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Science communication researcher at the Australian National University - investigating false misinformation about real biosecurity threats.

https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/matt-nurse
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wolfcat.bsky.social
Know where to get the information to keep you safe during the coming danger days.

#WAFires
www.emergency.wa.gov.au

#SAFires
cfs.sa.gov.au/warnings-res...

#VicFires
www.emergency.vic.gov.au/respond/

#NSWFires
www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/fire-informa...

#Heatwave
www.bom.gov.au/weather-and-...
January 23, 2026 at 6:47 AM
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agnessmack.bsky.social
David Pope in Canberra Times
January 23, 2026 at 4:56 AM
mattnurse.com
This is like being uninvited from a party that's never gunna happen.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: “Dear Prime Minister Carney:
 
Please let this Letter serve to represent that the Board of Peace is withdrawing its invitation to you regarding Canada’s joining, what will be, the most prestigious Board of Leaders ever assembled, at any time.
 
Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
January 23, 2026 at 2:04 AM
mattnurse.com
Once a government starts faking images it is all over, if it wasn't already.

This isn't bending the truth or telling one side of the story, it's the complete fabrication of reality.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d
The White House posted an altered photo of an attorney arrested after a Minnesota church protest, edited to make it look like she was crying, sparking concern among some forensic-image experts about the administration’s distortion of real-world imagery.
White House shares doctored image portraying arrested church protester in tears
The photo of an attorney arrested after a Minnesota church protest was edited to make it look like she was crying. The White House’s X post had been seen roughly 2.5 million times by Thursday afternoo...
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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explaintrade.com
I'm honestly less mad at the President, who is clearly not well, that I am at his outriders and enablers.

They see messages like this and then, with straight faces, go on television or write op-eds retroactively constructing grand strategy justifications.

Pathetic.
January 19, 2026 at 7:38 AM
mattnurse.com
I've checked. This is real.
paulbrand.bsky.social Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 4d
Letter from Trump to the Norwegian PM says since he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize he’s decided he wants Greenland.

Even for Donald Trump, this is astonishing behaviour.

“Considering your country decided not to give me the Nobel Prize… I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace”.
January 19, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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anneapplebaum.bsky.social
We now have a full-blown European-American crisis, and for no reason that the president is able to articulate
January 18, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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lizszabo.bsky.social
How sad is this? The CDC closed its FOIA office, so this story could only be published because a Danish journalist provided Rolling Stone with the documents, after obtaining them through a freedom of information request to the University of Southern Denmark

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
HHS Gave a $1.6 Million Grant to a Controversial Vaccine Study. These Emails Show How That Happened
Two Danish researchers faced accusations of “questionable research practices” as RFK Jr.’s top appointees made their study a “funding priority.”
www.rollingstone.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Australians are deciding USA is not a place to visit… oddly they still are going to Canada. Almost like there is something specific about the US..
#ThePoint

thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
Index Australians travelling to the USA and Canada - showing while travel to the US is falling it is rising to Canada
January 18, 2026 at 12:35 AM
mattnurse.com
Wait until he finds out where Ozempic and Wegovy are made.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d
Trump: "Starting Feb 1, all above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, & Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff. On June 1, it will be increased to 25%. It will be due until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
We have subsidized Denmark, and all of the Countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them Tariffs, or any other forms of remuneration. Now, after Centuries, it is time for Denmark to give back — World Peace is at stake! China and Russia want Greenland, and there is not a thing that Denmark can do about it. They currently have two dogsleds as protection, one added recently. Only the United States of America, under PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP, can play in this game, and very successfully, at that! Nobody will touch this sacred piece of Land, especially since the National Security of the United States, and the World at large, is at stake. On top of everything else, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland have journeyed to Greenland, for purposes unknown. This is a very dangerous situation for the Safety, Security, and Survival of our Planet. These Countries, who are playing this very dangerous game, have put a level of risk in play that is not tenable or sustainable. Therefore, it is imperative that, in order to protect Global Peace and Security, strong measures be taken so that this potentially perilous situation end quickly, and without question. Starting on February 1st, 2026, all of the above mentioned Countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, The United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Finland), will be charged a 10% Tariff on any and all goods sent to the United States of America. On June 1st, 2026, the Tariff will be increased to 25%. This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland. The United States has been trying to do this transaction for over 150 years. Many Presidents have tried, and for good reason, but Denmark has always refused. Now, because of The Golden Dome, and Modern Day Weapons Systems, both Offensive and Defensive, the need to ACQUIRE is especially important.
January 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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zerogeewhiz.bsky.social
Who could possibly have seen this coming?
January 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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bwianair.bsky.social
Friday.
A white wall with big black lettering saying. "Be the best you can be bothered to be".
January 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
mattnurse.com
Don't worry guys, we've just monetised the sexualisation of people.
lorak.bsky.social Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 7d
so now on xitter when users try to get grok to “put her in a bikini” they get an ad in reply asking them to subscribe to premium to access the image editing features. screenshot showing this below:
a tweet with a photo of a young woman showing off her figure in a bathroom mirror. below the post a user prompts the ai chatbot grok. “@grok put her in a bikini” and grok outputs a reply: “Image generation and editing are currently limited to verified Premium subscribers. You can subscribe to unlock these features: x.com/i/premium_sign.”
January 16, 2026 at 4:49 AM
mattnurse.com
Only a Sith deals in absolutes.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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joshtaylor.bsky.social
I went to Grok's media tab and found a few examples just in the past few mins.
parismarx.com Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 9d
X is claiming it’s restricted the ability to generate explicit deepfakes with Grok, and plenty of media outlets are parroting it without checking.

