StephenC
@fitzroy777.bsky.social
Evidence is distorted by political and economic interests. Denial of evidence and misinformation is used to support prohibition.
All that is needed to undermine stigma is respect.
All that is needed to undermine stigma is respect.
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StephenC
@fitzroy777.bsky.social
· Mar 24
Communicating Science in a Distracted World: Practical Tips for Scientists
Trust, Social Media, and How to Use AI Without Sounding Like a Robot
open.substack.com
What is this thing called science? And how can we communicate it is a media world of toxic misinformation and disinformation?
open.substack.com/pub/matthewf...
open.substack.com/pub/matthewf...
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Dr. Ken Warner is a former President of the world's top professional society in the field of Tobacco Control, the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT).
Not industry. An academic. One of the world's top experts in Tobacco Control.
youtu.be/FvRkTORuClc
Not industry. An academic. One of the world's top experts in Tobacco Control.
youtu.be/FvRkTORuClc
Vaping: a more balanced message | Michigan Public Health
YouTube video by University of Michigan School of Public Health
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Dr. Ken Warner is a former President of the world's top professional society in the field of Tobacco Control, the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT).
Not industry. An academic. One of the world's top experts in Tobacco Control.
youtu.be/FvRkTORuClc
Not industry. An academic. One of the world's top experts in Tobacco Control.
youtu.be/FvRkTORuClc
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What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
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South Korea announced it's going to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, a massive win for the climate.🌏
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
South Korea announced it's going to phase out coal-fired power by 2040, a massive win for the climate.🌏
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
But you might not know that a few local climate groups in Australia played a part in making this happen!🌱
Research Director Rod Campbell explains
@rodcampbell.bsky.social #auspol
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From Tampa to Nauru. Billion-dollar refugee deal to be scrutinised at last. https://michaelwest.com.au/from-tampa-to-nauru-billion-dollar-refugee-deal-to-be-scrutinised-at-last/ #auspol
From Tampa to Nauru. Billion-dollar refugee deal to be scrutinised at last.
Following last week's revelations about the "Nauru deal", the Senate voted in favour of a full inquiry into the Government's "Offshore processing and resettlement arrangements."
michaelwest.com.au
December 2, 2025 at 2:30 AM
From Tampa to Nauru. Billion-dollar refugee deal to be scrutinised at last. https://michaelwest.com.au/from-tampa-to-nauru-billion-dollar-refugee-deal-to-be-scrutinised-at-last/ #auspol
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@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
@markhertling.bsky.social: “When you're talking about striking against someone who's wounded and clinging to debris…Deliberately targeting such a person isn't a tactical decision, it's a war crime by the Geneva Convention, the laws of land warfare, and the U.N. Charter.”
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Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
November 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thou shalt not pretend that you're at war with drug traffickers while pardoning drug traffickers.
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🌱Demand for medicinal cannabis plateauing, product sales stabilising
🌱Prescription edibles almost doubling over past year
🌱Prohibition of personal use continues to absorb billions in enforcement, failing to reduce use
🌱Illicit market, profitable, entrenched
www.penington.org.au/cannabis-in-...
🌱Prescription edibles almost doubling over past year
🌱Prohibition of personal use continues to absorb billions in enforcement, failing to reduce use
🌱Illicit market, profitable, entrenched
www.penington.org.au/cannabis-in-...
Cannabis in Australia 2025 - Penington Institute
Cannabis Cannabis in Australia 2025 Amid a year of intensified national focus on both medicinal and personal-use cannabis, we are releasing Cannabis in Australia 2025, our fourth annual report chartin...
www.penington.org.au
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
🌱Demand for medicinal cannabis plateauing, product sales stabilising
🌱Prescription edibles almost doubling over past year
🌱Prohibition of personal use continues to absorb billions in enforcement, failing to reduce use
🌱Illicit market, profitable, entrenched
www.penington.org.au/cannabis-in-...
🌱Prescription edibles almost doubling over past year
🌱Prohibition of personal use continues to absorb billions in enforcement, failing to reduce use
🌱Illicit market, profitable, entrenched
www.penington.org.au/cannabis-in-...
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This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
November 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
If One Nation can only get 15% in an electorate like Hinchinbrook in a by-election, they are unlikely to be a political force in the near future #auspol
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
If One Nation can only get 15% in an electorate like Hinchinbrook in a by-election, they are unlikely to be a political force in the near future #auspol
Spiritual or metaphysical understandings of failure have been replaced by a therapeutic mindset shaped by neoliberal culture.
Our culture treats success as virtue and failure as a personal flaw – a sharp break from older traditions that saw failure as meaningful and transformative. We need to recover that wisdom in an age of burnout.
