NEW: Long Covid risk for children doubles after a second infection, study finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

🔥From @mskellymhayes.bsky.social book #LetThisRadicalizeYou:

Governments can be held legally responsible for climate inaction, the world’s highest court said in a landmark decision today, opening the door to a cascade of lawsuits.

A horrifying statement published today by the Editorial Committee of the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency. "Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die" Translation from French to English by @cnorristrent.bsky.social:

Thank you @n95anaesthetist.bsky.social for this great piece of #scicomm for your peers. I hope it is watched and acted upon widely.

What struck me about this paper was not just the very high prevalence of cognitive impairment and memory issues as sequelae of infection, but also that the population effects of such high rates of cognitive dysfunction must be changing society itself. bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

WHO and @unicef.org surveys found that over half of parents & pregnant women are exposed to advertising from formula milk companies – violating international agreements. Parents should be able to choose how to feed their babies, but no-one should be fed untruths. bit.ly/4bNKFdF

Children pay the highest price in war and violence. #ForEveryChild, peace and protection.

An network of Australian Christian groups have adapted the language of global right-wing populism to amplify their influence on Australian politics.

The Government is rushing changes through Parliament set to weaken environmental protection laws and benefit destructive industries. Today, 50 environment organisations have joined an open letter demanding that these changes are rejected. Published in The Aus, Cbr Times, Fin Review, SMH & the Age.

By cutting fossil fuel subsidies, ending the gas industry’s free ride, reforming negative gearing and closing tax loopholes for superannuation and luxury utes, Treasury would raise between $12 billion and $63 billion. Read: 5 ideas for a better tax system:

‘I believe…’ is a powerful exercise I encourage all leaders I work with to do - write a list of the things you believe in (try to get to at least 50 ‘I believe…’ statements) to help find your voice, your integrity and your courage. Then use it to find your people.

Next week will be the Parliament's last chance to spare voters from an onslaught of outright lies in political ads. 87% of Australians support truth in political advertising laws. Our Government should do its job. Sign and share > theaus.in/TIPApetition

Today, March 15, 2025, is #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay. We stand with those affected, advocate for research, and raise awareness for better care and recovery. 💙 #LongCOVID #COVIDisNotOVER

NEW – Analysis: UK emissions fall 3.6% in 2024 as coal use drops to lowest since 1666 | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @vernerviisas.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/MZcCeds

"As the pandemic unfolded, though, it became clear that the coronavirus did indeed spread through airborne transmission—even if the WHO took more than a year and a half to officially describe the coronavirus as a long-range airborne pathogen."

An important graph and caption on the impact of Covid www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The Trump regime expands its discouraged (BANNED) words across federal agencies. The list is long Gift article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

James Harrison, a prolific Australian blood donor famed for having saved the lives of more than two million babies, has died at age 88. Harrison, whose plasma contained a “rare and precious antibody” known as Anti-D, donated blood more than 1,100 times, according to Australian Red Cross Lifeblood.

For nursing students facing a warming world, planetary health must be central to their university education

I appreciate this response from Ed Yong on why he requests that people mask at his events. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/22/m...

The advertising regulator has found Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting misled consumers with an unsubstantiated claim that gas was clean, in an online advertisement in The Australian last year. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

I think it’s kinda a big deal that it’s not a treated as a bigger deal that vast majority of Australia’s intelligence agency’s terror caseload is teens at @thesizzle.com.au thesizzle.com.au/p/iphone-16e...

Greenwashing "Gas is clean" statements from Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting found to be misleading by Ad Standards, forcing their ads to be pulled.

Civic engagement, networks and advocacy are key for addressing a lack of integrity in our climate policies https://www.croakey.org/civic-engagement-networks-and-advocacy-are-key-for-addressing-a-lack-of-integrity-in-our-climate-policies #publichealth

7 February 2009. Black Saturday. Reflect, Respect, Remember. #BlackSaturday #WeRemember

I think we're checking almost every one of these in the US right now. (Reposting with alt text.)

