Meadow Argus
@meadowargus.bsky.social
Anarchist, atheist, artist, antifascist.
Combative in person, conciliatory online.
Combative in person, conciliatory online.
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#OtD 11 Nov 1887 4 of the Haymarket martyrs were executed in Chicago. They were anarchist labour organisers framed for a bombing because of their role in the fight for the 8-hour day. Learn more in this history of May Day, which commemorates them: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
#OtD 11 Nov 1887 4 of the Haymarket martyrs were executed in Chicago. They were anarchist labour organisers framed for a bombing because of their role in the fight for the 8-hour day. Learn more in this history of May Day, which commemorates them: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
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2/ By which I mean, inter alia:
Undercover police officer fabricated gun plot by animal rights activists, inquiry told [NOV 7, 2025]:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Undercover police officer fabricated gun plot by animal rights activists, inquiry told [NOV 7, 2025]:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
2/ By which I mean, inter alia:
Undercover police officer fabricated gun plot by animal rights activists, inquiry told [NOV 7, 2025]:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Undercover police officer fabricated gun plot by animal rights activists, inquiry told [NOV 7, 2025]:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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#OtD 10 Nov 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni indigenous author and activist, was hanged by the Nigerian state for resisting Royal Dutch Shell, alongside eight other Ogoni people. They had organised nonviolent resistance to destruction of Indigenous lands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8237...
November 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
#OtD 10 Nov 1995 Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni indigenous author and activist, was hanged by the Nigerian state for resisting Royal Dutch Shell, alongside eight other Ogoni people. They had organised nonviolent resistance to destruction of Indigenous lands stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8237...
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Often police visited in the middle of the night, or in the early hours of the morning when the children were asleep.
“They would knock on the door, bang on the windows with their torches, shine torches through the windows. It was relentless,”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“They would knock on the door, bang on the windows with their torches, shine torches through the windows. It was relentless,”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
150 police visits in 20 months: Indigenous mother takes action after her boys subjected to ‘relentless’ checks
Exclusive: A family has launched a court case against NSW police alleging racial discrimination is behind excessive bail checks
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Often police visited in the middle of the night, or in the early hours of the morning when the children were asleep.
“They would knock on the door, bang on the windows with their torches, shine torches through the windows. It was relentless,”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
“They would knock on the door, bang on the windows with their torches, shine torches through the windows. It was relentless,”
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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Pro-tip:
Next time you see a nazi rally, contact police and tell them you saw one of them carrying a sign with a 🍉 on it.
Then sit back and watch the carnage. 😉
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Next time you see a nazi rally, contact police and tell them you saw one of them carrying a sign with a 🍉 on it.
Then sit back and watch the carnage. 😉
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW police accused of ‘sickening’ double standard over neo-Nazi rally as Jewish groups demand answers
Pro-Palestine and climate activists join Jewish voices criticising ‘entirely inconsistent police responses’ and ‘unfathomable approval’
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Pro-tip:
Next time you see a nazi rally, contact police and tell them you saw one of them carrying a sign with a 🍉 on it.
Then sit back and watch the carnage. 😉
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Next time you see a nazi rally, contact police and tell them you saw one of them carrying a sign with a 🍉 on it.
Then sit back and watch the carnage. 😉
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The last time NSW cops got more power over protests they beat the seven shades of shit out of Hannah Thomas. Every law you make to empower police against Nazis, will be used against environmentalists, unions and all social activists. This has always been the way
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says
Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
The last time NSW cops got more power over protests they beat the seven shades of shit out of Hannah Thomas. Every law you make to empower police against Nazis, will be used against environmentalists, unions and all social activists. This has always been the way
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“The rich get breezy upper stories with the view, pool and state-of-the-art amenities, while the poor are hidden away downstairs with a discreet entrance and no access to facilities”
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Poor doors’: affordable housing tenants have to use back entrance to access Barangaroo apartments
Those paying discounted rent at Watermans Residences can’t use pool or gym, either. Critics say segregation ‘a dystopian microcosm of housing inequality’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“The rich get breezy upper stories with the view, pool and state-of-the-art amenities, while the poor are hidden away downstairs with a discreet entrance and no access to facilities”
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
What was that about Australia not having a class system? #inequality #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
Alarming criminalization of green card holder based on "Antifa Materials" - another attempt to silence dissent and target people critical of this administration
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
Release Des and the Prairieland Defendants!
November 6, 2025 at 5:16 AM
someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES
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1. There are three very important constraints on tonight's Mamdani victory you have to keep in mind when we're looking at what he's going to be able to do in office (taking him in good faith as someone who wants to make life better for people and discounting Trump).
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
1. There are three very important constraints on tonight's Mamdani victory you have to keep in mind when we're looking at what he's going to be able to do in office (taking him in good faith as someone who wants to make life better for people and discounting Trump).
