Heather Meyer 🦘
@heathermeyer.bsky.social
Retired Australian educator. Live in rural Victoria, on unceded Waywurru country. Passions - ecology, climate, social justice and politics. No DMs.
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Palestinians whose families have lived in West Bank region for generations are being attacked by illegal settlers (many with US passports).
Israel's IDF turns up & arrests those being attacked.
Israel's govt recently approved 19 new settlements in West Bank.
Israel's IDF turns up & arrests those being attacked.
Israel's govt recently approved 19 new settlements in West Bank.
December 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Palestinians whose families have lived in West Bank region for generations are being attacked by illegal settlers (many with US passports).
Israel's IDF turns up & arrests those being attacked.
Israel's govt recently approved 19 new settlements in West Bank.
Israel's IDF turns up & arrests those being attacked.
Israel's govt recently approved 19 new settlements in West Bank.
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Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian community in the West Bank, residents say. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-...
New Israeli settlement in West Bank town near Bethlehem threatens the Christian presence in Palestine
Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining…
mondoweiss.net
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Israeli settler groups have begun bulldozing Palestinian lands in the town of Beit Sahour to make way for a new settler outpost. The settlement threatens the existence of the largest remaining Christian community in the West Bank, residents say. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/new-...
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Australia receives first climate migrants from sinking Pacific nation Tuvalu
ground.news/article/from.... #News #Australia #ClimateChange
ground.news/article/from.... #News #Australia #ClimateChange
Australia receives first climate migrants from sinking Pacific nation Tuvalu
The first climate migrants to leave the remote Pacific island nation of Tuvalu have arrived in Australia, hoping to preserve links to their sinking island home, foreign affairs officials said on Thurs...
ground.news
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Australia receives first climate migrants from sinking Pacific nation Tuvalu
ground.news/article/from.... #News #Australia #ClimateChange
ground.news/article/from.... #News #Australia #ClimateChange
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The ancient Palestinian town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank is a testament to 5,000 years of Palestinian history. Israel announced that it plans to seize the village and its archaeological sites. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/an-a...
An ancient Palestinian town in the West Bank may soon no longer exist - because Israel plans on stealing it
The ancient Palestinian town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank is a testament to 5,000 years of Palestinian history. Israel announced that it plans to seize the village and its archaeological…
mondoweiss.net
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The ancient Palestinian town of Sebastia in the northern West Bank is a testament to 5,000 years of Palestinian history. Israel announced that it plans to seize the village and its archaeological sites. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/an-a...
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Australia’s electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation, with large-scale batteries rapidly emerging, already moving from ancillary to central roles, by-passing the need for gas. reneweconomy.com.au/australias-b...
reneweconomy.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Australia’s electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation, with large-scale batteries rapidly emerging, already moving from ancillary to central roles, by-passing the need for gas. reneweconomy.com.au/australias-b...
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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“It's maddening to see the number of inquests that I attend, the number of funerals that families have to attend, and the fact that we are 30 years after the royal commission, and the situation is getting increasingly worse…”
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
'It's maddening': Anger and frustration amid record Black deaths in custody
Australia has recorded the highest number of Indigenous deaths in custody since 1979. Experts say over-incarceration remains a national crisis and prisons are neglecting the physical and mental health...
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“It's maddening to see the number of inquests that I attend, the number of funerals that families have to attend, and the fact that we are 30 years after the royal commission, and the situation is getting increasingly worse…”
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
Indigenous deaths in custody at a record level in Australia. So horrific.
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“For centuries, plant life was viewed as a passive backdrop to the animal kingdom. Groundbreaking research in the last fifty years has radically overturned this view, revealing a complex, dynamic world of communication and cooperation.”
theaimn.net/listening-to...
theaimn.net/listening-to...
Listening to the Green Planet: Decoding the Silent Language of Life
For centuries, plant life was viewed as a passive backdrop to the animal kingdom. Groundbreaking research in the last fifty years has radically overturned this view, revealing a complex, dynamic world...
theaimn.net
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
“For centuries, plant life was viewed as a passive backdrop to the animal kingdom. Groundbreaking research in the last fifty years has radically overturned this view, revealing a complex, dynamic world of communication and cooperation.”
theaimn.net/listening-to...
theaimn.net/listening-to...
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Brittany Higgins has been declared bankrupt, thanks to Linda Reynolds' vengeful legal actions.
What an atrocity.
And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault.
Powerful people always win.
Justice is a myth.
What an atrocity.
And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault.
Powerful people always win.
Justice is a myth.
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Brittany Higgins has been declared bankrupt, thanks to Linda Reynolds' vengeful legal actions.
What an atrocity.
And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault.
Powerful people always win.
Justice is a myth.
What an atrocity.
And we wonder why women don't report sexual assault.
Powerful people always win.
Justice is a myth.
