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Eliza GW
@elizgw.bsky.social
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Biologist, environmentalist, artist, open source and classical music enthusiast. I paint musicians. Also collected German women's war stories. Books at artsmitten.com
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Fascinating reminiscences of German women collected in the 1970s. Women War and The Third Reich. Available through your local bookstore or through Amazon.
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Women are always a reachable target for right-wing populists. Nothing challenges male privilege like women asserting their own rights and their own agency — in relationships, in families, and in the workplace. (B Keane)
The medical treatment for septic uterus, eptopic pregancies and a miscarriage that the body cannot release is abortion

Without the medical procedure of an abortion for these medical emergencies, women die

This Far Right anti-abortion shtick has nothing to do with human rights

It’s misogyny, 101
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"No Amount of Hand-Washing Can Make COVID-19 a Seasonal Virus"

Published: 14 August, 2024

"The left image shows that SARS-CoV-2 propagated to most organs, whereas the right image shows that influenza was mostly confined to the liver and lungs"

Source: whn.global/scientific/n...
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‘With the Coalition in disarray and a third term almost guaranteed, Labor is proposing to weaken environment laws even further, and that is not the Greens or Coalition’s fault.’

- Richard Denniss, co-Chief Executive Officer

@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
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Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize

When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
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The Greens believe super should be a universal right. Every worker deserves super, whether they’re 16 or 60. By including all workers under 18, we can set young people up for a more secure retirement while recognising their valuable contribution to the workforce.
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🚨BREAKING🚨

Labor has just voted AGAINST granting super to workers under 18.

The Greens amendment would have seen all workers under 18 have the right to superannuation contributions, regardless of how many hours they worked.
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The bill will be up in the senate soon. You can watch proceedings here: www.youtube.com/live/axWXqZd...
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Hey friends down in VA -- if you care about science, Democracy, or the livability of our planet, please turn out tomorrow and vote for @abigailspanberger.com and the Democrats
Virginia, Election Day is TOMORROW, Tuesday, November 4. Here’s what you need to know before you vote. 🧵
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.

now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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“In union, there is strength.” ― Aesop

Please, all in the conservation movement, do not do deals that simply favour your pet areas, in exchange for publicly endorsing @australianlabor.bsky.social's pathetic environmental law reform bill.

Demand the whole package is improved, back in the science!
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"Alleged".

That qualifier does not appear in the story headline, just in the web tag line. It is in the body of the piece: "The Palestinian man was allegedly abused by the reservists to the point where he was left bleeding from his anus and requiring major surgery."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11....
A leaked video showed an alleged abuse. It has sparked a political fight in Israel
Israel's top military lawyer is behind bars after leaking a video of shocking alleged abuse of a Palestinian man in a military jail. This is why the case has shaken politics and the military to the co...
www.abc.net.au
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"The solution to the climate crisis isn’t going to come from fairy-dust-sprinkled flying unicorns. They don’t exist. The solution is going to come from everyone else, using every tool to push back against an ecocidal agenda driven by plutocrats, polluters, petrostates, propagandists & the press." 🌏
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Is now a good time to talk about how many lambs are killed in different parts of Australia by foxes and feral pigs as opposed to dingoes?

Oh, and what kills foxes and feral pigs, and helps to reduce their activity? Rhymes with bingo.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Feral pigs are eating 99 out of every 100 lambs on this NSW property
Neville Mattick says feral pigs are eating the lambs on his farm in the NSW Central West, with fewer than one in 100 surviving this season.
www.abc.net.au
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European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO. 

This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting. 
US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
www.politico.eu
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No hurry.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.

This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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Walking to work in London and being hit by a thump of culture shock. It’s amazing how many people are commuting to work on public bicycles here! Inspiring, really!
#LoveLondon
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Exclusive | "My concern is that in any circumstance that you’re collecting more personal information, privacy risks increase," Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind tells Crikey.
Data breach proves risks of teen social media ban ID checks, privacy commissioner says
www.crikey.com.au