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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BENDIGO WRITERS FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE: La Trobe Uni pressured #Bendigo Council to send the infamous code of conduct to participants, according to those at a council-run roundtable.
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
FOI documents reveal lead-up to failed Bendigo Writers Festival
A founding director of the widely boycotted Bendigo Writers Festival says major sponsor La Trobe University pressured organisers into sending a controversial code of conduct.
www.abc.net.au
November 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
BENDIGO WRITERS FESTIVAL EXCLUSIVE: La Trobe Uni pressured #Bendigo Council to send the infamous code of conduct to participants, according to those at a council-run roundtable.
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Council confirmed to us it sent the code with specific additions at La Trobe Uni’s request.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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building (1/2)
December 9, 2024 at 7:47 PM
building (1/2)
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"The breakthrough research, which is undergoing the process of academic peer review, also shows it to have been the dominant species for the majority of the bloom's existence and one of five Karenia species present."
Scientists hopeful they have found source of SA algal bloom toxins
Scientists believe they have identified the species responsible for the toxins in South Australia's marine algal bloom that has killed millions of aquatic animals.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"The breakthrough research, which is undergoing the process of academic peer review, also shows it to have been the dominant species for the majority of the bloom's existence and one of five Karenia species present."
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Many unemployed people compelled to attend these agencies are disabled, or have parent/carer commitments, and private employers exclude both those groups . Create jobs, not punitive job agencies.
Just 11.7% of jobseekers in Australia found long-term employment through a job provider in the latest financial year, according to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ annual report.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies
Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Many unemployed people compelled to attend these agencies are disabled, or have parent/carer commitments, and private employers exclude both those groups . Create jobs, not punitive job agencies.
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Private job agencies are an absolute rort and only exist to monitor and punish unemployed people. Abolish the lot. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies
Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Private job agencies are an absolute rort and only exist to monitor and punish unemployed people. Abolish the lot. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
on tucker carlson, nick fuentes, the heritage foundation, and all that
If you had asked me in 2016 whether I thought I’d write a blog about the Heritage Foundation defending a former Fox News host after he hosted a friendly conversation with one of the country’s leading ...
postsfromunderground.ghost.io
November 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I unpacked the implications of Nick Fuentes' collaboration with Tucker Carlson and the former Fox News host's willingness to portray the white nationalist livestreamer as a victim.
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
Someone wants him in the mainstream. Why? And what does it mean? postsfromunderground.ghost.io/on-tucker-ca...
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'Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute'
@antipovertycentre.org @caitkelly.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@antipovertycentre.org @caitkelly.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
'Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute'
@antipovertycentre.org @caitkelly.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
@antipovertycentre.org @caitkelly.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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'... the passing in the ACT parliament on Thursday of legislation ... will overturn the High Court's decision in Bird v DP, which found that the Catholic Church's Diocese of Ballarat could not be sued for vicarious liability for the actions of one of its priests.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
ACT becomes the mouse that roared in helping survivors fight for justice
Survivors watched on as the ACT took a historic step on Tuesday in passing a bill to overturn a High Court decision that allowed a church to avoid litigation over the actions of one of its priests.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
'... the passing in the ACT parliament on Thursday of legislation ... will overturn the High Court's decision in Bird v DP, which found that the Catholic Church's Diocese of Ballarat could not be sued for vicarious liability for the actions of one of its priests.'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Anglicare Australia says @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social's plan to give police powers to have Centrelink payments stopped for people accused of a serious crime is “completely at odds with the principles of fairness and justice”.
Thank you @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.
Thank you @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Anglicare Australia says @tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social's plan to give police powers to have Centrelink payments stopped for people accused of a serious crime is “completely at odds with the principles of fairness and justice”.
Thank you @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.
Thank you @caitkelly.bsky.social for reporting.
I do not like the new BOM site, so this still works.
reg.bom.gov.au/vic/forecast...
reg.bom.gov.au/vic/forecast...
reg.bom.gov.au
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I do not like the new BOM site, so this still works.
reg.bom.gov.au/vic/forecast...
reg.bom.gov.au/vic/forecast...
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#OtD 30 Oct 1944 the left-wing Greek People's Liberation Army liberated Thessaloniki from Nazi occupation. They stopped the Nazis from blowing up power plants and food factories and attacked retreating German units, then paraded through the streets stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#OtD 30 Oct 1944 the left-wing Greek People's Liberation Army liberated Thessaloniki from Nazi occupation. They stopped the Nazis from blowing up power plants and food factories and attacked retreating German units, then paraded through the streets stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1033...
It's money: for-profit childcare is immoral. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
'I don't think that the public has any idea': Paedophiles have infiltrated child care
The true scale of abuse in Australia's childcare centres has been hidden. With 200,000 pages of previously confidential files, police tip-offs, and evidence from whistleblowers, Four Corners exposes t...
www.abc.net.au
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It's money: for-profit childcare is immoral. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
