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Raphael Viscarra Rossel

@ravr19.bsky.social
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Can also find me here: www.raphaelviscarrarossel.com www.instagram.com/ravr19/ curtin.edu/soil-landscape-sci/

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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Congratulations to PhD student Sadichhya Adhikari on her final milestone 3 presentation! 🍾 Her research asks whether kaolin mining by-products can lock carbon into WA's sandy soils — from mineral surfaces to field trials. Organo-mineral bonds form at the micro-scale; scaling up takes time. 🌱🧪🔬🌏
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I've written a short blog post on the bacterial-to-fungal richness ratio and the implications of the research for ecosystem health assessments. 🌏🌐🧪🔬 #SoilHealth #SoilScience #Microbiome @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social 📝 Blog: ravr19.github.io/slsl_blog/po...
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An underground census: what bacteria and fungi tell us about ecosystem health – Soil & Landscape Science Lab
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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
📣 Congrats to Teresa Hu from our lab on her 3rd PhD paper published in the @egu.eu journal SOIL: 👏 Estimating soil C sequestration potential with mid-IR spectroscopy and explainable ML 🌏🧪🔬 @egu-sss.bsky.social 🌐 #SoilScience #SoilCarbon #Spectroscopy #SOIL#MachineLearning doi.org/10.5194/soil...
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Estimating soil carbon sequestration potential with mid-IR spectroscopy and explainable machine learning
Abstract. Soil carbon sequestration refers to the process of capturing atmospheric carbon through plant photosynthesis and storing it in soil as organic carbon. The primary mechanism for carbon seques...
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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
🌱Postdoc opportunity in our SLSL at Curtin Uni, Perth 🗓️ 4 years, $105–112k + 17% super Lead field & lab research on native plants and soil carbon restoration in semi-arid Australia 🌏 ARC project, strong publication pipeline, collaborations 🧪 Apply by 27/5/26: staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancie...
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Job vacancies, employment opportunities, academic and professional positions - Careers at Curtin | Curtin University, Perth Australia
Our mission is to transform lives and communities through education and research. Curtin employees form a unique and diverse community committed to innovative research and student learning. Find out a...
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Prof Ros Gleadow FAA 💙💚 @rgleadow.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Life on Earth was inspirational. One of my greatest joys is to have met David Attenborough ~2013 when he was visiting the Monash Science Centre, of which he was patron. He is what you see - a gentleman, interested and interesting, and a desire to discuss fossils!
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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📣 New paper form the lab by @williamzhope.bsky.social and @ravr19.bsky.social - improving predictions of soil C across the Australian rangelands using the Millennial v2 model, measured C fractions & optimised calibrations 🌏🌐🧪🔬 #soil #soilscience #rangelands #ecology See here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
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Redirecting
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
"The Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) project provides new scientific insights and innovative ways of thinking based on expert critical perspectives on AI in science and society.” — @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) | Radboud University
The Critical AI Literacy (CAIL) project provides new scientific insights and innovative ways of thinking based on expert critical perspectives on AI in science and society.
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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
📣 New paper from one of our PhD students, Teresa Hu, out in the @ejsoilscience.bsky.social! 🍾 Hu et al. (2026) investigate what it takes to get reliable measurements from handheld LIBS for soil analysis. Read: doi.org/10.1111/ejss.70305 🧪🔬🌏 #soil #soilscience #SLSL @curtinuniversity.bsky.social
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Soil Sensing With a Handheld LIBS: Effect of Sample Preparation and Instrument Precision
Rapid and scalable methods for characterising soil elements are needed to understand soil conditions. Handheld Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) enables simultaneous multi-element analysis,...
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
On the occasion of the new paper on LIBS by PhD student Teresa Hu in the @ejsoilscience.bsky.social, I wrote about why soil sensing needs more than just spectroscopy. 📝 research.curtin.edu.au/scieng/resea... 📑 doi.org/10.1111/ejss.70305 🧪🔬🌏 #soil #soilscience @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
A new paper in the journal SOIL treats soil health as a soil‑system property and puts sensing at the centre of how we measure it: soil.copernicus.org/articles/12/... 🧪🌏🔬 #soilscience #soil What that means for monitoring, policy and local management? See here: ravr19.github.io/slsl_blog/po...
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From slogan to system: a sensing‑enabled view of soil health – Soil & Landscape Science Lab
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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
New unit at Curtin: ENST2007 Landscapes, Soils and Surface Environments! Teaches soil formation, hydrology, biogeochemical cycles, Indigenous knowledge, two-way science for sustainable land mgt. Read more: research.curtin.edu.au/scieng/resea... #SoilScience #LandscapeScience #CurtinUni #SDGs 🧪🔬🌏
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Landscapes, soils, and the stories they tell – Soil & Landscape Science Lab
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Well done, Nathan! Excellent presentation!
