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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
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 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
I recognise that feeling.
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I recognise that feeling.
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i wouldn't post if my turkey turned out like that and tbh i wouldn't post if i turned out like that, either.
Hey, we saw you from across the bar and really dig your vibe.
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 PM
i wouldn't post if my turkey turned out like that and tbh i wouldn't post if i turned out like that, either.
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He is keeping poorer families out of these professions. It’s modern day red-lining.
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
He is keeping poorer families out of these professions. It’s modern day red-lining.
One of a top ten but it never loses its magic.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
One of a top ten but it never loses its magic.
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Acknowledging and telling the truth about our history, no matter how uncomfortable, is just one way we can honor the experiences of Indigenous peoples and decolonize Thanksgiving.
Swipe to find out more ways to honor and support Indigenous peoples today and each day after.
Swipe to find out more ways to honor and support Indigenous peoples today and each day after.
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Acknowledging and telling the truth about our history, no matter how uncomfortable, is just one way we can honor the experiences of Indigenous peoples and decolonize Thanksgiving.
Swipe to find out more ways to honor and support Indigenous peoples today and each day after.
Swipe to find out more ways to honor and support Indigenous peoples today and each day after.
Once or twice a year I oversleep and because I’m so badly medicated it wrecks me. Today was one of those days.SO MUCH PAIN FOLKS!
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Once or twice a year I oversleep and because I’m so badly medicated it wrecks me. Today was one of those days.SO MUCH PAIN FOLKS!
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The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
centralbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Unfortunately, yes they did.
ICE raids are still his most popular policy.
It's late November, 2025, and 89% of GOP still approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration.🤦🏿♂️
52% of white people approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration.🤦🏿♂️
He said what he was going to do, and he's doing it.
ICE raids are still his most popular policy.
It's late November, 2025, and 89% of GOP still approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration.🤦🏿♂️
52% of white people approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration.🤦🏿♂️
He said what he was going to do, and he's doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Unfortunately, yes they did.
ICE raids are still his most popular policy.
It's late November, 2025, and 89% of GOP still approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration.🤦🏿♂️
52% of white people approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration.🤦🏿♂️
He said what he was going to do, and he's doing it.
ICE raids are still his most popular policy.
It's late November, 2025, and 89% of GOP still approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration.🤦🏿♂️
52% of white people approve of the job Trump is doing on immigration.🤦🏿♂️
He said what he was going to do, and he's doing it.
Awesomeness abounds as usual.
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Good job, team!
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Good job, team!
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November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Awesomeness abounds as usual.
I feel so seen.
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone hiding in a bathroom as long as possible to escape family who you can hear asking where you are.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I feel so seen.
None of us should think we’re completely clear of bigotry. We’re surrounded by it. It’s literally bred into our bones. The reality is we should always be works in progress; educating/checking ourselves consistently. We can choose to make that easier or harder. In that context Twitter is a choice.
People who use Twitter to broadcast-- who post and then walk without reading the comments or scrolling the timeline-- are enabling a Nazi but maybe not pickling their own brains.
Folks who stick around and engage, though?
Oof.
Folks who stick around and engage, though?
Oof.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
None of us should think we’re completely clear of bigotry. We’re surrounded by it. It’s literally bred into our bones. The reality is we should always be works in progress; educating/checking ourselves consistently. We can choose to make that easier or harder. In that context Twitter is a choice.
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I monitored these same sorts of white supremacists for years (to fight them), and let me tell you.
You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself.
Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary
You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself.
Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I monitored these same sorts of white supremacists for years (to fight them), and let me tell you.
You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself.
Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary
You have to CONSTANTLY, aggressively deprogram yourself.
Even just, the language. We are social creatures and we absorb the language we're around. Guess what words enter your mental vocabulary
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People who use Twitter to broadcast-- who post and then walk without reading the comments or scrolling the timeline-- are enabling a Nazi but maybe not pickling their own brains.
Folks who stick around and engage, though?
Oof.
Folks who stick around and engage, though?
Oof.
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
People who use Twitter to broadcast-- who post and then walk without reading the comments or scrolling the timeline-- are enabling a Nazi but maybe not pickling their own brains.
Folks who stick around and engage, though?
Oof.
Folks who stick around and engage, though?
Oof.
