Dr Chris Jordan-Clark
@chrisjordanclark.bsky.social
Bereaved mother. Feminist. Austen scholar. PhD. Writer. Reader. Artist. Horticulturist. Disabled. Angry pacifist. Atheist. Despair for the world. Masking and isolating. Covid isn’t over. Living in unceded lutruwita with a view of kanamaluka.
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newsGP - How COVID-19 leaves its mark on the brain
Mounting research shows the disease can lead to an array of problems, including significant drops in IQ scores, writes Dr Ziyad Al-Aly.
www1.racgp.org.au
Covid isn’t over. And each infection damages the brain. Especially the parts that manage empathy and decision making.
Once you know that it’s easy to see what is happening and it’s terrifying.
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Once you know that it’s easy to see what is happening and it’s terrifying.
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
@profanity.accountant I’d like to know.
November 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
@profanity.accountant I’d like to know.
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When it comes to alcohol, gambling and domestic violence in Australia, it’s essential we connect the dots
Zoe Daniel
What is happening behind closed doors in your street while the game is on, the grog is flowing and the bets are failing?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zoe Daniel
What is happening behind closed doors in your street while the game is on, the grog is flowing and the bets are failing?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When it comes to alcohol, gambling and domestic violence in Australia, it’s essential we connect the dots | Zoe Daniel
What is happening behind closed doors in your street while the game is on, the grog is flowing and the bets are failing?
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:39 AM
When it comes to alcohol, gambling and domestic violence in Australia, it’s essential we connect the dots
Zoe Daniel
What is happening behind closed doors in your street while the game is on, the grog is flowing and the bets are failing?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zoe Daniel
What is happening behind closed doors in your street while the game is on, the grog is flowing and the bets are failing?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Greens leader @larissawaters.bsky.social has the joined the #RisingTide blockade of the world's biggest coal port 💚
"We don't need anymore coal and gas"‼️
"We don't need anymore coal and gas"‼️
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Greens leader @larissawaters.bsky.social has the joined the #RisingTide blockade of the world's biggest coal port 💚
"We don't need anymore coal and gas"‼️
"We don't need anymore coal and gas"‼️
Surely this doesn’t mean companies are ripping us off, does it?
Well colour me shocked. Shocked, I say.
Well colour me shocked. Shocked, I say.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian consumers are paying a premium for “mineral” sunscreens that contain almost identical chemicals to cheaper varieties, new testing has revealed
Australian consumers are paying a premium for “mineral” sunscreens that contain almost identical chemicals to cheaper varieties, new testing has revealed
‘Mineral’ sunscreens marketed to Australians contain almost identical chemicals as others, testing shows
Exclusive: UNSW researchers found protection in products usually marketed as ‘natural’ is also contained in cheaper alternatives
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Surely this doesn’t mean companies are ripping us off, does it?
Well colour me shocked. Shocked, I say.
Well colour me shocked. Shocked, I say.
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How has the media contributed to manufacturing consent for COVID to be “over” (and the decline of public health in general)? New episode ft. @juliadoubleday.bsky.social and @wanderingkayli.bsky.social as well as some comments from former COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove
In the editing room! 🎙️ Bad Press: how the media manufactures consent in the era of COVID. Public health is often in the news but it’s not always covered well. Power influences the narratives we hear from outlets and journalists. Coming soon w/ Julia Doubleday + Kayli Jamieson. Don’t miss it! 🩷💚💀
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How has the media contributed to manufacturing consent for COVID to be “over” (and the decline of public health in general)? New episode ft. @juliadoubleday.bsky.social and @wanderingkayli.bsky.social as well as some comments from former COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO, Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove
Reposted by Dr Chris Jordan-Clark
Leadership would have you so tired, so poor, so disempowered, that you only watch your own back.
This is what happens when we don’t watch each others back.
Join a union that cares about *everyone* and work hard to keep everyone safe. Including people that are at risk from viruses.
This is what happens when we don’t watch each others back.
Join a union that cares about *everyone* and work hard to keep everyone safe. Including people that are at risk from viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Leadership would have you so tired, so poor, so disempowered, that you only watch your own back.
This is what happens when we don’t watch each others back.
