@ramblingex.bsky.social
Hi there, I am just someone trying to get a bit of peace in life.
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this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
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"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families t...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
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#OTD in 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a #Nobel Prize (#Physics).
AND
#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
AND
#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
#OTD in 1903, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a #Nobel Prize (#Physics).
AND
#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
AND
#OTD in 1935, her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie won the Nobel Prize in #Chemistry for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.
They're the only mother–daughter pair to have both won Nobel Prizes. #WomenInSTEM
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...
johnsnowproject.org
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...
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Colin Hay, frontman of Men at Work, postpones Australian shows.
"Colin Hay has postponed his scheduled Australian performances for December after suffering serious respiratory complications connected to the flu and Covid."
"Colin Hay has postponed his scheduled Australian performances for December after suffering serious respiratory complications connected to the flu and Covid."
Colin Hay Postpones Australian Shows Due To Covid
Colin Hay has postponed his December Australian shows due to serious respiratory complications from the flu and Covid. Affected shows include Melbourne Recital Centre, Enmore Theatre and Meredith Fest...
www.noise11.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Colin Hay, frontman of Men at Work, postpones Australian shows.
"Colin Hay has postponed his scheduled Australian performances for December after suffering serious respiratory complications connected to the flu and Covid."
"Colin Hay has postponed his scheduled Australian performances for December after suffering serious respiratory complications connected to the flu and Covid."
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Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Listen, if you tell me that “taxation is theft” I’m going to need you to quit driving on highways or walking on sidewalks or attending a public school or using police or fire services or city snow removal.
I would mention libraries, but…
I would mention libraries, but…
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So, yeah - this is basically fossilized #DinoPuke ... giving us a new species of #pterosaur. 🤷♂️
🦕🤮 www.science.org/content/arti... by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social via @science.org
🦕🤮 www.science.org/content/arti... by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social via @science.org
Fossil vomit contains new species of pterosaur from Brazil
Filter-feeding flying reptile was likely devoured by a dinosaur during the early Cretaceous
www.science.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
So, yeah - this is basically fossilized #DinoPuke ... giving us a new species of #pterosaur. 🤷♂️
🦕🤮 www.science.org/content/arti... by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social via @science.org
🦕🤮 www.science.org/content/arti... by @jack-tamisiea.bsky.social via @science.org
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A little scene I stumbled upon by the sea…
Who do you think is enjoying the moment more: the person walking by, or this tiny visitor casually strolling toward my camera? 🐦🌊✨
#sea #sunset #ocean #peace #sky #photography #photo #travel #Light #sun #Bluesky #Nikon #Beautiful #BlueSkyArt #Lightroom
Who do you think is enjoying the moment more: the person walking by, or this tiny visitor casually strolling toward my camera? 🐦🌊✨
#sea #sunset #ocean #peace #sky #photography #photo #travel #Light #sun #Bluesky #Nikon #Beautiful #BlueSkyArt #Lightroom
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A little scene I stumbled upon by the sea…
Who do you think is enjoying the moment more: the person walking by, or this tiny visitor casually strolling toward my camera? 🐦🌊✨
#sea #sunset #ocean #peace #sky #photography #photo #travel #Light #sun #Bluesky #Nikon #Beautiful #BlueSkyArt #Lightroom
Who do you think is enjoying the moment more: the person walking by, or this tiny visitor casually strolling toward my camera? 🐦🌊✨
#sea #sunset #ocean #peace #sky #photography #photo #travel #Light #sun #Bluesky #Nikon #Beautiful #BlueSkyArt #Lightroom
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Painting by Greg Hildebrandt published in OMNI, vol. 10, no. 3 (December 1987), alongside the article, “Secret Sharers,” by Pamela Weintraub.
November 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Painting by Greg Hildebrandt published in OMNI, vol. 10, no. 3 (December 1987), alongside the article, “Secret Sharers,” by Pamela Weintraub.
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Australia's Heart Foundation just launched an info campaign on the harms of COVID to cardiovascular health - good to see!
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
But current vaccines only reduce risk of heart damage, they do not eliminate it. We need masking, clean indoor air, better prevention & next gen vaccines
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Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Unbelievable.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Or when they are just the children of immigrants.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Or when they are just the children of immigrants.
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Wind so strong it blew Darwin into Sydney.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Wind so strong it blew Darwin into Sydney.
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'Small boat migrants to have jewellery & assets seized to pay for accommodation as part of Home Sec’s arrivals crackdown' via The Sun
next they'll be removing hair & metal dental work
next they'll be removing hair & metal dental work
November 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
'Small boat migrants to have jewellery & assets seized to pay for accommodation as part of Home Sec’s arrivals crackdown' via The Sun
next they'll be removing hair & metal dental work
next they'll be removing hair & metal dental work
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Masking makes sense. SARS-CoV-2 can persist, and new evidence from France shows infected megakaryocytes + platelets — meaning real blood involvement. This virus isn’t just respiratory, and protecting your air protects your blood.
Don’t know anything about viral persistence? Know that it’s the norm👇
Don’t know anything about viral persistence? Know that it’s the norm👇
"No man is an island, entire of itself."
