Mike Wayville
@mikewayville.bsky.social
Uni academic (retired), medical scientist & educator. Neuroscience, orodental physiology. Progressive political views. Adelaide, Australia. Exited the Elon hellsite.
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Mike Wayville
@mikewayville.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Hello Blue sky. I'm exiting X. Hoping to enjoy a better community over here. If you followed me on twitter please follow on bluesky and I'll follow back.
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@albomp.bsky.social You have lectured us about how important it is to give kids more time to just be kids—about giving children a safer childhood and parents more peace of mind.
Well how about THESE kids? They've managed to stay alive so far during Israel's GENOCIDE. WHY DON'T YOU CARE? 🇵🇸 #Gaza
Well how about THESE kids? They've managed to stay alive so far during Israel's GENOCIDE. WHY DON'T YOU CARE? 🇵🇸 #Gaza
December 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
@albomp.bsky.social You have lectured us about how important it is to give kids more time to just be kids—about giving children a safer childhood and parents more peace of mind.
Well how about THESE kids? They've managed to stay alive so far during Israel's GENOCIDE. WHY DON'T YOU CARE? 🇵🇸 #Gaza
Well how about THESE kids? They've managed to stay alive so far during Israel's GENOCIDE. WHY DON'T YOU CARE? 🇵🇸 #Gaza
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David Pope in Canberra Times
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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The 15-year-old can't use TikTok, but is comforted by the fact he’ll be old enough to watch a thousand ads from Sportsbet about the latest odds at Randwick.
theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...
theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...
Teens Facing Social Media Ban Relieved They’ll Still Be Able to Watch Gambling Ads — The Shovel
“Social media causes anxiety and depression, ruins relationships and is incredibly addictive. On the other hand, gambling does all those things too wields enormous power over governments. So it makes ...
theshovel.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The 15-year-old can't use TikTok, but is comforted by the fact he’ll be old enough to watch a thousand ads from Sportsbet about the latest odds at Randwick.
theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...
theshovel.com.au/2024/11/11/t...
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Ceasefire in name only.
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Ceasefire in name only.
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"We have embedded or own military with a rogue military state who is committing war crimes; murdering survivors in the water...How can we persist with that?" @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social
But the Australian political & media class is largely ignoring this critical issue. #SundayShot #AUKUS #auspol
But the Australian political & media class is largely ignoring this critical issue. #SundayShot #AUKUS #auspol
Another great shot of #SundayShot this morning - as always, insightful, respectful, and informative.
As Molly would say, “Do yourself a favour!”
@instanterudite.bsky.social
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@davemilbo.bsky.social
youtu.be/wJq7Nnx-FZ4?...
As Molly would say, “Do yourself a favour!”
@instanterudite.bsky.social
@deniseshrivell.bsky.social
@davemilbo.bsky.social
youtu.be/wJq7Nnx-FZ4?...
The Sunday Shot - December 7 2025
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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December 7, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"We have embedded or own military with a rogue military state who is committing war crimes; murdering survivors in the water...How can we persist with that?" @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social
But the Australian political & media class is largely ignoring this critical issue. #SundayShot #AUKUS #auspol
But the Australian political & media class is largely ignoring this critical issue. #SundayShot #AUKUS #auspol
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"Australian plan" 🤡
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
You're giving this fucking idiot +$368 billion of OUR to secure our safety globally?
Even if he dies tomorrow, you think this utter idiocracy changes at all? DO YOU? This is nonsense.
Fuck me. You're as cooked as he is.
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
You're giving this fucking idiot +$368 billion of OUR to secure our safety globally?
Even if he dies tomorrow, you think this utter idiocracy changes at all? DO YOU? This is nonsense.
Fuck me. You're as cooked as he is.
Trump on policy proposals he's looking at to raise the birthrate: "There's a certain Australian plan that people are liking and they're talking about. You know what I mean? There's a plan where, not for children necessarily, but it's for people. Working people. And we are looking at other things."
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
"Australian plan" 🤡
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
You're giving this fucking idiot +$368 billion of OUR to secure our safety globally?
Even if he dies tomorrow, you think this utter idiocracy changes at all? DO YOU? This is nonsense.
Fuck me. You're as cooked as he is.
@albomp.bsky.social
@australianlabor.bsky.social
You're giving this fucking idiot +$368 billion of OUR to secure our safety globally?
Even if he dies tomorrow, you think this utter idiocracy changes at all? DO YOU? This is nonsense.
Fuck me. You're as cooked as he is.
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Where's the 24-7 coverage on Trump's declining health, inability to stay awake DURING TELEVISED events, cankles, two MRIs, and lack of stamina?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Where's the 24-7 coverage on Trump's declining health, inability to stay awake DURING TELEVISED events, cankles, two MRIs, and lack of stamina?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
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Where are your responses and proposed actions in the face of confirmation of what we're still witnessing, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social.
You were quick to applaud the "ceasefire" that never was. What more lies, obfuscation and platitudes do you have for us now. #auspol #GazaHolocaust
You were quick to applaud the "ceasefire" that never was. What more lies, obfuscation and platitudes do you have for us now. #auspol #GazaHolocaust
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Where are your responses and proposed actions in the face of confirmation of what we're still witnessing, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social.