Join a union that cares about *everyone* and work hard to keep everyone safe. Including people that are at risk from viruses.
This is what happens when we don’t watch each others back.
Join a union that cares about *everyone* and work hard to keep everyone safe. Including people that are at risk from viruses.
“A very rich country allows people to be under nourished because profit-making is king” would be a much more appropriate headline.
“Cheap” is the operative word here. People eat what they can afford - in time, money and effort.
“Industry” and “nutrition” do not belong in the same sentence.
“Cheap” is the operative word here. People eat what they can afford - in time, money and effort.
“Industry” and “nutrition” do not belong in the same sentence.
Cheap and unhealthy foods are set to become further entrenched in the Australian diet, according to health experts.
Reporting by Melissa Davey and Natasha May. Read the full story. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
📷: Anastasiia Krivenok / Getty Images
Reporting by Melissa Davey and Natasha May. Read the full story. 🔗👉 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
📷: Anastasiia Krivenok / Getty Images
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“A very rich country allows people to be under nourished because profit-making is king” would be a much more appropriate headline.
“Cheap” is the operative word here. People eat what they can afford - in time, money and effort.
“Industry” and “nutrition” do not belong in the same sentence.
“Cheap” is the operative word here. People eat what they can afford - in time, money and effort.
“Industry” and “nutrition” do not belong in the same sentence.
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‘He said the stadium was different to other forms of public infrastructure, such as 🚸schools, hospitals 🩻 and 🌉 bridges.
"This isn't social infrastructure…
"The stadium benefits a subsection of the community, but the whole community pays for it.”’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"This isn't social infrastructure…
"The stadium benefits a subsection of the community, but the whole community pays for it.”’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Economic case for Hobart stadium just doesn't add up, experts say
An expert planning panel has defended their scathing assessment of Hobart's proposed Macquarie Point stadium while speaking to the politicians who will ultimately decide the project's fate.
www.abc.net.au
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
‘He said the stadium was different to other forms of public infrastructure, such as 🚸schools, hospitals 🩻 and 🌉 bridges.
"This isn't social infrastructure…
"The stadium benefits a subsection of the community, but the whole community pays for it.”’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"This isn't social infrastructure…
"The stadium benefits a subsection of the community, but the whole community pays for it.”’
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
My Black Friday purchase was a household essential.
A planet-shaped neon light!
One for all my #Astronomy #Space friends!
A planet-shaped neon light!
One for all my #Astronomy #Space friends!
November 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
My Black Friday purchase was a household essential.
A planet-shaped neon light!
One for all my #Astronomy #Space friends!
A planet-shaped neon light!
One for all my #Astronomy #Space friends!
I don’t understand why this is a pie. It’s a tart! A pie has a lid, a top of some kind of pastry. If it’s just a base and filling it’s called a tart.
What is WRONG with America?
(Rhetorical question)
😂😂😂😂
What is WRONG with America?
(Rhetorical question)
😂😂😂😂
I heard I missed pie discourse. Pie is arguably the worst dessert. Except for this god-tier pie from Fluff Bake Bar in Houston.
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I don’t understand why this is a pie. It’s a tart! A pie has a lid, a top of some kind of pastry. If it’s just a base and filling it’s called a tart.
What is WRONG with America?
(Rhetorical question)
😂😂😂😂
What is WRONG with America?
(Rhetorical question)
😂😂😂😂
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Australian companies like Westpac and Woolworths exaggerating how much they give to charity…who’d have thought! Great work @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
Overstated generosity of Australia’s biggest companies exposed in new report
A new report into 20 of the country’s biggest corporations has found examples of them overstating how generous their reported contributions to the community were.
thepoint.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Australian companies like Westpac and Woolworths exaggerating how much they give to charity…who’d have thought! Great work @browne90.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251125-...
So many people are wondering if behaviour and attitudes really are getting worse. Yes. Yes they are.
And this is why.
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD COVID HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.
Reduced empathy, disinhibition, poor decision making, less analytical thinking.
The world is worse because people are losing humanity
And this is why.
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD COVID HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.
Reduced empathy, disinhibition, poor decision making, less analytical thinking.
