David Caldicott

Halloween gravestone reading “I Did My Own Research” in a yard with two skeleton arms sticking out of the grass.

Happy Halloween

140,000 brave people ventured into the deserted crime ridden streets of Melbourne last night, many ate at restaurants, drank at pubs, then went to the cricket or an Oasis concert and the worst thing that happened was an Oasis flash mob choir. 🧑‍🎤

#AusPol

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have

Public hospital staff struggle to return full-time amid assaults and PTSD Staff at Tasmania's public hospital emergency departments say they experience violence and aggression "all the time". Data released under right to information laws shows how often these incidents are ...

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

A' Chioch looking in good shape earlier today. There were times last winter when there wasn't even as much snow as this!

It seems only four people in the world can do this job: Rodgers, O'Neill, Postecoglou, and Lennon 🤔

'We know what we're doing': Ferry operator doubled down before $9m blunder The operator of Tasmania's ferry fleet told the state-owned operator of ports, "They're our ships, we know what we're doing", before botching design specifications, an inquiry has heard.

@nickfeik.bsky.social just wanted to make sure you didn't miss this latest development. Truly, incredible stuff.

Diphtheria, a Once Vanquished Killer of Children, Is Resurgent

Measles is back

Whooping cough is back

Now, diphtheria is staging a return with large outbreaks now in Somalia, Sudan, Yemen and Chad — countries with civil wars or large populations of refugees where vaccination coverage is low...

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/h... @stephanienolen.bsky.social

“Coast Guard Police Shoot 2 People at Protest Site Outside Base in California”

Enough with the passive constructions. When authorities shoot people, say so. This New York Times headline could have easily said,
“Coast Guard Police Shoot 2 People at Protest Site Outside Base in California.”

Richard Parkes Bonington, English Romantic artist who worked in France, born #OTD 1802; known for atmospheric watercolours of Normandy coast, influenced Delacroix.
Yale University Art Gallery, Centre for British Art

Oil Reserves by Country Search... Country Oil Reserves (barrels) in 2016 World Share Venezuela 299,953,000,000 18.17% 2 Saudi Arabia 266,578,000,000 16.15% 3 Canada 170,863,000,000 10.35% 4 Iran 157,530,000,000 9.54% 5 Iraq 143,069,000,000 8.67% 6 Kuwait 101,500,000,000 6.15% 7 United Arab Emirates 97,800,000,000 5.93% 8 Russia 80,000,000,000 4.85%

It really is a mystery why the USA wants to invade Venezuela...

when you watch footage of a vessel sinking beneath the waves, you’re like “that’s it. that thing’s not coming back”

Love this, Brendan.
No idea where or what is, but it’s lovely.

Dark grey sky with a strip of light around a hill on the horizon at the very bottom of the photo

It'll be a good deal lighter than this at the same time tomorrow morning but the dark is rising

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese getting off a plane while wearing slim black pants, black boots, and a black Joy Division t-shirt.

how it feels explaining early 2000s hipster history to young people

SATIRE [pic of trump in front of the white house with a gasoline container] "The White House Is Safe With Me," Exclaims Donald Trump Dousing The Entire Building With Gasoline

#satire #whitehouse

Dozens Rescued From Spire After Jokers Erect Fake Polling Station Sign SO FAR 47 voters have been rescued from Dublin’s Spire after a fake “Polling Station” sign was attached to it early this morning, forcing emergency crews into action. Emergency services arrived on the scene at approximately …

Dozens Rescued From Spire After Jokers Erect Fake Polling Station Sign
https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/24/dozens-rescued-from-spire-after-jokers-erect-fake-polling-station-sign/

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

a woman holding a sign that says 'i guess i'm a terrorist now' - picture of old woman holding a pbs bag and carrying a sign that says 'liberty and justice for all'

#protestsigns

It's the guns 💯%

A screenshot from a Forbes piece about protein powder poisoning (that’s fun to say!): • Consumer Reports tested 23 popular protein powders and ready-to-drink shakes, finding more than two-thirds of the products had more lead in a single serving than Consumer Reports' experts have said is safe to consume in one day. • Some of the products contained 10 times more lead than is safe to consume in a day, according to the report. • Nearly all the plant-based products tested contained elevated levels of lead, with two having so much lead that Consumer Reports cautions against using them at all.

I’m not saying heavy metal poisoning is an issue in the products approved for sale in Australia, but I am saying that of my colleagues the same ones who champion using Copilot to write their SQL are also the same ones that talk a lot about their protein and preworkout powder regimens.

Tony Abbott’s argument about Australian democracy is Trumpian in intent and based on half-truths | Marcia Langton Former PM’s new book reads like a style manual for March for Australia types, weaving together evidence and myth, history and ideology

Tony Abbott’s argument about Australian democracy is Trumpian in intent and based on half-truths

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Flipped to The Big Lebowski on Showtime at just the moment that John Goodman unctuously said "Pilar?" to kick off the Larry Is This Your Homework scene. Auspicious. Big week coming.

trump mad face the face of a man about to put 3000% tariffs on inflatable frog costumes

Person of the Year Time Photo of inflatable frog guy

Post from WH about Chicago "in chaos," showing scene from another state.

A terrific AFP fact check uses reverse image searches to expose how a White House video took scenes from Florida, Texas, South Carolina and Nebraska and lied that they showed "Chicago is in chaos."
factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com....

On Nov 5 at 4 PM, join and support members of the healthcare, public health, and scientific communities in a march from the APHA Rally for the Public’s Health to the Capitol to deliver petitions to Congress demanding the resignation or removal of RFK Jr.

www.911forhealthandscience.org

It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.

Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.

Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!