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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 3h

Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky

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Wiley retracts study stolen by reviewer, following Retraction Watch coverage

A Wiley journal has retracted a paper more than a year after a researcher reported the work was hers and had been stolen by a reviewer for another journal. As we reported in July, Shafaq Aftab, now…

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Barbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 1h

Huge rally for Free Palestine today - I think the biggest ever. South Australian’s want a just, lasting peace, Palestinian statehood and self-determination, hostages free, pursuit of war criminals and an end to any Australian public investment in armaments.

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 2h

The Zionist lawsuits against @marykostakidis.bsky.social John Keane & Nick Riemer are a massive test for free speech in Australia, and costly. We check the claims. Keane kicks off in the morning.
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/zionists-v-k...

Zionists v Keane, Riemer, Kostakidis. Australia's massive test cases for free speech - Michael West

Zionist lawsuits against Mary Kostakidis and Sydney Uni academics John Keane and Nick Riemer are a mighty test case for free speech in Australia

michaelwest.com.au

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Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 2h

It was 32° in Brisbane/Meanjin but the Palestine march still went on ... in BAKING HEAT.

Some great signs.

Not done yet - a checklist that ends with The Hague

A senior rescue dog marching for the animals of Palestine.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 2h

Sunday 12 Oct
Naarm/Melbourne #MarchForPalestine
🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸✊️✊️✊️

In the middle of Swanston St near Lonsdale. In the bottom-left a front guard of protestors hold up Palestinian flags. Directly behind them, many protestors hold up the edges of a massive Palestinian flag

Looking down from steps leading down from the state library. There's a massed crowd and a sea of Palestinian flags

Looking up Swanston St from in front of Flinders Station. A massed crowd of protestors are arriving, bearing banners & waving flags

Some location as previously image. A banner says GENOCIDE DEMANDS SANCTIONS

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 3h

Massive crowd in Melbourne/Naarm today (in case you thought this movement was going to be placated with more colonisation). Until the occupation ends. Until Western war criminals and their enablers face justice. Until Palestine is free.

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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 7h

Guess which idiot is now seeking this induction pack under FOI?

David Pocock @davidpocock.bsky.social · 11h

The Albanese govt’s first term was the second most secretive on record.

Rather than changing their ways, they’re doubling down and tightening our FOI system to make it even harder to get information. Not a single expert or member of parliament outside of the Labor party has backed their new bill.

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 3h

Bravo 👏

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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 5h

'University of Sydney academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane will be facing the Federal Court on Monday 13th October after university colleagues made a complaint of anti-Semitism against them under Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.'

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Anti-Zionism on trial - ABC listen

University of Sydney academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane will be facing the Federal Court on Monday 13th October after university colleagues made a complaint of anti-Semitism against the...

www.abc.net.au

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 3h

The best kind of menace!

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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 9h

Great run-down of the mutual obligations system — both it's current unlawful administration, and it's rotten ideological underpinnings that destroys lives — by @amyremeikis.bsky.social here: www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 7h

Climate warming's already amplifying hazards such as heatwaves, extreme rainfall, dangerous fire weather, droughts, floods, & sea-level rises & in turn multiplying threats & risks of compound events

🇦🇺's fossil fuel exports contribute accelerated pollution & CC impacts no matter where they're burned

Labor is close to a deal on environmental law reforms. There are troubling signs these will fall short

Labor is close to a deal on its environmental law reforms. Will they strong enough to protect nature?

theconversation.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 7h

When Watt cites “Safeguard Mechanism as an effective way of controlling emissions”, you should know SM only applies to direct (scope 1) GHG emissions of 🇦🇺's largest emitters

SM doesn't cover emissions produced from 🇦🇺’s Coal+Gas exports that make up ~80% of 🇦🇺’s contribution to global emissions 1/

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Jewish Voice for Liberation @jvl.org.uk · 15h

Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’
After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics #bds
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Boycotting Israel has gone mainstream: ‘We’ve never seen such traction before’

After decades of being dismissed as fringe, the boycott call has been taken up by leading figures across arts, sports and politics

www.theguardian.com

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22h

9/ For more on the myth of neutrality and climate science I recommend this paper by @christelvaneck.bsky.social, @lydiamessling.bsky.social & @katharinehayhoe.com

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Challenging the neutrality myth in climate science and activism - npj Climate Action

We argue that Büntgen’s (2024) claim that climate science must be separated from activism is fundamentally flawed. Activism does not inherently lead to biased science and striving for value-free science is both unattainable and undesirable. Instead, we advocate for redefining the boundaries of acceptable influence of values in scientific communication and offer practical strategies to move beyond the misleading myth of neutrality.

www.nature.com

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 22h

5/ I found it interesting that both speakers repeatedly stressed the need to question deep assumptions about how we think about the future, & how our imaginations are constrained by the past & by the present.

