Dana Scully
@dksmulder-dana.bsky.social
Hearing-impaired, disabled, vegetarian. Living on unceded Wangal land. Trees. Forests. Water. Snow. Mountains. Books.
And this:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
The deadly H5N1 bird flu is only a few steps away from 'pandemic potential'
Sarah Ferguson presents Australia's premier daily current affairs program, delivering agenda-setting public affairs journalism and interviews that hold the powerful to account. Plus political analysis...
www.abc.net.au
May 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
And this:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
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And also in Japan, checking the CO2 levels at the cinema... as good as fresh air!
Source: x.com/ExtroSpecteu...
And also in Japan, checking the CO2 levels at the cinema... as good as fresh air!
Source: x.com/ExtroSpecteu...
April 25, 2025 at 12:39 AM
By ExtroSpecteur @ExtroSpecteur
And also in Japan, checking the CO2 levels at the cinema... as good as fresh air!
Source: x.com/ExtroSpecteu...
And also in Japan, checking the CO2 levels at the cinema... as good as fresh air!
Source: x.com/ExtroSpecteu...
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What does it really look like to stay COVID-cautious as a doctor in 2025? Dr. Nancy Malek shares her daily routines, the science that drives her, and why she won’t stop advocating for airborne precautions.
Read her perspective here: whn.global/why-i-still-....
#PublicHealth #COVID #Masking #N95
Read her perspective here: whn.global/why-i-still-....
#PublicHealth #COVID #Masking #N95
April 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
What does it really look like to stay COVID-cautious as a doctor in 2025? Dr. Nancy Malek shares her daily routines, the science that drives her, and why she won’t stop advocating for airborne precautions.
Read her perspective here: whn.global/why-i-still-....
#PublicHealth #COVID #Masking #N95
Read her perspective here: whn.global/why-i-still-....
#PublicHealth #COVID #Masking #N95
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Queensland Government to destroy ‘globally significant’ COVID vaccine study biobank.
A globally significant COVID vaccine study biosample bank is set to be destroyed, 2 years after Queensland government defunded the award-winning immune response research project.
Source: archive.md/4h1YC
A globally significant COVID vaccine study biosample bank is set to be destroyed, 2 years after Queensland government defunded the award-winning immune response research project.
Source: archive.md/4h1YC
April 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Queensland Government to destroy ‘globally significant’ COVID vaccine study biobank.
A globally significant COVID vaccine study biosample bank is set to be destroyed, 2 years after Queensland government defunded the award-winning immune response research project.
Source: archive.md/4h1YC
A globally significant COVID vaccine study biosample bank is set to be destroyed, 2 years after Queensland government defunded the award-winning immune response research project.
Source: archive.md/4h1YC
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Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
April 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
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"I hope it haunts you" Senator David Pocock to the two major parties on the extinction of Maugean skate, recognised for its World Heritage value, in the Senate today.
March 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"I hope it haunts you" Senator David Pocock to the two major parties on the extinction of Maugean skate, recognised for its World Heritage value, in the Senate today.
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The QLD LNP announced an INDEFINITE delay to implementation of anti-discrimination law reforms designed to protect victims of DV, homeless people, women at work & others.
This was implemented by QLD Labor & now LNP are reneging on the reform.
LNP Newman Mk II
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...
This was implemented by QLD Labor & now LNP are reneging on the reform.
LNP Newman Mk II
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...
LNP accused of ‘outrageous betrayal’ after halting implementation of anti-discrimination law reform
Attorney general says legislation developed in response to Citipointe scandal could ‘create unnecessary burden on organisations and institutions’
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The QLD LNP announced an INDEFINITE delay to implementation of anti-discrimination law reforms designed to protect victims of DV, homeless people, women at work & others.
This was implemented by QLD Labor & now LNP are reneging on the reform.
LNP Newman Mk II
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...
This was implemented by QLD Labor & now LNP are reneging on the reform.
LNP Newman Mk II
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...
The Prime Minister wants to introduce new laws to let destructive salmon corporations bypass environmental protections. I've signed the @australiainstitute.org.au petition to protect the Maugean skate - will you join me?
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_salmon_f...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_salmon_f...
End salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour—protect the skate
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
March 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The Prime Minister wants to introduce new laws to let destructive salmon corporations bypass environmental protections. I've signed the @australiainstitute.org.au petition to protect the Maugean skate - will you join me?
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_salmon_f...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au/end_salmon_f...
Australia news live: ‘$56 a day goes fast’ welfare group says in call to lift jobseeker payments; The Age publishes Palmer ad after staff protest
March 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Australia news live: ‘$56 a day goes fast’ welfare group says in call to lift jobseeker payments; The Age publishes Palmer ad after staff protest
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We Need Mandatory Masking in Healthcare, and We Need it Now.
"Healthcare facilities should set the tone when it comes to masking. They should help patients protect themselves from Covid and other threats. Instead they push droplet dogma and put lives at risk."
Source: archive.md/IuxcJ
"Healthcare facilities should set the tone when it comes to masking. They should help patients protect themselves from Covid and other threats. Instead they push droplet dogma and put lives at risk."
