Dr Assal Rad— "Headlines you don’t see in Western media."

Calling environmental regulations 'red tape' kind of ignores why those regulations exist in the first place. And it doesn't matter how strong our environment laws are if our governments aren't willing to actually enforce them. 🔊 Deputy Director Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social #auspol

NT Attorney-General under pressure after fatal hit-and-run case sparks outrage www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

I've used the @australiainstitute.org.au's report on Fossil Fuelled Universities to update the Chumps list. Fossil fuel companies influence unis through research grants, scholarships, sponsorship. The info is spread out so the report was very useful. www.chumpslist.org/chumps?searc...

Here is an excellent resource on vaccines and autism, addressing also other causes and Tylenol, with references. www.chop.edu/vaccine-educ...

Nationals MP Kevin Hogan insists we can trust staunch anti Net Zero advocate & climate denier Matt Canavan to lead an evidence-based & independent review into whether Australia should stay committed to Net Zero by 2050. How stupid does he think we all are?🙄🤦‍♂️ #Abc

APAN’s Ramia Abdo Sultan says recognition of a Palestinian state is “absolutely” welcome but it’s “come a little too late” & “real justice” will only come when there are “consequences for the frequent committed crimes that Israel seeks to commit with full impunity” #Abc

Measles alert for Mackay Qld

We cannot let ‘achievability’ become the new smokescreen delaying crucial climate action.

Great piece from @rossgittins.bsky.social in the SMH today. It references a new report from @richarddenniss.bsky.social on how Australian governments game their climate targets to conceal their lack of climate action. Read: australiainstitute.org.au/report/targe...

I am not sure how anyone is going to afford to be showered daily at home or in aged care at these prices What a disgrace

"Inevitably our government will target the next vaccine for the next disease in the next demographic. Zooming out over the last months, the assaults upon vaccination have been sequential and relentless." Thanks davidnhackney.bsky.social - #MedSky. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

The National Climate Risk Assessment includes terrifying predictions for Australia's economy. So why is the government still approving fossil fuel projects? @grogsgamut.bsky.social discusses the impact of climate change on the economy on this Dollars & Sense. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4pJZ4A2

The march. My @smh @theage cartoon.

Quick update of Australian #flu numbers -18SEP FluA subtype A(H1N1), derived from our *last* pandemic #influenza virus, dominates. 2025=thick red dashed line/red monthly dots. The last pink dot just marks September as an incomplete month. 2,670 added daily over 2 days (5,339).

cato institute analysis of murders by political ideology since 1975, excluding 9/11

Lucky Senator Murray Watt didn’t just approve a MASSIvE CLIMATE BOMB! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

The reality that Australians are already reaping the consequences of climate change maybe sinking in. But going by actions not the pretty words, I haven’t seen any discernible signs of change in policy from Labor. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

September 13, 2025

Update on this thread: Thanks to the feedback on this thread, I realized the methodological problems with the Voortman and De Vos (2025) paper (which the New York Post heralded as "Rising-sea hysteria debunked") went deeper than I originally realized, and clearly necessitate retraction. 1/

wow already received like 40~ suggestions. keep em coming!

A new review of studies. Nothing new to prove this route is a significant one, it one at all. But Mike nicely describes early on in his piece below why it's a very hard thing to prove.

I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...

If you're a reporter, please stop referring to RFK Jr and his cronies as "vaccine skeptics." They're not skeptical. Skepticism would be fine. Skeptics look at evidence and can be persuaded. These people are extremist anti-vaccine cranks, and that's how news organizations should describe them.

Truth and facts *do* exist, even though there are those who work very hard to make us believe otherwise. They do that because facts undermine their agendas, lies and goals to gain more power.

The history of the #Covid19 #pandemic is being furiously rewritten, especially (though not solely) re: the safety and efficacy of the vaccines. But there is an evidentiary record and this is a hugely helpful compilation of it. Read and bookmark.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is definitely coming for your vaccines sciencebasedmedicine.org/robert-f-ken... via @sciencebasedmedicine.org.web.brid.gy @gorskon.bsky.social

Join the more than 430,000 people who have signed up for Democracy Docket. Even better, join the 50,000 who help support the 20 person team by becoming a premium member! Free or premium, if you are not paying attention to the courts you are not paying attention to democracy. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0

It didn't take long in Brisbane for it to descend into "send them home", "this is Australia, fuck off" & "if you hate us fuck off, you traitors". The Courier Mail is not exonerated by its reporting. Management have actively encouraged division for years here in Qld. #qldpol

#Flu in Queensland over time, for those wanting to know how the number of infected people - using lab-confirmed methods - compares to other years. QLD will peak in August, back to normal pre-pandemic State & national peak time (case numbers ⬆️⬆️ in July - see virologydownunder.com/flu-down-und...)

