Melissa, Masking 😷 6💉👠🎲♟
@Melissainau
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Research: boardgames & hybrids, interaction, evaluation. Play. IGA jury. OMG. Spiel. Shoes. Random rants. All Me not work. Dr. She. @[email protected]
Melbourne, Australia
Joined April 2008
As the dust settles, find me here: Bsky @melissainau.bsky.social Threads @melissainau Mastodon: Work @melissainau@hci.social Games @melissainau@tabletop.social Life @melissainau@aus.social Elsewhere? There’s an obvious username to try. It’s not clear where this will settle.
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Multiple studies show vaccines don’t cause neurodevelopmental disorders (eg autism)… but a new study shows covid infections during pregnancy actually can! 🤦🏽♂️
Well it's another study that comes like a kick in the gut. Covid infection in pregnant mothers disrupts immune balance, alters fetal brain cells and increases offspring's risk of neurodevelopmental disorders. In Nature: https://t.co/BmVYF3zp8A
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COVID had & continues to have a big impact on this country, turning around decades of progress. Note that almost all Australia's pandemic excess deaths were in 2022-23. 30,000 people died more than expected in that time. A spike in COVID deaths has driven a decline in Australian
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V helpful estimates. Looking like the next wave beginning as we approach summer. Although at a lower point now, there's still a great deal of COVID circulating. This has been the case for 3 years, there have been no real low points in that time in Oz. I strongly advise people try
Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update: The risk estimate is up to 0.6% Currently Infectious, or 1-in-180. That implies an 15% chance that there is someone infectious in a group of 30. I estimate 22% of the population were infected in the last 6 months, 5.7M people. 🧵
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Margaret Atchison could be the last person still alive who saw a Dutch aircraft in southern NSW skies before residents helped it land safely 90 years ago.
abc.net.au
Margaret Atchison could be the last person still alive who saw a Dutch aircraft in southern NSW skies before residents helped it land safely 90 years ago.
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Looking forward to many conversations at #EssenSpiel this week - especially about hybrid play! If you’re making games with tech components, I’d love to chat. And if you see us in the halls - I’ll be pushing my daughter in a wheelchair, and we will both be masking - please say hi!
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What was the point of voting Labor if we just got the Liberals in a new hat? Having the NDIS and Census fuck ups this week on top of everything else is just making me wonder what the ALP even stands for anymore.
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Hi @airalocom are you having network problems in Germany? Our 3 month SIMs, activated 2 weeks ago, both stopped working today! Cannot connect to any networks. Have emailed your support team but nothing yet.
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Possible sports to be added to the 2032 Summer Olympics
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“So why were there no doors in the Shire?” Guest expert: I'm not sure what you mean “Well that's why the Hobnobs had to go, wasn't it. To get more doors.” Guest expert: I think you might be referring to the land of Mordor
the lord of the rings but it’s narrated by philomena cunk
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🎶 Alma, tell us. All solar panels are jealous. Which of your magical wands got you a solar feed-in tariff that’s not insulting? 🎶 Yeah doesn’t quite scan.
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The Call for Papers (CFP) of #CHI2025 has been announced! The deadline for paper submissions is September 12th (AoE). Please remember that abstracts/metadata must be submitted by September 5th (AoE). For more detailed information, please visit: https://t.co/Ml7nixNvK8
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Given that the COVID numbers are on the rise, I thought I’d it useful to share some our research team’s work looking at the interplay between CO2, aerosol, SARS-CoV-2, and airborne transmission. 🧵
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Missed @Melissainau's symposium "Has Technology Ruined Board Games?" at the XXVI Board Games Studies Conference? Catch up now with the full video and dive into her fascinating analysis of technology's impact on board games! 🎥
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