Anastrophist
@anastrophic.bsky.social
Affect theory, contagion, mimeticism, feminist thought, experimentalism
The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife The spread of H5N1 birdflu is worsening. theconversation.com/the-warning-...
The warning signs are over: Australia now faces a devastating bird flu outbreak in wildlife
We cannot stop wild birds from flying. But we can control whether this becomes an unmanaged catastrophe or a closely tracked outbreak.
theconversation.com
How can this be? Indian conglomerate Adani will pay no company tax despite generating almost $1bn in revenue from coal mining in Queensland over the past year. We should be marching on Parliament. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Adani to pay no company tax despite $1bn revenue from Queensland coalmine
Indian conglomerate offsets earnings from Carmichael mine to report $340.6m loss, after promising billions in taxes and royalties
theguardian.com
“Every billion spent buying dodgy carbon offsets is a billion dollars that wasn’t spent on our low-carbon economy needs.” writes co-CEO Richard Denniss in the Financial Review. #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social
"“Project Panama is our effort to destructively scan all the books in the world,” an internal planning document said. “We don’t want it to be known that we are working on this.”" novaramedia.com/2026/07/29/a...
AI Firms Are Buying up Old Books, Then Scanning and Destroying Them
The world’s biggest AI companies are buying antiquarian books en masse so they can be scanned to train their large language models (LLMs) before being destroyed.
novaramedia.com
Senator Bragg (perennially badged as a “senior Liberal moderate” and supposedly one of the sensible ones) says we have a “communist Labor government.” While talking about being in minority government with Phon…
Diphtheria in Australia – Epidemiological update – 20 July 2026 Published: 24 July 2026 🔹In 2026, Australia has recorded 460 diphtheria cases 🔹Over the past fortnight 23 total cases were notified 🔹NT: 250 cases, WA: 193 cases, SA: 13 cases, QLD: 4 cases Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...
"Study uncovers molecular connections between COVID-19 and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)." COVID-19 can damage blood vessels in the lungs, causing inflammation. These changes resemble pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a serious disease affecting the arteries that supply the lungs.
Study uncovers molecular connections between COVID-19, PAH
Researchers have identified shared molecular connections between COVID-19 and PAH that may explain common disease features, a study reports.
pulmonaryhypertensionnews.com
H/T Sue J @smpwrgr.bsky.social "Aussie Aussie Aussie 😷 😷 😷 Good to see Australian Commonwealth Games athletes masking up as they travelled to Glasgow to compete Avoiding airborne infections in transit is performance enhancing preparation 🥇" Source: x.com/SMpwrgr/stat...
USA: COVID numbers are going up in California, especially after the 4th of July. 🔹State positivity hit 3.4% (up from 1.15% last month) 🔹LA County positivity jumped from 1.52% to 4.28% in just one week 🔹Wastewater concentrations levels are rising too Source: archive.md/gnLgn
I mask in public still because no one has given me any convincing scientific evidence that getting repeat COVID infections is safe or sustainable for health, especially brain health 🧠
"When COVID-19 is caught in hospital, the risk doesn’t end with infection" A new study found patients who caught COVID-19 in hospital were more likely to die within 30 days than those infected in the community. Outcomes improved over time, but hospital-acquired COVID still carried a higher risk.
When COVID-19 is caught in hospital, the risk doesn't end with infection - Doherty Institute
A new study led by VICNISS, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, found that hospitalised patients who acquired COVID-19 in hospital were more likely to die within 30 days than patients whose infection was acquired in the community.
doherty.edu.au
Thailand: COVID-19 cases have been rising for 12 consecutive weeks—jumping 4000% since early May Reported weekly cases: 🔸W19: 226 🔸W20: 284 🔸W21: 370 🔸W22: 610 🔸W23: 929 🔸W24: 1231 🔸W25: 1720 🔸W26: 2373 🔸W27: 3594 🔸W28: 4920 🔸W29: 6633 🔸W30: 9276 Source: dvis3.ddc.moph.go.th/t/DDC_CENTER...
Record high for global flights. A huge driver for both the climate emergency and spreading viruses across the world.
Remember when the USA was *surprised* to see firenadoes and fires creating their own lightning storms? Australia saw it first, in 2019-2020 fires. And right now, the USA, Canada, and Europe are on fire that we know of, and it’s in the news. And STILL govts lack the will to act.