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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🚨 PhD Scholarship 2026 @MurdochUni! Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study microbe-soil-plant interactions in semi-arid ecosystems. Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well… 🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬 #SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
🚨 PhD Scholarship 2026 @CurtinUni! Unlock biodiverse recarbonising potential of Australian soils. Study soil-plant-microbe interactions in semi-arid ecosystems. Must: PhD-ready, passion for science, field/lab work, must write well… 🧪🌱🌏 SEE 👇 🧫🔬🥼🧬 #SoilScience #PhDopportunity #EcoRestoration
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
'Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems' "Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions" Yes, I bang on about this. C market & ff flogs continue to profit from distraction👇, so continual pushback needed
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Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says
Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Australia’s Defence ‘lost’ details of F-35 jet parts exports to Israel: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... @petercronau.bsky.social found 68 secret shipments aiding the genocide in Gaza. Our hypothetical govt is complicit #auspol Read: declassifiedaus.org/2025/10/01/secret-cargo-f35-parts-pipeline/
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Secret Cargo: Inside Australia’s Covert F-35 Parts Pipeline To Israel
68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia, leaked documents reveal.
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
NPC Australia cancels Chris Hedges’ talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists, bowing to Israel lobby. A supposedly independent body of journalists, academics caving to censorship? #auspol Must-read: johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...
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Hedges Report: NPC Australia caves to Israel Lobby, cancels talk on our betrayal of Palestinian journalists
The National Press Club of Australia cancelled my talk on how the media, by amplifying Israeli lies, have betrayed Palestinian journalists, 278 of whom have been assassinated by Israel.
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Well, no surprises there… www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Benjamin Netanyahu has outmanoeuvred yet another American president
For all US President Donald Trump's boasts about ending wars and being a worthy candidate for a Nobel Peace Prize, he has failed to end the war in Gaza and build a sustainable future for both Israelis...
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
There is some hope for the USA with politicians like Zohran Mamdani ✊
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
How is it that time & again, it is artist & writers (& healthcare workers) who are prepared to do the uncomfortable work of standing up to power, to institutions & speak out against genocide❓ Why is the climate & environment movement still largely missing in action❓
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‘Blood on these walls’: Mudrat tears into ABC coverage of Israel-Gaza war during Triple J live set
Australian hip-hop artist donned a Palestinian keffiyeh and delivered a blistering critique of the broadcaster and its treatment of Antoinette Lattouf
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
UN walkout and boos as Netanyahu the butcher vows to “finish the job” in Gaza, slams Palestinian state recognition and broadcasts his threats directly to Gaza via loudspeakers and cellphones. Applause from his soulless Israeli cheer squad. Humanity left the hall. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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Netanyahu rails against foreign leaders as UN delegates walk out
Dozens of diplomats stage a walkout at the UN ahead of the Israeli prime minister's speech, as US President Donald Trump says: "I think we have maybe a deal on Gaza."
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Watching @albomp.bsky.social and @senatorwong.bsky.social declare Australia’s support for a Palestinian state feels deeply hypocritical—rhetoric without halting arms to Israel or Zionist policies fueling the genocide. #auspol
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
John Lyons asks Trump real questions all journalists should ✊. In typical form, the orange blob responds bullying and threatening Australia. Trump is unfit for office, let alone the presidency. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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'You're hurting Australia': Trump hits out at ABC journalist, flags Albanese meeting
Donald Trump takes aim at the ABC's Americas Editor during an extraordinary exchange at the White House, as the president suggests he will meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese "very soon".
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Louder for those in Parliament & local Councils Melbourne says DON'T F@#K WITH OUR RIGHT TO PROTEST & FFS SANCTION ISRAEL NOW #MelbourneMarchForPalestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
Large massed crowd of Melbourne's weekly anti-genocide march sets off down Swanston St from State Library 
A sea of placards & Palestinian flagsLarge massed crowd processes down Swanston StLarge massed crowd processes down Collins StLarge massed crowd processing down Collins St
Many people draped in a kuffiyeh & lots of Palestinian flags borne aloft
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
@albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social End your support of Israel’s ethnic cleansing & genocide of Palestinians—it’s your legal responsibility. Your empty words & inaction are damaging our humanity. Don’t make us all (Australians) complicit in these horrific crimes #SanctionIsraelNOW #auspol
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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Case study: Modelling Australia’s Carbon Treasure Researchers have produced the first high-res map of Australia's soil organic carbon stores, a vital resource in climate change management. Research by @ravr19.bsky.social and @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social Read more 🔗: pawsey.org.au/case_studies...