Last update of Australian numbers for winter 2025 -31AUG FluA subtype A(H1N1), derived from our *last* pandemic #influenza virus still dominates. 2025=thick red dashed line/red monthly dots. The last pink dot just marks August as an incomplete month. 1,326 added over 1 day.

Queensland flu season marked by high rates of hospitalisations. "82 per cent of Queenslanders admitted to hospital with the flu to date this year were not vaccinated" -Yes. That's why it's a great idea to get vaccinated in April Get a dedicated science reporter, ABC www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

💉 Shingles vaccine and heart health A global review found the shingles jab was linked to an 18% lower risk of heart attack or stroke, with protective effects seen even in younger adults. 🔗 www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #SciComm #HeartHealth #Vaccines 🧪

Bob Katter has retreated from Brisbane to Townsville where he minced quotes from Thomas Jefferson & William Wallace under the Eureka flag. KAP Hinchinbrook MP Nick Dametto to his right. Whatever happens next, the party has now publicly aligned itself with Nazis. #qldpol

It's 5 years since the best thing I've ever written and will ever write aired on Mad As Hell

HAPPY NEWS, Australia! Based on the turnout of the “March for Right-Wing Racist Dickheads & Plague Rats” today (less than 20k nationwide with Perth still to report in), more than TEN (10) TIMES as many Australians are willing to mobilise for peace in the Middle East than make #auspol more racist. ✅

Editorial: Linda Reynolds had to be forced by a legal deed to apologise to Higgins for calling her a “lying cow”. She found entering this deed “a painful process because I was still very angry with her for the lies”. satpa.pe/sWyFaXq

The lobbyists who control Canberra www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

Here's the latest variant picture for the United States, to early August. The XFG.* "Stratus" variant continued it’s dominance, growing strongly to 73% frequency. NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" fell slightly, finishing at 13%. #COVID19 #USA #XFG #Stratus #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus 🧵

Mark Dreyfus has called out Tim Wilson’s nasty & intimidatory electoral campaign in #Goldstein which included incidents of abuse, harassment, even death threats. Dreyfus credits Zoe Daniel & says, unlike Wilson, her campaign was one of integrity. Shame on you Wilson. #auspol

August 27, 2025

Almost fisticuffs outside Qld Parliament. Ch9 journalist Josh Bavas asked Bob Katter about his Lebanese heritage in contrast to him planning to attend the anti-immigration march. An angry raised fist to face but Josh stood his ground. #auspol www.9news.com.au/national/bob...

August 26, 2025

Richard Boyle did right by Australians in return the government shot the messenger. Whistleblower Richard Boyle has been spared jail after exposing unethical debt-collection practices at the ATO 'Tough gig': tax office whistleblower spared jail via AAP News aapnews.aap.com.au/a/QYmoRFqPl

Editorial: The destruction at Juukan Gorge was entirely deliberate, the combination of dynamite and greed. This week, Rio Tinto CEO Jakob Stausholm was in the Oval Office to lobby for mining rights to the sacred land of the San Carlos Apache tribe. satpa.pe/JSuIBTg

When is the GOP going to admit the fact Trump is out of control, has lost all sense of decency for the office, with dementia in full swing, and is unable to function as POTUS? It is mindboggling what they have allowed. Hey, GOP, like Dorothy YOU HAVE HAD THE POWER ALL ALONG. USE IT!

Jordon Steele-John has slammed the government’s Defence Housing bill which slugs taxpayers to build houses for US troops in Australia. “You should take a long, hard look in the mirror, the lot of you. and study the reflection that you find there.”🔥 #Senate

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Some notes, from an airport, on this dumb performative decision, which is calculated to appeal to vapid totalitarian twats. /1 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...