Sian
@sianmorton.bsky.social
Woke latte-sipping lefty snowflake
Interested in public health, immunisation, social justice, climate, environment.
Interested in public health, immunisation, social justice, climate, environment.
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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now shifting into Jólakötturinn (child-eating Icelandic Yule cat ) season
November 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
now shifting into Jólakötturinn (child-eating Icelandic Yule cat ) season
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This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
The CSIRO cuts are just the tip of the iceberg for Australia's science funding
Australia is known as a country of innovators, but with a combination of brain drain, continuous cuts, and a loss of critical science projects, is Australia losing its edge?
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is why for a long time I've found the Prime Minister's Prizes for Science a rather insulting propaganda exercise
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
CSIRO funding as a percentage of GDP:
1982-83 = 0.17
2024-25 = 0.03
...
Scientific extinction event imminent?
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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 #InternationalMensDay we’re reminded that suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK. We all have mental health, and talking about it matters. Check in with the men in your life. Reach out. A small conversation can make a big difference.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This #InternationalMensDay we’re reminded that suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50 in the UK. We all have mental health, and talking about it matters. Check in with the men in your life. Reach out. A small conversation can make a big difference.
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A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination
Audio recordings, intercepted phone calls and other intelligence link Mohammed bin Salman to killing that Saudis say was conducted by rogue elements.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A reminder that seven years ago almost to the day, the CIA determined that Mohammed Bin Salman ordered the killing of @washingtonpost.com journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
I hired and worked with Jamal for a year.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/nation...
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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Some of the most respected Chicago journalists in modern history came together to pen a letter decrying the terror being waged by the federal government against area residents.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Retired journalists raise the alarm about state sponsored terror in Chicago
"It is without precedent that the biggest names in Chicago journalism have come together to condemn a public action"
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some of the most respected Chicago journalists in modern history came together to pen a letter decrying the terror being waged by the federal government against area residents.
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
Source: open.substack.com/pub/jennifer...
The letter: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/l...
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The majority of people — politicians, business folk and public alike — fail to realise how violent a 2.6°C hotter world (over 4°C in Europe) will be. Displacements, forced migrations and armed conflicts will become the norm at every level, everywhere, including in currently peaceful regions. #COP30
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The majority of people — politicians, business folk and public alike — fail to realise how violent a 2.6°C hotter world (over 4°C in Europe) will be. Displacements, forced migrations and armed conflicts will become the norm at every level, everywhere, including in currently peaceful regions. #COP30
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Congratulations to Lidia Morawska, the Aussie scientist who alerted the world to the airborne nature of COVID-19. Winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. I’ve learnt so much from being a (very minor) part of Lidia’s team. Brilliant, incisive, generous.
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
www.industry.gov.au
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Congratulations to Lidia Morawska, the Aussie scientist who alerted the world to the airborne nature of COVID-19. Winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Science. I’ve learnt so much from being a (very minor) part of Lidia’s team. Brilliant, incisive, generous.
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
www.industry.gov.au/publications...
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For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
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there’s a new ad running at wapo where you can access all of their articles for free without a sub if you read using comet, an ai-powered browser controlled by perplexity
perplexity is an amazon-backed ai product
i have no other words, really
perplexity is an amazon-backed ai product
i have no other words, really
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
there’s a new ad running at wapo where you can access all of their articles for free without a sub if you read using comet, an ai-powered browser controlled by perplexity
perplexity is an amazon-backed ai product
i have no other words, really
perplexity is an amazon-backed ai product
i have no other words, really
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If you're mad about Daylight Saving Time, you could blame Benjamin Franklin, who first suggested the practice in 1784.
His cheeky theory was that if people rose with the summer sun, they wouldn’t have to buy so many candles.
Let your lower paraffin bills comfort you today.
His cheeky theory was that if people rose with the summer sun, they wouldn’t have to buy so many candles.
Let your lower paraffin bills comfort you today.
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
If you're mad about Daylight Saving Time, you could blame Benjamin Franklin, who first suggested the practice in 1784.
His cheeky theory was that if people rose with the summer sun, they wouldn’t have to buy so many candles.
Let your lower paraffin bills comfort you today.
His cheeky theory was that if people rose with the summer sun, they wouldn’t have to buy so many candles.
Let your lower paraffin bills comfort you today.
