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Rachel Deacon

@littlebugger.bsky.social
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Data analytics, value based health care + research alcohol and other drugs; lesbian, bi and queer women's health #SWASH; ex-astronomy; Sydney Australia

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
You have FOUR (4) more days to order a Biology is Bigger than Binaries shirt, designed by the lovely and talented @franzanth.bsky.social. In this nightmare of a year, merch is keeping @skypeascientist.bsky.social afloat. Even if you don't order, RT's help so much! Get 'em: squidfacts.bigcartel.com
Two identical shirt designs but one is magenta and one is orange. It says biology is bigger than binaries and it has a clownfish and a bee and a lily
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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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I went to an ancient rainforest with 90 artists and lived! Despite my endless cynicism I had a lovely time | First Dog on the Moon
I saw the world’s tallest moss and camped beneath a 500-year-old myrtle tree
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
The Age and other media calling ‘Women Will Speak’ a ‘women’s rights group’ is absurd. They formed solely to oppose the rights of trans & non-binary people. They have nothing else to say about women or rights. The vast majority of us are only toilet-obsessed when we need a wee.
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Daniel James @mrdtjames.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
In light of this morning’s events.
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Husband, Dad, Digger: The Aboriginal ANZAC who fought for family.
The Great War offered Percy Pepper the same pay and conditions as the white man. With a severely ill wife, seven dependent children and a life under the harsh Aborigines Protection Act, it gave him a ...
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I feel sick again I will always keep using the womens bathroom like i have for the past decade, and my entire adult life, in this country Arrest me, beat me, kill me, you will never get me to surrender my womanhood
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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
We are working to highlight the impact of Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling on our communities. If you're a trans (including non-binary) person, intersex, a cis woman that disagrees with the ruling and/or doesn't meet White western beauty standards. And..
How has the Supreme Court ruling impacted you? Email us - see comment. Illustration of an @ symbol coming out an envelope.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Crowded room. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Dr Ryan MacDonald @distantworlds.space · 17/04/2025
𝗡𝗼, 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝟮-𝟭𝟴𝗯'𝘀 𝗮𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲. K2-18b is back in the news, now with a bold claim that biosignature molecules (DMS and/or DMDS) have been 'detected at 3σ'. Most exoplanet astronomers are extremely sceptical about these claims, let's see why (1/n). 🔭🧪🪐 #exoplanet
Artist's impression of the exoplanet K2-18b.
Credit: A. Smith, University of Cambridge.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/04/2025
1. Incredible news for trans people in Montana. A Montana judge has temporarily blocked the state's bathroom ban targeting trans adults in airports, colleges, and more. He ruled that the state showed no evidence bathroom bans protect women. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Montana Adult Trans Bathroom Ban Blocked In Court: "No Evidence" It Protects Women
The ruling is the first such ruling to block an adult transgender bathroom ban in the United States.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 01/04/2025
1. A transgender woman let legislators know she intended to use the bathroom in the Florida Capitol. A contingent of officers waited for her, and stood outside the door. When she stepped in, she was arrested and sent to a men's jail. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trans Woman Arrested, Sent to Men’s Jail For Entering Florida Capitol Bathroom
“I’m not a political activist,” she maintained. “I’m just a normal college student who thinks this law is wrong.”
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Before the pandemic, my wife & I went on a date w/some lesbians. One of them happened to work for counter intelligence, but that is not important to this story We decided to meet in Fells Point, because before all the random shootings, it was the place to go This is an unintentional pun you’ll see
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/03/2025
1. Major news in transgender care. Germany, Switzerland, and Austria have just released their trans youth care guidelines. They strongly recommend trans youth care and slam the Cass Review in England. Europe is not "pulling back" on trans care. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New German, Swiss, And Austrian Guidelines Recommend Trans Youth Care, Slam Cass Review
The recommendations, released by the Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany, come at a time when US politicians erroneously claim that Europe is "pulling back" on transgender care.
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Rachel Deacon @littlebugger.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
The S-check app is now available! Its for people who use methamphetamine, helping you to understand the impact of use on your health. scheckapp.org.au It's been developed by the Stimulant Treatment Program at St Vincent’s Hospital in Australia, based on research and clinical practice. #addictionsci
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S-Check
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Rachel Deacon @littlebugger.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
This was such a heartbreaking yet heart-soothing and uplifting story. All power to you grumpy @paul.kidd.id.au
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Every cathedral climb I do is, at its core, a story about people, just as much as it's about crumbling staircases, dizzying heights, and old stone. But even with that in mind, Truro was a little bit special: jayhulmepoet.substack.com/p/truro-cath...
 That evening Truro Cathedral was holding their very first Pride Carol Service, at which I was to read some poems.

