👇 Poem: For Sanity Press Pause www.indailyqld.com.au/inreview/boo...

Misleading and False Vaccine Claims - a simple and well compiled explainer. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

What happened during the WHO mission in Wuhan? I talked to multiple WHO members being there to reconstruct what they had witnessed. Read this exclusive excerpt for free: www.protagonist-science.com/p/exclusive-...

Comparative phylogeography and recombination patterns of SARS CoV-1 and SARS CoV-2 related viruses. Both are derived from recent recombinations in their host bats, and then emerged in human hundreds of miles from their wild reservoirs. www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Voting in our national election yesterday at a voting booth in Bondi, Sydney. Quintessential Oz! 👍🤣 And solid support for progressive politics with the Labour Party resoundingly returned to government. Notable was the respect shown by both major leaders in their speeches. Proud to be 🇦🇺

Frightening and unconscionable in equal measure. Measured, evidence-based and empathy enveloped communication (not lecturing!) of the importance of childhood vaccination to the wider community is critical. #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #ScienceCommunication www.indailyqld.com.au/news/in-dept...

Wow, have you heard about this incredibly powerful innovation that can generate art, invent new languages, experience empathy, adapt instantly to environments, make ethical decisions, and even dream up ideas that have never existed before? It’s available today. No, it’s not AI, it’s the human brain.

A must read for anyone who appreciates excellent absurdist humour, encapsulated so exquisitely in “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”

It's like all their other impeding efforts. You don't need to actually pass a law to make something illegal; you just need to make it very, very difficult to access, or create.

I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...

Excellent read/explainer on Australia’s energy needs now and into the future. Would be great if politics could stay out of the equation and we just do what’s logical. energyhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-26/renewables-versus-nuclear-in-evolving-energy-grid/104800790?utm_source=abc_news_app

💉 ICYMI - large study of COVID-19 vaccine safety hit by DOGE, #NZ researchers affected It’s the sort of checking those concerned about vaccines ask for, now stopped. 🧵⬇️

The golden pendas are out in their autumn bloom all over Brisbane. Particularly stunning outside our place! Leaving a carpet of yellow.

Had missed this in amongst all the craziness. For a movement that has had freedom of speech/opinion as one of their prime grievances, it is ironic that most of the pronouncements over the last few months have been about silencing science or opposing views. www.euronews.com/business/202...

Predatory journals even worse since "Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List" was accepted for publication boingboing.net/2025/04/12/p...

And now for something completely different. We were exceptionally fortunate to be in Sintra, Portugal today and trekked up to the Pena Palace. Stunningly beautiful - but the irony is not lost on me that over the centuries this was the home of a series of nobles, looking down on their peasants.

It would be funny if it wasn’t so serious……nah, it’s actually very funny…and tragic….and bonkers! 🤣

A wonderful piece of writing. Worth devoting a few minutes. Frighteningly real and accurate I’m afraid….and darkly humorous. But in the end, just another piece that will miss its mark as it will pass majestically over those who it describes. www.forkingpaths.co/p/on-power-a...

NIH and CDC cut grants related to COVID and other agents of pandemic potential. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... 1/n

Like watching a motorway pile-up in slow motion. So many aspects of US life being impacted - with repercussions across the world. The only hope with this particular study is that instead of shouting from the darkness the skeptics might, now with resources, see the light! I know, unlikely ☹️

Well this certsinly caught my eye! 🤣🤣😱 “Rowing would be held in Rockhampton, on the Fitzroy River which is known to have crocodile sightings” www.thenewdaily.com.au/sport/olympi...

UQ Lakes circa 1976. Poor quality B&W I took on my new Olympus OM1…was still learning(that’s my excuse anyway). But our UQ Lakes island used to be an amazing nesting and roosting site…..until it got bull-dozed away ☹️

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world. 
I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

Seriously. The US is broken. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Extraordinary. The national health equivalent of shooting oneself in the foot. And it won’t “simply” be a matter of removing “mRNA” from grants as many of the transformative (oops I used a trans word 😱) approaches being explored can only work via mRNA. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

The details in the letters grantees are receiving are genuinely Orwellian…the Ministry of Truth strikes for real. www.science.org/content/arti...

