Dr Assal Rad—
"Israel systematically killed Palestinian journalists and their family members to suppress coverage of Gaza.
"Imagine the coverage if it was Russia. But when it’s Israel, a story like this generates zero headlines in Western media."
The Jewish Council of Australia want to unite with the broader community to combat antisemitism as part of racism overall. Please read their proposal and sign here: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/fr... @getup.org.au
Our new study out today is all good news. Climate change is powerful, but forests have defended sensitive species from fire since Gondwana. If we join their resistance, we can end the fire apocalypse in some places.
theconversation.com/in-1939-a-ro...
Our new paper in PNAS summarises why the push to 'salvage' log dead trees won't reduce the risk of fast wildfires as has been claimed.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Some parts, yes. Mostly where microclimates used to keep things too moist to burn, but the hotter conditions dry them out.
We're cheering you on from Australia.
A top 10 cited article in the journal Functional Ecology! Our work on ecological control theory shows how forests can suppress fire if left undisturbed.
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Trump telling Zelenski "you're gambling with WWIII" is about the clearest threat we could have asked for. Look what you're going to do if you don't give me what I want.
Hi Lucy, I'd love to talk more on this if you're able. Feel free to DM, or contact me via email.
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Will Australia distance itself from the convicted felon proposing ethnic cleansing to turn their land into a "Riviera"?
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It's going to be interesting if he keeps pushing on Greenland. That's going to wedge us from the EU, and it feels like such a simple way to fracture NATO. I agree though - even if Albo gets a spine, a lot of voters might choose Dutton/Trump/Putin. I'd love to know how close we are to that cliff.
I think that was also a criticism of the bishop who asked Trump to have mercy. They find that stuff the most offensive.
Trump's proposal for ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
"Elon Musk could throw a nazi salute in the white house and media outlets would still try to rationalise it as an accident" feels like something I would tweet in 2019 and 30 guys named Andrew would tell me off for being hyperbolic
Could he have factored that in, but seeing what he can do without oversight in the meantime?
Cool! I was wondering if you were here too. Thanks for chasing me up.
I agree. The Exodus is a predictable action, so there is a chance we're being managed.
Expansion? The rest of the world is watching Trump progress from talking like a dictator into the next stage of discussion about invasion. How is it that the NYT are so submissive in their reporting?
If you own shares in a company but work for the Government, is it ok to get the Government to buy up shares of that company so that the value of your shares goes through the roof? 🤔
Around the Larapinta?
You've had such a bad run with health, I really feel for you.
Australians all let us rejoice
For we are young and free...
I met one of the guardians of the last unburnt snow gums.
Happy to be giving a keynote at ESA this year. 'Forests of refuge' explores the ways that Forests have built safe places since Gondwana, how we can side with them to rebuild, and how First Nations knew this long before us.
esa2024.org.au/keynote-spea...
Collective punishment directed at Jewish-Australian places of worship, leading to the destruction of a building, is fundamentally wrong.
Israel collectively punishing the people of Palestine, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, including thousands of children, is also wrong.
