People surprised that some formerly sensible left-leaning or liberal women are now apparently full of admiration for white supremacists, rapists and genocide might note that their entry point for far right radicalisation was invariably a belief that transphobia is ‘feminist’. Just saying.

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If you are in Tarnadanya (Adelaide) this Wednesday from 2-3pm, the day before Tarnanthi kicks off, I am running a Knowledge Keepers yarning circle at MOD to co-design a first nations leadership circle for Creative Climate. All Indigenous mob welcome.
www.agsa.sa.gov.au/whats-on/tar...

Great! Because his mental age is about 14, so if you add them up he's still 79

All the doctors who teamed up with this guy instead of warning about him and his team own this.

Australia has the solutiona to reduce crime, reduce domestic violence and reduce incarceration rates.

The state and federal governments just have to finance them.

For example housing a homeless person actually saves tax payers money, and it makes the community safer!

An anti-protest law in Australia that was first used to go after climate activists is being used to go after pro-Palestine protesters

7news.com.au/news/south-a...

"Policymakers should consider the consequences for workers, including the value of policies and actions that mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace."

Indeed, they’re mad not to. Improving indoor air quality is key, with other benefits too.

This is insane emperor behavior

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A reminder that Hamas proposed exchanging all hostages for an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in February 2024

Netanyahu delayed any deal so he could avoid prosecution in Israel and continue mass murder in Gaza

nypost.com/2024/02/07/n...

I just can't. F*cking hell.

NEW: David Adler—a Jewish American on the Gaza aid Flotilla—details Israeli detention.

At one point, he says, he was forced to his knees for a photo op with the Israeli flag, as Ben Gvir yelled in his face, calling him a terrorist.

Says US "hung up" on families of Americans, veterans seeking help.

The Data Science team at EMBL is hiring for two open positions! First, for a Scientific Community Manager, focusing on community aspects and training on data science. embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

Gotta share the good news stories as well as the more troubling ones. Very nice work from Karrina, Kat & their brilliant team.

nit.com.au/07-10-2025/2...

Lorraine Finlay defends decision to attend the Antisemitism Summit despite controversial guest speakers inc a fmr head of the US Neo Nazi movement
Finlay “if we are actually serious about combating extremism & hatred…”
Shoebridge “You don’t put them on a stage”🔥 #Estimates

"At the heart of many Nazi social policies... was a desire to incorporate traditional Christian values. Generally, these tenets of Christianity included female subordination, evasion of premarital sex, and out-of-wedlock births."

~Samantha Sullivan, "Germany's Children"

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Ireland literally getting so much right

My first CRAN package! 🤓

Two of my favourite UpSet plot packages have been caught out by recent ggplot2 updates. That has cascaded into some Bioconductor packages failing (mine + others), so I figured I'd add another UpSet plot option to the mix. Hopefully this can help stabilise things a bit.

Decades-old 'conversion therapy' resurfaces in today's trans youth healthcare debate.

Jayne McFadyen ) and researcher Anja Ravine have co-authored a paper that sets the record straight on trans "conversion" treatment.

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

Wait for 0:42--that's when the good stuff starts... 🥲

Once upon a time Americans thought "It could never happen here"

Probably worth Australians being acutely and actively aware of this. We'd be extremely foolish if we thought the wealthy elite weren't coming to divide & conquer us as well.