Fleming. Then Florey. If you know, you know.

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Ray Bradbury read by Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy reads two of Ray Bradbury's classic stories from THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES.1. THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS2. USHER IIThese recordings were originally released on Caedmon Records (TC 1466).

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Australia's biggest ocean protection opportunity in 10 years - Save Our Marine Life

The Australian Government has listened to island communities, and just announced plans to massively expand marine sanctuary protection around the stunning Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. But before it becomes a reality, the government wants to hear from YOU on the proposed expansions, AND on what other improvements are needed across Australia’s offshore marine parks.  […]

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"The case ... claims Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Informa forced U.S. research institutions to submit false claims to the government for reimbursement through article fees up to 10 times the cost of processing the articles." retractionwatch.com/2026/07/31/f...

Federal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing charges

iStock A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four major publishers of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges…

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@badmedicaltakes.bsky.social got one for you.

Twenty years on, The Eraser has lost none of its curved-glass cut and glimmer. Thom Yorke was still riding high on a generational songwriting run and, with Nigel Godrich’s help, what obstacles remained between idea and execution had been removed. aquariumdrunkard.com/2026/08/03/t...

No news show should be booking RFK Jr. without an eject button. He’s spent years spreading dangerous misinformation with real-world consequences, then pretending none of it was his fault.

I’ve not seen an essay that destroys LLMs this completely.Hats off.

Jennifer Hendricks@jenniferhendricks.bsky.social · 4d ago

In case you haven't seen it, you might like this.

A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Informa of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges.

Federal lawsuit accuses four major publishers of extorting article processing charges

iStock A lawsuit filed under the U.S. False Claims Act accuses four major publishers of perpetrating a decade-long scheme to defraud the government by charging exorbitant article processing charges…

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It’s really starting to grind me down

What IS it about billionaires and extremely thin skin??

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 6d ago

Gina Rinehart puts ABC on notice over Race around the World episode action

oh you must mean the guy i had to say this to www.patreon.com/raxkingisdea...

morrocc 3.0@morrocc.bsky.social · 6d ago

I still think about that guy that wrote to you complaining about his writing group kicking him out for using AI.

one of the saddest ironies of higher ed's headlong embrace of AI is that the clearest and most thorough reporting on the subject has been done almost exclusively by student journalists

Sarah Osment@smosment.bsky.social · 6d ago

those who work in University writing programs should pay close attention—developing AI-friendly teaching doesn't make you safe from layoff www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

1/🧵 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AUSTRALIANS SEEKING NUVAXOVID (NOVAVAX). Today I received a Nuvaxovid (Novavax) vaccination - my first COVID-19 vaccination in more than three years.

Pro-tip for academic authors: it is your job to explain what you mean and persuade the reader that it is true. It is not the reader's job to take a bucketful of ill-written adversarial prose and swallow it unless they can prove that what you meant to say was false.

RIP Kavinsky… thank you for the inspiration 💔

Couldn’t agree more. Dr. Fauci is an American hero.

Day 1614 of all out war in Ukraine. Almost 4.5 years without a break of fighting at the front, being part of the support team, running to shelters, not knowing when the next missile will hit or if one will destroy your home, or claim your loved ones. Also no break for my daily🧵- here's Sunday's..

When I pedalled up Alp Duez a few years back, there were no people on the road and I moved very slowly. This is not that. #tdf

At this point, I'm surprised Wakefield has been given a senior position in the administration.

Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 2w ago

I saw this posted elsewhere, and hoped it was just an AI spoof, but sadly, it's a real CDC Webpage, and the information it contains is deeply dangerous and untrue.

Albanese government’s decision to approve one of the world’s largest gas projects in Western Australia is being challenged in the federal court, setting up a significant test of how Australia’s environment law deals with the climate crisis. #climatecrisis #AusPol www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate and rock art advocates take on Woodside’s ‘carbon bomb’ WA gas project in federal court

Albanese government’s approval of North West Shelf gas extension being challenged by the Australian Conservation Foundation and Friends of Australian Rock Art

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Don't think I've seen it better put. #freelancewriting (Credit: Carlos Greaves)

Feel like Robert Heinlein would be so horrified by all of this, he would ask the Martians to just make it all disappear.

Saw the “Steak &” in this pic and thought how nice, an all-you-can-eat boeuf et

MꙬse Allain@mooseallain.bsky.social · 2w ago

We saw this restaurant in Plymouth yesterday and quick as a flash my son said “It’s not surf and turf… it’s boeuf and l’oeuf!”.

Contacting Voyager 1 is far simpler than communicating with actually decommissioned spaceships. It's not rocket seance.

Feel like #Auspol coverage is making the same mistakes the US has made over the last decade. Barnaby shouting at his dog during an interview is unprofessional, sure. But It isn't disqualifying in any way. It actually makes him more relatable. I don't hold much hope Aus media will adapt to this.

Russia continues to terrorize and kill Ukrainian civilians On July 19,a Russian aerial bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia killed 11-yr-old Mariia Levchenko.Her mom,Kateryna,waited for almost 6 hours as rescuers searched through the rubble for Mariia My heart breaks when I hear Kateryna's sobs

“Larrikin” status - no woman alive would be given this leeway.

Voldemort and Nosferatu’s love child should not be blathering on about deformities…

Forty years ago I sat in a movie theatre, hugging my knees in a fetal position with near-hysterical terror. Happy 40, Aliens.