Amy Coopes
@coopesdetat.bsky.social
Hack-turned-quack in the Nation's Cap
The climate crisis is a cataclysm on so many levels but the cancellation of our school Christmas concert due to extreme heatwave conditions is truly scroogelike, tbh. Total lump of fossil fuel in the stocking
December 13, 2024 at 11:48 PM
The climate crisis is a cataclysm on so many levels but the cancellation of our school Christmas concert due to extreme heatwave conditions is truly scroogelike, tbh. Total lump of fossil fuel in the stocking
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The announcement of the first 10 (ten!) pill testing sites in Victoria is excellent news. The Laos methanol tragedy illustrates why harm reduction is essential. Young people *will* party, and we must not shirk a responsibility to keep them safe.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
Victoria's first pill testing site to be introduced at music festival Beyond The Valley
The government will set up the first of 10 pill testing trials at a music festival over the New Year in a bid to prevent drug overdoses.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2024 at 4:26 AM
The announcement of the first 10 (ten!) pill testing sites in Victoria is excellent news. The Laos methanol tragedy illustrates why harm reduction is essential. Young people *will* party, and we must not shirk a responsibility to keep them safe.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11...
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I used to think Australia was best served by a majority government. Now I’m not so sure:
George Megalogenis
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
George Megalogenis
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I used to think Australia was best served by a majority government. Now I’m not so sure | George Megalogenis
A volatile minority government may be the lesser evil when compared with the narrowly cast and ineffectual governments of the past decade
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I used to think Australia was best served by a majority government. Now I’m not so sure:
George Megalogenis
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
George Megalogenis
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Quick plug for Rick Morton’s book on Robodebt — Mean Streak. You may think you know the Robodebt story, but this is the first time it has been laid out so thoroughly. Rick focuses on the human side of the story — the victims, but also the perpetrators www.harpercollins.com.au/978146071744...
Mean Streak
From award-winning journalist and writer Rick Morton comes Mean Streak, a gripping and horrifying account of how, over the course of four and a half years, A...
www.harpercollins.com.au
November 23, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Quick plug for Rick Morton’s book on Robodebt — Mean Streak. You may think you know the Robodebt story, but this is the first time it has been laid out so thoroughly. Rick focuses on the human side of the story — the victims, but also the perpetrators www.harpercollins.com.au/978146071744...
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Reproducing my thread from the Other Place on our Lancet paper 'Long COVID - a clinical update'. Coauthors Manoj Sivan, Alice Perlowski, Janko Nikolich. 1/
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
Long COVID: a clinical update
Post-COVID-19 condition (also known as long COVID) is generally defined as symptoms
persisting for 3 months or more after acute COVID-19. Long COVID can affect multiple
organ systems and lead to sever...
www.thelancet.com
November 24, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Reproducing my thread from the Other Place on our Lancet paper 'Long COVID - a clinical update'. Coauthors Manoj Sivan, Alice Perlowski, Janko Nikolich. 1/
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...?
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When emojis attain sentience
November 22, 2024 at 10:26 PM
When emojis attain sentience
The interdepartmental Christmas decorate-off has begun in earnest, HITH coming out of the blocks with a bang
November 20, 2024 at 1:06 PM
The interdepartmental Christmas decorate-off has begun in earnest, HITH coming out of the blocks with a bang
A little-known footnote to the Hippocratic oath
If a doctor tells you to “take some Panadol” they’ve basically told you to go fuck yourself
November 20, 2024 at 1:33 AM
A little-known footnote to the Hippocratic oath
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Both @reuters.com and @afpnews.bsky.social are here now.
November 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Both @reuters.com and @afpnews.bsky.social are here now.
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This is a great figure. For all the doom & gloom about climate inaction, we have made a big dent over the past 25 years.
What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 8:48 PM
This is a great figure. For all the doom & gloom about climate inaction, we have made a big dent over the past 25 years.
What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
What started out as 3.5-4°C increase by 2100 is now down to 2-3°C. Of course, more work is urgently needed but this is progress! We don't let up now. h/t @hausfath.bsky.social
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A pretty shameful oversight that at last night’s Walkley Awards there was no mention of the record numbers of journalists who have been murdered by the IDF over the past year.
