Rohena Duncombe

Yes, this is not an exception, Trump is a result of US culture, not an aberration

Torpedoing an unarmed ship, then leaving survivors to die, violates the Geneva Conventions, UNCLOS, the UN Charter, and the Rome Statute. All at once. The Trump regime claims no war exists, which makes this even more illegal. Calling it an 'operation' doesn't make it legal.

Lay off the dingoes

Go you guys. Australia next please

Save The Children’s Georgia Tacey has urged govt to be “more morally ambitious” & not limit aid to Gaza as it forces families to accept money from Hamas
“Any family would do it”
Says by investing in Defence & not aid we leave an enormous vacuum for terrorist recruitment. #auspol

Inverse Care Law, those most in need of health care are the least likely to receive it.
Also, increasing poverty and inequality causes more physical and mental illness. #Raisetherate

As a middle power, Australia should be careful what it wishes for when it comes to an illegal war with Iran | Andrew Wilkie I resigned from the intelligence services over the fraudulent case for the invasion of Iraq in 2003. And I see some alarming parallels with this case

We need more #independents like @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social instead of the sycophantic appeasing govt we’re stuck with currently.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Superbugs Start on Farms The FDA released data showing a roughly 16% one year increase in sales of medically important antibiotics for use in farmed animals, from 2023 to 2024.

We are burning through last resort medicines to prop up industrial animal farming. That is not food security. It is public health sabotage.

Anyone in my network working on using open models in social science, public health, etc.?

Looking to connect someone.

Cool. Is she on here? She's my sort of academic. If not tell her there's an active public health community here and we'd love to meet her 😀

Drug policy is reserved to Westminster so what Scottish government can do is limited by Westminster intransigence

Treating addiction as a public health issue does help

In other words, because we don't want anyone to know

Just accurate ads would be fine by me. Better than fewer ads, but unscrupulous ones.

Will Trump be proud if he's started WW3?

Give us an ad break | Less harmful ads. Everyone benefits. Imagine an Australia with less gambling, alcohol and unhealthy food ads. It's time to give us an ad break. Put people before profit.

Today 120+ public health and community orgs, researchers and lived experience advocates made a clear statement – its time the Australian Gov support the community by implementing meaningful reform to reduce the amount of harmful product marketing in Australia giveusanadbreak.org.au #GiveusanAdBreak

This also applied to Australia

Michael Marmot: Labour has reneged on its child poverty promises Lifting the two child benefit cap is an important step but will still leave 4.15 million children in poverty, Marmot tells Elisabeth Mahase Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, ...

"About a third of children are now growing up in poverty."

Michael Marmot, the UK’s leading expert on health equity, urges Prime Minister Keir Starmer to take bold action to tackle child poverty in this interview with The BMJ
https://bit.ly/40rQ5Ip

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Arthur Van Benthem and I are hiring a full-time predoctoral researcher to work in environmental economics starting July 2026. Prior RAs have gone on to top economics PhDs.

Review is rolling: www.susannaberkouwer.com/hiring.pdf

#econsky

Two paychecks, priced out. Systemic. #econsky

Is there not growing substance use more generally reflecting the increase in anxiety?

No need to base decisions on evidence or expertise when you have a solid ideology ...
of punishing unfortunate people

100% Stupid poked a wasp's nest

Please please please get on this

Aussie urged to claim $475 million payout with deadline days away Hundreds of thousands of Aussies will lose out on compensation of between $1,000 and $50,000 if they miss this deadline.

Australians impacted by Robodebt have until 4pm on Friday, March 6, to register for a new class action settlement with payouts between $1,000 and $50,000 au.finance.yahoo.com/news/centrel...

poop

So now we dump ChattyG and go Claude- thank you Anthropic, a company with some morals

Disappointed

This is how it's done @albomp.bsky.social #auspol

Talk about kick a hornets nest