Alan Arnold
@alanarnold.bsky.social
Educator, information professional, molecular engineer. Husband, father, grandfather. Lapsed chemist. On Ngunnawal land.
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“Albanese has one opportunity to restore hope, but he has to tackle wealth accumulation if he is serious about leaving a legacy.” @drdemography.com #SundayShot #inequality #auspol
November 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
“Albanese has one opportunity to restore hope, but he has to tackle wealth accumulation if he is serious about leaving a legacy.” @drdemography.com #SundayShot #inequality #auspol
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Some inaccurate stats re the 1990 election attributed to Robert Hogg in Canberra Times article re Richardson. Labor's primary was 39.4 not 37-38, the combined Greens/Dems primary was about 13 not 23 (typo?) and the Green/Dems preference flow to ALP was about 64 not 80.
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Some inaccurate stats re the 1990 election attributed to Robert Hogg in Canberra Times article re Richardson. Labor's primary was 39.4 not 37-38, the combined Greens/Dems primary was about 13 not 23 (typo?) and the Green/Dems preference flow to ALP was about 64 not 80.
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#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
State Library proposes major cuts to staff and services
The library plans halve the number of reference librarians it employs and reduce the number of computers available for public use in a move that has outraged staff.
www.theage.com.au
November 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
#Victorians! Our State Library is being trashed by a series of executives with no experience or understanding of public collections. Many hired as 'temps' without full process, who then caused scandals & exodus of specialist & librarian staff: a full wreck looms. www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Here it is, in real time!
Zoom in, zoom out. Quite an incredible resource actually.
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
Zoom in, zoom out. Quite an incredible resource actually.
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Here it is, in real time!
Zoom in, zoom out. Quite an incredible resource actually.
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
Zoom in, zoom out. Quite an incredible resource actually.
earth.nullschool.net#current/wind...
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I gave the 2025 Dymphna Clark Memorial Lecture recently. It was about how Australia is failing its public schools & the vulnerable kids they increasingly enrol. I pull no punches. It will be broadcast on ABC RN Big Ideas at 8pm 25/11 and midday 26/11. Or via the app www.abc.net.au/listen/liste...
ABC listen app - ABC listen
Download the ABC listen app for iPhone and Android and gain instant access to the best podcasts, live radio and audiobooks from the voices you know and love.
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
I gave the 2025 Dymphna Clark Memorial Lecture recently. It was about how Australia is failing its public schools & the vulnerable kids they increasingly enrol. I pull no punches. It will be broadcast on ABC RN Big Ideas at 8pm 25/11 and midday 26/11. Or via the app www.abc.net.au/listen/liste...
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The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The news has been coming so fast, I did another later which might not otherwise see the light.
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Periodic PSA, the only currently licensed Murderbot merch is at Worldbuilders Market, where it's sold as part of a charity fundraiser. You may want to sign up for their new product notices because they should have a new Murderbot thing coming up: worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/...
Martha Wells
Worldbuilders Market is the official online shop of Worldbuilders, a geek-centered nonprofit supporting humanitarian efforts worldwide. We carry a wide variety of officially licensed merchandise from ...
worldbuildersmarket.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Periodic PSA, the only currently licensed Murderbot merch is at Worldbuilders Market, where it's sold as part of a charity fundraiser. You may want to sign up for their new product notices because they should have a new Murderbot thing coming up: worldbuildersmarket.com/collections/...
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Support @davidpocock.bsky.social's campaign to save our #CSIRO. Please sign the online petition. #auspol #science #research www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
David Pocock - Independent Senator for the ACT
TRUST. INTEGRITY. LEADERSHIP.
www.davidpocock.com.au
November 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Support @davidpocock.bsky.social's campaign to save our #CSIRO. Please sign the online petition. #auspol #science #research www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
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So does the future hold massive swamps of mosquitoes, farmed to produce parts for 3D printing? @sparkes.bsky.social 🧪 #insects #technology
My only hope is that after my death my proboscis can be useful to science.
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
www.newscientist.com/article/2504...
Mosquito proboscis repurposed as a fine nozzle for 3D printing
When engineers struggled to make 3D printer nozzles narrow enough for their needs, they turned to nature and found the proboscis of a female mosquito had exactly the properties they needed
www.newscientist.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
So does the future hold massive swamps of mosquitoes, farmed to produce parts for 3D printing? @sparkes.bsky.social 🧪 #insects #technology
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"fresh survey of eight sites along WA's Ningaloo Reef has revealed more than 60 per cent of corals have died [..] Of the 1,600 corals counted in March, only 600 were still alive come late October"
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
"fresh survey of eight sites along WA's Ningaloo Reef has revealed more than 60 per cent of corals have died [..] Of the 1,600 corals counted in March, only 600 were still alive come late October"
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Even google's own AI won't stand by them anymore:
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Even google's own AI won't stand by them anymore:
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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Taken out by the mean streets of Montmartre, a weekend away in the French countryside becomes a spiritual and physical battle for survival. My newsletter update: rick-morton.ghost.io/no-genou-is-...
No Genou is Bad News
This horror story begins with a wandering brass band; my sirens.
