Marg Hutton
@marghutton1.bsky.social
Life is a series of hellos & goodbyes
🍉 Free Palestine 🍉
🇺🇦 Ukraine solidarity 🇺🇦
COVID conscious 💉x9 😷
Clean air supporter
Ancient lesbian ♀️♀️
Faded 🥀 from days gone by
🖤💔💛 Wurundjeri country. Naarm / Melbourne🖤💔💛
🍉 Free Palestine 🍉
🇺🇦 Ukraine solidarity 🇺🇦
COVID conscious 💉x9 😷
Clean air supporter
Ancient lesbian ♀️♀️
Faded 🥀 from days gone by
🖤💔💛 Wurundjeri country. Naarm / Melbourne🖤💔💛
'David McComb was an extraordinary writer & performer & the Triffids were one of the greatest, most literate & enduring Australian bands.'
Currently streaming on SBS.
www.elsewhere.co.nz/film/10415/l...
Currently streaming on SBS.
www.elsewhere.co.nz/film/10415/l...
LOVE IN BRIGHT LANDSCAPES, a doco by JONATHAN ALLEY
There are a rare few Australian bands which New Zealanders have taken to heart: anything fronted by Paul Kelly or Nick Cave, Midnight Oil, the Go-Betweens, Hunters and Collectors . . .
And the Tri...
www.elsewhere.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
'David McComb was an extraordinary writer & performer & the Triffids were one of the greatest, most literate & enduring Australian bands.'
Currently streaming on SBS.
www.elsewhere.co.nz/film/10415/l...
Currently streaming on SBS.
www.elsewhere.co.nz/film/10415/l...
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🎵 We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
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So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
You will throw-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow... your arms around me 🎵
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🎵 We may never meet again
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
You will throw-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow... your arms around me 🎵
So shed your skin and lets get started
And you will throw your arms around me
You will throw-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow... your arms around me 🎵
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Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
The risk estimate has been inching up again, current around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-758.
That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
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The risk estimate has been inching up again, current around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-758.
That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
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November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
The risk estimate has been inching up again, current around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-758.
That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
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The risk estimate has been inching up again, current around 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-758.
That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.
#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
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My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2".
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2
The constant emergence of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants has driven the COVID-19 pandemic
and sustains the current endemic. Saltation variants, such as BA.2.86,1 encode highly
mutated spike (S) proteins th...
www.thelancet.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2".
The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Pearls and Irritations is reaching more people than ever – with record readership, new voices, and fresh formats like our podcast. But we need your help to keep going. Please donate if you can. #auspol #PearlsandIrritations
Message from the Editor
First of all my thanks to those who've already made a donation to our end of year fundraiser. As many of you know we are absolutely independent and fund operations purely through the generosity of the Pearls and Irritations community.
johnmenadue.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Pearls and Irritations is reaching more people than ever – with record readership, new voices, and fresh formats like our podcast. But we need your help to keep going. Please donate if you can. #auspol #PearlsandIrritations
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Anyone getting their Covid vaccine this season:
Make sure you are getting the updated vaccine!
For 2025-2026 it is LP8.1
This provides you the best protection available against some of the most recent variants
#StillCoviding #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp
Make sure you are getting the updated vaccine!
For 2025-2026 it is LP8.1
This provides you the best protection available against some of the most recent variants
#StillCoviding #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp
October 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Anyone getting their Covid vaccine this season:
Make sure you are getting the updated vaccine!
For 2025-2026 it is LP8.1
This provides you the best protection available against some of the most recent variants
#StillCoviding #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp
Make sure you are getting the updated vaccine!
For 2025-2026 it is LP8.1
This provides you the best protection available against some of the most recent variants
#StillCoviding #CovidIsntOver #MaskUp
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Vaccines targeting LP.8.1 are a better match vs every currently significant variant, here and globally.
October 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Vaccines targeting LP.8.1 are a better match vs every currently significant variant, here and globally.
