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Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer.
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer.
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
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When putting out containers of water for wildlife on hot days, please place a rock and a stick or two in there, so small animals, including insects and reptiles, can get in and out easily. Placing containers in a shady and protected spot is best.
January 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
When putting out containers of water for wildlife on hot days, please place a rock and a stick or two in there, so small animals, including insects and reptiles, can get in and out easily. Placing containers in a shady and protected spot is best.
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It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 7, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.
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I’m fully vaccinated but I still mask in public indoor spaces.
Because COVID sucks. For me and everyone around me.
Because COVID sucks. For me and everyone around me.
June 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I’m fully vaccinated but I still mask in public indoor spaces.
Because COVID sucks. For me and everyone around me.
Because COVID sucks. For me and everyone around me.
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We should do this as well for those at high risk, and allow everyone else to get boosters every 3-6 months.
Taiwan shortens COVID vaccine gap to 2 months for high-risk groups.
"Starting June 11, seniors aged 65 and over, Indigenous people aged 55–64, and immunocompromised individuals may receive a second JN.1 dose after just 2 months due to waning protection and increased risk of severe illness"
"Starting June 11, seniors aged 65 and over, Indigenous people aged 55–64, and immunocompromised individuals may receive a second JN.1 dose after just 2 months due to waning protection and increased risk of severe illness"
June 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
We should do this as well for those at high risk, and allow everyone else to get boosters every 3-6 months.
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This is a disgrace. Serious allegations of political interference into an issue of global cultural and environmental significance.
Don't believe the spin from the WA Government. Pollution from the gas export plant is destroying the ancient Murujuga rock art.
Rock art expert Professor Benjamin Smith read the report and set the record straight.
Video from Friends of Australian Rock Art. #auspol
Rock art expert Professor Benjamin Smith read the report and set the record straight.
Video from Friends of Australian Rock Art. #auspol
Scientist outraged at "doctored" report on gas industry pollution at Murujuga
YouTube video by The Australia Institute
youtube.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This is a disgrace. Serious allegations of political interference into an issue of global cultural and environmental significance.
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I repeat: The acute crises of ventilator shortages may be essentially over, and the unvaccinated vulnerable may be mostly dead, but COVID remains a chronic, grinding threat to long-term health outcomes, to socioeconomic stability and social cohesion.
May 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I repeat: The acute crises of ventilator shortages may be essentially over, and the unvaccinated vulnerable may be mostly dead, but COVID remains a chronic, grinding threat to long-term health outcomes, to socioeconomic stability and social cohesion.
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The Murujuga rock art is one of Australia's most priceless heritage sites.
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The Murujuga rock art is one of Australia's most priceless heritage sites.
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
And it's being slowly destroyed.
If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.
#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
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Roll-out of RSV vaccine and antibody treatment leads to massive drop in US hospitalisations
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
Roll-out of RSV vaccine and antibody treatment leads to massive drop in US hospitalisations
Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the roll-out of preventive approaches has had an immediate impact on RSV rates.
www.gavi.org
May 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Roll-out of RSV vaccine and antibody treatment leads to massive drop in US hospitalisations
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
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What do you get when you have two smart women physicians traveling together? A double-masked selfie! Stay safe out there, y’all. With @alyssaburgart.bsky.social 😷
May 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What do you get when you have two smart women physicians traveling together? A double-masked selfie! Stay safe out there, y’all. With @alyssaburgart.bsky.social 😷
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Australia faces an integrity crisis.
Without immediate reform, public trust in government will continue to erode.
Integrity experts incl former judges, ombudsmen, and leading academics have signed an open letter calling on the new Parliament to address weaknesses in political integrity. #auspol
Without immediate reform, public trust in government will continue to erode.
Integrity experts incl former judges, ombudsmen, and leading academics have signed an open letter calling on the new Parliament to address weaknesses in political integrity. #auspol
May 5, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Australia faces an integrity crisis.
Without immediate reform, public trust in government will continue to erode.
Integrity experts incl former judges, ombudsmen, and leading academics have signed an open letter calling on the new Parliament to address weaknesses in political integrity. #auspol
Without immediate reform, public trust in government will continue to erode.
Integrity experts incl former judges, ombudsmen, and leading academics have signed an open letter calling on the new Parliament to address weaknesses in political integrity. #auspol
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I have been so quiet because every day there is some massive impact to OpenAeros. Whether it's crazy tariffs and massive disruptions to supply lines, or the entire gutting of NIOSH. Huge impacts what we have been working on, some weeks are tough. The Little OpenCPC That Could won't be stopped though
April 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I have been so quiet because every day there is some massive impact to OpenAeros. Whether it's crazy tariffs and massive disruptions to supply lines, or the entire gutting of NIOSH. Huge impacts what we have been working on, some weeks are tough. The Little OpenCPC That Could won't be stopped though
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So do I.
It's my new normal
It's my new normal
March 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
So do I.
It's my new normal
It's my new normal
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The little koala is still in the same street in Inverloch. I hope it’s doing ok
February 24, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The little koala is still in the same street in Inverloch. I hope it’s doing ok
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Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
February 21, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.
To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.
Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol
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What's happening with the Covid nasal vaccine programs?
