Amazing service at Royal Prince Alfred emerg this morning when passing kidney stone. Seen in minutes. More pain now from having to watch execrable Channel 10 Hollywood fashion show in recovery room. Fun start to day. NSW Health

Ticking timebomb as AI modelling predicts heated flavour chemical toxicity in #vapes theconversation.com/flavoured-vape…

Today, Ukrainians mark WW2’s victory over Nazism (in which they played a big part). Today, contemporary Nazis in the Kremlin launched over 50 missiles and 20 Shahed drones against Lviv, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, & Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Vasyl Myroshnychenko

Citizen Initiative Netherlands: over 41.000 signatures! So it must be discussed in Parliament SmokeFree Partnership Lilia Olefir 🇺🇦 Tobacco Control Research Group ActionSmoking&Health Simon Chapman AO https://bsky.app/profile/simoncha

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Top level meeting between Chinese State Tobacco Monopoly administration and Australian Border Force Deputy Commissioner. China policy is that all exports must conform with policy of destination country. VApe led diplomacy 2firsts.com/news/meeting-b…

Our submission to the Australian Senate enquiry into vaping regulation aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.… (downloads a pdf) We respond to 12 memes promoted by opponents of strong regulation.

🤓 you'll often see numpties claim that wind turbines only last 10, 15 or at most 20 years.

👇here's a photo of the crookwell (NSW) wind farm i took back in 2013.

built in *1998*, the 8 turbine wind farm is now 26 years old and is expected to make it to at least 30 🎂…

Another dreary wet day. Tennis cancelled. This will brighten you up instagram.com/reel/C5_djjqM1…

The Beetrooter, (in an upright position) invited by the ABC to offer his invaluable counsel on “how to act around women.”

Excellent by Waleed Aly. Holding all men responsible for a violent minority has failed to keep women safe theage.com.au/politics/feder…

Hot off the press: Food Ministers Meeting Communique from today foodregulation.gov.au/activities-com…

Food Ministers disappointed in finding that Health Stars only on 32% of products. Reiterate need to consider mandating, with options tbd in next meeting in July 👏

Simon Chapman AO https://bsky.app/profile/simoncha UniSuper My partner’s also been trying to access it for a couple of days. They rang UniSuper today and they were very vague about the reason. Wouldn’t be surprised if something bigger is wrong here.

#UniSuper 's app & website has been down for several days with an apologetic message about a tempoary situation that is being fixed. No emails or txts to members in explanation. Zip on its UniSuper Pretty poor comms.

Mark Butler MP Great news

Mysteriously received letter advising 'at last' I am being offered a SGC membership. No recall of ever applying! $1500 +$692/year. For what? possibly 1 cricket test if I queue at 4am. Max 11 Swans games costing $385-$1056, depending on tier. Big Bash rubbish. No thanks.

Q: Why do all 3 BigTobacco co's fervently oppose Mark Butler MP's prescription access bill?
A: it will cripple child & non-smoker access to their addictive nicotine vapes. Only 1.6% of 14-17yo now smoke. Disaster for future customer cohorts. Terrified of global spread

Dr. Barnsley - follow the evidence. #Maskup Tahir Turk PhD Maurice Swanson Paul Lupo Mark Brooke - Lung Foundation CEO Dr Sandro Demaio Simon Chapman AO https://bsky.app/profile/simoncha Cancer Council Victoria Adj Prof Karen Price, 20-22 RACGP Past Prez A disturbing thread about vapes and the influence of Big Tobacco twitter.com/nickmmark/stat…

Tasmanian Senator Tammy Tyrrell thinks vapes should be regulated just like we regulate cigarettes ie that should learn nothing from the historical disaster of allowing tobacco to be sold everywhere.
simonchapman6.com/2019/02/06/cig…

Oh dear, the old chestnut of ‘we need more gas to transition away from fossil fuels’ is back again…gas production in Australia isn’t ‘dwindling’ its soaring its just that 90% of our gas is now exported. The science says we need less gas, not more #auspol #climate

As a subscriber to the The Sydney Morning Herald I lament the lack of daily coverage of our precious environment and the changing climate.
But, 'best business seats' on an OS trip? Plenty of those.
is this what they call 'cognitive dissonance'?