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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Know someone who’s completed S3001 - Bachelor of Science Advanced - Global Challenges (Honours) at Monash? I’d like to chat
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 28/06/2026
Customers in remote Australia have safety concerns as Telstra phases out CAN Radio phone system
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Telstra phasing out CAN Radio phone system amid customer safety concerns
Telstra's Customer Access Network Radio has been a lifeline for many for more than 40 years but its technology has reached the end of its life. Customers now fear a new system will not be as reliable in an emergency.
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Today is a good day to remember that authoritarianism is not inevitable, overthrowing fascists is possible, and good things can still happen. www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
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Tens of thousands march in the first Budapest Pride since Viktor Orbán was voted out
Saturday's Pride march came a little more than a year after Orbán's nationalist-populist government passed legislation and a constitutional amendment to outlaw the event, drawing criticism from human ...
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 26/06/2026
next journalist who interviews vance about his faith should ask him about his role in ethnically cleansing his co religionists
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Exeter has a phenomenal track record of literary studies research AND enrollment. The unbundling of the two will sabotage them both. And that is by design. The fewer research-intensive humanities departments there are, this thinking goes, the easier it will be to censor what they produce.
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
WATCH: “That’s a pretty telling confession from Vice President JD Vance,” says Jacob Soboroff on Vance complaining that the “deep state,” and not constitutional safeguards, took down Richard Nixon.
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‘Deep state took down Nixon’: JD Vance rewrites Watergate
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Another reminder: if there exists *any* class of people who don't have due process rights, then *nobody* actually has due process rights because the government can always just say you're in that class.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 25/05/2026
In an ironic act of secrecy, an FOI request by The Australia Institute has exposed how the Attorney General’s Department deliberately avoided scrutiny of the government’s bungled attempt to change the nation’s FOI laws. 📺 Senator @davidshoebridge.bsky.social at Senate Estimates #auspol
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 25/05/2026
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Breaking: Second person with diphtheria dies in the NT amid ongoing outbreak
A Central Australian man has become the second person to die with diphtheria in the Northern Territory amid the ongoing outbreak.
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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
My ducks are not in a row. My ibis, however..:
Half a dozen ibis are perched on a breakwater, reflected in the flat water of the reconstructed wetland.
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Steve Kambouris @steve-kambouris.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Come listen to me talk about computational reproducibility this week! In this @sortee.bsky.social webinar, I'm discussing what I learnt when I sat down and attempted to find and use shared data and code files to reproduce results from articles in Eco/Evo. Register via the link below:
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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The ABC Ombudsman has now concluded that this article, which: - falsely claimed 8 million+ Australians are on income support - falsely claimed sick leave is an income support payment is NOT in breach of the ABC's editorial guidelines. Goodness me www.abc.net.au/about/ombuds...
Summary
The Ombudsman received 22 complaints about the digital article originally headlined ‘More than 8 million people rely on income support including sick leave, driven by a growing number of mental health claims’.

The complaints primarily raised similar concerns that:

the headline conflated employee leave entitlements with income support which misrepresented the number of Australians on welfare payments and inflamed anti-welfare sentiment, and
the article promoted a report funded by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI), an industry lobby group with vested interests.
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Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This remains a very funny hill to die on for me Like yes, you should confirm your citation says the thing you’re citing it for! It’s bad if your whole field is fucking up a common citation! I get yelled at by a judge and potentially sanctioned if I do this
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Paul Brereton has resigned from the NACC citing the "ongoing focus on matters relating to me personally rather than the Commission’s work". He says he will "continue to resist any suggestion of impropriety."
Commissioner Brereton said:

“The Commission was established to provide independent assurance to the Australian people that corrupt conduct in the Commonwealth public sector is appropriately addressed. 

“Over the last three years, much progress has been made in pursuit of our mission of enhancing integrity in the Commonwealth public sector. While our mere existence has influenced and shaped behaviour for the better, that has been powerfully reinforced by our extensive education and engagement program, which has enhanced the integrity culture across the sector.

“We have completed assessment of more than 92% of the 7,624 referrals received over the last three years.

“We have published 7 investigation reports.“We have published 7 investigation reports. Our investigations have exposed corrupt conduct in law enforcement agencies, Commonwealth departments and government business enterprises, including cronyism in a recruitment process, a secret commission in a procurement processes, dishonesty in senior executive decision-making, and the leaking of sensitive information about law enforcement investigations to criminal associates. 

“Much more is underway. Our 34 current investigations cover former or current parliamentarians and staff, senior executives in the public service, contractors and consultants, and a grants scheme. Fair and thorough investigations take time, and the outcomes of these and other investigations will emerge in due course, though it is important to remember that many will not result in findings of corrupt conduct. From the outset we have been committed to fairness, and that approach is well embedded in the Commission’s operations."“I would like to record my deep appreciation for the support and contributions of the Deputy Commissioners, the Chief Executive Officer, and the committed and diligent staff of the Commission, who work tirelessly in the interests of the Australian people.

