Reposted by QuackademicMatt Golding @goldingcartoons.bsky.social · 10/12/2025The trial, day one. 627678
Reposted by QuackademicTerri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 04/12/2025For academic friends researching fantasy and mythic/folkloric literature: 02515
Reposted by QuackademicThe Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 06/12/2025Feeling holiday stress? A psychologist (and native Dane) shares how Denmark relies on two words to stay grounded: overskud (the energy/space to take something on) and pyt (to let it go). This season: say no when you lack overskud and say pyt when things don’t go as planned 💛buff.lyHow to deal with holiday stress, Danish-styleDenmark, despite its cold and gloomy winters, is full of people who consistently rank among the happiest in the world. 0158
Reposted by QuackademicKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 05/12/2025okay australian government: now take the direct incentives you did for household batteries and do it for massive, large-scale renewable energy 1253
Reposted by QuackademicAn Leavy @an-leavy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Download the Australian Bites and Stings app and keep a couple of pressure bandages handy at home, in the car and when walking or out exercising Teach your kids to apply a pressure bandageabc.net.auEmergency advice about snake bites now at your fingertipsAs a new app is launched to provide first-aid advice for venomous bites and stings, a reptile expert urges people to learn how to respond in an emergency ahead of an expected spike in demand for antiv... 095
Reposted by QuackademicThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 30/11/2025Tell you what .. black friday and cyber Monday are good for one thing only: figuring out who has your email address and UNSUBSCRIBING 0162
Reposted by QuackademicAn Leavy @an-leavy.bsky.social · 01/12/2025The toll keeps rising but I am not sure what penetration the story is getting 143
Reposted by QuackademicDeborah Lee-Talbot @colourfulhistories.bsky.social · 01/12/2025This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...megaphone.org.auHands off our State Library!Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections an... 067
Reposted by QuackademicGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/11/2025I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...thepoint.com.auCSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on researchThe announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development. 28407109
Reposted by Quackademic3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Please sign. This stupid decision needs reversing actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...actionnetwork.orgCSIRO needs urgent supportCSIRO is under attack. Sign the petition calling on the Albanese Government to act now to secure the future of CSIRO’s world-leading science and research. 23938
Reposted by QuackademicAnne Thériault @annetheriault.bsky.social · 15/11/2025This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette! 12765154
Reposted by QuackademicEmerge Australia @emergeaustralia.bsky.social · 02/11/2025If you’re living with #MECFS, #LongCOVID, or want to volunteer as a ‘healthy control’ for medical research studies, becoming an AusME Registry participant is the simplest way to get involved in research! Sign up today and make a difference! zurl.co/KiZQs 01411
Reposted by QuackademicGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/11/2025A reminder - governments *can* do things. A progressive government *should* do things. A better country is possible. Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do). #ThePoint #Gough thepoint.com.au/opinions/251... 411543
Reposted by QuackademicSimon Farley @sighmonger.bsky.social · 08/11/2025He was a vain, dishonest fool, too sexist and racist even for the likes of E.O. Wilson. Like many 'great' 20th-century scientists, his credulous and craven colleagues repeatedly forgave him for his shitty personality and vile opinions, all because he was associated with a much overblown 'discovery'. 46716
Reposted by QuackademicKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/11/2025Ketan Joshi's Irrational Climate Reset I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽 924261
Reposted by QuackademicJeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 31/10/2025DEWR's annual report was tabled yesterday. Let's have a read: $1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar... 64426
Reposted by QuackademicAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said the ATO had failed to learn from the robodebt scandal by using strong-arm tactics against vulnerable people www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comATO rebuked by tax watchdog for using debt collectors on people ‘doing the right thing’Inspector general of taxation and ombudsman says she is receiving an ‘increasing number’ of complaints about tax office 58240
