Dr Kelly Jones
@drpops.bsky.social
Epidemiologist. PolSci, MPH, PhD. Clean Air Activist, Socialist, applied epi, vulnerable children. Sailor. Adj. Senior Research Fellow
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Fast-tracking data centres without sober assessment of systemic risks is a policy of state violence that will contribute to & culminate in social murder via #ClimateBreakdown, increased frequency & intensity of heatwaves, dangerous fire weather, drought, extreme rainfall, floods, sea-level rise etc
Record temperatures, bushfires, meh fire up those data centres that use stonks of water and require a shit tonne of electricity
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
www.afr.com/politics/fed...
Labor to fast-track data centre approvals as OECD flags energy strain
The global body said the cloud computing boom meant Canberra would need to make additional efforts to meet its 2050 net zero carbon emissions target.
www.afr.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Fast-tracking data centres without sober assessment of systemic risks is a policy of state violence that will contribute to & culminate in social murder via #ClimateBreakdown, increased frequency & intensity of heatwaves, dangerous fire weather, drought, extreme rainfall, floods, sea-level rise etc
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“Epidemiological studies have begun to show a concerning trend: individuals with a history of COVID-19 infection are at an elevated risk for developing diabetes, often within months of recovery...” This has actually been known for years, but I’m glad to see more attention on it.
Unseen Post-COVID Diabetes: Causes and Forecasts
As we navigate through the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most alarming outcomes is the increasing prevalence of diabetes among those who have been infected with the virus.
scienmag.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:49 AM
“Epidemiological studies have begun to show a concerning trend: individuals with a history of COVID-19 infection are at an elevated risk for developing diabetes, often within months of recovery...” This has actually been known for years, but I’m glad to see more attention on it.
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I wonder if people are really ready to live life without vaccines?
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
January 7, 2026 at 12:47 AM
I wonder if people are really ready to live life without vaccines?
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
Small coffins, small graves…
The need to have more children to take into account the death and disability rate…
What a terrible and sad step backwards…
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The brutal selfishness of the masses has been on full display throughout the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19. By shunning the necessity of respirator masks and other safety measures, they have shown a total lack of concern for the collective well-being of the human community.
#COVID19
#COVID19
August 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The brutal selfishness of the masses has been on full display throughout the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19. By shunning the necessity of respirator masks and other safety measures, they have shown a total lack of concern for the collective well-being of the human community.
#COVID19
#COVID19
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22. Remember the flu waves in 2020/21?
No, because they didn't happen, despite not acting against airborne transmission.
The rebound wave in 2022 could have been mitigated by ramping up vax, masks, clean air, but no, that's not "normal".
There's no humane sick pay either.
No, because they didn't happen, despite not acting against airborne transmission.
The rebound wave in 2022 could have been mitigated by ramping up vax, masks, clean air, but no, that's not "normal".
There's no humane sick pay either.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
22. Remember the flu waves in 2020/21?
No, because they didn't happen, despite not acting against airborne transmission.
The rebound wave in 2022 could have been mitigated by ramping up vax, masks, clean air, but no, that's not "normal".
There's no humane sick pay either.
No, because they didn't happen, despite not acting against airborne transmission.
The rebound wave in 2022 could have been mitigated by ramping up vax, masks, clean air, but no, that's not "normal".
There's no humane sick pay either.
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21. Ultimately, we need Govt, public health, and public opinion to cause a paradigm shift where we start taking infectious diseases seriously.
Why do we tolerate "winter pressures" EVERY YEAR?! They are predictable AND preventable. The investment would more than pay for itself...
Why do we tolerate "winter pressures" EVERY YEAR?! They are predictable AND preventable. The investment would more than pay for itself...
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
21. Ultimately, we need Govt, public health, and public opinion to cause a paradigm shift where we start taking infectious diseases seriously.
Why do we tolerate "winter pressures" EVERY YEAR?! They are predictable AND preventable. The investment would more than pay for itself...
Why do we tolerate "winter pressures" EVERY YEAR?! They are predictable AND preventable. The investment would more than pay for itself...
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The man in the white shirt stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
He risked his own life to save countless others.
He didn’t need a gun to do it.