“The ongoing focus on matters relating to me personally rather than the Commission’s work is drawing attention away from the Commission’s core purpose of strengthening integrity in the Commonwealth public sector, which has always been my primary focus as Commissioner.

“I believe that the Commission’s success is paramount, and not due to any single person. While I will continue to resist any suggestion of impropriety, I have decided that it is time, now that the Commission is established and functioning with quality staff and good processes, to step aside and allow a new Commissioner to lead it into the next phase of its development into a key and respected component of the integrity architecture of the Commonwealth.”
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Holy shit, I didn't want to yell at a single one of these clinical recommendations
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Many older adults who died of COVID weren’t close to death before infection, study suggests "About 28% of older people in England who died of COVID-19 in the first 2.5 years of the pandemic would likely, if uninfected, have lived at least another 5 years" Source: www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/man...
The news brief shown in the image was published on May 12, 2026, at 5:22 a.m.
The article, written by Mary Van Beusekom for CIDRAP, discusses a study from the UK Office for Health Improvement and Disparities. The study used data from March 2020 to September 2022 and estimated that approximately 28% of older adults in England who died from COVID-19 would have likely lived at least another five years if they had not been infected.
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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Seeking health care as a woman in one headline www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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French woman was told by doctors hantavirus symptoms were just anxiety
Exclusive: Spanish health minister says MV Hondius passenger, now in a ‘critical state’, had been suffering flu-like symptoms
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Don’t get me wrong, I never stop being shocked when people tell me they’re voting One Nation. It’s a shitful racist choice. But I understand the psychology of how people get there
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Living in a rural area and working with populations facing socioeconomic disadvantage you’d never witness in the city, it doesn’t feel hard to understand why people would outright refuse to vote for either Labor or Liberals
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 11/05/2026
Ahead of the 2026 federal budget, Education Minister Jason Clare has announced plans for a new national commission for early education and care.
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Governments keep trying to make childcare safer. Could a new ‘national commission’ make a difference?
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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Cruise ship outbreaks are back in the news, but how do people interact? A few years ago, we analysed almost 4m social interactions during multi-day cruises. Passengers had median of 20 (IQR 10–36) unique close contacts per day, and over 60% of contact episodes were in dining or sports areas:
nature.com
Using high-resolution contact networks to evaluate SARS-CoV-2 transmission and control in large-scale multi-day events - Nature Communications
Here, the authors simulate COVID-19 outbreaks on an empirical contact network derived from digital contact data collected on cruise ships. They model impacts of different control measures and find tha...
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the mollster mash @ilikemints.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
it took me too long to realize that this was "horseshit" censored and not new slang i didn't know about yet where "horses" meant bad
screenshot of a variety headline which reads:
Robert Downey Jr. Says It's Absolute Horses— to Declare That Social Media Influencers Are the 'Stars of the Future'
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
If your brain is struggling due to anxiety,sadness,the way others have behaved,ADHD, autism,burnout,chronic illness &/or because the world’s too full of grimness then hi,me too. Research shows my photo’ll provide relief for your thoughts-pause & zoom into the details-& keep going, you’re not alone 🌿
Flower picked from my garden in May arranged in rainbow colour order on a black chipped enamel background
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 05/05/2026
This is big. Former leaders, executives and professionals of the oil and gas industry are urging the government to reject the expansion of fossil fuel dependence. 👏👏👏 Read the open letter: theaus.in/4u2HOYc
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Adrian Esterman @profesterman.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Loneliness sits awkwardly in public health. It’s not infectious. It’s not a classic lifestyle risk. But it still affects mortality. The “as deadly as smoking” claim isn’t quite right, but the real story matters. My latest article in Medium: medium.com/@adrian.este...
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Loneliness Is Not Quite As Deadly As Smoking. It Still Deserves The Same Attention.
An epidemiologist explains what the “loneliness vs smoking” claim gets wrong — and why the real problem is being overlooked.
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 04/05/2026
The technology also raises the question of whether AI camera systems are the best way to promote safe driving.
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AI road safety cameras are fuelling a surge in driver fines. Are they fair?
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/07/2024
AI folks have now discovered “thinking”
Steph Smith: Sometimes in the process of writing a good enough prompt for ChatGPT, I end up solving my own problem, without even needing to submit it.
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Josh Taylor @joshtaylor.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Five and a half years in now. They're still hearing on relief, and that's before any appeals.
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The audio-only version of Being a Public Scholar with @lollardfish.bsky.social is now available anywhere you get your podcasts! legendsandlectures.podbean.com/e/being-a-pu...
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Being a Public Scholar with Dr David Perry | Legends and Lectures
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Posting so hard that he accidentally kicked off literary modernity
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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
The first truly great shitposter was Danté who wrote a post over 14,000 lines long about all the people he hated
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
This is a perfect example of internalized ableism. Being so terrified of your own diagnosis that you endanger everyone with it by calling for it to be hidden and squirreled away where no one can find it and make everyone who has it hide in the shadows or be publicly judged.
