#supercars pile-up in lap 1 of just 14 in Melbourne
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#supercars pile-up in lap 1 of just 14 in Melbourne
Australia Weekly COVID Update, 6 March 2026. TAS up +38.8%. QLD up +28.6% (33 in hospital). VIC up +20.0%. NSW up +7.2%. SA down -6.3%. WA down -8.0% (avg 19/day in hospital). ACT Health ended weekly reporting for 2025; will resume in autumn/winter 2026. NT no longer publishes COVID data. Aged care: The Australian Government no longer publishes weekly COVID-19 case data for residential aged care facilities.
AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 6 March 2026
🔹TAS: ⬆️ (+38.8%)
🔹QLD: ⬆️ (+28.6%) 33 in hospital
🔹VIC: ⬆️ (+20.0%)
🔹NSW: ⬆️ (+7.2%)
🔸SA: ⬇️ (-6.3%)
🔸WA: ⬇️ (-8.0%) Avg 19/day in hospital
🔹Aged Care: The Australian government ended weekly COVID-19 reporting.
I just donated to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, as suggested in the ABC article. Would've been nice if I could've added "In memory of MaryAnn Bin-Sallik" but I didn't see any opportunity to do so. donate.ilf.org.au Full disclosure: I created her #Wikipedia article back in 2018
Still (FREE) tickets available for our Women's History Month Wikipedia Workshop on 28 March - please share
#Perth #Scotland #WHM26
Thanks to this article, I went from "I must get my booster before winter" to "I will get my booster this week". So today, between meetings, I went to my local pharmacy as a walk-in. The entire process (including the precautionary hanging around afterwards) took 15 mins. Get to it Kiwis #nz
Screenshot of a Stuff news article dated March 4, 2026 titled “Covid hospitalisations climb as New Zealand enters new wave,” written by Rachel Powe. Below the headline is an illustration of several black coronavirus particles on a light background with diagonal yellow shapes.
New Zealand: COVID hospitalisations climb as the country enters a new wave.
COVID deaths are also rising as New Zealand enters its 9th wave.
Wastewater data shows cases are at their highest level in over 6 months
Source: archive.md/ij18m
Muriel Thompson in First Aid Nursing Yeomanry uniform #WHM26 #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenInSTEM
Muriel Thompson racing & ambulance driver, suffragist. Helped found Brooklands Automobile Racing Club. 1908 won 1st ladies motor race. Chauffeur 4 WSPU drove Emmeline Pankhurst on 1909 national tour. #WWI driver/mechanic in 1st Aid Nursing Yeomanry d. #OTD 3 Mar 1939 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_...
Marguarite Stocker in uniform
Marguerite EG Stocker apprentice engineer @ Galloway Engineering Co in #Tongland #Scotland which advertised professional training & was "a fine university for women engineers". Later Governor of HM Prison Askham Grange #Yorkshire 1959-67. b. #OTD 2 Mar 1901 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguer...
Frances V. Spence in 1980s
Frances V. Spence (née Bilas) 1 of original women 'Computers' or programmers for #ENIAC the 1st electronic digital computer. Its computational development was led by team of 6 women. She is considered 1 of 1st computer programmers in world. b. #OTD 2 Mar 1922 #WHM26 bit.ly/37PgCnS #WomenInSTEM
March is Women's History Month
Frances Perkins (born Fannie Coralie Perkins; April 10, 1880 – May 14, 1965) served as the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, the longest serving in that position, and the first woman appointed to the U.S. Cabinet.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances...
The emus didn't come to play: although many birds were killed during the war, the population persisted and continued to cause crop destruction in Australia.
Cartoon by Adam Zyglis | cagle.com/zyglis
Jackie Moggridge at young age in flying helmet and stripy jumper
Jackie Moggridge SA born UK pilot. @ 15 youngest SA woman pilot @ 17 1st woman in SA to parachute jump Moved to UK to train as commercial pilot #WWII flew 82 types of plane in #ATA 1st woman airline captain of scheduled passenger services b #OTD 1 Mar 1922 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_...
Important to understand the differences. Also, the Wicking Centre offer two MOOCs, Understanding Dementia and Preventing Dementia - both free and study at own pace mooc.utas.edu.au
Such great talents
Great photo - t-shirt in the snow! Arlene is now 81. You can read more about her on #Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_...
“The design of a children's space is not a detail. It's cognitive stimulus, sensory invitation, and learning experience in formation.” #libraries
Read more about Nancy in her #Wikipedia bio en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_W...
B&W watercolour sketch of Clotilde Catalán de Ocón as a young woman. hair in 2 plaits tied with bows
Clotilde Catalán de Ocón #Spanish #entomologist #poet known for study of lepidoptera 🦋 in Sierra de Albarracín. 1st Spanish woman to practice #entomology Wrote poems as La Hija del Cabriel. Sister Blanca Catalán de Ocón 1st Spanish female botanist b. #OTD 1 Mar 1863 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotild...
Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social
Powerful and important article by the wonderful Louise Adler. johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03...
This is such good news after a very unsettling time of uncertainty
Bip Pares in her wedding dress - ceremony and bride's party had a medieval theme to dresses. Marriage ceremony conducted by her uncle who was a vicar. Annoyingly the only photo Ive found of her so far
Bip Pares #illustrator Created >600 book covers, esp golden age crime thrillers & iconic posters for Transport for London. 1934 designed cover of Electrical Assoc 4 Women's Electrical Handbook, ran for 5 editions. 1940 wrote/illustrated book on #Himalayan honeymoon. d. #OTD 4 Feb 1977 bit.ly/3Kjjo9d
Ukraine voted for a comedian and got a leader. The US voted for a leader and got a clown.
Ray Brindle, Burwood
The Age, letters
Amalia Fleming in B&W photo
Amalia Lady Fleming #Greek physician, bacteriologist, human rights activist politician. #WWII in Greek Resistance, arrested, sentenced to death by Gestapo but rescued. Scholarship 4 bacteriologist postgrad w Alexander Fleming @ St. Mary's Hospital d. #OTD 26 Feb 1986 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalia_...
I voted for him!
Great cartoon
Very distressing
