Hazel Flynn

Writer/editor. She/her. Ex-freelance (books, articles). Yes to: wit, compassion, integrity, curiosity, fact-checking. Views are my own.

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

Finally finished getting my #Mastodon account set up. Looking for all the good #CovidIsntOver / #CovidIsNotOver sources there too.
I'm @[email protected]

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

Elon Musk is 💯 racist and 💯 moronic.
Enough. I’m removing Twitter from my phone, which essentially means I’m finally stopping using it.

[Dr David Berger BSc MBBS MRCP(UK) FRACGP-RG DTM+H @YouAreLobbyLud]

The thing about cancer risk from SARS-COV-2 is that it isn't even an "unknown" unknown. It's a "known" unknown, in that we knew it was a theoretical risk, as Anthony pointed out very early on.
I confess to still being surprised at the general capacity for denial of the obvious.

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

The case for capping super is clear, but the default response "is apocalyptic screeching anytime anybody stands to lose anything at all. [In asking] why things are this cooked [it’s only fair to] start with one of the biggest impediments to sense. My own profession."

[Katharine Murphy @murpharoo]

Why things are cooked (or, perhaps, why I’m a self hating journalist). Here’s my Saturday column https://t.co/VqxucY8yJ5 #auspol

[Tom Studans @maximumwelfare]

MARSH: What were your concerns in terms of the APS code of conduct

BLAKE: We must act honestly, and with integrity. Care, diligence, treating everyone with respect and courtesy. We weren't upholding this to our customers, our managers weren't upholding it to us.

#RobodebtRC

[Luke Henriques-Gomes @lukehgomes]

Frontline worker Jeannie-Marie Blake tells the commission: "We deserve a voice in this room. As much as every manager you've heard. Everyone who can give you a reason on how they didn't know. And for every customer that's had to listen to that, I wanted to say, 'I do remember.'"

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

@SBSNews, where are the wise heads? Where is the editorial judgement? ‘Just for clicks’ is nowhere near good enough.

[Tim Baxter 🏳️‍🌈 @BaxterTim]

@KatCopseyGreens Thank you for standing against hate.

Transphobes are no different to homophobes back in the day. History will show them to be the cowards, just as we see homophobes.

[bruce @boo]

As the former lead for Ads at Twitter, I can confidently say this man has no idea wtf he's talking about

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

The way @nytimes has chosen to cover trans issues is one of too many terrible editorial decisions and stands its decision-makers have taken in recent years. It was never perfect, but it used to be good. No more. I’ve never for a second regretted cancelling my subscription.

[The Guardian @guardian]

Nearly 1,000 contributors protest New York Times’ coverage of trans people https://t.co/ctKqweWO75

[Jen Richards @SmartAssJen]

"Good journalism is about finding stories, even when they don’t exist. It’s about asking the tough questions and ignoring the answers you don’t like, then offering misleading evidence in service of preordained editorial conclusions." PERFECTION.

[Will Sommer @willsommer]

The Dominion filing offers the best look inside Fox's internal operations that we've had in years, maybe ever. It shows Fox operating as many suspected: no compunctions about lying to viewers, and desperately tacking right to avoid losing market share to competitors like Newsmax.

[Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras @sydneymardigras]

Tonight Lord Mayor Clover Moore presented the 78ers with a key to the city of Sydney. As we mark 45 years since the first Sydney Mardi Gras, it’s important we remember how our movement began: with a brave group of pioneers that took to the streets to demand pride and equality.

[Christo Grozev @christogrozev]

These dangers don't stem just from murderous dictators, but also from having journalists' voices hushed - instead of amplified - by the civilized world they are trying to serve.

[Christo Grozev @christogrozev]

I understand the need to keep the public safe (although I don't understand how my son or teenage daughter constitute risk to the public). But moments like this show the growing dangers to independent journalists around the world (2/3).

[Christo Grozev @christogrozev]

I was surprised to discover that my whole family and I have all been banned by British police from attending this weekend's BAFTA awards where the documentary #Navalny is nominated. The reason stated: we "represent a public security risk". (1/3)

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

Covid-conspiracy grifting lie-spreader has come a cropper…

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

Ah religion, crackerjack idea that. It’s only been a few millennia, I’m sure we’ll iron out the wrinkles soon.

[Melissa Sweet @MelissaSweetDr]

Trio who shot dead Queensland police officers executed 'religiously motivated terrorist att… https://t.co/qtX6sC0MPc

[Flying_Rodent @flying_rodent]

Really is worth looking at the full scope of acceptable opinion in British politics and media and asking why it runs all the way from “Massive flags and crackdowns on treason” to “Fascists are great patriots”. This didn’t happen overnight, it was a project of long, hard years.

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

💯 correct: ‘Despite editorial guidelines requiring reporters “preserve a professional detachment, free of any whiff of bias,” [⁦@nytimes⁩ has] treated gender diversity with an eerily familiar mix of pseudoscience and euphemistic, charged language”.
https://t.co/b7PnJru3Um

[Hazel Flynn @HazFly]

Musk is pathetic

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

Elon's cousin James Musk held an emergency, "high urgency" meeting at Twitter after the Super Bowl because Elon's tweets performed worse than Joe Biden's.

Then Twitter had engineers rush to change Twitter's algorithm to ensure Elon received "previously unheard-of promotion."