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
A Covid Nasal Vaccine Update
Now 6 Ongoing Clinical Trials in the United States
erictopol.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
What's happening with the Covid nasal vaccine programs?
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...
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Residential aged care vaccination: 12 Feb 2025
🔸41.4% of aged care residents received a vaccination in the last 6 months
🔸41.4% of aged care residents received a vaccination in the last 6 months
February 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Residential aged care vaccination: 12 Feb 2025
🔸41.4% of aged care residents received a vaccination in the last 6 months
🔸41.4% of aged care residents received a vaccination in the last 6 months
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We’re one of the richest countries in the world. We can afford anything we want but not everything we want. We can ‘afford’ $350 billion for submarines and $250bn for tax cuts and $14bn per year in fossil fuel subsidies…but apparently we ‘can’t afford’ to invest in health or eduction…BS of course
February 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We’re one of the richest countries in the world. We can afford anything we want but not everything we want. We can ‘afford’ $350 billion for submarines and $250bn for tax cuts and $14bn per year in fossil fuel subsidies…but apparently we ‘can’t afford’ to invest in health or eduction…BS of course
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Peter Gleick
@petergleick
I'll be giving a zoom seminar at the University of Arizona: the WRRC Water Webinar:
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Arizona Time
Register here:
@petergleick
I'll be giving a zoom seminar at the University of Arizona: the WRRC Water Webinar:
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Arizona Time
Register here:
February 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Peter Gleick
@petergleick
I'll be giving a zoom seminar at the University of Arizona: the WRRC Water Webinar:
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Arizona Time
Register here:
@petergleick
I'll be giving a zoom seminar at the University of Arizona: the WRRC Water Webinar:
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Arizona Time
Register here:
Reposted by laurelleoz
The loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...
Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...
Freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster
Loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
February 3, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.
Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...
Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...
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Communications in one mission overseas:
"I'm sorry to say that all of us will be on administrative leave -- perhaps even starting today/this evening. I don't have the adequate words. Please know that your work was good, and it mattered."
"I'm sorry to say that all of us will be on administrative leave -- perhaps even starting today/this evening. I don't have the adequate words. Please know that your work was good, and it mattered."
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Communications in one mission overseas:
"I'm sorry to say that all of us will be on administrative leave -- perhaps even starting today/this evening. I don't have the adequate words. Please know that your work was good, and it mattered."
"I'm sorry to say that all of us will be on administrative leave -- perhaps even starting today/this evening. I don't have the adequate words. Please know that your work was good, and it mattered."
Reposted by laurelleoz
Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.
Growth of XEC.* continued, to around 64%.
The new LP.8.1.* variants have been growing steadily, up to around 9%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.
#COVID19 #Australia #XEC #LP_8_1
🧵
Growth of XEC.* continued, to around 64%.
The new LP.8.1.* variants have been growing steadily, up to around 9%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.
#COVID19 #Australia #XEC #LP_8_1
🧵
February 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.
Growth of XEC.* continued, to around 64%.
The new LP.8.1.* variants have been growing steadily, up to around 9%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.
#COVID19 #Australia #XEC #LP_8_1
🧵
Growth of XEC.* continued, to around 64%.
The new LP.8.1.* variants have been growing steadily, up to around 9%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.
#COVID19 #Australia #XEC #LP_8_1
🧵
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Something from us @burnetinstitute.bsky.social on 5 years (and counting) of COVID. (Special thanks to A/Prof Suman Majumdar)
www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
Consequences of COVID-19 linger five years on
www.burnet.edu.au
January 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Something from us @burnetinstitute.bsky.social on 5 years (and counting) of COVID. (Special thanks to A/Prof Suman Majumdar)
www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...
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New Zealand: Covid-19 ‘brain fog’ likely factor in near-miss train crash in South Island.
"A KiwiRail engineer experiencing after-effects of Covid-19 failed to stop at a red signal nearly causing a train collision last year."
Source: archive.md/6GI2m
"A KiwiRail engineer experiencing after-effects of Covid-19 failed to stop at a red signal nearly causing a train collision last year."
Source: archive.md/6GI2m
January 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
New Zealand: Covid-19 ‘brain fog’ likely factor in near-miss train crash in South Island.
"A KiwiRail engineer experiencing after-effects of Covid-19 failed to stop at a red signal nearly causing a train collision last year."
Source: archive.md/6GI2m
"A KiwiRail engineer experiencing after-effects of Covid-19 failed to stop at a red signal nearly causing a train collision last year."
Source: archive.md/6GI2m
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Australia has the second lowest age pension in the OECD, and the 5th highest level of retirees living in poverty.
And all the while we give the richest 10% $20bn in tax breaks for their superannuation.
My column.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
And all the while we give the richest 10% $20bn in tax breaks for their superannuation.
My column.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Misleading fear campaigns may kill Labor’s superannuation changes. But here are the real numbers | Greg Jericho
Increasing the tax rate on superannuation balances above $3m would affect less than 1% of the population – and yet it is still unlikely to pass
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Australia has the second lowest age pension in the OECD, and the 5th highest level of retirees living in poverty.
And all the while we give the richest 10% $20bn in tax breaks for their superannuation.
My column.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
And all the while we give the richest 10% $20bn in tax breaks for their superannuation.
My column.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...