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Dr Liz Allen @drdemography.com · 3h

#Breaking | ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences will not face structural changes at this time. No renaming, merging, or disestablishment of areas. Change management appears to have been halted, even walked back completely. It’s unclear the impacts of this announcement on the school of music.

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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 23h

A letter to those who taught me my Jewishness, and who now sit on the other side of a deep chasm.

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

www.theguardian.com

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 1d

It's the beach-food trigger. Hot windy weather = fish and chips on the beach.

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, I think I'm going to do that next time.

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 3d

It's so fun seeing it sped up. Had to stand there for ages holding the phone, but totally worth it.

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 3d

First honeybee swarm of the season. Managed to rehouse it in one of my empty hives, without a single sting #beekeepergoals.

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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 6d

🌸 Spring has arrived in Australia, meaning native bees are buzzing around searching for food, mates and suitable nesting sites.

Now is the perfect time to provide habitat for our pollinating friends by building a bee hotel 🐝🧪

biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/bu...

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Carly Cassella @carlycassella.bsky.social · 6d

Jane Goodall accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world's view of what it means to be human. 🧪

www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...

How Jane Goodall Changed Our View of Chimps (And Humans) Forever

Jane Goodall, the world's most famous primatologist, accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world's view of what it means to be human.

www.sciencealert.com

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 7d

One of my favorite anecdotes from THE PREHISTORY OF THE FAR SIDE: "That doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know."

A few days after this cartoon was published, my syndicate received a very indignant letter from someone representing the Jane Goodall Institute.
Not only did my syndicate and I both get read the Riot Act, there was a vague implication that litigation over this cartoon might be around the corner.
I was horrified. Not so much from a fear of being sued (I just couldn't see how this cartoon could be construed as anything but silly, but because of my deep respect for Jane Goodall and her well-known contributions to pri-matology. The last thing in the world I would have intentionally done was offend Dr. Goodall in any way.
Before I had a chance to write my apology, another complication arose.
The National Geographic Society contacted my syndicate and expressed a

desire to reprint the cartoon in a special centennial issue of their magazine. My editor, aware of what had just occurred, declined, explaining why.
Apparently, whoever it was that sent the inquiry from National Geographic was shocked. They told my editor that "that doesn't sound like the Jane Goodall we know." They did some checking themselves, and an interesting fact was eventually discovered: Jane Goodall loved the cartoon. Furthermore, she was totally unaware that any of this "stuff" was going on. Some phone calls were made, and the cartoon was not only reprinted in the centennial issue of National Geographic, but was also used by her Institute on a T-shirt for fund-raising purposes.
I've since had an opportunity to visit Dr. Goodall at her research facility in Gombe. It's a wonderful place (sort of like right out of National Geographic).
"To refer to Dr. Goodall as a tramp is inexcusable even by a self-described 'loony' as Larson. The cartoon was incredibly offensive and in such poor taste that readers might well question the editorial judgment of running such an atrocity in a newspaper that reputes to be supplying news to persons with a better than average intelligence. The cartoon and its message were absolutely stupid." —Excerpt from the above-mentioned letter that started the ruckus

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Kill Your Darlings @kydmagazine.bsky.social · 7d

🔔 Deadline Extended!🔔 Applications for the KYD Mentors Program now close 12 October.

Apply now for the chance to participate in a structured editorial mentorship designed to support early-career writers in the development of a long-form work of fiction or non-fiction.

🔗 bit.ly/3V6fh4q

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 8d

Controversial Alzheimer's drug lecanamab overcomes another regulatory hurdle, getting approved by Australia's drug regulator after two previous rejections: www.bmj.com/content/390/...

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🎃 Cat-O-Lantern Partsch Conlan 🎃 @catconlan.net · 8d

when I worked in an independent bookstore, the owner told me the most stolen book was one about getting your first period and if I saw anyone walking out with it, I should just let them go.

🎃Spooky Emily🎃 @emmy.baby · 8d

Okay, funny bookstore category

Book section labeled "Most Stolen Books"

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mayiparttula.bsky.social @mayiparttula.bsky.social · 15d

What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calculations – and it’s not about money
theconversation.com/what-is-the-...

What is the value of Meanjin? We’ve done some calculations – and it’s not about money

New research considers the true value of Meanjin, using publicly available data. The journal has trained generations of Australian writers and editors.

theconversation.com

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · 12d

Abstract deadline for the International Research Integrity Conference in Sydney, 16-18 November, is September 29!
researchintegrityconf.com
Speakers: Jennifer Byrne, Cyril Labbé, James Heathers, Ben Mol, Ivan Oransky, David Vaux, Annie Butler, and many more (me!).

Banner from the IRIC website, showing Sydney Harbor seen from the North at sunset, with lots of sail boats on the (blue) water, and Harbour Bridge on the left. In the distance the skyline of downtown.

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Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 15d

Justice Rangiah in his own words in Lattouf v ABC penalty decision.

The broadcaster has been ordered to pay $150,000. I was previously awarded $70,000 for hurt and distress.

ABC has spent in excess of $2 million on legal fees.

The real cost to Aunty is immeasurable.

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 16d

This is good work from @michaelkoziol.bsky.social and headline writers at the Sydney Morning Herald:

Screenshot of story from Sydney Morning Herald website. Headline reads, "Trump asserts unproven link between autism and paracetamol, urges parents to delay vaccines". Standfirst reads, "In an extraordinary, rambling press conference, the US president - based on his opinion, not science - instructed pregnant women not to take popular painkiller Tylenol". I have underlined in red the words 'unproven' and 'based on his opinion, not science'.

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ACOG @acog.org · 16d

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 16d

Just because he said it, doesn't mean it should be reported straight from the horse's mouth without putting some kind of qualification/counter IN THE HEADLINE or at the very least in the lede.

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Bianca Nogrady @biancanogrady.bsky.social · 16d

Journalists need to be very very careful reporting on the paracetamol story. This is no time for straw man reporting or headlining Trump's statement without commentary, because all most people will see is the headline and take it as gospel. 1/

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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 19d

Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", according to the former chair of a senate inquiry examining governance at public universities. ... "There's no other sector in the country where failure is rewarded so handsomely and with so little scrutiny."

'Rotten' Australian university culture lashed in long-running senate inquiry

Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found.

www.abc.net.au

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Australian Academy of Science @science.org.au · 17d

Read our landmark report, 'Australian Science, Australia's Future: Science 2035': https://bit.ly/ASAF2035 #Science2035

Australian Academy of Science's President Stephen Garton speaks at an event, with a quote about Australia's need for systemic overhaul in science by 2035.

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 20d

A paper in Nature suggests a quarter of heatwave events from 2000-23 would have been near impossible without anthropogenic climate change. The paper also indicates that major carbon emitters are responsible for around 50% of the increase in intensity of these events. ⚒️ 🧪

Systematic attribution of heatwaves to the emissions of carbon majors - Nature

Climate change made 213 historical heatwaves reported over 2000–2023 more likely and more intense, to which each of the 180 carbon majors (fossil fuel and cement producers) substantially contributed.

go.nature.com

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Antoinette Lattouf @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social · 21d

What do you see? 👀

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