As we enter the summer season in Australia- a reminder to please not idle your engines. Itβs bad for everyone, especially kids and those with cardio respiratory disease.
18.10.2025 21:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@drlesleybarron.bsky.social
General surgeon, mom, and cyclist with an interest in healthcare policy.
As we enter the summer season in Australia- a reminder to please not idle your engines. Itβs bad for everyone, especially kids and those with cardio respiratory disease.
18.10.2025 21:10 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#NoKings Miami!
18.10.2025 15:56 β π 27764 π 6958 π¬ 156 π 202ABC not reporting on this is β¦an interesting choice.
18.10.2025 21:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Down under, guess which services are being cancelled in private hospitals courtesy of being non profitable (bc of a sexist schedule of benefits)? Itβs all part of the same issue of the systematic devaluing of womenβs healthcare.
18.10.2025 20:58 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Either arenβt enforced or are selectively enforcedβ¦.
18.10.2025 04:25 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0www.theguardian.com/environment/.... Also the winner of the βBird that most closely resembles a Muppet.β Congrats to the Tawny Frogmouth.
18.10.2025 03:54 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I would have thought in ANY jurisdiction it would be disqualifying. And the fact itβs taken SEVEN years? I think if we are constantly prioritising ppls right to drive over vulnerable road users right to be safe on the roads- these tragedies are going to repeat over and over.
17.10.2025 20:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Horrific.
17.10.2025 09:16 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A rogues gallery featuring four individual images of vehicles parked on pavements. One image shows a person walking with a pushchair into the road.
Is this a familiar scene?π€¦
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Editorial in Saanich News titled Non-Motorists Need Infrastructure Too.
Nice editorial in the #Saanich News, from last week ICYMI. #yyj #yyjbike
15.10.2025 22:26 β π 13 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1an outdoor blllboard There will never be a bell loud enough, a helmet strong enough, or clothing bright enough to make up for poor infrastructure. Picture of child biking in a painted bike lane
Enough.
Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver.
Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles β those over 3,500kg β will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
16.10.2025 06:43 β π 1619 π 440 π¬ 54 π 2113,500kg π€―
generally used to move one healthy β90kg individual through public spaces
utter madness
this policy, along with 20mph speed limits, need to be introduced in the rest of the UK
A desperately needed community facility in Collingwood, that Labor have failed to support. π
16.10.2025 05:17 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0βIf you get hit by a car travelling at 50km/h, youβve only got a 1.5-in-10 chance of surviving. If itβs going 30km/h youβve got a nine-in-10 chance.β
βBut it was not enough to put up a sign that says 30km/hβ¦there also needed to be design changes to slow down traffic.β
Speed is always a factor.
Itβs blamed on the housing crisis and the βtyranny of choiceβ in online dating in the article. Pretty sure thereβs a bit more going on. I donβt think a ton of good choices are the norm for women in the online dating world.
16.10.2025 00:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I dunno- maybe women are waking up to the fact that society doesnβt support mothers? That their bodies take a lifelong hit, that their incomes never recover and that if they have a male partner, his life will be largely unchanged by having kids? (Except for the pay bump-for men w kids).
16.10.2025 00:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."
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15.10.2025 16:09 β π 2338 π 749 π¬ 16 π 16Anglicare has issued a dire warning to policymakers after its latest report found nurses, teachers and paramedics can only afford a tiny fraction of rental properties across the country.
15.10.2025 23:58 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0In #Switzerland, fine for a speeding driver is based (1) on how far over the limit the driver is going
(2) on how much the driver earns.
One man caught driving his Ferrari at 137 km/h the in an 80 km/h zone in a village near St. Gallen was fined 300,000 Swiss Francs (today, $375,000 US).
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Speeds from 154 to 119
"Safe Parkside" filed a Freedom of Information request to get top speeds from the ill-fated & much abused Parkside camera. The speed limit is 40km/h.
Killers, all of them, with the ear & heart of Premier Doug Ford.
A series of photographs of colourful pedestrian streets in Paris, Montreal, Barcelona, and Brussels, that feature murals and playgrounds, planter boxes and trees, and benches and terraces.
A series of photographs of colourful pedestrian streets in Paris, Montreal, Barcelona, and Brussels, that feature murals and playgrounds, planter boxes and trees, and benches and terraces.
A series of photographs of colourful pedestrian streets in Paris, Montreal, Barcelona, and Brussels, that feature murals and playgrounds, planter boxes and trees, and benches and terraces.
A series of photographs of colourful pedestrian streets in Paris, Montreal, Barcelona, and Brussels, that feature murals and playgrounds, planter boxes and trees, and benches and terraces.
βMounting evidence shows cities designed for and by women take a more intersectional approach. At the same time, these measures are shown to contribute to more vibrant and flourishing places, focused on more inviting walking, cycling, and public transport and spaces.β
www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...
At RACMA conference. Jillann Farmer with a plea to include diverse voices a chance to speak on topics outside of diversity.
Iβm not sure Iβve ever been asked to speak on a surgical topic at a surgical conference.
A terminal cancer patient is told her failure to declare a UTI has voided her insurance policies, leaving her struggling to pay her mortgage and care for her children in her final days.
14.10.2025 21:18 β π 8 π 5 π¬ 4 π 5βThe effects of these agents, especially to the lungs and heart, are much more pronounced in children.
Because tear gas is heavier than air, it remains in higher concentrations closer to the ground, consequently affecting children to a greater degreeβ¦placing them at greater risk for lung injury.β
The Australian Tax Office no longer reveals the exact size of the top individual self-managed superannuation funds (SMSF). Perhaps it is too embarrassingβ
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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"...one year on and it feels like much of the political momentum around tackling AMR has already vanished."
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Median annual income in Australia is around $55 000. Average annual cost of running a car is $16000.
These figures mean transport costs are driving a lot of ppl into financial stress, especially with housing costs & the fact car use is almost always required to be able to function.