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Every so often, political media will go out of its way to create a story and then externalize it as though it happened naturally at the hands of some other party. "Continued questions" from whom? "Emerging" from where? This is police shooting-speak.

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Up the Narrmy Army. #GiveEmHell #AFL #AFLLionsDees

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Canceling research on misinformation is not only an attack on science and academic freedom. It is also a democracy, safety, and security threat. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/b...

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Somewhat oddly, the Trump regime's initial moves to cut science funding went very broad. This is catalyzing solidarity & advocacy around the value of science (see comms featuring cancer cures & tech innovation). But their next move may be to try to drive a wedge b/w "good science" & "bad science".

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This is what a “bespoke” LLM looks like when it’s been custom-built to give way too much weight to the King’s courtroom fantasies.

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Anchoring Effect in full force.

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It's 2015. President Barack Obama has accepted a "sky palace" jumbo jet from the Qatari government, which he'll own after he leaves office. "Everybody relax," he says in an interview with the New York Times. Everyone does. The networks then televise the military parade in his honor on his birthday.

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"The new Liberal leader should immediately declare the climate wars over. They lost." #auspol

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

The blatant trip on Kozzie Pickett right in the goal square. #AFL #AFLDeesHawks

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BILL GATES: “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.” @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/bdd9...

submitted 11 days ago • 1091 comments

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

submitted 11 days ago • 690 comments

Trump's "big" trade deal is with the UK: - It's a framework not a deal - They're our 11th largest trading partner - They're only 3% of US trade (97% to go) - They already charge average tariffs of only 1% (limited upside) It's a photo op, not a macroeconomically significant moment.

submitted 11 days ago • 105 comments

If Trump was not President right now, he would 100% be saying that India and Pakistan would not be fighting if he was President right now.

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"Empowering people to spot manipulation—irrespective of the issue—is the opposite of censorship." @profsanderlinden.bsky.social smashes the nail right on the head in Time Magazine, setting out the facts about misinformation research. #SciComm

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As far as I can tell, the rationale for Trump's deranged new tariffs on movies is that he has learned that folks in other countries compete for business, and he doesn't like it. Wait until he hears about... every single other sector in the economy.

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Once again, Australian election results prove how awful choropleth maps are for data visualisation. "Land doesn't vote, people do." #rstats code to reproduce animation here: github.com/emitanaka/oz...

submitted 15 days ago • 10 comments

Congratulations to @albomp.bsky.social and his party on their victory in the Australian federal election. Europeans and Australians are not just friends – we’re mates.

submitted 16 days ago • 87 comments

Sadly, I fear Tim Wilson has placed his last ANZAC day wreath. #Auspol

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"We don't want his voice to our parliament" said voters Read more: chaser.com.au/national/aus...

submitted 16 days ago • 14 comments

"Fuck me. Really?"

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Canada: it was a close fight, but even the conservative leader lost his seat Australia: hold my beer

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Dear Donald Trump; please thank Chris La Civita for his advice to the conservative Liberal Party, because Australians have just repudiated Trumpism, re-elected the Labor government and repudiated your evil right-wing bullshit. ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR! 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 🇦🇺 #auspol

submitted 16 days ago • 9 comments

Australia has compulsory voting; I made this video to explain why: it’s not about forcing us to vote, it’s about forcing governments to ensure a ballot reaches EVERY CITIZEN’S HAND, & we owe it to conservative, rural Tasmanian Senator Herbert Payne in 1924 for making that argument. #auspol

submitted 16 days ago • 11 comments

Decided not to vote for the guy whose wife assures us he's not a monster. #Auspol

submitted 16 days ago • 8 comments

Signs of desperation @theage

submitted 17 days ago • 36 comments

Confirmed: Peter Dutton and the Liberals will scrap Labor’s plan for Cheaper Home Batteries. They just don’t get it.

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Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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The Canadian conservative opposition leader has lost his seat TAKE THE HINT, DIVISION OF DICKSON

submitted 20 days ago • 11 comments

Watching the votes come in for Mark Carney in Canada, Peter Dutton will be praying to every god imaginable Trump doesn't curse him with this kind of endorsement for Saturday's Australian election. #Auspol

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We have reached levels of cringe previously thought unattainable

submitted 20 days ago • 1267 comments

It’s Election Day, Canada. Go vote Canada Strong.

submitted 21 days ago • 961 comments

The Coalition's nuclear plan website quotes an article by ex-chief scientist and nuclear advocate Dr Alan Finkel. What they left out is that same article also explains why the Coalition's coal-to-nuclear plan is untenable. "Nothing I can do about it," Finkel told me. www.crikey.com.au/20...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

It’s important to have a hobby.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics https://go.nature.com/42Zryw1

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NEWS: Labor will open a new, free 24/7 Telehealth service for all, 1800 Medicare.

submitted 22 days ago • 11 comments

Nature is healing.

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‘Peter Dutton is avoiding visiting any of the seven sites for his proposed #nuclear reactors, Anthony Albanese and the Labor party claim, arguing the issue has become “radioactive” for the Coalition.’ ☢️☢️☢️☢️☢️ #auspol #AusVotes26 #DontRiskDutton www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

submitted 23 days ago • 11 comments

I got animated. (For a reason.)

submitted 24 days ago • 56 comments

For the last 3 yrs, I was the director for the Science of Science program at the NSF. We funded projects on science communication - science communication to the public, communication of public priorities to scientists, citizens engagement & participation in science. 🧵

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