Interesting piece by Prof Karen Stockin in @aunz.theconversation.com on the reaction to Timmy the whale's plight.
What would be most useful if the empathy shown by so many could be focused on addressing the impact that created his problems in the first place - entanglement in fishing gear
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Close up with a beautiful nudibranch on a rocky reef. The lower half of the image is a palette of swatches made from the nudi's vibrant colours.
Once upon a time I just admired nudis and sea slugs.
But it was not enough. Now apparently I'm creating an R package to celebrate their colour palettes? 😅
First up, my Sydney fave, Hypselodoris bennetti.
#rstats #nudibranch #dataviz 🦑🐙🧪 #marinelife #invertebrates
“The flu vaccine has been required annually for US military personnel since the 1950s to preserve the health of the force…
[&] has been a major factor in lower rates of hospitalizations among service members than nat’l US rates, according to an Oct 2025 Armed Forces Health
Surveillance Div report”🧪🛟
JAMA Psychiatry found that health plan disenrollment increases all-cause & overdose mortality among MOUD patients. 📊💊 PMID:41779402, JAMA Psychiatry 2026, @JAMAPsych https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.0021 #Medsky #Pharmsky #RNA #ASHG #ESHG 🧪
Map of Virginia showing the results of the April 21, 2026 redistricting election.
It may not look like it at first, since the finally tally appears rather close at a surface glance.
However, tonight's redistricting results were a CATASTROPHIC loss for Republicans and the fascist movement.
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Russian losses per 22/04/26 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff
+1140 men
+1 tanks
+7 ACVs
+38 artillery
+1026 UAVs
Justice has become a one-way street in Trump's criminal enterprise. Trump pardons criminals and the victims get no restitution. Jan6ers get pardons. Trump wants restitution from IRS. Where is the justice for Good, Pretti, Melissa Hortman, and others killed by ICE or extremists. Hear the crickets?
Texas republicans illegally gerrymandered their maps and never once asked voters how they feel about it.
California and Virginia let voters decide.
That’s the difference. They started this fight and Democrats are going to fucking finish it.
An on-again, off-again ceasefire at the same time as a blockade, makes perfect sense if you see it for what it is:
MARKET MANIPULATION
❗️The moment of downing the 🇷🇺Russian Gerbera drone by a 🇺🇦Ukrainian FPV interceptor drone
Donald Trump and Republicans have tried to rig the 2026 midterms. Today in Virginia, voters sent them a clear message: The power is with the people.
A lawyer for the El Gamal family, that has spent close to a year at an immigration detention center in Texas, demanded the family’s release after a federal magistrate judge found that “requiring them to endure further detention… risks compounding the constitutional violation.”
Like he was going to end the Ukraine war in 24 hours.
Donald Trump has threatened to commit war crimes against Iran again by decimating civilian infrastructure , so yeah. War is not going well!
Your honor, I'd like to admit exhibit D into evidence
Another clueless and derailed statement by the man in whose Truman Show we find ourselves.
I remember the Vietnam War well. Trump should too — we're the same age.
I was too short to serve and lost good friends in the war. Trump pretended to have bone spurs.
That war was characterized by lies, arrogance, and stupidity.
What's happening in Iran is starting to feel a lot like Vietnam.
It's alarming & anxiety-provoking to hear the Director of National Intelligence assert that the President determines the level of imminent threat to America, when it's her job to gather intel from various intelligence sources and to assess the level of threat!
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Trump will eliminate every social welfare program, cut Social Security, and Medicare before ever taxing his ultra rich donors who put him in power. www.instagram.com/reel/DW7bj54...
Washington Examiner: Imagine it was someone other than President Donald Trump. Suppose a different leader were posting deranged rants in the small hours, insulting the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics, threatening entire civilizations with annihilation, and comparing himself to God. What would be the reaction?
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If you can stomach all the clips of trumpty dumpty, this is a nice summary of his waste, fraud, and abuse of these pet projects 🤢
🇺🇸, you do realize that we’re gonna have to build more prisons, revamp the entire political arena, repeal Citizens United, DOJ, FBI, DHS, & dismantle ICE, besides impeaching several USSC Justices. 🇺🇸s will be demanding Nuremberg-style court proceedings that will take decades but it's unavoidable!
Like millions of retirees, disabled War veterans, public servants injured on the job, why does anyone have to pay taxes or pay for healthcare insurance when Congress is donating billions of our tax dollars to Israel which is not enhancing our way of life? And why is Congress accepting their bribes?
Sure, Pal. 😂💙🇺🇸
The economy. The gas prices. Grocery prices. Farmer issues including fertilizer. The Jesus meme pissed off a shit ton of them.
The person negotiating in the Middle East on behalf of the United States does not technically work for the United States.