You were quick to applaud the "ceasefire" that never was. What more lies, obfuscation and platitudes do you have for us now. #auspol #GazaHolocaust
You were quick to applaud the "ceasefire" that never was. What more lies, obfuscation and platitudes do you have for us now. #auspol #GazaHolocaust
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Australia must stand with the courageous Palestinian people as they suffer under Israel’s brutal illegal occupation. Israel must withdraw from all Palestinian territories, and pay reparations. 🇦🇺 🇵🇸 #IsraeliTerrorism #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
November 23, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Australia must stand with the courageous Palestinian people as they suffer under Israel’s brutal illegal occupation. Israel must withdraw from all Palestinian territories, and pay reparations. 🇦🇺 🇵🇸 #IsraeliTerrorism #EndTheOccupation #FreePalestine
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What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
What a brain-dead dumb, completely shite appointment. @tonyburkemp.bsky.social
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Most people don’t read beyond headlines. This isn’t responsible, ABC News
"decades of research — including a large study published today in the US — conclude that consuming fluoride at recommended levels in drinking water has no adverse effects"
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Can fluoride in water affect kids' brains? Here's what research tells us
Large studies conclude there is no evidence to back up community concerns that fluoride in water at recommended levels may affect the cognition or IQ of children.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Most people don’t read beyond headlines. This isn’t responsible, ABC News
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Just 2 years later 🇵🇸
November 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Just 2 years later 🇵🇸
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This may have started under Abbot but Albanese has done more to end scientific research in Australia unrelated to monetised extractive industry, than any previous govt, ever. Including the nutty evangelical.
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
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Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
This may have started under Abbot but Albanese has done more to end scientific research in Australia unrelated to monetised extractive industry, than any previous govt, ever. Including the nutty evangelical.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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The last time I wrote about this I copped the biggest whinge fest from the then (Labor) minister’s office about how they weren’t cutting the budget lol
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The last time I wrote about this I copped the biggest whinge fest from the then (Labor) minister’s office about how they weren’t cutting the budget lol
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A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
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The CSIRO are forced to lose 350 scientists, because of funding woes, while @australianlabor.bsky.social + @albomp.bsky.social float bailing out Rio fucking Tinto. Stay classy.
This is how much they care about the environment. #auspol #climatechange
This is how much they care about the environment. #auspol #climatechange
November 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The CSIRO are forced to lose 350 scientists, because of funding woes, while @australianlabor.bsky.social + @albomp.bsky.social float bailing out Rio fucking Tinto. Stay classy.
This is how much they care about the environment. #auspol #climatechange
This is how much they care about the environment. #auspol #climatechange
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Australia should provide free tertiary education to all young Australians
If it was possible 50 years ago - and many thousands of people like me benefited from Whitlam's remarkable policy - it is possible and necessary now
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
If it was possible 50 years ago - and many thousands of people like me benefited from Whitlam's remarkable policy - it is possible and necessary now
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
Australians think students are being asked to pay far too much for their degrees. Just under half (47%) of Australians surveyed by YouGov in June 2025 believe a worker on an average income should be a...
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November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Australia should provide free tertiary education to all young Australians
If it was possible 50 years ago - and many thousands of people like me benefited from Whitlam's remarkable policy - it is possible and necessary now
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
If it was possible 50 years ago - and many thousands of people like me benefited from Whitlam's remarkable policy - it is possible and necessary now
𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/11...
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What about overthrowing Donald Trump, you never do an article on that, but he's still arming a genocide, hiding Epstein Files and looting the US for his own personal profit while getting rid of Healthcare for 21m Americans.
Maduro meanwhile just won't let the US steal his oil.
Maduro meanwhile just won't let the US steal his oil.
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
What about overthrowing Donald Trump, you never do an article on that, but he's still arming a genocide, hiding Epstein Files and looting the US for his own personal profit while getting rid of Healthcare for 21m Americans.
Maduro meanwhile just won't let the US steal his oil.
Maduro meanwhile just won't let the US steal his oil.
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“Why did the Palestinians initiate this on Oct 7?”
Max Blumenthal (Jew): “They didn’t. This war has been going on for 75 years. Israel initiated it in 1948 by ethnically cleansing 750,000 people.”
Max Blumenthal (Jew): “They didn’t. This war has been going on for 75 years. Israel initiated it in 1948 by ethnically cleansing 750,000 people.”
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“Why did the Palestinians initiate this on Oct 7?”
Max Blumenthal (Jew): “They didn’t. This war has been going on for 75 years. Israel initiated it in 1948 by ethnically cleansing 750,000 people.”
Max Blumenthal (Jew): “They didn’t. This war has been going on for 75 years. Israel initiated it in 1948 by ethnically cleansing 750,000 people.”
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America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
America's most notorious child rapist, Jeffrey Epstein, said this man was the worst person he'd ever met. Let that sink in.
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The best thing about this bad situation in which Sarah Kendzior referenced a line from a Johnny Cash song in response to an article about Johnny Cash will be the eviscerating piece Kendzior, an expert on authoritarianism who consistently calls out the absurd, will write about being suspended for it.
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The best thing about this bad situation in which Sarah Kendzior referenced a line from a Johnny Cash song in response to an article about Johnny Cash will be the eviscerating piece Kendzior, an expert on authoritarianism who consistently calls out the absurd, will write about being suspended for it.