Karen Happy

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

This is tragic and cruel

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/h...

States Move to Limit Access to H.I.V. Treatment

this will be a public health disaster.

We could end the transmission of HIV this year. That has been true for a decade. That we have not done so is a public policy choice.

ARC grant scheme timetable, including open, close and anticipated outcome announcement dates for Expressions Of Interest and full applications, plus rejoinder periods and selection meeting dates.

#ARCschedule Mar26

3-month (!) outcomes window for Linkage Projects LP25r2 begins 20 Mar.

Other events
🔹Apps close: DECRA & Linkage Projects LP26
🔹Apps open: Discovery Projects & Laureate Fellowships
🔹Selection meetings: Industrial Transformation Hubs+Centres

Data▶️ docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

I have never seen a politician more directly copy this speech in my life

Live: Wong estimates 115,000 Australians in Middle East amid conflict Foreign Minister Penny Wong says the government wants to wait and see if commercial flights to transport hubs in the Middle East restart before it considers repatriation flights for the 115,000 Australians estimated to be in the region. Follow live.

Live: Wong estimates 115,000 Australians in Middle East amid conflict: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-02/federal-politics-live-parliament-iran-wong-albanese/106397416

Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran A few paths to success, many to failure

Apt quotation from former US ambassador to Iraq: "there were 500 ways to do it wrong and two or three ways to do it right. And what we didn’t understand is that we were going to go through all 500.”

I like @radiofreetom.bsky.social ending: #InsideStraightOdds.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Trump’s Enormous Gamble on Regime Change in Iran A few paths to success, many to failure

First impression: This is regime change, lots of ways for it to go wrong, a few it could go right, but at huge risk:
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Definitely worth a read.

There’s a total #LunarEclipse coming tomorrow evening and the east coast of Australia, NZ and the Pacific Islands are in a grand position for it!

Looks like we have a bit of cloud in Sydney but it may be patchy.

Best part of the show is between 10-11pm. Max eclipse at 10:33pm.

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Having our annual Mardi Gras Sydney watch party - this years cocktail is an old school fluffy duck #mardigras #mardigrassydney #sydneymardigras #fluffyduck

Dept. of Defense shoots down Customs and Border Protection drone near El Paso: Officials Ranking members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure released a statement on the incident on Thursday.

This is how screwed up everything is. The DOD shot down a CBP drone which cause the FAA to shut down the airspace around El Paso. We have stupid idiots in all levels of all agencies thanks to this Regime.
If we go to war, GOD help us.
abcnews.com/US/dept-defe...

Here is my opening statement to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee today.

It's Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto - FuelArc News We now have a full year of data for the Cybertruck, and a strange preponderance of headlines about Cybertrucks exploding into flames, including several fatalities. That’s more than enough data to comp...

Analysis of crash data shows that you're 17 times more likely to die in a vehicle fire if you buy Elon Musk's Tesla Cyber truck than if you had bought a Ford Pinto, the 1970s era car infamous for gas tank explosions in rear end collisions.

fuelarc.com/evs/its-offi...

Inside a “Fake” Conference: A Journey Into Predatory Science There is a growing underbelly of conferences that seem like the real thing but have none of the editorial standards expected by academics and have developed a reputation for advertising with fake agen...

Heres an article about “Omics conference” www.technologynetworks.com/tn/articles/...

“Suddenly, we seem to be living in the age of Epstein,” Joshua Rothman writes. How did the scandal come to take over our reality? newyorkermag.visitlink.me/zwdy0J

Why the United States Is Seeing an Ongoing Tourism Slump Last year, the U.S. was the only major destination to see a decline in international travelers. With increased scrutiny at the border, ICE violence and unpredictable policies, the new year isn’t looking better.

Last year, as tourism grew worldwide, the U.S. was the only major destination to see a decline in foreign travelers. With increased scrutiny at the country's border, ICE violence and unpredictable policies, this year isn’t looking better.

Verena Holmes' portrait in the announcement of her Presidency of the Women's Engineering Society in their journal The Woman Engineer vol 3 1931

Verena Holmes #engineer inventor dedicated to encouraging #womenengineers. Early member @wes1919.bsky.social President 1931. Post #WWII 1946 set up engineering firm w' Sheila Leather employing only women. Took out over a dozen patents d. #OTD 20 Feb 1964 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verena_... #WomenInSTEM

What happens to billions in tariff money already paid? Supreme Court leaves refunds unsettled.

