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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.

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

Public Health 27%
Medicine 16%

It’s always so strange when you’re watching a 35 year old TV episode and there are references to Trump. https://benhr.xyz/2025/12/06/its-always-so-strange-when.html

I’d recommend leaving East Meg One if you can.

Yesterday I posted that the world is divided into The Future is Judge Dredd (Derogatory) and The Future is Judge Dredd (Complimentary).

Today the U.S. Department of Homeland Security posted this:

And that’s goodnight from him.
Statement: Closing #VicHealth is backward & will make more people sick.

We implore the VIC Gov to not close the door on the world's 1st health promotion foundation.

Economic hard heads like Productivity Commission are urging investment in prevention, not cuts.

www.phaa.net.au/Web/News/Med...

Victoria is dismantling VicHealth - the world’s first health promotion foundation and the template for similar agencies globally. This is deeply worrying news for Australian public health and health promotion.

More at Croakey

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Victorian Govt under fire over shock VicHealth decision...

www.croakey.org/shock-and-al...

The world is divided into The Future is Judge Dredd (Derogatory) and The Future is Judge Dredd (Complimentary)

Yet more proof solar can’t deliver baseload (ducks)

I’m reminded of when I lived in Vanuatu as a kid. There was a field with rusting Soviet tractors that had been donated as aid, which nobody had any use for, let alone spare parts. Same energy.

Have you ever wondered why universities seem so different than when you were there? This excellent episode of ABC Rear Vision explains why, featuring national treasure Raewyn Connell.

“Australian universities in crisis”
Australian universities in crisis - ABC listen
Australian universities are confronting a firestorm, the loss of foreign students, the lay-off of academics, the underpayment of staff and radical changes to domestic university fees. Why is our university sector in so much trouble? Guests Raewyn Connell, professor emerita at the University of Sydney Professor Glyn Davis, The Australian idea of a university Hannah Forsyth, historian of education and associate Professor at the University of New England James Waghorne, Senior Research Fellow in the faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne Presenter and producer Annabelle Quince
www.abc.net.au

Wellbeing for Future Generations: What Will It Take to Embed Health Impact Assessment in Australia?: https://benhr.xyz/2025/12/02/wellbeing-for-future-generations-what.html

That is an all-time classic.

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John M. Burns

"“Friendship is actually quite a dangerous thing,” Bell told me. “Friendship is this thing that doesn’t have an immediate social purpose, or social purpose that is defined by the state. Friendship is something that is potentially ex... https://benhr.xyz/2025/12/02/friendship-is-actually-quite-a.html
A Genius for Friendship
Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell's podcast is known for its astute observations of the conservative movement, but has just as often been a meditation on the power and political potential of friendship.
andyelrick.substack.com

A screencap that tells a story

What are you talking about?

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Albo ban Letterboxd for gen x

Social media bans are such a great idea I think they should apply to all age groups.

As the philosopher Miller says in Repo Man, the more you drive the less intelligent you are.

Well, better

Given they paid $1 billion for El Jannah that would price Hawa in the $2-3 billion range.

Good coverage of our research on the benefits of enhanced primary care continuity.

newsGP - Regular GP linked to avoiding hospital
newsGP - Regular GP linked to avoiding hospital
As data reveals soaring costs of preventable hospital admissions, research shows having a regular GP is key to addressing the issue.
www1.racgp.org.au

Oh I had not imagined anything other than this!

The biggest benefits of improved continuity of primary care are for people aged 85+ and those managing multiple chronic conditions.

A useful reminder that primary care relationships can matter as much as treatments.

Our new paper used machine learning to show that even modest gains in continuity of primary care can have a major impact on preventable hospitalisations. For every 11 people whose continuity improves, one hospitalisation can be avoided www.annfammed.org/content/23/6...
Continuity of Primary Care and Preventable Hospitalization for Acute Conditions: A Machine Learning–Based Record Linkage Study
PURPOSE Reducing potentially preventable hospitalization (PPH), also known as ambulatory care–senstive conditions, is a global concern. This study linked data from Sax Institute’s 45 and Up Study on i...
www.annfammed.org