Aleta
@aletak.bsky.social
Scientist, mother, dilettante. Immunoparasitologist interested in general nerdery. I develop vaccines and medicines for animals.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man regarded as mediocre will protest loudest at any proposal of quotas for women.
Australia news live: Taylor says he is ‘not a supporter’ of gender quotas for Liberal party; more sanctions on Russian individuals and groups
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www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man regarded as mediocre will protest loudest at any proposal of quotas for women.
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I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
June 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
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No idea why media still depicts Nats as a farmers party. They are a mining party beholden to coal and gas interests and funded by Gina Rinehart. When there is a conflict between farmers and fossil fuels, they always back fossil fuels. Their opposition to wind is to protect fossil fuels for longer.
May 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
No idea why media still depicts Nats as a farmers party. They are a mining party beholden to coal and gas interests and funded by Gina Rinehart. When there is a conflict between farmers and fossil fuels, they always back fossil fuels. Their opposition to wind is to protect fossil fuels for longer.
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The split.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
May 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The split.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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It's time to make mining companies rewild their sites. They shouldn't be remediating ( hot tip they don't anyway). They should be curating and nurturing a complete restoration of the habitat flora AND fauna they destroy. Forever. Watering. Tending. Expanding. Curating. Forever.
May 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It's time to make mining companies rewild their sites. They shouldn't be remediating ( hot tip they don't anyway). They should be curating and nurturing a complete restoration of the habitat flora AND fauna they destroy. Forever. Watering. Tending. Expanding. Curating. Forever.
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Black Smoke Rises From Coal-Fired Power Station in Traditional Sign That Liberal Party Has Chosen New Leader
Black Smoke Rises From Coal-Fired Power Station in Traditional Sign That Liberal Party Has Chosen New Leader — The Shovel
As news of the appointment spread, dog whistles rang out across the country, as staffers, donors and News Corp media flocked to the scene to celebrate.
theshovel.com.au
May 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Black Smoke Rises From Coal-Fired Power Station in Traditional Sign That Liberal Party Has Chosen New Leader
I’m wondering about the impact of young voters on this election. Labor had a platform of policies that appealed directly to them, while the LNP largely ignored them. Does this finally herald the decline of the Boomer voting bloc?
May 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I’m wondering about the impact of young voters on this election. Labor had a platform of policies that appealed directly to them, while the LNP largely ignored them. Does this finally herald the decline of the Boomer voting bloc?
We need a cure for this disease which is completely preventable 🤔
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will direct federal health agencies to explore potential new treatments for measles as the U.S. faces its largest outbreak in 25 years. Experts fear the decision could have grave consequences, as studies show the existing vaccine is 97% effective in preventing infection.
RFK Jr. Orders Search for New Measles Treatments Instead of Urging Vaccination
Decades of research have turned up no miracle treatment for measles, but studies show the M.M.R. shot is 97 percent effective in preventing the disease.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We need a cure for this disease which is completely preventable 🤔
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RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
RFK Jr.'s HHS Orders Lab Studying Deadly Infectious Diseases to Stop Research
NIAID's Integrated Research Facility is one of the few federal facilities charged with studying Ebola. Tuesday afternoon, all of its work was put on indefinite pause by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s departm...
www.wired.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
RFK Jr. ordered the NIH’s Integrated Research Facility in Frederick to stop all research on serious infectious diseases yesterday at 5:00 PM.
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
They study pathogens like Ebola there. You may be familiar with it from The Hot Zone.
www.wired.com/story/hhs-ni...
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Dutton keeps saying electricity prices have gone up $1,300. That's a complete lie - even when using his own metric of the default market offer
April 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Dutton keeps saying electricity prices have gone up $1,300. That's a complete lie - even when using his own metric of the default market offer
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Albanese’s claim that the Gillard Govt’s capacity to sell its message was undermined by fact it was minority govt is wrong. It was undermined, not by being minority but by the Rudd loyalists and by pro fossil fuel ministers like Martin Ferguson in her Govt. Leaks were constant. #auspol
April 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Albanese’s claim that the Gillard Govt’s capacity to sell its message was undermined by fact it was minority govt is wrong. It was undermined, not by being minority but by the Rudd loyalists and by pro fossil fuel ministers like Martin Ferguson in her Govt. Leaks were constant. #auspol
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The visual metaphors keep coming.
April 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The visual metaphors keep coming.
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so they're mycoblogging
April 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
so they're mycoblogging
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I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I don’t think a better headline could have been written about what happened yesterday.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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A reminder that neither the LNP's nor the ALP's policies will touch the main problem
April 14, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A reminder that neither the LNP's nor the ALP's policies will touch the main problem
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Jane Caro: “Education is used by the rest of the world to at least try to break down the class system.
Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one.” @janecaro.bsky.social
#auspol
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/j....
Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one.” @janecaro.bsky.social
#auspol
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/j....
Class warfare
Australia’s education funding model protects and entrenches the gap between schools, and it’s steadily getting worse
www.themonthly.com.au
April 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Jane Caro: “Education is used by the rest of the world to at least try to break down the class system.
Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one.” @janecaro.bsky.social
#auspol
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/j....
Almost alone in the developed world, Australia is using it to build one.” @janecaro.bsky.social
#auspol
www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/j....
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A play in two acts.
April 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
A play in two acts.
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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
Absolute BLOODBATH at HHS/NIH/CDC this morning. Generation of scientists, health care officials being wiped out
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t.co/LeABrGqDei
April 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is, in large part, pandemic revenge.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do.
They can't keep spewing carbon.
They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying.
They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.
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Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
February 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
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An extract from the President of Mexico on social media today:
“You wanted a wall, you are going to get a wall.”
She’s referring to a global boycott of US products.
“You wanted a wall, you are going to get a wall.”
She’s referring to a global boycott of US products.
February 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
An extract from the President of Mexico on social media today:
“You wanted a wall, you are going to get a wall.”
She’s referring to a global boycott of US products.
“You wanted a wall, you are going to get a wall.”
She’s referring to a global boycott of US products.
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Who did THIS?!
February 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Who did THIS?!
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Mother Tawny Frogmouth with chicks. Iconic Australian bird
February 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Mother Tawny Frogmouth with chicks. Iconic Australian bird
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The Australian government rushed through legislation to ban under 16s from using social media - a measure widely criticised by experts.
But after 18 months they haven't been able to implement a total ban on gambling ads to protect children - a measure almost unanimously supported by experts.
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But after 18 months they haven't been able to implement a total ban on gambling ads to protect children - a measure almost unanimously supported by experts.
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November 29, 2024 at 8:03 PM
The Australian government rushed through legislation to ban under 16s from using social media - a measure widely criticised by experts.
But after 18 months they haven't been able to implement a total ban on gambling ads to protect children - a measure almost unanimously supported by experts.
🤷♀️
But after 18 months they haven't been able to implement a total ban on gambling ads to protect children - a measure almost unanimously supported by experts.
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