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PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Because @lollardfish.bsky.social says we should promote our books: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477313138/
Loving Sports When They Don't Love You Back
Triumphant wins, gut-wrenching losses, last-second shots, underdogs, competition, and loyalty—it’s fun to be a fan. But when a football player takes a hi...
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November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
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Happy "These White People Are Dangerous" Day!
November 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Happy "These White People Are Dangerous" Day!
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Too many people get shot in America. They shouldn’t get shot. But they get shot because of a legacy of bad law and bad court decisions that have bastardized our founders’ bequest to us in the bill of rights. The problem isn’t mental health or Afghanis. It’s the guns.
November 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Too many people get shot in America. They shouldn’t get shot. But they get shot because of a legacy of bad law and bad court decisions that have bastardized our founders’ bequest to us in the bill of rights. The problem isn’t mental health or Afghanis. It’s the guns.
Can we forget Thomas? Please? I need to banish that eyebrow from existence.
2/ nor can we forget Thomas Fugate, the 22 year old Trump campaign worked appointed as the lead counter terrorism coordinator at DHS.
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Can we forget Thomas? Please? I need to banish that eyebrow from existence.
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This is a good insight. No computer could have predicted, nor can it properly replicate: Esthero, Leikeli47, Missy Elliott, Björk, Jill Scott, Big KRIT, UGK, The Roots (definitely not Black Thought on his own), Brandy, The Clark Sisters, HAIM, Fiona Apple … there’s a strong indication here.
I’ve been trying to find ways to articulate my hatred of AI-generated music that won’t come across as snobbish, but most of what I have to say about it can be boiled down to this:
None of the artists I like in any genre, regardless of era, make music that can be accurately predicted by a computer.
None of the artists I like in any genre, regardless of era, make music that can be accurately predicted by a computer.
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This is a good insight. No computer could have predicted, nor can it properly replicate: Esthero, Leikeli47, Missy Elliott, Björk, Jill Scott, Big KRIT, UGK, The Roots (definitely not Black Thought on his own), Brandy, The Clark Sisters, HAIM, Fiona Apple … there’s a strong indication here.
It makes me incredibly sad that we all know this to be true while, at the same time, we also know the very behaviour that should ban them for life from ever being a journalist, is the same behaviour that’ll bag them some ridiculously well paid ‘think piece’ journalism job.
So Olivia Nuzzi is clearly a piece of shit who can never work in journalism again after this.
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
And, also, Ryan Lizza is clearly a piece of shit who should never work in journalism again after this either.
We're all agree on that, right?
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It makes me incredibly sad that we all know this to be true while, at the same time, we also know the very behaviour that should ban them for life from ever being a journalist, is the same behaviour that’ll bag them some ridiculously well paid ‘think piece’ journalism job.
Every time you lower the bar Trump finds a way to slither under it.
OPINION: On Monday, the social media account of Pete Hegseth's so-called "Department of War" posted that the department is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) , a retired Navy officer.
Trump's admin just revealed how rotten it really is
On Monday, the social media account of Pete Hegseth’s so-called “Department of War” posted that the department is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), a retired Navy officer.Kelly’s supposed offense? He participated in a video reminding members of the armed forces that they have no duty to follow i...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Every time you lower the bar Trump finds a way to slither under it.
This👇 There’s an amazing book called Modernity and the Holocaust” by a guy called Zygmunt Bauman and he’s got a whole section on when society basically reverses the ethical framework we live in and how part of the project of fascism is to convince you this is normal and everyone else agrees.
Part of the problem is people think what persuades them is logic and facts.
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
November 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This👇 There’s an amazing book called Modernity and the Holocaust” by a guy called Zygmunt Bauman and he’s got a whole section on when society basically reverses the ethical framework we live in and how part of the project of fascism is to convince you this is normal and everyone else agrees.
Just being themselves didn’t get enough people bowing and scraping so they decided to join a club where they could literally force the bowing, scraping, firings, extraditions…Does a lot for an ego if this video is anything to go by.
Interesting that so many of these American fascists failed at show business
this extremely fashy Trump cult of personality ad featuring Kristi Noem ran this morning on Fox & Friends
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Just being themselves didn’t get enough people bowing and scraping so they decided to join a club where they could literally force the bowing, scraping, firings, extraditions…Does a lot for an ego if this video is anything to go by.