Biggerthanfrogs
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Lurking, learning, maybe commenting. "Conscientious objector from the culture war." Reposts ≠ 100% agreement
"When asked about Higgins and whether she had sympathy for her as a rape victim, Reynolds responded that she and her former chief of staff Fiona Brown had been found to have done “everything right” by Higgins in two separate judgments."
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Linda Reynolds vows to fight until ‘bitter end’ to defend reputation in Brittany Higgins saga
Former Liberal senator says ‘justice is not cheap’ and ‘if I lose everything, it will have been worth it’
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:54 AM
"When asked about Higgins and whether she had sympathy for her as a rape victim, Reynolds responded that she and her former chief of staff Fiona Brown had been found to have done “everything right” by Higgins in two separate judgments."
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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This is very important news in the world of #microbiology. From @dadjokesforthewin. #ENTsecrets #surgery
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is very important news in the world of #microbiology. From @dadjokesforthewin. #ENTsecrets #surgery
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The U.S. healthcare system: where continuously treating an illness is a lucrative revenue stream and actually curing a patient is considered a threat to the financial bottom line.
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The U.S. healthcare system: where continuously treating an illness is a lucrative revenue stream and actually curing a patient is considered a threat to the financial bottom line.
"A United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has been barred from accessing any government operated facilities in the Northern Territory, while trying to assess the 'deprivation of liberty' in Australia."
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Frightening': UN human rights team blocked from NT prisons and youth detention centres
A United Nations working group has been barred from accessing youth prisons, detention centres, and watch houses in the NT.
www.sbs.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"A United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has been barred from accessing any government operated facilities in the Northern Territory, while trying to assess the 'deprivation of liberty' in Australia."
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
"Hybrid immunity, resulting from both vaccination and natural infection, typically provides the most robust and durable protection.However ... vaccination-first approaches [show] superior outcomes compared to infection-first scenarios."
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
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December 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
"Hybrid immunity, resulting from both vaccination and natural infection, typically provides the most robust and durable protection.However ... vaccination-first approaches [show] superior outcomes compared to infection-first scenarios."
“Everyone should be alarmed by this backdoor move by Republicans to privatize Medicare and let AI decide who deserves health care ..."
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“Everyone should be alarmed by this backdoor move by Republicans to privatize Medicare and let AI decide who deserves health care ..."
"Donald Trump didn’t invent Republican cruelty, racial resentment, or truth denial. He inherited it. He perfected it."
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I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
moneyed . . . corporations, which dare already to challenge
our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the
laws of our country. —Thomas Jefferson
I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our
moneyed . . . corporations, which dare already to challenge
our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the
laws of our country. —Thomas Jefferson
Chapter 4: The Party That Sold Itself Out
Your weekly excerpt from one of my books. This week: "The Last American President: A Broken Man, a Corrupt Party, and a World on the Brink"
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
"Donald Trump didn’t invent Republican cruelty, racial resentment, or truth denial. He inherited it. He perfected it."
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Trump's National Security Strategy has the USA pivoting its focus to the Western Hemisphere, expecting Indo-Pacific allies such as Australia to do the heavy lifting on defence via AUKUS.
It reads like an essay penned by a second-year policy studies student.
It reads like an essay penned by a second-year policy studies student.
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Trump's National Security Strategy has the USA pivoting its focus to the Western Hemisphere, expecting Indo-Pacific allies such as Australia to do the heavy lifting on defence via AUKUS.
It reads like an essay penned by a second-year policy studies student.
It reads like an essay penned by a second-year policy studies student.
" [T]he Centre for European Reform’s John Springford reports a similar finding: that without Brexit the UK would have registered growth rates closer to the US than France and Germany."
