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Amanda Neil (she/her)

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Associate Professor, Menzies, UTAS. Health Economics Lead @alivenational. Engaging with researchers and policy makers in the mental health and public health space.

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Croakey Health Media @croakeynews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
How Aboriginal community controlled health services are driving change in the Northern Territory – and what more needs to be done www.croakey.org/how-aborigin...
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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 18/10/2025
The government’s Future Gas Strategy drew heavily on a submission from fossil fuel lobbyists Australian Energy Producers – which in turn drew heavily on research from leading consultancy firm EY. satpa.pe/AJl8Hs2
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How the fossil fuel lobby captured a landmark Labor policy
The federal government’s Future Gas Strategy, which backs extending production through to 2050 and beyond, is based on contested EY research commissioned by Australian Energy Producers.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 16/10/2025
Report reveals climate change increased likelihood of Southern California’s wildfires 🔥 The State of Wildfires report, co-led by the Met Office, @ukceh.bsky.social, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social & @ecmwf.int evidences the link between climate change and wildfire activity. Read more⬇️
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Severe heatwaves and droughts are making extreme wildfires more frequent and intense worldwide
The latest State of Wildfire report is building unequivocal evidence of how climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme wildfires.
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New Scientist @newscientist.com · 11/10/2025
Antarctica may have passed a climate tipping point of no return, scientists are warning, with mounting evidence that a sudden slump in sea ice formation since 2016 is linked to human-induced ocean warming.
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Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas
Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 20/09/2025
The AEMC forecasts average household energy costs will fall by about 20 per cent, or $1000 a year, over the next decade under a coordinated renewables rollout. Fully electric households deploying solar and storage could slash costs by as much as 70 per cent. satpa.pe/RWRIlx7
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How to achieve the new climate target
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I'll be at Georgetown University in DC this evening, screening our acclaimed documentary 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack' and doing a panel discussion afterwards with Nader Hashemi and Dr Feroze Sidhwa. Come join the audience for free. Register at: events.georgetown.edu/acmcu/event/...
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Public Screening of Film BBC Refused to Air: “Gaza: Doctors Under Attack”
The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, in partnership with Zeteo, the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, the African Studies Pr...
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Wim Meijer @wimgmeijer.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Researchers implanted CRISPR-edited pancreas cells into a person with type-1 diabetes. The cells produced insulin for months There was no need for immune-dampening drugs, due to gene edits that allowed the cells to evade detection by the recipient’s immune system. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Hope for diabetes: CRISPR-edited cells pump out insulin in a person – and evade immune detection
Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 06/09/2025
Know your rights, Illinois. Stay safe and stay informed.
Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

1. Remain Calm. 2. You have the right to deny entry without a valid warrant. 3. You have the right to remain silent. 4. You have the right to speak with an attorney. 5. You have the right to not sign anything.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/Know & Exercise Your Rights Flyer provided by the Illinois Immigration Information Hub.

