Reposted by Belinda WeaverJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 10hWhy isn’t this illegal?nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal TaxesMeta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 12821
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 10hExcellent work on the secretive and potentially nefarious lobbying going on in our parliament. Thanks Birgitta Car. substack.com/@birgcar/not...substack.comBirgitta Car (@birgcar)Hmmm… I’m on a dive into the Federal Register of Lobbyists and their clients at the moment and it is unearthing some genuinely dubious companies who have direct access to our politicians and political... 000
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 11hAs the RBA punishes Australians with another rate rise, it is worth stating that usury (lending money with interest) is totally banned in Iran. All we ever hear from our governments is that Iran is evil but they do a lot of things better than we do in the West. 121
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 12hI do like to listen to @janfran.bsky.social and @antoinettelattouf.bsky.social's podcast but they need to update their thinking about Ukraine. Australians are waking up to Zelensky's massive corruption, his Nazi ties, the pressganging of conscripts and the deranged European push to break up Russia. 131
Reposted by Belinda WeaverGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So don't be disabled or have a family. Wilson really leaning into the "Just don't be poor" vibe he reeks of. 46329126
Reposted by Belinda WeaverMargaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 13hDavid, I've been so impressed with your work since your early days as a NSW MLC, when I was first a Greens member. This is a fantastic decision for the Greens and for Australia. Congratulations! 0171
Reposted by Belinda WeaverSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 17hExcited to be chosen as Leader of the @greens.org.au, together with @stephhodgins-may.bsky.social as Deputy Leader. Now is the time to build the Greens as the home for all who want climate action, a fair return on our resources, a secure home and income, and to not sell out to the US or the 1%. 81634153
Reposted by Belinda WeaverGreen Left @greenleftonline.bsky.social · 13hAs the third anniversary of Israel’s assault on Gaza nears, a coalition of anti-war activists is preparing to protest against the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition, from October 6–8. www.greenleft.org.au/2026/1463/ne...greenleft.org.auAnti-war activists prepare to protest Land Forces weapons expoAs the third anniversary of Israel’s assault on Gaza nears, a coalition of anti-war activists is preparing to protest against the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition. Cas Smith reports. 066
Reposted by Belinda Weavercarlosamammal.bsky.social @carlosamammal.bsky.social · 14hExcuse me RBA. The inflation in Australia is mainly due to fuel prices, increased property values, and the need to pass on extra costs. Not due to increased consumer demand. How the fuck is an interest rate increase going to help with that? It's complete bullshit! 045
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 13hSo much this. When Albanese and co bleat on about the national interest, you know bad stuff is coming. substack.com/@nxt888/note...substack.comSony Thăng (@nxt888)"National interest" is the most durable escape hatch in the history of power. It works because it sounds like an argument when it is actually a deflection. When an American official says "we acted i... 011
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 13hWho are AnsarAllah? (The West calls them the Houthis) AnsarAllah are anti-imperialism in action. When their Saudi puppet govt joined them up to the neoliberal WTO, they said no. They've been fighting the West ever since. substack.com/@storysstori...substack.comStory Ember leGaie (@storysstories)AnsarAllah are the absolute embodiment of what anti-imperialism means in action, and they are the most successful revolutionary force fighting an overwhelming imperial force since probably the Viet Co... 032
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 13hAustralians have massively wised up to the Israel propaganda scam but still seem taken in by European disinfo on Ukraine. It didn't all start with Putin's invasion. I sympathise with Ukrainians being destroyed for Western interests. Europe is culpable. The US too. substack.com/@rinalu/note...substack.comRina Lu (@rinalu)If you think the people of Crimea decided they wanted to join Russia only in 2014, think again. As early as 1991, after the collapse of the USSR, Crimeans were already trying to pull away from Ukrain... 212
Reposted by Belinda WeaverGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18h"Raising the rate of JobSeeker would save lives" Charmaine Crowe from ACOSS for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...thepoint.com.auRaising the rate of JobSeeker would save livesFor decades, successive governments have kept unemployment payments in Australia below all accepted measures of adequacy - JobSeeker now sits at just 41% of the minimum wage, and Youth Allowance is ev... 1115863