A slew of economists are using fresh calculations to assert the damage done to the UK by Brexit has been far worse than previously believed, just as the governing Labour Party is approaching a new strategy of addressing its impact
Economists Judge Brexit Bill to Be Worse Than Ever Just as Politics Is Shifting
It’s true the most dismal predictions about Brexit didn’t come true — immediately.
bloom.bg
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
" [T]he Centre for European Reform’s John Springford reports a similar finding: that without Brexit the UK would have registered growth rates closer to the US than France and Germany."
"In a major regulatory shift, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has moved to roll back most of the federal nursing home minimum staffing requirements that were finalized in 2024 ..."
“Nothing says ‘pro-life’ like stripping 24/7 nursing-home RN coverage so facilities can run with skeleton crews while our most vulnerable fend for themselves. But hey—profits went up, so I’m sure Grandma will understand.”
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December 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
"In a major regulatory shift, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has moved to roll back most of the federal nursing home minimum staffing requirements that were finalized in 2024 ..."
"“This is climate obstruction dressed up as education. We wouldn’t let big tobacco sponsor teaching materials – fossil fuel companies shouldn’t shape how kids learn about the climate.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland Museum accused of misleading teachers and children about the cause of climate change
Education program sponsored by Shell’s Queensland Gas Company is ‘climate obstruction dressed up as education’, advocacy group says
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"“This is climate obstruction dressed up as education. We wouldn’t let big tobacco sponsor teaching materials – fossil fuel companies shouldn’t shape how kids learn about the climate.”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"While Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. oversees a historic dismantling of the American scientific and medical communities' norms and hollowing out of their life-saving research, he’s focusing on what’s really important: Anti-Christian bias."
www.thehandbasket.co/p/rfk-jr-ant...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/rfk-jr-ant...
RFK Jr. is very worried about anti-Christian bias at HHS...under Biden
Employees received a survey Monday asking them to rat on each other.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 7, 2025 at 11:07 AM
"While Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. oversees a historic dismantling of the American scientific and medical communities' norms and hollowing out of their life-saving research, he’s focusing on what’s really important: Anti-Christian bias."
www.thehandbasket.co/p/rfk-jr-ant...
www.thehandbasket.co/p/rfk-jr-ant...
'[T]he document “reads like something written by Vladimir Putin,” given its depiction of Europe as being “degenerate and... racially adulterated through the in-migration of dark-skinned people.”'
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-n...
One critic described the document as “a pretty explicit defense of using the state as a means of enforcing white supremacy.”
One critic described the document as “a pretty explicit defense of using the state as a means of enforcing white supremacy.”
‘Pretty Explicit White Nationalism’: Trump National Security Strategy Document Leaves Critics Aghast | Common Dreams
The Trump administration's National Security Strategy sparks controversy with rhetoric resembling white nationalism, targeting European countries.
www.commondreams.org
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
'[T]he document “reads like something written by Vladimir Putin,” given its depiction of Europe as being “degenerate and... racially adulterated through the in-migration of dark-skinned people.”'
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
"The question of how a singular event, typically a viral infection [1], could trigger chronic multisystemic dysfunction is one of the great mysteries of ME/CFS. Here, we propose that acquired dysfunction of the brainstem is the most likely explanation. "
We just got published! 🥳
"Brainstem dysfunction as a potential etiology of #MECFS and #LongCovid: A mechanical basis” by Jeff Wood, @thosvarley.bsky.social @hiimjakekthx.bsky.social @artasemita.bsky.social @tessfalor.bsky.social @kaufmanmd.bsky.social
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"Brainstem dysfunction as a potential etiology of #MECFS and #LongCovid: A mechanical basis” by Jeff Wood, @thosvarley.bsky.social @hiimjakekthx.bsky.social @artasemita.bsky.social @tessfalor.bsky.social @kaufmanmd.bsky.social
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Brainstem dysfunction as a potential etiology of ME/CFS and long COVID: A mechanical basis
The underlying mechanism of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) remains poorly understood. Given the dramatic increase in case…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
"The question of how a singular event, typically a viral infection [1], could trigger chronic multisystemic dysfunction is one of the great mysteries of ME/CFS. Here, we propose that acquired dysfunction of the brainstem is the most likely explanation. "
"This public fetishization of state violence—framed explicitly as “masculine truth” and virtuous protection—suggests tech elites are entering a more dangerous and desperate phase of radicalization."