For more information, head to: https://www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Can Australia junk AUKUS and defend itself? Former senator and submariner @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social says how it can be done #auspol michaelwest.com.au/could-austra...
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Could Australia defend itself? - Michael West
Should the Australian Defence Force (ADF) stick with the US and the AUKUS alliance or can Australia defend itself? Rex Patrick reports
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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Fiona Godlee (previous editor of the BMJ) being arrested yesterday for her support for Palestine. She is a good and brave woman with a record of being on the right side of history.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 06/09/2025
Loss of koala habitat shows ‘total failure’ of nature laws, conservationists say
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Loss of koala habitat shows ‘total failure’ of nature laws, conservationists say
More habitat has been given up legally in 2025 so far than any other year since the animals were listed as threatened, analysis shows * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast More clearing of koala habitat has been approved under Australia’s nature laws in 2025 so far than in any other year since the marsupial was listed as a threatened species, according to an analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation. The destruction of 3,958 ha of bush approved across eight projects, including a coal mine in Queensland, equates to about four Sydney airports’ worth of clearing. Continue reading...
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The long-touted Great Koala National Park is set to become a reality in New South Wales, protecting koala populations and other threatened species in the state's mid-north.
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Announcement expected to lock in long-awaited Great Koala National Park
The long-touted Great Koala National Park is set to become a reality in New South Wales, protecting koala populations and other threatened species in the state's mid-north.
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Scott Squires @scottsquires.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
"COVID cases have doubled in California. and officials advise indoor masking" PLEASE get the word out to everyone, including parents, because children need protection too. Hundreds of free downloadable images to post, email, or print. drive.google.com/drive/folder...
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
James Tate A woman discovered the greenhouse effect 168 years ago. Her male colleagues refused to let her present her findings. Then they erased her from history. This is the story of Eunice Newton Foote, the scientist who predicted climate change before anyone believed it was possible.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Sound on! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Doctors have "a professional and moral duty to stand up against the #GazaGenocide". Western governments - like UK's and Australia's - have a legal, moral and humanitarian duty to do the same. #SanctionIsraelNow #auspol
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
David Pocock: “Like many Australians I was frustrated & angry about many decisions government made that clearly weren’t evidence-based or in best interests of Australians. I’ve come to see why: a lack of transparency and broken lobbying rules.” www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21450/...
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The lobbyists who control Canberra
Before I decided to run for parliament, like many Australians I was frustrated and angry about the many decisions the government made that clearly weren’t evidence-based or in the best interests of Au...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/08/2025
Israel has completely destroyed over 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods in Gaza City this month.
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Israel bombs once-bustling Gaza City neighbourhood Zeitoun to rubble
Israel has completely destroyed over 1,000 buildings in the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods in Gaza City this month.
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Blackheath Weather @blackheathweather.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
#sunrise #mindfulness #humanity Sunrise, this morning. The gift of awareness. That space between thoughts, where each breath whispers 'good morning', is the most beautiful experience. It's you. All of you. Beyond your thoughts. May we all find ourselves. And, each other.
Blackheath Sunrise.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Trump's termination of federal grants for universities has jeopardized lifesaving research breakthroughs at Harvard Medical School — including treatments for cancer and developmental disorders. His attacks on higher education will hurt us all.
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Chester Zoo Science @chesterzoosci.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
This is a very precious handful! Socorro doves are one of five #birds listed as extinct in the wild. The entire surviving population of roughly 200 birds are all in the care of avian experts.   Eight chicks hatched at Chester Zoo this summer. It's a big boost for this incredibly rare species! 🌎🦇🐦
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
The stark truth of AUKUS keeps becoming clearer and clearer. Now a key Washington think tank says Australian should only get US nuclear subs if we quietly surrender our sovereign control of them in secret “contingency planning” meetings with US officials.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
There is no moral equivalence between bullies and the bullied, between tyranny and democracy, or between brutality and decency. No individual can be free in a society devoid of justice. There can be no liberty where brutality reigns.
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Cindy Reads Romance @cindyreadsromance.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Shout out to some of the diverse voices that have taken a financial hit by boycotting the Bendigo Writers Festival. Includes books by @evelynaraluen.bsky.social @clairegcoleman.bsky.social @thomasmayo.bsky.social #booksky #AussieAugust2025
Diverse Australian voices boycotting the Bendigo Writers Festival.

Support them:
- follow their socials
- buy their books (direct or local if you can)
- borrow their books from your local library
- read and review their books.Books listed

Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah:
- out 2 September
- Fiction
- Author of Palestinian and Egyptian heritage

Practical Reconciliation by Aunty Munya Andrews and Carla Rogers:
- Non fiction
- Author is an Elder from the Kimberley region of Western Australia

I Ate The Whole World to Find You by Rachel Ang
- Graphic novel
- Short stories

The Rot by Evelyn Araluen
- Out 4 November
- Poetry
- Goorie and Koori authorBooks listed

The Burrow by Melanie Cheng
- Fiction
- Shortlisted for the Stella Prize and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards

Enclave by Claire G Coleman
- Dystopian fiction
- Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award
- Noongar writer

Gawimarra: Gathering by Jeanine Leane
- Poetry
- Wiradjuri writer and poet

Golf Dreaming by John Maynard
- Non fiction
- Author is a Worimi Aboriginal manBooks listed