AnthropoceneMPG 🌊@anthropocenempg.bsky.social · last wk.“Apocalyptic Wildfires” becoming a daily headline. #Bordeaux
To be fair, #auspol, our ALP government also clearly hates science as it cuts the #CSIRO and cuts real public funding to universities. It believes in privatisation and subsidies of business tech development. But not science. At least there isn't the obvious corruption of Trump's cronies.
Aaron Sojourner@aaronsojourner.org · 2w agoAdmirable clarity @science.org
Ed Husic at Labor conference says he’s raising concerns about having our Defence in Israel despite the “genocide” in Gaza, military parts sent there, illegal settlements, Aussies fighting for Israel & being “potentially implicated in war crimes”💥 & dealing with them on “return”
"What is hard to ignore is the disparity between the government’s response to Islamophobia and its response to antisemitism." @deepcutnews.bsky.social What's also hard to ignore is how readily Albanese caves in to almost every demand of the Israel lobby. #auspol www.deepcutnews.com/p/labors-res...
Labor’s response to Islamophobia was disappointingly predictable – Najma Sambul
The government acknowledged the problem while ignoring key recommendations to address it
deepcutnews.com
The entire company employs eight people. They went to one job where one person turned up sick. Now seven sick. The entire operation is shut down… three days so far. 💰
Person: I’m very sorry, I’ve got seven members of the team off sick with the flu. We are unable to do the job. Me: That’s why I wear this.
"Jewish groups and Israel’s embassy have lobbied the party to water down the draft text..." So a foreign power and their Australian lobbyists interfere in party politics. And MSM reports this as if perfectly normal. They'd go beserk if it was China, Russia, or even the US. #hypocrisy #auspol 1/2
Robynne@haddagutful.bsky.social · 2w agoEd Husic-led push for Labor recognise Gaza genocide claims set to fail, preventing public stoush www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
🧵(1/3) NSW respiratory surveillance reports: 23 July 2026 Week ending 18 July 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.0% (-0.2%) 🔸Number of laboratories reporting COVID: 2 out of 4 🔹COVID: 915 (-9.9%) 🔹Influenza: 2,638 (-16.6%) 🔹RSV: 2,121 (-7.7%) Source: health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
Victorian Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 24 July 2026 From 12 July to 18 July 2026: 🔸COVID positivity rate: 1.9% (Stable) 🔹COVID: 398 (+6.0%) 🔹Influenza A: 327 (+61.0%) 🔹Influenza B: 87 (+156.0%) 🔹RSV: 1700 (Stable) Source: www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 18 July to 24 July 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 71 (-17.4%) 🔹Flu: 105 (+61.5%) 🔹RSV: 667 (+1.8%) 🔹Pertussis: 17 (-19.0%) Reported deaths in 2026: 🔸COVID: 21 (+4)⚠️ 🔸Flu: 11 🔸RSV: <5 🔸Pertussis: <5 Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...
Australia: "First suspected positive case of H5 bird flu detected in Queensland" "Samples from a migratory bird found washed up on Moreton Island have been sent to a CSIRO lab for confirmation." #BirdFluQueensland #H5N1
First suspected positive case of H5 bird flu detected in Queensland
It's the first wild, migratory seabird in Queensland to return a suspect positive case for H5 bird flu.
abc.net.au
Tasmania Respiratory Update: 24 July 2026 From 9 July to 19 July 2026 🔸COVID Positivity rate: 3.3% (-1.9%) 🔹COVID: 40 (-36.5%) 🔹Influenza A: 7 (+75.0%) 🔹Influenza B: 1 (-50.0%) 🔹RSV: 172 (+16.2%) Source: health.tas.gov.au/health-topic...
Western Australia weekly Virus Watch: 24 July 2026 Week ending 19 July 2026 🔸COVID positivity rate: 3.9% (+1.2%) 🔹Reported cases: 175 (+8.6%) 🔹Hospitalisation: 26 per day (Stable) 🔹ICU: 7-day average 1 (Stable) 🔸Influenza: 504 (-15.5%) 🔸RSV: 597 (-6.7%) www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...
ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 24 July 2026 From 17 July to 23 July 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 39 (+34.4%) 🔹Influenza: 65 (+41.3%) 🔹RSV: 121 (+9.0%) Source: www.act.gov.au/open/respira...