Reposted by Belinda WeaverMagellan 🇵🇸 @magellan107.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Officials across the globe take no action; any words they do utter amount to blatant hypocrisy, demonstrating only that the lives of the innocent hold no importance for them. We need not criticize the occupation—it is well known to be a vile criminal entity—but what of these world officials? 13158112
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Post-colour revolution regimes conducted sweeping privatisation and other ravaging ‘reforms’, destroying living standards for average citizens by prostrating their countries to the EU, IMF, NATO, World Trade Organization, and other mechanisms of Western economic, military & political subjugation. 022
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Good grief. SBS News just embarrassing themselves tonight with their RAF Fairford story. Completely unable to admit the beat-up, and then reporting Trump's fantasies as if they were credible. No 'viable explosives', they say. No explosives, period, you numbskulls. The men were after diesel. 121
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Politicians, pundits and journalists framed colour revolutions as spontaneous uprisings by liberal, progressive elements with legitimate grievances, who yearned for democracy and freedom. In reality, they almost invariably produced corrupt, repressive governments. open.substack.com/pub/kitklare...open.substack.comThe Rise And...Rise of ‘Color Revolutions’All my investigations are free to read, thanks to the enormous generosity of my readers. 000
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Found an ancient tablet when clearing out cupboards. Amazingly, it still took a charge and worked a treat. Old apps on there - Tumblr, Twitter (yep, the bird site and I could read tweets from a decade ago), and Angry Birds. Can't believe I played Angry Birds. 171
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I am this guy today. Israelis are not oppressed and their persistent victimhood narrative is an insult to those who are. substack.com/@parislychee...substack.comKathy (@parislychee)Everyone needs to watch this @William F 051
Reposted by Belinda WeaverPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reform UK's Suella Braverman promises ‘consequences’ if pupils don’t sing Christian hymns. That would be policed. So what happens to atheists, agnostics, non-believers and other religious denominations. Will they be persecuted, imprisoned? Reform UK getting desperate and bizarre.humanists.ukReform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymnsReform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave... 181712255
Reposted by Belinda WeaverDerek gendvil @derekbshelby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Italy Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its Distribution truthout.org/articles/ita...truthout.orgItaly Shows How Amazon Can Be Forced to Bargain: Shut Down Its DistributionAmazon is huge and powerful, but Italian workers have shown it can be forced to negotiate. Could US workers do the same? 532603977
Reposted by Belinda WeaverMickS @mickstec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I can't see that building hempcrete buildings would be that expensive if we got it running to scale like we should have been doing the past 100 years. 40% of the household energy cost is heating and cooling, that could be reduced by as much as 60%. A house that captures CO2, and continues to. 243
Reposted by Belinda WeaverBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Israel fans chanted IDF and made monkey noises at black Irish players during the game against Ireland. Ban Israel. 1352755642
Reposted by Belinda WeaverSaul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Miliband: "To the millions in this country.. who have been moved & outraged by the plight of the Palestinian people, we hear you. You were right" So scrap the proscription of Palestine Action. End all arms exports to Israel. Impose sanctions on the Israeli govt & economy. 34564200
Reposted by Belinda WeaverHoward Breen He/Him @howardbreen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Netanyahu Flies Over Canada: What Happened to Carney’s Arrest Pledge? youtu.be/-t_w5LKgGM8?...youtu.beNetanyahu Flies Over Canada: What Happened to Carney’s Arrest Pledge?YouTube video by The Really Big Show 4127
Reposted by Belinda WeaverKon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026“The two stolen vehicles are used by the ASRC’s catering social enterprise, which provides employment opportunities for refugees and people seeking asylum.” Read more here: www.news.com.au/national/mel... 15231
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Really bad false flag attempt. Amateur hour at best. "Now you have to ask yourself which parties would benefit from this. Israel needs us to join its war, the US needs to keep using Fairford to bomb Iran, and the UK needs to justify its involvement." www.councilestatemedia.uk/p/was-fairfo...x.comVanessa Beeley (@VanessaBeeley) on XA wonderfully wry look at the most pathetic false flag ever at RAF Fairford: "For the past few months, we’ve been told by people with a crystal ball that an attack on UK soil was imminent, and now ... 130
