Thats me in the corner

Amazing!
Teaching adults to swim was one of the most rewarding things I have done. Deray shows why.

This is why I am still on this site

Plus: Glen Hansard and Lisa O’Neill perform ‘Fairytale of New York’ as a reflection after Communion.

Can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever seen dancing in the aisles at a funeral…

A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat.

The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

It's been a while since I commented on weekly Covid data due to erratic and inconsistent reporting. But this week it's clear we're entering a new wave. Despite under-reporting weekly cases are up 22% & hospitalisations up 18% to 1,278. National Reff is 1.13. We need #VaccinesPlus

If you’re having a bad day just remember that the Salzburg airport has a counter for people who flew to Austria instead of Australia

Our team of 20 leading First Nations health researchers ask Australians to #VoteYes today, alongside more than 80% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people supporting the Voice.
lowitjajournal.org.au/lowitja-voice

Why do we need it? B/c the virus is now very different to what it was. B/c immunity is waning. B/c relying on infection for immunity is 'dangerous'.

Recommended in the US for those 6 months & over.

Why the new COVID shot is a game-changer nationalgeographic.com/science/articl… via National Geographic

So, BA2.86 is clearly an evolutionary jump for SARS2. Whether it becomes a new VoC and dominates remains to be seen; I suspect that, without unblinding ourselves and restarting population surveillance, we'll be playing catch up if it does🙄
Geography and phylogeny bode ill IMHO.

📢UPCOMING EVENT: It's time for Australia to join the nuclear weapons ban treaty

📅Tue 4 July
⏰5.30pm-7pm
Join in person👫or online🖥️

Moderated by Nancy Baxter MD PhD and Rob Moodie, with Tilman Ruff AO, Monique Cormier, Pranamie Mandalawatta and Prof Richard Tanter

Register👉eventbrite.com.au/e/its-time-for…

Most accurate Jordan Peterson description I’ve seen

'Your existence is not up for debate'

Happy pride my friends. I celebrate you and celebrate with you.

The “time and place” to be loud about abuse, institutional betrayal, and demands for better working conditions is:

yesterday
today
& every day

until we can safely go to work 100% of the time.

The COVID-19 Mortality Working group of the Actuaries Institute has released our update of excess mortality in Australia to the end of February 2023.
A thread/
actuaries.digital/2023/06/01/cov…