John Donne
For me, choosing to wear a respirator mask in all public spaces signifies an awareness of my connection to the human community, whose collective well-being is grievously threatened by the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19.
#COVID19 #respirator
John Donne
For me, choosing to wear a respirator mask in all public spaces signifies an awareness of my connection to the human community, whose collective well-being is grievously threatened by the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19.
#COVID19 #respirator
November 16, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Masking makes sense. SARS-CoV-2 can persist, and new evidence from France shows infected megakaryocytes + platelets — meaning real blood involvement. This virus isn’t just respiratory, and protecting your air protects your blood.
Don’t know anything about viral persistence? Know that it’s the norm👇
Don’t know anything about viral persistence? Know that it’s the norm👇
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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Whenever I read studies
with findings such as:
“Alzheimer Disease Patients
Who Survived COVID-19
Have Rapid Disease Progression
and a Higher Risk of Death
at 5-year Follow-up,”
I am reminded
that none of us have truly
“Survived COVID-19,”
we are still just trying to survive it.
with findings such as:
“Alzheimer Disease Patients
Who Survived COVID-19
Have Rapid Disease Progression
and a Higher Risk of Death
at 5-year Follow-up,”
I am reminded
that none of us have truly
“Survived COVID-19,”
we are still just trying to survive it.
November 13, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Whenever I read studies
with findings such as:
“Alzheimer Disease Patients
Who Survived COVID-19
Have Rapid Disease Progression
and a Higher Risk of Death
at 5-year Follow-up,”
I am reminded
that none of us have truly
“Survived COVID-19,”
we are still just trying to survive it.
with findings such as:
“Alzheimer Disease Patients
Who Survived COVID-19
Have Rapid Disease Progression
and a Higher Risk of Death
at 5-year Follow-up,”
I am reminded
that none of us have truly
“Survived COVID-19,”
we are still just trying to survive it.
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A great blue heron fishes during dusk at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.
#BirdOfTheDay #Paddling #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons
#BirdOfTheDay #Paddling #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A great blue heron fishes during dusk at Izaak Walton Nature Area in Longmont, Colorado.
#BirdOfTheDay #Paddling #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons
#BirdOfTheDay #Paddling #EastCoastKin #bird #birds #birdphotography #photography #photograph #photographs #photo #photos #nature #wetland #wetlands #greatblueheron #greatblueherons #heron #herons
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New data from Japan adds evidence that COVID-19 may raise shingles risk.
The findings come from nearly 400,000 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 2020–2023, showing a higher incidence of shingles for a full 6 weeks after being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Source: archive.li/hFsm4
The findings come from nearly 400,000 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 2020–2023, showing a higher incidence of shingles for a full 6 weeks after being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Source: archive.li/hFsm4
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
New data from Japan adds evidence that COVID-19 may raise shingles risk.
The findings come from nearly 400,000 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 2020–2023, showing a higher incidence of shingles for a full 6 weeks after being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Source: archive.li/hFsm4
The findings come from nearly 400,000 patients diagnosed with COVID-19 from 2020–2023, showing a higher incidence of shingles for a full 6 weeks after being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Source: archive.li/hFsm4
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Another🚨🧵 by Zdenek Vrozina on Twitter on Covid's impact on Alzheimer's:
"Patients who had COVID-19 were nearly five times more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline (measured by MMSE).
Their memory, orientation, and mental abilities worsened... "
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"Patients who had COVID-19 were nearly five times more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline (measured by MMSE).
Their memory, orientation, and mental abilities worsened... "
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threadreaderapp.com/thread/19885...
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Another🚨🧵 by Zdenek Vrozina on Twitter on Covid's impact on Alzheimer's:
"Patients who had COVID-19 were nearly five times more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline (measured by MMSE).
Their memory, orientation, and mental abilities worsened... "
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threadreaderapp.com/thread/19885...
"Patients who had COVID-19 were nearly five times more likely to experience rapid cognitive decline (measured by MMSE).
Their memory, orientation, and mental abilities worsened... "
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19885...
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In an interview
Tom Hanks explained
his mask wearing
by noting “I’ve had Covid
enough in my life,
I don’t need to do that again,”
and he is right, for he knows
“life is like a box of chocolates
you never know
what you’re going to get”
so you should try
not to keep getting Covid.
Tom Hanks explained
his mask wearing
by noting “I’ve had Covid
enough in my life,
I don’t need to do that again,”
and he is right, for he knows
“life is like a box of chocolates
you never know
what you’re going to get”
so you should try
not to keep getting Covid.
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In an interview
Tom Hanks explained
his mask wearing
by noting “I’ve had Covid
enough in my life,
I don’t need to do that again,”
and he is right, for he knows
“life is like a box of chocolates
you never know
what you’re going to get”
so you should try
not to keep getting Covid.
Tom Hanks explained
his mask wearing
by noting “I’ve had Covid
enough in my life,
I don’t need to do that again,”
and he is right, for he knows
“life is like a box of chocolates
you never know
what you’re going to get”
so you should try
not to keep getting Covid.