Ms D
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hahaha
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Public health concerns raised about antibiotic use in salmon farms www.croakey.org/public-healt... #publichealth
Public health concerns raised about antibiotic use in salmon farms
www.croakey.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Public health concerns raised about antibiotic use in salmon farms www.croakey.org/public-healt... #publichealth
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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“Once you take their habitat away, they die, so logging this forest is a really permanent end to these creatures. It’s quite heartbreaking.”
Conservationists are calling for timber harvesting to be prevented close to endangered greater habitat.
au.yahoo.com/news/late-ni...
Conservationists are calling for timber harvesting to be prevented close to endangered greater habitat.
au.yahoo.com/news/late-ni...
Late-night discovery in bushland sparks fears for rare Aussie animal: 'Epic failure'
Few people are aware of this 1.7kg animal that lives high in Australia's trees. Find out more.
au.yahoo.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
“Once you take their habitat away, they die, so logging this forest is a really permanent end to these creatures. It’s quite heartbreaking.”
Conservationists are calling for timber harvesting to be prevented close to endangered greater habitat.
au.yahoo.com/news/late-ni...
Conservationists are calling for timber harvesting to be prevented close to endangered greater habitat.
au.yahoo.com/news/late-ni...
Correct.
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Correct.
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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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Dave Rowe golden bone saw..
Financial Review
Financial Review
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Dave Rowe golden bone saw..
Financial Review
Financial Review
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The world is an institutional failure
Morally bankrupt
And most of those in power are perfectly happy with that - as long as they are in power
And apart from a rare few, those in political opposition simply adopt the status quo once elected
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Yes, you, too #auspol
Morally bankrupt
And most of those in power are perfectly happy with that - as long as they are in power
And apart from a rare few, those in political opposition simply adopt the status quo once elected
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Yes, you, too #auspol
The world is an institutional failure
Morally bankrupt
Because when mountains of evidence and decades of victim reports across [insert you relevant government failure here]
Those in power consistently fail those they represent across countless issues
Why
#Epstein
#COP30
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Morally bankrupt
Because when mountains of evidence and decades of victim reports across [insert you relevant government failure here]
Those in power consistently fail those they represent across countless issues
Why
#Epstein
#COP30
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Epstein survivor: "Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government still belongs to the American people or to those who prey on them."
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
The world is an institutional failure
Morally bankrupt
And most of those in power are perfectly happy with that - as long as they are in power
And apart from a rare few, those in political opposition simply adopt the status quo once elected
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Yes, you, too #auspol
Morally bankrupt
And most of those in power are perfectly happy with that - as long as they are in power
And apart from a rare few, those in political opposition simply adopt the status quo once elected
bsky.app/profile/prof...
Yes, you, too #auspol
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“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:10 AM
“Quiet, Piggy” would be fitting for his tombstone.
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"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"Things happen" sometimes, like when you walk into an embassy to apply for your marriage license while your bride-to-be waits outside, but then you get bonesawed to pieces for having exercised freedom of speech as an US-based journalist and have to be carried out in a series of suitcases.
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A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
November 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
A horrendous report on ABC radio from a Brisbane doctor doing a second tour in Gaza with Medecins sans Frontières. She says the ceasefire is in name only, the genocide continues and the deprivation of basic food, shelter and resources means even the injured haven’t what the need to heal.
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This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
‘Sad day for publicly funded science’: up to 350 more jobs to go at CSIRO
Australia’s national scientific agency announces more research job losses as it looks for budgetary savings
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
This is obscene.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
The challenges facing the nation means we should be scaling up CSIRO, not cutting it to shreds.
While we are sending billions to the US for nuclear shipyards, our science and industrial base at home is falling apart for lack of funds and direction.
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Accidentally heard him on local radio. Hope he goes home soon.
November 16, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Accidentally heard him on local radio. Hope he goes home soon.
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You may recall that the Albanese govt rammed through laws to shield the salmon industry earlier this year- against all scientific advice and without consultation.
This is on them too.