Always Was, Always Will Be: The Campaign for Justice and Recognition Continues by Thomas Mayo
- Non fiction
- Author is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander man

Peripathetic by Cher Tan
- Essay collection
- Singapore born author
- Longlisted for the 2025 Stella Prize

Joss: A History by Grace Yee
- Poetry collection
- Award winning poet
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
'Disappointed and angry': How negotiations for a global plastic treaty fell apart this week www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
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'Disappointed and angry': How negotiations for a global plastic treaty fell apart this week
Talks for the world's first legally-binding plastics treaty could not reach a consensus in Geneva this week. Where do the negotiations go from here?
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Elaine Johnson @elainejohnson.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Food producers in the exquisite Mudgee region are seeking a lead mine exclusion zone to protect some of Australia’s best agricultural products, including Wagu cattle, fine wool sheep, and the famous Mudgee wine and honey brand. Lead and food production don’t mix. www.theland.com.au/story/903911...
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Farmers face losses of more than $100m each year if mine is approved: report
"Would our farms be flagged for potential risks to the supply chain?"
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 17/08/2025
“Not only has his government been prepared to condemn the Maugean skate; it has also shown the Australian public that, when faced with the choice between protecting nature and corporations, the corporations will always win.” satpa.pe/J3gRXIj
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Murray Watt and the salmon industry
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
One in 4 people carry one copy of the APOE4 allele, the strongest known genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. We've just learned how that risk is mediated—the immune system erictopol.substack.com/p/our-braini...
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 18/07/2025
A major blow in Federal Court won’t stop Torres Strait Islanders fighting to prove the government’s duty of care over climate change. satpa.pe/sfkBBb6
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
'Simple physics’: How climate change is making natural disasters deadlier | My interview yesterday on @msnbc.com #ChrisJansingReports: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH8_...
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‘Simple physics’: How climate change is making natural disasters deadlier
YouTube video by MSNBC
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NPR @npr.org · 05/07/2025
NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.
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Here's a timeline of the catastrophic Texas floods
NPR has compiled a timeline of when local, state and federal officials posted warnings on social media as well as the timeline of events as presented by local officials.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 05/07/2025
BREAKING: Israel has killed at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital sources tell Al Jazeera, as Israeli forces again target people waiting for food and hospitals struggle to treat the wounded. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/9f3hg8
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Mark Ogge @markogge.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Chevron gets all the gas they export from Australia FOR FREE and sell it for massive profits. They have never paid PRRT and they got busted big time by the ATO for corporate tax avoidance. But somehow they just have to cut 300-400 jobs. thewest.com.au/business/oil...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
There is still no baby formula allowed into Gaza. Israel is not only bombing and shooting a starving, exhausted civilian population, it’s banned baby formula. Babies under 6 months can only have breastmilk or formula. Their mothers are starving and have no milk. Milk. Must. Enter.
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Christine Is Fed Up With Republicans @coralgableswang.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
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Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
I would like to suggest that national funding is made available for small local newspapers to safeguard their digital story archives as, frankly, good luck to any future researcher trying to find news stories from the last 25 years in 25 years time www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/pr...
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Print news consumption falls to just 12pc in UK, report reveals - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
Trust in local newspapers remains relatively high
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Fossil fuel lobbyists have more influence on government decisions like the North West shelf gas project than the public. We have a right to know who's walking the halls of Parliament and talking to Ministers and senior public servants.
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Leading players urge Labor to tighten rules for cashed-up political lobbyists
Stronger powers and bigger penalties needed to ‘investigate and punish’ unregistered lobbyists and those who break government’s code of conduct, critics say
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Extreme Temperatures Around the World @extremetemps.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
EUROPEAN HEAT WAVE Another historic day with 37.7 in France, 35.5 in Germany and hundreds of stations at record levels for mid June. Widespread tropical nights with even some records for June highest Minimums in Germany 22.5 Gevelsberg 21.8 Waldems 21.2 Lüdenscheid Tbc tomorrow
