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Ben Harris-Roxas

Ben Harris-Roxas

@benhr.bsky.social

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Researcher and educator from Sydney, Australia. You’ll usually find me on the forgotten parts of the web.

https://unsw.to/ben_hr
https://harrisroxashealth.com

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Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 18h

Geordie no: broligarch
Geordie yes: extractigarch

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 19h

I feel comfortable characterising things that nobody could be bothered to write as not being worth reading, i.e. slop.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 22h

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'

"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"

Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Ben Harris‐Roxas, Margot C. Finn

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 22h

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says people should move beyond calling AI 'slop'

"We need to get beyond the arguments of slop vs sophistication and develop a new equilibrium ... that accounts for humans being equipped with these new cognitive amplifier tools as we relate to each other"

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 1d

Apologies, Australian *Turf* Club

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if he’ll also be humbled by the Australian Jockey Club

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 2d

The only subgenre worse than books written by journalists.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 2d

I thought “that sounds interesting”, then I read the blurb:

“Dan Wang—“a gifted observer of contemporary China” (Ross Douthat)”

No thanks.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah it’s def one to process. I still feel about seven different things about it.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 2d

Pluribus?

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 2d

Chaser

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 2d

Happy new year from the maniac who lives across the road. At least he didn’t set any of the trees on fire.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 3d

She’s painting over something in heaven

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 4d

What time do you call this?

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 4d

Robots might be saving us from those things, or perpetuating them?

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 4d

The best films of 2025 (for me): https://benhr.xyz/2025/12/30/the-best-films-of-for.html

The best films of 2025 (for me)

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 7d

Better a pig than a fascist

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 9d

Good idea, but which party?

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 9d

I tried several times to get AI to preserve the grimacing horror of the original, but it keeps insisting on touching up both Cherie and me. Flattering the user is hard-baked into these slop models.

A grimacing couple poses together indoors, with the woman in a red dress and the man in a blue suit, accompanied by the text Season's Greetings it’s Tony and Cherie Blair.

A smiling couple stands together in front of a window with Season's Greetings written in the upper left corner. It’s the AI slop version of Cherie Blair and me.

Reposted by Paul Matthews, Ben Harris‐Roxas

2000AD Randomizer @2000adrandom.bsky.social · 10d

Brett Ewins

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 10d

Oh sorry, I was referring to this guy www.complex.com/life/a/joshu...

TikToker Apologizes After Plugging Account at Charlie Kir...

The content creator known as Elder TikTok has since remov...

www.complex.com

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 10d

Definite Elder TikTok energy

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 10d

I have the distinct feeling that this person doesn’t realise how close to death he is. Even a few inches of floodwater will sweep away modern, relatively airtight cars.

Reposted by Ben Harris‐Roxas

Dr Caitlin McGrane @caitlinaithne.bsky.social · 12d

Colleagues at the Open University of Catalonia are looking for 24(!!!!) doctoral candidates on a range of topics connected to ICT use. Check out the call for applications here: www.uoc.edu/portal/en/es...

IN2TIC Predoctoral Programme - UOC Doctoral Fellowships

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Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 14d

Ham’s at least versatile and you can do things with leftovers. Turkey-eaters are the truly cooked.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 14d

It’s a trap! I hope!

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 14d

Of course tech CEOs are held in such low regard when they talk like this all the time.

The real question is why we keep granting them any level of deference, capital, public platform, and regulatory capture.

Ben Harris-Roxas

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 14d

Have you ever wondered what to do if there’s a rat in your toilet? This comic is for you.

Comic frame with a rat poking its head up from the toilet. A person is looking alarmed. The text reads “First, try to stay calm.”

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 18d

Counterpoint: the best ending of all time

Text from a print book:

MARY W SHELLEY
He sprang from the cabin window as he said this, upon the ice raft which lay close to the vessel. He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.

Then, written by hand at the end of the printed text:

As he drifted away I could just make out his final words.
"It's okay if you just call me' Frankenster' instead of 'Frankenstein's Monster.
I really dor't mind."
The end

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 20d

The proportion of Australian media outlets that *don’t* take gambling money must be pretty low.

Reposted by Ben Harris‐Roxas, Duncan Bell

The Onion @theonion.com · 21d

Grandchildren Politely Decline David Cronenberg’s Bedtime Story Offer https://theonion.com/grandchildren-politely-decline-david-cronenbergs-bedtime-story-offer/

Grandchildren Politely Decline David Cronenberg’s Bedtime Story Offer

Kids Say They’re Okay Without Tale From Director Of ‘The Fly’