The German government has committed half a billion euros for research on long COVID and other post-infection syndromes go.nature.com/48qFiTA

Excited to read The Stronger Sex by Starre Vartan! It's all about how women are physically stronger than men in so many ways that aren't often measured.

Renewables produced more electricity than coal for the first time this year. ☀️✨👏👏😎🤞🌞 The cost of solar energy has dropped 90% in 15 years and we would only need 0.3% of the planet's land to supply the world's energy needs using solar. #reasonsforhope www.newscientist.com/article/2500...

Microsoft, I would PAY to REMOVE copilot! I just want to word process without the AI vomiting all over the page. But, sure, the old price is fine...

🌠 The partnerships team at Pint of Science AU (which I'm now managing!) has just published its Impact Report & Partnership Guide 2026. 🥳 🎉 Get in touch if you're looking for ways to share your science with the public! [email protected] pintofscience.com.au/festival/par...

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What people with #longcovid and #mecfs want (based on today's Emerge Australia's meeting with federal parliament): 1. Telehealth and NDIS without an in-person requirement 2. More funding for doctor education and research 3. Less stigma, more science!!

I think this rampant use of AI just points out how much of the work we do is an unimportant waste of time as it can be replaced by passable garbage and no one notices. 🤷

I'm so glad this piece on #longcovid is being recognised. This is not just our story, it's the story of millions of people around the world. The depths of hell we've been to over the past three years can only really be described by reference to Greek mythology. thesicktimes.org/2024/06/25/m...

As bombs rained down on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, Dr Lisa Searle was working and living underground in the city’s metro station, which had become a network of refugee camps and bomb shelters for around 10,000 people. My latest for Medscape... www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

My week so far... 🐢🐕 #dogsitting #freelancelife #melbourne

V happy to say I'm now assistant climate, environment and science editor @australia.theguardian.com, back working with the best team ie @adammorton.bsky.social @readfearn.bsky.social @lisacox.bsky.social @petrastock.bsky.social! Pls get in touch with tips/pitches (& ways to ensure a tawny BOTY win)!

Oh look, the internet just died.

Several AI chatbots resorted to **literal blackmail** when given access to a fictional company's email server and a scenario where their goal or existence was under threat. 😱 😱 😱 lnkd.in/gyPxVDXu More reporting here: lnkd.in/gQEFWFhR

🌞Total land required to replace coal fired energy 🌞Example assumes all solar:120,000 hectares 🌞 That’s less than 0.016 percent of Australia’s total land currently used for agriculture 🌞 Australian agriculture currently accounts for 58% of our land use 🌞And agrisolar = panels + grass/sheep etc

Anyone here an Australian doctor who has or is currently working overseas? I'm writing a Medscape feature and I'm looking for sources! [email protected]

We just reached 10,000 (!!!) newsletter subscribers at The Sick Times, and we are doing a giveaway to celebrate! If you already read it, you can enter by forwarding the newsletter to a friend :)

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Hello Sydney! 🏙️🌆🌷🌻🌼🌊🌳🌹

We did it! Starre Vartan and I hosted a workshop - TikTok Toolkit: How to make great video content - at the Australasian Medical Writers Association conference in Sydney. 👌📽️ Thanks to everyone who came along and shared their ideas. 😁

My office today 🌅😎

My 11th sunrise at Warilla Beach thanks to the dog I'm looking after who jumps on me at 5.30am every morning. 🐾🌅

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🐾👌 Dog sitting in Warilla. Flip jumps on me at 5.45am so I get a lot of sunrises!!

Sunset over the lake 🐾😍

My new best friend 🐾🐶😁 #dogsitting

Sunset over Illawarra Lake 🌄💫🐚🌊

Dog sitting in Warilla 🐕🐶✨🌅🐾💫

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Night night, Flippity! 🌃✨🐾 #dogsitting

Dawn in Warilla ✨🌤️🌊

Adventures with Flip. We saw dolphins! ✨🐬🐾

Flip in the sunshine ☀️🌞🐾😎 #dogsitting

Meet Flip, the Australian Shepherd I'm looking after for the next fortnight. He likes treats and will pose for photos if bribed. ⛱️🐶🐾 #freelancelife #dogsitting #warilla

Yay! I'm in here 🎉🥳🥳

Witness a microscopic battle! An Natural Killer cell (NK cell) —part of our immune system— attacks a #cancer cell. Once it detects the threat, it latches on and releases toxic molecules, triggering apoptosis to destroy it. [Video source/ credit: TNS Concepts] #SciComm 🧪

"Think of your energy as a luxury item, not everyone can afford it" sums up life with #longcovid. If you get my energy, you are the most important thing in my day. 🌞

In this episode of Still Here: A two-way between @frogsandstars.bsky.social and @betsyladyzhets.bsky.social comparing and contrasting the BC 007 and rapamycin #LongCOVID and ME clinical trial designs. bit.ly/4oBE7GG

GPs across Australia are taking on an expanded role in diagnosing and treating ADHD. While this policy change may help reduce treatment delays, it also entails risks, as pediatricians and psychiatrists say. www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

While some journalists have chosen silence or fled Gaza, Anas al-Sharif was different. The Pulitzer-prize winning correspondent spoke of the need to give Gazans a voice. Last week an Israeli airstrike killed him and five other journalists econ.st/4n2S0wj Photo: Reuters

Re: Trump's war on reality - would-be dictators in history always attack science to further their own ends, because a population deprived of medical, economic and agricultural expertise - and therefore exposed to devastating illness, poverty and starvation – does not have the resources to rebel.

Great story on JAK inhibitors being trialled for #longcovid @thesicktimes.org thesicktimes.org/2025/08/05/t...

Two clinical trials are currently underway in the U.S. to evaluate the effect of rapamycin on #LongCOVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME). People who have tried the drug off-label in low doses report a range of experiences. Read more from @frogsandstars.bsky.social: bit.ly/4l9zHUP

🦠 Soil bacteria from one of the most remote islands on Earth might contain a treatment for a devastating illness. 🗿🏝️ I did a deep dive for The Sick Times... thesicktimes.org/2025/07/29/c...

Today @thesicktimes.org: deep dive from @frogsandstars.bsky.social about two clinical trials testing rapamycin for Long COVID and ME, as well as people's experiences trying the drug off-label. thesicktimes.org/2025/07/29/c...

NEW: A cancer drug with a fascinating history is being explored in a phase III clinical trial for Long COVID & an observational trial for ME. Past research suggests it could target a biological pathway seen in people with ME. @frogsandstars.bsky.social reports! thesicktimes.org/2025/07/29/c...

🍄🐇🧫🏜️🌍 This week, I fell down a rabbit hole after reading that Aspergillus flavus — a fungus linked to ‘cursed’ tombs — might produce a chemical with anti-leukemia properties. #science #ancientegypt #tutenkhamun #cancer #medicine #history #fungus

N=1 experiences are coin flips. 🪙 I wrote this story for The Sick Times: thesicktimes.org/2025/05/02/h... #drugs #clinicaltrial #placebo #longcovid #medicine #covid #science