How many votes do I need to win a federal senate seat? I figure if a joke candidate like Babet can do it . . . An anti populist senator, there to refute populist nonsense and demand sensible legislation from the government, to question those who play politics instead of serving us. #AusPol

Kent Parkstreet@kentparkskeet.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I’ve often joked about a sham run for the federal senate. Looking at the competition right now I reckon it’s worth a crack. What a bunch of tossers. Victorians, I could be your next zenator. I could represent Victorians who want a calm and sensible review of legislation. #KentForTheZenate

#alt4me please

www.koolschrankpress.com@koolschrankpress.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

Fuck.

Michelle Fahy@michellefahy.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Yup, along with 9 other weapons multinationals and 11 other corporations working for arms industry. More than a quarter of the National Press Club’s sponsors are part of the global arms industry or working on its behalf See my investigation from November undueinfluence.substack.com/p/arms-indus...

Sorry they have to say it but pretty cool they do #MusicSky #Music Amyl and the Sniffers show tonight in Nebraska

Woody Guthrie

"There were 89 SARS-CoV-2 sequences uploaded to AusTrakka with dates of collection in the last 28 days (20 April to 17 May 2026). These sequences were from NSW and SA." 🔸NB.1.8.1: 70.8% 🔸BA.3.2: 24.7% 🔸KP.3.1.1: 4.5%

Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 22 May 2026 Reported cases in the last fortnight (4 May 2026 to 17 May 2026) 🔸COVID: 3,736 (+8.6%) 🔸Influenza: 1,642 (+0.9%) 🔸RSV: 6,300 (+17.0%) Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...

What is wrong with English-speaking democracies? 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞 Some anger is justified economically such as housing but this hate directed at migrants is morally corrosive. 𝐃𝐨𝐠-𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 Voters moving to the extreme right aren't solving anything, they're destroying democracy

I continue to believe that COVID frequently damages the part of the brain that assesses risk.

Maroon Phoenix@maroonphoenix.bsky.social · 5mo ago

How masks didn’t become standard in healthcare settings and airplanes, I will never understand. We’re just sitting ducks for the next airborne pathogen.

❤️

One of my fave topics. Palantir's Coles. michaelwest.com.au/shoppers-could-pay-more-after-coles-misconduct-ruling/

Shoppers could pay more after Coles misconduct ruling - Michael West

Supermarket prices could stay higher for longer following a ruling that Coles misled its customers with non-genuine discounts, according to one retail expert.

michaelwest.com.au

Source: virological.org/t/complete-s...

Complete sequence of Orthohantavirus andesense virus: Swiss resident 2026

Posted on behalf of the Swiss National Reference Center for Emerging Viral Infections, Geneva University Hospitals and the Institute of Medical Virology, University of Zurich (Partner Laboratory Natio...

virological.org

BREAKING: 1st sequencing from hantavirus outbreak. -99% identical Jun '18 case in Argentina -Andes genome ~ 12 kb across 3 RNA segments. At 10⁻⁴ 10⁻³ subs/site/y--> ~ 1-12 SNV per year -Completely in line with a natural spillover in Argentina from the rodent host in 2018 and now in 2026

Reminder that Trump wanted to inject bleach.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5mo ago

Trump: "I look at these beautiful little babies and they get a vat, like a big glass, of stuff pumped into their bodies. I think it's a very negative thing to do. I would love to see much smaller shots, like four visits to the doctor. And I think you would have a much better result with the autism."

Naming pathogens after the place they are discovered is a stupid idea because it leads to inferences that they don't occur outside those places (e.g., Seoul virus being apparently everywhere)

#Medsky🧪 #IDSky #Neurosky #Vaccinesmatter #NeuroCovid #publichealth Sunday Long🧵 #PostCOVIDsyndrome or LC & #neuroinflammation Across the retrieved evidence, the central consistent finding is that LC with elevated neuroinflammatory activity is associated with

Dr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP@davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

public health people, if you need assistance or have questions, you can DM me. google probably has guides too

genuine plea: please include alt text in your posts so that people with vision disabilities can know what’s in your pics/videos. if public health is going to claim to care about disabled people, we need to be making our stuff accessible, especially during events like this one.

Extremely worth noting - the Black Zine Fair was a masks-required event! And hundreds of folks came and wore masks and had a great time! This is a doable thing, y'all!

Dark LOL

The Associated Press@apnews.com · 5mo ago

A look onboard the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship, in photos.

😲🤔🤔 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

Webb space telescope finds a giant galaxy that doesn’t spin

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have spotted something that shouldn’t exist—at least not so early in the universe. A massive galaxy, formed less than 2 billion years after the Big Ban...

sciencedaily.com

The American decision to release #Hantavirus into the United States just in time for the #FIFA World Cup really is peak #Trump organisation!

Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 5mo ago

ABC: A CDC official said the federal government doesn't plan to have the repatriated American cruise ship passengers quarantine upon arrival in Nebraska.

Has he checked their policy on prayer room access?

🚨🎯 Earlier today, @catinthehat.bsky.social posted the most comprehensive 🧵 I've seen about what is known so far about the 2026 Andes Hantavirus situation... threadreaderapp.com/thread/20530...