I explore more about the importance of imaginaries for supporting social change in this 🧵

Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 5d

5/ Here I'm going to draw on the concept of Socio-Technical Imaginaries.

An academic term for how we imagine the future through 'collectively held visions & aspirations about desirable futures, particularly how scientific & technological advancements will shape social life and order'

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 23h

It's the 'Scientists Responsibility Summit' today.

Here's a live thread with some take aways from each talk... 🧵

Scientist Rebellion Germany @scientistrebger.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow: Scientists Responsibility Summit!

What is the appropriate stance of scientists in the polycrisis? Let's develop practical paths for a transformative role of academia.

🏛️Attend in-person at HU Berlin: blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsre...
💻 Streaming (Webex): tinyurl.com/nh5kpt4e

Scientists Responsibility Summit
Berlin
11. October 2025 9:00-18:00
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dorotheenstr. 24, 10117 Berlin
https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/scientistsresponsibilitysummit/

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19h

Here's a rule of thumb: If "AI" seems like a good solution, you are probably both misjudging what the "AI" can do and misframing the problem.

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Comment by Tom Diettrich on a linkedin post reading:

"You can't "test-in quality" in engineering; you can't "review-in quality" in research. We need incentives for people to do better research. Our system today assumes that 75% of submitted papers are low quality, and it is probably right (I'll bet it is higher). If this were a manufacturing organization, an 75% defect rate would result in bankruptcy.

Imagine a world in which you could have an AI system check the correctness/quality of your paper. If your paper passed that bar, then it could be published (say, on arXiv). Subsequent human review could assess its importance to the field.

In such a system, authors would be incentivized to satisfy the AI system. This will lead to searching for exploits in the AI system. A possible solution is to select the AI evaluator at random from a large pool and limit the number of permitted submissions. I imagine our colleagues in mechanism design can improve on this idea."

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 9h

"FOI. Fuck Off Idiot"

The utter contempt that the @albomp.bsky.social government has for the Australian public

The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 1d

Warnings about how to avoid a paper trail that might later be accessed by an FOI request are part of the induction kit for new political staffers. Even the acronym has its own crude nickname in the ministerial wing: “FOI. Fuck Off Idiot.” satpa.pe/zPB9QFA

Inside Albanese’s FOI reforms: ‘He hates transparency’

Labor’s reforms to freedom of information laws are opposed by every public submission made to the Senate, with the government’s record on secrecy worse than Scott Morrison’s.

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 1d

It's the topic everyone in Canberra is talking about and now thanks to ChaserBet, you can win big on this bizarre story!

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

Some of the clients of the lobbying firm the Prime Minister is currently the President of include:

Ampol Australia Petroleum P/L (fossil fuels)

Lion P/L (brewing, alcohol)

Pfizer Australia P/L (pharmaceuticals)

Serco Australia P/L (defence, immigration)

Responsible Wagering Aust (gambling)

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 1d

The Aust Parliament Sports Club (the one that ditched David Pocock) is now formally registered as a lobby group👇🏽

Anthony Albanese is the President of the Aust Parliament Sports Club.

That means the Prime Minister of Australia is currently the president of a lobby group.

Just utterly unbelievable.

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 10h

The Sunday Shot starts at 9am. Jo is enjoying a well deserved break, so it's me, @boganintel.bsky.social, @grogsgamut.bsky.social, and making her debut, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. So much to discuss. Join us!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYU...

The Sunday Shot - October 12

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

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Jonas Algers @jonasalgers.bsky.social · 1d

Norway are facing Israel in the Football World Cup qualifiers today

The Oslo Tram Driver’s Union will be striking on the tram lines to the stadium in solidarity with the people of Palestine

www.nrk.no/stor-oslo/va...

Varsler kollektiv-streik i Oslo før Norge-Israel

Oslo Sporveiers Arbeiderforening varsler streik 11. oktober, samme dag som Israel og Norge spiller landskamp i fotball på Ullevaal Stadion. Hensikten er å vise støtte til Palestina. Én time før kampst...

www.nrk.no

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 19h

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Apr 13

Must be liberating when you can use words with no regard for reality #Macnamara #AusVotes

NEW Coal & Gas - action 4 climate change
Future Gas Strategy - action 4 climate change
$15 Billion in fossil fuel subsidies -action 4 climate change

Sabotaged EPBC, NO NatEnvStds, NO EPA - for the environment