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Simon Chapman AO
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Emeritus Prof. Public Health Former Australian Skeptic/Year. Author, blogger. Bovine excrement detective. EV driver, doting 5x grandpa, Sydney Swans tragic. https://simonchapman6.com/about/

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Simon Fenton Chapman, AO is an Australian academic and tobacco control activist.

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 22d
8 of my books including new 50yr career memoir open access here simonchapman6.com/books/ 262,300 accessed by 17 Jan '26. #TobaccoControl #GunControl #Windfarms #Advocacy #PublicHealth #Scepticism #PublicHealthHeresies & much more.

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 15h
If you are like me & into Fully Certified Necrotic Rock, you won't want to miss "The Everly Brothers" playing Sydney this year . Phil died in 2015, Don in 2021. Too much excitement

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16h
A content warning for very, very significant police violence on this video: Israeli President Herzog is visiting Australia, and police in New South Wales are violently bashing prone protesters.

The media is framing it in completely neutral terms.

Watch the video, then look at the headlines.
All State Trending Top Stories Dozens arrested as violence mars Sydney rally against Herzog visit Topic:Government and Politics Topic:Police Police hold protester down on ground Police lunging at a man while several other people behind the man pull him back. Protesters scuffle with police in sydney Article is a 5 minute read. 5 min read Thousands of people attend protests across the country against Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia in the wake of the Bondi terror attack, with demonstrators in Sydney sprayed with pepper spray and led away in handcuffs. More coverage Government calls for respect after clashes at Sydney anti-Herzog protest LIVE Protesters scuffle with police in sydney Antisemitism has been 'festering' in Australia, Israeli president says

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 1d
Powerful piece from Jewish David Leser, on why he takesno comfort from Herzog's visit, www.smh.com.au/national/i-m...
I’m Jewish. I live in Bondi. But I take no comfort from Herzog’s visit
Not all Jews welcome the arrival of Israel’s president in Australia. I am one who believes he will divide us at a time we need cohesion. It is the type of position that has cost me friends.
www.smh.com.au

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 1d
Latest from NSW Health on illegal cig/vape shop closures & seizures

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 2d
The Obamas v the Trumps. Let us count the ways. Exhibit 1 for the Obamas

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 4d
India & EU sign massive free trade deal in a huge 'up yours' to Trump's protectionism. This was inevitable. When China does likewise, Trump will look like the economic illiterate he is. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/01...
Historic trade deal rejects Trump’s chaotic protectionism – Asian Media Report
The mother of all trade deals to America’s new defence strategy, the dismissal of a PLA princeling, Prabowo’s Peace Board support, ASEAN’s rejection of Myanmar junta’s poll victory and the deadly seri...
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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 4d
NSW Health has now closed 66 illegal tobacconists, seized stock for 3 months since law reforms kicked in Oct '25. Four recent ones in the Newtown/Enmore area where it's wall-to-wall. Many more to come. Xmas holidays & Bondi police duty diversion slowed things www.health.nsw.gov.au/tobacco/Page...
Tobacco and smoking - Tobacco closure orders register
View the NSW register of premises issued closure orders under the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008 for illicit tobacco, illegal vaping, or unlicensed sales.
www.health.nsw.gov.au

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 4d
Australian Border Force now intercepting industrial levels of illicit tobacco & vapes. This www.abf.gov.au/newsroom-sub...
www.abf.gov.au

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 4d
"That is a truly fascist idea, the idea of outsourcing thinking....power is in our ability to think with each other"

Klein on the "AI for climate" crap and how to weave a better story:

www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 5d
The world has now had it confirmed that Washington Post has lost its mantle as a "great newspaper". With this decision, it marks itself as a political lickspittle to the darkest forces determined to put self-interest ahead of global health

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 5d
The Australian Electoral Commission is unimpressed with the rabid Australian Taxpayers Alliance's & a few others' failure to meet their reporting obligations. Big stick being taken out, by the look of things www.aec.gov.au/media/2026/0...

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Dan Ilic @danilic.bsky.social · 5d
This looks fine —

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 5d
French health watchdog flags heart, respiratory risk from vapes as use grows. www.rfi.fr/en/france/20...
French watchdog flags heart, lung and cancer risks as vape use grows
Vaping poses possible heart, lung and cancer risks, France’s national health agency warned on Wednesday, as it raised concerns about long-term use and the growing appeal of e-cigarettes among teenager...
www.rfi.fr

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 5d
Narrator: "And they're BOTH in the Epstein Files"

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 5d
Brilliant.

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 6d
This is how you get it done. Spain's president. Musk is livid. All we need to know. x.com/i/grok/share...
https://x.com/clashreport/status/2018650388371521787
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced five anti-social media measures at the 2026 World Governments Summit, including legal accountability for platform executives, criminalizing algorithmic amplification of illegal content, a "hate and polarization footprint" tracking system, a ban on access for under-16s via robust age verification, and investigations into Grok, TikTok, and Instagram for non-compliance. These proposals build on EU trends like the Digital Services Act and align with Greece's parallel under-16 ban, driven by studies such as a 2023 Lancet review linking social media to youth mental health risks, including doubled depression rates among heavy users. X reactions split sharply, with 52K+ likes signaling broad engagement; supporters cite child protection benefits, while critics decry it as authoritarian overreach akin to historical narrative controls, potentially escalating tech-government conflicts as seen in Musk's public backlash.
x.com

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 6d
Excellent resource!

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 6d
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi atomwaffen group

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West Seattle Bike Blog @westseattlebikeblg.bsky.social · 6d
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
ICE agent wearing skull mask that is usually associated with the neo Nazi atomwaffen group

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Yulia Chuvileva @dryuchu.bsky.social · 6d
Our latest piece in Commercially Determined breaks down 10 common tropes used by industry to sway policy. www.commerciallydetermined.com/p/narrative-.... Curious which you hear most in your policy space.
What Corporations Say to Get Their Policy Way
Industries' Narrative Playbook to Fight Regulations
www.commerciallydetermined.com