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Federal Court of Australia @fedcourtau.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Welcome to the Federal Court of Australia's Bluesky account. Here you'll find updates on the Court, announcements and insights into our work. We look forward to sharing information that helps keep you informed and connected. Follow along for the latest updates! #FCA
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vass @vass.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
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monika-dryburgh.bsky.social @monika-dryburgh.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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monika-dryburgh.bsky.social @monika-dryburgh.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Jfc. I am shocked. Utterly surprised. /s
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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 05/04/2026
“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”
I know the tweet is Al generated when they use " ," before and.
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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Isn’t it weird how “AI literacy” being pushed on students isn’t about learning how it works, the cost of how it works, learning to spot disinformation, media and tech literacy. But instead is just “employers will like it if you get it to write your emails :)”
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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.
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LIV 🌻🍉😷 @mmechomski.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
“Taylor said Albanese wasted the nation’s time. His reply was not much different” Love that headline! 😎 www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
Taylor said Albanese wasted the nation’s time. His reply was not much different
Angus Taylor has had his right of reply to Anthony Albanese’s address to the nation. It felt a bit like a sequel for which nobody asked.
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
For context, here is a story from another Victorian lab trying to recruit people for an #mecfs study. Everyone thinks someone else will volunteer, surely they don't need *me*. But this is actually one of the hard parts of science. Whole trials fail because they can't recruit people!!
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Jason Murphy @jasemurphy.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Seriously, if you are a woman, live in Victoria and have weird #longcovid #postcovid symptoms, these researchers 🧑‍🔬 are desperate to hear from you! 🫵Please email now!🌋
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Esther @elhopkins.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
We have moved a long way from thinking about the ‘precautionary principle’ to now just ignoring a mountain of studies and hundreds of millions of long covid sufferers. It’s a very self destructive pattern of behaviour. Millions of children are impacted. I don’t know what it will take to U-turn?
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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
‘A cruel penalty’: hundreds of thousands of disabled people will have their benefit cut if their conditions are deemed not to be lifelong. My report in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 1/5
theguardian.com
‘A cruel penalty’: disabled people face lower benefit payments if conditions not deemed lifelong
Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ criteria, say charities
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Tom Kindlon @tomkindlon.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It's 8th anniversary of this paper A lot of it was only possible due to Alem's heroic FOI victory, which the #PACETrial team fought so hard to stop. That surely wasn't because the real results weren't as flattering as they had presented them? bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #MECFS
R E S E A R C H A R T I C L E Open Access
Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue
syndrome—a reanalysis and evaluation of
findings from a recent major trial of graded
exercise and CBT
Carolyn E. Wilshire 1* , Tom Kindlon2 , Robert Courtney3 , Alem Matthees 4
, David Tuller 5
, Keith Geraghty 6
and Bruce Levin 7
Abstract
Background: The PACE trial was a well-powered randomised trial designed to examine the efficacy of graded
exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome. Reports concluded
that both treatments were moderately effective, each leading to recovery in over a fifth of patients. However, the
reported analyses did not consistently follow the procedures set out in the published protocol, and it is unclear
whether the conclusions are fully justified by the evidence.
Methods: Here, we present results based on the original protocol-specified procedures. Data from a recent Freedom
of Information request enabled us to closely approximate these procedures. We also evaluate the conclusions from the
trial as a whole.
Results: On the original protocol-specified primary outcome measure - overall improvement rates - there was a
significant effect of treatment group. However, the groups receiving CBT or GET did not significantly outperform the
Control group after correcting for the number of comparisons specified in the trial protocol. Also, rates of recovery were
consistently low and not significantly different across treatment groups. Finally, on secondary measures, significant effects
were almost entirely confined to self-report measures. These effects did not endure beyond two years.
Conclusions: These findings raise serious concerns about the robustness of the claims made about the efficacy of CBT
and GET. The modest treatment effects obtained on self-report measures in the PACE trial do not exceed what could be
reasonably accounted for by participant reporting biases.
Keywords: Chronic fatigue syndrome, Myalgic ence
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Alastair Lawrie @alastairlawrie.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"[T]he absence of LGBTIQ+ vilification prohibitions – with neither South Australian nor Commonwealth law currently protecting our communities – implies that anti-LGBTIQ+ prejudice is not as serious as other types of hate speech." #auslaw #savotes #auspol www.starobserver.com.au/news/explain...
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EXPLAINER: Laws Protecting LGBTQIA+ People Exist Around Australia – SA Lags Behind
South Australia currently has no anti-vilification laws protecting the LGBTQIA+ community, which advocacy groups say need to change.
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Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
The 2025 death of nutrition influencer Stacey Warnecke is being examined by a Victorian coroner, with an inquest to probe the circumstances around Ms Warnecke's decline and the role of a support worker, Emily Lal. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... #aushealth #auslaw
abc.net.au
Birthkeeper may be forced to give evidence about influencer's freebirth death
A coroner investigating the death of nutrition influencer Stacey Warnecke after a freebirth may compel her support worker to appear at the inquest.
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