Reposted by QuackademicAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found the average age of death for people who've experienced homelessness is 55 - almost three decades younger than the general population www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... cc. @purplepingers.bsky.socialabc.net.auNew data on links between early death and homelessness - ABC listenThe Institute of Health and Welfare has examined the link between death and homelessness. 25439
Quackademic @quackademic.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Or media reporting the LibNat 🤡🎪 as if they were a credible opposition maintains a lazy narrative that positions the fictional ‘centre’ as the only game in town Imagine if they gave equal time to greens & cross bench members whose views are not beholden to the fossil fuels industry If only #AusPol 185
Reposted by Quackademics. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 20/10/2025If you wrote for Bitch and are interested in participating in our reprint series, please reach out to us! flyteam at theflytrapmedia dot com. 75930
Reposted by QuackademicDenise Difficult-Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Not to be missed #SundayShot - here at 9am #auspol > youtube.com/@thesundayshot 14619
Reposted by QuackademicPearls and Irritations @johnmenadue.com · 10/10/2025At a time when the value of research is being questioned, Richard Robson’s story is a powerful reminder of how scientific research leads to real-world impact. #auspol #NobelPrizejohnmenadue.comAn Australian chemist just won the Nobel Prize. Here’s how his work is changing the worldThe 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable of capturing and storing gases and other chemicals. 05429
Reposted by QuackademicStilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 26/09/2025Today, Friday 26 September, is Stanislav Petrov Day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl... Also, Situational Awareness Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa... And it’s happy 66th birthday to professional racist Andrew Bolt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...en.wikipedia.orgStanislav Petrov - Wikipedia 282
Reposted by QuackademicChadywak @chadywak.bsky.social · 21/09/2025I have cystic fibrosis, and I don't know many others here on Bluesky, but I'd like to make cf friends. If you have the cfs, then comment and say hi. 413184
Reposted by QuackademicThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 19/09/2025For more analysis from @emmashortis.bsky.social and friends on the decline of the US, tune in to our podcast After America. Latest episode ⤵️australiainstitute.org.auThe mindless menace of violenceInstead of trying bring Americans together after the latest act of political violence, the Trump administration is fanning the flames of division. 0137
Reposted by QuackademicThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2025"Have we reached the point where we can say the US is in a constitutional crisis? Has American democracy failed? Has the US descended into authoritarianism? "If the answers to those questions weren’t clear already, they are now. Yes. It is happening. Right now." theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmel... 67122
Reposted by QuackademicThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2025Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy – @emmashortis.bsky.social, Director of International & Security Affairs Program at the Australia Institute. Read: theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmel... 919276
Reposted by QuackademicThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2025"These submarines will lock us into the warlike activities of nuclear weapon states. "It is a complete repudiation of decades of Australian anti-nuclear weapons policy." - The Hon. Doug Cameron, former Senator for NSW #auspol @dncameron.bsky.social 17288116
Reposted by QuackademicSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Full cartoon on how we are spending scandalous amounts of money on useless submarines is here www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe are spending scandalous amounts of money on useless submarines, but there is exciting news! | First Dog on the MoonWhen our Aukus subs are finally (never going to be) delivered they will simply be big goofy underwater zeppelins 13111
Reposted by Quackademic🐈⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 16/09/2025My rent assistance is increasing $1.60 a week from next month My rent's going up $30 a week in December 33517
Reposted by QuackademicRonni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Something to remember for you all as social media is swamped by people angry over a man they've never met - especially in Australia where that American white guy's killing is being fed out and manipulated by Advance and the Atlas group. You're being played. All of it is scripted agit-prop trash. 38617200
Reposted by Quackademicwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/09/2025'Capitalism also depends on domestic labour' by See Red Womens Workshop, feminist silk-screen poster collective, UK (1970s-90s) #ReframingWomenPrintmakers 0358104
