The Plodding Historian (Lisa)
@ploddinghistorian.bsky.social
Taking PhDing to new levels of avoidance, procrastination and delay, but, maybe this time, there is an end in sight. BlueSkying history, Musical Goddess Kate Ceberano and clouds. I do love clouds. Even though they are in The Outside. Which I don't like.
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I signed back in this morning to share news I was reading. I’ve just contributed to all the depressing stuff flowing here.
I’m signing out again. But I’m going to leave these #Photographs of a fluffy white #Cloud over the #NationalLibraryOfAustralia & the Library’s fountains.
#TimelineCleanse
I’m signing out again. But I’m going to leave these #Photographs of a fluffy white #Cloud over the #NationalLibraryOfAustralia & the Library’s fountains.
#TimelineCleanse
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I think #COVID hasn’t been normalized because on some level people know they’ve been bullshitted about it, know it’s more dangerous than is let on, and are secretly terrified. That’s why people go “deer in headlights” when you break the taboo and actually say the word.
If Covid was truly societally normalised now - 'just another respiratory virus', to use the common phrase - people wouldn't avoid using the word 'Covid'. The fact the word 'Covid' is taboo in many circles speaks volumes about just how much the disease has *not* been normalised.
June 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I think #COVID hasn’t been normalized because on some level people know they’ve been bullshitted about it, know it’s more dangerous than is let on, and are secretly terrified. That’s why people go “deer in headlights” when you break the taboo and actually say the word.
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A few months ago, two friends and I started a new group: Writing Mothers for anyone in the Blue Mtns area who identifies as a mum to come together to write and chat. It's been such a great space to commiserate, laugh and lift each other up: www.instagram.com/writingmothe...
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A few months ago, two friends and I started a new group: Writing Mothers for anyone in the Blue Mtns area who identifies as a mum to come together to write and chat. It's been such a great space to commiserate, laugh and lift each other up: www.instagram.com/writingmothe...
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Labour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare bill, which cuts disability benefits
Last night at the PLP meeting Liz Kendall asked MPs to back her. 108 have indicated opposition
Fuel the rebellion. Tell your MP to vote against the cruel cut.
Poverty is a political choice
Last night at the PLP meeting Liz Kendall asked MPs to back her. 108 have indicated opposition
Fuel the rebellion. Tell your MP to vote against the cruel cut.
Poverty is a political choice
Labour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare bill
Amendment intended to kill off legislation that would cut benefits could be backed by up to 100 Labour MPs including senior figures
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Labour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare bill, which cuts disability benefits
Last night at the PLP meeting Liz Kendall asked MPs to back her. 108 have indicated opposition
Fuel the rebellion. Tell your MP to vote against the cruel cut.
Poverty is a political choice
Last night at the PLP meeting Liz Kendall asked MPs to back her. 108 have indicated opposition
Fuel the rebellion. Tell your MP to vote against the cruel cut.
Poverty is a political choice
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RFK Jr has fired all 17 members of CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. The US now has no CDC director and no ACIP.
He alleges this is to reshape U.S. regulation of vaccines, food and medicine. More likely it's anti-vax measures.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
He alleges this is to reshape U.S. regulation of vaccines, food and medicine. More likely it's anti-vax measures.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US health secretary Kennedy to remove all CDC outside experts on vaccines
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is getting rid of all members sitting on a key U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel of vaccine experts and reconstituting the committee, he said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
June 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
RFK Jr has fired all 17 members of CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. The US now has no CDC director and no ACIP.
He alleges this is to reshape U.S. regulation of vaccines, food and medicine. More likely it's anti-vax measures.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
He alleges this is to reshape U.S. regulation of vaccines, food and medicine. More likely it's anti-vax measures.
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
This is heartbreaking. We have fvcked the planet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is heartbreaking. We have fvcked the planet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event
This is heartbreaking. We have fvcked the planet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is heartbreaking. We have fvcked the planet.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scott Morrison is almost certainly one of the “Robodebt Six” referred to the NACC for criminal and civil action.
In Australia we don’t pursue him: we rig the NACC, refuse to investigate…then award him with honours.
“Decision” still nowhere… (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/government-r...
In Australia we don’t pursue him: we rig the NACC, refuse to investigate…then award him with honours.
“Decision” still nowhere… (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/government-r...
Government's squibbing on Robodebt "not good enough": Senator Pocock
The Albanese Government is failing to say if it will appoint an outside expert to oversee the NACC's Robodebt investigations.
theklaxon.com.au
June 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Scott Morrison is almost certainly one of the “Robodebt Six” referred to the NACC for criminal and civil action.
