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

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A screencap that tells a story
December 1, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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What are you talking about?
December 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Here’s a sentence for you:

“The logistic regression model was statistically significant, χ²(1) = 12.088, p < 0.001, indicating that the presence of Batman sig-
nificantly influenced the likelihood of prosocial behavior.”
A person dressed as a superhero (Batman costume) stands near a seemingly pregnant person on a crowded subway, surrounded by other standing passengers.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Nice day for it
The Sydney CBD skyline is visible in the distance beyond a suburban area with houses and trees under a clear blue sky.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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This ridiculous post (the answer is clearly his own tariffs) made me learn about “Boxed Beef”, a fascinating turn in intensive beef production that reminds me of what has happened to poultry. Sci-fi authors who thought we’d be eating vat protein got it wrong.
A “truth” by Donald Trump discusses the discrepancy between dropping cattle prices and rising boxed beef prices, implying potential criminality.
November 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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Beautiful morning on the Goods Line
Wide pedestrian pathway with sunlight illuminating a tall yellow UTS building to the left, trees creating a canopy on the right, clear blue sky, with a few pedestrians visible. It’s the Goods Line in Ultimo, Sydney.
November 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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An older man in a dark suit sits at a desk in an office with his leg raised on the desk, watching a small television screen that shows the Twin Towers burning. The desk has multiple telephones, papers, and a coffee mug. It’s Dick Cheney on September 11, 2001.
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Person seated on a cream sofa in a formal office setting, with five framed portraits of UAE leaders in traditional dress mounted on the wall above. A UAE flag stands to the left and a yellow institutional flag to the right. Water bottles and a phone sit on the wooden coffee table in front. It’s Nelly Yoa.
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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UNSW campus in the morning. A modern architectural building complex features a tall brick structure, a large geometric sculpture on the lawn, and a staircase leading to other buildings.
October 16, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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And yet I participate in a society, damning!
The Mr Gotcha cartoon by Matt Bors
September 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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TGA 'stepping up' regulation of AI scribes in healthcare https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/tga--stepping-up--regulation-of-ai-scribes-in-healthcare.html

Too late but at least it’s something.
Text Shot: The TGA announced on Friday it was reviewing AI scribes amid concerns some systems were introducing features “such as diagnostic and treatment suggestions”, which may need to be considered medical devices and thereby formally regulated before being sold or advertised.
September 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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A fascinating chapter that should be of particular interest to Australian readers:

“Middle Power Neofascism: Classic Fascist Tactics in Middle Powers” https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5327925
Text Shot: This chapter will explore the rise of neo-fascists in India, Italy, and Brazil. Each has an economy that qualifies them as a “middle power,” and each either has or recently had a neofascist as their executive. It will begin with a definition of neofascism and its traits. It will then explore events since 2001 that have created the crises used by fascists to attract followers. It will then discuss the individual details of their perceived crisis, how each nation’s fascists identify “others,” and their specific mythic past. It will include an analysis of similarities
September 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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I’ve just been published and I feel… https://patthomson.net/2025/08/21/ive-just-been-published-and-i-feel/ by Pat Thomson, via @robertmuller.bsky.social
Text Shot: The next time you see a scholar announce they’re “delighted” about their latest publication, know that behind that language might be someone experiencing one of the most emotionally complex moments of their professional life. And maybe that’s something worth acknowledging, even perhaps saying it out loud.
September 1, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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“Kobi refused a doctor's AI. She was told to go elsewhere” https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2025/kobi-refused-a-doctors-ai-she-was-told-to-go-elsewhere.html

The rapid, uncritical adoption of A.I. scribes by GPs and other specialists needs a lot more scrutiny and consideration.
Text Shot: When Australian artificial intelligence expert Dr Kobi Leins declined a medical specialist’s request to use AI transcription software during her child’s upcoming appointment, the practice told her the practitioner required the technology be used and Leins was "welcome to seek an alternative" provider.
August 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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“If it helps, you can imagine you are in hand-to-hand combat with a cloth demon.”

On in doing battle with fitted sheets, via MeFi https://ratfactor.com/cards/fitted-sheets
August 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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There’s a simple truth many cycling advocates minimise: pedestrians are the most vulnerable people in public spaces and deserve to be better protected.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/11/alicia-kemp-pleads-guilty-for-killing-thanh-phan-perth-e-scooter-crash
Text Shot: Alicia Kemp, 25, fatally struck Thanh Phan, 51, while riding through the Western Australia capital under the influence of alcohol
August 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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I would have thought this would fall within the capacity and remit of the public service. Letting consultant back in will probably be the government’s real legacy.
Headline from the Guardian: Exclusive Labor asks Deloitte to design universal childcare system as PM eyes political legacy
August 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Who?
August 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Now I know what I need to energise and focus.
Post in the Financial Times website. Text: &10;&10;Heading: Tesla board awards $30bn of shares to ‘energise and focus’ Elon Musk&10;&10;Subheading: World’s richest man threatened to quit as chief executive of electric-vehicle maker if he was not given more stock&10;&10;Text: Following lacklustre results last month, Elon Musk renewed his threat to leave Tesla &10;&10;Image of Musk, sitting with fingers tented. &10;
August 5, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Good morning fronds 🌱🌅
Sun rising over the ocean. Some grass in foreground.
July 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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“Wow, This Is So Gay”: An Oral History of ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’ – Vanity Fair via Metafilter

A cult classic for queer people that deserves a wider audience as part of the Natasha Lyonnaissance.
Two young women holding a doll upside down. The colour palette is distinctive – all pink and red. It’s the actors Natasha Lyonne and Clea DuVall from the film But I’m A Cheerleader (1999).
July 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM