Sharon RT
@roadtripsharon.bsky.social
Road trips, hiking (bushwalking), bird watching & photography.
Mountains, outback and the sea. And the landscapes in between.
Medicine, science, infectious diseases, politics and so much more.
Love reading. Love my e-reader.
Australia
Mountains, outback and the sea. And the landscapes in between.
Medicine, science, infectious diseases, politics and so much more.
Love reading. Love my e-reader.
Australia
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Could I be but a cloud
float with lightness
simply being
design patterns to astound
embrace the warmth of the sun
create wonders ne’er seen before
view the below with equality
where differences and borders un-exist
Sadly, I am not such a cloud
yet perhaps I could imagine so
as I walk amongst you
float with lightness
simply being
design patterns to astound
embrace the warmth of the sun
create wonders ne’er seen before
view the below with equality
where differences and borders un-exist
Sadly, I am not such a cloud
yet perhaps I could imagine so
as I walk amongst you
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Could I be but a cloud
float with lightness
simply being
design patterns to astound
embrace the warmth of the sun
create wonders ne’er seen before
view the below with equality
where differences and borders un-exist
Sadly, I am not such a cloud
yet perhaps I could imagine so
as I walk amongst you
float with lightness
simply being
design patterns to astound
embrace the warmth of the sun
create wonders ne’er seen before
view the below with equality
where differences and borders un-exist
Sadly, I am not such a cloud
yet perhaps I could imagine so
as I walk amongst you
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"Government investment in social housing is helping stabilise rents" Wow, who knew? (oh, yeah everyone). My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Government investment in social housing is helping stabilise rents
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"Government investment in social housing is helping stabilise rents" Wow, who knew? (oh, yeah everyone). My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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All that said it’s hard not to watch this without a sense of weary despair… we won’t save this world will we. Somehow the momentary needs and greed of vested interest will win out. A tiny self-absorbed few will do for the rest of us… they’ll blight the future to line their pockets. Sod ‘em.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 AM
All that said it’s hard not to watch this without a sense of weary despair… we won’t save this world will we. Somehow the momentary needs and greed of vested interest will win out. A tiny self-absorbed few will do for the rest of us… they’ll blight the future to line their pockets. Sod ‘em.
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Ok my EG Whitlam yarn. Early 90's Gough is speaker at a national Young Labor dinner. I'm a new SVP and get to sit next to him. He's being introduced by another delegate - at inappropriate length. Gough leans in a bit to me and asks *do the voice*
"Comrade, what faction is this fuckwit in?"
"Comrade, what faction is this fuckwit in?"
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Ok my EG Whitlam yarn. Early 90's Gough is speaker at a national Young Labor dinner. I'm a new SVP and get to sit next to him. He's being introduced by another delegate - at inappropriate length. Gough leans in a bit to me and asks *do the voice*
"Comrade, what faction is this fuckwit in?"
"Comrade, what faction is this fuckwit in?"
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Screenshots from thread posted on Twitter today by @willdalrymple.bsky.social
From the thread.
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From the thread.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Screenshots from thread posted on Twitter today by @willdalrymple.bsky.social
From the thread.
x.com/DalrympleWil...
From the thread.
x.com/DalrympleWil...
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11th November 1975, a pivotal moment for Australian politics and me
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Lovely! And perfect.
Because everything is shit, I give you ... Puggles. #Platypus #AustralianWildlife
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Lovely! And perfect.
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I am going to file this one in the Yikes pile, because well yikes.
🚨 "If it doesn’t rain, we will have to start restricting water supplies in #Tehran next month. If the drought continues, we will run out of water and be forced to evacuate the city"
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
Evacuation warning for Iran's capital city
President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.
www.newsweek.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I am going to file this one in the Yikes pile, because well yikes.
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Bob Brown at 80: a walk to a waterfall, a pulmonary embolism, a book, some chat about what's coming.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Bob Brown: ‘Being an environmentalist is sensible. I like defying the growth mentality because it’s irrational’
At 80 years old, the trailblazing environmentalist on the state of activism, optimism and why he is comfortable with the concept of his own ‘perpetual annihilation’
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Bob Brown at 80: a walk to a waterfall, a pulmonary embolism, a book, some chat about what's coming.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (4?) wearing a frilly crocodile print dress has a VERY important announcement to make.
Looking up at Mum, she announces very solemnly: "My brain has a thought inside."
Mum treats this information with the seriousness it deserves. (1)
A small human (4?) wearing a frilly crocodile print dress has a VERY important announcement to make.
Looking up at Mum, she announces very solemnly: "My brain has a thought inside."
Mum treats this information with the seriousness it deserves. (1)
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A small human (4?) wearing a frilly crocodile print dress has a VERY important announcement to make.
Looking up at Mum, she announces very solemnly: "My brain has a thought inside."
Mum treats this information with the seriousness it deserves. (1)
A small human (4?) wearing a frilly crocodile print dress has a VERY important announcement to make.
Looking up at Mum, she announces very solemnly: "My brain has a thought inside."
Mum treats this information with the seriousness it deserves. (1)
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The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The boyfriend of a friend of my son's has spent several weeks in a psych ward due to Chat GPT induced psychosis. He isn't suicidal but AI encouraged him down a toxic and paranoid wormhole until he became completely delusional. Evil stuff.
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Imagine being a successful singer, songwriter and actor like Danielle Spencer and not only being reduced by Nine news to 'Russell Crowe's ex-wife' but also your life-threatening splenic aneurysm surgery reduced to a mere 'health scare'. And we wonder why women feel dismissed. 🤦🏻♀️
#misogyny
#misogyny
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Imagine being a successful singer, songwriter and actor like Danielle Spencer and not only being reduced by Nine news to 'Russell Crowe's ex-wife' but also your life-threatening splenic aneurysm surgery reduced to a mere 'health scare'. And we wonder why women feel dismissed. 🤦🏻♀️
#misogyny
#misogyny
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More bad PR to overshadow the launch of the BOM's 2026 calendar ... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Firefighters sound alarm over missing data on new BOM site
As bushfire season approaches, firefighters say the BOM's redesigned website is missing crucial safety data — a gap some fire chiefs fear could put lives at risk.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 AM
More bad PR to overshadow the launch of the BOM's 2026 calendar ... www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Queensland's dingoes are not dogs & are not an invasive species. Deeming them the latter meant they'd fall under the same biosecurity regulations as rabbits & foxes; they cannot be distributed, sold, released into the environment, moved, fed or kept. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Queensland considers changes that could see dingoes in dog parks
People could be allowed to keep dingoes as pets in Queensland under proposed changes to biosecurity regulations, but experts say the native animal is fundamentally different to domestic dogs.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Queensland's dingoes are not dogs & are not an invasive species. Deeming them the latter meant they'd fall under the same biosecurity regulations as rabbits & foxes; they cannot be distributed, sold, released into the environment, moved, fed or kept. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Breathtakingly beautiful peonies 💞🙏
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Breathtakingly beautiful peonies 💞🙏
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Be ready people.
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Be ready people.
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Just so we're all straight
His secret government documents alleged theft hearing was two days ago, today was his alleged Tas car theft hearing, his alleged two counts of rape charges in QLD hearing is early 2026 and his defamation appeal hearing is August next year
I mean, seriously . . .
.
His secret government documents alleged theft hearing was two days ago, today was his alleged Tas car theft hearing, his alleged two counts of rape charges in QLD hearing is early 2026 and his defamation appeal hearing is August next year
I mean, seriously . . .
.
November 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Just so we're all straight
His secret government documents alleged theft hearing was two days ago, today was his alleged Tas car theft hearing, his alleged two counts of rape charges in QLD hearing is early 2026 and his defamation appeal hearing is August next year
I mean, seriously . . .
.
His secret government documents alleged theft hearing was two days ago, today was his alleged Tas car theft hearing, his alleged two counts of rape charges in QLD hearing is early 2026 and his defamation appeal hearing is August next year
I mean, seriously . . .
.
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Resist GenAI
Our position statement rejecting the use of GenAI for reflexive qualitative research can be found here
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
<span>We reject the use of generative artificial intelligence for reflexive qualitative research</span>
We write as 416 experienced qualitative researchers from 38 countries, to reject the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) applications for Big Q Qu
papers.ssrn.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Resist GenAI
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The possibility from Mamdani, and at this point this is maybe reading in too much into it, but a progressive figure has found a way to reach the disenfranchised and disengaged…a thing that of late has been the party trick of the populist right. Be something, stand for something, offer hope.
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The possibility from Mamdani, and at this point this is maybe reading in too much into it, but a progressive figure has found a way to reach the disenfranchised and disengaged…a thing that of late has been the party trick of the populist right. Be something, stand for something, offer hope.
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There's a lotta silliness and falsehoods in this statement, but I'm going to focus on the bigger issue: It is immoral to make low-income folks and their hungry children political pawns. Need is need.
November 5, 2025 at 12:06 AM
There's a lotta silliness and falsehoods in this statement, but I'm going to focus on the bigger issue: It is immoral to make low-income folks and their hungry children political pawns. Need is need.
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... in December last year, the government partially privatised the system at a cost of more than $1.2 billion.
Latest figures show there are now more than 116,000 people waiting for aged care assessments around the country.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Latest figures show there are now more than 116,000 people waiting for aged care assessments around the country.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
The queue older Australians must join before the queue for home care
Families and insiders say the system to assess people for aged care is in crisis, with 116,000 people on the waiting list. Once approved, they join the queue to get a home care package, which stands a...
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
... in December last year, the government partially privatised the system at a cost of more than $1.2 billion.
Latest figures show there are now more than 116,000 people waiting for aged care assessments around the country.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Latest figures show there are now more than 116,000 people waiting for aged care assessments around the country.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Democratic women have made history tonight:
Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.
I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉
Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.
I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Democratic women have made history tonight:
Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.
I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉
Abigail Spanberger will be the first female governor of Virginia.
Mikie Sherrill will be the first female Democratic governor of New Jersey.
I’m looking forward to seeing these strong, dedicated leaders deliver a bright future for their states. 🎉