Definitely saw a mountain of disrespect today, but it wasn’t in the direction being reported. Are countries so scared of what the US might do that they aren’t calling out this appalling behavior. Some collective global spine needed. Diplomacy and global order is not about extracting the best deal.

Long-awaited proposals to reshape the ARC funding landscape by STA that are worth getting behind - “new, simpler streams, stronger and deeper support for early and mid-career researchers, and putting a greater emphasis on backing higher risk research that has the potential to create higher returns”.

Scientists have created an actual treatment for prions, the cause of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease in deer, & mad cow disease. "Brainwide silencing of prion protein by AAV-mediated delivery of an engineered compact epigenetic editor". #ShareGoodNewsToo

And now for something completely different. Seen on our coffee walk this morning. Beautiful apple blossom tree flowers and some playful Ozzy back garden kitsch 🥰 Peace and love everyone….sorry, I know that’s such a woke thing to say, but hey, embracing it. 👍

There is a very clear pattern emerging…..Greenland, Canada, Gaza. I wonder who’s next? #LooksOverShoulder www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/world/m...

This is all going in a very troubling direction. I try not to engage in these stories online but it’s becoming head-shakingly riveting. 🤷‍♂️🤯 www.indailyqld.com.au/news/just-in...

Excellent expose of RFKJr’s antivax views and those of his supporters. Includes a “greatest hits” compilation to place it all in perspective. sciencebasedmedicine.org/the-willful-...

Learning the language of life with AI. Excellent summary by @erictopol.bsky.social of the explosion in AI tools for predicting and exploring biomolecular interactions. It’s 🤯 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Went for a wander through the backstreets of West End. We were stunned by this dahlia display! 🤯👏 Want to ask the question….how??

An all time classic. Hot desking simply explained. Office architects/planners keep pushing us in this direction despite all the evidence that it’s a seriously bad idea. youtube.com/watch?v=iwZk...

Will be fascinating (and frightening in equal measure) to see how this plays out www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...

I assume another article from @thelancet.bsky.social will be coming soon? #dejavu www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Lots of visitors to our flowering trees lately. This rainbow lorikeet on our leopard tree being one.

The political influence of a powerful global oligarchy is now becoming increasingly visible. Our path towards this state has been a long one (e.g., Murdoch anyone?), it’s just becoming more blatant…..and for some strange reason many are voting for it 🤷‍♂️ www.thenewdaily.com.au/preview?p=18...

"Academics are always responding to a new pressure from management that distracts – and often undermines – the experience of students, what academics are trying to discover, and what they are endeavouring to write.” - the indefatigable @hannahforsyth.bsky.social www.afr.com/policy/healt...

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵

Jab could give lifelong protection against virus that inspired ‘Contagion’ film, scientists say www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Spent the day with friends on their forested property in Currumbin Valley. Amazing to have your own walking tracks…albeit rough in parts!

Brisbane city in the distance. The neighborhood is so green after all the rain.

A lone lorikeet feeding on our flowering gum this afternoon. What a treat watching from our deck.

Microneedles/Patch technology is the next stage in vaccine/therapeutics delivery. The days of the needle and syringe are numbered. This is the way all vaccines will be delivered in the future. Vaccinologists, immunologists, infectious disease specialists, you should add this meeting to your calendar

#COVID vaccine may speed relief from #Long-COVID symptoms. www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

Went for a short trek in Maiala NP yesterday - only 40mins from home. Deep into the walk, just stopped for awhile - listening, observing, immersing. So peaceful.

Wine, cheese, panettone, dates, cherries….and feathery guests this afternoon as we chill on our back deck.