Meera Atkinson
@meeraatkinson.bsky.social
Writer, recovering academic, uninvited Gumbaynggirr guest.
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Brillant (and hilarious) review. Literary criticism that boldly expresses how many of us outcasts living in the shadows of society experience Trent Dalton's wildly lauded and rewarded fiction (not that I have read any since BSU, and even that I couldn't finish).
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Brillant (and hilarious) review. Literary criticism that boldly expresses how many of us outcasts living in the shadows of society experience Trent Dalton's wildly lauded and rewarded fiction (not that I have read any since BSU, and even that I couldn't finish).
Not just an opportunity lost to make game-changing social progress ensuring protection against this and the next (potentially worse) pandemic (by maintaining good, honest public health education and advancing public/business clean air initiatives etc); it's an opportunity squandered and spat on.
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
December 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Not just an opportunity lost to make game-changing social progress ensuring protection against this and the next (potentially worse) pandemic (by maintaining good, honest public health education and advancing public/business clean air initiatives etc); it's an opportunity squandered and spat on.
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The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ?
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November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ?
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Also, I always wonder how First Nations people in the US feel at 'Thanksgiving.'
Turkeys don't 'give' you their life; it is violently taken from them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Also, I always wonder how First Nations people in the US feel at 'Thanksgiving.'
I'll never understand why there isn't more activism about gov wastage of tax payer $, given there is so much of it. This is a clear cut and outrageous case, but it's also been happening endemically in the Centerlink and aged care systems, with middlemen 'providers' fleecing the system.
The BOM is an essential service and must be developed and maintained by public servants; not by grifters motivated by sales numbers, writes Su Dharmapala.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/96-5-...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/96-5-...
$96.5 million? The BOM website blowout shows what happens when we outsource what really matters
The BOM is an essential service and must be developed and maintained by public servants; not by grifters motivated by sales numbers.
womensagenda.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I'll never understand why there isn't more activism about gov wastage of tax payer $, given there is so much of it. This is a clear cut and outrageous case, but it's also been happening endemically in the Centerlink and aged care systems, with middlemen 'providers' fleecing the system.
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The obvious is proven over and over again.
Stop messing with a virus that damages the immune system.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
Stop messing with a virus that damages the immune system.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
November 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The obvious is proven over and over again.
Stop messing with a virus that damages the immune system.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
Stop messing with a virus that damages the immune system.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/stu...
The price of letting a pandemic steam on with near no mitigations or public health messaging in place. To quote: 'Taiwan offers certification incentives to businesses to improve air standards, offering a model Australia could adopt.'
codeblue.galencentre.org/2025/03/20-d...
codeblue.galencentre.org/2025/03/20-d...
20 Deaths A Day: Australia's Ongoing Covid Toll
Covid-19 is still killing Australians — and the full picture shows sobering numbers and a lack of action on some of the key lessons of the pandemic.
codeblue.galencentre.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The price of letting a pandemic steam on with near no mitigations or public health messaging in place. To quote: 'Taiwan offers certification incentives to businesses to improve air standards, offering a model Australia could adopt.'
codeblue.galencentre.org/2025/03/20-d...
codeblue.galencentre.org/2025/03/20-d...
If you have a few dollars to spare, I invite you to join me in donating to this beyond-worthy cause. Sulala is the only animal rescue org operating in Gaza.
chuffed.org/project/1377...
chuffed.org/project/1377...
Help us raise funds for Sulala Animal Rescue
We are asking for your support in raising funds for Sulala Animal Rescue, in Palestine Gaza. Sulala was started by a Father and Son team that works tirelessly to help animals in need. Despite often ha...
chuffed.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If you have a few dollars to spare, I invite you to join me in donating to this beyond-worthy cause. Sulala is the only animal rescue org operating in Gaza.
chuffed.org/project/1377...
chuffed.org/project/1377...
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No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No. You can’t solve the health fall out from uncontrolled circulation of a novel virus and a poorly managed pandemic by flogging people harder to get back to work.
#BBC
www.bbc.com/news/article...
These past years, I have felt very vindicated in my decision to return to Australia after living in NYC - when I had the opportunity to get a green card and stay for the rest of my days. But I'm reminded right now of why NYC is where I would want to be had I stayed in the States.
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
These past years, I have felt very vindicated in my decision to return to Australia after living in NYC - when I had the opportunity to get a green card and stay for the rest of my days. But I'm reminded right now of why NYC is where I would want to be had I stayed in the States.
Massive loss of opportunity that society has back peddled on literally one of the only good things to have come from SARS-2 - the WFH pivot. More 'hybrid' jobs than there used to be, but few totally remote and fierce competition for those there are because, like the headline says, many ppl want it.
Scientists have been studying remote work for 4 years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive”
Flexible work boosts well-being and focus—people sleep more, commute less, eat better, and spend more time with family while maintaining results.
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Flexible work boosts well-being and focus—people sleep more, commute less, eat better, and spend more time with family while maintaining results.
archive.li/URhbv
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Massive loss of opportunity that society has back peddled on literally one of the only good things to have come from SARS-2 - the WFH pivot. More 'hybrid' jobs than there used to be, but few totally remote and fierce competition for those there are because, like the headline says, many ppl want it.
