Bianca Nogrady
@biancanogrady.bsky.social
Freelance science journalist (Nature, the Guardian, The Saturday Paper, BMJ etc) & author. She/her. Writings at biancanogrady.com and biancanogrady.substack.com. Chair at Varuna. Views my own. Dharug/Gundungurra land, Australia. Signal @BiancaNogrady.36
@withmeaa.bsky.social is raising funds for the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, and the Media, Safety & Solidarity Fund with this fantastic t-shirt (front and back shown). Pre-order now from www.meaa.org/shop/#!/MEAA...
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
@withmeaa.bsky.social is raising funds for the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate, and the Media, Safety & Solidarity Fund with this fantastic t-shirt (front and back shown). Pre-order now from www.meaa.org/shop/#!/MEAA...
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Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Fellowship
theonion.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hey all,
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
The Onion is accepting applicants for our writing, video and graphics fellowships.
Fellowships last six months, pay well, and provide full benefits.
You can apply at theonion.com/fellowship.
Student journalists around the world are increasingly facing the same censorship, threats and suppression of press freedom issues as the rest of the journalism world, but doing so with even less support, experience and resources.
This is truly awful. I have served in the university media board for 3 years and saw how brilliant and committed the student editors of these magazines were to quality and integrity. This is such a loss for the university community at large. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
U. of Alabama Suspends Black and Female Student Magazines, Citing D.E.I. Guidance
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Student journalists around the world are increasingly facing the same censorship, threats and suppression of press freedom issues as the rest of the journalism world, but doing so with even less support, experience and resources.
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“People across South and Southeast Asia are living the data,” @harjeet11.bsky.social says it’s time to talk about the legal and moral obligations of polluting countries to act on climate change.
My latest for Al Jazeera on the deadly floods across Asia
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
My latest for Al Jazeera on the deadly floods across Asia
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
At least 1,250 people dead: What caused the devastating Asia floods?
Climate advocates say it's time to move to accountability for climate change, as people in Asia are living the evidence.
www.aljazeera.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 PM
“People across South and Southeast Asia are living the data,” @harjeet11.bsky.social says it’s time to talk about the legal and moral obligations of polluting countries to act on climate change.
My latest for Al Jazeera on the deadly floods across Asia
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
My latest for Al Jazeera on the deadly floods across Asia
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
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#Europe 🌐 Online harassment of journalists is endemic, with women and minority groups bearing the brunt of it. @europeanjournalists.org's in-depth report provides a detailed guide for journalists’ groups to better protect journalists online. buff.ly/Nj0hGVC
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#Europe 🌐 Online harassment of journalists is endemic, with women and minority groups bearing the brunt of it. @europeanjournalists.org's in-depth report provides a detailed guide for journalists’ groups to better protect journalists online. buff.ly/Nj0hGVC
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
November 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What Australian outlets edited out of the opening of Kerry O'Brien's Walkley Awards speech on press freedom:
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
(The full speech is here: www.walkleys.com/dont-kid-you...)
And here it is: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
And here it is: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Outstanding speech by Kerry O'Brien at the Walkley Awards last night about the myriad of threats to press freedom globally - the murder of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the Trump admin, prosecution of whistleblowers in Australia - and warning that we cannot take media freedom for granted.
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Outstanding speech by Kerry O'Brien at the Walkley Awards last night about the myriad of threats to press freedom globally - the murder of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the Trump admin, prosecution of whistleblowers in Australia - and warning that we cannot take media freedom for granted.
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If anyone wondering about academic funding in Aus, this is the stark reality at present. I have written countless letters to politicians like @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social, @davidpocock.bsky.social who like to say they are leading this conversation in Aus but it is really like shouting into the void.
Australian #NHMRC Ideas grants are out. 8.1% success rate. Lowest since the scheme began. Congrats to the successful few, as it looks like less than 200 were funded. 🧪
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If anyone wondering about academic funding in Aus, this is the stark reality at present. I have written countless letters to politicians like @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social, @davidpocock.bsky.social who like to say they are leading this conversation in Aus but it is really like shouting into the void.
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Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.)
RTs appreciated.
RTs appreciated.