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Gavin Gatenby @gavingatenby.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Saw today for the first time a seriously brilliant way to cut wildlife roadkill: virtual fencing! These devices, installed every 25m for $10K km warn wildlife by detecting approaching vehicles and emitting a flashing light and a beep. Has cut deaths by 90%! #WildOz www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
Image of a "virtual fencing" device to reduce roadkill by warning wildlife of approaching vehicles. Foreground: green plastic post with translucent plastic housing attached to the top. Housing contains small solar panel, flashing light and audible signal. Background: two approaching vehicles.
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David Buck @davidjbuck.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
ICYMI: Really in-depth @oecdsocial.bsky.social #international comparison of #inequalities in #mentalhealth - #experience and #policies www.oecd.org/en/publicati...
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Understanding and addressing inequalities in mental health
Mental health status is not homogenous across populations but differs between males and females and by sexual orientation, ethnicity and indigeneity, migration status and socio-economic status, among ...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Forty hectares of greenhouses, heated by burning of rubbish are set to be built in Essex - making it the largest low-carbon horticulture site in Europe - the first of their kind they could provide around 6% of the tomatoes consumed in the UK news.sky.com/story/essex-...
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Essex set to be the home of Europe's largest low-carbon horticulture site
The Rivenhall site in Essex should begin operating in 2027, when almost all the county's household rubbish will be burnt in an incinerator that will help power the site itself.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 01/06/2025
Australia under pressure to join international push for Palestinian statehood led by Emmanuel Macron
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Australia under pressure to join international push for Palestinian statehood led by Emmanuel Macron
France lobbies western nations as it prepares to co-host two-state solution summit with Saudi Arabia * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia is under pressure to join an international push to recognise Palestinian statehood as the French president, Emmanuel Macron, rallies global support for a new Middle East peace pact. France has been lobbying western nations – including Australia and the UK – before a United Nations-backed summit in New York this month designed to accelerate momentum for a two-state solution. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...
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Lizz Hill @lizzjhill.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🗣️ Hot off the press, OA paper out now! Why might someone with #DLD struggle to engage in talk #therapy?💬 We explore the language demands of #CBT and why they matter to ALL practitioners! 🔗Access here: doi.org/10.1007/s418... #MentalHealth #SLP #devlangdis #psychology
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“Why Would Someone like Me with DLD Want to Sit in a Room and Talk? How Would that Make Me Feel Better?!” Developmental Language Disorder and the Language Demands of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy - Inte...
This article addresses two crucial questions: what are the language demands of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and how can CBT be more accessible to people with language difficulties? These quest...
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Proud of Harvard for pushing back, exercising some creativity, and, maybe, helping folks get some needed education. Harvard is making many of their online government courses FREE. I just signed up for "Citizen Politics in America". They even asked me my Gender. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
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Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Oligarchy (noun): A government of and by a few at the top, who exercise power for their own benefit. Their power and wealth increase as they make laws that favor themselves, manipulate financial markets, and create monopolies that put more wealth into their pockets.
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Heard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Today we honor the flippered citizens of our icy nation. Whether you celebrate whilst eating a democracy sausage in Oz, doomscrolling in America, pulling maple taps in Canada, or elsewhere, we appreciate the support! #worldpenguinday
EMPEROR
KEISARI-
KING
KUNINGAS-
GENTOO
VALKOKULMA-
CHINSTRAP
MYSSY-
ADELIE
JAA-
YELLOW-EYED
KELTASILMA-
ROYAL
SOUTHERN
ROCKHOPPER
MACQUARIEN- KALLIOTOYHTO-
NORTHERN
ROCKHOPPER PITKATOYHTO-
FIORDLAND
CRESTED
VUONO-
ERECT
CRESTED
MACARONI
SNARES
AFRICAN
MAGELLANIC GALAPAGOS HUMBOLDT LITTLE BLUE
CRESTED
SNARESSAARTEN- AFRIKAN-
PATAGONIAN- GALAPAGOSIN- PERUN-
SINI-
KNOW YOUR PENGUINS
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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
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Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Australia is in the grips of an extinction crisis, but it’s not too late to turn things around. It only takes 2 minutes to tell your local candidates that nature needs more action by using our simple tool: champ.ly/tFvMECL5 #auspol #ausnews #extinction #biodiversity #conservation #wildlife
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