Debbie Fearon (she/her)
@debbiefearon.medsky.social
Former health professional with an increasingly
ridiculous mishmash of learned knowledge and lived experience.
Living on Arrernte country.
Please be kind 💚
ridiculous mishmash of learned knowledge and lived experience.
Living on Arrernte country.
Please be kind 💚
Pinned
Today, it’s 28 years since I lost my eldest child to severe congenital heart disease. Love you long time Jennifer Dulcie 💚
Today would have been Jennifer’s 29th birthday.
Still miss you Bub 💚
Still miss you Bub 💚
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Early-onset type 2 diabetes remains under-researched and undertreated.
A recent Series synthesises emerging evidence, highlighting urgent research gaps, and calls for population-level prevention & tailored care.
On #WorldDiabetesDay, explore the Series 👉 spkl.io/63321AjMM9
A recent Series synthesises emerging evidence, highlighting urgent research gaps, and calls for population-level prevention & tailored care.
On #WorldDiabetesDay, explore the Series 👉 spkl.io/63321AjMM9
November 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Early-onset type 2 diabetes remains under-researched and undertreated.
A recent Series synthesises emerging evidence, highlighting urgent research gaps, and calls for population-level prevention & tailored care.
On #WorldDiabetesDay, explore the Series 👉 spkl.io/63321AjMM9
A recent Series synthesises emerging evidence, highlighting urgent research gaps, and calls for population-level prevention & tailored care.
On #WorldDiabetesDay, explore the Series 👉 spkl.io/63321AjMM9
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Postponed childbearing, exit from the workforce and other consequences will reduce the relative size of the economy’s productive sector, ultimately exacerbating the problem to the point of disaster.
Taking from the young, giving to the old: How our tax system is letting us down
Australians are retiring with unprecedented levels of wealth. This wealth, which is primarily held in housing, investment properties and superannuation, allows retirees to draw incomes to support their retirement.
johnmenadue.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Postponed childbearing, exit from the workforce and other consequences will reduce the relative size of the economy’s productive sector, ultimately exacerbating the problem to the point of disaster.
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Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
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Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
November 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
❌ MYTH: Only close friends and family are affected by a suicide.
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
✔️ FACT: One single suicide touches on average 135 people - from friends to colleagues to strangers who saw themselves in the story.
#DaddyBlackbird #SuicideLoss #SuicideAwareness #Postvention #GriefHasNoRules
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I had a nice view of the mountains from the 'plane as I left Christchurch. Nice final image of New Zealand. Until next time, that is.
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I had a nice view of the mountains from the 'plane as I left Christchurch. Nice final image of New Zealand. Until next time, that is.
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Might as well jump!
Go ahead and jump!
A yellow-footed rock-wallaby showing off its gorgeous stripy tail.
Boolcoomatta Reserve.
Go ahead and jump!
A yellow-footed rock-wallaby showing off its gorgeous stripy tail.
Boolcoomatta Reserve.
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Might as well jump!
Go ahead and jump!
A yellow-footed rock-wallaby showing off its gorgeous stripy tail.
Boolcoomatta Reserve.
Go ahead and jump!
A yellow-footed rock-wallaby showing off its gorgeous stripy tail.
Boolcoomatta Reserve.
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In a crowded field of evil corporates, Elsevier is unethical and antisocial enough to really stand out. Fully support unis across our part of the world refusing to bow to them.
Elsevier should be made to eat it at every opportunity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Elsevier should be made to eat it at every opportunity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
In a crowded field of evil corporates, Elsevier is unethical and antisocial enough to really stand out. Fully support unis across our part of the world refusing to bow to them.
Elsevier should be made to eat it at every opportunity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Elsevier should be made to eat it at every opportunity.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Three NT residents charged with fraud over alleged $71 million Defence contract scheme
AFP alleges they defrauded the Department of Defence to win multi-million-dollar building contracts.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
AFP alleges they defrauded the Department of Defence to win multi-million-dollar building contracts.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
AFP charges three people over alleged $71 million Defence contracts fraud
The AFP has raided homes and businesses across Darwin after a tip-off that a Defence employee, his wife, and a director of a building firm were allegedly involved in a fraudulent scheme to steer multi...
www.abc.net.au
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Three NT residents charged with fraud over alleged $71 million Defence contract scheme
AFP alleges they defrauded the Department of Defence to win multi-million-dollar building contracts.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
AFP alleges they defrauded the Department of Defence to win multi-million-dollar building contracts.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Madonna and Child appear as a cashew nut.
Who can deny that God is everywhere ?
😔
🙏
Who can deny that God is everywhere ?
😔
🙏
November 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Madonna and Child appear as a cashew nut.
Who can deny that God is everywhere ?
😔
🙏
Who can deny that God is everywhere ?
😔
🙏
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libertarian eugenics: “The high-tech fertility market privileges those able to pay for genetic advantage. The retreat of public health abandons the social minimum needed to ensure that all children can survive and thrive. And immigration policy redraws the body politic along racial lines”
The irresistible rise of libertarian eugenics
Social Darwinism is making a comeback in the US — this time wrapped in the language of freedom
www.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
libertarian eugenics: “The high-tech fertility market privileges those able to pay for genetic advantage. The retreat of public health abandons the social minimum needed to ensure that all children can survive and thrive. And immigration policy redraws the body politic along racial lines”
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Source, re: High Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in Patients with HFE-related Hereditary Hemochromatosis
journals.lww.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Source, re: High Prevalence of Fibromyalgia in Patients with HFE-related Hereditary Hemochromatosis
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
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TikTok is a delight sometimes!
