Quackademic

The trial, day one.

For academic friends researching fantasy and mythic/folkloric literature:

How to deal with holiday stress, Danish-style Denmark, despite its cold and gloomy winters, is full of people who consistently rank among the happiest in the world.

Feeling holiday stress?

A psychologist (and native Dane) shares how Denmark relies on two words to stay grounded: overskud (the energy/space to take something on) and pyt (to let it go).

This season: say no when you lack overskud and say pyt when things don’t go as planned 💛

😩

Been there, sheepie. Sending 💜💜

okay australian government: now take the direct incentives you did for household batteries and do it for massive, large-scale renewable energy

Emergency advice about snake bites now at your fingertips As a new app is launched to provide first-aid advice for venomous bites and stings, a reptile expert urges people to learn how to respond in an emergency ahead of an expected spike in demand for antiv...

Download the Australian Bites and Stings app and keep a couple of pressure bandages handy at home, in the car and when walking or out exercising

Teach your kids to apply a pressure bandage

Tell you what .. black friday and cyber Monday are good for one thing only: figuring out who has your email address and UNSUBSCRIBING

The toll keeps rising but I am not sure what penetration the story is getting

Hands off our State Library! Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections an...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...

CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.

I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...

CSIRO needs urgent support CSIRO is under attack. Sign the petition calling on the Albanese Government to act now to secure the future of CSIRO’s world-leading science and research.

Please sign. This stupid decision needs reversing

actionnetwork.org/petitions/cs...

Self-portrait of Suzanne Valadon that shows her smoking in bed while gazing off into the middle distance. She’s wearing a peach-coloured camisole and green and white striped pants cotton pants with a drawstring. Her bed and the curtains around her bed are blue with a pattern of white leaves.

This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!

Calling for people to sign up to the AusME registry. Person completing a form on a clipboard "Nobody knows ME/CFS and long COVID like those who live with it"

If you’re living with #MECFS, #LongCOVID, or want to volunteer as a ‘healthy control’ for medical research studies, becoming an AusME Registry participant is the simplest way to get involved in research!

Sign up today and make a difference! zurl.co/KiZQs

Why not have a racial discrimination act that put the final stake through the heart of the White Australia policy, why not have no-fault divorce, why not end conscription, why not recognise China, why not ban sporting teams from apartheid South Africa, why not abolish the death penalty, why not introduce free healthcare, why not ratify the World Heritage Convention, why not have equal pay for women and welfare assistance for single mothers and maternity leave for Commonwealth employees, why not have free tertiary education, why not have a Law Reform Commission, a National Gallery, and a National Council for the Arts, why not recognise Indigenous land rights, why not lower the voting age to 18, why not ditch Imperial Honors and why not have a national anthem?

A reminder - governments *can* do things.
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...

He was a vain, dishonest fool, too sexist and racist even for the likes of E.O. Wilson. Like many 'great' 20th-century scientists, his credulous and craven colleagues repeatedly forgave him for his shitty personality and vile opinions, all because he was associated with a much overblown 'discovery'.

Ketan Joshi's Irrational Climate Reset

I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy

No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽

DEWR's annual report was tabled yesterday. Let's have a read:

$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year

You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...

ATO rebuked by tax watchdog for using debt collectors on people ‘doing the right thing’ Inspector general of taxation and ombudsman says she is receiving an ‘increasing number’ of complaints about tax office

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said the ATO had failed to learn from the robodebt scandal by using strong-arm tactics against vulnerable people www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New data on links between early death and homelessness - ABC listen The Institute of Health and Welfare has examined the link between death and homelessness.

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found the average age of death for people who've experienced homelessness is 55 - almost three decades younger than the general population www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... cc. @purplepingers.bsky.social

Or media reporting the LibNat 🤡🎪 as if they were a credible opposition maintains a lazy narrative that positions the fictional ‘centre’ as the only game in town

Imagine if they gave equal time to greens & cross bench members whose views are not beholden to the fossil fuels industry

If only #AusPol

If you wrote for Bitch and are interested in participating in our reprint series, please reach out to us! flyteam at theflytrapmedia dot com.

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An Australian chemist just won the Nobel Prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable of capturing and storing gases and other chemicals.

At a time when the value of research is being questioned, Richard Robson’s story is a powerful reminder of how scientific research leads to real-world impact. #auspol #NobelPrize

Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia

Today, Friday 26 September, is Stanislav Petrov Day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

Also, Situational Awareness Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa...

And it’s happy 66th birthday to professional racist Andrew Bolt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...

I have cystic fibrosis, and I don't know many others here on Bluesky, but I'd like to make cf friends. If you have the cfs, then comment and say hi.

The mindless menace of violence Instead of trying bring Americans together after the latest act of political violence, the Trump administration is fanning the flames of division.

For more analysis from @emmashortis.bsky.social and friends on the decline of the US, tune in to our podcast After America.

Latest episode ⤵️

"Have we reached the point where we can say the US is in a constitutional crisis? Has American democracy failed? Has the US descended into authoritarianism?

"If the answers to those questions weren’t clear already, they are now. Yes. It is happening. Right now."

theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmel...

Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the latest sign we’re witnessing the end of US democracy

– @emmashortis.bsky.social, Director of International & Security Affairs Program at the Australia Institute.

Read:
theconversation.com/jimmy-kimmel...

"These submarines will lock us into the warlike activities of nuclear weapon states.

"It is a complete repudiation of decades of Australian anti-nuclear weapons policy."

- The Hon. Doug Cameron, former Senator for NSW
#auspol @dncameron.bsky.social