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Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture Celebrates Impact of Science and Research on Community Health

Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture Celebrates Impact of Science and Research on Community Health

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David Pope in Canberra Times

What a despicable bunch of backwards looking sods.

Australia’s medical research sector is world-leading.

It would be even better if we spent the billion of dollars we’ve put into the Medical Research Futures Fund over the last 10y on the healthcare improvements and innovation it’s earmarked for.

The money is there for that purpose. Let’s use it.

🇦🇺 AUSTRALIAN DOCS IN GAZA: “70-80% of our patients are kids and pregnant women… It’s a nightmare… bombing after bombing… We’re making this video because we could die at any moment… Can someone please stop this terror and horror?”

Full: www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMRReCVY/

It feels like mainstream journalists are in complete denial about the democratic crisis which has been happening right under their noses for a decade. They’ve collectively failed to adequately report, scrutinise, contest it. The frog has been boiled. It can’t jump out of the saucepan when it’s dead!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | Global Sumud Flotilla

The gist of the Israeli take on the Global Sumud Flotilla. (They can bomb, they can kill, they can lie through their teeth, they can deny genocide till they are blue in the mouth. BUT, they cannot counter the power of well-targeted humour) www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaoA...

Exclusive Brethren says they are “not a cult.

“Not a cult. Not a cult.”

Ok then. But let’s take action anyhow, just in case.

Widow of Charlie Kirk says her ‘cries will echo around the world like a battle cry’ In statement Friday, Erika Kirk says ‘evildoers responsible for my husband’s assassination have no idea what they have done’

This is weird AF.

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The gambling issue is a perfect illustration of how our political system is - far from broken - working perfectly for the vested interests it serves. @TimCostello @SatPaper 🙏🏽🙏🏽

Former minister working for three companies linked to controversial religious group The Sydney-based church has been described by former members and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as a "cult".

BREAKING from us at #4Corners: Former Morrison govt Health Minister Greg Hunt working for a Brethren company which received $54 million in COVID-19 contracts from Health Department while he was Minister. Mr Hunt says decisions made by his department, not him. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Giant cuttlefish! They are in danger and scientists are going to save them with … bubbles! | First Dog on the Moon The only other option was to go back in time and do something about climate change but time travel hasn’t been invented yet

Yes Giant Cuttlefish sex is not the most important thing happening right now (unless you are a Giant Cuttlefish) but we are all in this together... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Single frame. Image: horizon line, river of red flows from left to right; PM Albanese stands beside looking. Text from above left: “The 1948 UN Genocide Convention, adopted in the wake of the mass murder of Jews by Nazi Germany, requires all countries to act to prevent and stop genocide. The world’s biggest academic association of genocide scholars has passed a resolution, with 86% declaring Israel’s policies and actions in Gaza to be genocide. Where is our red line?”

Red line.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

An organisation calling themselves Combat Antisemitism Movement posted the following on twitter. Underneath the text is a photo of Deputy PM Richard Marles looking like he forgot his way to the bathroom and has met with an unfortunate accident. Their post reads: *Aussie flag emoji* More than 250 mayors, councilors, and community activists gathered in Gold Coast for the opening of the 2025 Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism, organized by the Combat Antisemitism Movement and chaired by Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate.

An organisation funded by arms-dealers & child killers has smeared its filthy hands over Australia, pretending their purpose is to stop racism - when in fact their real purpose is to promote & support Israel's continuing atrocities.

They're brainwashing local government now too.

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Perceptive post from
Oz here. As he points out, Sunday’s rallies were significant, they show the scale of far-right organisation in this country, and they may well mark a new and emboldened phase of activity from rightist groups

The small patch of paddock emitting 10,000 cars’ worth of methane A single hole in country Queensland has a climate impact equivalent to 10,000 cars – and it’s just one of 130,000 unsealed boreholes across the state of concern for researchers.

“A single unsealed coal borehole in country Queensland is releasing the greenhouse gas equivalent of 10,000 cars each driving 12,000 kilometres a year – and it’s just one of 130,000 across the state.”

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...and now everyone should shut up about the criminal case against him and let the process work.

YouTube video by Dr Nancy Malek MBBS FANZCA Covid for Doctors - Dr Nancy Malek

By Dr Nancy Malek

Even in 2025, doctors have accepted too many myths about COVID.

My presentation explains why - and gives you the science you're missing.

Full list of references available at covidfordoctors.org

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Neo-Nazis attack Indigenous protest site after anti-immigration rally in Melbourne as officer allegedly assaulted in Sydney At least 50 men, mostly clad in black, approached Camp Sovereignty as sun was setting on Sunday. Four people were injured

A disgusting, racist and criminal attack but not sure what you mean by “one of the few Native campsites that still remain”. Full story here. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia Objects including three-metre spears were collected in late 19th and early 20th centuries and donated to city’s museum For decades, they have languished in storage in the basement of a museum in the English West Country. Finally, an extraordinary collection of weapons and ceremonial objects taken from the Larrakia people more than a century ago is beginning a winding journey home to the saltwater landscapes of the Northern Territory in Australia. Continue reading...

Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia

Counter-terrorism police reviewing attack on Indigenous gathering place Counter-terrorism police will help investigate an attack on a First Nations protest camp in Melbourne by far-right demonstrators that saw sticks and flagpoles used as weapons, Victoria's police minist...

remembering all the journalists in Australia who kept insisting we should having polite cups of tea with racists and hearing them out

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YouTube video by thejuicemedia Honest Government Ad | Visit Norway!

The Norwegian Government has made a new tourism ad, and it's surprsingly honest and informative! 🇳🇴

Has Jillian Segal said anything about yesterday’s marches?

This is the best aerial footage I've seen of the Brisbane march for Palestine yesterday.
If the bridge holds 20,000, as has been commonly evaluated, then a crowd of 40-50,000 is a reasonable estimate.
#BrisbaneMarchForPalestine

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It was so, so good.

Thousands take to the streets at pro-Palestine protests across Australia after Gaza famine declaration Organisers say Sunday could be the largest pro-Palestine demonstration in Australia’s history, with rallies in 40 cities and towns

Superb

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Tens of thousands turn out for Brisbane’s March for Palestine Huge crowds marched from Queens Gardens in the CBD over the Victoria Bridge, in one of nearly 40 protests in towns and cities across Australia.

Tens of thousands turn out for Brisbane’s March for Palestine https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/march-for-palestine-brisbane-turns-out-for-nationwide-day-of-action-20250824-p5mpaz.html

Frontiers | SARS-CoV-2 exploits steroidogenic machinery, triggers lipid metabolism for viral replication and induces immune response in Leydig cells of K18-hACE2 mice BackgroundDuring COVID-19 pandemic, men had reduced serum testosterone and higher mortality rate than women. Variations in high density lipoprotein (HDL) lev...

Things that won't improve your Alpha-Male prowess....

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It is time to reverse the prevailing notion that religious commitment is intrinsically deserving of respect, & that it should be handled with kid gloves & protected by custom & in some cases laws against criticism & ridicule like we have in 🇦🇺