Ben
@bjnev.bsky.social
Father, husband, amateur cook, cat wrangler, beekeeper & mugwump.
Data isn't information. Information isn't knowledge. Knowledge isn't wisdom.
Non nobis solum nati sumus
Lives on Guringai/Darug land
Data isn't information. Information isn't knowledge. Knowledge isn't wisdom.
Non nobis solum nati sumus
Lives on Guringai/Darug land
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December 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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All journalists in #Australia should be asking these questions of politicians: what does protesting have to do with these killings? Where is the link?
Gun crackdown and controversial protest laws to be passed in NSW despite Coalition split over firearms
Gun crackdown and controversial protest laws to be passed in NSW despite Coalition split over firearms
NSW Nationals to oppose gun law reforms introduced in wake of Bondi attack, as Greens say protest laws are ‘draconian’ and may be unconstitutional
Gun laws will be significantly tightened and protests restricted for up to three months in New South Wales at the behest of the police commissioner, under an emergency set of laws introduced to the state parliament in the wake of the Bondi shooting.
The bill is being debated in the lower house on Monday and is expected to pass the lower house on Monday afternoon with the support of the NSW Liberal party, and pass the upper house on Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All journalists in #Australia should be asking these questions of politicians: what does protesting have to do with these killings? Where is the link?
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It's like watching a condom full of walnuts getting battered by a truck.
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It's like watching a condom full of walnuts getting battered by a truck.
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Muslim leaders begging NSW Police for years to shut down the hate preacher that radicalised the Bondi shooters, NSW Police refusing as keeping the centre open was "a good source of information," and then ASIO/AFP bungling the surveillance, only for everyone to blame Muslims. What a world!
December 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Muslim leaders begging NSW Police for years to shut down the hate preacher that radicalised the Bondi shooters, NSW Police refusing as keeping the centre open was "a good source of information," and then ASIO/AFP bungling the surveillance, only for everyone to blame Muslims. What a world!
Narrator: The Trump administration did not comply with a federal law requiring them to release the files
The Trump administration complied with a federal law requiring them to release the files.
Epstein Files Released: Here’s Everything We Know (Live Updates)
The Trump administration complied with a federal law requiring them to release the files.
www.forbes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Narrator: The Trump administration did not comply with a federal law requiring them to release the files
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@larianstudios.com and defenders: Please stop saying using genAI is "just like Photoshop" etc. Photoshop (or anything else you want to pretend genAI is like) has never caused a water shortage, a RAM shortage, or a potentially catastrophic economic bubble, and it was not created via theft.
December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
@larianstudios.com and defenders: Please stop saying using genAI is "just like Photoshop" etc. Photoshop (or anything else you want to pretend genAI is like) has never caused a water shortage, a RAM shortage, or a potentially catastrophic economic bubble, and it was not created via theft.
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I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.
December 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I never want to hear another American make fun of North Korea ever again.
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David Pope Canberra Times
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
David Pope Canberra Times
You know it's hot when they're bearding like this. By pulling some of their thermal mass out of the hive and fanning to generate an air current, they can pull some of the hot air from the hive
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
You know it's hot when they're bearding like this. By pulling some of their thermal mass out of the hive and fanning to generate an air current, they can pull some of the hot air from the hive
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
December 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking across a microscopic slide. 🫧🐻🧪
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WTAF?!
NSW Premier Chris Minns has expressed support for arming a Jewish 'security group' with ties to Israel in the wake of the Bondi massacre
www.deepcutnews.com/p/chris-minn...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/chris-minn...
Chris Minns open to arming Jewish security group with links to Israel
Former member tells Deepcut that the Community Security Group is a 'recruiting ground for Israeli intelligence'
www.deepcutnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:19 PM
WTAF?!
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Caesareans overtake natural vaginal births in England for first time, NHS data finds
Caesareans overtake natural vaginal births in England for first time, NHS data finds
45% of births were through C-sections, 44% through natural vaginal births and 11% assisted with forceps or ventouse
Births through caesarean section have overtaken natural vaginal births in England for the first time, NHS data has revealed.