Trump launches new 10 percent global tariff after Supreme Court ruling The tariff, issued under a different authority than the one the Supreme Court just struck down, can last for 150 days.

Trump announced he will enact a new 10% global tariff after the Supreme Court struck down many of his original tariffs.

This tariff, issued under a different authority than the one the Supreme Court just struck down, can last for 150 days.

Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s tariffs It’s a rare loss for the president from a conservative-led court and a major rebuke of his economic program.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down Trump’s sweeping tariffs — a major repudiation of a core piece of the president's economic program.

The 6-3 decision was a rare instance of the court reining in Trump’s expansive use of executive power.

Measurement of a lithium plume from the uncontrolled re-entry of a Falcon 9 rocket - Communications Earth & Environment A plume of pollutants in the upper atmosphere above Germany is identified using lidar observations of lithium concentrations and can be traced back to the uncontrolled re-entry of a specific rocket la...

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This new paper's interesting results indicate a sudden 10-fold increase in lithium at 96 km altitude due to #SpaceX Falcon 9 re-entry debris.

This is now joining further modelling and evidence of impacts on the upper atmosphere - a shared global common we all rely on.

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Rose Freedman, Last Survivor of Triangle Fire, Dies at 107

You owe it to yourself to read the 2001 obituary (republished today) for Rose Freedman, the last survivor of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. An incredible woman. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/n...

A classic black-and-white portrait photograph of Susan B. Anthony, the legendary American suffragist, abolitionist, and women's rights pioneer, taken in her later years. She is seated in a formal pose against a plain dark background, wearing a high-necked, long-sleeved black dress with elaborate lace trim and floral-patterned lace collar and cuffs. Her white hair is neatly styled in a low bun with a small decorative comb or ribbon. She gazes to the left of the camera with a calm, resolute, and dignified expression—her face conveying unwavering determination and quiet strength. The image captures her as a tireless advocate who co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association, fought for decades to secure voting rights for women (culminating in the 19th Amendment after her death), and remains an enduring symbol of perseverance in the struggle for gender equality. The soft lighting and formal composition highlight her as an icon of the suffrage movement.

Susan B. Anthony was born #OTD in 1820.

She dedicated her life to women's #suffrage, and campaigned for the abolition of slavery, women's property rights, and more: susanbanthonyhouse.org/her-story/bi...

Active until she died in 1906. She never got to vote in her lifetime (well, legally that is).

Ten years since the first reported observation of gravitational waves In 2016, the first direct observation of gravitational waves was reported. The measurements by the LIGO detectors gave astronomers a new way to observe the Universe.

The measurements by the LIGO detectors gave astronomers a new way to observe the Universe

go.nature.com/4amovk0

OTD 10 years ago, LIGO detected gravitational waves for the first time.

Here's how @castelvecchi.bsky.social reported on it: www.nature.com/articles/530...

Jeffrey Epstein, the rockstar physicist and the Australian whistleblower Melanie Thomson accused astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss of sexual harassment after an alleged incident in Melbourne. The professor asked Jeffrey Epstein for help.

I remember this story on the old platform. Unexpected update today "The saga has left Thomson with a rare distinction. She is one of the few people to be mentioned in the Epstein documents – her name appears 38 times – and emerge with their reputation enhanced." www.theage.com.au/business/wor...

Review: This is Your Grandparents’ ‘Muppet Show,’ Fortunately

The mind-blowing concept behind the revival of "The Muppet Show" is: "We're reviving 'The Muppet Show.'" Turns out to be a pretty good idea. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/a...

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The Muppet Show reboot on Disney+ was the best 32 min of TV in ages - a lot of involuntary smiling… and a lot of “OMG look it’s Wayne and Wanda! And Hilda! And there’s Scooter and Rolfe and Fozzie! And LOOK at Miss Piggy! and…. #themuppetshow

I have a question for the men who had no questions about Epstein The millions of pages of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have shone a light on how many influential men were ready to disregard the experiences of countless women.

“ ..these men are scientists, directors, philanthropists, princes, hedge fund managers, cabinet ministers, academics… Are we expected to believe they are all idiots, entirely lacking in observational skills? “ <— Julia Baird nails it www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...