The evening before I had sat down for dinner with the Dean, a man desperate to make it clear that Truro Cathedral was a home for all people; That this Cathedral did not belong to him, or to any one person, and that all were welcome here. A man palpably upset that too many LGBT+ people didn’t feel welcome at all.

That night the Cathedral was lit in rainbow colours, lights leaned against each pillar. The Dean opened with a welcome, an apology for the way the church has, and continues to, treat LGBT people. The local LGBT choir sang. I read my poems. People held their partners hands in a church for the first time.At the end, a young transgender person walked up to where the Dean was speaking with the leader of Cornwall Pride, in their arms was a bundle of black fabric. They explained that this was a banner they’d unfurled in protest, weeks before, in a demonstration in the square outside the Cathedral - it said “protect trans kids” in Cornish. They asked, tentatively, if they could unfurl it in the Cathedral. An act seemingly impossible, in every Cathedral I’ve been in so far. An act seemingly impossible in almost any church. Not because people don’t agree with it, but because they (myself included) fear the backlash and danger from the hatred that could then come.

The Dean thought for a moment, and then nodded. “Go and stand in the middle” he said, gesturing at the platform right below the crossing “that’s where you’ll get a good photo.” Then he turned to me, explained what it said, and asked if I wanted to help hold it. A crowd gathered. He stood to one side, and watched, smiling, as God’s beloved children stood together - calling, as Christ so often did, for the protection of the marginalised and oppressed.
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Australian Independent Media/Journo Lists & ‘How to Bluesky List’ video. 1. Indi Media Aus -81 Listed bsky.app/profile/did:... 2. Indi Journos+ Aus -150 Listed bsky.app/profile/did:... *Please, like/repost to help more ppl learn ‘How To Bluesky Lists’💜
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Fucking Cockies! Also… respect🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 Source 📹I/G @ artistsarahrowan
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Seren Gael @serengael.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
I had been putting off my mammogram for ages. At first, it was because of the start of the pandemic. Then, as things began to open up again, I put it off because it’s so bloody painful. 👇
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Bronwyn Clark @bronwynhill1.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
When you get home from a really lovely Christmas lunch and drink wine then think about it too much and get sad because it would’ve been so much better with Mum there. Sending love to everyone missing someone this Christmas 💜
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Tara Murphy @taramurphy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
#Physics #art 12 - Today's Physics @ Sydney art is "The ionization state of gas in galaxies" by Scott Croom. Each circle in this image shows a map of the ratio of nitrogen to hydrogen emission across a galaxy. Explanation in the thread below. #Astronomy ⚛️
Each circle in this image shows a map of the ratio of nitrogen to hydrogen emission across a galaxy.

The background is grey, with coloured circles on a colour map ranging from blue to red. 

Green colours show stronger nitrogen due to more heavy elements in the gas, but with the ionization still from young stars.

Red colours (strongest nitrogen) show regions where the gas is ionized by radiation from a disk around a super-massive black hole, or from shocks as gas is driven out of a galaxy at high velocity.

From left to right we show galaxies with increasing mass.

Image Credit: Scott Croom, University of Sydney
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Captain Quoll @kudelka.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Anyway, on that note, I’ll be working on various bits and pieces in my gallery because that’s all I really want to do and you should definitely buy my calendar. www.kudelkashop.com/product/2025...
Cover of 2025 Kudelka calendar with a sketchy bird on it
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
The 2 page plain language summary of #menopause and MHT, extracted from the pdf for even easier access-
Screenshot of Page 1 of the plain language summaryScreenshot of Page 2 of the plain language summary
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Re-upping this excellent and balanced summary of #menopause and MHT (menopausal hormonal therapy, the more accurate terminology than HRT). The article is 12 pages, but if you scroll past the references, there is an plain language 2 page summary. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Menopause and MHT in 2024: addressing the key controversies – an International Menopause Society White Paper
The vision of the International Menopause Society (IMS) is that all women across the world will have easy and equitable access to evidence-based knowledge and health care, empowering them to make f...
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hello and welcome to my followers! 💙 I’ve recently joined BlueSky and I’m here to share my love of #Archaeology I’ll often post photos of artefacts I’ve seen in museums. Here’s a favourite from a trip to Cairo … an amazing ancient Egyptian blue hippo made of faience almost 4,000 years ago! Enjoy!
An ancient Egyptian statuette of a standing blue hippopotamus made of Egyptian faience, a ceramic material coated with bright blue glaze. The hippo is viewed from the side profile. It is decorated with black outlines of lotus plants. A little bird is perched on the stem of one lotus flower
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🌈Dr. Frizzle @swilua.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
*not recommended for your underwear
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