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The Trump administration has issued a global questionnaire that requires foreign researchers to say whether a project or institution promotes “American influence, trust and reputation”.

Trump's overreach knows no bounds.

afr.com/world/north-america/wh

Australian Financial Review · White House should stay out of Australian universitiesBy The AFR View

#babywombat #wombat #samjones #anthonyalbanese #australia #pm #primeminister #influencers #albanese
Reasons to love Australia. My comment of the week goes to Anthony Albanese the Australian PM, on the baby wombat debacle. What a funny, brutal, and flawless response…

“They are gentle, lovely creatures… I suggest to this so-called “influencer”, maybe she should try some other Australian animals, maybe she should try a crocodile.

Take a baby crocodile from its mother and see how you go there…”

Looks like a local outbreak of measles in Victoria, Australia as well. Feels like somewhat of an international outbreak, perhaps because so many populations swallowed too much antivax propaganda the last few years?

Victoria DOH: Local outbreak of measles in Victoria

"...Five further measles cases have been identified in Victoria. Two of these cases are locally acquired and linked to the recent local outbreak reported in February. Three cases acquired their infection overseas in Bali. These cases have been infectious at multiple locations around Melbourne...."

health.vic.gov.au/health-alert

www.health.vic.gov.auLocal outbreak of measles in VictoriaAn outbreak of measles has been identified in Victoria, after two new cases were reported who likely acquired their infection in metropolitan Melbourne.

#influencers #babywombat #wombat #samjones #australia #youtube #influencer
Just been reading about “influencers” after the baby wombat debacle. If these are the kind of people others aspire to, then lord help the next generation.
Be your own person, form your own ideas, and be influenced by people from history who really count. Being obsessed with the idea of making money from tacky advertising or inane trivia isn’t a character trait I particularly admire.

I definitely feel a poll coming on…

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate is trending gently upwards, now at 0.4% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-239.

That implies a 12% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

Waves driven by the new LP.8.1.* variant have shown relatively low peaks in most places, and it is showing slow growth in the Australian genomic sequencing data.
aus.social/@mike_honey_/114135

#COVID19 #Australia @auscovid19
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Trump administration accused of ‘blatant foreign interference’ in Australian universities over questionnaire on #DEI and #gender - theguardian.com/australia-news "Researchers told to respond within 48 hours to more than 30 questions, including on DEI, gender and climate" pretty damn outrageous... #australia

The Guardian · Trump administration accused of ‘blatant foreign interference’ in Australian universities over questionnaire on DEI and genderBy Caitlin Cassidy