I will follow a brass band anywhere. There is just something about the way a tuba cuts a shape on the horizon – so brash, so untoward ...
rick-morton.ghost.io
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Taken out by the mean streets of Montmartre, a weekend away in the French countryside becomes a spiritual and physical battle for survival. My newsletter update: rick-morton.ghost.io/no-genou-is-...
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A reminder that gas is not a vital industry to Australia.
As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy.
Some more gas myths debunked here: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy.
Some more gas myths debunked here: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A reminder that gas is not a vital industry to Australia.
As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy.
Some more gas myths debunked here: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
As Polly Hemming explains, if anything, it costs the Australian economy.
Some more gas myths debunked here: thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
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Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Save the CSIRO
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
Our national science & research agency is now facing more job cuts than under Tony Abbott
Call on the Albanese Govt to fund the scientists & research we need to tackle big issues we face from climate to food security and everything in between
www.davidpocock.com.au/save_our_csiro
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Persecuted cardiologist back at work. Victor Chang & St Vincent's defamatory press releases vanish.
@wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters investigate Israel lobby money trail (reason for attack on Macdonald) & tainted Sohn Med Research Conf
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/lost-hearts-...
@wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters investigate Israel lobby money trail (reason for attack on Macdonald) & tainted Sohn Med Research Conf
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/lost-hearts-...
Lost hearts, closed minds. Medical research show ignores plight of Gaza, amplifies Israel - Michael West
The medical research industry was captured by the pro-Israel lobby at the Sohn Hearts & Minds Conference last week.
michaelwest.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Persecuted cardiologist back at work. Victor Chang & St Vincent's defamatory press releases vanish.
@wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters investigate Israel lobby money trail (reason for attack on Macdonald) & tainted Sohn Med Research Conf
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/lost-hearts-...
@wendybacon1.bsky.social & Cathy Peters investigate Israel lobby money trail (reason for attack on Macdonald) & tainted Sohn Med Research Conf
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/lost-hearts-...
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Better approve some more gas fields and coal mines.
Scientists say they are "speechless" after witnessing significant coral death at the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef.
Survey finds 60 per cent of Ningaloo coral has turned to stone
Scientists say they are "speechless" after witnessing significant coral death at the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Better approve some more gas fields and coal mines.
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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
...
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 7:01 AM
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
...
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?
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In a triumph of hope over experience I am re-upping this fact check while listening to Pauline Hanson on ABC RN breakfast repeating the misrepresented figure
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Academics say their net zero costing is being ‘misrepresented’ after Nationals repeat $9tn claim
Researchers behind report cited by some in the Coalition say their work is based on various assumptions – largely involving cost to overseas customers, not Australians
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
In a triumph of hope over experience I am re-upping this fact check while listening to Pauline Hanson on ABC RN breakfast repeating the misrepresented figure
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Scam alert
ACMA is warning Australians about a new scam where criminals impersonate HotDoc - a medical appointment booking service - and send fake messages about Medicare refunds or overcharges:
ACMA is warning Australians about a new scam where criminals impersonate HotDoc - a medical appointment booking service - and send fake messages about Medicare refunds or overcharges:
www.acma.gov.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Scam alert
ACMA is warning Australians about a new scam where criminals impersonate HotDoc - a medical appointment booking service - and send fake messages about Medicare refunds or overcharges:
ACMA is warning Australians about a new scam where criminals impersonate HotDoc - a medical appointment booking service - and send fake messages about Medicare refunds or overcharges:
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After attending the International Research Integrity Conference the past three days, I will be at the AIMOS2025 conference the rest of the week, also in Sydney.
Get ready for more live posting!
#AIMOS2025
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...
Get ready for more live posting!
#AIMOS2025
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...
AIMOS2025 Conference
AIMOS conference 2025
aimos-inc.github.io
November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
After attending the International Research Integrity Conference the past three days, I will be at the AIMOS2025 conference the rest of the week, also in Sydney.
Get ready for more live posting!
#AIMOS2025
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...
Get ready for more live posting!
#AIMOS2025
aimos-inc.github.io/aimos.confer...
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More than 270,000 malicious emails impersonating Services Australia and Centrelink have flooded Australian inboxes in one of the nation’s largest phishing campaigns in years, with the sophisticated attacks specifically targeting the country’s most vulnerable citizens www.smh.com.au/technology/c...
Cybercriminals unleash fake Centrelink scam on vulnerable Australians
More than 270,000 malicious emails impersonating Services Australia and Centrelink have flooded Australian inboxes.
www.smh.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 9:21 AM
More than 270,000 malicious emails impersonating Services Australia and Centrelink have flooded Australian inboxes in one of the nation’s largest phishing campaigns in years, with the sophisticated attacks specifically targeting the country’s most vulnerable citizens www.smh.com.au/technology/c...
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This 🧵.
"Friends don’t let friends eat Tasmanian salmon."
"Friends don’t let friends eat Tasmanian salmon."
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
This 🧵.
"Friends don’t let friends eat Tasmanian salmon."
"Friends don’t let friends eat Tasmanian salmon."
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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...