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Countrywide natural experiment links built environment to physical activity - Nature

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 9d

There's a really nice new study using phone data from Americans who relocated from one city to another to look at the effect of walkable environments on physical activity. E.g., people move TO New York and walk more, they move FROM New York and walk less www.nature.com/articles/s41...

By analysing the smartphone data of 2,112,288 participants, in particular observing and comparing the activity of the same individual in two different environments, we find that increases in the walkability of environments result in increases in daily physical activity, providing evidence of the importance of the built environment on physical health.

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Ginny Barbour @ginnybarbour.bsky.social · 8d

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”The commission revealed at the inquiry it had not consulted with the creative industry or modelled either the impact of that recommendation or the benefit the industry injects into the economy.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Productivity commission under fire for failing to consult Australian artists about copyright issues around AI recommendations

Productivity Commission under fire for failing to consult Australian artists about copyright issues around AI recommendations

Public health cuts at UTS put students, staff and communities at risk: open letter

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Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 11d

And that’s why we in the Democratic Party are going to direct every available resource to destroying our own candidates who want to do something about inequality or other crazy things like that

Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 11d

Portland is not "war ravaged." This is delusional and dangerous.

Sending troops into American cities doesn't make our communities safer — it just stokes fear and stirs up chaos.

Trump is plunging further into authoritarianism every single day.

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Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 12d

I’m proud to have signed this letter. Public health is important!

Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 12d

Public health cuts at UTS put students, staff and communities at risk: open letter www.croakey.org/public-healt... #publichealth

Public health cuts at UTS put students, staff and communities at risk: open letter

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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 12d

Public health cuts at UTS put students, staff and communities at risk: open letter www.croakey.org/public-healt... #publichealth

Slow Wi-Fi? Add houseplants to the list of suspects

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Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 13d

This must be why I always kill my house plants. It’s an instinct

Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 13d

“Slow Wi-Fi? Add houseplants to the list of suspects” www.theregister.com/2025/09/23/s...

: Pass the tinfoil hat

www.theregister.com

Health minister concedes tobacco black market has 'exploded'

Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 13d

Climate change & poverty are thrilled that they are being ignored

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 13d

Health Minister Mark Butler admits black market tobacco is now the single biggest threat to public health.

Health Minister Mark Butler admits black market tobacco is now the single biggest threat to public health.

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Advice | Sometimes We Resist AI for Good Reasons

Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 14d

An interesting read. Not sure I agree that critical voices are being excluded from the conversation (at least at my institution) but the questions posed are valid and worthy of consideration regardless

Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 14d

“Either we have copyright law or we don’t. Either plagiarism and the theft of intellectual property are anathema to higher education or they aren’t. We’re either modeling academic honesty and integrity to our students or we aren’t.” —@thetattooedprof.bsky.social
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Why higher ed needs to listen to the contrarians in setting policies on using tools like ChatGPT in faculty work.

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Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 15d

Please consider signing this petition to save the UTS public health program and our colleagues. Public health is so important and our colleagues deserve better! chng.it/b7yV6tywPd

Cambia algo. Firma esta perición.

Save UTS Public Health – For Students, Communities, and Equity

chng.it

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Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 15d

Disappointing but unsurprising that coalition MPs are still trotting this one out. Even if our emissions didn’t matter (and they do), we can hardly expect other countries to act if we just dust our hands and say “we aren’t helping”

Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 15d

Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?

Australia’s emissions are only about 1.1% of the global total. But it is scientifically wrong to say half a billion tonnes of CO2 don’t matter, experts say

Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?

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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 15d

Coalition MPs say Australia’s emissions are a fraction of the world’s total. What kind of argument is that?

