Shane Kavanagh
@shanekavanagh.bsky.social
Public Health Researcher & Educator. PhD; Master of Public Health.
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The tragic story of Soviet genetics shows the folly of political meddling in science
When politics meddles with science, it can lead to tragedy, as was the case with Stalin’s favourite agricultural biologist Trofim Lysenko and his rival Nikolai Vavilov.
theconversation.com
Seems like a good way to start my posts here...an older article, but seems to fit the current vibe.
theconversation.com/the-tragic-s...
theconversation.com/the-tragic-s...
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David Pope in Canberra Times
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
University student mental health before and after implementation of a mental health strategy: a repeated cross-sectional study from Australia url: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Great to be part of this work highlighting how universities can support student mental health and wellbeing.
Great to be part of this work highlighting how universities can support student mental health and wellbeing.
University student mental health before and after implementation of a mental health strategy: a repeated cross-sectional study from Australia
Abstract. Studies have consistently indicated that university students are at risk of experiencing poor mental health. This study analysed survey waves at
academic.oup.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
University student mental health before and after implementation of a mental health strategy: a repeated cross-sectional study from Australia url: academic.oup.com/heapro/artic...
Great to be part of this work highlighting how universities can support student mental health and wellbeing.
Great to be part of this work highlighting how universities can support student mental health and wellbeing.
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Online now - The Right to Power - Keeping First Nations
communities on prepayment connected
researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
@firstnationscen.bsky.social @cleanenergywire.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @ketanjoshi.co
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communities on prepayment connected
researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
@firstnationscen.bsky.social @cleanenergywire.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @ketanjoshi.co
🧪🔌⚡
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Online now - The Right to Power - Keeping First Nations
communities on prepayment connected
researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
@firstnationscen.bsky.social @cleanenergywire.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @ketanjoshi.co
🧪🔌⚡
communities on prepayment connected
researchers-admin.westernsydney.edu.au/ws/portalfil...
@firstnationscen.bsky.social @cleanenergywire.bsky.social @climatenews.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social @ketanjoshi.co
🧪🔌⚡
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New open-access study in @healthpromint.bsky.social : what drives older men to seek help for mental health concerns
You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/heap...
Or take a look at our short explainer video: youtu.be/o1g7jqWAuz8
#MensHealth #MentalHealth #HealthPromotion #Research
You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/heap...
Or take a look at our short explainer video: youtu.be/o1g7jqWAuz8
#MensHealth #MentalHealth #HealthPromotion #Research
Beliefs that explain mental health help-seeking intention among older men: a reasoned action approach
Abstract. Older men seek help for mental health concerns at almost half the rate of older females. Efforts to motivate older men to seek help through healt
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 AM
New open-access study in @healthpromint.bsky.social : what drives older men to seek help for mental health concerns
You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/heap...
Or take a look at our short explainer video: youtu.be/o1g7jqWAuz8
#MensHealth #MentalHealth #HealthPromotion #Research
You can check it out here: doi.org/10.1093/heap...
Or take a look at our short explainer video: youtu.be/o1g7jqWAuz8
#MensHealth #MentalHealth #HealthPromotion #Research
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Depraved.
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Reposted by Shane Kavanagh
The second, on June 25th, will be a talk about the sequel, of sorts, to my book Calling Bullshit.
"Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?" is the new, free online course that Jevin West and I developed about how to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world.
"Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?" is the new, free online course that Jevin West and I developed about how to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world.
Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Teaching students to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world
Join Carl Bergstrom in a talk that helps teach students to think, learn and thrive in a ChatGPT world.In this session, Carl will provide an overview of the course Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machin...
www.education.unsw.edu.au
June 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
The second, on June 25th, will be a talk about the sequel, of sorts, to my book Calling Bullshit.
"Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?" is the new, free online course that Jevin West and I developed about how to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world.
"Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?" is the new, free online course that Jevin West and I developed about how to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world.
Reposted by Shane Kavanagh
Musk's chainsaw to programs that support impoverished folks has a body count.
Many thanks to my BU colleague
@brookeenichols.bsky.social
for developing the Impact Counter, an incredible tool that illustrates the invisible violence of policy. This is real science.
103 deaths per HOUR= 2472/day
Many thanks to my BU colleague
@brookeenichols.bsky.social
for developing the Impact Counter, an incredible tool that illustrates the invisible violence of policy. This is real science.
103 deaths per HOUR= 2472/day
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
www.impactcounter.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Musk's chainsaw to programs that support impoverished folks has a body count.
Many thanks to my BU colleague
@brookeenichols.bsky.social
for developing the Impact Counter, an incredible tool that illustrates the invisible violence of policy. This is real science.
103 deaths per HOUR= 2472/day
Many thanks to my BU colleague
@brookeenichols.bsky.social
for developing the Impact Counter, an incredible tool that illustrates the invisible violence of policy. This is real science.
103 deaths per HOUR= 2472/day
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“If the horrors unfolding in Gaza are not a red line for Australia to take stronger action then I don’t know what is” @davidpocock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
If the horrors unfolding in Gaza are not a red line for Australia to take stronger action then I don’t know what is | David Pocock
Everyone knows the Australian government cannot end the war alone, but we do have an important role to play as a middle power, and it must be more than just words
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“If the horrors unfolding in Gaza are not a red line for Australia to take stronger action then I don’t know what is” @davidpocock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Images of Gaza’s starving babies have gone round the world. This is what malnutrition does in the first 1,000 days of life
theconversation.com/images-of-ga...
theconversation.com/images-of-ga...
Images of Gaza’s starving babies have gone round the world. This is what malnutrition does in the first 1,000 days of life
Starvation and malnutrition are harmful for anyone. But for infants the impact can be profound and lasting.
theconversation.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Images of Gaza’s starving babies have gone round the world. This is what malnutrition does in the first 1,000 days of life
theconversation.com/images-of-ga...
theconversation.com/images-of-ga...
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tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.
Restoring Gold Standard Science
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
May 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
tl;dr — this EO co-opts the language of open science to implement a system of political control wherein presidential appointees are given broad latitude to designate any number of reasonable scientific activities and inferences as scientific misconduct, and to penalize those involved accordingly.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The federal government had argued if its appeal failed it would be liable to pay native title holders compensation “to an indeterminate number of grants of interests” in the Northern Territory land and that would have “enormous financial ramifications”.
The federal government had argued if its appeal failed it would be liable to pay native title holders compensation “to an indeterminate number of grants of interests” in the Northern Territory land and that would have “enormous financial ramifications”.
Indigenous leaders celebrate as court rejects appeal in landmark Yunupingu compensation case
High court upholds ruling against commonwealth that Gumatj clan’s land was not acquired ‘on just terms’, in case initiated by renowned land rights activist
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The federal government had argued if its appeal failed it would be liable to pay native title holders compensation “to an indeterminate number of grants of interests” in the Northern Territory land and that would have “enormous financial ramifications”.
The federal government had argued if its appeal failed it would be liable to pay native title holders compensation “to an indeterminate number of grants of interests” in the Northern Territory land and that would have “enormous financial ramifications”.
Reposted by Shane Kavanagh
"vague, confusing, and did nothing to improve my work" - the extremely widespread and uncritical use of software text generators as a replacement for real thought and engagement is corroding academia from the inside out
theconversation.com/vague-confus...
theconversation.com/vague-confus...
‘Vague, confusing, and did nothing to improve my work’: how AI can undermine peer review
Peer review ensures the findings of research are trustworthy. But what happens when it’s performed by an AI model?
theconversation.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"vague, confusing, and did nothing to improve my work" - the extremely widespread and uncritical use of software text generators as a replacement for real thought and engagement is corroding academia from the inside out
theconversation.com/vague-confus...
theconversation.com/vague-confus...
Seems like a good way to start my posts here...an older article, but seems to fit the current vibe.
theconversation.com/the-tragic-s...
theconversation.com/the-tragic-s...
The tragic story of Soviet genetics shows the folly of political meddling in science
When politics meddles with science, it can lead to tragedy, as was the case with Stalin’s favourite agricultural biologist Trofim Lysenko and his rival Nikolai Vavilov.
theconversation.com
February 9, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Seems like a good way to start my posts here...an older article, but seems to fit the current vibe.
theconversation.com/the-tragic-s...
theconversation.com/the-tragic-s...