Dr Lesley Russell
@lrussellwolpe.bsky.social
Health policy wonk, political tragic, hiking & skiing nut.
Sydney 🇦🇺 and Keystone 🇺🇸
Sydney 🇦🇺 and Keystone 🇺🇸
Pinned
With wonderful assistance from @croakeynews.bsky.social latest edition of #TheHikingWrap is up.
My 2024 adventures:
- Exploring Kimberley WA
- Kangaroo Is Wilderness Trail
- Nakasendo Trail & Mt Fuji
- Flinders Island
Lots to inspire you. 🏃♀️
www.croakey.org/croakey-down...
My 2024 adventures:
- Exploring Kimberley WA
- Kangaroo Is Wilderness Trail
- Nakasendo Trail & Mt Fuji
- Flinders Island
Lots to inspire you. 🏃♀️
www.croakey.org/croakey-down...
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Very pleased to see that @greens.org.au have won an inquiry into job cuts at CSIRO
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Very pleased to see that @greens.org.au have won an inquiry into job cuts at CSIRO
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
Would be great to see attention brought to bear on restructuring (cuts?) at the Australian Research Council too
Why these attacks on science in the public interest in Australia❓ Who does this serve❓
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“‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm
One expert says she is ‘starting to visualise the point where all we have left of corals and reefs is memories’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
“‘Deathly silent’: two out of three corals in world heritage-listed Ningaloo reef have been killed, scientists confirm.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marking the start of @UN_Women’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based violence.
Violence against women is a global crisis. Nearly one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
Violence against women is a global crisis. Nearly one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, marking the start of @UN_Women’s 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based violence.
Violence against women is a global crisis. Nearly one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
Violence against women is a global crisis. Nearly one in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetime.
Scientists recorded 47% drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit.
Scaled to whole island, that’s potential loss of 50,000 animals.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Scaled to whole island, that’s potential loss of 50,000 animals.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Bird Flu Wiped Out Nearly Half of the Females in the World’s Largest Elephant Seal Population, Drone Images Suggest
Scientists recorded a 47 percent drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit. Scaled to the whole island, that’s a potential loss of more than 5...
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Scientists recorded 47% drop in breeding females in South Georgia’s three largest elephant seal colonies after bird flu hit.
Scaled to whole island, that’s potential loss of 50,000 animals.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
Scaled to whole island, that’s potential loss of 50,000 animals.
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/b...
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This study found that 'among individuals with a known history of #SARSCoV2 infection, 5% had a profile characterized by a persistently high #LongCOVID related symptom burden, an additional 12% had intermittently high burden of symptoms that did not improve over time.'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long COVID trajectories in the prospectively followed RECOVER-Adult US cohort - Nature Communications
Long COVID has heterogeneous presentation and clinical trajectories are not well defined. Here, the authors define trajectories using data from a prospective cohort study in the United States involvin...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This study found that 'among individuals with a known history of #SARSCoV2 infection, 5% had a profile characterized by a persistently high #LongCOVID related symptom burden, an additional 12% had intermittently high burden of symptoms that did not improve over time.'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Albanese Govt failure to progress oral health policy is exacerbating health inequities & contributing to preventable illness, suffering & hospitalisations.
Where is new National Oral Health Plan?
www.croakey.org/is-oral-heal...
Where is new National Oral Health Plan?
www.croakey.org/is-oral-heal...
Is oral health a priority for the Albanese Government? Apparently not…
Introduction by Croakey: In between the political jockeying over public hospital funding, perhaps the Prime Minister and Treasurer could ask
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November 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Albanese Govt failure to progress oral health policy is exacerbating health inequities & contributing to preventable illness, suffering & hospitalisations.
Where is new National Oral Health Plan?
www.croakey.org/is-oral-heal...
Where is new National Oral Health Plan?
www.croakey.org/is-oral-heal...
Arriving into Ushuaia in the early morning. A lovely end to a glorious Antarctic #ShackeltonFootsteps adventure. Thanks for following along.
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Arriving into Ushuaia in the early morning. A lovely end to a glorious Antarctic #ShackeltonFootsteps adventure. Thanks for following along.