Last year, 45% of births in England were through caesareans, 44% were through natural vaginal births and 11% were assisted with instruments such as forceps or ventouse, according to the data published on Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Caesareans overtake natural vaginal births in England for first time, NHS data finds
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It’s all about free speech until you criticise the guy who bulldozes over children
December 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
It’s all about free speech until you criticise the guy who bulldozes over children
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You CAN condemn what happened to the Bondi Jewish community and you CAN oppose the genocide and you CAN oppose Oct 7 and you CAN condemn the oppression Gazans faced before that, without it justifying anything that came next.
You can and you must. You have to want it *all* to stop.
You can and you must. You have to want it *all* to stop.
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
You CAN condemn what happened to the Bondi Jewish community and you CAN oppose the genocide and you CAN oppose Oct 7 and you CAN condemn the oppression Gazans faced before that, without it justifying anything that came next.
You can and you must. You have to want it *all* to stop.
You can and you must. You have to want it *all* to stop.
What cowardice from a major Australian masthead, stifling comments on what will be one of the most momentous debates in our history. Shame on you @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
In a furious speech at Bondi, the former treasurer said Albanese must take personal responsibility for the deaths of 15 people in the largest massacre of Jews outside Israel since October 7, 2023. tinyurl.com/4e2jbcfe
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
What cowardice from a major Australian masthead, stifling comments on what will be one of the most momentous debates in our history. Shame on you @sydmorningherald.bsky.social
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If the conservatives in Australia don't pull back their culture war bullshit over this, the Australian public will blowback. I've been involved/done polling on how ostensibly foreign issues debated in Australia are politically perceived domestically for 30 years. (1/2)
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
If the conservatives in Australia don't pull back their culture war bullshit over this, the Australian public will blowback. I've been involved/done polling on how ostensibly foreign issues debated in Australia are politically perceived domestically for 30 years. (1/2)
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Fun fact: the US has been at continual war since 1945 and *not a single one of these wars*, from the Korean War to Vietnam to Iraq to Iraq again, was ever declared war by Congress.
The last time the US Congress declared war was 1942. 83 years ago.
The last time the US Congress declared war was 1942. 83 years ago.
A lot of people are talking about whether Trump is going to go to war with Iran but not enough people are talking about the fact that Trump has no legal authority to do so without Congressional authorization
June 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Fun fact: the US has been at continual war since 1945 and *not a single one of these wars*, from the Korean War to Vietnam to Iraq to Iraq again, was ever declared war by Congress.
The last time the US Congress declared war was 1942. 83 years ago.
The last time the US Congress declared war was 1942. 83 years ago.
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Segal's plan would not have stopped these people. It would not have changed their actions one iota. This was an intelligence failure.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
December 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Segal's plan would not have stopped these people. It would not have changed their actions one iota. This was an intelligence failure.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The take up of rooftop solar alone,
Shows us Australians intuitively understand this truth.
Renewable energy is cheaper energy.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Shows us Australians intuitively understand this truth.
Renewable energy is cheaper energy.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Electricity generation costs would be a third lower with 82% renewable grid, CSIRO says
Modelling suggests by 2050 main electricity market could run almost entirely on renewables without increase in generation cost
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The take up of rooftop solar alone,
Shows us Australians intuitively understand this truth.
Renewable energy is cheaper energy.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Shows us Australians intuitively understand this truth.
Renewable energy is cheaper energy.
#auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
Was feeling angry and helpless when I heard about events at Bondi. Then I realised I could do something. Queues are out the door, no one is complaining
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Was feeling angry and helpless when I heard about events at Bondi. Then I realised I could do something. Queues are out the door, no one is complaining
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This chart shows complete failure.
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This chart shows complete failure.
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1/2 The Sydney Jewish community and Australia have experienced the horror of terrorist violence.
The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.
If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.
The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.
If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.
December 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
1/2 The Sydney Jewish community and Australia have experienced the horror of terrorist violence.
The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.
If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.
The PM's Antisemitism Envoy has cynically used this tragedy to demonize peaceful protests for #FreePalestine and an end to the #GazaGenocide.
If Albanese wants 'social cohesion', she needs to go.