This is on them too.
Our laws were in danger of doing what they were supposed to do - so they were changed
While all eyes were on the budget, the Albanese government gutted Australia's environmental laws. The changes are great for the salmon industry, but terrible for endangered species and Australia's dem...
australiainstitute.org.au
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 AM
You may recall that the Albanese govt rammed through laws to shield the salmon industry earlier this year- against all scientific advice and without consultation.
This is on them too.
This is on them too.
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If it’s not safe for lobster in the neighbouring waters, imagine the effect of consuming the salmon that are being directly fed this antibiotic ….
Friends don’t let friends eat Tasmanian salmon.
Friends don’t let friends eat Tasmanian salmon.
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
If it’s not safe for lobster in the neighbouring waters, imagine the effect of consuming the salmon that are being directly fed this antibiotic ….
Friends don’t let friends eat Tasmanian salmon.
Friends don’t let friends eat Tasmanian salmon.
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It really needs to emphasised as strongly as possible:
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Lobster fishery off Bruny Island in TAS closed on eve of the opening of fishing season due to antibiotic use by the salmon farms.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
No indication of how long for. Must be a devastating blow for fishermen approaching Xmas.
Crayfish Closure Follows Salmon Antibiotic Deployment - Tasmanian Times
The commercial rock lobster fishery south of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel is now closed effective 15 November 2025
tasmaniantimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
It really needs to emphasised as strongly as possible:
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
Do not eat Tasmanian farmed salmon.
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The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
Biodiversity offsets failed to protect habitat in NSW. Now federal Labor is about to make the same mistakes, critics warn
Offsets were meant to be a last resort for mitigating environmental damage from development projects, but rapidly became the default
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Albanese government’s nature reforms would change biodiversity offsets policy, including by setting up a “restoration contributions” fund. Guardian Australia reporting exposed major failures with a similar scheme in NSW. Experts are warning the federal plan could repeat those mistakes
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Perhaps the most unnecessary subheading in history (article via @simonwdc.bsky.social)
Astounding figures.
Astounding figures.
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Perhaps the most unnecessary subheading in history (article via @simonwdc.bsky.social)
Astounding figures.
Astounding figures.
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ai in education causes huge increases in workload for no increase in pay. It dramatically lowers our productivity for our employers and gives it to the pervert billionaire sector. Time for being an academic instead goes to ai guidelines, ai interviews, ai detection and referral, ai this, ai that.
Can I quietly ask we stop talking about what "AI" *could* do in education and identify instead what's actually happening with AI in education? I'll start...
November 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
ai in education causes huge increases in workload for no increase in pay. It dramatically lowers our productivity for our employers and gives it to the pervert billionaire sector. Time for being an academic instead goes to ai guidelines, ai interviews, ai detection and referral, ai this, ai that.
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The controversy engulfing the #BBC underscores the powerful forces that seek to undermine public broadcasting & that have also weakened the ABC. Pandering to those forces never works.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The controversy engulfing the #BBC underscores the powerful forces that seek to undermine public broadcasting & that have also weakened the ABC. Pandering to those forces never works.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.
Extract below from Working for the Brand.
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‘Lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns discovered in Australia
‘Lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns discovered in Australia
‘Lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns discovered in Australia
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 6:42 AM
‘Lucifer’ bee with devil-like horns discovered in Australia
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Tassal has another fish kill on its hands - this time its barramundi from WA not Tasmanian salmon www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Tassal eyes barramundi expansion despite parasite leading to fish kill
Foreign-owned aquaculture company Tassal suffers a fish kill at its barramundi farm in WA's Cone Bay, where the company has plans to expand. It follows a mass mortality in Tasmania's salmon industry, ...
www.abc.net.au
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Tassal has another fish kill on its hands - this time its barramundi from WA not Tasmanian salmon www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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"*warns* of intense competition"
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
November 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"*warns* of intense competition"
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
Your regular reminder that those who cheer capitalism actually hate a free market, and want a rigged one.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Here's how to turn it off.
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