Dr. Lesley Barron, MD, MPhil, FRACS
@drlesleybarron.bsky.social
General surgeon, mom, and cyclist with an interest in healthcare policy.
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In the Netherlands 🇳🇱, data shows that for a 30 minute trip on a regular bike, only 13% of people are willing to ride. But for a 25 minute trip on an e-bike, that probability jumps to 28%.
E-bikes don't just make riding easier, they drastically expand the acceptable range for bike commuting.
E-bikes don't just make riding easier, they drastically expand the acceptable range for bike commuting.
November 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In the Netherlands 🇳🇱, data shows that for a 30 minute trip on a regular bike, only 13% of people are willing to ride. But for a 25 minute trip on an e-bike, that probability jumps to 28%.
E-bikes don't just make riding easier, they drastically expand the acceptable range for bike commuting.
E-bikes don't just make riding easier, they drastically expand the acceptable range for bike commuting.
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“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
#vaccinationsaveslives
#vaccinationsaveslives
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social had a story on devastating deadly floods in Sumatra tonight, followed by a story on @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade which along with being pretty negatively framed also was not connected at all to the first story. These two events are NOT isolated from each other.
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
@abcnewsbot.bsky.social had a story on devastating deadly floods in Sumatra tonight, followed by a story on @risingtideaus.bsky.social blockade which along with being pretty negatively framed also was not connected at all to the first story. These two events are NOT isolated from each other.
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Making a guy who owns 16 houses the shadow housing minister is truly inspiring stuff from the Libs - like the time Labor made the guy with 7 houses the regulator for landlords.
Amazing things happening with the Victorian ruling class 🤩
Amazing things happening with the Victorian ruling class 🤩
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Making a guy who owns 16 houses the shadow housing minister is truly inspiring stuff from the Libs - like the time Labor made the guy with 7 houses the regulator for landlords.
Amazing things happening with the Victorian ruling class 🤩
Amazing things happening with the Victorian ruling class 🤩
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November 30, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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“Australia is the world’s third-largest fossil fuel exporter, and its outsized role in the climate crisis calls for serious action."
Thanks to #RisingTide for taking action.
While governments take fossil fuel industry bribes. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Thanks to #RisingTide for taking action.
While governments take fossil fuel industry bribes. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle
Australian campaigners demand Albanese government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%
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Activists have blocked another two coal ships from entering the Port of Newcastle on the fourth day of the Rising Tide protests, bringing the total number of ships turned around by campaigners this weekend to three.
Thousands of people have gathered at Rising Tide’s annual climate protest at the world’s largest coal port. It began on Thursday and will continue until Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 AM
“Australia is the world’s third-largest fossil fuel exporter, and its outsized role in the climate crisis calls for serious action."
Thanks to #RisingTide for taking action.
While governments take fossil fuel industry bribes. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
Thanks to #RisingTide for taking action.
While governments take fossil fuel industry bribes. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
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The mayor of Akron, Ohio. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The mayor of Akron, Ohio. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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Hey #auspol you can’t arrest your way out of a climate emergency.
Although here on Horseshoe Beach, this morning you’re giving it a good try. #ClimateAction #RisingTide
Although here on Horseshoe Beach, this morning you’re giving it a good try. #ClimateAction #RisingTide
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Hey #auspol you can’t arrest your way out of a climate emergency.
