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A piece I just finished today - handmade articulated Sterling silver isopod with 18ct gold eyes & moveable antennae. 52mm long, not including the antennae. Wearable as a pendant

@gasugasu1984 Only sportspeople as heroes apparently 🙄

my alma mater did something similar a few years ago. While I don't want to diss these achievements it annoys me that they don't also recognise those who have achievements in other areas whether academically or work or community service.

@krassenstein Religious nut jobs

BREAKING: Moments ago at the White House this took place. A bunch of old people praying for a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, who appears to have just blown up 100+ Iranian schoolchildren, while he hides the Epstein files, in which he appears in thousands of times. We are a joke.

@StuddertNatalie I don’t know how any of those experts reconcile their professional ethics with the shit that goes down on that program. So much toxic behaviour that’s being enabled

If I was on MAFS I recon I’d get some nightmare setup. I’d be like fvck! Get.me.out.of.here! Maybe I could be an expert instead. 🤓🤓

@StuddertNatalie @BLUEfingers2021 What a relief for you, and what a load of unnecessary stress and worry too

Ok all clear! Off to donations for science testing! Doctor just called - 7:30pm! 😩💕 @BLUEfingers2021

Wtf?! They didn’t call! 😣😣 does that mean I wait until tomorrow? This is cruel.

@AutumnMandrake @StuddertNatalie That’s awful! More traumatic than just getting the correct information in the first place

@StuddertNatalie That may be an indication that it’s not at the serious end of things… I got a call last week to say that a lesion was benign, and then four messages the next day that turned to be a correction that it wasn’t benign and I need to have more removed… 😒😕😖

@StuddertNatalie Fingers crossed all is ok - wishing you the best 💚

Freaking out a little, actually a lot. I got a text message to say I’ve been referred to some gynaecologist/ oncology team for review, and to have a support person when they call this afternoon. 😬 hopefully nothing serious. 😩

@gasugasu1984 Such sad news! 😥

Vale Jon Kudelka A brilliant cartoonist and artist who shone a light on politics with an insight very few possess. A national treasure gone far too soon. Condolences to his family.

@RoyRodgers48977 @AldoSterone111 @peterrhague Ferric Nitrate being another - for silver that is

@AldoSterone111 @peterrhague Nitric Acid will dissolve most metals, and Nitrogen dioxide the the byproduct. Gold, Silver, Copper, ect. Its one of the only ways to dissolve Silver into a liquid (Silver Nitrate).

If you ever see this, run. Don’t film. Just run.

@bj_stansfield Pretty disappointing that they took the line of apologising if the “offended” anyone. That’s not a real apology. That’s PR bullshit

The Taste strikes again! #politas Was saving this one up for the fist episode of #PollPositionPod (subscribe now!) but Mr Killick has scored one for the mainstream media on this occasion. Labor MPs sorry for vulgar festival game themercury.com.au/news/politics/…

@CovidSolidarit1 I would say many of them, yes

No offence, but do medical professionals genuinely believe the Covid19 pandemic is over?

@BigBadDenis So they’re basically blaming lockdowns, again. Maybe Covid itself had something to do with it?

Study: Increase in Fall-Related Fatalities in the Home Following the COVID-19 Pandemic Onset. Published: October 2025 agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

COVID Onset Linked to Rise in Fall-Related Deaths at Home for Older Adults 🔹Pre-pandemic (Jan 2015–Feb 2020): 2,614 fall-related deaths per month 🔹Start of pandemic (Mar–Dec 2020): 3,051 fall-related deaths per month 🔹Total (Jan 2015–Dec 2020): 192,586 fall-related deaths

@anthony_dodd1 @gasugasu1984 @7tasnews Fair call - she could have at least had a discussion with the Greens. Pretty poor show to resign without any warning.

#BREAKING Greens leader Rosalie Woodruff has issued a statement on Helen Burnet’s departure from the party, saying “it has blindsided us” and that Burnett “had not indicated this was something she was considering” @7tasnews #Politas

@NuttElecs @PhillipAdams_1 Ditto! Used to love my Weekend Australian. Especially enjoyed the magazine, the reviews, and the cryptic crossword. Been probably 15 years since I bought one

@PhillipAdams_1 Tis a pity when at one time the Australian used to be a reasonable paper which I always purchased on a Saturday for the week-end read.

No Adans column in tomorrow’s Australian. The Murdochs and I have finally parted company.

@LucyCB_T @gasugasu1984 Could mean she feels hamstrung being a member of a party & therefore unable to speak out about policies she may disagree with. Or unable to enter into negotiations on her own behalf etc. That’s what being a party MP involves. Couldn’t tolerate that myself so can’t say I blame her

@gasugasu1984 'it is necessary to be as "effective as possible" in her role.' What does that even mean?

have to wonder if the Zelinda Sherlock recently joining the Greens has played a part in this decision. Hell of a coincidence #politas

While renovating the kitchen in our old house in Trevallyn I discovered that the window sills were made of Huon pine. I salvaged a few pieces 18 years later I’ve carved a small dish out of this chunk as a b’day present for my son. Left the nail hole as a reminder of its origin 🔨

@HarrySpoelstra Interesting that risk of cardiovascular symptoms doesn’t appear to be lessened by vaccination

Estimating risk of long COVID using a Bayesian network-based decision support tool 🤔Do you want to know your LC and other C19 risks?( Great Australian work!)👇 ➡️"Vaccination, receiving drug treatment within three days of acute infection, and avoiding repeated infections are the greatest modifiable influences of long COVID development, decreasing risk by up to 63 % under modelled scenarios." ➡️Here an "interactive user-friendly web-based decision support tool : corical.immunisationcoalition.org.au/longcovid enabling easy access to model outputs, and allows individuals to calculate their personalised probability of long COVID under different scenarios of modifiable risk factors." ➡️"The decision-support tool can be used by individuals or in conjunction with clinicians for shared decision-making on vaccination, pursuing early drug treatment during acute infection, and continuing protective behaviors such as masking and social distancing." ➡️"The model can also generate population-level estimates of outcomes to assist public health decision-makers to design better-informed public health policies." ‼️Sit down.......and take the test...... ooooooeps!!. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@richardhirschs1 I’ve read recently that the current vaccine doesn’t protect against this new strain?

⚠️Australia 🇦🇺 is experiencing the most prolonged flu season on record, stretching well into the summer. It has broke all records: ✴️481502 cases so far. ✴️More than DOUBLE the highest previous monthly influenza cases in September, October, November, and December this year. ✴️I’m still admitting patients with flu in December, this is unprecedented IMO, ✴️This is due to the mutant H3N2 virus (subclade K) that is sweeping the world. ✴️The US 🇺🇸 and Canada 🇨🇦, as well as much of Europe are in for the worst antigenic drift seasonal Flu in decades. ✴️Get the jab. immunisationcoalition.org.au/wp-content/upl…

@noplaceforsheep Even pre-Covid that was unacceptable!

Just ordered a milkshake in a Yamba cafe, woman making it sneezed over it twice, I said I didn’t want it I’d have my money back, woman says she hasn’t got a cold just a tickle in her nose… 🥴

@outbreakupdates I wonder why 2019 was so high

A coordination failure in a high-complexity society that lost the ability to enforce low-complexity rules

@SharylAttkisson No

Chiropractor. Yes or no? No more information. Just yes or no.