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Benison O’Reilly

@benisonoreilly.bsky.social
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Australian 🇦🇺 writer & hospital pharmacist. Mother of 3 young men. #Evidencebasedmedicine #autism. Hate #antivaxxers

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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Horrified obviously, but it has occurred to me that eSafety would require platforms hosting the footage to block it in Australia, I would think. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Pentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamed
Nidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
COVID-19 Drops Out of World’s Top 10 Causes of Death for First Time Since Pandemic Began healthpolicy-watch.news/covid-19-dro...
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COVID-19 Drops Out Of World’s Top 10 Causes Of Death For First Time Since Pandemic Began - Health Policy Watch
COVID-19 dropped out of the world’s 10 leading causes of death in 2023 for the first time since the pandemic began in 2020, and only two years after it topped
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 23/09/2026
Idea: no corporate welfare, subsidies, or government contracts for corporations whose employees need to rely on government assistance because of low wages.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 22/09/2026
I decided to share my health journey with GLP-1s because I thought it might make a difference for others. I don't take for granted that we now have tools to help us live healthier lives — and I hope sharing encourages people to explore their options.
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Gov. Pritzker opens up about his 80-pound weight loss, use of GLP-1 — ‘I think it’s what I need to succeed’
More than two years into his weight loss journey, Gov. JB Pritzker says he wants to talk about it, largely in part because he knows millions of Americans are suffering from obesity-related health cond...
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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 16/09/2026
BREAKING: Today, I'm introducing a bill to BAN corporate takeovers of your doctor's office. Doctors should be able to care for their patients without greedy private equity investors getting in the way. Let's get this done.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Doctors Without Borders say Israel just bombed one of their clearly marked vehicles 👇🏽 (Will 🇺🇸 media even mention this?)
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2026
Ireland has spoken. They REALLY don’t like Trump. 🇮🇪 Dear Ireland, his approval rating is in the 30s. We don’t like him over here either!
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Thad @tyranicus.net · 11/09/2026
Just got my flu and covid boosters. I'll be sure to take some Tylenol when my arm aches to ensure maximum levels of autism.
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GirlFuturist @girlfuturist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#vaccines #autism #MMR #RFKjr
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thing about technology that actually does make life better is you don't need to write 1,437 different op-eds to try to persuade people that it will make your life better.
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Tom Red @tomredmemes.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
And yet the Coalition’s ‘women problem’ persists…
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Daniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
Map showing Lower Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport.
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Benison O’Reilly @benisonoreilly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When will climate change denial end? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching
Event is likely to be largest in at least 1,000 years and will pile extra heat into a world already in a climate crisis
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Benison O’Reilly @benisonoreilly.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I thought that at the time. Australia, with a population a tenth of the size of the US gave ten times that amount. Obscene 😡https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/02/nepal-flood-aid?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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‘Pitiful’: experts condemn initial US aid contribution for Nepal flood victims
Sum of $500,000 has been increased as death toll passes 1,000 but specialists decry Trump dismantling of USAID
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 02/09/2026
According to a new UN report, global warming will reach at least 1.8 degrees Celsius, even in the best-case scenario. The authors warn that "there are no good outcomes above 1.5 degrees Celsius."
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Benison O’Reilly @benisonoreilly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is interesting. It takes great courage to admit you’re wrong. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Four Maga defectors on what led them to walk away: ‘I’d been addicted to fear and rage’
Ex-Maga supporters unpack their role in bolstering Trump’s platform and share what brought them to the Leaving Maga non-profit support network
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Benison O’Reilly @benisonoreilly.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can’t be good. 🙁 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Sydney records warmest winter on record as Melbourne equals previous hottest temperatures
New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania just experienced their warmest-ever winters – and BoM says above-average temperatures expected to continue
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Supreme Court today said the current president had the unilateral authority to tear down the East Wing of the White House and build a monstrous ballroom. That means the next president will have the unilateral authority to rebuild the East Wing and tear down the monstrous ballroom.
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Sydney EV @sydneyev.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
You know if it was an EV that caught fire and closed the harbour tunnel, every headline would mention it was an EV.. but seeing as it’s a petrol car on fire, it’s just “a car fire”. Why not report it “Petrol car fire closed the harbour tunnel?
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Benison O’Reilly @benisonoreilly.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.theguardian.com/membership/2...
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This is not a natural calamity: it is being done to us knowingly
Global heating is an outrage, not a tragedy. We deserve the facts about the climate crisis – I choose the Guardian because it’s one of the few places left to share them honestly
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Chilldogs @chilldogs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I'm old enough to crap rust and today is my birthday. I asked my wife for a special birthday present. I asked her to send $100 to Niall Harbison in Thailand to support the Happy Doggo rescue and she instantly agreed. My best birthday present in 72 years...
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Dr. Vin Gupta: There is no proven link between the childhood vaccine schedule and the development of autism. There are other much more plausible and proven risks that we just don’t talk about because they are so focused on their hypothesis that’s been debunked.…
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 14/08/2026
The doctor who claimed that vaccines cause autism lost his medical license for faking for the study. But his lies and the damage he did to public health persist long after his paper was pulled. This is why science communication is so difficult; all it takes is one grifter.