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Polar bears took shelter inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s remote Kolyuchin Island. See photos by the photographer Vadim Makhorov, who found them while recently cruising on the Chukchi Sea. Via The Atlantic Photo:
Photos: When the Polar Bears Move In
The photographer Vadim Makhorov, while recently cruising on the Chukchi Sea, noticed a group of polar bears that were taking shelter inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s remote Kolyuchin Island.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Polar bears took shelter inside an abandoned research station on Russia’s remote Kolyuchin Island. See photos by the photographer Vadim Makhorov, who found them while recently cruising on the Chukchi Sea. Via The Atlantic Photo:
Last day at sea; we disembark tomorrow at Ushuaia. We are mesmerised by sea birds, including albatross, constantly around the ship (impossible to photograph with phone). In a few hours we will sail within 3 nautical miles of Cape Horn, then go on to enter the Beagle Channel.
#ShackeltonFootsteps
#ShackeltonFootsteps
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Last day at sea; we disembark tomorrow at Ushuaia. We are mesmerised by sea birds, including albatross, constantly around the ship (impossible to photograph with phone). In a few hours we will sail within 3 nautical miles of Cape Horn, then go on to enter the Beagle Channel.
#ShackeltonFootsteps
#ShackeltonFootsteps
Halfway back from South Georgia to Ushuaia. A busy day with talks, photo competition and just a little work in preparation for return to the real world. Surprisingly calm seas now giving way to promised storm. #ShackeltonFootsteps
November 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Halfway back from South Georgia to Ushuaia. A busy day with talks, photo competition and just a little work in preparation for return to the real world. Surprisingly calm seas now giving way to promised storm. #ShackeltonFootsteps
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Four key agencies unite to drive prevention of chronic diseases nationally – Marina Bowshall, Robyn Littlewood, Anna Peeters and Carina Tan-Van Baren, PACE Forum
www.croakey.org/four...
www.croakey.org/four...
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Four key agencies unite to drive prevention of chronic diseases nationally – Marina Bowshall, Robyn Littlewood, Anna Peeters and Carina Tan-Van Baren, PACE Forum
www.croakey.org/four...
www.croakey.org/four...
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Kids' smoking in Oz is at record lows thx to comprehensive tobacco control. But since 2010, the rate of decline has slowed while vaping rose. Explains why all BigTobacco companies have invested in vapes mja.com.au/system/files...
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Kids' smoking in Oz is at record lows thx to comprehensive tobacco control. But since 2010, the rate of decline has slowed while vaping rose. Explains why all BigTobacco companies have invested in vapes mja.com.au/system/files...
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NEW: Protecting public interested journalism as a public health good by Bronwyn Fredericks, Neha Lalchandani, Melissa Sweet, Alex Cramb, & Carmel Williams in the Medical Journal of Australia - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
FREE Access. 👈🏽
#PublicHealth #PublicInterest #Journalism
FREE Access. 👈🏽
#PublicHealth #PublicInterest #Journalism
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
NEW: Protecting public interested journalism as a public health good by Bronwyn Fredericks, Neha Lalchandani, Melissa Sweet, Alex Cramb, & Carmel Williams in the Medical Journal of Australia - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.5694/...
FREE Access. 👈🏽
#PublicHealth #PublicInterest #Journalism
FREE Access. 👈🏽
#PublicHealth #PublicInterest #Journalism
Now acutely aware of the damage bird flu is inflicting on the elephant seals on South Georgia.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fears for elephant seals as bird flu kills half of population in South Atlantic
Study estimates 53,000 females have died on South Georgia since 2023, with ‘dramatic impact’ on future of the species
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Now acutely aware of the damage bird flu is inflicting on the elephant seals on South Georgia.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? @kenlburns.bsky.social, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”:
How Do You Film the Revolution?
What we learned making a documentary about a war so distant in time
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November 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
How do you make a documentary about a subject that predates the invention of photography? @kenlburns.bsky.social, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on what it took to film “The American Revolution”:
It's goodbye to the wonderful Antarctic / subAntarctic regions as we leave South Georgia for three days of sailing through rough seas back to Ushuaia.
#ShackeltonFootsteps
#ShackeltonFootsteps
November 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
It's goodbye to the wonderful Antarctic / subAntarctic regions as we leave South Georgia for three days of sailing through rough seas back to Ushuaia.
#ShackeltonFootsteps
#ShackeltonFootsteps
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"..the first known human H5N5 infection has captured a good deal of attention, but the `other' flu story we've been following this week has been the rapid spread of a new seasonal H3N2 subcade (K) virus, which emerged in the Southern Hemisphere"
afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/11/cdc-...
afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/11/cdc-...
CDC FluView, ECDC CDT & Canada Announce Early H3N2 Subclade K Prevalence Numbers
Credit NIAID #18,947 Yesterday's announcement for the first known human H5N5 infection has captured a good deal of attention, but the `ot...
afludiary.blogspot.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"..the first known human H5N5 infection has captured a good deal of attention, but the `other' flu story we've been following this week has been the rapid spread of a new seasonal H3N2 subcade (K) virus, which emerged in the Southern Hemisphere"
afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/11/cdc-...
afludiary.blogspot.com/2025/11/cdc-...
Good morning from Grytviken, South Georgia.
We are here to explore the whaling history, pay homage at the graves of Shackelton and Wild - and there's a wedding! Two of our fellow explorers are getting married in the little church and we are all invited! #ShackeltonFootsteps
We are here to explore the whaling history, pay homage at the graves of Shackelton and Wild - and there's a wedding! Two of our fellow explorers are getting married in the little church and we are all invited! #ShackeltonFootsteps
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Good morning from Grytviken, South Georgia.
We are here to explore the whaling history, pay homage at the graves of Shackelton and Wild - and there's a wedding! Two of our fellow explorers are getting married in the little church and we are all invited! #ShackeltonFootsteps
We are here to explore the whaling history, pay homage at the graves of Shackelton and Wild - and there's a wedding! Two of our fellow explorers are getting married in the little church and we are all invited! #ShackeltonFootsteps
Remains of a glorious day at Cumberland Bay, South Georgia Island. The Neumyer Glacier here is retreating very fast.
#ShackeltonFootsteps
#ShackeltonFootsteps
November 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Remains of a glorious day at Cumberland Bay, South Georgia Island. The Neumyer Glacier here is retreating very fast.
#ShackeltonFootsteps
#ShackeltonFootsteps
Good morning from St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island. Looks like fresh snow overnight but weather now clearing, maybe sunshine. Preparing to go ashore - lots of penguins.
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Good morning from St Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island. Looks like fresh snow overnight but weather now clearing, maybe sunshine. Preparing to go ashore - lots of penguins.
A 3:30am wakeup call for 4:00am zodiac trip to Salisbury Plain - largest penguin colony on South Georgia. Lots of king & gentoo penguins (moulting), seals + pups, sealions (aggressive). Seas calm but a steady rain. #ShackeltonFootsteps
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
A 3:30am wakeup call for 4:00am zodiac trip to Salisbury Plain - largest penguin colony on South Georgia. Lots of king & gentoo penguins (moulting), seals + pups, sealions (aggressive). Seas calm but a steady rain. #ShackeltonFootsteps
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PODCAST: Former high court judge the Hon Michael Barker KC interviews Prof Megan Davis AC - podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c..., Centre for Public Integrity, 23 October 2025. ✅
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
PODCAST: Former high court judge the Hon Michael Barker KC interviews Prof Megan Davis AC - podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c..., Centre for Public Integrity, 23 October 2025. ✅
Good morning from South Georgia Island! Up at 3:30am for 4:00am zodiac to Salisbury Plain, biggest penguin colony on SGI. In Feb this will be too crowded w wildlife to land. Lots of king & gentoo penguins (moulting), seals + pups, sea lions (aggressive). Calm seas but rain. #ShackeltonFootsteps
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Good morning from South Georgia Island! Up at 3:30am for 4:00am zodiac to Salisbury Plain, biggest penguin colony on SGI. In Feb this will be too crowded w wildlife to land. Lots of king & gentoo penguins (moulting), seals + pups, sea lions (aggressive). Calm seas but rain. #ShackeltonFootsteps