agentcosta.bsky.social
@agentcosta.bsky.social
Accidental and rather ordinary Librarian. Quiet and nerdy. Proud Morgenmuffle.
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I’m absolutely shocked that the cause of autism is *insert something to make women feel guilty*
September 23, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I’m absolutely shocked that the cause of autism is *insert something to make women feel guilty*
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As usual with conspiracists, if their theories were true the evidence would be overwhelming.
'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.
news.ki.se/no-link-betw...
No link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children
In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no associ...
news.ki.se
September 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
As usual with conspiracists, if their theories were true the evidence would be overwhelming.
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What does anyone think a meeting between Albanese and Trump would actually achieve?
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 AM
What does anyone think a meeting between Albanese and Trump would actually achieve?
Remember lots of polite centrist tut tutting when Waltz called them weird?
how dare u people judge
this is a widow rite of passage 😤
this is a widow rite of passage 😤
September 23, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Remember lots of polite centrist tut tutting when Waltz called them weird?
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1/At Macquarie Uni we are losing 50% of our units in my faculty. This is on top of cuts in 2020. We estimate by next year my faculty will be teaching 80% fewer subjects than pre Covid. Disciplines being cut do not have declining enrolments. @jennaprice.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
September 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
1/At Macquarie Uni we are losing 50% of our units in my faculty. This is on top of cuts in 2020. We estimate by next year my faculty will be teaching 80% fewer subjects than pre Covid. Disciplines being cut do not have declining enrolments. @jennaprice.bsky.social @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social
Running around after Trump is just embarrassing at this point. Cancel AUKUS talk to our actual friends
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Running around after Trump is just embarrassing at this point. Cancel AUKUS talk to our actual friends
I think I did my stat points wrong how do I respec?
September 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I think I did my stat points wrong how do I respec?
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Hobbies include looking for my phone while I am using it
September 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hobbies include looking for my phone while I am using it
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"coming up on ABC News 24, we are crossing back to the third hour of live coverage of the state funeral for Charlie Kirk. Let's cross to another of our dipshit correspondents. Coming up, a Planet America special 2 hour episode"
September 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
"coming up on ABC News 24, we are crossing back to the third hour of live coverage of the state funeral for Charlie Kirk. Let's cross to another of our dipshit correspondents. Coming up, a Planet America special 2 hour episode"
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How tf does a press photographer become a full prof at ANU in cybernetics with no industry background, no PhD (any degree?) where have I gone wrong where do I apply
I think's that's unfair to Rand tbh, which whilst having it's share of charlatans and amoral men, did have actual expertise in, I dunno, maximising bombs per hectare. This place is just....vibes archive.is/esrRg
archive.is
September 11, 2025 at 9:10 AM
How tf does a press photographer become a full prof at ANU in cybernetics with no industry background, no PhD (any degree?) where have I gone wrong where do I apply
Never even heard of the dude. Was happier that way. He didn’t seem like a very nice person and since he couldn’t mourn the murder of children apparently I think this performative grief in Australia is a bit weird
September 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Never even heard of the dude. Was happier that way. He didn’t seem like a very nice person and since he couldn’t mourn the murder of children apparently I think this performative grief in Australia is a bit weird
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I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I can't believe I need to have an AI policy! I made it pretty short though: Using AI is cheating, yourself mostly. In addition to the environmental blight created by AI, it makes no sense to use it in your intellectual and creative work. Why would you outsource your innate intelligence?
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So many unanswered questions posed in this excellent piece on the Meanjin closure. eg.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.
Meanjin's 'financial' shutdown doesn't add up
Melbourne University reported a $273 million surplus in 2024 on an operating income of $3.2 billion. It is against these figures that the 'purely financial decision' to close Meanjin has raised eyebro...
www.crikey.com.au
September 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
So many unanswered questions posed in this excellent piece on the Meanjin closure. eg.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.
-Why the sudden irreversible decision?
-Why didn't they try to save it (community, donor drives etc)?
-Why the secrecy?
-Why use the financial viability argument now?
As if the v wealthy UniMelb can't afford it.
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"If the executive version of the university continues to dominate, we may be left with an institution rich in consultants but poor in teachers, researchers and students."
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/uts-the-university-that-forgot-about-its-students-20250905-p5msm0
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/uts-the-university-that-forgot-about-its-students-20250905-p5msm0
UTS, the university that forgot about its students
If the university executive continues to dominate, we may be left with an institution rich in consultants but poor in teachers, researchers and students.
www.afr.com
September 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"If the executive version of the university continues to dominate, we may be left with an institution rich in consultants but poor in teachers, researchers and students."
