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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 1h

Look I'm only an early career researcher in Infectious Disease Epidemiology, but that's not what they taught in class

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 5h

Israel highlighting how many 100s of aid trucks they will now allow into Gaza is a tacit admission that they were using aid as a weapon of war, by the way. seems weird not to talk about this

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Matthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 5h

Wild to see the Nobel Prize go to someone promoting democratic rights and a peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy, instead of someone who deploys the military against his own citizens and incited a violent insurrection to stop the peaceful transition of power after a democratic election

Trump fails in bid for Nobel Peace Prize as surprise winner announced

The news will come as a bitter blow to the US President after he secured a ‘historic’ peace deal between Hamas and Israel

www.independent.co.uk

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 16h

Love the cat's interest

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The Medical Journal of Australia @mja.com.au · 17h

This week in InSight+

Embedding specialist geriatricians directly into the emergency department can help identify older adults who can be managed safely outside of an acute hospital stay.

Read more: buff.ly/AgZc4Zh

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone else surprised they've already broken the ceasefire?

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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 1d

Today I’m suggesting an amendment to the government’s proposed legislation for a Cente for Disease Control. I’m pushing the govt to include preventative health care- like considering the mental health impact of gambling harm- from its first day.

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 1d

Heavy metals have also been linked to antimicrobial resistance, so bacterial infections are near impossible to treat

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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 5d

The toxic fallout of Israel's genocide is triggering a surge in congenital disability in Gaza

In Gaza, heavy metals from hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Israel's bombs has caused a surge in congenital disability
www.thecanary.co/global/world...

The toxic fallout of Israel's genocide is triggering a surge in congenital disability in Gaza

In Gaza, heavy metals from hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Israel's bombs has caused a surge in congenital disability

www.thecanary.co

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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 1d

I welcome President Trump's announcement about the ceasefire in #Gaza & hostage release. It is a big step towards lasting peace for both Israelis & Palestinians. I hope all parties will respect the agreement, so the suffering of all civilians finally ends & all hostages are brought home respectfully

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 1d

Also families can't live in apartments because those apartments which could be big enough for a family cost several arms and all their legs...

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like I can keep abreast of my topic and papers because I created a curated feed here on bluesky that captures all the posts for the topic.

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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 4d

Will Ferrell as multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogen threats #AMR #MicroSky #IDSky

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 2d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 3d

As a last ditch effort when I can't find the answer on a search engine

Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 3d

He's covering his hand, the one we compared to QEII before she died

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 3d

Peace plans cannot solely be relied on to address grave abuses in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. 30+ years of escalating repression of Palestinians as "peace processes" played out made that clear.

Trump's plan is no substitute for urgent action in Gaza.

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 4d

That's a good point 👍🏼

Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 4d

Considering the casualisation of academia, mounting student debt, scarcity of funding, and rising cost-of-living, payments for named reviews could assist early- and mid-career researchers build credence in their field
Reviews should also count like citation counts
#academicsky #medsky #episky

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 4d

Interesting episode from @cmicomms.bsky.social about peer reviewing and the history of peer review.
One concept not discussed in the conversation about paying for reviews is the idea of professional reviewers - people could make a living from reviewing.
#academicsky #academicchatter

CMI Communications @cmicomms.bsky.social · 4d

🎙️ Just published: Communicable E37: 'Peer review is broken'

Hosted by @angelahuttner.bsky.social & @anniejoseph.bsky.social

w/ invited guests: Melinda Baldwin @mbaldwin.bsky.social & Serge Horbach

Listen on Communicable:

#IDSky #Clinmicro #MedSky #peerreview #AI

Communicable E37: 'Peer review is broken'

share.transistor.fm

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 4d

I just used your package for my upcoming manuscript, thanks!

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 4d

I know it's automated and all, but sending out a re-review reminder on a Friday and expecting us to have reviewed it by Sunday is a joke, right? Especially as the requests come to me in Western Australia after business hours on a Friday.
Make your robots do better editors
#academicchatter

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 6d

Umm wtf?! How on earth is that ethical?

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 7d

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 7d

I finally got to this today, figured out how to get the 'rms' impactPO function to work, and hey what do you know, the magnitude of difference is negligible!
So I'm just going to report my cumulative linked model without relaxing and explain away.
Thanks so much for your help!
#rstats

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Anita Williams @catanita.bsky.social · 7d

It's the drop you've all been waiting for...

AMR People Vol. 3 !

If you're thinking "but wait, I should be in an AMR People Pack", no worries - let me know you want in!

Don't forget Vol 1 and 2!

And the AMR feed that captures all the AMR posts in one place!
bsky.app/profile/did:...

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