Damn straight, @starrevartan.bsky.social! This is top of my holiday reading pile - can't wait to get into it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Damn straight, @starrevartan.bsky.social! This is top of my holiday reading pile - can't wait to get into it.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
November 20, 2025 at 2:08 AM
This is the most Australian thing I have seen all week and it's a mood
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Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
.
Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
CSIRO to slash hundreds of jobs in cost-saving drive
The staff association at the nation’s leading scientific research organisation says the latest round of cuts marks “a sad day for publicly funded science”.
www.smh.com.au
November 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
That's more than 1,100 jobs lost at the CSIRO over the last two years.
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
"Combined, the staff association estimates that equates to cutting the agency’s size by a third."
This is more cuts to the CSIRO than was attempted by the Abbott government.
www.smh.com.au/national/csi...
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As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
How many extra possums does it take to compensate for a dead platypus?
That’s the kind of calculation a bureaucrat would literally have to make under Environment Minister Murray Watt’s new ‘environmental laws’.
thepoint.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
As if carbon offsets weren’t a big enough fraud…welcome to the world of ‘biodiversity offsets’…sure the idea failed dismally in NSW but Murray Watt is keen to have a crack…
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
what could go wrong?
Just even more extinctions i suppose…#climate #nature
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
www.thepinknews.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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Folks, a famous author isn't ever going to contact you out of the blue to offer you literary services. It's always a scam. Also, speaking as an at least semifamous author, you wouldn't want any services we did offer, we're just barely handling our own shit, much less anyone else's.
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Folks, a famous author isn't ever going to contact you out of the blue to offer you literary services. It's always a scam. Also, speaking as an at least semifamous author, you wouldn't want any services we did offer, we're just barely handling our own shit, much less anyone else's.
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More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Courts turn on coal mines over climate impacts
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
www.smh.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
More big news today as the Land and Environment Court makes orders, by consent, overturning approval of Glencore’s Ulan Coal Mine expansion.
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
Johnson Legal proudly represented Mudgee District Environment Group, in their fight for a clean, healthy and safe environment.
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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“It takes a heroic effort to make Scott Morrison look credible on climate change, but somehow Ley has managed it. The decision made this week will be the defining embarrassment of her leadership”
A Faustian pact with the fossil fuel industry. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22072/...
A Faustian pact with the fossil fuel industry. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22072/...
Zero sense
Sussan Ley says she’s not worried about upsetting “people in Paris”. It’s a neat way of explaining how little she understands the Paris Agreement, a failure of comprehension so great she seems to beli...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“It takes a heroic effort to make Scott Morrison look credible on climate change, but somehow Ley has managed it. The decision made this week will be the defining embarrassment of her leadership”
A Faustian pact with the fossil fuel industry. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22072/...
A Faustian pact with the fossil fuel industry. #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22072/...
I gave a speech at my kids' school for #Environment Week, about #climatechange: why adults need to say sorry for screwing up the planet, why the #fossilfuel industry wants us to give up, and why I have hope.
biancanogrady.com/2025/11/13/e...
biancanogrady.com/2025/11/13/e...
Environment Week speech to Katoomba High School
I was recently invited to give a talk for an Environment Week assembly at Katoomba High School in the Blue Mountains. I’m kind of proud of this speech, so here it is: “Thank you Luke an…
biancanogrady.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I gave a speech at my kids' school for #Environment Week, about #climatechange: why adults need to say sorry for screwing up the planet, why the #fossilfuel industry wants us to give up, and why I have hope.
biancanogrady.com/2025/11/13/e...
biancanogrady.com/2025/11/13/e...
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Since Paris Agreement, the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada have increased oil and gas production by 40%. At #COP30, some of these same countries have blocked a demand by G-77 (~134 Global South countries) for a just transition mechanism to support workers. ICYMI
drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
drilled.media
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Since Paris Agreement, the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada have increased oil and gas production by 40%. At #COP30, some of these same countries have blocked a demand by G-77 (~134 Global South countries) for a just transition mechanism to support workers. ICYMI
drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
The climate-denying binferno that is Australian politics and media right now:
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The climate-denying binferno that is Australian politics and media right now: