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one evening we were walking back to our hotel room in Alaska and saw this beauty on the edge of the woods - light was fading and the trees were so busy around the owl - but i took a couple of pics anyway. Turned out beautiful - gold eyes in round striped face, and tiny pink beak on a powerful bird

today the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #LookingAtYou - here is an owl from Alaska definitely looking at us - photographed in the deep shade of a grove of trees (also a late #Stripes !) #EastCoastKin #Birds #Nature #Owl #Photography

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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors

A horrific example of so-called natural or alternative medical practices with tragic consequences. All these alternative practices are unregulated and can be very unsafe and make a fortune for those developing whatever ‘miracle cure/approach

truly appalling. i had a long conversation with my midwife daughter about this. as well as being horrified, she is concerned that this behaviour will turn people off midwives who do actually offer excellent care.

What's the deal with indoor air quality? From CO2 monitors to better building codes, Dr. Georgia Lagoudas outlines how to clean up the spaces where we spend 90% of our lives.

If you haven't listened to this yet, I highly recommend it. All your basic questions about indoor air quality -- what are the pollutants? what tech can keep them out? what policies do we need? -- are answered.

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ranin. Ranin was a teacher before this. Ranin had two children Misk, 2 and Sanad, 1 but she lost sweet little Misk. Ranin is also pregnant and her tent was flooded this week. She has a new fundraiser and could really use help.

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it could have happened to anyone 🤷‍♀️

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my ‘hood.

Heavy rainfall floods the camps of displaced Palestinians in Gaza | CNN Displaced Palestinians in Gaza woke up Friday morning to inches of water flooding their tents, after heavy rainfall overnight left their shelters and belongings soaked with no way to dry them out.

I usually share a new Palestinian account every day but today I am going to do a thread of people I’ve already verified impacted by the recent flooding in Gaza. If you can help any of these families- many who lost everything again- please do. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/14/m...

Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…

British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
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Important to be clear here that the proposed homes wouldn't mean demolishing the 18th century garden - it's just that they might possibly be visible from it. What appallingly selfish behaviour.

NSW Respiratory Surveillance Report – week ending 1 November 2025 www.health.nsw.gov.au/coronavirus Influenza is at a moderate level of activity. COVID-19 is at a low level of activity. RSV is at a low level of activity. Summary While some influenza indicators have declined, overall activity is stable but still at a moderate level, which is unusual for this time of year. COVID-19 is stable at a low level of activity. RSV is at a low level of activity.

Notifications of COVID-19, influenza and RSV Notification data is obtained from laboratory tests for infections. This indicator provides information about community infection. Interpretation: In the past week there was an increase of 4.9% in COVID-19 notifications, an increase of 4.7% in influenza notifications, and a decrease of 15.8% in RSV notifications. Table 1: Notifications of COVID-19, influenza and RSV, NSW, tested in the week ending 1 November 2025

A bar chart titled “Figure 5. Weekly notifications of COVID-19*, Influenza and RSV, by date of test and type of test performed, NSW, 1 May 2024 to 1 November 2025.” The chart displays weekly COVID-19 case notifications in New South Wales. Cases rise sharply in June–July 2024 to around 5,000–6,000 per week, then decline through late 2024 to around 1,500–2,000 per week. A second rise occurs in May–July 2025, reaching about 4,000–5,000 weekly cases before slowly declining through late 2025. The x-axis shows dates from May 2024 to December 2025, and the y-axis shows weekly notifications from 0 to 8,000.

A report graphic from NSW health surveillance showing COVID-19 test positivity and positive test counts over time. The top interpretation text says: “In the last week COVID-19 test positivity decreased to 2.4%. Influenza test positivity decreased to 8.5%. RSV test positivity decreased to 1.2%.” Below is a line and bar chart labeled: “Figure 12. Number and proportion of tests positive for COVID-19 at NSW sentinel laboratories by week, 1 May 2024 to 2 November 2025.” Light blue bars show the weekly number of positive COVID tests, generally fluctuating between ~1,500 and ~4,500. A grey line shows percent positivity, ranging from around 3% to 10% throughout the period, with peaks around December 2024 (9.6%) and June 2025 (7.3%), and sitting at 2.4% in early November 2025. Below the graph is Table 2, showing four weekly periods ending 12 October, 19 October, 26 October, and 2 November 2025. The row for SARS-CoV-2 shows percent positivity values of 2.6%, 2.4%, 2.4%, and 2.4%. The number of PCR tests conducted each week ranges from ~6,600 to ~8,000. The number of laboratories reporting COVID results is 3 in all weeks except 26 October, where it is 2. Red circles highlight the 2.4% positivity and 3 laboratories reporting values.

🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: Week ending 1 November 2025

🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.4% (-0.5%)

🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 3 out of 4

🔹COVID: 628 (+4.9%)
🔹Influenza: 2,273 (+4.7%)
🔹RSV: 388 (-15.8%)

@NSWHealth

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The Real Environmental Impact of AI | Earth.Org In this article, we delve into the environmental impact of AI, exploring associated problems including emissions and e-waste.

AI is terrible for the environment. Insane electricity demands to the ridiculous amounts of water consumption it takes, the AI direction this government wants to take is just dumb. I guess the government just Googled "new ideas for governing" and got a tech bros response

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Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:

"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."

Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.

Albanese government deports two more men to Nauru in secret, infuriating human rights advocates Exclusive: Sources say a Sudanese national and another man were chartered to the former regional processing centre last week, joining one other person

Albanese secretly deported two more men to Nauru, joining another man already there.

The lack of transparency and due process, in replacing indefinite detention in Australia with indefinite detention on Nauru doesn't sit well with Australians or the world

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Why is @woolworths.bsky.social selling American butter?

If you’re a #Woolies customer, please make sure you’re buying Aussie butter.

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Has anyone started calling the Epstein Memorial Ballroom yet?

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohamed. Mohamed was studying to be a software engineer before this. He’s now trying to take care of his whole family including his siblings Farah, 23, Fatena, 22, Aseel, 19, Hala, 18, Lama, 15, Leen, 13 and Karem, 7 and his niece Ghazal, 3.

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i read elsewhere that hepatitis, rsv and tdap also have a similar effect

when was the east wing of the white house built?