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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 7m

“Trump seems to be losing control over Republican opinion on the Russo-Ukraine war, in a way that is very different from his hold over the party when it comes to practically every other issue”

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Something Interesting Is Happening With GOP Public Opinion

Hi All,

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 17m

Really? Vapes invented by a smoker, patented 2003, market 2007, started selling well 2010. Snus available >200 years Sweden but now increasingly popular around world. Heated tobacco products & nicotine pouches. These took only 15 years to capture 10% global nicotine market.

Xan Humphrey @cloutstrife1st.bsky.social · 9h

They gotta invent a cigarette that doesn't kill you so I can smoke like my mom used to without the downsides

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Nick Hedley @nickhedley.bsky.social · 21h

So long, coal

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 3h

Peace agreement means Netanyahu will have to return to court for his bribery case. And finally allow Commission of Inquiry into the war.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

What Israel and Hamas have — and haven't — agreed to in the peace deal

All of the living Israeli hostages in Gaza could be released as soon as next week under the first phase of a peace plan led by the United States — but the full details are yet to be released. Here is ...

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 5h

Despite his errors on 2003 Iraq war, Friedman still well worth reading on Israel-Palestine
In NYT, “columnist Thomas L. Friedman explains why this round of peace talks could be different and what obstacles still stand in the way of making lasting peace a reality”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | Thomas Friedman on the Only Way to Solve the Israel-Hamas War

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 6h

#FairTreatment reminds us NSW government’s deadline to respond to NSW Drug Summit Report officially passed. In that time, heard near silence on implementation of the 56 action items. Sorry @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social but just not good enough. #Harmreduction works!

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 7h

Harm reduction ubiquitous policy usually strongly supported eg road safety (car seat belts, airbags & motorcycle helmets). ‘Never let best be enemy of the good’. But some go nuts when it’s applied to sex (eg condom promotion) or drugs (eg needle syringe programs, vaping) @ianamossyd.bsky.social

Charles A. Gardner, PhD @chancethegardener.bsky.social · 8h

People who work "at the bedside" with People Who Use Drugs know #HarmReduction saves lives.

Many epidemiologists who work with data on their computers view harm reduction as a distraction. THEY favor paternalistic bans, sin taxes, stigma and prison for people who use drugs.

Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 10h

Nabarun Dasgupta just won MacArthur Fellowship award. Nab is an epidemiologist & harm reduction advocate combining scientific studies with community engagement to reduce deaths & other harms from drug use.
@chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social

www.macfound.org/videos/2025-...

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Charles A. Gardner, PhD @chancethegardener.bsky.social · 8h

People who work "at the bedside" with People Who Use Drugs know #HarmReduction saves lives.

Many epidemiologists who work with data on their computers view harm reduction as a distraction. THEY favor paternalistic bans, sin taxes, stigma and prison for people who use drugs.

Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 10h

Nabarun Dasgupta just won MacArthur Fellowship award. Nab is an epidemiologist & harm reduction advocate combining scientific studies with community engagement to reduce deaths & other harms from drug use.
@chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social

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Nabarun Dasgupta - 2025 MacArthur Fellow

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 8h

As you know retraction of scientific paper never done lightly. Rodu quite right severe flaws in your paper meant it was false & invalid. Vaping remains less harmful than combustible cigarettes as even Simon Chapman admits. Safer smoke-free options now replacing cigs @jgitchell.bsky.social

Stanton Glantz @profglantz.com · 9h

This argument is a distraction. As of Oct 2023 there were 11 epi studies of ecigs and heart disease (not counting the retracted paper) that show a statistically significant increase in risk (OR 1.24; 95% CI 1.05-1.46). And lots of clinical and biology studies on why. profglantz.com/2023/05/05/t...

Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 9h

Maybe Ukraine could soon achieve victory without US assistance by knocking off even more of Russia’s oil refineries & distribution networks?

Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11h

The most frustrating thing about this war is that the US could step in forcefully now with harsh sanctions against Russia and a large military package for Ukraine with ranged weapons as the centrepiece, and the war would end soon with a Russian defeat.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 9h

Seems that for Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids in US,reality is optional. If evidence & ideology collide, stick with ideology! @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social

Charles A. Gardner, PhD @chancethegardener.bsky.social · 13h

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids AND Big Tobacco now lobby US state lawmakers and FDA to ban and seize "Illegal Chinese vapes" ('flavored' disposable nicotine vapes).

Both claim those are "popular with teens."