Although here on Horseshoe Beach, this morning you’re giving it a good try. #ClimateAction #RisingTide
Although here on Horseshoe Beach, this morning you’re giving it a good try. #ClimateAction #RisingTide
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Newcastle Port now closed to coal ships! Wish we had drone footage of 5 Nannas in a tinny breaching 100m exclusion zone in an ‘exciting back &forth with police boats’. (Observers report). No arrests. Harbour authorities closed the port to coal ships. @risingtideaus.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Newcastle Port now closed to coal ships! Wish we had drone footage of 5 Nannas in a tinny breaching 100m exclusion zone in an ‘exciting back &forth with police boats’. (Observers report). No arrests. Harbour authorities closed the port to coal ships. @risingtideaus.bsky.social
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This is civil disobedience‼️ We've asked 'nicely' for decades. Disobeying institutions that abuse power to deliberately harm those less powerful is a vital tenant of a healthy democracy. There is still time to join is at #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
This is civil disobedience‼️ We've asked 'nicely' for decades. Disobeying institutions that abuse power to deliberately harm those less powerful is a vital tenant of a healthy democracy. There is still time to join is at #RisingTide 👇🏽
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025
Indicators the number of dogs you own should be zero-1. You don’t want to pick up/dispose of your dogs excrement. 2. You don’t believe a dog requires daily exercise. 3. Your way of dealing w your dogs ongoing barking in your backyard is to yell “Shut up!” at your pet through a sliding glass door.
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Indicators the number of dogs you own should be zero-1. You don’t want to pick up/dispose of your dogs excrement. 2. You don’t believe a dog requires daily exercise. 3. Your way of dealing w your dogs ongoing barking in your backyard is to yell “Shut up!” at your pet through a sliding glass door.
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90 year old driver smashes a car into a coffee shop going 100 mph.
Another day in America.
Another day in America.
@nextdoorsv.bsky.social crazy accident in Los Gatos. But I’m thankful this Thanksgiving for my car and the ability to drive all over downtown Los Gatos. Look at all those beautiful parking spots!
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losgatan.com/breaking-veh...
UPDATED WITH CRASH VIDEO: Driver injured as car smashes into Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. on Thanksgiving | Los Gatan | Los Gatos, California
A vehicle smashed through the front of popular Los Gatos cafe Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Co. on Thanksgiving night.
losgatan.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
90 year old driver smashes a car into a coffee shop going 100 mph.
Another day in America.
Another day in America.
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Isnt it ironic.
This govt squanders billions of our taxes on multi lane highways. Supposedly to"improve traffic flow"...
...and a couple of $10K cars can take out all movement for best part of a day.
Maybe those billions should be invested in rebuilding our rail network & more public transport?
This govt squanders billions of our taxes on multi lane highways. Supposedly to"improve traffic flow"...
...and a couple of $10K cars can take out all movement for best part of a day.
Maybe those billions should be invested in rebuilding our rail network & more public transport?
November 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Isnt it ironic.
This govt squanders billions of our taxes on multi lane highways. Supposedly to"improve traffic flow"...
...and a couple of $10K cars can take out all movement for best part of a day.
Maybe those billions should be invested in rebuilding our rail network & more public transport?
This govt squanders billions of our taxes on multi lane highways. Supposedly to"improve traffic flow"...
...and a couple of $10K cars can take out all movement for best part of a day.
Maybe those billions should be invested in rebuilding our rail network & more public transport?
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Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Minimum parking requirements create financially insolvent land use patterns.
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
The two apartment buildings on the right generate six times more in property taxes than the big box store on the left, while occupying almost half the space!
#BlackFridayParking
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Proud parent moment as child got an award last night for her science project on microplastics. This came about bc of a passionate science teacher at her public school. So while Australia continues to vastly underfund public education, it still produces these results in large part bc of the staff.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Proud parent moment as child got an award last night for her science project on microplastics. This came about bc of a passionate science teacher at her public school. So while Australia continues to vastly underfund public education, it still produces these results in large part bc of the staff.
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Curious about the demographics of physicists in Canada? Us too! Read our newest publication in @cdnsciencepub.com @facetsjournal.bsky.social 📏⚛️🌈How is your organization supporting the increasingly diverse group of future physicists? #equityinphysics #womeninstem 👇
New 📰| Canadian physics counts: an exploration of the diverse identities of physics students and professionals in Canada 👥 https://ow.ly/6HIc50Xu720
Part of the EDIA in Science collection.
