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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

One tiny smidgen of positive news. #NobelPeacePrize

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 2d

'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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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 2d

"𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 has examined the details of confidential shipping records listing a total of 68 shipments of F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft parts flown from Australia directly to Israel between October 2023 and September 2025."
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Secret cargo: Inside Australia's covert F-35 parts pipeline to Israel

At least 68 shipments of F-35 fighter jet parts have been flown on commercial passenger planes to Israel from Australia as recently as last month, leaked documents reveal.

johnmenadue.com

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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 2d

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/

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.

declassifiedaus.org

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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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.

johnmenadue.com

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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 8d

Well, no surprises there…

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

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...

www.abc.net.au

Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 12d

There is some hope for the USA with politicians like Zohran Mamdani ✊

Zeteo @zeteo.com · 13d

“The time of…Benjamin Netanyahu coming to this city and then making military decisions from this city to kill civilians…has to come to an end.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks Zohran Mamdani if he would hold to his promise if elected mayor to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu:

zeteo.com/p/exclusive-...

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 13d

“What is the truth? That this is not a conflict that is occurring, that this is a genocide, and so we use our music to speak to the truth.”

Thank you for speaking out, Mudrat. Fuck you, ABC. And you too @australia.theguardian.com for your ongoing genocide denial.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

‘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

www.theguardian.com

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 13d

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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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 12d

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...

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."

www.abc.net.au

Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 16d

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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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 18d

Dr Assal Rad—

"Gaza City is being erased.

"This should be headline news at every major Western outlet, there should be wall-to-wall coverage."

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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 22d

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...

'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".

www.abc.net.au

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 25d

Louder for those in Parliament & local Councils

Melbourne says

DON'T F@#K WITH OUR RIGHT TO PROTEST
&
FFS SANCTION ISRAEL NOW

#MelbourneMarchForPalestine
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Large massed crowd of Melbourne's weekly anti-genocide march sets off down Swanston St from State Library
A sea of placards & Palestinian flags

Large massed crowd processes down Swanston St

Large massed crowd processes down Collins St

Large massed crowd processing down Collins St
Many people draped in a kuffiyeh & lots of Palestinian flags borne aloft

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · 26d

Speech on Gaza by Israeli conductor Ilan Volkov at last night’s Proms: “What’s happening is atrocious, horrific on a scale that’s unimaginable.” #GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust

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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · 25d

@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

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 25d

PM @albomp.bsky.social FM @senatorwong.bsky.social DM Richard Marles

What are you waiting for?!?

End your military & political support for Israel NOW❗️

#SanctionIsraelNOW

Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 25d

"Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have demolished 1,600 residential buildings and 13,000 tents sheltering displaced families, forcibly uprooting over 350,000 residents from eastern neighborhoods to central and western parts of Gaza City since... August 11."

english.palinfo.com/news/2025/09...

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Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Sep 9

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 · 26d

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

Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre @pawseycentre.bsky.social · Sep 9

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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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Aug 30

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)

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Aug 28

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" 🤬🤬🤬

☮️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sleekit Scotsman @sleekitscotsman.bsky.social · Aug 19

‼️🇮🇱🇦🇺 Free holidays. Pro-Israel propaganda dressed as ‘antisemitism training.’ 1,000 local officials invited to the Gold Coast in Sept.

Contact your councillor - are they going? 👍 Like and 🔁 Share
👇Link in first comment for resources

#JillianSegal #auspol #GoldCoast #LocalGov

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Aug 30

Oh goody. More taxpayer dollars going to fund more human rights abuses thanks to @tonyburkemp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social.

Aiding/abetting Israel's #GazaGenocide while abusing the human rights of your average asylum seeker/refugee wasn't enough.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia signs $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru

An agreement relating to the NZYQ cohort, who previously faced indefinite immigration detention, was signed by home affairs minister Tony Burke on Friday

www.theguardian.com

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Raphael Viscarra Rossel @ravr19.bsky.social · Aug 30

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...

Gaza: Doctors Under Attack

Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.

www.abc.net.au

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Jenny Frecklington-Jones #IStandWithWatermelon🍉🍉 @joneshowdareyou.bsky.social · Aug 28

Dr Assal Rad—

“THREE strikes on a hospital is not a “tragic mishap,” it’s a horrific war crime.”

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Aug 28

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" 🤬🤬🤬

☮️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sleekit Scotsman @sleekitscotsman.bsky.social · Aug 19

‼️🇮🇱🇦🇺 Free holidays. Pro-Israel propaganda dressed as ‘antisemitism training.’ 1,000 local officials invited to the Gold Coast in Sept.

Contact your councillor - are they going? 👍 Like and 🔁 Share
👇Link in first comment for resources

#JillianSegal #auspol #GoldCoast #LocalGov

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Aug 24

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

☮️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Sleekit Scotsman @sleekitscotsman.bsky.social · Aug 19

‼️🇮🇱🇦🇺 Free holidays. Pro-Israel propaganda dressed as ‘antisemitism training.’ 1,000 local officials invited to the Gold Coast in Sept.

Contact your councillor - are they going? 👍 Like and 🔁 Share
👇Link in first comment for resources

#JillianSegal #auspol #GoldCoast #LocalGov

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · Aug 25

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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