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/uts-the-university-that-forgot-about-its-students-20250905-p5msm0
https://www.afr.com/work-and-careers/education/uts-the-university-that-forgot-about-its-students-20250905-p5msm0
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Researchers implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into a person with type-1 diabetes.
The cells produced insulin for months
There was no need for immune-dampening drugs, due to gene edits that allowed the cells to evade detection by the recipient’s immune system.
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The cells produced insulin for months
There was no need for immune-dampening drugs, due to gene edits that allowed the cells to evade detection by the recipient’s immune system.
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection
Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.
www.nature.com
September 7, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Researchers implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into a person with type-1 diabetes.
The cells produced insulin for months
There was no need for immune-dampening drugs, due to gene edits that allowed the cells to evade detection by the recipient’s immune system.
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The cells produced insulin for months
There was no need for immune-dampening drugs, due to gene edits that allowed the cells to evade detection by the recipient’s immune system.
🧪
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
www.vox.com/health/46008...
www.vox.com/health/46008...
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
Kennedy wants to “Make America Healthy Again” — but doesn’t want you to see a report that could do just that.
www.vox.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Exclusive: RFK Jr. and the White House buried a major study on alcohol and cancer. Here’s what it shows.
www.vox.com/health/46008...
www.vox.com/health/46008...
Wot
You can’t make this shit up. Deport men of colour, refugees to Nauru on the claim they are not of good character while giving tens of millions to a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang to provide the security there, in a secret deal. The corruption stinks.
www.theage.com.au/national/lea...
www.theage.com.au/national/lea...
Leader of Australian bikie gang strikes deal to provide security on Nauru
Companies controlled by Finks bikie leader Ali Bilal have been engaged since at least February to a Nauru government agency that provides escort security services to the detention centre, community sa...
www.theage.com.au
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Wot
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Reminder: measles causes immunological amnesia, wiping out acquired immunity whether from previous illnesses or vaccinations.
Humans only got permanent immunity, for anything, in 1963 after the measles vaccine ensured a measles outbreak a decade later wouldn't make you vulnerable again.
Humans only got permanent immunity, for anything, in 1963 after the measles vaccine ensured a measles outbreak a decade later wouldn't make you vulnerable again.
July 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Reminder: measles causes immunological amnesia, wiping out acquired immunity whether from previous illnesses or vaccinations.
Humans only got permanent immunity, for anything, in 1963 after the measles vaccine ensured a measles outbreak a decade later wouldn't make you vulnerable again.
Humans only got permanent immunity, for anything, in 1963 after the measles vaccine ensured a measles outbreak a decade later wouldn't make you vulnerable again.
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Sarah Ferguson, who gave Steve FUCKING Bannon a prime time fawning interview on Australian TV, is trying to chastise Bob Carr for appearances. Fucking shameless.
September 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Sarah Ferguson, who gave Steve FUCKING Bannon a prime time fawning interview on Australian TV, is trying to chastise Bob Carr for appearances. Fucking shameless.
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There's a giant gas tank leaking methane in Darwin and the regulators all know but have kept it secret and now won't do anything to make Santos repair it. Oh and CSIRO knew too but didn't tell anyone. STRAYA www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Federal agencies face backlash over role in hidden gas leak 'scandal'
The CSIRO says its advice to gas giant Santos over a major methane leak should stay secret to protect its "commercial activities". The Clean Energy Regulator says it has no records of its advice.
www.abc.net.au
September 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
There's a giant gas tank leaking methane in Darwin and the regulators all know but have kept it secret and now won't do anything to make Santos repair it. Oh and CSIRO knew too but didn't tell anyone. STRAYA www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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If your antisemitism envoy can’t be arsed saying anything about the actual Nazis parading around Melbourne and bashing dark people, it does kind of beg the question of why exactly you have an antisemitism envoy.
September 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If your antisemitism envoy can’t be arsed saying anything about the actual Nazis parading around Melbourne and bashing dark people, it does kind of beg the question of why exactly you have an antisemitism envoy.
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The modern ALP are very very bad at institutional partisan politics. It is in their BEST interests to massively EXPAND open government through FOI and concrete it in, because they govern in a way that more harm will come to the Libs then themselves. Plus it's good www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Labor facing backlash over plans to curb access to government information
Changes announced by Michelle Rowland include new charges for FoI requests as well as tougher rules related to cabinet confidentiality
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The modern ALP are very very bad at institutional partisan politics. It is in their BEST interests to massively EXPAND open government through FOI and concrete it in, because they govern in a way that more harm will come to the Libs then themselves. Plus it's good www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...