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Another canary just died. "Chipotle stock plunges 13% as chain lowers sales forecast, says younger diners are cutting back" www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/c...
Chipotle stock plunges 13% as chain lowers sales forecast, says younger diners are cutting back
Shares of Chipotle have tumbled 33% this year, dragging its market value down to roughly $54 billion.
www.cnbc.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another canary just died. "Chipotle stock plunges 13% as chain lowers sales forecast, says younger diners are cutting back" www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/c...
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A statement from me, on behalf of the Australian Cartoonists Association:
October 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
A statement from me, on behalf of the Australian Cartoonists Association:
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October 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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Dunno if youse are across this... but it's forecast that in Sydney on Wednesday the temp will be 38C. (100 F)
It's OCTOBER! That's FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE!
Our Government and fossil fuel companies are determined to cook us alive! Boil the oceans. Kill our forests. Turn habitat to ash.🥺😩
It's OCTOBER! That's FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE!
Our Government and fossil fuel companies are determined to cook us alive! Boil the oceans. Kill our forests. Turn habitat to ash.🥺😩
October 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Dunno if youse are across this... but it's forecast that in Sydney on Wednesday the temp will be 38C. (100 F)
It's OCTOBER! That's FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE!
Our Government and fossil fuel companies are determined to cook us alive! Boil the oceans. Kill our forests. Turn habitat to ash.🥺😩
It's OCTOBER! That's FIFTEEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE!
Our Government and fossil fuel companies are determined to cook us alive! Boil the oceans. Kill our forests. Turn habitat to ash.🥺😩
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It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
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Please, please don’t buy that shit.
"The proliferation of fake spider webs in the lead-up to Halloween is the real stuff of nightmares, according to bird lovers who are urging people to ditch the plastic ahead of October 31."
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Those sticky Halloween cobwebs are killing our native wildlife
Plastics now comprise about 30 per cent of the material found in birds’ nests, as experts warn fake Halloween cobwebs sold at supermarkets are fuelling the problem.
www.smh.com.au
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Please, please don’t buy that shit.
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The irony is the 400 richest people 100 years ago were greatly contributing to community
Hospitals, libraries - etc
These people now are about building bunkers, funding corrupt politicians and underpaying everybody who works for them
Hospitals, libraries - etc
These people now are about building bunkers, funding corrupt politicians and underpaying everybody who works for them
October 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The irony is the 400 richest people 100 years ago were greatly contributing to community
Hospitals, libraries - etc
These people now are about building bunkers, funding corrupt politicians and underpaying everybody who works for them
Hospitals, libraries - etc
These people now are about building bunkers, funding corrupt politicians and underpaying everybody who works for them
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I can’t believe how depressing it is to watch Trump crush norms, and institutions and to wonder if people are noticing.
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I can’t believe how depressing it is to watch Trump crush norms, and institutions and to wonder if people are noticing.
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The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
You’re being played – your part in the culture wars - The Shot
When Zack de la Rocha told you to rage against the machine, he didn’t mean take it literally. Agitprop. Fury bait. Yes, you feed it too.
theshot.net.au
September 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The performative mourning driven by social media, was from blueprints sitting there in large conservative think-tanks like the Heritage Foundation, waiting to be deployed
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
The alleged outrage was at its core, manufactured recreational grief-bait
My latest in The Shot
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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omg. Macron took the stage by saying “I have my prepared speech, but I’d like to tell you what I really think”.
And SLAMMED MAGA for 20 min on nationalism, climate, Ukraine, Gaza, democratic values, global cooperation and lack of integrity.
Uploading it now. Must watch.
MAGA table didn’t clap
And SLAMMED MAGA for 20 min on nationalism, climate, Ukraine, Gaza, democratic values, global cooperation and lack of integrity.
Uploading it now. Must watch.
MAGA table didn’t clap
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
omg. Macron took the stage by saying “I have my prepared speech, but I’d like to tell you what I really think”.
And SLAMMED MAGA for 20 min on nationalism, climate, Ukraine, Gaza, democratic values, global cooperation and lack of integrity.
Uploading it now. Must watch.
MAGA table didn’t clap
And SLAMMED MAGA for 20 min on nationalism, climate, Ukraine, Gaza, democratic values, global cooperation and lack of integrity.
Uploading it now. Must watch.
MAGA table didn’t clap