📅 The second round of oral hearings for the NSW Legislative Council Health Committee's Inquiry into clean indoor air are being held on Monday 16th March, in the Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney.

You can see the full program here - www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/lcdocs/trans...

Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela.

Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law.

Both of those facts are simultaneously true.

If you would like to see me live on stage with Andy Zaltzman doing @thebugle.bsky.social, look no further!

The Bugle Live - Brisbane | The Paddo Tavern
Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Doors 6.00pm
Show 7.00pm

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In-person registration for our landmark conferenceends tomorrow, with no extensions possible – don’t miss out!

🚨 Registration for in-person attendance at our landmark conference ends tomorrow - don’t miss out! 🚨

🎟 Learn more and register: bit.ly/ssa-2025
📖 Browse the program: bit.ly/ssa-2025-prgrm

🗓 Thursday 6th November
📍 Hybrid conference - online access is free

New benefit sanctions will help beneficiaries find jobs, says Social Development Minister Louise Upston Those failing an obligation for the first time will either have to do job-search activities or attend employment-related training courses.

How come sanctions help finding jobs but when we talk about taxing unproductive wealth it's all "don't punish the rich"

New benefit sanctions will help beneficiaries find jobs, says Social Development Minister Louise Upston www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Jobseeker changes: 'Punished for economic crisis they didn't create' "We love these young people," the prime minister says, but a youth advocate says they're being "punished for an economic crisis they didn't create".

This is nothing but a breach of our social contract.
The reasons for the original policy haven't gone away.
If this is an affordability issue, they shouldn't have given those tax breaks for wealthy people they introduced last year.
TRICKLE DOWN IS A MYTH
#nzpol

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In today’s NZ Herald #Trump #UN

Excellent study showing how bringing in filtered outside air improves asthma outcomes. This is important information and needs to be part of every residential HVAC installation. Build tight - but with filtered ventlation1

doi.org/10.1016/j.bu...

If you were forced to flee your home because of floods or wildfires, would you expect to be received with dignity and be supported?

Yes?

That’s exactly what all refugees everywhere deserve

A spotlight on Paris - a dialogue with Mayor Anne Hidalgo on promoting health, clean air, and climate resilience The session will draw key insights from the transformative urban agenda of Mayor Anne Hidalgo, highlighting how cities can empower citizens, reduce health inequalities, and build healthier environment...

#CleanAir & reducing #ClimateRisk 🌏require the courage of policy action through a concerted campaign of actions & regulatory enforcement. Not simple... But focused leadership 🇫🇷 🇺🇳.

Register to hear from two of the world's top leaders🗼 fighting daily for health & safety.

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CEO’s Skill Set Transferable To Any Job That Requires Dumbass To Receive Big Salary

CEO’s Skill Set Transferable To Any Job That Requires Dumbass To Receive Big Salary theonion.com/ceo-s-s...

A breath of fresh air: responding to the health challenges of modern air pollution

Our new report from RCP in Air Quality is out today, on #CleanAirDay. A few thoughts from my perspective on what we show www.rcp.ac.uk/policy-and-c... 1/

Safer shared air in the workplace webinar — The Safer Air Project

Register now for our second webinar of 2025: Safer shared air in the workplace 👉 bit.ly/sap-work

📍 Free online event
📅 Date: Tuesday 1st July 2025
⏰ Time: 12:00pm AEST
🎥 Automatic captions and recording available

Read more about the event here: bit.ly/sap-work

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...

Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing

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FamilyBoost policy: $14m of $62m spent on administration costs National talked down the administration burden of its flagship policy during the election.

How can these "prudent fiscal managers" fuck up GIVING AWAY money?!?

For the love of Thor,people,what further evidence do we need of National's incompetence?

They can't even hand out cash without stuffing it up!!!!!

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

In today’s NZ Herald #nzpol

Sign the petition to ask for clean air for our youngest tamariki our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cl...

‘Sick of being sick’: Call to fix air quality in schools and childcare Tamariki should not be bringing home illnesses and spreading it to their families, says a group of doctors, teachers, academics and principals.

"I’m sick of being sick". A group of doctors, teachers, academics and principals are urging the New Zealand Government to improve air quality in schools and childcare centres to reduce Covid-19 and other airborne illness.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3606...

Invisible inclusion YouTube video by The Safer Air Project

Huge thanks to Prof Bronwyn King and A/Prof Robyn Schofield, as well as @burnetinstitute.bsky.social for lending their time and support to this video which launches our Invisible inclusion program.

Watch the video here: 🎥 youtu.be/3nrpPM7OoBk

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling over the exact definition of a concentration camp was a sign of a healthy society. “Studies of the past tell us that nitpicking the particular semantics […]

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society
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Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society NEW HAVEN, CT—Calling such concern for linguistic precision a clear indicator of a thriving country, a panel of historians from Yale University issued a statement Thursday announcing that quibbling ov...

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.

“How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world”

“With airborne mitigations, many of the common complaints about “lockdowns” would never have materialized” healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topi...

The role of carbon dioxide in airborne disease transmission: a hidden key to safer indoor spaces

“Outdoor CO₂ levels are around 421ppm but in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces, indoor levels can easily exceed 800ppm. That’s the tipping point identified in the study, where the air starts allowing droplets to maintain a lower pH increasing the survival time of viruses”

Ht @ukhadds.bsky.social

New Zealand: universities say publicly funded research results should be free as part of SSAG second-round reforms (subscriber content): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

FBI Warns Of ‘American Dream’ Scam

FBI Warns Of ‘American Dream’ Scam
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New Zealand: researchers missing out on potential benefits of open source software (free to read): www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-new-...

Thanks to numerous contributions and a small multidisciplinary international working group, our introduction to airborne diseases has progressed well, from our point of view. You can find it at: letsair.org#mediation

Spray-Painted Penis Only Thing Holding Cybertruck Together

Spray-Painted Penis Only Thing Holding Cybertruck Together