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Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer.

If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.

If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire

When putting out containers of water for wildlife on hot days, please place a rock and a stick or two in there, so small animals, including insects and reptiles, can get in and out easily. Placing containers in a shady and protected spot is best.

It's also time to stop using the naturopathic term "natural immunity" and replace it with "disease-acquired immunity" to emphasise all of its disadvantages.

I’m fully vaccinated but I still mask in public indoor spaces.

Because COVID sucks. For me and everyone around me.

We should do this as well for those at high risk, and allow everyone else to get boosters every 3-6 months.

This is a disgrace. Serious allegations of political interference into an issue of global cultural and environmental significance.

I repeat: The acute crises of ventilator shortages may be essentially over, and the unvaccinated vulnerable may be mostly dead, but COVID remains a chronic, grinding threat to long-term health outcomes, to socioeconomic stability and social cohesion.

The Murujuga rock art is one of Australia's most priceless heritage sites.

And it's being slowly destroyed.

If Environment Minister Murray Watt approves the 50 year extension to the North West Shelf, it will be a death sentence for Murujuga.

#savemurujuga #auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social

Roll-out of RSV vaccine and antibody treatment leads to massive drop in US hospitalisations Data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that the roll-out of preventive approaches has had an immediate impact on RSV rates.

Roll-out of RSV vaccine and antibody treatment leads to massive drop in US hospitalisations
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Selfie of Dr. Alyssa Burgart and me on a plane, both wearing N95 masks

What do you get when you have two smart women physicians traveling together? A double-masked selfie! Stay safe out there, y’all. With @alyssaburgart.bsky.social 😷

Australia faces an integrity crisis.

Without immediate reform, public trust in government will continue to erode.

Integrity experts incl former judges, ombudsmen, and leading academics have signed an open letter calling on the new Parliament to address weaknesses in political integrity. #auspol

I have been so quiet because every day there is some massive impact to OpenAeros. Whether it's crazy tariffs and massive disruptions to supply lines, or the entire gutting of NIOSH. Huge impacts what we have been working on, some weeks are tough. The Little OpenCPC That Could won't be stopped though

So do I.

It's my new normal

We’ve had one this year too - so pretty. What plant is that in the photo that it likes?

The little koala is still in the same street in Inverloch. I hope it’s doing ok

Big Gas is taking the piss. Help us spread the word, and share this. 👇

90% of WA’s gas is exported. Big Gas takes 73% the gas for free.

To add insult to injury, these gas exporters have never paid resources tax.

Add your name to make them pay their fair share: theaus.in/collect_gas_... #auspol

A Covid Nasal Vaccine Update Now 6 Ongoing Clinical Trials in the United States

What's happening with the Covid nasal vaccine programs?
And why are they in jeopardy?
erictopol.substack.com/p/a-covid-na...

Residential aged care vaccination: 12 Feb 2025

🔸41.4% of aged care residents received a vaccination in the last 6 months

We’re one of the richest countries in the world. We can afford anything we want but not everything we want. We can ‘afford’ $350 billion for submarines and $250bn for tax cuts and $14bn per year in fossil fuel subsidies…but apparently we ‘can’t afford’ to invest in health or eduction…BS of course

Peter Gleick
@petergleick
I'll be giving a zoom seminar at the University of Arizona: the WRRC Water Webinar:
The Three Ages of Water: Prehistoric Past, Imperiled Present, and a Hope for the Future
Date: Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Arizona Time

Register here:

Freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster Loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people

The loss of services supported by USAID will affect millions of the world’s most vulnerable people.

Here's our statement on how the freeze of US foreign aid assistance will result in humanitarian disaster: www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/freez...

Communications in one mission overseas:
"I'm sorry to say that all of us will be on administrative leave -- perhaps even starting today/this evening. I don't have the adequate words. Please know that your work was good, and it mattered."

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia.

Growth of XEC.* continued, to around 64%.

The new LP.8.1.* variants have been growing steadily, up to around 9%. Globally, this group looks like the most likely challenger.

#COVID19 #Australia #XEC #LP_8_1
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Consequences of COVID-19 linger five years on

Something from us @burnetinstitute.bsky.social on 5 years (and counting) of COVID. (Special thanks to A/Prof Suman Majumdar)

www.burnet.edu.au/knowledge-an...

Covid-19 ‘brain fog’ likely factor in near head-on train crash. 30 Jan 09:57 AM The experienced engineer recently returned to work following an absence due to the virus.

New Zealand: Covid-19 ‘brain fog’ likely factor in near-miss train crash in South Island.

"A KiwiRail engineer experiencing after-effects of Covid-19 failed to stop at a red signal nearly causing a train collision last year."

Source: archive.md/6GI2m

Misleading fear campaigns may kill Labor’s superannuation changes. But here are the real numbers | Greg Jericho Increasing the tax rate on superannuation balances above $3m would affect less than 1% of the population – and yet it is still unlikely to pass

Australia has the second lowest age pension in the OECD, and the 5th highest level of retirees living in poverty.

And all the while we give the richest 10% $20bn in tax breaks for their superannuation.

My column.

www.theguardian.com/business/gro...

Here, broken down into a thread, is a copy of my last post on X.
1. This is my farewell post. I am not deleting this account, as I don’t want to lose the archive, and I don’t want my name taken by imposters. But, for as long as Musk owns the platform, I’ll no longer use it.

Such an advance!

www.health.gov.au/topics/envir...

The Staggering Ecological Impacts of Computation and the Cloud Anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate draws on five years of research and ethnographic fieldwork in server farms to illustrate some of the diverse environmental impacts of data storage.

What makes The Cloud possible?

Late to it, but this deeply researched, beautifully written piece by anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate is fascinating, genuinely eye-opening, revealing & insightful

(h/t @farhanasultana.com 🙏)

#Cloud #DataCenters #BigTech #Carbonivore #WaterGuzzler