Janet
@xhali.bsky.social
Scientist and SciFi nut💫
Music, books, film and TV
Creeks and mountains, the beach
Living on Turrbal, Jagera and Yaggera lands
~ Personal views, especially around election time ~
she/her
Music, books, film and TV
Creeks and mountains, the beach
Living on Turrbal, Jagera and Yaggera lands
~ Personal views, especially around election time ~
she/her
Brilliant episode of The Sunday Shot. Liz Allen quoted Eminem to highlight the timidity of the current government when tackling some of the biggest challenges.
"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?"
"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?"
Believe It or Not - November 23 - Liz Allen, Eddy Jokovich and Sean Kelly
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Brilliant episode of The Sunday Shot. Liz Allen quoted Eminem to highlight the timidity of the current government when tackling some of the biggest challenges.
"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?"
"Look, if you had one shot or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment
Would you capture it, or just let it slip?"
Awesome, timely piece by Amy Remeikis
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Awesome, timely piece by Amy Remeikis
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It took a young journalist to finally get round to doing some fact checking. Not that Suzy cared too much for that - she completely dismissed and was condescending to young people at large
Kudos to Billi FitzSimons and Daily Aus…I’m now subscribing
Kudos to Billi FitzSimons and Daily Aus…I’m now subscribing
The Opposition Leader on ditching net zero | The Daily Aus
YouTube video by The Daily Aus
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
It took a young journalist to finally get round to doing some fact checking. Not that Suzy cared too much for that - she completely dismissed and was condescending to young people at large
Kudos to Billi FitzSimons and Daily Aus…I’m now subscribing
Kudos to Billi FitzSimons and Daily Aus…I’m now subscribing
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This is an incredibly important graph and post which a large part of the climate science community is intentionally ignoring and trying to hide.
Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge.
Important:
Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge.
Important:
Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
November 21, 2025 at 8:35 PM
This is an incredibly important graph and post which a large part of the climate science community is intentionally ignoring and trying to hide.
Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge.
Important:
Our climate is in a much more dangerous state than main stream climate scientists are willing to acknowledge.
Important:
This post and the responses by Climate News below 👇🏾
Warning! This colorful chart is censored by IPCC - mailchi.mp/caa/warning-...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
Also available on Substack: jimehansen.substack.com/p/warning-th...
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This post and the responses by Climate News below 👇🏾
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El Niño and La Niña are little children of our former calm climate.
What is coming next is
El hombre and La mujer
The big grownup weather is about to hit.
What is coming next is
El hombre and La mujer
The big grownup weather is about to hit.
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
El Niño and La Niña are little children of our former calm climate.
What is coming next is
El hombre and La mujer
The big grownup weather is about to hit.
What is coming next is
El hombre and La mujer
The big grownup weather is about to hit.
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Before the rollout of the polio vaccine in the 1950s, the disease paralyzed or killed more than 500,000 people worldwide every year.
The darker chapters of public health history do not seem to faze anti-vaccine activists, who are now downplaying polio.
The darker chapters of public health history do not seem to faze anti-vaccine activists, who are now downplaying polio.
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Before the rollout of the polio vaccine in the 1950s, the disease paralyzed or killed more than 500,000 people worldwide every year.
The darker chapters of public health history do not seem to faze anti-vaccine activists, who are now downplaying polio.
The darker chapters of public health history do not seem to faze anti-vaccine activists, who are now downplaying polio.
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Crisafulli just kicked teachers off the board and stuffed it with his far right Advance mates.
November 21, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Crisafulli just kicked teachers off the board and stuffed it with his far right Advance mates.
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Framing the promotion of deadly disinformation as a “challenge scientific orthodoxy” is certainly a choice.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Framing the promotion of deadly disinformation as a “challenge scientific orthodoxy” is certainly a choice.
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1/ No surpirise that Business Council of Australia's leading the charge for further regressive changes to Watt's already regressive EPBC package
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
Alliance of Industry Groups: Letter on EPBC - Business Council of Australia
www.bca.com.au
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
1/ No surpirise that Business Council of Australia's leading the charge for further regressive changes to Watt's already regressive EPBC package
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
But 🤯 that the Group of 8 Unis (ANU, Monash, UAdelaide, UMelb, UNSW, USyd, UQ, UWA) have signed the 'Letter from the Alliance of 26 industry Groups' 🤬🤬🤬
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“The debt of gratitude Australians owe CSIRO for Aeroguard alone can never be repaid. Which is why it’s so alarming to watch its funding – and its people – bleed away,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at The Australia Institute.
Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...
Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...
November 21, 2025 at 5:01 AM
“The debt of gratitude Australians owe CSIRO for Aeroguard alone can never be repaid. Which is why it’s so alarming to watch its funding – and its people – bleed away,” writes Ebony Bennett, Deputy Director at The Australia Institute.
Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...
Read the full op-ed: australiainstitute.org.au/post/who-nee...
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Good for you.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Good for you.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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www.forbes.com/sites/janice...
