I say g'day etc all the time, and so do many/most of the people around me. It's not of the past. It is, as it always was, a question of social class and/or the rural/city divide.

Sorry, I don't know.

...Not critical thinking, but the search turned up another example of when I found philosophers super useful this year: hildabastian.wordpress.com/2025/05/14/f...

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It's been years since I kept up with all that. If I remember a great example, I'll come back & post.

Searched my newsletter & here's a look at critical thinking for kids by philosophers: absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2023/03/08/p...

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Nah, don't agree. And I reckon we lost a lot when science split off so totally from philosophy. So much of what I see scientists write underscores how much more education in basic logic so many need. The best critical literacy resources I've seen come from philosophy departments.

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- Phase 2 trial for intranasal vax in the US
- In Australia, a trial for a pancoronavirus version of one of the internationally-approved Covid vaxes
- More preclinical reports show prevention of transmission &/or durability
- a shelf-stable mucosal vax.

absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/06/a...

Since it isn't in action yet, hard to know what the priorities will be. Covid is listed: www.cdc.gov.au/diseases

Yes - it's in the linked article & I've written a few posts about it.

Yes and no: It's more extensive because it has additional data sources. But it doesn't have an alternative way to source the data from PubMed if PubMed doesn't have it - unless something has changed in the last few weeks. (Whereas OpenAlex also sources DOI data.)

Why?

...My monthly Covid vax search turned up fewer results than expected, so I started on my Plan B – and I'm finding records that aren't in PubMed. 😔 (Time-consuming, so my post might be late.)

My Plan B = Open Alex + extra Google searches.

Background: hildabastian.wordpress.com/2025/10/10/t...

Thanks! 😊

This used to be me. I got into research via what's called citizen science these days – through a community group that needed epidemiological research. I went on to work for community groups, then an international society, and then govt or quasi-govt agencies. (Now I have a PhD & freelance.)

Sounds like the kind of idea he'd have himself.