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ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) @anuregnet.bsky.social · 7d

In session three of the RegNet AI Series, join @dalupton.bsky.social as she discusses her current work on how generative AI and the infrastructures supporting these tools affect the natural world. Learn more here: regnet.anu.edu.au/event/regnet...

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 10d

There appears to be a resurgence of public health units doing, I dare say, really good reality-based public health! They even say COVID…let’s give them some love!

California Department of Public Health @capublichealth.bsky.social · 11d

Lots of coughing & sniffles going on around you? Stay purr-fectly protected by wearing a mask! 😷🐈

Wearing a high-quality N95 mask protects you from respiratory viruses like flu, COVID-19 and RSV.

📲 https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/Respiratory-Viruses/When-and-Why-to-Wear-a-Mask.aspx

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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 10d

In a sample of thousands of Covid survivors from Rwanda, 34% suffered from #LongCovid symptoms for a study period of up to three years (LC WHO case definition)

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Prevalence and characterization of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) in Rwanda

Reliable, population-level estimates of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) remain scarce for sub-Saharan Africa. We aimed to quantify …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 10d

Agree 💯 Violet’s voice is informed and she is exposing herself to even greater trolling due to her parents’ celebrity status. She is a smart and brave young person who will do great things in public health once she is qualified

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 10d

This captures much of the frustration of today.

The image is an X post by @RealJakeBroe from 7 hours ago, featuring a two-panel comic. The top panel shows a scientist pointing to a chart with a general trend and an outlier, illustrating a rational argument. The bottom panel depicts a person labeled "ANTI VAX" pointing to a similar chart, labeling it "CONSPIRACY THEORY" with "Lies" and an outlier called "IRREFUTABLE PROOF!!!", satirizing irrational arguments. The caption reads, "It is difficult to win an argument with a smart person. It is impossible to win an argument with an idiot."

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 11d

There is absolutely no good faith reason to use the term “AI” for any technology one is selling.

It serves only for dazzling people into thinking the technology has capabilities that it doesn’t.

If one wants a technology to be trustworthy, just use a transparent, informative term without hype.

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A.J. Demas @ajdemas.bsky.social · 11d

My daughter described a tube of cheap lip gloss as smelling like “AI watermelon.”

your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 11d

the kids are all right

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JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI

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Jonathan-FL #HumanRightsForEVERYONE @amerliberal.bsky.social · 12d

More kids are severely ill or dying from the flu, CDC reports

As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric flu deaths in 15 years.

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More kids are severely ill or dying from the flu, CDC reports

As fewer children get their flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, the U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric flu deaths in 15 years.

www.nbcnews.com

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 11d

For a long time, I misread power outages as ‘outrages’ - I mean, it makes more sense … also a PhD

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 11d

My new article looks at the impacts of #GenAI on planetary health, calling for going beyond a human-centric focus on digital health to looking at impacts on ecosystems of data centre expansion and e-waste

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Towards a digital planetary health perspective: generative AI and the digital determinants of health

Abstract. The digital determinants of health have recently attracted attention in the medical and public health literature, but the environmental aspects o

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 14d

Violet Affleck crushes it again

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14d

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

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Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · 14d

There is no conclusive evidence that taking Acetaminophen during pregnancy harms children, but there is very strong evidence that getting COVID does.

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 15d

Our new findings just out - what do Australians think of generative AI and how are they using it? @admscentre.org.au

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What do Australians think of generative AI?

My team has just published findings from a brand-new research study, conducted in mid-2025, investigating how a group of Australians are using generative AI, what they think of it and where they th…

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 15d

Our new findings just out - what do Australians think of generative AI and how are they using it? @admscentre.org.au

simplysociology.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/w...

What do Australians think of generative AI?

My team has just published findings from a brand-new research study, conducted in mid-2025, investigating how a group of Australians are using generative AI, what they think of it and where they th…

simplysociology.wordpress.com

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Alan Baxter ♛ @alanbixter.bsky.social · 16d

The Australian media reporting on 25 members of US congress decrying Australian support for an independent state of Palestine fail to mention the important context that there are 535 Members of US Congress.

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J Green @jgreen63.bsky.social · 18d

It's not just people who caught it in 2020. It's 2021, 2022, 2023,2024, 2025, and forever into the future.

Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 18d

Metro UK: “The long Covid legacy: ‘People don’t want to think about us”

‘Alex Sprackland caught Covid-19 in March 2020, he thought he’d be back to normal in no time…five years on, the 34-year-old still grapples with the severe, life-limiting effects of the infection’

metro.co.uk/2025/09/20/l...

The long Covid legacy: 'People don't want to think about us'

Around 2million people are still thought to be living with long Covid in the UK

metro.co.uk

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17d

You guys have to read the termination letter that @washingtonpost.com sent @karenattiah.bsky.social because they essentially accused her of anti-white racism because she mentioned that Charlie Kirk was a white man 😵‍💫

Then they called her a “risk.”

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Why Washington Post fired me

Read the official termination letter for yourself.

karenattiah.substack.com

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Tom Radcliffe @tjradcliffe.bsky.social · 17d

Definitely not caused by a complete failure to understand that covid does long-term immune damage, or that covid is spread through aersols that cannot be effectively blocked by intermittent medical masking in the near field. Definitely.

Barry Hunt @barryhunt008.bsky.social · 17d

Gee,

I wonder what's causing this sudden increase in UK Hospital Acquired Infections?

gov.uk/government/sta…

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 17d

Giving a bully your lunch money is only a temporary downpayment for future bullying.

We ALL need to step up for the first amendment.

By-the-way, for the record, this ex-Disney employee finds Jimmy Kimmel very talented and funny.

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 18d

Wow - who after being exposed to this stuff would go ahead and get vaxxed? Awful

Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 20d

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Notably, the ‘longevity industry’, which also includes well known and respected clinicians, usually fails to mention preventing COVID infections as a key way of protecting our good health and extending our longevity

A booming longevity industry wants to sell us ‘immortality’. There could be hidden costs

One big risk is overdiagnosis: the more you test, the more you’ll find. Much of this may be clinically irrelevant, meaning unnecessary follow-ups, costs and anxiety.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 20d

Mini-scoop: After resisting pressure to strip Elon Musk of his fellowship for months, the Royal Society is meeting on 1 October to discuss his removal – following his decision to address Tommy Robinson's far-right rally on Saturday.

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-r...

Royal Society to debate throwing out Elon Musk

One of the most prestigious scientific bodies in the world is considering expelling Musk after his appearance at Tommy Robinson’s extremist London rally

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 20d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 20d

"Vaccines are safe. They are life-saving, and I would encourage any parent who is concerned about whether or not their child should get a vaccine to talk to their pediatrician to understand the benefits of these life-saving medical products..."

— Former CDC director Susan Monarez

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 20d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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