He doesn’t appear to have hurt the shooter.
He stopped him so the police could arrest him.
He’s a hero.
He risked his own life to save countless others.
He didn’t need a gun to do it.
He doesn’t appear to have hurt the shooter.
He stopped him so the police could arrest him.
He’s a hero.
Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The man in the white shirt stopped one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
He risked his own life to save countless others.
He didn’t need a gun to do it.
He doesn’t appear to have hurt the shooter.
He stopped him so the police could arrest him.
He’s a hero.
He risked his own life to save countless others.
He didn’t need a gun to do it.
He doesn’t appear to have hurt the shooter.
He stopped him so the police could arrest him.
He’s a hero.
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
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Fifteen years of ideological choices to strangle & gut the public realm - NHS to schools to social services to local museums - is what underlies the anger "tearing our country apart"; immigration is simply the scapegoat that the far right are pushing people toward.
Why can't Labour just say this?
Why can't Labour just say this?
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Fifteen years of ideological choices to strangle & gut the public realm - NHS to schools to social services to local museums - is what underlies the anger "tearing our country apart"; immigration is simply the scapegoat that the far right are pushing people toward.
Why can't Labour just say this?
Why can't Labour just say this?
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person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
Trump is ranting barely coherently to McDonald's franchise owners: "The one pilot said, 'skedaddle!' And that thing just turned on its side -- pppph. And it's so unbelievable. And that knocked out Iran nuclear capability."
November 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
person woman man two all beef patties special sauce camera TV lettuce cheese Hannibal Lecter pickles onions Arnold Palmer's schlong shark electricity on a cofveve sesame seed bun
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Governments have been urged to establish mandatory indoor air quality performance standards and a transparent national system of monitoring and reporting, including universal workplace monitoring and the visible display of real-time indoor air quality data.
Via @croakeynews.bsky.social
Via @croakeynews.bsky.social
How failure to regulate indoor air quality exacerbates health inequities www.croakey.org/how-failure-... #publichealth
How failure to regulate indoor air quality exacerbates health inequities
www.croakey.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Governments have been urged to establish mandatory indoor air quality performance standards and a transparent national system of monitoring and reporting, including universal workplace monitoring and the visible display of real-time indoor air quality data.
Via @croakeynews.bsky.social
Via @croakeynews.bsky.social
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Turn on the lights, put on your glasses, get out your chemistry set.
It’s time to do individual responsibility style public health for meat testing.
Disclaimer… you’ll have to sort out your own brain worms/other gastrointestinal disaster/sepsis if you stuff up.
It’s time to do individual responsibility style public health for meat testing.
Disclaimer… you’ll have to sort out your own brain worms/other gastrointestinal disaster/sepsis if you stuff up.
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Turn on the lights, put on your glasses, get out your chemistry set.
It’s time to do individual responsibility style public health for meat testing.
Disclaimer… you’ll have to sort out your own brain worms/other gastrointestinal disaster/sepsis if you stuff up.
It’s time to do individual responsibility style public health for meat testing.
Disclaimer… you’ll have to sort out your own brain worms/other gastrointestinal disaster/sepsis if you stuff up.
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btw print media turnaround time means that since we spoke, Canada did lose its measles elimination status! Also likely to happen in the US. COVID denialism continues to fuel grim failures in disease prevention & eradication.
Canada loses measles elimination status, with US on track to follow
The country hasn't been able to curb an outbreak of more than 5,000 cases over the last year, while US cases are at a 33-year high.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
btw print media turnaround time means that since we spoke, Canada did lose its measles elimination status! Also likely to happen in the US. COVID denialism continues to fuel grim failures in disease prevention & eradication.
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"Diseases have been eradicated before.
Public Health Is Dead asks: what if public health officials had spent the past few years working to educate the public and actually stop the spread of a preventable, novel illness?":
"Diseases have been eradicated before.
Public Health Is Dead asks: what if public health officials had spent the past few years working to educate the public and actually stop the spread of a preventable, novel illness?":
How great to talk to the wise @sharpflower.bsky.social about COVID-19 leadership failures, the unremembered lessons of 2003 SARS1 containment in Vancouver, and the ongoing Long COVID crisis. Listen to publichealthisdead.com!