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $693.6 million in then AI defense technology startup Helsing. This technology is propelling the military-industrial complex, with ethical concerns over how the technology targets and surveilled different communities. Happy ARIA awards
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $693.6 million in then AI defense technology startup Helsing. This technology is propelling the military-industrial complex, with ethical concerns over how the technology targets and surveilled different communities. Happy ARIA awards
Spotify Boycott: Why It’s About More Than Music
Spotify’s backlash isn’t just about low payouts or ads—it’s exposing a deeper consumer shift toward values, ethics, and accountability.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
www.forbes.com/sites/janice...
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $693.6 million in then AI defense technology startup Helsing. This technology is propelling the military-industrial complex, with ethical concerns over how the technology targets and surveilled different communities. Happy ARIA awards
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $693.6 million in then AI defense technology startup Helsing. This technology is propelling the military-industrial complex, with ethical concerns over how the technology targets and surveilled different communities. Happy ARIA awards
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This is an accurate headline:
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, US CDC says claims that vaccines do not cause autism are not evidence-based
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, US CDC says claims that vaccines do not cause autism are not evidence-based
November 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is an accurate headline:
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, US CDC says claims that vaccines do not cause autism are not evidence-based
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, US CDC says claims that vaccines do not cause autism are not evidence-based
#auspol, what's up with this? Given the choice between restricting my child from using social media and restricting gambling ads - I absolutely choose restricting gambling ads as the priority. It doesn't seem like priorities are not well aligned with the social benefits.
Gambling ruins lives. It is absolutely unacceptable that the Albanese government will continue to choose vested interests over the wellbeing of Australians and hide behind a watered-down policy - if they ever introduce one. We need action on gambling harms now.
Labor tipped to drop proposal for online gambling ad ban
Political and industry sources expect Communications Minister Anika Wells to crack-down on illegal offshore gambling websites.
www.afr.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:36 AM
#auspol, what's up with this? Given the choice between restricting my child from using social media and restricting gambling ads - I absolutely choose restricting gambling ads as the priority. It doesn't seem like priorities are not well aligned with the social benefits.
Bloody hell #auspol
Time to get out of AUKUS
Time to get out of AUKUS
This from Sen. David Shoebridge:
'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste
'AUKUS submarines create nuclear waste-and they want to dump it on this Arrente land near - Alice Springs. The same US companies running Pine Gap want to turn this ancient salt lake into a global nuclear dump.'
@davidshoebridge.bsky.social
#AUKUS #nuclearwaste
November 20, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Bloody hell #auspol
Time to get out of AUKUS
Time to get out of AUKUS
Defend our ABC!
Our ABC is under attack by far-right wreckers – we're fighting back.
getup.to
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
#auspol we woefully underfund research in Australia
I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
#auspol we woefully underfund research in Australia
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They won't care. No cool kids are on FB or IG. And if the Aust govt really cared about kids they would (1) address DV and (2) fund public education. #auspol
“Australian Facebook and Instagram users under 16 will be notified starting Thursday [which is today] that their accounts will be deactivated by 10 December.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Facebook and Instagram to start kicking Australian teenagers off platforms as social media ban looms
Meta users under 16 will be sent email, SMS and in-app messages in anticipation of 10 December, when ban will begin
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
They won't care. No cool kids are on FB or IG. And if the Aust govt really cared about kids they would (1) address DV and (2) fund public education. #auspol
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Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
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I am a superfan of the single funniest fossil fuel lobbyist group in existence: FUTURECOAL: THE ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE COAL (lol)
The lovely people at Comms Declare have put together a bingo card so you can play at home whilst watching their speech at the Press Club on Wednesday:
The lovely people at Comms Declare have put together a bingo card so you can play at home whilst watching their speech at the Press Club on Wednesday:
November 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I am a superfan of the single funniest fossil fuel lobbyist group in existence: FUTURECOAL: THE ALLIANCE FOR SUSTAINABLE COAL (lol)
The lovely people at Comms Declare have put together a bingo card so you can play at home whilst watching their speech at the Press Club on Wednesday:
The lovely people at Comms Declare have put together a bingo card so you can play at home whilst watching their speech at the Press Club on Wednesday:
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Climate warming
No sugar-coating this news
Heatwaves will become more frequent and severe if net zero emissions are delayed.
Delaying net zero until 2050 will result in heatwave events at least once yearly
𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No sugar-coating this news
Heatwaves will become more frequent and severe if net zero emissions are delayed.
Delaying net zero until 2050 will result in heatwave events at least once yearly
𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Damned if we do but completely stuffed if we don’t’: heatwaves will worsen longer net zero is delayed
A new study suggests heatwaves will not revert back towards preindustrial conditions for at least 1,000 years after emissions target reached
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Climate warming
No sugar-coating this news
Heatwaves will become more frequent and severe if net zero emissions are delayed.
Delaying net zero until 2050 will result in heatwave events at least once yearly
𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No sugar-coating this news
Heatwaves will become more frequent and severe if net zero emissions are delayed.
Delaying net zero until 2050 will result in heatwave events at least once yearly
𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐘 𝐘𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐋𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...