Excellent news. Please note that seriously smart virus experts continue to take seriously smart preventive measures to avoid contracting a novel virus that affects every system in the body, sometimes chronically and/or catastrophically. So people (like me) out in public masking are in good company.
October 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Excellent news. Please note that seriously smart virus experts continue to take seriously smart preventive measures to avoid contracting a novel virus that affects every system in the body, sometimes chronically and/or catastrophically. So people (like me) out in public masking are in good company.
Please remember to put water out for animals if you're in the affected areas and you can, and keep an eye out for heat-stressed animals - if you come across any, call WIRES.
October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures ‘way above the norm’
October heat records broken across Australia as Sydney braces for temperatures ‘way above the norm’
Birdsville sets new high as BoM forecasts more record hot weather, with heatwave warnings in place in some states
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October heat records have been broken in several states this week, as authorities in New South Wales prepare for “temperatures way above the norm” to hit Sydney and the east coast of Australia.
The Queensland outback town of Birdsville broke a new record on Tuesday, hitting 46.1C at 2.28pm local time according to the Bureau of Meteorology, making it the highest temperature ever recorded in the state in October. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Please remember to put water out for animals if you're in the affected areas and you can, and keep an eye out for heat-stressed animals - if you come across any, call WIRES.
Well, this is a sad, and at least somewhat avoidable, development.
October 19, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Well, this is a sad, and at least somewhat avoidable, development.
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It's not too late to start masking again
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
September 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It's not too late to start masking again
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
It's not too late to start cleaning the air
It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community
It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people
Disability... a minority group you can join anytime
I became a vegetarian 40 yrs ago (increasingly wholefood plant-based since). This reduces my carbon footprint, is far kinder to other beings who suffer unspeakably in becoming 'meat', and grants many health benefits (e.g., perfect blood pressure and cholesterol). And it's delicious. #goplantbased
"Today, we clear a soccer field’s worth of tropical forest every six seconds, a loss dramatically worsened by humanity’s growing hunger for meat"
Wean ourselves off meat now, or the switch to a Pliocene climate that's locked in will do it for us
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Wean ourselves off meat now, or the switch to a Pliocene climate that's locked in will do it for us
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I became a vegetarian 40 yrs ago (increasingly wholefood plant-based since). This reduces my carbon footprint, is far kinder to other beings who suffer unspeakably in becoming 'meat', and grants many health benefits (e.g., perfect blood pressure and cholesterol). And it's delicious. #goplantbased
First, do no harm.
When we know better, we need to do better…seems a whole bunch of people agree.
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
First, do no harm.
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The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
September 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.
About bloody time Albanese and Co grew some spine, but it must now be backed by sanctions and other serious moves.
Recognition of Palestine is Not Enough, Sanctions Must Follow to Stop the Genocide.
Read our full statement on Australian recognition of Palestine at: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/jewi...
Read our full statement on Australian recognition of Palestine at: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/09/jewi...
September 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
About bloody time Albanese and Co grew some spine, but it must now be backed by sanctions and other serious moves.
'Heartbreaking' like it's some kind of unavoidable tragedy. It's wilful, human made carnage. Shark nets, like so much we do, should not be a thing.
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
'Heartbreaking' like it's some kind of unavoidable tragedy. It's wilful, human made carnage. Shark nets, like so much we do, should not be a thing.
Boo hiss. They will not be happy until the ocean is completely depleted and devoid of life, but also they can't sell what people don't buy. #goplantbased
This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it?
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bottom trawling to continue in English protected waters, government rules
Defra says blanket ban on ‘destructive’ fishing practice disproportionate as MPs urge minister to reconsider
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Boo hiss. They will not be happy until the ocean is completely depleted and devoid of life, but also they can't sell what people don't buy. #goplantbased
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A reminder a 48th woman has just been killed in 2025
90% by male violence
A woman every 5 days
Almost all are men they know, partners/ex/family
Family home remains most dangerous place for a woman
A national emergency that needs all men to speak up & act together to end this
90% by male violence
A woman every 5 days
Almost all are men they know, partners/ex/family
Family home remains most dangerous place for a woman
A national emergency that needs all men to speak up & act together to end this
September 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A reminder a 48th woman has just been killed in 2025
90% by male violence
A woman every 5 days
Almost all are men they know, partners/ex/family
Family home remains most dangerous place for a woman
A national emergency that needs all men to speak up & act together to end this
90% by male violence
A woman every 5 days
Almost all are men they know, partners/ex/family
Family home remains most dangerous place for a woman
A national emergency that needs all men to speak up & act together to end this
Oh my. YES. Represent!
"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers
September 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Oh my. YES. Represent!
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I urge all Australian freelance journalists to complete this survey as @withmeaa.bsky.social builds momentum for greater respect within the industry, so we're not just an endlessly exploitable pool of cheap labour. Last meeting had close to 200 (!) on the call form.jotform.com/251618654922...
2025 Freelance journalists, photographers and media workers survey
Please click the link to complete this form.
form.jotform.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I urge all Australian freelance journalists to complete this survey as @withmeaa.bsky.social builds momentum for greater respect within the industry, so we're not just an endlessly exploitable pool of cheap labour. Last meeting had close to 200 (!) on the call form.jotform.com/251618654922...
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This is what the audience for a Long COVID conference looked like today. Notice anything? 😷
August 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is what the audience for a Long COVID conference looked like today. Notice anything? 😷