Writing on ASD, ADHD, COVID-19, film, politics & history. Personal experience + systems thinking. Background in quality, health, safety & environment.

Perth, Western Australia
Biology doesn’t change at the border. Autism risk does not depend on the flag printed on a vaccine schedule. What matters is exposure biology: •antigen load •timing •cumulative dose •developmental windows Those are measured by large birth-cohort and registry studies that follow children from birth using medical records — the right design for outcomes diagnosed years later. Arguing about schedule labels is a distraction. Causation lives in mechanisms, dose–response, and replication — not semantics.
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When this barely rates a mention... We're in deep 💩
Bird flu hits more than 200,000 birds in at least 5 Minnesota counties this month cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/m…
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RT @angelshalagina: 💔💔After the impact, bodies of people are lying in the middle of the street. Kyiv, 25.09.2026
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Horrific moment one of today's russian strikes hit an office building in Kyiv. This and other attacks on the capital killed 7, and injured 59 people just today! Russia must be stopped, this daily terrorism cannot go on.
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I am so looking forward to restarting my time on twitter. I want to get back to making public health and science content and sharing stories. Its been a 4 year break but things are for change - I am coming back, just taking a little time to regroup first.
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‘So, never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion, against injustice and lying and greed.’ William Faulkner, Speech May 28 1951
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‘They say love dies between two people. That’s wrong. (…) It just leaves you, goes away (…) It doesn’t die; you’re the one that dies. It’s like the ocean …’ William Faulkner, The Wild Palms, 1939 📷 Dirk de Herder
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The 👁👁's 🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 @atranscendedman 😳🙏🏻
Karolinska Institutet studied 23 people with Long COVID and 19 controls. Visual symptoms and motion sensitivity were far higher. Retinal thickness was normal, but its usual structural relationships were disrupted. nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
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This is horrible.
JUST IN: Bangkok, Thailand declares state of disaster in all 50 of the city's districts amid severe flooding.
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Instead of electrically stimulating one pathway and leaving another part of the heart late to the party, bifascicular pacing stimulates two left-sided pathways together, with the aim of making the left ventricle activate; and therefore contract more nearly as one unit. @HiraaliCardio
🫀 BiF pacing 🫀 Bifascicular pacing: A novel ... Marek Jastrzębski, MD, PhD et al. 🧵 heartrhythmjournal.com/artic…
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2 studies find strong RSV vaccine protection against severe outcomes in older adults The benefits of vaccination may extend into the third respiratory virus season, one study suggests. Read more: bit.ly/4yfMiwR
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During the early 20thc, artist Rowena Cade (1893–1983) started to create the open air Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, on the Cornish cliffs, UK, with the help of her gardener Billy and only hand tools. She continued to build into her last years #WomensArt
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There is a tug boat battling the extreme conditions in Manahawkin Bay near Surf City, NJ right now 😳
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Don’t think you’ll get a taxi in torrential rain in Bangkok 🇹🇭 All the taxis have cloaking devices that are activated at the sniff of rain 🌧️ I never learned about the drainage in Bangkok, but if khlongs are covered with roads it’s not hard to think Bangkok is floating 🤔
Bangkok Hit by Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding . Heavy rain hit Bangkok overnight, causing flooding and traffic jams. Min Buri recorded 101.5 mm of rain, with flooding on 15 roads. More rain is expected through September 27, with flash flood warnings in high-risk areas. Authorities urge residents to check the weather and traffic before heading out. . #ฝนตกกรุงเทพ #ฝนถล่มกรุงเทพ #น้ำท่วมขัง #bangkok #flood #rain #TheNation #TheNationThailand
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Replying to @bkkdude
In my area ( in BKK) the local roads are already too flooded to use our car, electric or ice. We’re stuck so we are preparing with flood barriers. Hopefully it’s enough.
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Let's say YES to respect and No to hate mongering
#NoToHate means: 🧡 Listening 💛 Empathy 💙 Kindness 💚 Respect ❤️ Love Each of us can make a difference and build a brighter, more inclusive future. What’s your story of kindness, inclusion and acceptance?
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RT @BigBadDenis: 🇧🇪Belgium: COVID-19 circulation has risen 10x since June, driven by the XFG sub-variant. GP visits are surging: suspected…
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Divinyls lead singer Chrissy Amphlett is considered one of Australia's most iconic & charismatic frontwomen. In a 2 part Australian Story special family, friends & former band mates reveal the highs & lows of her wild life. Wild: Chrissy Amphlett starts Mon Sept 28 ABCTV & iView
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COVlD continues to cause chronic disease & excess mortality, but due to cumulative mortality & vaccinations, acute health events are fewer. With this being a smaller wave & hospital testing continuing to decline, it is concerning to see more hospitalizations than recent waves.
BREAKING: US COVID-NET network models report COVID hospitalizations surpass the peaks of the last 2 waves to the highest since Dec 29, 2024-Jan 4, 2025! cdc.gov/covid/php/covid-net/…
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Hey, PERTH 🇦🇺 Big ask: Housing called Lift needed Tuesday 29 approx 10:00 (can be later) Shenton Park to Wellington Street (housing office) to pick up keys. North of Perth to inspect property then return keys. Happy to contribute petrol $ to anyone who can 🙏🏼 TIA
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