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Dr Linda McIver
@lindamciver.adsei.org
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Author of Raising Heretics: Teaching Kids to Change the world. Founder adsei.org Troublemaker. Make Me Data Literate podcaster. Teacher. She/her. Living on stolen Wurundjeri/Bunurong land
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · Aug 28
Oh look! it's gone public! My "From Hypnotised to Heretic: Immunising Society Against Misinformation" piece is being published in the Best Australian Science Writing of 2025 Anthology.

so chuffed!

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The Best Australian Science Writing 2025
The annual collection – now in its fifteenth year – celebrating the finest voices in Australian science writing.
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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 6h
Australia's much loved wildlife and places sorely need greater care and legal protection.

Our latest for @aunz.theconversation.com.

theconversation.com/labor-is-clo... With good friends and colleagues, @drphilmccormack.bsky.social & @yungenchee.bsky.social.
Labor is close to a deal on environmental law reforms. There are troubling signs these will fall short
Labor is close to a deal on its environmental law reforms. Will they strong enough to protect nature?
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 12h
genius. I'll take two!
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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 12h
HELLO TECH PEOPLE

May I please have a bookmark with RFID and a home-base device that will make it bleep when I’ve lost the book I was reading & need to find out what happens next?

Thank you and good evening to you and your families!
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 2d
oh me too, does the hydrogel take group bookings? I know quite a few folks who'd probably want in on this deal
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 3d
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
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Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 8d
🧵Spotted on a recent Beach Walk in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A tiny human (2?) is toddling along the tideline, dragging a string bag behind him. Whenever he sees a promising shell he picks it up, inspects it and then carefully places it in his bag with the seriousness such an undertaking deserves. (1)
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 7d
🧵Spotted While Cafe Writing in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A couple (80s?) are sitting side-by-side. She's wearing a fluffy bobble hat. He's wearing a tweed bucket hat. A hot chocolate arrives and he drawers a smiley face in the foam--two marshmallows for eyes--before sliding it over to her. (1)
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 6d
🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A young human (10?) reverentially pulls two brand new paperback fantasy tomes from a crisp paper bag. He examines the covers in fine detail before carefully stowing them away again. Magnificent treasures to read later. (1)
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 4d
🧵Spotted at a Beer Garden Record Store Sale in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A teen (15?) has spotted Hot Chocolate's single, 'You Sexy Thing'. He calls over a friend and says: "I've got something to say about this eh."
His friend says: "Your new theme song?"
Teen nods with a goofy grin. "Could be."(1)
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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 3d
🧵Spotted While Cafe Writing and Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

Two burly men (30s?) are sitting across from each other. Both have tiny brand new humans strapped in slings across their chests.
Tucking into fry-up breakfasts, comparing notes on sleeplessness and being new dads. (1)
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 4d
Maybe before we worry about the personhood of machines we work on extending personhood to all people, hmm?
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 4d
I’m telling you: ridicule works. These guys are supposed to intimidate the citizenry and it’s very hard to do that when a guy in a frog suit is just staring you down and daring you to do something that makes it look like you’re afraid of a cartoon
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 4d
Portland never stops being Portland.
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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d
wizard frog is insane
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Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 8d
“We’d like to talk to you about your vehicle’s extended warranty.”
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 8d
A Canberra man has captured footage of the dramatic moment a magpie plucked his earphone from his ear.
Swooping magpie plucks earphone from cyclist's ear
A Canberra man has captured footage of the dramatic moment a magpie plucked his earphone from his ear.
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 5d
Today's Nervous Laughter newsletter from @squigglyrick.bsky.social is a goddamn delight. I can see Paris, smell the air, taste the coffee, and almost pat the dog. glorious!

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A New Three Laws of Motion
I night not tell you if I win the Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction, but there will be signs. Ha ha, I'm fully kidding. I did win it. The news was everywhere anyway. I was a push notifi...
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 7d
they're busy making billionaires rich, we're busy teaching kids critical thinking, data literacy, and problem solving skills! (top problem solving tip: always start by eating the rich)
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 7d
I hear ya! My little charity pays more in tax than some of those companies! Where's the justice in that!?!?
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @cosmicrami.com · 7d
Can we please, for the love of all things Gaga, have a queer film featuring Alexander Skarsgård and Pedro Pascal.

I want it.

You want it.

Everybody wants it.

The people want it.

Give the people what they want.
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Rachel Bunder @aduckismyfiend.bsky.social · 7d
They are so big now, here are some screen grabs when they were balls of fluff bsky.app/profile/aduc...
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Rachel Bunder @aduckismyfiend.bsky.social · Aug 20
My new favourite thing is the webcam of a sea eagle nest at Sydney Olympic Park www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html
Sea-EagleCAM Live Video & Chat
Sea-EagleCAM Live Video & Chat
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 7d
@birmo.bsky.social the refund line is just magnificent
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 7d
omg they are incredible!!
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 7d
if anyone needs a distraction, this is very well written and quite infuriating
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Grand Theft Accounting
I am shocked—shocked, I tell you—to discover in this year’s corporate tax report that Optus paid no tax on $8.2 billion of income.
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 7d
I had not!! thank you!!!
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Rachel Bunder @aduckismyfiend.bsky.social · 7d
Have you seen the Sydney Sea Eagles? www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html
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Sea-EagleCAM Live Video & Chat
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 7d
GASP
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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 7d
utterly obsessed with these falcon chicks and their parents

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 8d
A solemn day as we pay our respects to Dr Jane Goodall and her extraordinary legacy. Vale, Jane, we promise to keep fighting for all that you loved and fought for too!

theconversation.com/only-if-we-h... With @drkyliesoanes.bsky.social, Marissa Parrott, @drvanessapirotta.bsky.social & Zara Bending.
‘Only if we help shall all be saved’: Jane Goodall showed we can all be part of the solution
Jane Goodall showed tremendous courage in charting her own course as a pioneering researcher – and working to spread hope wherever she went.
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