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
And read our conversation, out now in @briarpatchmag.bsky.social 😷🫡
Demanding more of public health
Public Health is Dead podcast host Daniella Barreto on the impact of COVID-19 on workers
briarpatchmagazine.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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"Diseases have been eradicated before.
Public Health Is Dead asks: what if public health officials had spent the past few years working to educate the public and actually stop the spread of a preventable, novel illness?":
"Diseases have been eradicated before.
Public Health Is Dead asks: what if public health officials had spent the past few years working to educate the public and actually stop the spread of a preventable, novel illness?":
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Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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"If streateries are a pandemic relic, then they’re a monument to a moment when we correctly ordered our local politics around building community and creating a built environment that fosters maximum public benefit.
"We would be wise to re-commit ourselves."
Our latest opinion piece:
"We would be wise to re-commit ourselves."
Our latest opinion piece:
Opinion: D.C.'s new streatery rules are a costly miscalculation
The city's streatery guidelines are punishing small businesses and vibrant neighborhoods. We need a permanent solution to keep these staples of the city’s dining scene.
51st.news
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"If streateries are a pandemic relic, then they’re a monument to a moment when we correctly ordered our local politics around building community and creating a built environment that fosters maximum public benefit.
"We would be wise to re-commit ourselves."
Our latest opinion piece:
"We would be wise to re-commit ourselves."
Our latest opinion piece:
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I wrote a piece for @deepcutnews about how the media sees some genocides as more important than others
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-age-ca...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-age-ca...
The Age called out the Myanmar genocide. Why not Gaza's?
The paper's treatment of the Palestinians reeks of double standards.
www.deepcutnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wrote a piece for @deepcutnews about how the media sees some genocides as more important than others
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-age-ca...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/the-age-ca...
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Google symptom searches mapped over COVID waves 👀
5- When combined and looking at the correlation between all of these and past waves, it looks like COVID is still quite active in the US in spite of what we are led to believe.
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling...
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Google symptom searches mapped over COVID waves 👀
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So proud of my daughter, @katemacfarlane.bsky.social, who has been helping organize this project to distribute whistles that can alert immigrants and neighbors about ICE raids. Get your whistle and share with your friends at @wawhistles.bsky.social 1/
Seattle Neighbors Build Whistle Kits to Protect Immigrants From ICE share.google/Hrx677HzfH3v...
"ICE relies on shock tactics and moving in very quickly … it turns [an] otherwise pretty silent abduction into a loud, highly visible opportunity for neighbors to rally."
@wawhistles.bsky.social
"ICE relies on shock tactics and moving in very quickly … it turns [an] otherwise pretty silent abduction into a loud, highly visible opportunity for neighbors to rally."
@wawhistles.bsky.social
A Fistful of Loud: Seattle Neighbors Build Whistle Kits to Protect Immigrants From ICE
A grassroots whistle project helps neighbors warn each other of ICE activity and stand up for immigrant safety together in South Seattle.
share.google
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
So proud of my daughter, @katemacfarlane.bsky.social, who has been helping organize this project to distribute whistles that can alert immigrants and neighbors about ICE raids. Get your whistle and share with your friends at @wawhistles.bsky.social 1/
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Ken Behrens will häve something to say about that.
Mitch made an innocuous typo at work. From it, a legend was born
Mitch Bowey works as a captioner, and is the man responsible for the typo that has taken Canberra by storm and created a new COVID-19 hero.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ken Behrens will häve something to say about that.
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The report, by the House of Lords’ UK Engagement with Space Committee, discloses that half of Britain’s satellites are now dependent on Musk’s company.
🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The report, by the House of Lords’ UK Engagement with Space Committee, discloses that half of Britain’s satellites are now dependent on Musk’s company.
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And this is exactly what I was saying about Mamdani. Yes, he emphasized policy, but there was also this overarching vision. And the two go hand in hand, perfectly compatible, with one tracing the outlines of the other.
Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
And this is exactly what I was saying about Mamdani. Yes, he emphasized policy, but there was also this overarching vision. And the two go hand in hand, perfectly compatible, with one tracing the outlines of the other.