But it’s still easy to get Grok to generate the very same “undressing” photos causing this scandal in the first place.
X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t
It’s still easy to get Grok to edit photographs of real people into sexualized poses, despite X’s updated restrictions.
www.theverge.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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theshovel.bsky.social
“When it happens in Minnesota it’s called ‘law and order’; when it happens in Iran it’s a war crime"

Read more:
theshovel.com.au/2026/01/15/t...
January 14, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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katie-drummond.bsky.social
Hey! @wired.com is doing a bunch of hiring. Here we go with a thread of five great jobs, with a few more coming shortly:

1) We are hiring a senior editor for our science desk, which means you get to work with geniuses like @timmarchman.bsky.social @mollytaft.com and @emilymullin.bsky.social
Senior Editor, Science
WIRED is where a better future is imagined. For three decades, we have been the indispensable guide to a world in constant transformation. We cover humanity’s biggest challenges, from climate change t...
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January 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
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walkerbragman.bsky.social
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.

We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.

What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
mattnurse.com
23% of Americans have no opinion about invading Danish Hoth.
sahilkapur.bsky.social Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 9d
Economist/YouGov poll: Do you support or oppose the U.S. using military force to take control of Greenland?

SUPPORT: 8%
OPPOSE: 68%
NOT SURE: 23%
January 14, 2026 at 5:02 AM
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
Remember when Obama wore a tan suit for a press conference and it generated so much mainstream press controversy for its alleged "lack of respect" that it ended up with its own Wikipedia page?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_...
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 10d
President Trump made an obscene gesture with his middle finger and mouthed “f--- you” twice to a person who can be heard yelling “pedophile protector” at him during a tour of a Ford factory in Michigan — a reaction the White House said was “appropriate.”
Trump makes obscene gesture, mouths expletive at Detroit factory heckler
A cellphone video captured Trump twice mouthing “f--- you” and raising his middle finger toward someone shouting at him inside the Ford factory.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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joshtaylor.bsky.social
No sign Australian politicians will leave X after the Grok scandal. Hard to see what if anything could make people who are still posting on there now leave. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian politicians are condemning X and Grok, so why won’t they leave the platform?
Anthony Albanese has said the AI chatbot generating sexualised images of women and children is ‘abhorrent’ but has an account posting on the site
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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liamhogan.id.au
Sending Joel Fitzgibbon to the USA as ambassador would be a severe act of provocation between allies, and would be understood immediately as such, so it’s something we do need to keep on the table IMO
January 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
mattnurse.com
Elmo's really changed, man.
January 13, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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timothyjgraham.bsky.social
New paper out with @snurb.info and Simon Copland, where we analyse Sky News Australia through the lens of network propaganda.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
January 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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brbarrett.bsky.social
Grok and X are generating and distributing massive amounts of nonconsensual sexual content (including of apparent minors). So why are Apple and Google still hosting them in their app stores? from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 PM