The weekend is nearly upon us! Join @davemilbo.bsky.social and me for another #SundayShot with @beneltham.bsky.social & @claireconnelly.bsky.social plus a wrap-up of the WA election & preview of the Federal one with The Tally Room's @benraue.com.

Watch and subscribe @ www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot

Just watched #thesundayshot with @davemilbo.bsky.social and the fabulous @instanterudite.bsky.social. Great guests, @deniseshrivell.bsky.social pushing buttons, good interview too. If there was a balanced TV station in Australia, they'd put you on against Speersy's propaganda show. @theshot.net.au

When planning your Adelaide Writer's week... put down a visit to @ronnisalt.bsky.social and I in convo on her new novel "GUNNAWAH" !

Sure to be an intriguing sesh - like the enigma herself!

www.adelaidefestival.com.au/events/2025-...

Promoting
Laws
Against
Good
Useful
Epidemiology

Make previously eradicated diseases great again!

Junk science
Anti-Vax
Bureaucracy

Hardly new info, but BSky should know:

Warsaw's water quality is monitored by eight clams with magnets attached to their shells. If contamination in the water causes the clams to close, the magnets trigger an alarm and shut off the city's water supply.
Thank you, little guardian molluscs.

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Keep pushing back. Hard.

He blinked on tariffs.
His California water stunt failed and has been ridiculed.
He was forced to roll back cutting grants and govt payments.
NSF support is resuming.
CDC webpages are being restored.
Street protests are starting.
Lawsuits are being filed.
Fight back.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday issued a memo giving staff 10 days to identify all programs dealing with climate change or "greenhouse gas" emissions (scare quotes theirs), and another 10 days to eliminate them.

Read more about this and other happenings in today's news roundup:

Dear God. I almost feel sorry for anyone who allows themself to be fooled by this guy.

I started a tracker to help people monitor company policy changes that may not align with their values (and those that do!): docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

So far here’s a list of companies reinforcing their commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:
Apple
Costco
Bank of America
Delta
JP Morgan
Marriott
Microsoft
Procter & Gamble
Goldman Sachs
American Airlines
Southwest Airlines
United Airlines
Catholic Health

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Thanks so much Ann, so glad you loved Jenny's earthy, interesting narration

Loved this book. Listened to the audio - read by Jenny Seedsman - just right!

A cartoon on how people cherry pick among experts (and fake experts) until they find one saying what they want to believe. Incidentally, all the scientists here are caricatures of real scientists (although @simondonner.bsky.social's hair no longer looks like that, sadly for caricaturists).

President Zelensky: 150 Ukrainian firefighters are ready to travel to California to help combat the wildfires.🇺🇸🇺🇦

I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well.

Neither do you.

Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.