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Spot on 😄
December 12, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Spot on 😄
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When Anthony 'I fight Tories' Albanese said "no-one left behind",
we should have realized he was referring to his corporate backers. #poverty #inequality #auspol
we should have realized he was referring to his corporate backers. #poverty #inequality #auspol
"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families t...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When Anthony 'I fight Tories' Albanese said "no-one left behind",
we should have realized he was referring to his corporate backers. #poverty #inequality #auspol
we should have realized he was referring to his corporate backers. #poverty #inequality #auspol
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For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
Gaza's displaced face storm disaster with almost nothing
For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
www.aljazeera.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
For 1.5 million Palestinians living under plastic sheets, Storm Byron means more than bad weather.
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This is a MASSIVE story. Our universities have been sabotaged by right wing neoconservative ideologues.
It’s time to value AND FUND education from birth to death… life long learning.
There’s plenty of money. It’s just being spent in the wrong areas. Like AUKUS.
It’s time to value AND FUND education from birth to death… life long learning.
There’s plenty of money. It’s just being spent in the wrong areas. Like AUKUS.
The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.
'Betrayed, undermined and let down': Universities told to do better
The final report into governance has called for state and Commonwealth legislation to refocus universities on teaching and research.
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
This is a MASSIVE story. Our universities have been sabotaged by right wing neoconservative ideologues.
It’s time to value AND FUND education from birth to death… life long learning.
There’s plenty of money. It’s just being spent in the wrong areas. Like AUKUS.
It’s time to value AND FUND education from birth to death… life long learning.
There’s plenty of money. It’s just being spent in the wrong areas. Like AUKUS.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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"The reality of Aukus, from Australia’s perspective, is that it is not, fundamentally, an agreement that will deliver this country nuclear-powered submarines. It is a plan that will further enmesh Australia into US defence strategy..."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Full steam ahead with Aukus – but where to?
Defence agreement kept afloat through sheer political will, despite Pentagon doubts over its ability to ever deliver what it promises
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"The reality of Aukus, from Australia’s perspective, is that it is not, fundamentally, an agreement that will deliver this country nuclear-powered submarines. It is a plan that will further enmesh Australia into US defence strategy..."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Ooo boohoo Linda Reynolds. You put yourself in that position for labor to hound you. No one else.
#7:30ReportReport
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December 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ooo boohoo Linda Reynolds. You put yourself in that position for labor to hound you. No one else.
#7:30ReportReport
#7:30ReportReport
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I repeatedly asked the Federal Government if the UN torture inspectors’ visit was on track and if the they would gain full access to all prisons and watch houses. They said yes when the truth was no. The Commonwealth funds 80% of all NT government, including its brutal jails. Open them.
December 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I repeatedly asked the Federal Government if the UN torture inspectors’ visit was on track and if the they would gain full access to all prisons and watch houses. They said yes when the truth was no. The Commonwealth funds 80% of all NT government, including its brutal jails. Open them.
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Even more US military assets coming to Australia. More US bases. More US weapons. Celebrating a dominant foreign government sending its military into our harbours and cities and taking multiple footholds here … it’s cringeworthy, tragic and wrong.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Even more US military assets coming to Australia. More US bases. More US weapons. Celebrating a dominant foreign government sending its military into our harbours and cities and taking multiple footholds here … it’s cringeworthy, tragic and wrong.
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“When a 16-year-old Palestinian girl has her image erased by a council simply for wearing a Palestinian pendant, it shows just how deep anti-Palestinian racism runs in this country” -Nasser Mashni @deepcutnews.bsky.social
And the pro-Israel lobby's sway. #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
And the pro-Israel lobby's sway. #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
Melbourne council scrubs teenage volunteer from website over Palestine necklace
Child left in tears as APAN slams anti-Palestinian racism
www.deepcutnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“When a 16-year-old Palestinian girl has her image erased by a council simply for wearing a Palestinian pendant, it shows just how deep anti-Palestinian racism runs in this country” -Nasser Mashni @deepcutnews.bsky.social
And the pro-Israel lobby's sway. #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
And the pro-Israel lobby's sway. #auspol
www.deepcutnews.com/p/melbourne-...
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IDF Press Release: “The Air Force eliminated two suspects this morning in the southern Gaza Strip who crossed the yellow line, carried out suspicious activities… and approached the forces.” The two “suspects” were 8 and 11…
December 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
IDF Press Release: “The Air Force eliminated two suspects this morning in the southern Gaza Strip who crossed the yellow line, carried out suspicious activities… and approached the forces.” The two “suspects” were 8 and 11…
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Are there any voices in Parliament to push them to do better, to be accountable?
We need strong Independents & Greens so no Party gets away with this
We need strong Independents & Greens so no Party gets away with this
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Are there any voices in Parliament to push them to do better, to be accountable?
We need strong Independents & Greens so no Party gets away with this
We need strong Independents & Greens so no Party gets away with this