The world is worse because people are losing humanity
New studies come out all the time. I understand it’s hard to face but everyone should know the truth.
“Everyone [who’s] had COVID-19 tends to have some lasting reduction in brain blood flow (CBF), mainly in frontotemporal areas – even if they feel 100% recovered [and the infection was mild].”
“Everyone [who’s] had COVID-19 tends to have some lasting reduction in brain blood flow (CBF), mainly in frontotemporal areas – even if they feel 100% recovered [and the infection was mild].”
Latest 🚨🧵by Dr. @harryspoelstra.bsky.social on Covid's impact on the right-occipital areas, where visual information is processed!
SARS-CoV-2 "...causes persistent cerebral hypoperfusion (mainly frontotemporal) that can still be detected months later..."
Full🎯🧵:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19921...
SARS-CoV-2 "...causes persistent cerebral hypoperfusion (mainly frontotemporal) that can still be detected months later..."
Full🎯🧵:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19921...
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So many people are wondering if behaviour and attitudes really are getting worse. Yes. Yes they are.
And this is why.
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD COVID HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.
Reduced empathy, disinhibition, poor decision making, less analytical thinking.
The world is worse because people are losing humanity
And this is why.
EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD COVID HAS BRAIN DAMAGE.
Reduced empathy, disinhibition, poor decision making, less analytical thinking.
The world is worse because people are losing humanity
Welcome to #Tasmania !
A 'massive' number of wildlife die on our roads. Experts say protections are falling far short
A 'massive' number of wildlife die on our roads. Experts say protections are falling far short
Wildlife-safe road features remain largely optional, a “nice-to-have, not need-to-have”, the author of new research warns.
www.sbs.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Welcome to #Tasmania !
I’m just a poor boy
From a poor family
Easy come, easy go
Anyway the wind blows
From a poor family
Easy come, easy go
Anyway the wind blows
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’m just a poor boy
From a poor family
Easy come, easy go
Anyway the wind blows
From a poor family
Easy come, easy go
Anyway the wind blows
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If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical in 2025, it speaks to how far we’ve drifted from democracy’s core promise. Markets will not save democracy.
My new piece for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My new piece for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical in 2025, it speaks to how far we’ve drifted from democracy’s core promise. Markets will not save democracy.
My new piece for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My new piece for @theguardian.com:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This leads to what I mean by antifascist economics. It doesn’t target one party; it tackles the material conditions that make fascism appealing: insecurity, despair, unmet basic needs. Policies that make life affordable are not just social policy, they are democracy insurance.
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This leads to what I mean by antifascist economics. It doesn’t target one party; it tackles the material conditions that make fascism appealing: insecurity, despair, unmet basic needs. Policies that make life affordable are not just social policy, they are democracy insurance.
“What people are actually reacting to is the audacity of a disabled person expecting respect.”
This!
No one is attacking you, just asking you to think before you speak or type. When we know better we can do better.
Thanks 💜💙🩷
This!
No one is attacking you, just asking you to think before you speak or type. When we know better we can do better.
Thanks 💜💙🩷
—you gotta do to keep that respect. Not picky at all.
What people are actually reacting to is the audacity of a disabled person expecting respect. The right to self-name. The right to shape the conversation about themselves.
It’s not petty. Just assume we know something you don’t know about that—
What people are actually reacting to is the audacity of a disabled person expecting respect. The right to self-name. The right to shape the conversation about themselves.
It’s not petty. Just assume we know something you don’t know about that—
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
“What people are actually reacting to is the audacity of a disabled person expecting respect.”
This!
No one is attacking you, just asking you to think before you speak or type. When we know better we can do better.
Thanks 💜💙🩷
This!
No one is attacking you, just asking you to think before you speak or type. When we know better we can do better.
Thanks 💜💙🩷
It was ALWAYS going to be based on how people look. There is no other way to police it.
ANYONE who doesn’t meet “femininity” standards will be suspect.
AS IF MEN HAVE EVER NEEDED TO DRESS LIKE WOMEN TO INVADE OUR SPACES AND ASSULT US!
We have more to fear from cis men than from trans anyone. FFS.
ANYONE who doesn’t meet “femininity” standards will be suspect.
