Jonathan Benjamin
@jonbenj.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Scientific Diver | Dual Citizen | Professor | ARC Future Fellow
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Jonathan Benjamin
@jonbenj.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Stone artefacts on the seabed at a submerged freshwater spring confirm a drowned cultural landscape in Murujuga, Western Australia www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Return of the wet strawman!
We rebut our critics (again) after their most recent attempt to use high level theory and inaccurate models to justify their negative assertions about our fieldwork.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We rebut our critics (again) after their most recent attempt to use high level theory and inaccurate models to justify their negative assertions about our fieldwork.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Stone artefacts on submerged land surfaces: A response to Larcombe et al.
Larcombe et al. (2025) challenge the work of the Deep History of Sea Country team regarding the provenance and mobility of lithic artefacts on the sea…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Return of the wet strawman!
We rebut our critics (again) after their most recent attempt to use high level theory and inaccurate models to justify their negative assertions about our fieldwork.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We rebut our critics (again) after their most recent attempt to use high level theory and inaccurate models to justify their negative assertions about our fieldwork.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia
Open access article published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Open access article published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia - Journal of Maritime Archaeology
Since the peak of the last glacial maximum, approximately 2.12 million square kilometres of Australia’s continental land mass was inundated by post-glacial sea-level rise. Much of this area would have...
link.springer.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia
Open access article published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Open access article published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Brutal flight delay on @qantas-official.bsky.social #QF1 approaching 30 hours in Singapore. On an A380 sitting on the tarmac for a second night in a row. Broken air con. It is absolutely roasting. Don’t fly Qantas A380s. They’re old and they can’t get the parts they need to fix them. #Qantas #A380
May 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Brutal flight delay on @qantas-official.bsky.social #QF1 approaching 30 hours in Singapore. On an A380 sitting on the tarmac for a second night in a row. Broken air con. It is absolutely roasting. Don’t fly Qantas A380s. They’re old and they can’t get the parts they need to fix them. #Qantas #A380
Buy anything but a Tesla.
Breaking: Tesla’s net income sank 71% in the first quarter, hurt by competitive pressure and a reputational hit from Elon Musk’s polarizing role in the Trump administration
Tesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political Backlash
The auto maker’s net income fell 71% in the first quarter.
www.wsj.com
April 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Buy anything but a Tesla.
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
April 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.
🤿 AAUS in Seattle this week 👌 #ScientificDiving
March 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🤿 AAUS in Seattle this week 👌 #ScientificDiving
Yeah, good call 😬 ✈️
The British government on Saturday ordered an investigation into the country’s “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day and raised concerns about the U.K.’s ability to withstand disasters or attacks on critical infrastructure.
UK government orders probe after Heathrow shutdown sparks concerns over energy resilience
The British government on Saturday ordered an investigation into the country's “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day and raised concerns about…
buff.ly
March 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Yeah, good call 😬 ✈️
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Nature research paper: Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats - Nature
An early Holocene sea-level curve based on data from the North Sea reveals two phases of accelerated sea-level rise owing to meltwater from the North American and Antarctic ice sheets.
www.nature.com
March 19, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Nature research paper: Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Kill Tesla. End Musk.
Tesla is hanging by a thread. With collapse in resale market they are toast.
March 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Kill Tesla. End Musk.
This is not the way
Israeli warplanes on Tuesday bombarded cities up and down the Gaza Strip, after nearly 60 days of a ceasefire. The result was one of the deadliest single-day tolls of the entire war. nyti.ms/4hIDkiA
March 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is not the way
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From owl surveys to peer review, Israel's researchers are maintaining regional and international ties despite boycotts and the risk of war resuming
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Science is happening’: Israeli and Palestinian scientists continue collaborations amid conflict
From owl surveys to peer review, Israel's researchers are maintaining regional and international ties despite boycotts and the risk of war resuming.
www.nature.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From owl surveys to peer review, Israel's researchers are maintaining regional and international ties despite boycotts and the risk of war resuming
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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We urge all leaders, for the good of their nations’ health, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence from research.
https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a
https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a
Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them
Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.
go.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We urge all leaders, for the good of their nations’ health, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence from research.
https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a
https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a
More violence is not the answer. realignforpalestine.org
Realign for Palestine — End the violence. Start the future.
realignforpalestine.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
More violence is not the answer. realignforpalestine.org
Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students 🚨 Fully Funded Opportunity: The LPDP scholarship covers your studies in Maritime Archaeology at Flinders University 🇦🇺 🇮🇩
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Wendy van Duivenvoorde on LinkedIn: targeted_page_file_1740453858.pdf
🚨 Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students! 🚨
Dreaming of a career in Maritime Archaeology? 🌊⚓ Dive into the Master of Maritime Archaeology at Flinders…
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March 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students 🚨 Fully Funded Opportunity: The LPDP scholarship covers your studies in Maritime Archaeology at Flinders University 🇦🇺 🇮🇩
www.linkedin.com/posts/wendy-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/wendy-...
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Musk is such an idiot.
March 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Musk is such an idiot.
Thanks very much to everyone at La Trobe University for such a warm welcome.
March 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Thanks very much to everyone at La Trobe University for such a warm welcome.
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Straight up. Trump is a traitor & He is Putins Bitch. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
March 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Straight up. Trump is a traitor & He is Putins Bitch. That’s it. That’s the tweet.
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Archaeologists beat the geological processes at Puteoli, however, where underwater survey uncovered an entire Nabataean temple! #ProjectGallery
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
March 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Archaeologists beat the geological processes at Puteoli, however, where underwater survey uncovered an entire Nabataean temple! #ProjectGallery
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...