I’ve been deliberately avoiding the news and thought it was time to catch up on what’s happening in the world. I’m now regretting that decision. Anyone got good news to share?
Erica McIntyre PhD
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She/her | ADHD career and leadership coach | Mental health, wellbeing, neurodivergence, planetary health researcher and trainer Supporting neurodivergent women academics and professionals to thrive! ADHDer 🧠 Love music 🎸 nature 🦉🌿🌸 creative stuff
This photo makes me feel deep sadness and heartache. It says a lot about what our future could look like here in Aus if we’re not careful. I’m doing my best to stay hopeful, but it’s increasingly difficult.
1EarthMedia@1earthmedia.bsky.social · last mo.4th July 2026. A Black woman surrounded by masked white nationalists 'Patriot Front' on the subway. America's 250th anniversary. REUTERS/Cheney Orr #photojournalism #photography #photooftheday
"Autistic people are more likely to experience abuse within a relationship than non-autistic people. The guide, written by a team including academics and autistic advocates, is designed to help autistic people recognize the signs of abusive or unhealthy relationships."
Autistic Guide to Healthy Relationships - Durham University
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Well done everyone. My small donation is there. I hope everyone else who can will too.
Kon Karapanagiotidis@kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 2mo ago$308,000 to go to get to our target of $1,500,000. 3 hours left Your donation matched up to $135,000 till 10pm! We can do this. We need to do this to show that it’s love and unity that can win in this country. I believe it. Please go to www.asrc.org.au/telethon to donate or call 📞 1300 692 772
“Employability … interdisciplinarity”? Have our unis stopped believing in education? Jude Manning reports. Read it here: https://michaelwest.com.au/employability-interdisciplinarity-have-our-unis-stopped-believing-in-education/
My first article in many months... I talk about ADHD and my experience of ADHD coaching training and the conditions I needed for flourishing. This is for all the late-diagnosed women who’ve spent decades masking. May you all flourish! ericamcintyrephd.substack.com/p/decades-of...
Decades of performing. The week I could finally be me.
You can read the original article posted on my blog here.
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“The pattern is consistent. The silence is deliberate. And the question is unavoidable: Why does the Albanese government treat the State of Israel differently from every other nation?”
Michael Taylor@ausindimedia.bsky.social · 2mo ago“The government has adopted a definition that conflates Israel criticism with anti-Jewish hate.” theaimn.net/the-sound-of...
We know prevention is better than the cure, and in preventive health early investment makes strong budgetary sense. It also keeps people healthier and happier.
Australians urged to stand with First Nations, and against hate and racism – @croakeynews.bsky.social www.croakey.org/australians-...
Powerful reasons to join this Walk for Truth – “a movement of people choosing to walk toward each other instead of away” – @croakeynews.bsky.social www.croakey.org/powerful-rea...
Environmental damage often escapes attention – from endangered tiny fish to toxic PFAS chemicals and illegal gold mining. These small and slow crises add up to large consequences, writes Peter Sainsbury. #PearlsAndIrritations #auspol #environment #climate
Environment: Small-bodied and short-lived, tiny freshwater fish play big roles in ecosystems
A threatened Aussie tiddler flashes a fin for tiny freshwater fish worldwide, toxic PFAS chemicals are all around us and deep inside us and never go away, and illegal gold mining in Congo destroys the environment and communities.
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Sunday Shot is on now with me, Jo, Rachel Withers and Daniel James www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYkZ...
Peeks Into the Global Elite's PDF Files - February 8 - Rachel Withers, Daniel James, and Kate Manne
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
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Just finished my latest puzzle Norse Mythology. Love this illustration!
Is Zionism a cult? Oped by Israeli and Jewish Australian Veronica Sherman #auspol #antisemitism michaelwest.com.au/zionism-the-...
Zionism. The greatest pyramid scheme ever invented? - Michael West
Not all Jews are equal; some are more equal than others. Questioning the myth that Australian Jews are the same as Israeli Jews.
michaelwest.com.au
#TheSundayShot is back this morning at 9am AEDT! 🐝 #auspol www.youtube.com/@TheSundayShot
The Sunday Shot
The Sunday Shot streams at 9am AEDT each Sunday. Returning February 1. The Shot's Jo Dyer and Dave Milner are joined each week by a roster of Australia's best independent journalists and thinkers to ...
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Taking paracetamol in pregnancy doesn’t increase your baby’s risk of autism or ADHD – new review Read more: buff.ly/0wfxLpq
5 concerts you've seen with women lead singers: - Florence & the Machine - Cowboy Junkies - Magic Dirt - The Breeders - Sinead O’Connor
Keith Gow@keithgow.bsky.social · 6mo ago5 concerts you've seen with women lead singers: - Madonna - Tori Amos - Sarah McLachlan - Bernadette Peters - Kristin Chenoweth
Excellent column by Paul Daley www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This 26 January, we should question Australia’s subservience to a different empire: Trump’s America | Paul Daley
What would it actually take for Australia to ditch Aukus, dispense with the little America cloak and rethink the alliance?
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Excellent primer on the Atlas Network and it’s impact on Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
A discreet intellectual network has been reshaping the world for 70 years. Here's how
A constant battle of ideas reshapes the world we live in, and few groups have been more successful in winning the war than the little-known Atlas Network.
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What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
It was shocking to hear what was discussed and how proudly they spoke about the future of weapons tech and their contributions to the future of war. Just gross!
Michael West@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 7mo agoWe obtain exclusive footage of Israeli, US, Eur weapons bosses & financiers discussing Gaza our 'weapons lab', 'make Iran like Gaza' & preparing for 'the next war' against China michaelwest.com.au/follow-the-m...