November 19, 2024 at 10:44 PM
A pretty shameful oversight that at last night’s Walkley Awards there was no mention of the record numbers of journalists who have been murdered by the IDF over the past year.
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Oh, you "heard" there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord? Cite your sources, bro. This is how misinformation spreads
November 17, 2024 at 3:16 PM
Oh, you "heard" there was a secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord? Cite your sources, bro. This is how misinformation spreads
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It feels a bit incomplete, so please suggest anyone I've missed, but I've made a starter pack of Australian election analysts on Bluesky.
November 18, 2024 at 12:16 AM
It feels a bit incomplete, so please suggest anyone I've missed, but I've made a starter pack of Australian election analysts on Bluesky.
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Cheers to yet another new social media platform rising from the ashes to consume our lives 🥂
November 18, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Cheers to yet another new social media platform rising from the ashes to consume our lives 🥂
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And w inhale it! “Social media: the good, the bad, and the ugly”, being the final report of the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society www.aph.gov.au
otd.aph.gov.au/public-api/a... (PDF).
otd.aph.gov.au/public-api/a... (PDF).
November 18, 2024 at 7:25 AM
And w inhale it! “Social media: the good, the bad, and the ugly”, being the final report of the Joint Select Committee on Social Media and Australian Society www.aph.gov.au
otd.aph.gov.au/public-api/a... (PDF).
otd.aph.gov.au/public-api/a... (PDF).
Dropping in to say hello, apparently this is where all the nerds are convening these days 🫡
November 18, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Dropping in to say hello, apparently this is where all the nerds are convening these days 🫡
I never believed this when it was promised at the nadir of sleeplessness with 2 children under the age of 3, but this morning it came to pass. Unprompted, my kids made and delivered me a coffee in bed
August 6, 2023 at 2:01 AM
I never believed this when it was promised at the nadir of sleeplessness with 2 children under the age of 3, but this morning it came to pass. Unprompted, my kids made and delivered me a coffee in bed
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“AMA calls for stronger AI regulations after doctors use ChatGPT to write medical notes” (27 Jul) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/27/chatgpt-health-industry-hospitals-ai-regulations-ama
AMA calls for stronger AI regulations after doctors use ChatGPT to write medical notes
Artificial intelligence protections should include ensuring that clinicians make final decisions, Australian Medical Association says
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2023 at 4:23 AM
“AMA calls for stronger AI regulations after doctors use ChatGPT to write medical notes” (27 Jul) https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/27/chatgpt-health-industry-hospitals-ai-regulations-ama
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“Waving to visitors while dressed in a large, ill-fitting bear suit, Mr Morrison said, “I have played no role and take no responsibility for any so-called Sun Bear scheme.”
Disgraced former PM Morrison denies he is Angela the Sun Bear.
Disgraced former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has denied allegations that he is dressed as a sun bear at a Chinese zoo, describing them as “disproportionate, wrong, unsubstantiated and contradicted...
open.substack.com
August 3, 2023 at 10:16 PM
“Waving to visitors while dressed in a large, ill-fitting bear suit, Mr Morrison said, “I have played no role and take no responsibility for any so-called Sun Bear scheme.”
Moderating this panel at The Street Theatre in a few weeks on gender, communication & diagnosis. Love to see you there! https://au.patronbase.com/_StreetTheatre/Productions/LDMW/Performances?_gl=1*16a2k3c*_ga*MTY2NjU4MDQwOS4xNjkxMDM1OTA0*_ga_RNM53S93LR*MTY5MTAzNTkwNC4xLjAuMTY5MTAzNTkwNC4wLjAuMA..
August 3, 2023 at 6:59 AM
Moderating this panel at The Street Theatre in a few weeks on gender, communication & diagnosis. Love to see you there! https://au.patronbase.com/_StreetTheatre/Productions/LDMW/Performances?_gl=1*16a2k3c*_ga*MTY2NjU4MDQwOS4xNjkxMDM1OTA0*_ga_RNM53S93LR*MTY5MTAzNTkwNC4xLjAuMTY5MTAzNTkwNC4wLjAuMA..