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the only mikewilson in australia

@mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social

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Retired from writing up my research on assisted dying, mental health, and epigenetic disease. PhD (nursing). Addicted to the cults of sensibility, political bile, and the odd shroom. Aussie & Kiwi, ex yank he/him/who/me

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 9d

Despite Voluntary Assisted Dying being legal across all Australian states (and ACT), the majority of aged care residential providers DO NOT allow it to be administered on their premises.
If you or someone you care about has to live in such a facility, plan well in advance. Ask them upfront.
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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 6m

Trump and al-Sisi to broker Gaza peace deal.
2 wolves arguing over how to roast lamb.

the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 13h

Delete this casual slop

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 13h

Whoever at Lawyerly decided to feature Sam Groth standing next to a cow under a byline about a case brought by his wife…

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic profile and discussion of our new book #ScienceUnderSiege by the great @willbunch.bsky.social!

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

Trump's dictatorship is time for making moral choices

I talked to the top climate scientist, Penn's Michael Mann, about his great new book - and why he sacrificed a key university post in order to keep speaking the truth against anti-science lies

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/scie...

Science is under siege. How Penn’s top climate scientist is fighting back | Will Bunch

Michael E. Mann's new book, and the sacrifice this Penn scientist made to fight the war against climate disinformation.

www.inquirer.com

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 14h

Under its new leadership @guardianaustralia is reading more like NY times

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14h

Too kind, @tommcilroy.bsky.social.

This isn't government 'risking' failure,
Or a 'drift away from truth and transparency'.

It's a deliberate effort to increase secrecy and ditch accountability, reflected in so many other areas beyond #FOI.

They're making Morrison look open in comparison.
#auspol

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

Albanese government risks failure to live up to its own pledges of increased transparency

Introduced without consultation, the attorney general’s planned overhaul of freedom of information is part of a worrying drift away from truth and transparency in government * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast There’s a great story about the origins of Australia’s freedom of information rules and just how quickly governments can lose their nerve on the principle of transparency. Malcolm Fraser oversaw the introduction of Australia’s first freedom of information law in March 1982. He said citizens’ access to official information was critical to allow voters to make “valid judgements on government policy”. Continue reading...

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 14h

“Risks failure”

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Noel Casler Comedy @noelcaslercomedy.bsky.social · 1d

The brave Secretary of War who had US service members literally rolling out the red carpet for Putin will now have them cleaning toilets on a Qatari Airforce base in Idaho. You think operational maintenance and housekeeping isn’t part of the deal Kushner cut? America First, baby.

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 16h

Remember who he worked for…

Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 20h

every couple months, carney starts pulling the legs out from under yet another important climate policy

'It depends': Carney shifts stance on maintaining emissions cap | CBC News

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday the fate of the emissions cap on oil and gas producers depends on other efforts to lower emissions, suggesting his government might be open to scrapping the poli...

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 17h

And then there’s the guy he interviewed

the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 17h

Living in their own bubble isn’t enough

the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 17h

He is definitely unwell

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Jommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 23h

Convenient for all, sponsors/lobbyists get to mix with MPs....all for the love of sport!

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 17h

check Ezra Klein's txt log....

the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 17h

What he's trying to say, in his own inept way, is the recreation of Schrodinger's idea that the nature of the electron is unknown until it is observed. He was careful, as always, to provide critical context: "Every time I look at it".
The rest is a riddle for us to solve.

the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 17h

I've been saying that since I was 18, as I exited a Jimi Hendrix concert in Kansas City

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 17h

1950s Catholic infatuation with the miwacle of Iswael.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 1d

We desperately need to stop treating rich people like they are smart because they are rich. Just gibberish. (This bloke just fell arse-backwards into a fortune from a firm clipping the ticket on payment processing.) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 17h

Since the government is impotent, maybe public pressure will work

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John Donegan @donegan.bsky.social · 18h

BREAKING: Antifa leader Habeas Corpus has been arrested in Portland.

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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 1d

“I am deeply humbled to return the stewardship of Australia to its original owners, the Sports Betting industry.”

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 1d

the new Pepe

the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 1d

or for an even less confrontational version, there's Barbie:

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 1d

apparently billionaire-built digital slop machine output is being posted to billionaire-built digital platforms in an effort to create and spread misinformation as widely and harmfully as possible ikr.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

AI-generated misinformation about 4yo Gus prompts tech and legal concerns

The thought of a missing boy lost in the outback is indescribably harrowing — but what's almost as disturbing is the realisation that some on social media have seized on the disappearance of four-year...

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the only mikewilson in australia @mikewilsoninoz.bsky.social · 1d

I thought the carve-out for Kiwi English was hilarious

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