finally saw the Project Hail Mary movie and I'm profoundly annoyed that old mate wrote a second self-insert fanfic about "what if I was stuck alone in space" and it turned out SO GOOD UGH

Part of #ChronicIllness for me is the constant tweaking of supplement regimens I distrust the supplement industry, but I've had doctors, pharmacists and patient forums recommend stuff to me And sometimes I feel bad enough to give anything a go Maybe the placebo will placebo hard enough this time

Though I've avoided the dentist for a few years, I still had nothing wrong with any of my teeth Bless the fluoridated drinking water I've drunk my whole life, both in Finland and Australia

nothing like going to look at a rental and overhearing that your competition owns their own home and works three days a week because they own their own practice, but wants to live closer to the city

I don't understand (well, I do, but... yeah) why folks are talking this research down. I think it's very positive. All parties (particularly competitors 👀) should be cheering everyone else on and moving forward with *treatments*. #MECFS www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long. There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks” Stay tuned for more. #NobelPrize

Happy #chemnobel day to all who celebrate. Let's see if any of our predictions and prognostications come true, or if we're all scrabbling when the #NobelPrize announcement comes in 15 minutes. www.youtube.com/live/0d02ONE...

HOLY SHIT RICHARD ROBSON GOT HIS #CHEMNOBEL

I've had an "evolving mole" cut out from the back of my ankle (#JustAustralianThings) and need to avoid flexing my foot I was limping uncomfortably on my toes on the one foot until I realised nobody could stop me from walking around like this

proof that i have the patience to stab something more than 73,920 times over the course of three years and counting, with 21 pattern pages still remaining #CrossStitch

A Song of Ice and Fire would be so good if it weren't so 🗣️📢 "isn't fantasy medieval Europe ✨✨HORRIBLE✨✨"

"The NDIS was never envisaged that 40 per cent of the population would be on it. It's about giving people support who need it." Should've thought about that before setting the Australian COVID-19 policy to "let her rip", huh? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

Living with a dynamic disability is so weird Some mornings you wake up with new symptoms and must try to divine which of your activities or behaviours in the past 24-48 hours - that have never caused these symptoms before - might have caused them It's like my body is ruled by a capricious god

Me: What do you mean I'm a big dork? My partner [adoringly]: You got a bunch of Lord of the Rings Magic cards and you organised them IN STORY ORDER

I will never not be outraged that phenylephrine is marketed as a replacement for pseudoephedrine 😤😤

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today a friend asked me "have you, or anyone in your house, acquired any 🏴mysterious ancient artifacts or jewellery🏴 recently?" anyway that's how my year is going, how are you

I got a phone call from the office of the Labor candidate for my House of Representatives seat this week Still regret not asking them about the flyer they sent me lying about how preferential voting works #auspol

This article criticises the media's focus on the rising cost of the NDIS over how important it is to participants and then it turns around to say "BUT ALSO! THE NDIS IS GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY!!!"

I don't want to pay less tax. I want to pay less rent to my extortionate landlord. Put that in your budget and I'll vote for you #auspol

“The truth is paywalled, but the lies are free.”

If Australia adequately funded research, this wouldn't be such a crisis theconversation.com/trump-is-sur...

A wild vaccine chase If people still have questions about measles vaccine safety, more studies of safety aren’t the answer - by @adamjkucharski.bsky.social kucharski.substack.com/p/a-wild-vac...

It’s very difficult to help people understand that if one of these rounds with Covid, you don’t make a full recovery—medicine will have *very* little to offer you.

Eating well takes money but also energy and time. We talk about the price of fruits and vegetables but I wonder if anyone has studied how something like a 4-day work week affects diets?

Dear @dndbeyond.bsky.social, please stop scheduling regular maintenance around 7:30 pm AEDT on Monday This is the second time this year my regular game is without our character sheets! Kind regards, Annoyed in Melbourne

Talking to Google Support, I'm pretty convinced I must be dealing with an AI. Had trouble renewing a subscription via Google Play. Their responses were barely related to the problem I was having, except for a key word here and there Super frustrating. If this is the future, get me out of here

Can't wait for this massive urban garden coming to Melbourne in 2028 - but why on earth is it being designed by UK horticulturalists?!

Want a resilient workforce? Employ disabled people.

Clean indoor air through improved filtration and ventilation is the only viable way forward. Flu, covid, RSV, pollen, wildfire smoke – we must take a systemic approach to these health threats

Like many of us with disabilities, he was left behind. Forced to “just stay home” indefinitely because society won’t take any precautions to stop the spread. We may be the canaries, but climate change and pandemics will come for everyone. Its time to talk about how to save the canaries:

I love that @crikey.com.au is talking about long COVID but I don't love that we're only talking about a cure. This insinuation that only a cure can help us contributes to the suffering people with #LongCovid and #MECFS experience. www.crikey.com.au/2024/12/02/l...

HOW COOL IS THIS? A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is EXACTLY what researchers at EMPA have achieved with their 3D-printed microbial fuel cell powered by FUNGI, designed to generate electricity AND biodegrade once its task is done. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

Microsoft will start charging me $60 more per year for Office because of Copilot. I do not use or want Copilot. But there isn't a subscription option that has all apps without Copilot. Anyone have any AI-free Office alternatives that would be friendly to a lifetime backlog of Office files?

It's peak drowning season in Australia. Most people drown on unpatrolled beaches. We must empower people with the information to keep themselves safe. Information deficit-based programs don't work. Here's what does, according to drowning prevention experts: research.unimelb.edu.au/partnerships...

My marketing colleague once said to me that all my friends must have come to me to explain stuff during the early pandemic I said no, all my friends are science nerds too It was just such a good example of the problems with #SciComm, I think about it all the time

New paper out in @ScienceMagazine! In 8 studies (multiple platforms, methods, time periods) we find: misinformation evokes more outrage than trustworthy news, when it does it's shared more + ppl are less likely to read before sharing. w/ @killianmcl1 @Klonick @mollycrockett 🧵👇

45% of Australians now grow their own food – which is great for the planet & people! #auspol We conducted research with Grow it Local on why Australians 'dig' growing their own food. Let's explore 🧵

Infections are a rare but serious complication of medical implants. And antibiotics are becoming less effective. Dr Xin Li developed antimicrobial selenium nanoparticle coatings for orthopaedic implants during her PhD. Read more: research.unimelb.edu.au/study/experi...

me: i've been on this app for three minutes and i'm already distracted by thinking about my notifications @benmckenzie.com.au: maybe you should ask the australian government to ban you from social media

what are we calling bsky posts anyway? "posts" is so clinical i nominate "wisps"

What if the cops could read your mind and we had artificial intelligence for prosecutors? I'm reading all Hugo Best Novels. Alfred Bester's The Demolished Man confirmed all my fears about reading #SciFi from the 50s - but I also had a surprisingly good time. Read more below

Hi, I'm Anna! I'm a #pwME working in #SciComm mostly from my home office, where I (unsuccessfully) try to keep my cat from joining every Zoom meeting. My special skills are composing short-form social media posts, getting excited about your research and adding too many books to my to-read list.

having lived for two years in a post-tw****r world, i am so ready to return to inappropriately interjecting with "that would be a great post!" in all conversations