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Australia’s emissions are only about 1.1% of the global total. But it is scientifically wrong to say half a billion tonnes of CO2 don’t matter, experts say

Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 16d

There’s a lot of vibing going on in AFL. Speccies are a classic example - you can’t make contact above the shoulders EXCEPT if you are doing something that looks really cool. We love vibing it 😆

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

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 19d

“Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure"

I mean who 🤷🏻‍♀️ could speculate as to trans-Tasman similarity 🤔

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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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 20d

“Indefensible” cuts to public health at University of Technology Sydney will have wide-ranging impacts, key groups warn
www.croakey.org/indefensible...
With comments from AHPA & article by Holly Donaldson, Executive Director of CAPHIA

“Indefensible” cuts to public health at University of Technology Sydney will have wide-ranging impacts, key groups w

Introduction by Croakey: Associate Professor Ben Harris-Roxas published an article at Croakey yesterday, urging readers to engage with lobbying and

1000 fewer casualties in Wales after 2 years of 20mph default speed limit

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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 20d

Despite the data showing this, the age assurance report summary downplays this bias, saying "“systems performed broadly consistently across demographic groups, including Indigenous populations".

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Nick Evershed!? @nickevershed.bsky.social · 20d

A Guardian analysis of age assurance technology trial data, which will underpin the government’s teen social media ban, shows the impact of introducing age checks will fall hardest on already-marginalised groups

www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

chart showing age estimation accuracy rates are lowest for first nations and people with a south-east asian background

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Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 21d

Talking about the company’s ‘bold strategy for a smoke free tomorrow’ - that would be the strategy of continuing to sell tobacco everywhere while also selling vapes. Very bold of them!

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 21d

Two years on from the roll out of Wales' controversial 20mph default speed limit, new data has revealed that policy has resulted in over 1000 fewer casualties

Two years on from the roll out of Wales’ controversial 20mph default speed limit, new data has revealed that policy has resulted in over 1000 fewer casualties. Collision data is now available for the ...

nation.cymru

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Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 22d

If this is a club for parliamentarians to play sport, why does it need corporate sponsors at all?

Prof Samantha Thomas @docsamantha.bsky.social · 22d

“The club is chaired by the prime minister, Anthony Albanese. Its corporate members include fossil fuel company Ampol, alcohol companies Lion and Diageo, outsourcing company Serco, consultancy firm Canberra Consulting and other companies.”

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Gambling lobby’s sponsorship of Australian parliament’s sports club condemned by crossbench MPs

Exclusive: Kate Chaney calls on PM to remove Responsible Wagering Australia’s membership, which allows sponsors to access ‘key opinion leaders’

Charlie Kirk died in the America he wanted

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Seye Abimbola @seyeabimbola.bsky.social · 23d

In a world in which politically palatable downstream thinking reigns, teaching upstream determination of health inequity can be difficult.

But it’s what "global health” shld be about.

In this paper led by Neha Faruqui we share lessons from our experience & observations!

gh.bmj.com/content/10/9...

First page of an article titled “The upstream-downstream tension in the global health classroom”

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 24d

Given this is making some waves - here is the piece and you can judge for yourself.

(I'm fine, there are no issues - right wing ecosystem just doing what right wing ecosystem does).

Take care of you - it's rough out there! Ax

amyremeikis.substack.com/p/charlie-ki...

I mourn the loss of human life. I feel compassion, empathy and grief at an inexcusable killing. But I find nothing to lionise in his legacy.

amyremeikis.substack.com

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Dr James Kite @jdkite.bsky.social · 25d

It’ll be nice to see this shithole improved, but it’s disappointing to see the shortsightedness on transport changes. Parramatta rd is congested because there aren’t good alternatives to driving. You want to reduce congestion? Give people genuine choice and only those who need to drive will

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 25d

After four decades of stalled attempts, there’s a new plan to ‘transform’ Sydney’s ugliest road

NSW government to rezone Paramatta Road corridor and make room for 8,000 new homes – but plan omits mooted light rail * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Sydney’s ugliest road is again being touted as the next development hotspot, with plans by the Minns government to rezone and develop about 8,000 new homes along Parramatta Road in Leichhardt and Camperdown, in the city’s inner west. The state government and inner west councillors have agreed to partner on rezoning along the Parramatta Road corridor to deliver a major boost to housing close to the CBD. Continue reading...