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Bianca Nogrady
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Freelance science journalist (Nature, the Guardian, The Saturday Paper, BMJ etc) & author. She/her. Writings at biancanogrady.com and biancanogrady.substack.com. Chair at Varuna. Views my own. Dharug/Gundungurra land, Australia. Signal @BiancaNogrady.36
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The climate-denying binferno that is Australian politics and media right now:
Screencap of the Guardian website featuring three headlines: Sussan Ley says net zero 'would be welcome', but Liberals won't pursue it. News Corp Australia chair says outlets not part of climate crisis 'denial machine'. World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature risk as fossil fuel emissions hit record high.
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
Indeed.
The Age called out the Myanmar genocide. Why not Gaza's?
The paper's treatment of the Palestinians reeks of double standards.
www.deepcutnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Went to a great talk the other day where the speaker referred to "Watson, Crick, and Franklin" nucleotides & let's all adopt that terminology
November 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
biancanogrady.bsky.social
Giving a talk to an entire highschool about climate change today and my body is really going overboard on the 'about to fight a saber-toothed tiger' vibe.
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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c0nc0rdance.bsky.social
I've said it before: everything giant pandas do makes more sense if you imagine they are six drinks in on a Friday night.

But I feel like we haven't fully celebrated their triumphant return. See, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered.

A conservation success story!
a panda bear is sitting on a wooden platform with toys
Alt: a panda bear is sitting on a wooden platform with toys, it barrels through them, falls, and manages to roll down every part of the stairs, as if on purpose. Just agent of chaos behavior.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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meadekrosby.bsky.social
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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mjcrockett.bsky.social
Pop-up AI defacing your article critical of AI captures a lot of what it feels like to work in this space.
@lmesseri.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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We stand in solidarity with media workers at Condé Nast US, particularly the members of @condeunion.bsky.social who were fired for standing up for workers’ rights, and the many people of colour and LGBTQIA+ workers laid off at Teen Vogue.
Donate to the workers’ GoFundMe here:
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Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lex McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent com… Lex McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
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condeunion.bsky.social
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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couts.bsky.social
I PROMISE you, our aggressive, unflinching, investigative reporting isn't going anywhere—ever.
leahfeiger.bsky.social Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 6d
This is a really hard day and I want to just add as WIRED's politics editor -- WIRED's politics reporting isn't going anywhere. We are very much here and won't stop.

Please continue to read and support us - canceling your subscription to WIRED is not standing in solidarity with our journalists.
anildash.com Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6d
The key thing to watch here: they fired a Wired political reporter. That’s the title doing the most effective, pointed work. Teen Vogue’s stuff was culturally impactful, but less focused on investigating the administration. Within the Condé portfolio, Wired and the New Yorker are the canaries.
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
biancanogrady.bsky.social
Wonderful to see so many science journalism comrades at the launch of the 15th (15th!!) Best Australian Science Writing anthology, edited by @zoekeansci.bsky.social and Tegan Taylor. Congrats to @tabithacarvan.bsky.social , @angusdalton.bsky.social & James Purtill for Bragg UNSW Press Prize wins.
Five people sit on a stage. Behind them a screen has a yellow background with a photo of a pink book titled 'The Best Australian Science Writing 2025'. The screen text reads "Meet the Panel: Tabitha Carvan, Angus Dalton, James Purtill, Zoe Kean, Tegan Taylor"
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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kazcooke.bsky.social
Looks like the remarkable era of great, brave, relevant writing at #TeenVogue is over. Those women made stand-out journalism at a time it was desperately needed. Sadly it still is. You'll be missed.
aiyanaish.bsky.social Aiyana Ishmael @aiyanaish.bsky.social · 9d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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Confused or curious about the Bill Gates climate memo? I've got you covered! TOMORROW at 1:30pm PT, I'm talking with 4 great scientists. Sign up for an important convo w/ @katharinehayhoe.com @kimcobb.bsky.social @hausfath.bsky.social @weatherwest.bsky.social: coveringclimatenow.org/event/the-bi...
The Bill Gates Memo: Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency — Covering Climate Now
Ahead of this month’s COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates is advising world leaders that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise” and that effort to reducing emissions a...
coveringclimatenow.org
November 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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"In 2024-2025, an average of at least one horse died every 2 days." horseracingkills.com/wp-content/u...

