To celebrate #InternationalWomeninMathematicsDay: a preview of the upcoming Australian Women of Mathematics exhibit! The panels and photos are spectacular. (A book of roughly 100 pages of interviews is to come.) Panels: sites.google.com/view/pierre-po… Photos: mjhoodphoto.com/portfolio/C000…

Wow. Not bad for his first start!

Watching CNN it’s hard to see how how Facebook Twitter and YouTube can remain unregulated. This could not have happened before social media because they wouldn’t have a voice.

Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol.

NEW: Former Joint Chiefs Chair Mike Mullen tells Judy Woodruff Trump "incited" failed insurrection, says Trump "not in position to lead the next 14 days." Warns "I don't think we're done. Today was not it. We need to act in a preventive way to prevent more from happening."

What? At least here in Australia we don’t shoot our women? Is that the point he’s trying to make?

“The pace and scale of China’s demographic crisis are faster and bigger than we imagined.” No doubt this story is true. Whether the stats are released in this form to confirm it though... ft.com/content/008ea7…

This is incredible, Michael Winslow performing Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love with his voice

He played at a record 21 different grounds during his career, but the new Adelaide Crows AFLW Head of Development is ready to call West Lakes home 🏡💙❤️💛 #weflyasone

Just...wow.

The facts about #masks, clearly explained...

“Covid zero is impossible with omicron, so what’s the point in even trying to reduce/slow transmission?” My answer: 🧵 1/

4 of 3: Real leaders can be honest, here is what a real leader could say: case numbers & testing are important, COVID infects within minutes & travels more than 1.5m, long-covid is real & hospital numbers only part of story, gov can supply free RATs & better than PCR 3 days ago.

My explainer for how this happened and its implications erictopol.substack.com/p/humans-2-omi…

(Periodic and important reminder that Djokovic could have avoided all this rigamarole by simply getting vaccinated like 97%+ of his tennis player peers have.)

So...my cautious thoughts Shanghai/COVID-Zero-in-China. Yes, I am self-censoring on this one, so this is one of those threads where those of you who need explicit statements and can't read implied meaning and nuance are going to have a tough time. 🧵

Tonight we mourn the passing of Archie Roach. Our country has lost a brilliant talent, a powerful and prolific national truth teller.

RIP Judith Durham

Thanks Van The Man for spending 877 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to Tupelo Honey. #SpotifyWrapped open.spotify.com/artist/44NX2ff…

Must I say it? “Strange women wielding swords is no basis for a system of government.”