Source: archive.md/IuxcJ
March 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
We Need Mandatory Masking in Healthcare, and We Need it Now.
"Healthcare facilities should set the tone when it comes to masking. They should help patients protect themselves from Covid and other threats. Instead they push droplet dogma and put lives at risk."
Source: archive.md/IuxcJ
"Healthcare facilities should set the tone when it comes to masking. They should help patients protect themselves from Covid and other threats. Instead they push droplet dogma and put lives at risk."
Source: archive.md/IuxcJ
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US COVID update: Feb 17, 2025
🔸1 in 72 people currently infected
🔸668,000 new daily infections
🔸4,676,000 new weekly infections
🔸234,000 to 935,000 weekly Long COVID cases
"There is more transmission today than during 59.3% of the pandemic"
Source: pmc19.com/data/PMC_COV...
🔸1 in 72 people currently infected
🔸668,000 new daily infections
🔸4,676,000 new weekly infections
🔸234,000 to 935,000 weekly Long COVID cases
"There is more transmission today than during 59.3% of the pandemic"
Source: pmc19.com/data/PMC_COV...
February 17, 2025 at 7:08 AM
US COVID update: Feb 17, 2025
🔸1 in 72 people currently infected
🔸668,000 new daily infections
🔸4,676,000 new weekly infections
🔸234,000 to 935,000 weekly Long COVID cases
"There is more transmission today than during 59.3% of the pandemic"
Source: pmc19.com/data/PMC_COV...
🔸1 in 72 people currently infected
🔸668,000 new daily infections
🔸4,676,000 new weekly infections
🔸234,000 to 935,000 weekly Long COVID cases
"There is more transmission today than during 59.3% of the pandemic"
Source: pmc19.com/data/PMC_COV...
Sign the petition: Help Protect the Murujuga Rock Art from Destruction nb.australiainstitute.org.au/help_protect...
Help Protect the Murujuga Rock Art from Destruction
One of Australia and the world’s most important artworks is being destroyed by acid gas pollution.
The Murujuga rock art on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia is a cultural treasure – and more...
nb.australiainstitute.org.au
February 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Sign the petition: Help Protect the Murujuga Rock Art from Destruction nb.australiainstitute.org.au/help_protect...
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Social media makes politics more accessible but also spreads misinformation—especially during elections. Democracy needs truth. That’s why I introduced my Stop the Lies bill to ban false political ads. Yet in 2025, we still have no safeguards. Next week, I’ll call on the government to act.
January 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Social media makes politics more accessible but also spreads misinformation—especially during elections. Democracy needs truth. That’s why I introduced my Stop the Lies bill to ban false political ads. Yet in 2025, we still have no safeguards. Next week, I’ll call on the government to act.
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We need to worry about this:
Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state
Bengal tiger, cougars, a lynx and bobcats dead as disease spreads rapidly among US poultry flocks and dairy herds
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2024 at 10:17 PM
We need to worry about this:
Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Twenty big cats die of bird flu at sanctuary in Washington state
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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Scott Reef’s a rare, unspoiled gem home to endangered sea snakes, turtles & manta rays.
But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all.
The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all.
The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Rare glimpse at stunning reef near Woodside’s gas plans
Scott Reef is, in the words of author Tim Winton, the last “unspoiled” clear-water coral reef in Australia.
www.smh.com.au
December 11, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Scott Reef’s a rare, unspoiled gem home to endangered sea snakes, turtles & manta rays.
But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all.
The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
But Woodside’s mammoth Browse gas project threatens it all.
The Environment Minister must act to protect this natural wonder, not to allow further damage to our climate.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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It’s no surprise 🇦🇺 is a world leader in extinction when we’re still subsidising the cutting down of our native forests in 2024 🤯
The Forest Wars is a must-read this summer.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Forest Wars is a must-read this summer.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 17, 2024 at 10:20 PM
It’s no surprise 🇦🇺 is a world leader in extinction when we’re still subsidising the cutting down of our native forests in 2024 🤯
The Forest Wars is a must-read this summer.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Forest Wars is a must-read this summer.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Shame, QLD government. Shame. How can you defend the silencing of truth-telling? You cannot, but indigenous voices will be heard in spite of your actions.
Six years to create, two days to dismantle. What happens now the Indigenous truth-telling inquiry has been scrapped?
Six years to create, two days to dismantle. What happens now the Indigenous truth-telling inquiry has been scrapped?
December 7, 2024 at 4:46 AM
Shame, QLD government. Shame. How can you defend the silencing of truth-telling? You cannot, but indigenous voices will be heard in spite of your actions.
Six years to create, two days to dismantle. What happens now the Indigenous truth-telling inquiry has been scrapped?
Six years to create, two days to dismantle. What happens now the Indigenous truth-telling inquiry has been scrapped?
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This: 👇🏾
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
November 17, 2024 at 10:40 PM
This: 👇🏾
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans
Australia accused of ‘exporting climate destruction’ on tiny Pacific neighbours with massive gas expansion plans