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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · Jun 22

Public health messaging in a nutshell.

The Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · Jun 22

📢 Do you regularly enjoy more than nine hours’ kip a night? A new study reveals you could be doing yourself more harm than good.

Too little sleep is bad for your health, but too much could be worse

www.smh.com.au

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · Jun 22

We didn’t have a tv. Went out and bought one to watch the war. Became addicted to news.

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Jerad Walker @jeradwalker.bsky.social · Jun 22

From Hunter S. Thompson’s ESPN page 2 column one week after 9/11.

We are At War now, according to President Bush, and I take him at his word. He also says this War might last for "a very long time."
Generals and military scholars will tell you that eight or 10 years is actually not such a long time in the span of human history - which is no doubt true - but history also tells us that 10 years of martial law and a wartime economy are going to feel like a Lifetime to people who are in their twenties today. The poor bastards of what will forever be known as Generation Z are doomed to be the first generation of Americans who will grow up with a lower standard of living than their parents enjoyed.
That is extremely heavy news, and it will take a while for it to sink in. The 22 babies born in New York City while the World Trade Center burned will never know what they missed. The last half of the 20th century will seem like a wild party for rich kids, compared to what's coming now. The party's over, folks.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · Jun 22

You cannot criticize them for leaving any stone unturned in exploring SM’s views. Live. From Sydney.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · Jun 22

Thanks to ABC News 24 I’m entirely across the views of former PM Morrison on the Iran strikes.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · Jun 21

Joh’s legacy should be to sustain a keen understanding of governance and accountability in the public, pollies, public servants & lawyers. But so many have forgotten. Looking forward to watching this.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · Jun 21

King or crook?: the enduring legacy of Queensland’s political strongman Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen

Bjelke-Petersen’s leadership of Australia’s most blinkered, authoritarian and corrupt postwar regime is reassessed in Stan’s TV documentary Joh: Last King of Queensland * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast “Sir Joh will be remembered, and he will long be remembered. But not for what he wanted to be remembered for.” This was my prediction when Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen died in 2005, heading up one of a number of obituaries. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · Jun 21

Ikr

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · Jun 20

I’m just not sure about this.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Jun 20

All babies in England to get DNA test to assess risk of diseases within 10 years

Newborns will have whole genome sequencing to enable personalised healthcare that predicts and prevents illness Every baby in England is to have a DNA screening to avoid fatal diseases and receive personalised healthcare as part of the government’s £650m investment in DNA technology, it has been reported. Within a decade, every newborn will undergo whole genome sequencing, which assesses the risk of hundreds of diseases and is expected to form part of the government’s 10-year plan for the health service. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · Jun 16

The Atlantic should be ashamed of publishing this nightmare piece from Liz Bruenig, whose callous dismissal of Adriana Smith's dignity is one of the most shocking things I've ever read.

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National Indigenous Times 🤖 (unofficial) @nit-bot.bsky.social · Jun 8

25 years ago, Aboriginal and non-Indigenous people gathered side by side to erect a memorial marking a shameful historical chapter in a move of reconciliation and truth-telling. Every year, hundreds of people gather, many travelling from interstate, to mark the Myall Creek Massacre at Bingara.

Reconciliation and truth-telling: Hundreds gather at Myall Creek memorial for important anniversary

25 years ago, Aboriginal and non-Indigenous people gathered side by side to erect a memorial marking a shameful historical chapter in a move of reconciliation and truth-telling. Every year, hundreds of people gather, many travelling from interstate, to mark the Myall Creek Massacre at Bingara.

nit.com.au

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 29

I used an Apple Pencil on iPad using the inline grading. It meant I wasn’t tethered to my desk. I find handwriting freer.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 27

So true

Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 27

That’ll do it

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · May 27

she did the meme

The "we should improve society somewhat" meme.

A man pops out of a well stating "yet you participate in society. Curious. I am very intelligent"

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 27

Ah yes. Because it’s individual consumers who can turn this ship around.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · May 27

Woodside boss says young people ‘ideological’ on fossil fuels while ‘happily ordering from Temu’

Meg O’Neill tells energy industry conference that individual consumers’ role in driving emissions is ‘missing’ in conversations about fossil fuels * Australia news live: latest politics updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The boss of Australian gas giant Woodside, Meg O’Neill, has attacked young people who take an ideological stand against fossil fuels, suggesting they are hypocrites for ordering cheap online consumer goods “without any sort of recognition of the energy and carbon impact of their actions”. O’Neill was speaking during the gas industry’s annual conference in Brisbane, where the resources minister, Madeleine King, said the government was working to enhance exploration for gas while improving the approvals process for companies. Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Continue reading...

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · May 20

Just to complicate things.

There is no Liberal Party or National Party in Queensland. David Littleproud is a member of the Liberal National Party of Qld. However under its constitution, the LNP is a division of the Liberal Party of Australia. online.lnp.org.au/lnp-constitu... #auspol

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 20

Whither the LNP?

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 14

Traditionally, law has been sourced from verified authority. Then it became open and we could search online. We could assess quality of source. If we use AI, an algorithm generates a response. The filtering is taken out of our hands. Someone else controls the algorithm.

WIRED @wired.com · May 14

Over on X, Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is glitching out and inserting information about “white genocide” in South Africa in response to hundreds of completely unrelated user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts.

Elon Musk's Grok AI Can't Stop Talking About 'White Genocide'

In response to X user queries about everything from sports to Medicaid cuts, the xAI chatbot inserted unrelated information about “white genocide” in South Africa.

www.wired.com

Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 4

Annika Wells - ‘we now have enough Qld women in the house for a netball team and we’re here if you need.’

😂😂😂

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 4

Their ability to mobilize hoards in vicious personal attacks has a chilling effect also.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 4

I don’t need co-pilot or whatever to write for me. But some basic formatting would be great. ‘Please fix chaotic numbering, tabs & tables’. Or, idk, Microsoft could throw some coin to make their existing WP system actually work?

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 3

I’ve been dogmatic in my time. Last night was a salutary lesson.

Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 3

The Accord has recommended changes but I think many Unis will push back. You can see the defensive tone of the uni submissions too. Luke Beck’s sub is a good read on structure.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 3

Speaking of universities, the Oz has published an attack on a second law lecturer based on a leak of a recorded lecture. Policy prohibits sharing lecture recordings. For 20yrs I’ve warned of vulnerability for staff & students of recording class. It’s now become a reality that Uni’s must address.

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Katgallow @katgallow.bsky.social · May 3

I have read all them 😊 Always ok to limit a submission, and don’t discount its utility. I observe maybe 3 main themes running through this inquiry. Each sub within a theme offers insight. Together they build a case.

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