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Ian Quayle @ianhquayle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Isn't it strange that the whole world believes scientists when they predict a solar eclipse with microsecond accuracy, but not when they predicted the existential threat of global heating due to the emission of greenhouse gases.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
America should be ashamed. No one should ever have to delay medical care due to cost. The US is the only developed country that doesn’t guarantee healthcare to its citizens, and as a result they have extremely poor outcomes & lower life expectancy. Healthcare is a human right.
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A shocking 92 percent of US adults not going to the doctor because it’s too expensive
The decision to delay medical care involves multiple factors, including gender - women are more likely to put off care than men
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
When it comes to your children’s health, listen to doctors. Not a president who once told Americans to inject bleach. The American Academy of Pediatrics’ immunization recommendations have not changed.
Children’s immunization schedule
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 12/08/2026
Phillip Island penguins to be rounded up for bird flu vaccine
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Phillip Island penguins to be vaccinated for bird flu
The targeted vaccination of 5,000 penguins is claimed to be the largest wild bird vaccination program undertaken globally.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Jennifer Shin - WTAF @jennifershin.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Researchers at the Statens Serum Institut in Denmark have conducted multiple landmark, population-wide studies tracking hundreds of thousands to over 1.2 million children using national health registries to examine potential links between vaccines and autism. Every major study found no connection.
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Large Danish Study: No link between vaccines and autism or 49 other health conditions
A new Danish study finds no association between aluminum in childhood vaccines and 50 different health conditions, including autism, asthma, and autoimmune diseases. The findings reaffirm the safety o...
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 05/08/2026
@catgyoung.bsky.social #medsky www.ovid.com/jnls/pidj/ab...
One of the largest US studies ever conducted on the MMR vaccine and autism has just been published, analyzing more than 2.5 million children.  Researchers found no association between receiving the first MMR vaccine before age 2 and childhood autism.
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The puppies Penn & Teller, and Richard @rdaily.medsky.social · 02/08/2026
Pro tip for photos of your dog
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
After today's shameful display of medical McCarthyism, imagine the next pandemic. Imagine that world's foremost expert on infectious diseases considering jumping in to help millions of people. We are in a deeply dark and disturbing place for the future of science. And for the future, period.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If you’re watching Fauci’s testimony remember that science isn’t an ideology. It doesn’t lie. It evolves. COVID-19 was a once-in-a-century pandemic caused by a brand-new virus, recommendations changed because the evidence changed. That’s not deception. That’s how it works.
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Roy B ☮️ @rewerbyor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Can everybody who sees this and is considering bringing a dog into their family please consider the importance of dog shelters and the thousands of beautiful, gentle and intelligent dogs currently needing loving homes. Please don’t perpetuate the cruel breeding industry by buying a ‘pedigree’ dog.
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Their Devil @iamdevil.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Since when did we start accepting “flat earth” as an opinion? It’s not an opinion, it’s a delusion. It’s wrong, easily disproven, and just plain stupid. We’re helping no-one by coddling these idiots.
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That guy @stuartbayens.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A federal judge has approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.
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Judge approves a US$1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot
A federal judge approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay authors about US$3,000 per book.
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Benison O’Reilly @benisonoreilly.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Priceless introduction to the lead article in last night’s Sydney Morning Herald.
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Catherine McMullen @allophilia.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
From the Guardian, caption and all:
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
new “come on, grandpa, time for bed” meme just dropped
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Benison O’Reilly @benisonoreilly.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Woohoo! 🎉
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Benison O’Reilly @benisonoreilly.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What BS. That was a goal. 😡
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
📹| In a funny incident, two people tried to enter a movie theater screening [The Odyssey] without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse in a comedic reenactment of the famous story.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 17/07/2026
True friendship shown as dolphins guide stranded whale out of WA estuary
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Relief for marine experts as whale helped out of shallow estuary
A juvenile southern right whale has been saved by a pod of dolphins after it was stranded in an estuary in WA's south for two weeks.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New data out today from the ABS shows Australians over the past 18 months really have been doing a lot more international travel. One country though seems to not be all that popular of a destination. Can't think why.
Chart showing growth of Australian travel by destination since Nov 2024:
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China	31.7
Vietnam	30.5
Sri Lanka	29.9
Japan	29.7
Taiwan	17.2
Philippines	16.7
India	15.8
Malaysia	15.5
Singapore	12.7
Korea, South	12.6
All countries	11.9
Thailand	11.1
New Zealand	9.9
Canada	8.7
Hong Kong	7.7
South Africa	7.7
Indonesia	7.4
SE Europe	5.6
Fiji	5.2
NW Europe	3.7
UK	1.1
USA	-5.3
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winkybiker @winkybiker.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
People who have electric cars: "Theyre great. We're never going back to an ICE vehicle." People who don't have electric cars: "Your experience is false. They're not great. You are lying. I am supremely confident in this assertion, even though I've never owned nor driven an EV."
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 16/07/2026
RSV vaccination rates halve NSW hospitalisations, as influenza peak looms
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One of leading causes of infant deaths sees 'fantastic' decline in NSW
New South Wales health authorities have hailed a vaccination program that has nearly halved hospitalisations for a potentially deadly respiratory virus among newborn babies a "fantastic" success, as the winter illness peak fast approaches.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 17/07/2026
The only election interference happening in this country is coming straight from the White House, and no amount of pathetic late night rambling from a failing, fading president will change anyone’s mind
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/07/2026
Now they’re trying to convince us that a data center is not a data center?
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