Mandy Graham
mandeeg.bsky.social
Mandy Graham
@mandeeg.bsky.social
Can I find Australian news discussions on Bluesky? Or discussions about climate change or environmental decisions?
All I get is cat photos and US politics.
September 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Inhalers should be available to all who need them, for free. #MedicareForAll
February 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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1974’s Washington Post:

“We must do everything possible to expose the corrupt president.”

2025’s Washington Post:

“We must do everything possible to flatter the corrupt president.”
January 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Scientists at RAND warn that H5N1 bird flu poses increasing risks in the U.S., with human cases of unknown origin and widespread animal transmission.

They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
December 25, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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I was really hoping we'd have a woman as president before we had one from South Africa, but here we are.
December 20, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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* Promised EPBC Act reform - FAIL
* Increasing environmental $ to what's required, rather than a sham 'Nature Repair Market' - FAIL
* Approving even more fossil fuel projects - FAIL
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You can spin all you like, @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social. We see Labor. minister.dcceew.gov.au/plibersek/sp...
November 30, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
Pandemic linked to 16% rise in babies born with heart defects
The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and pub...
www.news-medical.net
November 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
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Not good.

"Our combined ecological & phylogenetic data support mammal-to-mammal transmission...We reflect that H5N1 viruses becoming more evolutionary flexible & adapting to mammals in new ways could have global consequences for wildlife, humans, and/or livestock."

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epidemiological data of an influenza A/H5N1 outbreak in elephant seals in Argentina indicates mammal-to-mammal transmission - Nature Communications
Here, the authors detect clade 2.3.4.4b H5N1 viruses in elephant seals associated with a mass mortality event in Argentina, show that the viruses belong to a clade primarily seen in marine mammals in ...
www.nature.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:37 AM
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Publisher: Do you want to put an LLM clause in the copyright statement?
Me: Definitely. How specific can we get?
Publisher: As specific as you like.
November 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Doesn’t seem to matter any more. Apparently Jesus doesn’t think it’s important
November 17, 2024 at 9:05 AM
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Wow this is awesome! To block the lists hit subscribe then choose ‘block all accounts’
Starting a thread of blocklists to share (feel free to reply with your favorites)
November 16, 2024 at 7:44 AM
Great article on why cicadas emerge in prime number years, and a great reminder of why Population and Community Ecology /statistics was hard at Uni

theconversation.com/prime-time-f...
Prime time for cicadas: what a once-in-1,547-year bug population surge tells us about the nature of reality
Three groups of cicadas have emerged together this year for the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire. The reason is pure mathematics.
theconversation.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:58 PM