AS IF MEN HAVE EVER NEEDED TO DRESS LIKE WOMEN TO INVADE OUR SPACES AND ASSULT US!
We have more to fear from cis men than from trans anyone. FFS.
"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
It was ALWAYS going to be based on how people look. There is no other way to police it.
ANYONE who doesn’t meet “femininity” standards will be suspect.
AS IF MEN HAVE EVER NEEDED TO DRESS LIKE WOMEN TO INVADE OUR SPACES AND ASSULT US!
We have more to fear from cis men than from trans anyone. FFS.
ANYONE who doesn’t meet “femininity” standards will be suspect.
AS IF MEN HAVE EVER NEEDED TO DRESS LIKE WOMEN TO INVADE OUR SPACES AND ASSULT US!
We have more to fear from cis men than from trans anyone. FFS.
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I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I'm giving away two signed copies of my (recently republished) book 21st-Century Yokel, with two postcards of this fab otters linocut by my mum, Jo.
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
Just repost this & pop a comment below to enter.
You might like it if you like:
Walking
Wildlife
Folklore
Bees
Ghosts
The Sea
Social history
Badgers
In other news about people who apparently don’t have enough money……
WTF is WRONG with these guys? Can’t live without the bit of extra cash that promoting gambling gives them?
And again I will say it - cunts. The lot of them.
WTF is WRONG with these guys? Can’t live without the bit of extra cash that promoting gambling gives them?
And again I will say it - cunts. The lot of them.
ABC Sport and Australian cricketing legend Glenn McGrath part ways due to the former fast bowler's relationship with a betting company.
ABC and Test cricket legend part ways over gambling company sponsorship
ABC Sport and Australian cricketing legend Glenn McGrath part ways due to the former fast bowler's relationship with a betting company.
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 AM
In other news about people who apparently don’t have enough money……
WTF is WRONG with these guys? Can’t live without the bit of extra cash that promoting gambling gives them?
And again I will say it - cunts. The lot of them.
WTF is WRONG with these guys? Can’t live without the bit of extra cash that promoting gambling gives them?
And again I will say it - cunts. The lot of them.
Reposted by Dr Chris Jordan-Clark
A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Reposted by Dr Chris Jordan-Clark
Police are a white male protection unit. Absolutely depraved what they support these violent men with getting away with. What a fucking world the rest of us have to live in. Fucking hell
Gail Karran recorded the savage beating that killed her. Shocking new evidence reveals how police failed her www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Gail Karran recorded the savage beating that killed her. Shocking new evidence reveals how police failed her
Exclusive: A secret audio device recorded Bill Karran raping, hitting and choking his wife of 30 years – immediately after he was released, drunk, from a Queensland watch house
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Police are a white male protection unit. Absolutely depraved what they support these violent men with getting away with. What a fucking world the rest of us have to live in. Fucking hell
Reposted by Dr Chris Jordan-Clark
Question for any romance novel history people out there: does anyone know who might have been the first romance author to write/publish strict dual POV, ie: in equally distributed, alternating chapters? (Or, first-ish, I know tracking firstness in literature is complicated)
Feel free to RT/boost
Feel free to RT/boost
November 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Question for any romance novel history people out there: does anyone know who might have been the first romance author to write/publish strict dual POV, ie: in equally distributed, alternating chapters? (Or, first-ish, I know tracking firstness in literature is complicated)
Feel free to RT/boost
Feel free to RT/boost
If a Muslim man had sent a death threat to a white male politician it would be terrorism. The media would be screaming.
Violence against women is quickly forgotten, even forgiven. If you are a woman of colour or of faith, you are considered fair game.
Australia is as racist & sexist as anywhere.
Violence against women is quickly forgotten, even forgiven. If you are a woman of colour or of faith, you are considered fair game.
Australia is as racist & sexist as anywhere.
November 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
If a Muslim man had sent a death threat to a white male politician it would be terrorism. The media would be screaming.
Violence against women is quickly forgotten, even forgiven. If you are a woman of colour or of faith, you are considered fair game.
Australia is as racist & sexist as anywhere.
Violence against women is quickly forgotten, even forgiven. If you are a woman of colour or of faith, you are considered fair game.
Australia is as racist & sexist as anywhere.