In Australia we don’t pursue him: we rig the NACC, refuse to investigate…then award him with honours.
“Decision” still nowhere… (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/government-r...
In Australia we don’t pursue him: we rig the NACC, refuse to investigate…then award him with honours.
“Decision” still nowhere… (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/government-r...
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Any honours for #ScottyFromRobodebt would not only be tone deaf and farcical.
It would be a massive insult to the thousands of welfare recipients and their families who were terrorized by Morrison's illegal scheme - some to suicide. #auspol
It would be a massive insult to the thousands of welfare recipients and their families who were terrorized by Morrison's illegal scheme - some to suicide. #auspol
Scott Morrison is almost certainly one of the “Robodebt Six” referred to the NACC for criminal and civil action.
In Australia we don’t pursue him: we rig the NACC, refuse to investigate…then award him with honours.
“Decision” still nowhere… (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/government-r...
In Australia we don’t pursue him: we rig the NACC, refuse to investigate…then award him with honours.
“Decision” still nowhere… (ICYMI): theklaxon.com.au/government-r...
Government's squibbing on Robodebt "not good enough": Senator Pocock
The Albanese Government is failing to say if it will appoint an outside expert to oversee the NACC's Robodebt investigations.
theklaxon.com.au
June 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Any honours for #ScottyFromRobodebt would not only be tone deaf and farcical.
It would be a massive insult to the thousands of welfare recipients and their families who were terrorized by Morrison's illegal scheme - some to suicide. #auspol
It would be a massive insult to the thousands of welfare recipients and their families who were terrorized by Morrison's illegal scheme - some to suicide. #auspol
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#ScuMo #ScottyTheMessiah
#ScottyTheSnakeoilMan
are only some of the many hashtags associated with the many rorts, scams, lies and actions of self-aggrandisement in the public life of #ScottyFromHillsong. Any OA award demeans the award and those who proffer it #auspol
chng.it/N6H2MJtxSD
#ScottyTheSnakeoilMan
are only some of the many hashtags associated with the many rorts, scams, lies and actions of self-aggrandisement in the public life of #ScottyFromHillsong. Any OA award demeans the award and those who proffer it #auspol
chng.it/N6H2MJtxSD
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Stop Scott Morrison's Order of Australia
chng.it
June 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
#ScuMo #ScottyTheMessiah
#ScottyTheSnakeoilMan
are only some of the many hashtags associated with the many rorts, scams, lies and actions of self-aggrandisement in the public life of #ScottyFromHillsong. Any OA award demeans the award and those who proffer it #auspol
chng.it/N6H2MJtxSD
#ScottyTheSnakeoilMan
are only some of the many hashtags associated with the many rorts, scams, lies and actions of self-aggrandisement in the public life of #ScottyFromHillsong. Any OA award demeans the award and those who proffer it #auspol
chng.it/N6H2MJtxSD
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MedPage Today: 'Not Just a Cold: Research Suggests Distinct Long COVID Symptoms in Infants and Preschoolers'
As clinicians and researchers continue to untangle the complexities of long COVID in children, Yonker urged pediatricians to keep listening.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
As clinicians and researchers continue to untangle the complexities of long COVID in children, Yonker urged pediatricians to keep listening.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Sorting Out Long COVID Symptoms in Babies
A new study has identified distinct symptom patterns of long COVID in young children.
www.medscape.com
June 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
MedPage Today: 'Not Just a Cold: Research Suggests Distinct Long COVID Symptoms in Infants and Preschoolers'
As clinicians and researchers continue to untangle the complexities of long COVID in children, Yonker urged pediatricians to keep listening.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
As clinicians and researchers continue to untangle the complexities of long COVID in children, Yonker urged pediatricians to keep listening.
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
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"We’ve chosen to [break embargo] because we think it’s noteworthy that one of an elite class of Australians is de facto granted honours — especially someone with as ignominious a record as his. On Sunday at 10pm when the embargo lifts? His honour will be swept up in a sea of hundreds of awardees."
Scott Morrison — whose legacy includes robodebt, multiple ministries and habitual lying — is to receive Australia's highest honour.
Scott Morrison is getting Australia's highest honour despite a laundry list of scandals and embarrassments
Media have been circulated a list of every Australian set to get a King’s Birthday honour. Scott Morrison — whose legacy includes robodebt, multiple ministries and habitual lying — is the latest politician to be given the award.
www.crikey.com.au
June 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
"We’ve chosen to [break embargo] because we think it’s noteworthy that one of an elite class of Australians is de facto granted honours — especially someone with as ignominious a record as his. On Sunday at 10pm when the embargo lifts? His honour will be swept up in a sea of hundreds of awardees."