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The Soil & Landscape Science Lab @slsl-curtinuni.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thank you @PawseyCentre for showcasing our work! High-res soil carbon maps (27.6 Gt) powered by supercomputing & ML guide Australia’s climate action & sustainable land management. 🧪🔬🌏 #SoilScience #ClimateChange @lewis-walden.bsky.social @williamzhope.bsky.social @ravr19.bsky.social
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Are you paying for your local councillors to swan around at the Gold Coast summit featuring a "former" neo-Nazi & a funder of racist hate-mongers, Advance Australia❓️ Write your councillors & find out (resources linked at post below)
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Gaza’s doctors continue to face relentless attacks while saving lives under unimaginable conditions. We’re witnessing a documented genocide, yet Western leaders do nothing—worse, they aid the 🇮🇱 perpetrators, condemning generations of Palestinians to endless suffering. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Up to 4* out of 9 City of Port Phillip councillors are attending this Summit that'll platform a fmr head of a neo-Nazi org & Jillian Segal, whose family trust gave $50K to racist hate-mongers, Advance Australia Ratepayers like myself are paying "all attendance and associated travel costs" 🤬🤬🤬
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Getting interesting replies from the 9 councillors in my local council whom I've emailed about this 'All Expenses Paid Summit Against Antisemitism' junket (not all have responded yet) Write your local councillors today! All the resources you need below👇 h/t @leinsterlad.bsky.social
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 25/08/2025
Where governments choose to tax and where to spend money shows a lot about their priorities. We should be taxing things we want less of (like fossil fuels), and subsidising things we want more of (like education). Pretty simple. #auspol
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This is Israel—pure evil. A deliberate double strike. @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social what more do you need to express more than ‘concern’? No more! Time to sanction Israel and throw the ambassador out! They are a criminal genocidal regime. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Five journalists killed in Israeli strike on last functioning hospital in south Gaza
Israel has launched a series of attacks on the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, with local health authorities reporting at least 20 people have been killed.
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
I've added a reply to the post below with linked articles providing background & context on the Australian Environment Movement's disappointing silence Pls keep signing & sharing the Australian Environment Movement Open Letter on Palestine—staff, workers, volunteers & supporters all welcome to sign
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Tremendous turnout for #MelbourneMarchForPalestine We are DISGUSTED & SICK of your govt's INACTION, PM @albomp.bsky.social #WhatAreYouWaitingFor #SanctionIsraelNOW
Image of a massed crowd in front of the State Library. It is sunny & the sky is clear & blue
A large banner with text in black, green & red says: Photojournalists + Photographers Against GenocideImage of a massed crowd completely covering the lawns of the State Library
There are lots of Palestinian flags in the crowdA huge massed crowd completely occupying the space between Swanston Street & Little Lonsdale
Lots of Palestinian flags & people draped in kuffiyehsIn the background of the image is a large massed crowd standing on Swanston Street. There are many Palestinian flags waving in the background. 
The middle & foreground of the image is entirely filled by the top edge of a massive Palestinian flag being held horizontally by dozens of people for aerial visibility
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Australian communities demand our elected govt act NOW: sanction Israel, stop the killing & starvation of Palestinian men, women & kids. End the genocide! #Perth4Palestine #FreePalestine #StopTheGenocide @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social history will judge your inaction. #auspol
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Michael Dowling aka MeckeringBoy @meckeringboy.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Hobart, Canberra, Newcastle, Central Coast, Katoomba, Port Macquarie, Tathra, Bathurst, Pine Gap, Geraldton, Townsville, Cairns, Warrnambool, Canberra, Coff’s Harbour March for Palestine. Be there.
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
The IDF’s torture of Palestinian children is old news, yet nothing changes. The news fades, & the cruelty goes on. If Hamas were torturing & sexually abusing Israelis, there’d b global outrage! Who r the real terrorists?Sanction 🇮🇱 now! @albomp.bsky.social #auspol newsapp.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Palestinian teenagers allege they were sexually abused and tortured in Israeli custody - ABC News
Two Gazan boys allege they endured a month-long ordeal that would see them tortured and sexually abused in Israeli custody.
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Their inhumanity is undeniable. Peddling propaganda to quibble over starvation: 30%, 15%, as if any % justifies it. Famine is famine. Palestinians are dying from hunger, bullets, bombs. Israel is committing genocide. Despite all words, we stand by & let them! @albomp.bsky.social sanction 🇮🇱 #auspol
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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Fri 22 Aug: week 13 protesting Woodside's North West Shelf Extension by Labor Melbourne Climate Choir performs a lovely song denouncing WoodCIDE's insatiable greed that cares naught for #ClimateBreakdown & destruction of our coral reefs🪸 Meantime, Macnamara Labor MP Josh Burns twiddles his thumbs
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
Mayors and councillors from all over the country being offered an all expenses paid to the Gold Coast to attend the Australian Mayors Summit Against Antisemitism? Funded by the powerful Israel lobby. Criminal lawyer Nick Hanna investigates what is behind this event. youtu.be/jy_g-AxAYZY
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Aussie Mayors TARGETED by Israel
YouTube video by The What & The Why Podcast
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Help USyd Palestine advocates defeat Israel Lobby legal attack! chuffed.org/project/1432...
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Help USyd Palestine advocates defeat Israel Lobby legal attack!
Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane are academics at the University of Sydney and long-time advocates of freedom and justice for Palestinians. Since October 7, in articles, on social media and at ...
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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
People buy 🇮🇱’s lies. Most are too lazy to think for themselves or are compromised. Hamas’ armed struggle responds to occupation, racism & oppression. It reflects real grievances. What would you do as a Palestinian in Gaza or the WB? You be labelled a ‘terrorist’ if you stood up for your people…
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