Reposted by Belinda WeaverMichael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Australia halved its public housing in a generation and handed the young a voucher instead. The fix is a public builder, a 10 per cent target and a national summit." Andrew Brown #auspol Australia's Housing Casino Part 1 michaelwest.com.au/australias-h...michaelwest.com.auAustralia’s Housing Casino: the house always wins - Michael WestAndrew Brown analyses how successive Australian governments turned shelter into a casino. Australia's Housing Casino. 310252
Reposted by Belinda WeaverAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352063188
Reposted by Belinda WeaverRɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Tᴜꜰꜰɪɴ ᵃᵘ ᶜᵇʳ ᶜᶠᶜ @richardtuffin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Again... Consider the AUKUS deal, where Australia is spending nearly $400 billion to buy subs from the US to protect us from China. But now the US are wanting to sell weapons to... China. It simply doesn't add up. 12211
Reposted by Belinda WeaverThommo67 @thommo67.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Record profits to the 1% are adding inflationary pressure to the Australian economy, further screwing those that can least afford it. Why is Chalmers not talking about that? 🤔 #FuckLabor #FuckFascism #auspol 0125
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bee sightings continue! Yay spring. A couple of honey bees were burrowing deep into wisteria blossom, with a bit of competition from tiny native bees really going for it. The blossom is very pretty. 030
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Israel's latest barbarity towards Gaza. "Even the air is something they begrudge us ..." substack.com/@andyworthin...substack.comAndy Worthington (@andyworthington)What new depravity is this? Israel dropped foul-smelling bubbles over Gaza On X, via Yamen Nashwan, an electrical engineer in Gaza, comes a horrific story of new depths to which the State of Israel h... 030
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Shaimaa is reporting from Gaza. You can follow Shaimaa on substack. substack.com/@shaimaamarw...substack.comShaimaa Marwan (@shaimaamarwan95)This is what has happened across the Gaza Strip over the past few hours: Five people were injured, including one in critical condition, in an Israeli drone strike near the White Mosque in Al-Shati R... 011
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Albanese is the #Albo-tross of Labor. asenseofplacemagazine.substack.com/p/a-deflated...asenseofplacemagazine.substack.comA Deflated Australian Prime Minister Flies Home: Duty of Care Meet the Rogue AgentThe Prime Minister flew to America to be seen as a statesman. 020
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I suspect many musicians and other artists feel this way about enforced algorithmic narcissism. "I want to *live* my life, not curate a version of it for the internet." siomhamusic.substack.com/p/goodbye-so...siomhamusic.substack.comGoodbye social media. Goodbye music industry.It’s no longer ‘fuck the system’. The system is fucking itself. It’s not working, and I’m relieved to tell you I’m out :) 041
Reposted by Belinda WeaverThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 409125765953
Reposted by Belinda WeaverJosep Goded @josepgoded.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Israeli forces left a blindfolded and bound young man in the street after a nighttime raid on Qabatiya. 083
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Remember these brave Palestinian souls whom Israel murdered for telling the truth. substack.com/@andyworthin...substack.comAndy Worthington (@andyworthington)Today is the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists: 262 killed in the last three years Today, September 26, is the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Journalists,... 0107
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Fantastic interview with Dr Assal Rad on The Thinking Muslim podcast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ACw...youtube.comDon't Say Palestine: How the Media Manufactured Consent | Dr Assal RadYouTube video by The Thinking Muslim 011
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Move Israel to Europe. It will cost the US less. substack.com/@edgnts/note...substack.comEdge Notes (@edgnts)A REAL TWO-STATE SOLUTION: I just got to thinking, and I’m pretty sure that for about what the US is spending right now per year on the genocidal state of Israel, around 1,300 square miles of the Vol... 010
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Putin NEVER wanted to “conquer Ukraine”. He only wanted the West to take him seriously when he said “nyet” to Ukraine joining NATO, insisting that Ukraine must stay true to its 1991 Constitution and always remain neutral. euroyankee.substack.com/p/ukraine-th...euroyankee.substack.comUkraine: This Is The EndPutin is taking off the gloves, and the West is about to be shocked. 200
Belinda Weaver @longtimeleftie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The life Palestinian kids have to live - daily fear of Israeli violence. substack.com/@shaimaamarw...substack.comShaimaa Marwan (@shaimaamarwan95)On his way home from school in the town of Al-Zawiya, west of Salfit, this child suddenly found himself facing a scene he never chose: Israeli occupation forces storming the town, while fear followed ... 000