Nikos
@nikosaus.bsky.social
Live with my husband, Mr Otto, & Ms Ruby on unceded land.
Academic, research solitude, memories, & supportive relationships.
Proud unionist. he/him/his 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I love & support my trans friends & community, full stop.
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Academic, research solitude, memories, & supportive relationships.
Proud unionist. he/him/his 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
I love & support my trans friends & community, full stop.
🏳️⚧️❤️⭐️
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Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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U.S. seizes ‘very large’ oil tanker off Venezuelan coast, Trump says
The seizure was a significant escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his country’s oil-dependent economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Just noting that no one is ever going to seize a tanker full of solar energy
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Lehrmann inquiry head Walter Sofronoff loses bid to overturn ‘serious corrupt conduct’ finding
Lehrmann inquiry head Walter Sofronoff loses bid to overturn ‘serious corrupt conduct’ finding
Former judge did not prove the ACT integrity commission’s findings of his “dishonesty, bad faith, and partiality” were without evidence, court finds
Walter Sofronoff has lost his bid against the ACT integrity commission’s finding he engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” by leaking his inquiry into the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann to two journalists ahead of its official release.
On Thursday, Justice Wendy Abraham dismissed Sofronoff’s attempt the overturn the the integrity body’s finding earlier this year in federal court, upholding many it’s conclusions. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Lehrmann inquiry head Walter Sofronoff loses bid to overturn ‘serious corrupt conduct’ finding
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Bendigo Bank has pulled out of Nauru. Now it's time for Home Affairs to follow.
You cannot inflict intentional cruelty on refugees without corruption.
You cannot inflict intentional cruelty on refugees without corruption.
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Bendigo Bank has pulled out of Nauru. Now it's time for Home Affairs to follow.
You cannot inflict intentional cruelty on refugees without corruption.
You cannot inflict intentional cruelty on refugees without corruption.
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What is wrong with the ALP?? Tell the Americans to go f@&k themselves. What are they going to do? Declare war on us? They are a failed state run by nutjobs.
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What is wrong with the ALP?? Tell the Americans to go f@&k themselves. What are they going to do? Declare war on us? They are a failed state run by nutjobs.
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Why is the US-ingratiating Australian media so ready to assume that ‘full-steam ahead’ on #AUKUS is good news? Australians never voted for this. We abhor Trump and despise US aggression. Let’s vote for the party that rips up this ruinous pact and destroys the fascist defence lobby pushing this BS.
December 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Why is the US-ingratiating Australian media so ready to assume that ‘full-steam ahead’ on #AUKUS is good news? Australians never voted for this. We abhor Trump and despise US aggression. Let’s vote for the party that rips up this ruinous pact and destroys the fascist defence lobby pushing this BS.
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Australia right now needs a Whitlamesque firebrand politician of the left to put some distance between ourselves and a failed American state intent on dragging us into a war with our biggest trading partner. Enough with Albo’s Murdoch-appeasing, small target consensus. The man is an empty suit.
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Australia right now needs a Whitlamesque firebrand politician of the left to put some distance between ourselves and a failed American state intent on dragging us into a war with our biggest trading partner. Enough with Albo’s Murdoch-appeasing, small target consensus. The man is an empty suit.
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Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Dismisses Director of FXB Center for Health and Human Rights | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard forced out the director of the François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights — another shakeup at a center whose programming on the Israel-Palestine conflict has been a flashpoint...
www.thecrimson.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Dr. Mary T. Bassett is one of the bravest people I have met in my lifetime - her moral compass and commitment to justice are unmatched. Shame, shame, shame on Harvard. Her ouster is shocking yet unsurprising and on brand for the University.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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“Let Them Be Kids”
December 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
“Let Them Be Kids”
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China’s New Underwater Drones Could Threaten West Coast U.S.
Potential game changer
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
Potential game changer
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
China’s New Underwater Drones Could Threaten West Coast U.S. - Naval News
The vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, over 5,000 nautical miles across, protects the West Coast of the United States against Chinese naval forces in the event of a war. The appearance of new extra-ex...
www.navalnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Just a reminder the media org that has been trumpeting that it cares about kids and their futures and wants social media banned is the same that worldwide has been running climate change disinformation and lies, ensuring the kids will live in a worse world
The November monthly temperatures have been released and 2025 looks set to be the 2nd hottest year on record.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Just a reminder the media org that has been trumpeting that it cares about kids and their futures and wants social media banned is the same that worldwide has been running climate change disinformation and lies, ensuring the kids will live in a worse world
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Both positions in line with its vested interests. Evil incarnate.
Just a reminder the media org that has been trumpeting that it cares about kids and their futures and wants social media banned is the same that worldwide has been running climate change disinformation and lies, ensuring the kids will live in a worse world
The November monthly temperatures have been released and 2025 looks set to be the 2nd hottest year on record.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
December 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Both positions in line with its vested interests. Evil incarnate.
