Calls for racism against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be treated as a public health crisis www.croakey.org/calls-for-ra...

They are the best of animals. Sing beautifully, know what they want and know who to trust. “But while the Australian magpie is an everyday feature for many of us, there’s nothing boring about them.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓 Most Likely to Save Everything: Internet Archive Because the web isn’t forever, unless someone saves it. See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/c... #Classof96 @Archive.org #InternetArchive

So many deaths mean soooo many loved ones incubating infections due to close contact during the illness and while preparing a body for burial. And then among males who survive, they will will harbour virus in their semen for many months😢

We are implementing a similar policy at @arxiv.bsky.social. If there is incontrovertible evidence of LLM slop in a paper, this means the authors did not take the time to read the LLM output and we can't trust anything else in the paper. Penalty is 1 year ban from arXiv followed by...

Good decision and statement! 👏👏 "(...) preserving the integrity and reliability of the ACL proceedings is our responsibility and these measures are necessary to uphold the standards of our community and to ensure that the work published remains a credible resource for future scientific inquiry."

We knew Vit K was effective in preventing bleeding more than 60 years ago In 1961, the American Academy of Pediatrics began recommending all newborns receive a vitamin K injection as part of routine newborn care In 2026, if we allow kids to bleed and die, this is beyond shameful

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

Are you already registered for our online events next week launching the Practical Guide for Research Funding Organizations, developed in collaboration with Global Research Council and @scienceeurope.org ? Our panels are fantastic if we may say so ourselves! 🤩 Register 👉 sfdora.org/2026/04/15/l...

SCOOP: The F.D.A. blocked the release of studies finding that Covid and shingles vaccines were safe. In the case of Covid, FDA staff had to withdraw studies heading toward publication: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

The IEA’s latest report again shows Australia is significantly underreporting methane emissions from coal and gas - by up to 60%. We cannot meet our climate targets while ignoring methane. We urgently need accountability and action.

AI produces MORE editorial labor, not less. “[To weed out slop] the journal doubled its deputy editors from 6 to 11 & nearly doubled its sr editors from roughly 30 to 60. All of this is volunteer labor, unpaid academics donating time to maintain scientific quality.“ www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...

These poems span over 200 years and a range of emotions, from sorrow, to fear and hope.

“Surprise find: Toothed platypuses swam with dolphins 25 million years ago” www.scimex.org/newsfeed/sur...

Love this. Fabulously weird www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

That booing on ANZAC day was terrible says the RSL - so we are going to give in to it and let local RSLs cut the welcome to country. The worst response to ugly racist meanness. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." ~ Anaïs Nin The Blue Door (1927) 🎨 Raymond Wintz

Any time an Australian creature moves from an EPBC Act listing of ‘endangered species’ to ‘critically endangered species’ the Prime Minister should have to address the Parliament and explain what the Government is doing to prevent extinction. #auspol

💯 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Disgusting behaviour. This is what happens when Pauline Hanson, Angus Taylor, and others, embolden white privilege, racism and fascism.

You've probably seen a quote misattributed on the internet. Wikiquote exists so that doesn't have to keep happening. It's a free, collaboratively edited collection of sourced quotations. Here are four ways to use it. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

Since the escalation of conflict between the United States, Israel, Iran, and related spillover attacks in the Gulf, several governments have intensified efforts to silence dissent and restrict the flow of information. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice. It doesn't have to be this way.

A principled and brave woman Yes ⬇️ “You are defeated the moment you stop fighting.” www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

"Our oceans are under immense pressure from climate change, warming waters, coral bleaching, overfishing and pollution. Adding relentless underwater explosions to that list only compounds the damage" @louisemorris.bsky.social at @thepointau.bsky.social --->>> thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Hungarians showing how to win big in an unfair election: organize AND protest AND vote AND demand profound change.

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Calligraphy by Barbara Galińska #StopWar

Post #Artemis I’m enjoying this Spotify playlist open.spotify.com/playlist/3T3... apparently of songs astronauts get woken up to … and it reminded me of what we used to wake up to on (mostly less adventurous) cross channel ferries. youtu.be/ZYhZVqODYsI Any tunes you remember waking up to?

I've never understood how they could turn a massacre site into a tourist destination. It's where they killed all our leaders. All our men and thier sons.

A small Australian 2026 #flu update. 10APR2026 🦠It is *not* an early start to the 2026 season. That is a really nice change from several past years. Which means, now is a great time to get your flu vaccination.

The best way to help people reduce their fuel use is to give them more options. We look forward to seeing more investment in walking, cycling and public transport in the upcoming Federal and State budgets. #auspol

“If it’s already happening now, then what does a future that is two or three degrees warmer hold?” Australian researchers have found that extreme heat mortality is "seriously underreported” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

No shade to the OP for admitting this, but it shocks me that people my age don’t know this. You fundamentally cannot understand how the world functions, how power works, if you don’t know history.

Just finished Olga Tokarczuk’s fantastic book Drive your plow over the bones of the dead. It’s funny and delightfully vengeful. Hadn’t read her books before but now looking forward to all the rest.

Love this - and so true 🧶 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

So many fantastic things from this mission but this timely quote stood out for me Hansen said "Our purpose on the planet as humans is to find joy, to find the joy in lifting each other up, by creating solutions together instead of destroying," www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Mina Mina - Hairstring, 2006 by Indigenous Australian artist Judy Watson Napangardi #womensart

Happy World Health Day 💚🩺 Today the @who.int unites and mobilises the world under the theme “Together for health. Stand with science.” The science is clear: the climate crisis is a public health crisis. To protect the health of our people and planet, we must quit our fossil fuel dependency.

Lebanon’s medics and hospitals are coming under fire as Israel accelerates its war against Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. Doctors say the attacks on Lebanon's health system remind them of similar tactics used in Gaza.

As we send a Black man and a woman around the moon for the first time, let’s remember the trailblazing Black woman Katherine Johnson, whose brilliant calculations were critical to the initial Apollo 11 mission. Her work spanned 33 years at NASA, including contributions to the Space Shuttle program.

Nearly 280,000 volunteers uphold five pillars: neutrality, verifiability, free content, civility, and boldness. After 25 years, the standard hasn't wavered. Read an article in "Nature" on why Wikipedia matters  ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/d41... (2/2)

Siobhan Leachman is a New Zealand citizen scientist, open knowledge advocate and prolific Wikimedian whose work focuses on natural history. She connects museum collections and biodiversity data with the public and champions open access. 🧵⬇️ (1/2)

Ever find a red link on a Wikipedia page? That means there's a missing article.  Women in Red is a volunteer‑driven initiative that turns red links about notable women into blue by creating and improving tens of thousands of biographies ➡️ w.wiki/347

#Eggs at #Easter relate to ideas of new life in the #Spring. Painted eggshells by artist Ruby Silvious #WomensArt

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

I was so sorry to hear about this. Phil was a kind and wise colleague and truly innovative. His legacy is enormous.

I was lucky enough to hear a discussion on this fabulous initiative today globalspiritcollective.org/about Really inspiring work @indigenousfutures.bsky.social