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"This public fetishization of state violence—framed explicitly as “masculine truth” and virtuous protection—suggests tech elites are entering a more dangerous and desperate phase of radicalization."
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OU Criticized for Suspending Trans TA After Student Claims Christian Persecution truthout.org/articles/ou-...
University of Oklahoma Criticized for Suspending Trans TA After Student Claims Christian Persecution for Failing Grade
Religious beliefs do not “entitle any student to a certain grade on an assignment,” the OU grad student union said.
truthout.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
OU Criticized for Suspending Trans TA After Student Claims Christian Persecution truthout.org/articles/ou-...
"[T]his rhetoric is dangerous for journalists and poses a serious risk to press freedom, as well as democracy, in the United States."
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In another blow to press freedom in the US, White House launches media 'Hall of Shame'
The portal's launch comes as Trump ramps up his campaign against what he labels as 'fake news,' and as the US President faces mounting criticism for repeatedly lashing out at journalists.View on euron...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"[T]his rhetoric is dangerous for journalists and poses a serious risk to press freedom, as well as democracy, in the United States."
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I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
December 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I stand with Francesca Albanese. No one should be punished for reporting the truth.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
Silencing her doesn’t change the reality; it only exposes the pressure to hide it.
"The report found a “deep-rooted lack of trust” within Deaf and Deafblind communities following repeated experiences of exclusion from services, which often left them “traumatised” by a lack of access to health and social care."
Deaf people who use British Sign Language face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers.
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/deaf-people-...
#BSL #Deaf #Deafblind
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Deaf people who use BSL face ‘entrenched’ health and social care exclusion, say government advisers
Deaf people who use British Sign Language (BSL) face “entrenched” and “systemic” exclusion from health and social care services across Britain, according to a new report by government advisers. The…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"The report found a “deep-rooted lack of trust” within Deaf and Deafblind communities following repeated experiences of exclusion from services, which often left them “traumatised” by a lack of access to health and social care."
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“Australia just quietly made medical history... because we listened to science
ZERO cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Aussie women under 25 in 2021... the first time since national records began in 1982
Thanks to HPV vaccination & better cervical screening”
H/t Snarky Gherkin
ZERO cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Aussie women under 25 in 2021... the first time since national records began in 1982
Thanks to HPV vaccination & better cervical screening”
H/t Snarky Gherkin
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“Australia just quietly made medical history... because we listened to science
ZERO cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Aussie women under 25 in 2021... the first time since national records began in 1982
Thanks to HPV vaccination & better cervical screening”
H/t Snarky Gherkin
ZERO cervical cancer cases diagnosed in Aussie women under 25 in 2021... the first time since national records began in 1982
Thanks to HPV vaccination & better cervical screening”
H/t Snarky Gherkin
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Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ‘nature cure’ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that?
The answer is simple.
#Reading #Writing #NatureWriting #Nature #Scotland #Books
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Recently at a Q&A, the chair asked me an excellent question: Why do you push so hard against the idea of a ‘nature cure’ when moments in your book Drystone - A Life Rebuilt might look like exactly that?
The answer is simple.
#Reading #Writing #NatureWriting #Nature #Scotland #Books
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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🎉HUGE WIN: Deep sea mining stopped in the Arctic!
The Norwegian government ruled out new licenses after public pressure from around the world.
People power wins again.
The Norwegian government ruled out new licenses after public pressure from around the world.
People power wins again.
December 3, 2025 at 11:36 AM
🎉HUGE WIN: Deep sea mining stopped in the Arctic!
The Norwegian government ruled out new licenses after public pressure from around the world.
People power wins again.
The Norwegian government ruled out new licenses after public pressure from around the world.
People power wins again.