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"Former" privileged blokes, now desperate-for-relevance old blokes, gasping as they disappear into the fog of yesteryear.
June 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"Former" privileged blokes, now desperate-for-relevance old blokes, gasping as they disappear into the fog of yesteryear.
This is just hilarious.
“Women are #SufficientlyAssertive now,” Stockdale told the virtual meeting of at least 50 #women, “that we should be giving some thought to whether we need to protect men’s involvement.”
#AusPol
I have to admit I am feeling #SufficientlyAssertive tonight. 🤭
“Women are #SufficientlyAssertive now,” Stockdale told the virtual meeting of at least 50 #women, “that we should be giving some thought to whether we need to protect men’s involvement.”
#AusPol
I have to admit I am feeling #SufficientlyAssertive tonight. 🤭
How to annoy Liberal women. Tell them they are ‘sufficiently assertive’
Former Victorian treasurer Alan Stockdale and former Victorian senator Richard Alston fronted the NSW Liberal Women’s Council on Tuesday night to argue why they should continue to run the troubled div...
www.smh.com.au
June 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This is just hilarious.
“Women are #SufficientlyAssertive now,” Stockdale told the virtual meeting of at least 50 #women, “that we should be giving some thought to whether we need to protect men’s involvement.”
#AusPol
I have to admit I am feeling #SufficientlyAssertive tonight. 🤭
“Women are #SufficientlyAssertive now,” Stockdale told the virtual meeting of at least 50 #women, “that we should be giving some thought to whether we need to protect men’s involvement.”
#AusPol
I have to admit I am feeling #SufficientlyAssertive tonight. 🤭
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Eisenhower 1953:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies... a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...It is spending the sweat of its labourers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies... a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...It is spending the sweat of its labourers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
Spend 3.5% of GDP on defence? Bugger off.
Australia already spends a huge amount on defence - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...
Australia already spends a huge amount on defence - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/austral...
Australia already spends a huge amount on defence - The Australia Institute
The debate on defence ignores that Australia already spends more than it should.
australiainstitute.org.au
June 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Eisenhower 1953:
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies... a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...It is spending the sweat of its labourers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies... a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed...It is spending the sweat of its labourers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children."
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“A…study…this week showed that Long COVID is common in children, affecting 10% to 20% of children who have had COVID. Almost 6 million children in the U.S. are impacted by Long COVID, which is higher than the number of children diagnosed with asthma, the most common chronic condition in childhood.”
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In this issue:
👶15% risk of Long COVID in babies, toddlers & preschoolers
⚠️WHO warning about Nimbus (NB.1.8.1) variant
✈️CDC travel warning after Measles spread on airplane
💪Skeletal muscle damage from Long COVID
& much more buff.ly/zBrETtU
#medsky #pedsky 😷🧪
In this issue:
👶15% risk of Long COVID in babies, toddlers & preschoolers
⚠️WHO warning about Nimbus (NB.1.8.1) variant
✈️CDC travel warning after Measles spread on airplane
💪Skeletal muscle damage from Long COVID
& much more buff.ly/zBrETtU
#medsky #pedsky 😷🧪
COVID & Health News, 6/1/25
Regional wastewater levels for COVID, RSV, Flu A, Flu B and Norovirus are all low or very low. HMPV, which causes cold symptoms, is still high.
buff.ly
June 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“A…study…this week showed that Long COVID is common in children, affecting 10% to 20% of children who have had COVID. Almost 6 million children in the U.S. are impacted by Long COVID, which is higher than the number of children diagnosed with asthma, the most common chronic condition in childhood.”
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Melbourne University used to be rightfully proud of its role in the Vietnam War protest movement.
In one lifetime this institution has become brittle and Tory.
#AusPol
In one lifetime this institution has become brittle and Tory.
#AusPol
Student protesters face expulsion from University of Melbourne over pro-Palestine office occupation
Exclusive: Pro-Palestine activists who were part of a group who occupied the office of an academic intend to appeal decisions
www.theguardian.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Melbourne University used to be rightfully proud of its role in the Vietnam War protest movement.
In one lifetime this institution has become brittle and Tory.
#AusPol
In one lifetime this institution has become brittle and Tory.
#AusPol
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14-15% ⚠️
‘Overall, among children who had been previously infected with COVID-19,
40 of 278 infants 2 years and under (14%) and
61 of 399 children ages 3 to 5 years (15%)
had persistent symptoms that could be likely classified as long COVID.’
‘Overall, among children who had been previously infected with COVID-19,
40 of 278 infants 2 years and under (14%) and
61 of 399 children ages 3 to 5 years (15%)
had persistent symptoms that could be likely classified as long COVID.’
Long-COVID symptoms in young kids can vary by age
Preschool-aged children were more likely to have a dry cough and daytime tiredness or low energy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Preschool-aged children were more likely to have a dry cough and daytime tiredness or low energy.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
June 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
14-15% ⚠️
‘Overall, among children who had been previously infected with COVID-19,
40 of 278 infants 2 years and under (14%) and
61 of 399 children ages 3 to 5 years (15%)
had persistent symptoms that could be likely classified as long COVID.’
‘Overall, among children who had been previously infected with COVID-19,
40 of 278 infants 2 years and under (14%) and
61 of 399 children ages 3 to 5 years (15%)
had persistent symptoms that could be likely classified as long COVID.’
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COVID-19 Disease Burden Remains Greater Than Influenza, Study Shows
Researchers in Denmark found that COVID-19 causes a higher disease burden than influenza, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, highlighting its greater impact on public health.
Source: archive.md/6wBcw
Researchers in Denmark found that COVID-19 causes a higher disease burden than influenza, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, highlighting its greater impact on public health.
Source: archive.md/6wBcw
June 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
COVID-19 Disease Burden Remains Greater Than Influenza, Study Shows
Researchers in Denmark found that COVID-19 causes a higher disease burden than influenza, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, highlighting its greater impact on public health.
Source: archive.md/6wBcw
Researchers in Denmark found that COVID-19 causes a higher disease burden than influenza, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, highlighting its greater impact on public health.
Source: archive.md/6wBcw
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A 50-year extension to the North West Shelf project in Western Australia will be a “great gas giveaway”
: $215 billion in royalty-free gas for Woodside.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/great-g...
: $215 billion in royalty-free gas for Woodside.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/great-g...
Great gas giveaway: $215 billion in royalty-free gas for Woodside’s North West Shelf project - The Australia Institute
A 50-year extension to the North West Shelf (NWS) project in Western Australia (WA) would see huge amounts of gas given away royalty-free. While the exact volume and value is hard to predict, a basic ...
australiainstitute.org.au
June 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A 50-year extension to the North West Shelf project in Western Australia will be a “great gas giveaway”
: $215 billion in royalty-free gas for Woodside.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/great-g...
: $215 billion in royalty-free gas for Woodside.
australiainstitute.org.au/post/great-g...
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Super tax has really upset the very well off-what a fecking shame!
June 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Super tax has really upset the very well off-what a fecking shame!
Wish we had #COVID research in #Australia. You’re basically left to deal with #LongCOVID health impacts on your own. GPs don’t believe you, so gods know what other stuff is going on inside that isn’t obviously manifesting itself. #RheumatoidArthritis #Breathlessness #LittleGreyCells #AusPolFail
5/24/22, WJTV: 'RECOVER Study Looking for Volunteers'
Walter Koroshetz: "RECOVER Initiative...to really look at all the post-acute sequelae of COVID and to try and come up with solutions for people that that really help them."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSj...
Walter Koroshetz: "RECOVER Initiative...to really look at all the post-acute sequelae of COVID and to try and come up with solutions for people that that really help them."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSj...
RECOVER Study Looking for Volunteers
YouTube video by WJTV 12 News
www.youtube.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Wish we had #COVID research in #Australia. You’re basically left to deal with #LongCOVID health impacts on your own. GPs don’t believe you, so gods know what other stuff is going on inside that isn’t obviously manifesting itself. #RheumatoidArthritis #Breathlessness #LittleGreyCells #AusPolFail
Extending the licence for the #NorthWestShelf #gas project won’t assist #Australia’s #EnergyTransition, experts say, even as it allows #Woodside and its foreign partners to profit from the nation’s #MineralWealth while delivering “almost nothing” to the #NationalPurse.
#FossilFuels #AusPolFail
#FossilFuels #AusPolFail
North West Shelf gas extension will deliver ‘almost nothing’ to Australia’s public purse
Experts say hugely profitable east coast LNG producers pay little in resources rent tax and Woodside project won’t help country’s energy shift
www.theguardian.com
June 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Extending the licence for the #NorthWestShelf #gas project won’t assist #Australia’s #EnergyTransition, experts say, even as it allows #Woodside and its foreign partners to profit from the nation’s #MineralWealth while delivering “almost nothing” to the #NationalPurse.
#FossilFuels #AusPolFail
#FossilFuels #AusPolFail