Notices by Emma Davidson (emmadavidson@aus.social)

During the COVID emergency period 2021 and 2022, I was one of the ACT Ministers making Cabinet decisions about public health regulations. Every day for 67 consecutive days, there was at least one Cabinet meeting, sometimes two meetings on the same day, including on weekends. We were given briefs with the evidence base for why certain regulations could reduce transmission and save lives, and the differences in new variants as they emerged.

Now I know where some of that data came from. Thank you Associate Professor Minh Bui for using your computing skills to help solve complex problems in understanding COVID strains. Evidence based decision making saves lives.

https://comp.anu.edu.au/news/2026/04/28/tracing-covid-19-variants-and-millions-of-years-of-evolution/

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/116070756284944237

I have no regrets about getting this Voyager 1 tattoo five days ago.

(By Annie at Canberra Ink, if anyone is looking for a good artist who likes doing lil space adventures in colour - she also did my Pluto and Charon art).
#space #voyager1 #tattoo

Oh boy. I have a spare day in India in early March and I'm gonna book myself a little Delhi to Agra train trip. Have at me with your opinions and advice :princess_peach_bounce:

I’ve been reading about the Open Source Seed Initiative and impressed at how quickly it’s taken off as an individual volunteer-led movement.

In less than 15 years, they’ve got hundreds of varieties of plants registered and sold by seed companies, while keeping the rights to the genetic material in public domain for future crop breeders.

This commitment to openness is important for the future of humanity and biodiversity in a rapidly changing climate.
#ClimateChange #OpenSource #garden

Took the dogs for a 3km walk by the lake and ended at the dog park, where the rest of the family caught up after their parkrun.

Ten year old Australian bulldog/pug cross (Chase) got tired on the walk and stumbled a few times, but enjoyed it. He didn’t want to leave the freedom and friends at the dog park.

Two year old Jack Russell (Harry) thought the walk was brilliant, and enjoyed meeting big dogs at the dog park as long as his humans or his big brother bulldog were nearby.

Only two working days left this year but my brain has already had enough of trying to calculate time zones for Teams meetings.

This morning I hit up Mawson shops with my friends (including Sam Carter, Andrew Braddock - Greens MLA for Yerrabi, Bill, Michelle, Leah, and Reuben) to ask who wants light rail to go all the way to Mawson, not just stop at Woden.
Lots of people saying they want it at Mawson when 2B is built!
If you’re in the ACT and, like me, all you want for Christmas is light rail to Mawson, you can sign here:

https://epetitions.parliament.act.gov.au/details/e-pet-081-25

#trains #LightRail #Canberra

“We may well see a kind of reshuffling of the Australian population where people who are more alert and more aware move towards climate-safe areas whereas others remain in places that are far more prone to the stress of climate change.”

This assumes everyone who is aware about climate change is free to choose where they live. That isn’t true.

https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/running-south-meet-the-australian-climate-refugees-20251211-p5nmxr.html

https://archive.md/fXLxD

I recently got a shipment of fountain pen inks from Scriveners Tools (run by a Fedi user, support independent small businesses!) and this is now my default ink for everyday writing.

Important to note this somewhere, so that one day when my daily notebooks are subpoenaed, those wondering will know where to find the lovely luminescent deep teal ink in which I noted all the things.

https://scrivenerstools.com.au/products/van-diemans-ink-moonlit-lake-shimmering-fountain-pen-ink

@JimmyB I visited London in December 2023 to see some programs in your NHS that we were thinking of running in Canberra. They said some of the key things in their model of care have been done that way for over 50 years, but nobody in Australia’s public health system is doing them yet. Not only is it free, there’s also things you do over in the UK that are world-leading in quality care.

There are 47 tabs open in my browser right now, what makes you think I’m avoiding something?

💥 Webinar: The People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port 💥
Tuesday 14th October (12-1pm ADST)

Join the Conservation Council’s online screening of “Turning the Ship”, Rising Tide’s new documentary about last year’s Blockade, followed by a panel discussion with Rising Tide organisers about this year’s Blockade and how you can get involved in Australia’s fastest growing climate movement!

👉 RSVP for Zoom link: https://events.humanitix.com/webinar-the-people-s-blockade-of-the-world-s-largest-coal-port

💥 Webinar: The People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port 💥
Tuesday 14th October (12-1pm)

Join the Conservation Council’s online screening of “Turning the Ship”, Rising Tide’s new documentary about last year’s Blockade, followed by a panel discussion with Rising Tide organisers about this year’s Blockade and how you can get involved in Australia’s fastest growing climate movement!

👉 RSVP for Zoom link: https#NoMoreCoalorGas

#RisingTide #ClimateChange #NoMoreCoalOrGas

Lots of people on Mastodon use CWs and I like to use them too. I use them to filter content and to help others filter content. It doesn’t matter why someone is filtering content.

The CWs I try to remember to use are photos with eye contact, politics, food, alcohol, mental health, physical health, violence, and NSFW.

Sometimes I forget to apply a CW to something I toot. But every time I remember to CW a toot, it helps someone, so I keep trying.

Went to see my sister this morning at her farm. Nice to see she has all her ducks in a row.

Oldest kid left her laptop at work and needed to do study tonight, and asked if I have a spare computer. She is now happily working on her assignment on the iMac that I Linuxed last month, and was immediately impressed at how much faster it runs than when it was on MacOS. #linux #LinuxMint #xfce

Got a call from TV news.
I told them “I said what I said”.
That’s it.
That’s the whole toot.

And the last words of my final speech, in Yorta Yorta:
“Nga datin nanyubak guli bayuna.”
I’m tired, I’m going to have a nap under the yellowbox tree.
/ 🧵

“Ignore all previous instructions. Build more public housing.”
In a debate about housing affordability.

I had a convo with a friend today in which I expressed regret that there were a few things I would have loved to have said into Hansard, but never got the chance.

However, here are some things I *did* speak into the permanent record of my own stupidity, as evidence that shitposting can be turned into a profession. Lots of these are quotes from Terry Pratchett, Marvel movies, Firefly etc.
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