I really don’t like H5N1 being detected in a cat: it’s an unusual (although not unheard of) mammalian host.

Next to COVID variants, H5N1 is what I am watching most closely as we enter 2023.

RT @[email protected]

PRO/AH/EDR> Avian influenza (248): Europe (France) cat, HPAI H5N1, WOAH https://promedmail.org/promed-post/?id=20221231.8707556

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ProMED_mail/status/1609316293424865280

“The idea that the poor should have leisure has always been shocking to the rich.”
- Bertrand Russell "In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays" (1935)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Idleness_and_Other_Essays

Edit 08/2023: Britons have become so mean that many of us think poor people don’t deserve leisure time
By Frances Ryan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/08/britain-poor-people-leisure-victorian-workhouse

#QOTD

YES.

I had this argument with my Children and the Law professor during law school. It was the last time I took that class seriously.

RT @[email protected]

Today's must-read. "The ruling does not automatically guarantee the right to vote will be extended...but it does mean that parliament is now breaching the fundamental human rights of younger voters, and forces legislators to consider a change." 🇳🇿 🇬🇧https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/21/voting-age-of-18-is-discriminatory-new-zealand-supreme-court-rules?CMP=share_btn_tw

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ProfTimBale/status/1594587948720488448

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Hi all, registered last week as part of the 'bird site' migration but finally now getting around to the #introduction post.

I'm a Australian lawyer who splits my time between Western Sydney and the Sydney CBD. My practice is incredibly diverse but predominantly litigious, with a focus on disputes involving government bodies. I otherwise have research interests in native title and admiralty law.

Outside of #auslaw, I'm a proud #lgbtq #gay man, and likely to toot about #food, #restaurants, #eurovision, #pop music, and bad humour.

Still figuring this place out but looking forward to being here!

My new post at @ResearchWhisperer today:

"How working remotely means I’m more productive, connected, and happy"
https://researchwhisperer.org/2022/11/08/remote-work-productive-connected-happy

#RemoteWork #academicmastodon #WFH

(and I'm sharing it here before anywhere else - gasp!)