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Alex
@aliveandaloof.bsky.social
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😷Cranky cat lady. Brussels sprout lover. GenX. Atheist. Still masking 😷 Small business owner Qld 🇦🇺
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Intranasal vaccine stops infection at the source.

In 2022, Australian researchers secured nearly $1M in grants to develop an intranasal COVID vaccine.

New findings show it blocks the virus in the nose, stopping it from spreading in the body and preventing transmission to others.

archive.md/iaSKv
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On occasion, it’s important to understand how life altering these award shows can be for some.

#AFIawards #Emmys #HeathLedger
I think I love him too 😍
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#Newspoll Federal Primary Votes: ALP 36 (0) L/NP 27 (-3) GRN 13 (+1) ON 10 (+1) #auspol
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Bohemian Rhapsody Flashmob consisting of 30 musicians and singers on a street in Paris.

I reckon Freddie Mercury would have loved this.

[Sorry ... had to choose the lowest quality and cut into two for BlueSky. Hopefully the audio survived.]

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The Environment Minister has approved a coal mine extension overnight – the first of the new Parliament.

This is a decision that will lock Australia into providing coal for decades, and put threatened wildlife at risk.

This is not climate action. This is a climate crime.
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Next time you snack AVOID #Cheetos #Doritos #Lays crisps and #MountainDew 🍟🥤 because violence against #indigenous people for #palmoil comes as an unwanted freebie in snacks owned by #PepsiCo. Take action! #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/scFhgU-pepsico
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Unless you're First Nations, you're a descendant of immigrants. No gatekeeping on stolen land 🖤💛❤️
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I framed this incorrectly.

It’s not about us ceasing to be US allies, it’s about accepting that the US has ceased to be allies with anyone.

The US has abandoned any normal international relationships, we need to adjust to this reality.

And cancel AUKUS.

#CancelAUKUS

#AusPol
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It's a good day to stay indoors out of that terrible weather that is raging outside.
So it might be a good day for some feed cleansing.
Here's an unusual view of a wedge-tailed eagle that I saw up near Woomera some time back. Look at those talons!
What a fantastic photo. You get such brilliant pics
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"We subsidise the destruction of native forests. Do both major parties support that? Yes.

"Does the public support that? No.

"But because both major parties agree, bipartisanship means it's very hard to have a democratic debate."

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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Aussie folks! 🔭🧪

Please consider signing this petition being put forward to the Australian Govt. to legislate / regulate light pollution and dark sky preservation.

Not only are we being robbed of the glorious night sky, other beings (see below) use the stars too!

www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
“The amazing astronomical abilities of this little creature,” Warrant told me, “are uniquely tied to an entire alpine world.”

I wrote in Science about a new study on bogong moths, which have neurons in their brains that seem to recognize the Milky Way and infer due south from its orientation.
This moth makes its epic migration navigating by starlight
Bogong moths fly 1000 kilometers orienting to stars and the Milky Way, an ability never seen before in invertebrates
www.science.org
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Sorry if this is a repost.
If you need a break, have a peek at ZE Frank's stuff over the past 12+ years.

NOT for children or squeamish people.

Biologists in the know love being in his credits which is great for inspiring research.

- tardigrade from 4 years ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsSt...
True Facts: The Incredible Tardigrade
YouTube video by Ze Frank
www.youtube.com
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the minute control of those little peets...😍

bookmarked for therapeutic rewatching...
A microscopic Tardigrade (water bear), walking across a glass slide. Extremely resilient, they can survive decades without food or water and can survive in direct exposure to space.
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My latest in The Shot.

"The pro-lsrael lobby in Australia do not have the power - they have bluff. They're a farce, a smokescreen, a collection of paranoids intent on defending a foreign power’s despicable actions at the expense of Australia’s own social democracy."
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Bendigo Writers’ Festival And The Curious Case Of The Missing Democracy - The Shot
It started off well enough, as all well-intentioned stories do. The Bendigo Writers’ Festival’s marketing for their August event had...
theshot.net.au