University of Waterloo Research & Innovation | University of Toronto Mississauga Dalhousie University
Part of the EDIA in Science collection.
University of Waterloo Research & Innovation | University of Toronto Mississauga Dalhousie University
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Curious about the demographics of physicists in Canada? Us too! Read our newest publication in @cdnsciencepub.com @facetsjournal.bsky.social 📏⚛️🌈How is your organization supporting the increasingly diverse group of future physicists? #equityinphysics #womeninstem 👇
The group Rising Tide will blockade Newcastle (the world’s largest coal port) this weekend as part of a days long festival. 💯 support this group in calling attention to Australia’s role in climate change. www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025faq
FAQ — Rising Tide
www.risingtide.org.au
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The group Rising Tide will blockade Newcastle (the world’s largest coal port) this weekend as part of a days long festival. 💯 support this group in calling attention to Australia’s role in climate change. www.risingtide.org.au/pb2025faq
In spite of some recent improvements to public & active transport in Sydney, it’s really difficult to ignore the massive blight that is car dependency overwhelming everything else. Even a public transport hub like the downtown still has given over massive amounts of space to cars and parking.
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
In spite of some recent improvements to public & active transport in Sydney, it’s really difficult to ignore the massive blight that is car dependency overwhelming everything else. Even a public transport hub like the downtown still has given over massive amounts of space to cars and parking.
Push bike riders being passed by ebikes making comments like “Cheating!” and “It’s not a race!” are not helpful.
I’m just trying to get to work on time dudes, so neither of those comments are helpful. Try something positive next time. All cyclists deserve credit for taking a car off the road.
I’m just trying to get to work on time dudes, so neither of those comments are helpful. Try something positive next time. All cyclists deserve credit for taking a car off the road.
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Push bike riders being passed by ebikes making comments like “Cheating!” and “It’s not a race!” are not helpful.
I’m just trying to get to work on time dudes, so neither of those comments are helpful. Try something positive next time. All cyclists deserve credit for taking a car off the road.
I’m just trying to get to work on time dudes, so neither of those comments are helpful. Try something positive next time. All cyclists deserve credit for taking a car off the road.
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Me arguing with someone on Arsebook about why 20mph is a safer urban speed limit and should not just be outside schools for part of the day.
Then:
"It was about speed limits outside schools and nothing to do with physics."
Welcome to Wednesday folks.
Then:
"It was about speed limits outside schools and nothing to do with physics."
Welcome to Wednesday folks.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Me arguing with someone on Arsebook about why 20mph is a safer urban speed limit and should not just be outside schools for part of the day.
Then:
"It was about speed limits outside schools and nothing to do with physics."
Welcome to Wednesday folks.
Then:
"It was about speed limits outside schools and nothing to do with physics."
Welcome to Wednesday folks.
On trains quiet carriage and while they are making the announcement about quiet carriages the lady in front of me starts watching her phone without headphones.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
On trains quiet carriage and while they are making the announcement about quiet carriages the lady in front of me starts watching her phone without headphones.
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Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yes, HID headlights are very bright but the bigger problem is the proliferation of gargantuan vehicles with 5’+ hood heights so that if you’re driving a normal sized car their headlights are at your eye level rather than seat level like they’re supposed to be.
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Last week I wrote an open letter, sent to my MP and picked up the local paper, saying nothing more complicated than remember people riding bikes are still people going about their day.
It got plenty of support, but some comments on that basic idea are wild.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
It got plenty of support, but some comments on that basic idea are wild.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
'I don't want to be an obituary in the ECHO, we need change'
Dad-of-two writes powerful letter after facing near-death experiences on the roads of Liverpool
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Last week I wrote an open letter, sent to my MP and picked up the local paper, saying nothing more complicated than remember people riding bikes are still people going about their day.
It got plenty of support, but some comments on that basic idea are wild.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
It got plenty of support, but some comments on that basic idea are wild.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...