Dr Sonia
@soniaahhh.bsky.social
EBHC academic. RN PhD. Cat lady. Onetime desert dweller, now a city mouse. Queer AF. ADHD AF.
Greetings, Brisbane! I notice the airport is still as messed up as ever
December 20, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Greetings, Brisbane! I notice the airport is still as messed up as ever
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Many consequential decisions that can affect a person’s welfare payment are never made by the overseeing departments but by the private providers to whom the work is outsourced, writes Rick Morton. satpa.pe/XLugufg
‘Particularly strange’: Ombudsman damns welfare compliance
In an interview with The Saturday Paper, the Commonwealth ombudsman says government departments still need to ‘unlearn’ the culture that produced robodebt.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Many consequential decisions that can affect a person’s welfare payment are never made by the overseeing departments but by the private providers to whom the work is outsourced, writes Rick Morton. satpa.pe/XLugufg
Can it be holiday time now? This year has had at least 3 years' worth of stuff and my can-do is can-done.
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Can it be holiday time now? This year has had at least 3 years' worth of stuff and my can-do is can-done.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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"A Pakistani man living in Australia has spoken of his “deep trauma” and said his life had become a “nightmare” after his photo was widely circulated on social media falsely labelling him as one of the shooters in the Bondi beach terror attack"
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December 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"A Pakistani man living in Australia has spoken of his “deep trauma” and said his life had become a “nightmare” after his photo was widely circulated on social media falsely labelling him as one of the shooters in the Bondi beach terror attack"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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So what's this year's Hot Frosty, friends?
December 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So what's this year's Hot Frosty, friends?
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For the distilled findings from the systematic review on parents' and guardians' experiences of barriers and facilitators in accessing #autism spectrum disorder diagnostic services for their children, go to: https://ow.ly/hiw050UHrgs
#EBHC #ASD
#EBHC #ASD
December 8, 2025 at 6:40 AM
For the distilled findings from the systematic review on parents' and guardians' experiences of barriers and facilitators in accessing #autism spectrum disorder diagnostic services for their children, go to: https://ow.ly/hiw050UHrgs
#EBHC #ASD
#EBHC #ASD
Unpopular opinion: if you "don't have time" to read your PhD students' work before it goes to a journal, then you have too many students and need to reconsider your workload and their publishing strategies. Don't try to make journals do your job. #academicsky
December 5, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Unpopular opinion: if you "don't have time" to read your PhD students' work before it goes to a journal, then you have too many students and need to reconsider your workload and their publishing strategies. Don't try to make journals do your job. #academicsky
Love how flights are no longer "late" or "delayed", now they're "retimed".
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Love how flights are no longer "late" or "delayed", now they're "retimed".
I have never considered or spent as much time considering the correct bread order until I came to India.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I have never considered or spent as much time considering the correct bread order until I came to India.
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
This is an Indian Crow. So he could if he wanted, i guess?
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
This is an Indian Crow. So he could if he wanted, i guess?
November 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
This is an Indian Crow. So he could if he wanted, i guess?
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.
This is an Indian Crow. So he could if he wanted, i guess?
Finished class early today so I'm taking time out for a swim. Which mostly looks like reading by the pool but w/e
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Finished class early today so I'm taking time out for a swim. Which mostly looks like reading by the pool but w/e
I know Kochi isn't Mumbai or Delhi in terms of traffic but it's hard for me to imagine more chaos than this. The drivers have absolute nads of steel.
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I know Kochi isn't Mumbai or Delhi in terms of traffic but it's hard for me to imagine more chaos than this. The drivers have absolute nads of steel.
Sitting at breakfast in a really awkward configuration of tables for 2 with only 1 occupant and they're all facing me. I can't look up.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Sitting at breakfast in a really awkward configuration of tables for 2 with only 1 occupant and they're all facing me. I can't look up.
OMG the food in Kerala is just so good. I've only had one thing I didn't immediately love (payasam) and I didn't hate it, just not my thing.
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
OMG the food in Kerala is just so good. I've only had one thing I didn't immediately love (payasam) and I didn't hate it, just not my thing.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
Just a cursory under-car bomb-check, a bag x-ray and a personal wanding and I'm back in my hotel for the night. Nothing unusual, just India.
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just a cursory under-car bomb-check, a bag x-ray and a personal wanding and I'm back in my hotel for the night. Nothing unusual, just India.
I'm at LuLu Mall with at least half of Kerala. I've braved the Indian version of Sephora, and a very unimpressive plus size store. I was going to hit the supermarket but shit's wild y'all.
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm at LuLu Mall with at least half of Kerala. I've braved the Indian version of Sephora, and a very unimpressive plus size store. I was going to hit the supermarket but shit's wild y'all.
But it is (at least when I'm not in a car) really beautiful here.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
But it is (at least when I'm not in a car) really beautiful here.
Having the full Indian experience by being stuck in traffic chaos
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Having the full Indian experience by being stuck in traffic chaos
And we're off! JBI Colloquium 2025 has started in beautiful Kochi, India. #jbikochi2025
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
And we're off! JBI Colloquium 2025 has started in beautiful Kochi, India. #jbikochi2025
It's just violence for Singapore Airlines to make you exit the plane through business, first and oligarch class after 7 hours in the punitive hell of their economy cabin.
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
It's just violence for Singapore Airlines to make you exit the plane through business, first and oligarch class after 7 hours in the punitive hell of their economy cabin.
Does anyone else have trouble deciding what to wear on long flights?
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Does anyone else have trouble deciding what to wear on long flights?
Off to India tomorrow morning (so, so early!) Have I packed? LOL no.
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Off to India tomorrow morning (so, so early!) Have I packed? LOL no.