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Bianca Nogrady

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Freelance science journalist (Nature, Guardian, WIRED, The Saturday Paper etc), author, SFF-lover, baker of things, bearer of big hair. She/her. Writings at biancanogrady.com and biancanogrady.substack.com. Dharug/Gundungurra land, Australia.

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Those ridiculous rosettes that British politicians are wearing look so comically sad on the losers.

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#journalism #union

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Solidarity with #journalists and editors facing uncertainty over their positions at the moment, especially at Nine newspapers which has just announced it's cutting 200 jobs, including 70-90 from their publishing division.
#journalism #media

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We know what to do. Top of the list is to replace fossil fuels that account for nearly three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions. The most effective tool available is zero-emissions electricity | Alan Finkel www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Just started watching that show - such a cack!

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Dutton's push for nuclear power instead of renewables is the most cynical environmental dog-whistling to come out of the Coalition for years, and that bar is pretty damn low.
He knows it's unviable but is perfectly happy to burn the world to win the election.
#climatechange #Auspol #renewables

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If ur a teenager and social media has HELPED you or been a net positive in your life, especially if ur LGBTQ or member of a marginalized identity, please reach out I’d love to talk to u for a project! DM me your best contact number or email me on Taylor.lorenz at washpost dot com

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Hi all -- I'm recruiting participants for a study of how people are handling the rising cost of food in Australia and Canada. I'd love to speak with adults (18+) across demographics and walks of life, living in Canada and Australia. Contact: sarah.polkinghorne@rmit.edu.au Reposts very appreciated!

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I will never stop being angry about watching media burn down around me and take so many good people with it while the turds of the commentariat class are doing just fine

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The recent wholesale electricity price spike in New South Wales hints at an electricity system and market that is struggling to cope with the transition from fossil fuels to renewables.Energy markets experts say we're in for a bumpy ride.
#energy #fossilfuels #electricity #renewableenergy

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PSA to anyone who gets interviewed by a journalist: If they agree to let you check your direct quotes (which, BTW, they don't have to, just as you don't have to agree to the interview), DO NOT REWRITE YOUR WORDS MERELY TO MAKE YOURSELF SOUND BETTER. Checking quotes is a courtesy, not an invitation.

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gosh no - we need it. But also need to recognise that it can and has been weaponised as a harassment tool. Challenge is to recognise when it is vexatious and when it is genuine, or at least be resourced enough to deal with large volumes of requests if/when they come in.

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Another example of how systems such as FOIA are being weaponised to harass researchers 👇

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'It’s an axiom of conflict reporting that death is an occupational hazard. But what is happening to journalists in Gaza goes beyond the normal range of risk.'

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Abuse and harassment of scientists escalated during the pandemic, and has become the new status quo for science.
The challenge for institutions is how best to protect and support scientists who are being targeted.
I explored this question for Nature:
#Science #scientists #onlinesafety #covid19

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This was a fun little science ditty about how genomic analysis has revealed the German cockroach is not in fact German, but a canny and adaptable hitchhiker from South Asia who took advantage of human trade and wars to travel and thrive around the world.
#science #entomology #genomics #cockroach

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A kangaroo, a possum and a bushrat walk into a burrow: researcher finds wombat homes are the supermarkets of the forest. A fabulous read on the results of some hard won PhD research

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The recent actions of certain members of the Cumberland City Council remind us that this fight isn't over. But we've also come so far towards equal rights and equal love, and that's worth celebrating.

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It's worth a lot - I suspect boycotts played a major part in making this happen.

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It was fantastic hearing the many articulate, passionate speakers against this book ban at the council meeting last night, including several members of the council. So glad this ignorant homophobic dog-whistling bigotry got overturned. May book bans never raise their ugly head in Australia again.

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Random book post: - Loved loved LOVED Daughter of Calamity by Rosalie M. Lin; full of sensuous colour and movement and mystery - have devoured the entire Slow Horses series by Mick Herron and want more - re-reading Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans with relish as prelude to the sequel Shadow Baron

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"When First Nations people do take up litigation and win, it’s not just little wins, it’s huge, significant wins that really change this country.” How a Goldman Prize winner used a novel legal approach to defeat a giant coal mine in Australia Listen here or find Mongabay's podcast via Apple, etc:

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For what it's worth, I've been listening to oil and gas executives repeat this same reasoning over the last 18 months, right down to comments about how "no one wants to see demand destruction" by ending gas connections to new homes.

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My understanding is this is the price per megawatt/hour of electricity right now around Australia. That massive spike in NSW is due to issues with some coal-fired power stations. We pay wholesale prices so we're monitoring it. Most people pay a flat rate so no concern.

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Yikes - some massive energy price spikes happening in NSW right now. Time to switch off a few appliances for a couple of hours.
We pay wholesale rates through Amber, so we get alerted to this stuff.
Data just captured from the AEMO dashboard: aemo.com.au/en/energy-sy...
#electricity #energy

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I think the Walkleys should drop the Ampol sponsorship. I respect the decision of those who choose to boycott, and those who raise their concerns in other ways. I get a little surprised when people use Elon Musk's X to suggest journalists who do enter lack self-respect. Ethics are tricky, huh.

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Solidarity with students around the world protesting the Israeli government's genocidal actions in Gaza. I am in awe of their strength and courage.
#Gaza #StudentsProtest

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Murrawah Johnson has been awarded the 2024 Goldman Environmental Prize. I speak with her on the latest Mongabay Newscast about the landmark court victory she helped lead in 2022 in Australia, the first linking the impacts of climate change with human rights: news.mongabay.com/2024/04/2024...

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Reporting on the whole 'airborne' saga is nerve-wracking, given how high scientific passions run – and justifiably so – on the question of exactly what the term 'airborne' means in the context of infectious respiratory disease. Here's the latest on this hot-button issue, from Nature:

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Indiscriminate and targeted killing of civilians. Deliberate mass destruction of infrastructure and public services. Induced famine. None of this is "normal" warfare against a military force. How could what the Israeli government is doing in #Gaza not be classified as genocide?

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I grew up in v cold Canberra, but the only time I ever really experienced cold was when I moved to Sydney and lived in a house that had grilles open to the outside air. Sydney houses are ridiculous.

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Hey friends, I’m thrilled because nonsense newsletter is opening up pitches for our LGBTQIA+ Media Watch Project. We’re looking for feature articles on queer representation across the media from LGBTQIA+ writers and journalists. We pay $400 AUD minimum fyi

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