#Culture #Philosophy #MentalHealth #Burnout #Neoliberalism #Arts #Society
#Culture #Philosophy #MentalHealth #Burnout #Neoliberalism #Arts #Society
Led Zeppelin, my band that never ‘made it’, and the lost art of failure
Our culture treats success as virtue and failure as personal flaw. Older traditions – from Greek tragedy to Christian thought – saw failure as meaningful. Recovering that wisdom may be essential to living with dignity in an age of burnout.
johnmenadue.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Spiritual or metaphysical understandings of failure have been replaced by a therapeutic mindset shaped by neoliberal culture.
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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New Zealand’s Rubisco moving to purpose-built facility in Ashburton. Established in 2024, manufactures products from hemp, wool—natural materials. Demand for hemp processing services, separate bast fibre from woody hurd (decortication), outgrown original facility. hempgazette.com/news/nz-hemp...
NZ Hemp Processor On The Move
New Zealand's Rubisco has outgrown its current digs in Burnside, Christchurch for processing hemp and is moving into a larger facility.
hempgazette.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:05 AM
New Zealand’s Rubisco moving to purpose-built facility in Ashburton. Established in 2024, manufactures products from hemp, wool—natural materials. Demand for hemp processing services, separate bast fibre from woody hurd (decortication), outgrown original facility. hempgazette.com/news/nz-hemp...
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Getting into the #AFLW Grand Final spirit at my office (aka Mitte Café).
#AFLWGF #AFLWFinals #AFLWNorthLions
#AFLWGF #AFLWFinals #AFLWNorthLions
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Getting into the #AFLW Grand Final spirit at my office (aka Mitte Café).
#AFLWGF #AFLWFinals #AFLWNorthLions
#AFLWGF #AFLWFinals #AFLWNorthLions
The Catholic Church always puts its reputation (and wealth) before compassion. I hope these nuns stay on social media
November 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Catholic Church always puts its reputation (and wealth) before compassion. I hope these nuns stay on social media
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Had Bill Shorten been elected in 2019, Australia would be a VERY different, improved & equitable place now.
His Labor had a very different transformative vision, policies & plan.
Shorten's leadership of the Labor Right was very different to what came after him.
Marles has been a disaster.
His Labor had a very different transformative vision, policies & plan.
Shorten's leadership of the Labor Right was very different to what came after him.
Marles has been a disaster.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Had Bill Shorten been elected in 2019, Australia would be a VERY different, improved & equitable place now.
His Labor had a very different transformative vision, policies & plan.
Shorten's leadership of the Labor Right was very different to what came after him.
Marles has been a disaster.
His Labor had a very different transformative vision, policies & plan.
Shorten's leadership of the Labor Right was very different to what came after him.
Marles has been a disaster.
Have the Greens changed their spots. Environment Act not perfect. But it IS a start and a good one at that.
Ley left behind 🤣🤣
Ley left behind 🤣🤣
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Have the Greens changed their spots. Environment Act not perfect. But it IS a start and a good one at that.
Ley left behind 🤣🤣
Ley left behind 🤣🤣
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Israeli forces filmed shooting dead two surrendered Palestinians in West Bank
ground.news/article/isra.... #News #Israel #Genocide #Lebensraum
ground.news/article/isra.... #News #Israel #Genocide #Lebensraum
Israeli forces filmed shooting dead two surrendered Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli security forces shot two Palestinian men on Thursday who appeared to be surrendering and unarmed during a raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestine TV news footage showed.
ground.news
November 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Israeli forces filmed shooting dead two surrendered Palestinians in West Bank
ground.news/article/isra.... #News #Israel #Genocide #Lebensraum
ground.news/article/isra.... #News #Israel #Genocide #Lebensraum
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
This is wrong, wrong, wrong.
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
This is wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Greetings from Ireland where my mother was a big fan of Ivermectin and other crank remedies. "You're all in thrall to Big Pharma" she said, as she bought paracetmol tabs by the thousand and who died a few weeks after a dangerous 'treatment' by a struck-off doctor.
www.thejournal.ie/inquest-alte...
www.thejournal.ie/inquest-alte...
Open verdict returned in death of woman (83) who used alternative medicine
Marlyn Hilliard attended a natural remedies practitioner, Paschal Carmody, for treatment for arthritis.
www.thejournal.ie
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Greetings from Ireland where my mother was a big fan of Ivermectin and other crank remedies. "You're all in thrall to Big Pharma" she said, as she bought paracetmol tabs by the thousand and who died a few weeks after a dangerous 'treatment' by a struck-off doctor.
www.thejournal.ie/inquest-alte...
www.thejournal.ie/inquest-alte...
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More of projects like this please #renewables
About 500,000 litres of diesel a year will be saved as a new windfarm takes over much of the Chatham Islands’ electricity supply.
$11m windfarm knocks 20% off Chatham Islands power bills
About 500,000 litres of diesel a year will be saved as a new windfarm takes over much of the Chatham Islands’ electricity supply.
dlvr.it
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
More of projects like this please #renewables
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How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.