@steve-kambouris.bsky.social

Jfc. I am shocked. Utterly surprised. /s

I know the tweet is Al generated when they use " ," before and.

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

Isn’t it weird how “AI literacy” being pushed on students isn’t about learning how it works, the cost of how it works, learning to spot disinformation, media and tech literacy. But instead is just “employers will like it if you get it to write your emails :)”

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

Taylor said Albanese wasted the nation’s time. His reply was not much different Angus Taylor has had his right of reply to Anthony Albanese’s address to the nation. It felt a bit like a sequel for which nobody asked.

“Taylor said Albanese wasted the nation’s time. His reply was not much different”

Love that headline! 😎

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For context, here is a story from another Victorian lab trying to recruit people for an #mecfs study. Everyone thinks someone else will volunteer, surely they don't need *me*. But this is actually one of the hard parts of science. Whole trials fail because they can't recruit people!!

Seriously, if you are a woman, live in Victoria and have weird #longcovid #postcovid symptoms, these researchers 🧑‍🔬 are desperate to hear from you! 🫵Please email now!🌋

We have moved a long way from thinking about the ‘precautionary principle’ to now just ignoring a mountain of studies and hundreds of millions of long covid sufferers. It’s a very self destructive pattern of behaviour. Millions of children are impacted. I don’t know what it will take to U-turn?

‘A cruel penalty’: disabled people face lower benefit payments if conditions not deemed lifelong Forthcoming rules mean debilitating conditions may not meet strict ‘severe and lifelong’ criteria, say charities

‘A cruel penalty’: hundreds of thousands of disabled people will have their benefit cut if their conditions are deemed not to be lifelong.

My report in today’s paper: www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 1/5

R E S E A R C H A R T I C L E Open Access Rethinking the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome—a reanalysis and evaluation of findings from a recent major trial of graded exercise and CBT Carolyn E. Wilshire 1* , Tom Kindlon2 , Robert Courtney3 , Alem Matthees 4 , David Tuller 5 , Keith Geraghty 6 and Bruce Levin 7 Abstract Background: The PACE trial was a well-powered randomised trial designed to examine the efficacy of graded exercise therapy (GET) and cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome. Reports concluded that both treatments were moderately effective, each leading to recovery in over a fifth of patients. However, the reported analyses did not consistently follow the procedures set out in the published protocol, and it is unclear whether the conclusions are fully justified by the evidence. Methods: Here, we present results based on the original protocol-specified procedures. Data from a recent Freedom of Information request enabled us to closely approximate these procedures. We also evaluate the conclusions from the trial as a whole. Results: On the original protocol-specified primary outcome measure - overall improvement rates - there was a significant effect of treatment group. However, the groups receiving CBT or GET did not significantly outperform the Control group after correcting for the number of comparisons specified in the trial protocol. Also, rates of recovery were consistently low and not significantly different across treatment groups. Finally, on secondary measures, significant effects were almost entirely confined to self-report measures. These effects did not endure beyond two years. Conclusions: These findings raise serious concerns about the robustness of the claims made about the efficacy of CBT and GET. The modest treatment effects obtained on self-report measures in the PACE trial do not exceed what could be reasonably accounted for by participant reporting biases. Keywords: Chronic fatigue syndrome, Myalgic ence

It's 8th anniversary of this paper

A lot of it was only possible due to Alem's heroic FOI victory, which the #PACETrial team fought so hard to stop. That surely wasn't because the real results weren't as flattering as they had presented them?

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#MECFS

EXPLAINER: Laws Protecting LGBTQIA+ People Exist Around Australia – SA Lags Behind South Australia currently has no anti-vilification laws protecting the LGBTQIA+ community, which advocacy groups say need to change.

"[T]he absence of LGBTIQ+ vilification prohibitions – with neither South Australian nor Commonwealth law currently protecting our communities – implies that anti-LGBTIQ+ prejudice is not as serious as other types of hate speech." #auslaw #savotes #auspol
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Birthkeeper may be forced to give evidence about influencer's freebirth death A coroner investigating the death of nutrition influencer Stacey Warnecke after a freebirth may compel her support worker to appear at the inquest.

The 2025 death of nutrition influencer Stacey Warnecke is being examined by a Victorian coroner, with an inquest to probe the circumstances around Ms Warnecke's decline and the role of a support worker, Emily Lal.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... #aushealth #auslaw

I have one word: Finally.
#auspol #auslaw #racism #justice

Truly extraordinary that a country famed for a constitution of checks and balances turned out to be so exposed to a leadership personality cult.

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I’ve heard these questions a hundred times at least… but I don’t get tired of explaining if people really want to know.

In fact, this brings me great joy. Sharing knowledge is a privilege. It is so rewarding to see people learn new things and get benefits from it.

“Were you wearing that indoors all this time?”

No, just put it on to answer the door. There is no need for me to wear it in the house. Everyone at home takes precautions while they are out.

I like talking to young people. They aren’t shy about asking a question!

“Do people freak out when the way see you?”

Yeah, sometimes. Only cos they are worried I’m going to infect them.

And I am telling people one at a time.

When this should be advertised on TV using our tax money.

#PublicHealth

People do not know how effective respies are. They do not know that you don’t have to be scrubbing objects and surfaces all the time. They do not know that fresh air or air filters help a lot.

They do not know they don’t have to be sick all the time, and that it is not very hard to dodge C19.

Dr Charles Shepherd (@meassociation.org.uk) explains how in the 80s and 90s psychiatrists claimed #MECFS was due to “deconditioning” and “abnormal illness beliefs”. Graded exercise therapy made many patients worse, with some ending up in wheelchairs. It was only removed from NICE guidance in 2021.

Oh no! Hope you’re OK now. (The panel sounds great!!)

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I am absolutely over the moon that Alex Green won the @bookcritics.bsky.social award for biography for his groundbreaking biography of Walter Fernald, the doctor who ran the first school for intellectually disabled children in America. It is urgent disability history that has been mostly ignored.

Redesignate it as a combat sport.

Red textured background with a white rounded rectangle. Text reads: “Service agreements are too complex and hard to understand. We’re calling for: Simple, fair service agreements.” The words “Simple, fair service agreements” are in red. Every Australian Counts logo at bottom.

No one should have to sign a 20-page contract they don’t understand to get support.

We’re pushing for simple, fair NDIS service agreements.

shorturl.at/81Yrd

#ProtectOurNDIS #EveryAustralianCounts

Measles alert for Brisbane International Airport after infected travellers pass through terminal

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