#FactCheck: Here is what CDC teen (NYTS) and adult (NHIS) surveys actually show.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 10h

Nabarun Dasgupta just won MacArthur Fellowship award. Nab is an epidemiologist & harm reduction advocate combining scientific studies with community engagement to reduce deaths & other harms from drug use.
@chancethegardener.bsky.social @jgitchell.bsky.social

www.macfound.org/videos/2025-...

Nabarun Dasgupta - 2025 MacArthur Fellow

www.macfound.org

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 10h

Great news for US harm reduction!
Dasgupta's groundbreaking research now recognized by MacArthur Foundation with a coveted "genius" fellowships ... his work outside lab helping develop "harm reduction" programs aimed at reducing drug deaths @sanho.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

Scientist on front lines of overdose crisis receives MacArthur 'genius' award

Nabarun Dasgupta was recognized with a MacArthur "genius" award for work studying the deadly overdose crisis. He's also a front-line organizer, helping people survive.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 1d

A culture of leniency. Exposing wrongdoing or protecting wrongdoers?
Corporate regulator ASIC lets crooked bankers walk free, and the notional anti-corruption commission (NACC) ignores Robodebt.

michaelwest.com.au/asic-nacc-ex...

A culture of leniency. Exposing wrongdoing or protecting wrongdoers? - Michael West

Corporate regulator ASIC lets crooked bankers walk free, and the notional anti-corruption commission ignores Robodebt.

michaelwest.com.au

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 1d

@who.int estimates global smoking decreased from 1.38 bn in 2000 to 1.20 bn in 2024: ie 13% decrease in 24 years. Not what you’d call rapid. But in countries after safer nicotine products were popular, eg NZ, rate of smoking decline accelerated 4 fold! How can WHO get away with ignoring evidence?

Alan @algore09algor.bsky.social · 1d

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WHO’s War on Nicotine — Still Missing the Point

Harm reduction is about saving lives now, not waiting for everyone to quit everything forever.Instead, it twists progress into panic by attacking safer nicotine alternatives like vaping and pouches. E...

www.aliveadvocacymovement.com

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Alan @algore09algor.bsky.social · 1d

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@alexwodak.bsky.social @melissasweetdr.bsky.social @drbfreeman.bsky.social

WHO’s War on Nicotine — Still Missing the Point

Harm reduction is about saving lives now, not waiting for everyone to quit everything forever.Instead, it twists progress into panic by attacking safer nicotine alternatives like vaping and pouches. E...

www.aliveadvocacymovement.com

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 1d

⬆️ in solar & wind power outpaced global electricity demand growth in first 1/2 2025. Solar alone met 83% of rise with many countries setting new records.Fossil fuels remained mostly flat with a slight decline. Fossil generation ⬇️ in China & India, but ⬆️ in EU & US

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Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember

Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 1d

Highly recommended
“Democracies perform best when the electorate is not polarised. This occurs when electors are largely in agreement & any differences of view are not fundamental.”

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10... %26 Irritations

Inequality and the future of democracy

Rising inequality and declining living standards have posed a threat to democracy in several democracies, but so far not in Australia. However, the increasing inequality of wealth, driven by housing b...

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 1d

The ACT government continues to reap the rewards for its early and bold push to 100% renewables, which is now looking like the smartest policy of all – shielding its residents from the ravages of largely fossil-fuelled electricity price hikes.

reneweconomy.com.au/act-went-fir...

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 1d

‘However,when Rodu obtained federal data,he found the majority of 38 patients in the study who had heart attacks had them before they started vaping-by an average of 10 years earlier.In his letter to editors, Rodu called Glantz’s findings “false and invalid.”’
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Nicolas Mainville @carbonick.bsky.social · 2d

The world’s #wind and #solar farms have generated more electricity than coal plants for the first time this year, marking a turning point for the global power system, according to research www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 1d

This vision of unrestrained power has its roots in 20 years of conflict waged in Afghanistan & elsewhere. Understanding secret history of America’s longest war is about more than reckoning with past … In this way, shots fired in an Afghan village echo in our present

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...

They Celebrated Vigilante Justice on the Battlefield. Then They Brought It Home.

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 2d

What will be major factor ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in ignominious defeat?

*tanking economy?

*unsustainable loss of men?

*running short of oil for military?

*unable to generate enough income from oil & gas exports?

*all of the above?

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 2d

Special version of Windows for Russian market

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Dr Alex Wodak AM @alexwodak.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine if climate crisis activists sabotaged renewable energy cos some Oil Companies involved! But that’s exactly what tobacco control is trying to do to do to low-risk safer nicotine products! @drbfreeman.bsky.social @publichealthaus.bsky.social @aliveadvocacy.bsky.social

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