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Debbie Fearon (she/her)

@debbiefearon.medsky.social

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Former health professional with an increasingly ridiculous mishmash of learned knowledge and lived experience. Living on Arrernte country. Please be kind 💚

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Debbie Fearon (she/her) @debbiefearon.medsky.social · Aug 21

Today would have been Jennifer’s 29th birthday.

Still miss you Bub 💚

Debbie Fearon (she/her) @debbiefearon.medsky.social · Dec 30

Today, it’s 28 years since I lost my eldest child to severe congenital heart disease. Love you long time Jennifer Dulcie 💚

A cute baby lays in a hospital bed with oxygen tubing, IV line and a nasogastric tube accompanied by her favourite Elmo toy.

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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 7h

Shameful. 12 First Nations people have died in NSW custody this year - the highest annual total ever.

These are not just ‘profoundly distressing’ statistics.

This devastating loss of life continues Australia’s history of colonial violence through the ‘justice’ system.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2d

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the UK countryside is full of interdimensional portals. You just have to know where to look.

lichen-spattered railway underpasses portal

Bodmin Moor portal, which offers the irresistible promise of "danger" and an excellent view

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sophie malice @sophieactual.mitsuko.nz · 4h

"Starting off a speech by accusing people of being unethical is not a positive step."

Dr Tanya Wilton is being professional, i don't have that constraint

being asked to deal with a squalling baby dressed up in a suit would press all my many and varied "oh fuck off" buttons

#nzpol

Emergency doctor 'shocked' by Health Minister's speech accusing clinicians of crossing 'ethical line'

An emergency doctor at Hutt Hospital says she feels like Health Minister Simeon Brown isn't hearing what doctors are saying.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 4h

via Middle East Eye

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Debbie Fearon (she/her) @debbiefearon.medsky.social · 2h

And so you must be appropriately grateful for even getting the chance to perform for the pittance you will be allotted by the algorithm.

Debbie Fearon (she/her) @debbiefearon.medsky.social · 2h

Add in a massive dose of religion-based judgement that you somehow deserve your poverty and must be made to do better because you obviously have no idea how to live just like them…..

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MJ O’Neill 🏳️‍⚧️ @mjoneillchw.bsky.social · 5h

Basically, the Australian political class as a whole is aligned on one central belief - that poor people should be subject to worse laws and treatment than rich people. That’s Centrelink, robodebt, mutual obligations, ndis, all of it.

Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 8h

A lot of very talented lawyers and legal academics/analysts are easily absorbed trying to understand 'mutual obligations' on its own terms. But the aim is, as in Robodebt, simply to construct a vaguely-deniable parallel rule of law for recipients.

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Martin Plöderl @ploederl.bsky.social · 5h

"About 67% of all antidepressant and antipsychotic treatment episodes in the 700 included patients (mean age = 14.6 years, girls = 67%) were off-label."
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Off-label drug use in children and adolescents treated with antidepressants and antipsychotics: results from a prospective multicenter trial - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Background/Objectives Off-label psychopharmacologic medication use is widespread in child and adolescent psychiatry, but little is known about its associated factors. This study aimed to assess freque...

link.springer.com

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🤖 SBS News bot (unofficial) @sbs-news-bot.bsky.social · 4h

Outcry over NT Chief Minister's ban on trans women in female prisons

The Northern Territory's anti-discrimination commissioner has warned that not providing appropriate care for gender diverse people in prison may be illegal. Northern Territory Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says she will ban transgender women from serving sentences in women's prisons. In letters shared with SBS News, transwomen being held in male prisons say they fear for their safety.

www.sbs.com.au

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 11h

260 families are currently living in hotels across Brisbane. The number of children suffering homelessness has risen by 48%. Qld Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie insists everyone living in a park is being offered a hotel. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Kyra and her kids are one of 260 Brisbane families living in hotel rooms

According to figures from nine services across Brisbane, half of the children being supported by homelessness services are aged under four.

www.abc.net.au

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 4h

This is the second time I’ve seen this kind of incident in a week. It’s only getting picked up because of the adversarial nature of the NDIS v participant plans.

I have grave fears about how AI is being used in child protection and out of home care reporting

El Gibbs @bluntshovels.bsky.social · 16h

thousands of dollars from disabled person's supports spent on fake report

www.afr.com/politics/fak...

archive link: archive.md/u1W0r

Fake academic reference reveals AI use in claim for $1.6m from NDIS

The report asked for increased funding for a client but was created with the help of artificial intelligence and cited academic references that did not exist.

www.afr.com

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elfdock.bsky.social @elfdock.bsky.social · 3h

"We, the artists, who have signed this statement have maintained a dignified silence during a long and painful time when our integrity, our livelihoods, our families, and our art have been under sustained attack."

National Gallery to host postponed APY artists exhibition after three years

The National Gallery will host an exhibition of art from the Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands three years after a video appearing to show a non-Aboriginal assistant helping to paint an artw...

www.abc.net.au

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Debbie Fearon (she/her) @debbiefearon.medsky.social · 6h

Faaark!! That’s obscene!

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 14h

These motherfuckers! $30 for a kilo of fucking mince! #NZPol

Woolworths NZ Beef Mince Grass Fed 5% Fat Tray 1kg
$30.90/1kg

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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 17h

"four Australians...shared shocking stories of sexual assault, physical violence, threats of murder and degrading treatment at the hands of Israeli soldiers" @deepcutnews.bsky.social

If this is what 'the most moral army in the world' does to foreign nationals...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/shut-the-f...

'Shut the f--k up or we'll gas you' – Australian flotilla activists allege direct threats from Israeli minister

Australians aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla claim Israeli soldiers sexually assaulted them in captivity

www.deepcutnews.com

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Antipoverty Centre @antipovertycentre.org · 6h

🚨 PSA FOR FOLKS IN DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

"Mutual" obligations are VOLUNTARY from today until 6 Jan 2025. There are no payment suspensions, demerits, or other penalties during the transition to Inclusive Employment Australia.

If your provider isn't helpful, you can ignore them completely.

Government Announces Pause on Mutual Obligations for Inclusive Employment Australia - Disability Advocacy Network Australia

The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations announced last week that they will be pausing mutual obligations for the rollout of the new Inclusive Employment Australia (IEA) program from the 1...

dana.org.au

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 6h

Wonder how much the plastic food companies who make these things make a year - not expecting any answers soon..

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Debbie Fearon (she/her) @debbiefearon.medsky.social · 6h

Thank you. 💚

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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 19h

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18h

WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪

Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky

Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For

doi.org

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An Leavy @an-leavy.bsky.social · 9h

Mpox Alert Melbourne metropolitan area

Increased cases including 9 locally acquired since mid September

Local transmission of mpox in metropolitan Melbourne

There has been an increase in mpox cases notified in Victoria, with 10 cases reported from mid-September 2025, including 9 cases locally acquired in metropolitan Melbourne.

www.health.vic.gov.au

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Action for Happiness @actionhappiness.bsky.social · 7h

Optimistic October - Day 16: Put down your to-do list and do something fun or uplifting actionforhappiness.org/optimistic-o... #OptimisticOctober

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DairymanNZ @dairymannz.bsky.social · 8h

To me, Jim Bolger's legacy will always be how he prevented NZ from becoming a nuclear superpower by declining the offer of a nuclear submarine as payment for butter

www.theguardian.com/world/2013/o...

Missiles for milk: how Russia offered NZ military hardware to settle dairy bill

Former PM Jim Bolger 'absolutely stunned' to be offered a nuclear sub and two MiGs in lieu of money, new book reveals

www.theguardian.com

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Papa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 10h

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