(🔊 sound on🔊)
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November 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
TikTok is a delight sometimes!
(🔊 sound on🔊)
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The Trump administration is using an imagined enemy—“antifa”—to justify turning ICE into an ultra-violent, unaccountable army invading US cities. Rebecca Solnit.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...?
www.thenation.com/article/acti...?
The Right Is Lying About Left-Wing Violence
The Trump administration is using an imagined enemy—“antifa”—to justify turning ICE into an ultra-violent, unaccountable army invading US cities.
www.thenation.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Trump administration is using an imagined enemy—“antifa”—to justify turning ICE into an ultra-violent, unaccountable army invading US cities. Rebecca Solnit.
www.thenation.com/article/acti...?
www.thenation.com/article/acti...?
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Wombat Architecture Critics
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Wombat Architecture Critics
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Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
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The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The irony here is that academics don’t just write the articles for free—we also referee and edit for them for free. Something is deeply broken.
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
“New Zealand's eight universities spent $30-million a year on journal licences and about half of that sum went to Elsevier.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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“Pessimism won’t help… change is driven not by defeatism, but by intelligent, courageous, compassionate defiance of the prevailing rules. This is the key to guaranteeing the future”
Democracy thrives on high expectations, great piece by Bob Brown #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Democracy thrives on high expectations, great piece by Bob Brown #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Successful defiance is a front-foot thing. It is active, not passive.
Optimism in the face of overwhelming odds may seem misguided – but the course of human history remains in our collective hands, and change is driven not by defeatism, but by intelligent, courageous, c...
thepoint.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Pessimism won’t help… change is driven not by defeatism, but by intelligent, courageous, compassionate defiance of the prevailing rules. This is the key to guaranteeing the future”
Democracy thrives on high expectations, great piece by Bob Brown #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Democracy thrives on high expectations, great piece by Bob Brown #climate
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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Cooper Labor MP Jonty Bush is a sexual assault victim. She lost her sister & father to violence.
In 2023 she addressed Qld Parliament on her own government's approach to youth justice.
In 2024 she was returned on an increased margin of 11.2%. #qldpol
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/que...
In 2023 she addressed Qld Parliament on her own government's approach to youth justice.
In 2024 she was returned on an increased margin of 11.2%. #qldpol
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/que...
‘Find a better way’: Labor MP speaks out on youth held in watch houses
The long-term crime victim advocate also used her speech on a contentious bill in parliament to say the government’s first priority had to be supporting victims.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Cooper Labor MP Jonty Bush is a sexual assault victim. She lost her sister & father to violence.
In 2023 she addressed Qld Parliament on her own government's approach to youth justice.
In 2024 she was returned on an increased margin of 11.2%. #qldpol
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/que...
In 2023 she addressed Qld Parliament on her own government's approach to youth justice.
In 2024 she was returned on an increased margin of 11.2%. #qldpol
www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/que...
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Her last post was about being laid off from Teen Vogue. Terrible.
Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Her last post was about being laid off from Teen Vogue. Terrible.
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As all investigative reporters know, build the timeline. This is a truly brilliant exercise in that, which delivers far more than chronology. While claiming nothing, it tells you everything. Bravo. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Epstein’s Emails Reveal Book Purchases About Trump, Sex, Money and Power
The disgraced financier purchased books about making money, treating narcissism, negotiating with anyone, achieving ecstasy and understanding life
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:48 AM
As all investigative reporters know, build the timeline. This is a truly brilliant exercise in that, which delivers far more than chronology. While claiming nothing, it tells you everything. Bravo. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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If there are any Wellington, NZ peeps that want to support local #FoodSystems, coshop.nz orders are open for Central, Vogelmorn/Brooklyn and Karori.
40 different kinds of produce available this week!
40 different kinds of produce available this week!
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
If there are any Wellington, NZ peeps that want to support local #FoodSystems, coshop.nz orders are open for Central, Vogelmorn/Brooklyn and Karori.
40 different kinds of produce available this week!
40 different kinds of produce available this week!
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A powerful piece by Michelle Duff on sexual violence myths, policing culture, and why the basics still matter. Highly recommended 👇
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/15/s...
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/15/s...
Scorned women, great men: when will police update their take on sexual violence?
OPINION: Does the NZ Police need reminding of how to deal with alleged sexual violence? Journalist Michelle Duff draws them up a basic checklist.
www.1news.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A powerful piece by Michelle Duff on sexual violence myths, policing culture, and why the basics still matter. Highly recommended 👇
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/15/s...
#nzpol
www.1news.co.nz/2025/11/15/s...
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Young people know what’s coming, they’re worried, & not feeling represented by politicians. Hopefully this means the end of the duopoly.
Fewer than 24% have faith in the nation’s political leaders to come up with policies for real action on climate change
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol
Fewer than 24% have faith in the nation’s political leaders to come up with policies for real action on climate change
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol
Losing faith: new research shows young Australians have no confidence in either side of politics to tackle climate change
Fewer than a quarter of young Australians trust the nation's political leaders on climate
thepoint.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Young people know what’s coming, they’re worried, & not feeling represented by politicians. Hopefully this means the end of the duopoly.
Fewer than 24% have faith in the nation’s political leaders to come up with policies for real action on climate change
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol
Fewer than 24% have faith in the nation’s political leaders to come up with policies for real action on climate change
#FossilFuel induced #ClimateChange #Auspol