Let’s hope this is a watershed moment for public health. Feels like it. Congratulations especially @drbronking.bsky.social - but also to Anna-Maria Arabia and all involved. Pls circulate the pledge and get on board. Here is an OpEd we put out yesterday www.burnet.edu.au/news/indoor-...

Not too many politicians are as well placed to speak on this as Dr Mike Freelander MP. Who also happens to be a national treasure. apple.news/ATaX840nrSNK...

Yes, you’re right. He’s nuts.

the contest of no ideas i guess.

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Exactly this

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

Citing openness and validity issues, Sorbonne University in France decides to no longer supply data to the THE-ranking and thus get delisted. This is 4th major European university to take this step, after Utrecht, Zürich and Lorraine. #universityrankings www.sorbonne-universite.fr/en/news/sorb...

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

I’m sorry, they dragged Kimmel for that? F me.

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

How was you recent delivery from Australia Post? Honestly I’m sorely tempted to say it was utterly horrendous and you people should be ashamed of yourselves 🙄

Really, the Horst Wessel phase is in full swing. Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue was spot on. MAGA are trying to bully people into silence. If this works, goodbye to democracy in the USA. bbc.com/news/article...

Pencil towers are unsustainable because their floorplate is so inefficient. About 60% will be lifts, stairs, ducts, circulation and structure. The embodied energy per sq m of usable space is huge. A stupid idea that highlights the idiocy of tall buildings. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

**Ridiculous headline. The pandemic never ended — we’re still very much in an ongoing pandemic** Ireland: "With covid cases rising, is pandemic on the way back?" "The continued high numbers could be linked to people returning to school and workplaces after the long summer break." archive.md/OSTAR

trump approval hits a new low in today's yougov/economist poll. now worse than he was in yougov's data at this point in 2017 www.economist.com/interactive/...

FFS. Trump is so successful he’s sent multiple casinos bankrupt. The US economy is his next target. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/b...

A 41-year-old immunocompromised man endured acute COVID-19 for 750+ days, with 5 hospitalisations and ongoing respiratory symptoms. Unlike long COVID, the infection never cleared. His extremely low T-cell count 35/µL, far below the healthy 500–1,500 range, allowed the virus to persist.

Moderna say that their new LP.8.1 updated COVID vaccine is being manufactured in their Melbourne plant, and hope to have it available by the end of the year. In the meanwhile, we wait with bated breath while COVID vaccine safety is discussed at the US ACIP meeting next Thursday.

This genius was just promoted to the “leadership team” of the federal Liberal Party. It’s all going very well there. #AusPol #TalentFreeZone

‘Since 1996, Australia has seen just five mass shootings (murders of four or more people by gun), compared to the US with more than 600 mass shootings for each of the past four years — almost two a day on average.’ #ABetterAus

Does no one out there know who Horst Wessel was? Just wondering. As an aside, the USCG “Eagle” was previously named the “Horst Wessel”. Maybe Trump can change it back.

"If we're not careful and if there isn't a paradigm shift … we could see it [robodebt] happening again." #RoboDebt #auspol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

The world sees no rule of law in that country. Shambles.

I think Elmo is going to sell even less Teslas in Europe after this effort. Plus he’s laughably incompetent at politics, and an unapologetic racist. The whole “rivers of blood” thing is not going to work any better now than when Enoch Powell tried it in 1968. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

As always #timcostello in @thesaturdaypaper.com.au so right on gambling capturing our Govts - the obscenity of it all, sacrificing the poorer & more vulnerable in our society to corporate greed. Minns & Albanese so complicit, so craven.

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Azelastine inhaled antihistamine 0.1% nasal spay available over the counter in Australia has been found in this (small) German RCT to reduce the incidence of COVID in vaccinated people from 6.7% to 2.2% by Day56.

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

I think we’re in the Horst Wessel phase now.

In what other OECD country would someone on a major TV network suggest killing homeless people by involuntary lethal injection? Really disturbing.

The US is a strange and violent country. Political assassination and homicide are part of their culture. It’s a tragedy, but one they have made for themselves. I just don’t want any part of that culture in Australia.

Society is treating COVID as a “load-bearing delusion,” implying the public is relying on denial to keep things feeling normal instead of facing the ongoing reality. #COVIDisNotOVER Source: x.com/YaniPNG/stat...

When things aren’t normal, the unthinkable becomes an option. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

I thought it sounded familiar. Perhaps the biggest lesson of the pandemic (apart from the need to mitigate airborne transmission of respiratory infections) is that there’s almost no amount that you can spend on prevention (for everyone everywhere) that is too much. www.smh.com.au/national/spe...

Things that fray dont shatter, they snap. How Harthcher wrote this a-historical nonsense without addressing Gaza or the impact of One Nation and the increasing radicalisation of the LNP by right-wing christians is a mystery, other than it’s typical Hartcher drivel. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Australia should have nothing to do with a US that is determined to rely on force. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I dont trust Chris Minns' leadership at all. He has been a failure from day one. Evidently, whoever pays him more is his new boss. Any stupid and harmful bill could pass easily due to his manipulation.

Hunting is not a “cultural cornerstone” in Australia. Fishing; sure, but shooting feral animals, ducks and road signs for sport is what might be politely described as a minority interest. www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

Regulatory capture at it worst. NSW taxpayers are paying for public servants to work for the mining industry, instead of protecting children. Staggering. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

RFK Jr is not just wrong, he’s clearly insane.

In response to the dismantling of the CDC, California, Oregon, and Washington have launched the West Coast Health Alliance, which will make their own science-based vaccine guidelines, and make sure vaccines are accessible to everyone.

Speed limits are next to go. And who dares mandate which side of the road to drive on? The Bible gives us no guidance. Or, more succinctly; FFS. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

US Weekly COVID update: Sep 1, 2025 🔸1 in 56 Actively Infectious 🔸876,000 New Daily Infections 🔸6,040,000 Infections In The Past Week 🔸153,000,000 Infections in 2025 🔸302,000 to 1,210,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸1,700 to 2,900 Weekly Deaths Source: pmc19.com/data/

Yet more disappointing, as hoc & unaccountable decisions by NSW Premier Minns. Is he on the side of the people, or prone to do a 180 when someone - who? - whispers something in his ear? www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...

We’re thrilled that Geoff will be joining us to discuss his work and how it relates to educational settings. Join the conversation! Register now: bit.ly/sap-school #SaferAirProject #IAQ #SaferEducation @geoff-hanmer.bsky.social

Thanks @ryanhisner.bsky.social for the super considered thread on the Kwissa et al preprint - making a case for a viral reservoir in the lung as a potential driver of long COVID. Some earlier thoughts from us on viral persistence in the piece below. theconversation.com/long-covid-a...

New Zealand COVID weekly update: 25 August to 31 August 2025 🔹New cases: 469 (-11.6%) 🔹Reinfections: 271 (57.7%) 🔹Deaths: 4 (-75.0%) 🔹Total deaths: 4,780 (+4) 🔹Hospital: 50 (-19.3%) 🔹ICU: n/a 🔸57.7% were reinfections #COVID19NZ Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...

I can’t possibly comment.