The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.

Australia takes off the gloves on illegal tobacco, while 'lower the tax' fantasists plumb newly absurd depths. simonchapman6.com/2025/12/09/a...

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

Here's the reality this example illustrates: It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).

Let me tell you a story. Perhaps you can guess where this is going... though it does have a bit of a twist. I was poking around Google Scholar for publications about the relationship between chatbots and wellness. Oh how useful: a systematic literature review! Let's dig into the findings. 🧵

I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced

Former CEO speaks out: keep VicHealth strong and independent – Croakey Health Media www.croakey.org/former-ceo-s... By Dr Sandro Demaio

Absolutely cracking blog post from @simonxix.com calling for collective investment in staff and community-owned, open-source infrastructures in place of costly proprietary systems, based on the BL incident. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

The decision by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to downgrade its recommendations to protect infants from hepatitis B is a dangerous move that will harm children. Click here to read AAP's full statement: bit.ly/3Y9ZQJT

Ha - my most used emojis on @bsky.app in 2025 Looks spot on to me. 😳 anisota.net/harvest/

In the context of #CeRRA2025 and @coarassessment.bsky.social 3rd anniversay, we are delighted to publish a joint statement on how we partner for #ResearchAssessment change! Our growing community shows the vibrancy and momentum for reform. Read more 👉 sfdora.org/2025/12/04/d...

Blast from DORA’s past! Reminder from @jameswilsdon.bsky.social that he and @ismaelrafols.bsky.social were the first to bring @dorassessment.bsky.social to a global audience in @theguardian.com a few hours after the Declaration went public back in 2013 #CeRRA2025 www.theguardian.com/science/poli...

"I started laughing immediately!", "It's so practical!", "There's both metric and imperial systems". We are so happy people got the joke and had fun unboxing their bag goodie! 🤩 Join us in increasing awareness of negative impacts of inappropriate metrics and spread alternative practices! #CeRRA2025

Great to hear from Ana Persic on open science at #CeRRA2025 To transition to open science we need to change the culture of science. Hence we must reform #researchassessment - and this is a critical part of the #OpenScience Recommendation

I *love* the marketing from DORA in the delegate bag for the EU Presidency High-Level Conference on Reforming Research Assessment in Copenhagen. #CeRRA2025

Defenseless under the night Our world in stupor lies; Yet, dotted everywhere, Ironic points of light Flash out wherever the Just Exchange their messages: May I, composed like them Of Eros and of dust, Beleaguered by the same Negation and despair, Show an affirming flame. ~ W.H. Auden

Why climate models miss what matters most: our wellbeing.

The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au

Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.

Here is a rare example of women being the focus of science and medicine and men missing out: males can get HPV. They can pass it on to females who can get cervical cancer. Or the males can develop reproductive cancers too. But whilst there is a test now for HPV itself (papsmear doesnt look for HPV)

“There were no cervical cancer cases diagnosed in women aged <25 years in 2021 – the first time that this has occurred in data going back to 1982. This remarkable achievement is almost certainly due to the impact of HPV vaccination.” From report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au #vaccinationsaveslives

Such powerful pictures: The 2025 BirdLife Australia photography awards – in pictures www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Welcome to summer, Queensland 😳

Reading this as a historian of a period when women regularly wrote farewell letters to their families before giving birth because they knew how dangerous it was, and knowing how grateful they would have been for reliable medical care and medicine, makes me want to scream in frustration

Oh dear, England. I usually feel fully Australian but I’m really conflicted for the #Ashes. It’s going to be an, er, interesting summer 😳

listening to the NHMRC "Sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation in health and medical research" event. reassuring that NHMRC CEO Steve Wesselingh is foregrounding equity as central to health research.

Our current systems for research assessment are narrow and flawed - @ginnybarbour.bsky.social @aimosinc.bsky.social #AIMOS2025

Really enjoyed doing this - such an engaged group. Thank you @drjbeaudry.bsky.social for (almost) keeping us to the rules!

Good morning from Sydney, where we are getting ready for the #AIMOS2025 conference. Jen Beaudry @drjbeaudry.bsky.social (@aimosinc.bsky.social President and Chair) and Joanna Diong (Co-Chair) are welcoming us into the room. aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...

Thank you for your posts - great record of these meetings!

After attending the International Research Integrity Conference the past three days, I will be at the AIMOS2025 conference the rest of the week, also in Sydney. Get ready for more live posting! #AIMOS2025 aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...

👋 So hello world, we did a thing. 🎁 Might be useful for some people ? #misinformation #disinformation #fakenews

The CURE Asthma initiative is an unprecedented opportunity for accelerating the translation of research findings and bringing curative therapies within reach. Available now as a supplement in the MJA buff.ly/BK7aPac

At the past two AIMOS conferences, we have had a free public lecture for the local community. #AIMOS2025 follows suit! Join us for Ivan Oransky's public lecture: events.humanitix.com/public-talk-... but do so soon, seats are limited!

"Something is deeply wrong with this system, when people who are wealthy are getting far wealthier...and people who don't have a lot are falling further and further behind." - Dr Cassandra Goldie AO, CEO, Australian Council of Social Service at our Revenue Summit 2025 #auspol

SA's anti-abortion bill, blocking critical access to healthcare, was an attempt by conservatives to use women's rights as a political football. To those who made their voices heard & voted this bill down, thankyou. We deserve evidence-based & compassionate healthcare.

The BBC’s editing error was serious, but the response is way out of proportion | Margaret Sullivan

You’d never guess from the hysterical coverage that the BBC remains the UK’s most trusted news outlet. It has made mistakes, but we’d be worse off without it, writes @arusbridger.bsky.social.

I may finally have found a legitimate use for AI: Strava’s analysis of runs. Today’s gem for me “Uneven but interesting effort”. I’ll take it

Black women in America are more than twice as likely as white women to have a stillbirth. Getting physicians to take their concerns seriously is one reason for this disparity, they say: “If you’re a Black woman, you get dismissed.” (Published Dec. 2022)

From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak with Nature about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge, and training opportunities that the country is losing. 🧪

Biodiversity Council's 2024-25 Biodiversity Concerns Survey of >3,500 Australians found that a majority 😟 are very/extremely concerned about biodiversity issues ☹️ think gov performance at Federal & State/Territory level is terrible/poor/average 💪 want action (96%) 💪 support pro-biodiversity policies

An impressive list, girls, but I know we can do better

Love this! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

"Seditious Pockets" would be an excellent name for an alt-rock band.

“He promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible. ...Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.” #ZohranMamdani www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...