Not enough to move you to boycott this event? What about the collision of drinking, gambling & domestic violence? theconversation.com/this-melbour...

#NupToTheCup #StateSanctionedAnimalCruelty
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
biancanogrady.bsky.social
What happens in the Green Room at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival, stays in the Green Room ... except if it's Osher Günsberg making a very risky move in Jenga, watched by one of our fabulous volunteers. www.bluemountainswritersfestival.com.au
A man in a blue t-shirt looking shocked as he removes a wooden block from a Jenga tower placed on a white marble table. In the background, a woman wearing a Blue Mountains Writers Festival t-shirt claps her hands to her mouth.
November 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Glorious morning on the rainforest floor at Scenic World, with writers Jane Rawson, Inga Simpson, Jessica White and Sarah Allely taking a quiet minute to soak in the surroundings before discussing how they connect with environment, for the Blue Mountains Writers Festival.
Four people stand with their back to the camera, in a covered outdoor space, looking out towards dense trees. The audience in the foreground watch them.
November 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
biancanogrady.bsky.social
Jam-packed session at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival listening to Bryan Brown talk about his life, career and novels with actor and author Toby Schmidt.
www.bluemountainswritersfestival.com.au
A venue packed with people sitting listening to two speakers at the far end of a room. The ceiling is hung with coloured flags.
November 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
biancanogrady.bsky.social
Looking forward to this conversation today at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival with Australian authors Charlotte McConaghy and James Bradley, about how they wove climate crisis fact into literary fiction in their latest novels and how #climate fiction is preparing us for an uncertain future.
RISING TIDES, FACT AND FICTION: Charlotte McConaghy and James Bradley in conversation with Bianca Nogrady — BLUE MOUNTAINS WRITERS' FESTIVAL
Two of Australia’s most compelling storytellers confront the climate crisis through deeply human narratives. Walk the line between fact and fiction with them in conversation with science journalist B...
www.bluemountainswritersfestival.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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siouxsiew.bsky.social
Morning peeps! I’ve written a piece for @thespinoff.bsky.social on why I ended up taking legal action against my employer and a little bit about how it played out. The whole story needs a book to tell but this is a good start 😂 thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1... thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1...
Siouxsie Wiles: Why I’m crowdfunding despite winning my legal battle
'Between the ERA and the Employment Court, my husband and I have spent over $632,000.'
thespinoff.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 6:16 PM
biancanogrady.bsky.social
Kicking off the Blue Mountains Writers' Festival in grand mountains style, with glorious weather and ABC's The Bookshelf live with Debra Oswald, Steve MinOn, Garry Disher and Kate Evens.
www.bluemountainswritersfestival.com.au
A corrugated steel shed set among gum trees with the Blue Mountains escarpment in the background.
October 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Not since 1935 has anyone experienced a storm like Melissa. Melissa's record wouldn't have happened without climate change, which made the hurricane's winds about 10 mph stronger, according to a rapid attribution analysis by Climate Central. yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/10/cata...
Catastrophic Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica as the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane on record » Yale Climate Connections
At landfall in western Jamaica, Melissa’s 185 mph winds and 892 mb pressure tied with the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 in the Florida Keys as the strongest on record for the Atlantic.
yaleclimateconnections.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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leftychris.bsky.social
A fluffy bum and two fluffy faces.
#tawnyfrogmouth #ausbirds #birds
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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ketanjoshi.co
HEY FRIENDS

Here's a new @crikey.com.au piece: on how Google's shallow CCS gamble marks a moment where the ancient rituals of fossil industry greenwashing are passed down to big tech and its obscene expansionist energy greed!!

A lil thread for ya

www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/27/g...
There is truly nothing quite like carbon capture and storage (CCS) when it comes to prolonging the use of fossil fuels. For decades it has served as the high-emitting industry’s unkillable fantasy, theoretically capturing CO2 emissions and storing them underground to avoid damage to the atmosphere. There is one single tune playing on repeat throughout the entire history of every flavour of this technology: massive promise, then total failure, followed by more massive promise, on repeat. The latest update from the Global CCS Institute (GCCSi) puts that capture capacity at about 64 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (MTCO2-e) in 2024, which is about 0.17% of the world’s total emissions in the same year. But CCS is valuable for the fossil fuel supply and demand it enables, not the climate damage it avoids.
October 27, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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karlbode.com
I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this
astrokatie.com Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 19
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM