1/ This week was the American Public Health Association Conference. Thanks to the government shutdown, there were no CDC scientists at this NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH CONFERENCE.

I blame you @jane13barnes.bsky.social youtu.be/S3J_3mcOwdQ?...

The work of contemporary ceramics artist Pollyanna Johnson #WomensArt

Via Ducks #CX #Couchpeloton

Dysphagia and aspiration pneumonia is deadly outcomes when meal plans aren’t adhered to. All aged care and disability workers should be trained in mealtime support, including IDSSI, but far too many aren’t

I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point

#90sTop30 #MusicChallenge #25/30: Just one of the craziest beats of all time from the Beastie Boys’ 90’s hot streak. Beastie Boys - Intergalactic

One Public Health department is telling the whole story. Shining a light on those who are being less than transparent! Oopsie!

Wineglass (1725–50) Creator: unknown 🏛️ The Metropolitan Museum of Art (object 195462) #MuseumObjects #MetropolitanMuseumOfArt ##TheMet

Most important report from last night’s game

Leah Gardner, contemporary Chicago-based oil painter #WomensArt

If you love kittens AND spooky season, then let us introduce you to Boo, Skull, Sugar, Voodoo, Pumpkin, and Taboo! 🎃 This little hocus-pocus crew cast a spell on us, and now they’re ready for a new home! ❤️ Get in touch today for more info on our kittens! #fatkittycity

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The Solar Storm Has Been Holding Up All Day But Now The Hemispheric Power Is Starting To Drop 📉 There Might Be The Chance Of Something This Evening Though... 🤞 #AuroraAustralis #MooningCrew #Perth #PerthNews #SolarStorm #SouthWestWA #WesternAustralia bsky.app/profile/weat...

Check out this load of old bobbins! The crew of the Mary Rose used them to store their sewing kits (thread around the spindle, needles and pins in a hollow space at the end), which they would use to repair damaged materials, such as this ripped cloth jerkin! #Museum30 #Stitch

Possum Update: All going ok. Looks like a late night storm coming through tonight. Possums and Mr Ratty chowing down before heading out into the backyard. The brushtail is Barney. He says hello. 👋🌿❤️ #possums #mammals

Day 8 of #Museum 30 is #Stitch, so how could we not share the Royston Tapestry? Started on July 1 1993, people from the local area and beyond gave their time and skills to help create this unqiue embroidery. Measuring more than 25m long, it took 25yrs to complete. Find out more: buff.ly/IaZBdlu

Hungry and scared Americans are finding out their “leader” went to court seeking permission not to fund their food assistance. At the exact time this news was breaking, Trump was hosting a jewelry auction at Mar a Lago. This is oligarchy.

COVID Infection Leads to More Heart Issues for Kids Than Vaccine www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

“The sprouts were sold in Coles, Woolworths, IGA and independent grocers across NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Northern Territory, ACT and South Australia.”

Annual totals. 2025 is highlighted with a pink dot indicating its total is still being updated. 🥇2025🥇 is the biggest year on record, in terms of lab detections of #flu -infected people (without defining severity). These *are* sick people getting tested.

Expanded version of the last graph, both in the number of years & in its horizontal stretching. #AusFlu2025 peaked in July, but has declined slowly, meaning there's been *lots* of #flu around for a long time. Sept-2025 was the 2nd biggest Sept since 2017, and Oct-2025 was the biggest Oct on record

FluA subtype A(H1N1), derived from our *last* pandemic #influenza virus, dominates. 2025=thick red dashed line/red monthly dots. The last pink dot just marks November as an incomplete month.

Probably the last Australian #flu thread incoming from me. In the ~18 days since my last update (21OCT), detections have risen by 19,202. That's a daily rate of 1,067 (down from 1,200 in the previous update; continuing to slow).

Made and then frogged a whole hat, because it was too small 😯 oops! But bulky yarn is nice like that. And now I know at least just a tiny bit how to do colorwork!

anyway good night

Lisa Benson, contemporary printmaker based in Somerset, UK #WomensArt

I cannot help it, watching the new Frankenstein which looks fabulous by the way but l cannot help thinking of Marty Feldman - Abby Normal…

No major flu deaths surge expected in Scotland after 80% vaccine uptake and in cleaner hospitals talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/07/n...

I think this bag is fake. Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides. This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.

314min wait at Royal Perth ED right now for triage 4 patients www.health.wa.gov.au/reports-and-...

It was utterly morally bankrupt to use waves of infection to induce immunity in the population. Morally. Bankrupt.

The big science accounts are talking about immune dysregulation due to COVID-19 now. I. Told. You. So. Infection does confer antibodies and T cells against C19… but it also takes a wrecking ball to the immune system as a whole. Stop burning down your house. (Metaphorically.)

Analyses: High-dose flu vaccine better protects against hospitalization, infection than standard-dose www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...

This is what happens when Congress allows the President to appoint his criminal defense lawyers to run the Justice Department.

Pure insanity. The US government is actually trying to starve its own people.

Santorini Island, Greece

Another day another sleepy Spencer. He’s stretched and wiggled a dozen times since I snapped this, but he’s happy. #FelineFriday

Decline all this, and see what now thou art

Here Is The MetEye Storm Forecast Model For Wednesday ⛈️ #Eucla #Goldfields #GreatSouthern #MidWestWA #Perth #PerthForcefield #PerthNews #PerthWeather #Pilbara #SouthWestWA #Wheatbelt #WesternAustralia

Ruby-crowned kinglet (Corthylio calendula) – Always a difficult bird to get in focus due to its frenetic activity, it's even rarer for me to a get a photo of the bird showing its namesake crown. www.instagram.com/ryan.bebej.photography 🪶 #birds #birding #wildlifephotography

Some more of my 87 year old dad’s spectacular Huntington Beach photography. Enjoy!

The lengths Trump will go to keep Americans hungry knows no bounds. apnews.com/article/snap...

This has not gotten much attention, but it should. Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE. Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.

Yep‼️ Killing the elderly is politically convenient... They are expensive 🤬 Crippling the tax payers... That's quite another problem ☠️

Many Long COVID trials have reported negative results in 2024 and 2025. In our Comment for @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social we argue that inadequate outcome measures might have played a role. (1/12)

This is one of the coolest visualizations I've seen of waves moving throughout the country over 2 years. Note the seasonal patterns in various states. From Yale school of public health