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🇦🇺 They/Them. Biological data nerd & Bioconductor contributor. Black Ochre Data Labs. Intermittent musician. Interested in Bioinformatics, Aboriginal Health, Covid Research, Transgender Rights & Politics. You'll get all of those from me at random
The Albanese Labor Government's new law is designed to stop people seeking asylum who come from places like Iran.
In fact, this new power seeks to prevent people like the Iranian women's football players from seeking asylum in the future.
If AUS PM Albo sends Australian troops to serve in an illegal Israeli-US attack on Iran, will he also send them to serve in an illegal Israeli-US invasion of Palestine? Lebanon? Syria? Jordan? Egypt? Iraq? Saudi Arabia? Is Australia now conscripted to help establish #GreaterIsrael? #auspol #USA
This is a sobering assessment. And I have no idea how to process this.
"And according to legal experts, the simple answer is: yes.
Australia is at war."
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03....
As an old woman who actually worked for the Labor party as recently as two years ago, yes to this.
Happy "We've Just Joined An Illegal War" Day to those who celebrate.
Images verified by Human Rights Watch show Israel fired white phosphorus in populated areas of southern Lebanon.
Honestly I can see this happening in Australia if we get a Liberal government
Health and medical research is the only hope for so many health conditions, yet is chronically underfunded. Amazingly, a big part of the solution already exists. The money is literally in the bank, earmarked for health & medical research. It just has to be released.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
"...estimated last year that a $200-per-month Claude Code subscription could use up to $2,000 in compute, suggesting significant subsidization by Anthropic. Today... that $200 plan able to consume about $5,000 in compute" www.forbes.com/sites/annato...
The desalination plant is seen next to the coastline of Qeshm Is.
For context, Tthe US has bombed the desalination plant on Qeshm Island, Iran, disrupting water supply to 30 towns.
These plants are protected under international law, specifically the Geneva Conventions, which prohibit targeting infrastructure indispensable to the survival of civilian populations.
The war mongers (Albo-Wong-Marles) have already decided to send Australian troops to attack Iran.
They are just doing 48 hours of softening the mainstream media, before officially announcing it.
The time for protest is now.
#auspol
The say “I am alive” comic
I’m reminded of this comic almost every time I check LinkedIn
😂😂🤣🤣
We stood together against anti-Palestinian racism and they cancelled our festival. So we organised our own.
Very tired now, but very proud of Constellations!
Great in depth coverage from Hannah Story here
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Quartopussy
LGPL 3.0 Licence To Kill
He's also why I don't use Spotify anymore. I left when they signed a deal with him.
Seriously, find an alternative.
Why hasn't ABC interviewed Melbourne café and coffee shop owners re their thoughts on the US attacks on Iran?! I remember when ABC News provided nightly reports on the insights of Melbourne café owners. Sad to see this insightful journalism is no longer presented post-Daniel Andrews. ☕️ 😏 #IranWar
New CRAN package vcfheader with initial version 0.1.0
#rstats
https://cran.r-project.org/package=vcfheader
Study: Neither Metformin nor Ursodeoxycholic Acid Effectively Treats Postacute Sequelae of COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Published: 3 March 2026
www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...
MeidasTouch is just Fox News for the left - a grifting, half-baked, hyperventilating bullshit factory that spoon feeds an audience exactly what they want to politically hear.
Why are any of you people in my feed watching this crud?
Sadly the Harmful Algal Bloom off South Australia may have had a little boost with the recent rain and heat. Satellite images from 5 March. The red areas indicate Chlorophyll A which is what the algae produce, and the second image is the real colour you can see from space
go.nasa.gov/3PjpGKc
A good documentation of COVID history preserving data for posterity before it is vanished substack.com/home/post/p-...
🧵 Today’s news: Proton turned over payment info for a Stop Cop City account. Not good — it's state repression in action.
Controversial opinion: We don't think this means all activists should abandon Proton for docs/email.
It depends on your threat model. Let's explore.
(Long thread incoming 👇)
Dr Scott Burchill has been able to pluck through the propaganda about the illegal war on Iran and joins @boganintelpod.bsky.social to discuss the worrying development in West Asia that looks to have an impact on Australia moving forward.
Full episode in comments 👇
New in the BMJ: Our study of 600,000 people found GLP-1 drugs associated with 50% fewer substance-related deaths, 39% fewer overdoses, and reduced addiction risk across alcohol, opioids, cocaine, cannabis, and nicotine.
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
He's the nephew of the AG in the NT. He got home detention for killing a man with his car on purpose then bragging about it and seriously injuring another man. They were both Aboriginal and it was a hate crime.
Want to check your ancient DNA study for chromosomal aneuploidies? RChASM is now available for R, to screen for autosomal and sex chromosomal aneuploidies, such as Down syndrome on data from 0.0014X coverage.
We also wrote a step-by-step tutorial with examples:
jonotuke.github.io/RChASM/artic...
Safe Work Australia has published a Code of Conduct which mentions a duty to ensure safe indoor air: www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/doc/model-co...
I have posted my summary of the many weaknesses and a tiny glimmer of hope here: petervogel.legal/rubyprincess...
