I mean it’s about Greenland and colonialism. I feel like I’m in a story and the slightly heavy handed subtext is I’m watching this show❄️

Watching Smilla’s Sense of Snow on SBS streaming. Weirdly relevant to current geopolitics for something based on a book written in 1992. (Author Peter Hoeg). I read the book in the 1990s and can remember enjoying it but (luckily) not most of the plot. Yay for SBS!

Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff The three graphs that *every person* needs to see. The question that every single person needs to ask their government: What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?

Good news for us all—but particularly for COVID safe & airborne-aware advocates. “Surgical face masks provide inadequate protection against flu-like illnesses including Covid, and should be replaced by respirator-level masks – worn every time doctors and nurses are face to face with a patient…”

Feeling really disappointed about the Adelaide Writer’s debacle. It’s tricky as a Covid aware person to travel etc so I have to choose and plan carefully and now it’s for naught. It’s nothing compared to the sacrifices the authors/panel members are making but damn why can’t we have good things

Day 1 of #12DaysofMasks @togetherwemask.bsky.social @sadsackolympian.bsky.social

If you're wondering what the book selection on Kobo/ Kobo Plus is like, there's A LOT of books from over 50 authors on the below thread. If you've got Kobo book recs, feel free to add them to the thread! 🌈📚🪐📚💙

If you were going to share links or resources about airborne transmission with a (maybe??) semi-receptive medical practice manager (Aust), what would you include on your list? There's the Aust Academy Sci statement (I wish there were more maskers in that cohort, but I digress). Anything from .../1

Support Indy if you can - he’s walking every day in all weathers!

There might only be 3 or 4 of us, but @queenkunt.bsky.social and myself are going to protest outside the U.S. Embassy in Canberra Tomorrow from 11am. I'd like there to be 100s if not 1000s, but it's the least we can do to show our outrage at this Genocidal Mushroom-Dick of an American President.

Introduce yourself with what almost killed you. Hi, I’m undiagnosed Graves’ disease

#Tinyjoys 🪴My sister sent me some lovely photos from our Christmas trip 🪴My beloved cooked me a delicious dinner 🪴The weather was pleasant when I went for my silly little walk

Happy New Year, everyone! This is a @theguardian.com books cartoon from a few years ago.

Japanese New Year traditions include a thorough cleaning of the home, putting up decorations, eating soba noodles, visiting a shrine, and taking note of your first dream. I've written all about it here, with lots of #JapaneseArt too. Happy New Year! 🎍 #WyrdWednesday open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...

I’m receiving an increasing number of messages from some of you who are concerned about me. Please don’t be. I’m not going to stop speaking out. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/please-dont-worry-about-me

Seems to be a reasonably new fashion for dickheads inflicting their dog on others? Hope it ends soon. Keep it on a lead ffs.

I did lots of work and fun stuff this year and kept myself safe

Here's me. "Weaponising the Bondi tragedy is a betrayal of all our children"

PM Albanese announces a national buyback scheme for firearms. The Government of #Australia will establish a national gun buyback scheme to purchase illegal firearms – the largest gun buyback since 1996. 1000s paddle out to to mark their respects for #Bondi victims. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Wonderful, exciting news – my Reynard the Fox is now an audiobook! Completely unabridged and read by the perfect narrator, Joseph Edward Degnan. It's available now at all the usual places, see below for links and a clip!

christmas bea arthur: thread

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/ah... @getup.org.au

Huge thanks to @mikehoney.bsky.social for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed. www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

24 days. 24 different masks. Advent Calendar - Day 7 In The Bleak Midwinter (Christina Rossetti, with extra lyrics by my children) Mask: Zekler 1503v - ask if you want to know more about this mask. #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #MaskUp #ChristmasFever #YuleMasking

December is my biggest month for purchases of downloads - kits, calendars and the larger school resources and bundles - and I’m going to be giving everything I make this month to these two charities: World Central Kitchen and the International Rescue Committee to help humans in Gaza and Sudan

Money's getting tight as expenses (especially medical) add up, so I've just launched a Patreon for 4k wallpapers of my photos! Support my photography *and* enjoy birds, insects, spiders (optional), and more in 4k, ultrawide, and portrait for phones: patreon.com/davidcsimon

Nice story about a successful eco community

COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.

The Third Window. Around the fireplace in Grandcub's bedroom in the low attic, were a muddle of blue and white Delft tiles. Each one had a different design. There were Dutch merchant ships, square-rigged fluyts in full sail,

Undertook a senseless act of beauty today. 10/10 would recommend to a friend✨

🦊 Why not buy my book, Reynard the Fox, for Christmas – the perfect stocking filler! Marina Warner described it as "marvellously spirited and adroit storytelling.Reynar" To buy a signed and gift-wrapped book, order directly from me! DM to purchase or go to my Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

I think award season is now over. Mean Streak just won the Walkley Book Award to cap it off and I’m so thankful. Buy or borrow, the story is more fucked up than you think.

Just gave my day a much needed upgrade with an excellent Banh Mi from Fyshwick markets

My work on SARS-CoV-2 variants informed a recent piece in The Lancet: "Epidemiological and virological update on the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant BA.3.2". The authors were kind enough to mention me and the Variant Hunters Ryan Hisner and Federico Gueli. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧵

Oh awesome, please go follow @apnsa.bsky.social

“Shakedown tells the true story of how a group of ordinary Australians risked it all to expose an unlawful automated debt-recovery system that falsely accused half-a-million people of welfare fraud between 2015 and 2019” www.c21media.net/news/austral...

This is a simply wonderful piece of writing.

Ukrainian Stone Blind!!! So cool! Published by Vivat, translated by Anna Sheket ✨ 🐍 vivat.com.ua/product/slip...

AirSpot now available to borrow from Mildura Library, 180-190 Deakin Avenue, Mildura: mrcc.libsvic.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_AU...

🧵 Most people don't realise there are whole categories of disease transmission they don't have to think about because they've been taken care of by society, e.g. there are laws & inspections & engineering that protect you from diseases that are waterborne (e.g. sewage treatment), bloodborne

Hot! Murrigellas Day 2025 🎄😊♥️ Love your work Sis! ♥️

Deeply Miss Fuchsia

My painting of a pair of black #swans for #Birdoftheday #birds #art #AustralianBirds #wildoz #birdart #painting @bsky.art