Reposted by Quackademicstranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Dr Richard Denniss says the “obvious” ones to pay for damage from increased floods as per the latest climate report should be the Fossil Fuel co’s, as houses will become uninsurable “The insurance industry will not help ppl in 20yrs time with their flooded houses”💯 #Estimates 1325792
Reposted by QuackademicDavid Tomkins 🦋 @davidctomkins.bsky.social · 15/09/2025The federal government has today finally released the long-awaited national climate risk assessment, providing the most detailed picture of the severe and far-reaching social and economic impact of the climate crisis for Australia. #climatecrisis #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comMillions of Australians at risk from rising sea levels and heat deaths to soar, national climate risk assessment report warnsClimate risk assessment find heat-related deaths would surge 450% in Sydney if global heating surpasses 3C 3177
Reposted by QuackademicAn Leavy @an-leavy.bsky.social · 14/09/2025This is a powerful book The story could leave you feeling sad, traumatised Yet I I felt energised by the portrayal of an amazing group of women Through their suffering they achieved so much The companies were callous and cruel They stood against cruelty with help and a lot of strength 2174
Reposted by QuackademicDr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 13/09/2025I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage 33614
Reposted by QuackademicLindsay @neomeruru.bsky.social · 06/09/2025Today the internet lost Maru, cat of legend, so I'm putting out an empty cardboard box for him. 26730242
Reposted by QuackademicEbony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 04/09/2025What an absolute disgrace. The anti-semitism envoy "declined to specifically address the presence of neo-Nazis at anti-immigration marches on the weekend" www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comFailure to tackle antisemitism should see organisations’ funding cut like subpar childcare centres, special envoy saysAt a Gold Coast conference, Jillian Segal declined to address the presence of neo-Nazis at Sunday’s anti-immigration marches 1215453
Reposted by QuackademicAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 04/09/2025As an activist who helped lead the campaign against Robodebt, I can only think back to the days when legal scholars told us we had no chance of winning in court, and how I thought, fuck it, we’ll keep fighting anyway The Robodebt class action payout is now the largest *ever* in Australian history 45865293
Reposted by QuackademicRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 04/09/2025So much I could say about the Robodebt Class Action re-settlement. But I am tired and in another time zone and will simply leave this here instead. 614246
Reposted by QuackademicRick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Commonwealth Ombudsman already smashed them and now not even govt's chosen auditing firm can say if the house of cards system of punitive mutual obligations is legal. Quite literally, they say, it is indefensible. Yet it persists. Even after Robodebt. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...thesaturdaypaper.com.auExclusive: Government warned over ‘legal basis’ of welfare systemDespite being warned in 2018 that jobseekers were being exposed to unfair and excessive decisions, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ‘chose to continue with the status quo’. 14309152
Reposted by QuackademicTrish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Are you following what is happening in the USA where government is systematically attacking the foundations of science? Thread here from Sheena. #academicsky 🧪 37427
Reposted by Quackademicnordacious @nordacious.bsky.social · 31/08/2025Unless you're First Nations, you're a descendant of immigrants. No gatekeeping on stolen land 🖤💛❤️ 7525168
Reposted by QuackademicJohn Delmenico @thebigjohnnyd.bsky.social · 31/08/2025The whiplash from how quickly Aussie media will label any pro-Palestine protest as ‘antisemitic’ but when actual Neo-Nazis are protesting on some white supremacist shit the media is like ‘woah woah woah. let’s not go throwing any labels around’ 9446161
Reposted by QuackademicDr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 31/08/2025A nazi speaking on parliament steps Literal immigrants marching against immigration It's appalling It's laughable But I'll tell you one thing it absolutely is not: A majority 56614
Reposted by QuackademicElise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️ @eliseswords.eurosky.social · 31/08/2025I'd like to remind Australia that not so long ago American's were saying, "If you're at a rally, and nazis turn up, and everyone marches with the nazis; you're at a Nazi Rally." At today's Nazi Rally in Melbourne, Nazi Party leader Thomas Sewell gave a speech. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08... 0121