVID admissions per 100,000 population in the UK from May 2023 to September 29, 2025, based on UKHSA data.

Autumn 2023 peak reached around 6 per 100k.

Winter JN.1 peak followed early 2024 (~5 per 100k).

Several 2024 peaks occurred mid-year before dropping.

A 10-month stretch of low, stable levels lasted through late 2024 to mid-2025.

A new Sept 2025 wave shows a sharp upward climb approaching prior peak levels.

Source: UKHSA weekly surveillance report
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Chart by @chrischirp.bsky.social.

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Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 12h

Influenza versus Cövid.

826 COVID vs 89 flu deaths, and within 90 days, 1,391 COVID vs 149 flu deaths, showing worse outcomes for COVID-19

Rough maths? About 10 times more fatal

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Comparative risk of post-acute sequelae among adults following SARS-CoV-2 or influenza virus infection: A retrospective cohort study among United States adults

Author summary Why was this study done? It is known that people may suffer medical complications long after COVID-19, which are called post-acute sequelae (PAS). Similar sequelae are also known to h...

journals.plos.org

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Disgruntled @cdrhbiscuitiii.bsky.social · 12h

At what point do we clue in that the media are on that side and are in their own right, predominantly bad faith actors

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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 12h

At what point does the media clue in that the people who said COVID wasn't airborne, the people who said #longCOVID wasn't a big deal to minimize that mistake, and the people who are lying by omission to the public to cover up both 👉are the same people👈?

This is a major corruption story - tell it!

Dealing with the fallout: Post-COVID Condition and its continued impact on individuals and society

science.gc.ca

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

The cost of doing nothing☠️‼️

@binitakane.bsky.social 🙏🏻

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Enduring Outcomes of COVID-19 Work Absences on the US Labor Market

This cohort study examines the extent to which COVID-19 continues to generate work absences and decrease labor force participation beyond the pandemic period in the US.

jamanetwork.com

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