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The decline of religion among young Americans has slowed, but they remain less religious than their parents or grandparents — a trend that is not expected to change.
Youngest Americans are rediscovering faith, but they remain far less religious than older Americans
The decline of religion among young Americans has slowed, but they remain less religious than their parents or grandparents — a trend that is not expected to change.
www.sltrib.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The decline of religion among young Americans has slowed, but they remain less religious than their parents or grandparents — a trend that is not expected to change.
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HHS’s language, grouping “sex-rejecting procedures” with female genital mutilation, conflates transgender medical care with criminal acts, while the government shows little urgency about nonconsensual surgeries on intersex children, one health policy expert told me.
www.advocate.com/health/hhs-t...
www.advocate.com/health/hhs-t...
RFK Jr.’s health department is using religious freedom to strip transgender people of health care
“This administration is obsessed with targeting trans folks,” former HHS deputy assistant secretary for health policy Adrian Shanker told The Advocate.
www.advocate.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
HHS’s language, grouping “sex-rejecting procedures” with female genital mutilation, conflates transgender medical care with criminal acts, while the government shows little urgency about nonconsensual surgeries on intersex children, one health policy expert told me.
www.advocate.com/health/hhs-t...
www.advocate.com/health/hhs-t...
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Remember the great days when America was our greatest ally?
New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Remember the great days when America was our greatest ally?
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The stories in the Museum of Austerity serve as a stark reminder of the human cost of pushing through cost-cutting legislation.
The Museum of Austerity exhibition brings home the human cost of benefit cuts
www.bigissue.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
The stories in the Museum of Austerity serve as a stark reminder of the human cost of pushing through cost-cutting legislation.
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“The Queensland Museum is basically running a marketing campaign for a fossil fuel company whose operations are directly responsible for wrecking the Great Barrier Reef and destroying cultural heritage in the Torres Strait” - Michael Berkman, Greens MP for Maiwar, Queensland
Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Children’s Climate Education
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
www.desmog.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“The Queensland Museum is basically running a marketing campaign for a fossil fuel company whose operations are directly responsible for wrecking the Great Barrier Reef and destroying cultural heritage in the Torres Strait” - Michael Berkman, Greens MP for Maiwar, Queensland
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How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
How to buy yourself a needy malignant narcissist? Just offer him a phony, made up "Peace Prize" & he's all your's!!!
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
No need for a formal ceremony as he'll snatch from the box & put it on all by himself. Both laughably pathetic AND pathetically laughable. 🤡 🫣
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Anti-ICE poster spotted in Portland, Oregon
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Anti-ICE poster spotted in Portland, Oregon
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This is a cruel act of bigotry against an amazing woman who served her country with distinction.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
This is a cruel act of bigotry against an amazing woman who served her country with distinction.
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Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
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Hello #academicsky, I'm working on a piece about how students are more comfortable refusing to participate in discussion than they used to be. I've seen a lot of complaints from professors about the so-called Gen Z stare. Do you have experience with this? Think the concern is overblown? Let me know!
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hello #academicsky, I'm working on a piece about how students are more comfortable refusing to participate in discussion than they used to be. I've seen a lot of complaints from professors about the so-called Gen Z stare. Do you have experience with this? Think the concern is overblown? Let me know!
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Researchers are reporting that some journals like several high-impact titles owned by Elsevier, Wiley and Springer—are charging authors anywhere from $2,000 to more than $10,000 in article processing charges (APCs) to make their work immediately accessible. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
The NIH Policy Holding Researchers “Hostage”
An effort to make NIH-funded research immediately accessible to the public has led to disruption and financial strain for scientists already navigating a precarious funding environment. It also spotli...
www.insidehighered.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Researchers are reporting that some journals like several high-impact titles owned by Elsevier, Wiley and Springer—are charging authors anywhere from $2,000 to more than $10,000 in article processing charges (APCs) to make their work immediately accessible. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Increadingly a government of gestures. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If Labor won’t deal with the low-hanging fruit of jobs for mates, how can it be trusted against louder vested interests?
Achieving good outcomes might be the difference between being a government of gestures and one of real substance
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Increadingly a government of gestures. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
Multiple sources confirm the Albanese government has pushed lobbyists and industry groups to use encrypted messages and verbal briefings when proposing policy ideas, to avoid FOI and disclosure requirements. Read more: satpa.pe/h3OmIrz
December 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Corrupt processes yield corrupt results. Inevitable.
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EXCLUSIVE: Epstein didn’t just prey on children. He helped bankroll and embed a worldview of race science, climate “culling” and eugenics inside Silicon Valley’s elite AI networks. Tonight we publish the final part of my
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite
The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Epstein didn’t just prey on children. He helped bankroll and embed a worldview of race science, climate “culling” and eugenics inside Silicon Valley’s elite AI networks. Tonight we publish the final part of my
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
@bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...