Researchers have shown that patches of muscle grown from stem cells can help to repair a failing heart https://go.nature.com/4hEsuL3

"Titled Preparing Albertans for Climate Change, it presents evidence-based information on impacts and solutions in a local Alberta context across 6 modules, which will provide examples of local projects and initiatives in AB, as well as actions individuals can incorporate into their everyday lives."

Follow the incredible participants of Homeward Bound, a global leadership program for women and nonbinary people in STEMM working to ensure the sustainability of our planet. go.bsky.app/EXogj2a

Feb 2 AWARENESS IN ACTION: Climate Christiana Figueres, climate diplomat upaya.org/program/engaged-buddhism-online-february-2025/ A voice we need to hear now. free, online

"It’s not only a moral issue; yes [...] it’s wrong to forcibly infect everyone with a vascular disease with unknown long-term health effects over and over again. But it’s also [...] unfeasible to operate a functional economy while [...] disabling the workforce." www.thegauntlet.news/p/how-the-pr...

❌ "during the pandemic" — please don't use it. Here's the WHO chief, today: "We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us ... The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to." ✅ "during the pandemic's emergency phase" www.who.int/director-gen... 2/4

"Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals" "When hospital staff began masking again, the rates of hospital-onset respiratory viral infections decreased by 33%" Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Source: archive.md/Zki7D

…can’t stress enough how important it is too to avoid long COVID. www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...

"Stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing in hospitals led to a surge in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections relative to community infections, a cohort study found." 1/2 www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...

“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” Aldous Huxley, English writer, author of Brave New World, died #OTD 1963. Charles Sheeler ⁦‪Michener Art

I love recommending Cranky Uncle as a #criticalthinking teaching resource! It’s a game that uses cartoons & critical thinking to fight misinformation & was developed by Uni of Melbourne scientist @johnfocook.bsky.social Free on iPhone & Android & web. #scicomm #newsliteracy crankyuncle.com

Interested in #WomenInStemm talking all things #scicomm? Check out @scidocmartin.bsky.social interviewing @lmdo.bsky.social on @letstalkscicomm.bsky.social - love seeing #HomewardBound alumni collabs out in the world! 🌎 💚

“What will I tell my children when I get back home? You left us for two weeks, for what? For nothing! Not even peanuts!" Tetet Lauron at #COP29 on the text for the #NCQG on #ClimateFinance failing to deliver US$ 1.3 trillion a year whilst the #ClimateCrisis claims lives and livelihoods.

Leaps of faith are my favourite kind! 🐧🇦🇶♥️

By integrating digital literacy into the education system from the preschool years, Finland shows how to keep young people safe online without resorting to a ban.

What if schools could prevent sick days, teacher shortages & lost IQ points? A new COVID safety course lights the way www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09... "it's clear that most schools are lacking an understanding of some of the absolute basics of #COVID ... I find that very troubling"

Thanks to so many science & health experts for describing why they're here on Bluesky, and what the moves could mean for science communication and public health messaging: www.statnews.com/2024/11/21/b...

“As social scientists Tormos-Aponte, Frickel & Parker discovered in a survey just after the 2020 US elections… “political advocacy is no longer anathema to scientific research, but should be embraced as a central aspect of science’s social mission.” This is even more true at the end of 2024.”

“ @anastasiabiz.bsky.social, an engineer at Cornell says the trend reminded her of the dynamics she studies, called behavioral cascades, where a system that has reached a certain threshold can suddenly shift suddenly - there’s this really fast transition where the whole network reacts.”

The most indomitable and tenacious advocate for climate action I know guest-edited my newsletter this week. For years, she faced down ministers, lobbyists & obstructionists to secure the Paris Agreement. We all need to take a leaf from her book! us14.campaign-archive.com?u=fa37a09043...