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Putting the me in social media since 19xx.

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Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 3h

They're very pretty

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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 7h

Something super hopeful:
A way to treat Alzheimers that is totally new and was just shown to work amazingly in mice.

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport | share.google/U23UhLehCUUC...

Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport - Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Rapid amyloid-β clearance and cognitive recovery through multivalent modulation of blood–brain barrier transport

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Rachel Withers @rachelwithers.bsky.social · 1d

The fact Wong thinks she can just snark her way out of this is a sign of how normalised the relationships between politicians and lobbyists have become.

Like, of course the PM shouldn't be president of a registered lobby group that sells corporate members access to politicians? No shit??

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 1d

Independent Senator David Pocock and Labor's Penny Wong clashed in Senate estimates yesterday over whether the Parliamentary Sports Club could be considered a lobby group, as reported in Crikey last week. The club is registered as such, and lists Responsible Wagering Australia as one of its clients.

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Jennifer Kretchmer @dreamwisp.bsky.social · 1d

Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.

A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”

A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 1d

They're just pissed off that MySpace was a failure and got beaten by fb.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’

Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Social media is to blame for social cohesion issues across the globe, News Corp Australia’s executive chair, Michael Miller, has said, as he calls for media to present a united front against the platforms and AI companies seeking content for free. Miller told the Melbourne Press Club on Wednesday social media was rife with “misinformation, disinformation [and] the rabbit holes [that] they drag you down. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 2d

Australian citizens have the right to return to Australia. Calling them 'Isis brides' does not change the law. They are Australian.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 2d

This could describe basically any shopping precinct gentrification project over the last 20 years.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 2d

The pictures in that article definitely look like an infection to me. There's such a focus on identifying sepsis in hospitals these days, that it seems pretty incredible that they didn't just treat it as an infection.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 2d

Those AI data centres aren't going to pay for themselves Adam.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 2d

It's quite staggering the amount that we still don't know and understand about the body.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine a tailored cure for food allergies, asthma, type 1 diabetes, the list is endless.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 2d

At some point, maybe even in my lifetime, people are going to figure out how to alter a whole heap of immune responses to allergens. And I'm 100% here for it.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Trio of scientists win Nobel Prize in Medicine for work on immune system

The Nobel Prize for Medicine has been given to three scientists for discovering how our immune systems protect us from microbes.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 3d

And the inventor of leaded petrol also invented freon.
edition.cnn.com/2024/05/24/w...

Once celebrated, an inventor’s breakthroughs are now viewed as disasters — and the world is still recovering | CNN

Though the dangers of leaded gasoline and CFCs are now well-known, their inventor, Thomas Midgley Jr. — the subject of a film under development — was once lauded as a hero. But even he couldn’t escape...

edition.cnn.com

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · 4d

TERRORISM EXPERT HERE:

This statement is a clear example of what is known as “State Terrorism”: When the dictatorship will order all instruments of its state security & intelligence apparatus against its own citizens to terrorize the population.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 5d

state-mandated miso consumption is now the American way

somewhere Emperor Hirohito smiles a tight-lipped smile

Scayor Howard Vander @mayor.bsky.social · 5d

this is really just gonna end with a national mandate requiring us to eat soybeans three meals a day

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 6d

Every second council? That's mighty generous of you.

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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 6d

You all laugh at how Putin, like an idiot, slipped up at his press conference and called himself the “CIA director,” but meanwhile the other three Putin clones are beating the shit out of that king of comedy right now in some Kremlin backroom for such Freudian slips.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 7d

“Expanding the average car length from 5 meters (16.4 ft) to 5.5 meters (18 ft) decreases street parking spots by 9.3%, while an additional expansion to 6m (19.7 ft) causes a further loss of 7%…the growing share of larger vehicles has caused many on-street parking spots to effectively disappear.”

Meet the Montreal Mayor Who Declared War on SUVs

Oversized vehicles are devouring street parking spaces in the Canadian city. So one borough’s mayor is fighting back with bigger fees for hefty trucks and SUVs.

www.bloomberg.com

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goldingcartoons.bsky.social @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 7d

“I'd like to be remembered as someone who really helped people to have a little humility and realize that we are part of the animal kingdom, not separated from it.”
Jane Goodall

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 7d

I'm doing a subject at the moment where the coordinator has allowed broad use of AI, and while it's refreshing to have someone acknowledge that most students are ignoring rules against its use, it feels like the subject has been hollowed out to a large degree.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, that's what it comes down to.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 7d

At some point, universities are going to have to change their assessment practices to account for AI. They're still mostly in denial at the moment.

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 8d

What happens to your brain when you use ChatGPT to write your essay? MIT watched students’ brain activity to find out. The results are worrying.

Research shows that ChatGPT is changing your brain

People worry that students are increasingly using generative AI in their work. It saves time, but what is it doing to their brains?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 7d

"Out there in nature by myself, when you're alone, you can become part of nature and your humanity doesn't get in the way.”

Rest in nature Jane Goodall.

Wiley @wileyfuller.bsky.social · 8d

Prinicipal skinner "its the children who are wrong" meme with luxon instead

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 9d

very cool game! looks fantastic, and the "tiny world" effect is also great

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 9d

You could play Messenger right now, nothing is stopping you:

aftermath.site/messenger-brow...