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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 4h

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 10h

This likely resonates with many of you, myself included.
'The hormonal upheaval of menopause doesn’t occur in isolation. In midlife, women often juggle caring responsibilities, career pressures and domestic demands ... layered on to biological changes.' theconversation.com/the-mental-t...

The mental toll of menopause – what women really feel

How medical ignorance of menopause is putting women’s lives at risk.

theconversation.com

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 14h

I've been looking for more reporting on this. NVIDIA has an increasing number of deals where it is paying companies to buy its chips. sounds very bubbly.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Keith Alexander @keithalexander.bsky.social · 1d

“We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale. […] We have assessed 25 years of evidence and almost everything up until this point has failed.”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

“People over Papers, a crowdsourcing project that maps sightings of US immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built. It’s just the latest ICE-tracking initiative to be pulled by tech platforms in the past few days.”

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

www.technologyreview.com

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Science Vs @sciencevs.bsky.social · 6d

This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...

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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump administration finally release a summary linking to their alleged evidence that tylenol use in pregnancy is linked to autism and again as is currently happening ACIP data is misquoted, omitted and misused to support a conclusion #HealthPolicy 🧪🧵

How the White House spun ‘weak’ and ‘inconclusive’ studies to tie Tylenol to autism

Experts say White House presented ‘association as causation’ and based conclusions on ‘poor quality studies’

www.theguardian.com

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d

Six more houses in the Outer Banks have collapsed as Hurricanes Humberto and Imelda rumbled in the Atlantic.

All were unoccupied. https://wapo.st/42iGmFE

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 6d

My story in this week's Listener tracks impacts of the Trump administration's cuts on research in Aotearoa, from vaccine studies to climate change. More great stuff in the magazine, also online (albeit paywalled). Free to read on Libby if you have a library card!
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...

Slash & burn: How Trump’s health and science cuts are hitting home in NZ

US govt research cuts cast a global shadow, threatening serious consequences for us all.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 6d

Offshore wind farms kill whales? (They don’t.)
Electric vehicles catch fire more often than petrol cars? (It’s the opposite.)
@christiandownie.bsky.social charts how PR firms disregard the public to spread misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies theconversation.com/pr-firms-are...

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?

This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.

theconversation.com

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 6d

Unchecked airborne infections cost billions in lost health and productivity each year – likely more than the cost of better ventilation to clean up indoor air.

Why investment in clean indoor air is vital preparation for the pandemics and climate emergencies to come

theconversation.com

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 6d

"Anyone proposing a master class on changing the world for the better without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall." by Mireya Mayor
theconversation.com/jane-goodall...

Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human

Without formal scientific training, Goodall upended the study of animal behavior. She also inspired countless people to protect nature.

theconversation.com

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 6d

"We're forgetting that we are part of the natural world." Jane Goodall

www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

The scientist turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 9d

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to the Libyan funding of his 2007 presidential campaign - and sentenced to five years in prison.

theconversation.com/former-frenc...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to five years in prison: Republic’s judiciary frees itself

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be imprisoned. This decision illustrates the growing independence of the judiciary and the application of the principle of equality before the law.

theconversation.com

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 9d

"By not joining [countries that recognise Palestine], there is a real risk New Zealand will be seen as aligning with states – Israel and the US – that bear significant responsibility for prolonging the catastrophic conflict in Gaza." by @robertgpatman.bsky.social
theconversation.com/by-not-recog...

By not recognising a Palestinian state, NZ puts its own hard-won reputation on the line

By not joining its close allies over the question of Palestinian statehood, NZ risks being ‘on the wrong side of history’.

theconversation.com

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 9d

my takeaway from climate week nyc is that "climate storytelling" is a little too much "we must reimagine our deepest souls in relationship to mother nature and the moral abyss of the polycrisis into which we must now stare" and not enough "ok but get a heat pump"

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 11d

New Zealand is punching above its weight in cowardice

Winston Peters promised that New Zealand’s recognition of Palestine was a matter of 'when, not if', which has a real deadbeat-dad-promises-he’ll-have-his-shit-together-next-week air about it....

thespinoff.co.nz

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 11d

Some big implications for journalism, too, where reporters often mistake trending posts as a reasonable reflection of public opinion.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 11d

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Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say

Doesn't that make more sense than lots of people caring about Cracker Barrel?

gizmodo.com

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Bill Manhire @pacificraft.bsky.social · Nov 8

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Gaza

The dead boy tries to open his eyes.
He wants to see the world he is leaving.
But there is nothing to see here,
nothing and nothing, and anyway he is gone.
His parents held him while he died
but they are both dead, too.
Or he held them, no one remembers.

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PIK_climate @pik-potsdam.bsky.social · 13d

Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · 13d

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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Science Media Centre NZ @smcnz.bsky.social · 13d

Will the world overshoot its climate targets? – Expert Q&A

Will the world overshoot its climate targets? - Expert Q&A - Science Media Centre

We're edging closer to exceeding 1.5°C of warming globally, and scientists will soon gather to understand the implications of missing our climate change targets. The first-ever Overshoot Conference in...

www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 15d

A pop up box on Tylenol dot com

tylenol.com
TYLENOL
We stand with science, and we stand with you.
For generations, families have trusted TYLENOL® when it matters most.
Why? Because Tylenol is one of the most studied medications in history.
The facts remain unchanged: over a decade of rigorous research, endorsed by leading medical professionals, confirm there is no credible evidence linking acetaminophen to autism.
Acetaminophen is used worldwide as a first line of defense for pain relief and fever reduction, at the recommendation of independent public health and leading medical professionals and in accordance with the product label.
High fevers and pain are widely recognized as potential risks to a pregnancy if left untreated, especially in the first trimester.
Remember to talk to your doctor.
We prioritize science as the core of how we provide care, and that will never change.

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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 18d

UN treaty to protect marine diversity in the #HighSeas was struck this week after Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the agreement, clinching the threshold of at least 60 ratifications needed to enact it as international law www.france24.com/en/live-news...

UN treaty to protect oceans to take effect after crossing ratification threshold

A UN treaty to protect marine diversity in the high seas was struck Friday after Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the agreement, clinching the threshold of at least 60 ratifications needed to enact…

www.france24.com

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 20d

New research overrides the Government’s insistence that nursing shifts are safely staffed, suggesting thousands more hires are needed. My analysis:
newsroom.co.nz/2025/09/18/s...

Simeon Brown looks the taniwha in the eye without blinking – yet

Analysis: New research overrides the Government's insistence that nursing shifts are safely staffed, suggesting thousands more hires are needed.

newsroom.co.nz

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