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller makes cameo appearance as himself in latest episode of Apple TV’s ‘Pluribus’
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From the television community on Reddit: Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller makes cameo appearance as himself in latest episode of Apple TV’s ‘Pluribus’
Explore this post and more from the television community
www.reddit.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller makes cameo appearance as himself in latest episode of Apple TV’s ‘Pluribus’
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www.reddit.com/r/television...
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www.reddit.com/r/television...
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Your Sunday viewing is up, folks! @drdemography.com & @newpolitics.bsky.social's @eddyjokovich.bsky.social make their #SundayShot debuts riffing on @mrseankelly.bsky.social's great Quarterly Essay.
View...& please subscribe! We're super keen to hit 10k subscribers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQhJ...
View...& please subscribe! We're super keen to hit 10k subscribers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQhJ...
Believe It or Not - November 23 - Liz Allen, Eddy Jokovich and Sean Kelly
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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November 22, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Your Sunday viewing is up, folks! @drdemography.com & @newpolitics.bsky.social's @eddyjokovich.bsky.social make their #SundayShot debuts riffing on @mrseankelly.bsky.social's great Quarterly Essay.
View...& please subscribe! We're super keen to hit 10k subscribers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQhJ...
View...& please subscribe! We're super keen to hit 10k subscribers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQhJ...
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So it's nearly the end of the year - where are the promised new COVID vaccines showcased in this article?
www.afr.com/companies/he...
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Moderna says local plant will produce vaccines by end of year
The US pharmaceutical giant has talked up the economic benefits to Australia of its taxpayer-funded Melbourne plant while unveiling plans for new vaccines.
www.afr.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
So it's nearly the end of the year - where are the promised new COVID vaccines showcased in this article?
www.afr.com/companies/he...
www.afr.com/companies/he...
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This week’s #SundayShot has @drdemography.com and @eddyjokovich.bsky.social plus an interview with @seankelly.bsky.social on the Quarterly Essay that’s got everyone talking.
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This week’s #SundayShot has @drdemography.com and @eddyjokovich.bsky.social plus an interview with @seankelly.bsky.social on the Quarterly Essay that’s got everyone talking.
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
What’s not to love?
Join us! And subscribe to us!
youtube.com/@thesundayshot
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I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
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I wonder why people don’t like landlords
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I wonder why people don’t like landlords
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Helen Garner and David Marr!
It was such a pleasure to meet Helen Garner today. I’m a huge fan of her writing, her incisive social commentary and keen observations. Tonight on Late Night Live a full hour of Helen Garner discussing the trial of Erin Patterson, and what it’s like to look a murderer in the eyes.
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Helen Garner and David Marr!
My partner @barbararomeril.bsky.social & I watched Malice over the last couple of nights and are here to tell you it was hauntingly terrible and don't waste your time with it. Plot holes galore and absolute shite ending. Be warned. Even Mulder & Melisandre couldn't save it.
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My partner @barbararomeril.bsky.social & I watched Malice over the last couple of nights and are here to tell you it was hauntingly terrible and don't waste your time with it. Plot holes galore and absolute shite ending. Be warned. Even Mulder & Melisandre couldn't save it.
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For those of us who can never get enough of the fabulous Claire Danes at her crazy-eyed best:
www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/r...
www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/r...
'The Beast in Me' Is Unhinged, Borderline Preposterous, and Fantastic
It straddles the line. But just barely.
www.pajiba.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
For those of us who can never get enough of the fabulous Claire Danes at her crazy-eyed best:
www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/r...
www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/r...
"Perhaps Plur1bus offers a portrait of an individual seeking to escape a conformist mass. What is it like to believe something that sets you apart from the rest of the world?"
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Vince Gilligan’s sci-fi series Plur1bus taps into our greatest fears about AI
Vince Gilligan, who also made Breaking Bad, says he didn’t intend to make Plur1bus ahout AI – yet the links are undeniable.
theconversation.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"Perhaps Plur1bus offers a portrait of an individual seeking to escape a conformist mass. What is it like to believe something that sets you apart from the rest of the world?"
theconversation.com/vince-gillig...
theconversation.com/vince-gillig...