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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 1d

In the 'very unsurprising' category today...

Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Water fluoridation leading to lower rates of tooth decay in children, study finds

The findings are released as more Queensland councils opt out of water fluoridation and amid rising rates of misinformation.

www.abc.net.au

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Rudy Terwilliger 🐺 🥷 🍉 @wolftickler2000.bsky.social · 23h

The Albo government is very concerned about making sure the very rich stay very rich

The Albo government is also very concerned that foreign corporations don’t have pay too much (any in most cases) tax in Australia

This is how Albo ‘fights tories’

Let’s hear his log cabin story again..🙄

#auspol

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Brianna Chesser @chessercat.bsky.social · 1d

Actual safety notice from my alma mater:

Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses being used exactly as everyone expected

The techbros are not okay (it’s a completely open campus…not all the buildings, obviously)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Office of Public Safety

Crime Safety Advisory:
Suspicious Occurrence Reported

Dear USF Community,

We want to make you aware of recent reports of a suspicious occurrence on and around campus. Multiple community members have reported contact from an individual, described as male and wearing Ray-Ban Meta sunglasses, who has approached women with unwanted comments and inappropriate dating questions. Reports indicate that this individual may be attempting to post these interactions online under the account name "pickuplines.pov" on TikTok, Instagram, and possibly other social media platforms.

While no threats or acts of violence have been reported, we want our community to stay informed and take steps to support one another.
If you encounter this individual or any suspicious activity:

Take immediate action to report the incident at the time it occurs by calling Public Safety Dispatch.
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Sister Bernadette OMalley @srbernadetteom.bsky.social · 1d

Bless them all

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Wobbledance aka “Tony” @wobbledance.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Tuesday everyone! Awaiting the arrival of Trump’s “Gravy Seals” to liberate the good people of Portland! Have a healthy & safe day! 💙

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fladdle.bsky.social @fladdle.bsky.social · 1d

“Sean Dooley, senior adviser at BirdLife Australia, said fake spiderwebs were a bigger problem here than in North America because Halloween coincides with nesting season in Australia.” 🪶

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

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

UPDATE: Sorry, folks, but ABC News has cancelled Professor Toole's spot today.

Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 1d

Tune in to local ABC Radio at midday or 1 pm Radio National to hear Professor Mike Toole talking about the nutrition situation in Gaza. And here's a link to his recent article on the famine in Gaza.
theconversation.com/child-famine...

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Laki @lakitukl.bsky.social · 1d

It'll be interesting to hear where Bernie now thinks things are at.

#ausecon

www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03...

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Dhilrukshi Pathman @dhilrukshi.bsky.social · 1d

Nearly 1 million children live in poverty in Australia, one of the richest countries on Earth.

Meanwhile, our government is ensuring they stay in poverty, for the rest of their lives.

Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 13d

Labor during the election: “we’ll fully fund public schools”

Labor after the election: “actually we meant private schools soz”

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Glen Le Lievre @lelievre.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hands off my super, man
Thanks AFR for giving this one a home
More on Patreon

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Michael Scherer @michaelscherer.bsky.social · 1d

Follow the money. A timely bet raises eyebrows amid record crypto selloff www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

A Historic Crypto Selloff Erased Over $19 Billion, but Two Accounts Made $160 Million

Ahead of the selloff, two accounts on Hyperliquid placed massive bets that bitcoin and ether would fall.

www.wsj.com

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jokeractual.bsky.social @jokeractual.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmmmm

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Abby @abbywinters.bsky.social · 1d

This 👇🏻

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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 2d

Someone needs to post that little clip just aired on Media Watch of 2019 Anthony Albanese pointing out all the problems concerning FOI that 2025 Anthony Albanese is intent on making worse

Massive hypocrite

#auspol

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 3d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu."

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."

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Rosie de Kat 🌱🍉🍉 @rosiedekat.bsky.social · 1d

71 in my case!

Honor Laois 🦘📎🍉 #auspol @honorlaoiss.bsky.social · 1d

74 in my case!

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Glen @gergyl.bsky.social · 1d

Ouch, again.

The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 2d

The lights on the hill.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Parliament House Canberra by night - with bright neon signs saying “AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY SPORTS CLUB” “PLAY TO WIN - ACCESS” “TRY YOUR LUCK” “PAY TO PLAY” “‘RESPONSIBLE’ LOBBYING AUSTRALIA”

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Reset America @reset-america.bsky.social · 2d

For years, Netanyahu propped up Hamas. Now it’s blown up in our faces

The premier's policy of treating the terror group as a partner, at the expense of Abbas and Palestinian statehood, has resulted in wounds that will take Israel years to heal from

www.timesofisrael.com

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Perfectarc @perfectarc.bsky.social · 3d

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 2d

🧪🐡👩🏼‍🔬 sharing #womenInSTEM #histSci for Ada Lovelace Day

#AdaLovelaceDay #ald25

Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · Aug 24

Happy birthday to #mathematician Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (b. 1942), 🐡🧪👩🏼‍🔬🧮 a founder of modern geometric #analysis & winner of 2019 Abel Prize for “her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory, & integrable systems, & for the fundamental impact of her work 🧵

Indigo linocut portrait of mathematician Karen Uhlenbeck on cream paper with 2 hot pink diagrams (showing the mathematical “bubbling” process) and soap bubbles. Uhlenbeck is a middle aged, short haired white woman in a 3/4 view, wearing a knit sweater over a button down shirt with rounded collar. The bubbles are printed on suminagashi marbled papers to recreate the swirling patterns in soap bubbles.

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Daryl Maguire’s tractor @daryltractor.bsky.social · 2d

Re the protest, it turns out two MPs were yelling at Trump that he’s a terrorist:

‘MKs Aymen Odeh and Ofer Cassif were ejected from the Knesset during the speech as MKs shouted "terrorist." Odeh was holding up a sign protesting Trump reading "genocide."’

Donald Trump begins Knesset speech amid Gaza hostage release | The Jerusalem Post

Netanyahu praised Trump for a history of pro-Israel policies, including moving the embassy to Jerusalem, and providing support during the past 10 months against Hamas, Iran, and Houthi terrorists.

www.jpost.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 5d

These freaks keep getting on TV talking about opposing antifa and how they believe antifa wants to destroy them, and not a single person in mainstream media has asked or commented on what is the opposite of antifascism and who is threatened by antifascists

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Ben @cinemashoebox.bsky.social · 5d

Israel highlighting how many 100s of aid trucks they will now allow into Gaza is a tacit admission that they were using aid as a weapon of war, by the way. seems weird not to talk about this

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