Ben 🇵🇸
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Be gay do crime | on Gadigal land (Sydney)
Was just an author on a medical journal article where they list your qualifications with your name for the first time, and it is funny seeing my MA next to a heap of PhDs and MPHs.
I do enjoy being a cultural studies guy who has somehow ended up doing quite senior public health policy work.
I do enjoy being a cultural studies guy who has somehow ended up doing quite senior public health policy work.
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Was just an author on a medical journal article where they list your qualifications with your name for the first time, and it is funny seeing my MA next to a heap of PhDs and MPHs.
I do enjoy being a cultural studies guy who has somehow ended up doing quite senior public health policy work.
I do enjoy being a cultural studies guy who has somehow ended up doing quite senior public health policy work.
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These sweet little girls should be in kindergarten and second grade
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
These sweet little girls should be in kindergarten and second grade
been a rough fuckin year, guys!! I am doing remarkably well all things considered but holy shit am I limping towards the finish line
November 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
been a rough fuckin year, guys!! I am doing remarkably well all things considered but holy shit am I limping towards the finish line
The best thing I've played this year by a mile didn't come out this year: Pentiment
Fuckin stunning, up there with Disco Elysium as some of the best writing in video games. Amazing characters, so well paced, yet it still feels very much like a Video Game in how you interact with it
Fuckin stunning, up there with Disco Elysium as some of the best writing in video games. Amazing characters, so well paced, yet it still feels very much like a Video Game in how you interact with it
Don't think I've had a really stand-out favourite game this year, but a bunch of big titles I haven't played yet (Silksong, DK Banana, Pokemon Z-A)
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The best thing I've played this year by a mile didn't come out this year: Pentiment
Fuckin stunning, up there with Disco Elysium as some of the best writing in video games. Amazing characters, so well paced, yet it still feels very much like a Video Game in how you interact with it
Fuckin stunning, up there with Disco Elysium as some of the best writing in video games. Amazing characters, so well paced, yet it still feels very much like a Video Game in how you interact with it
Actually that's not even true, two of my favourite games of this year (Blue Prince and Clair Obscur) are both kind of a mess, very high highs and very low lows
Prompted by the sequel coming out I just finished Death Stranding, which I'd never played. It's been said but, what a fuckin weird game! Can't remember the last game I played where the gap between the bits I loved and the bits I hated was so large.
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Actually that's not even true, two of my favourite games of this year (Blue Prince and Clair Obscur) are both kind of a mess, very high highs and very low lows
Prompted by the sequel coming out I just finished Death Stranding, which I'd never played. It's been said but, what a fuckin weird game! Can't remember the last game I played where the gap between the bits I loved and the bits I hated was so large.
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Prompted by the sequel coming out I just finished Death Stranding, which I'd never played. It's been said but, what a fuckin weird game! Can't remember the last game I played where the gap between the bits I loved and the bits I hated was so large.
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the socialist Victorian government is jailing ten year old kids for life, to push their woke agenda
November 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
the socialist Victorian government is jailing ten year old kids for life, to push their woke agenda
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
New Sudan Archives is so gooooood, ughhhhhh
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 AM
New Sudan Archives is so gooooood, ughhhhhh
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“That means courts will treat these children like adults” is a sentence the premier actually used. Proposing life sentences for 14-16 year olds is evil. Meanwhile the federal government is banning kids the same age from social media. Too young to post online but not to serve life in prison.
These reforms violate human rights obligations, contradict the evidence and will be devastating for children and young people in conflict with the law.
Victoria’s ‘adult time for violent crime’ reforms will not solve the youth crime problem
theconversation.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
“That means courts will treat these children like adults” is a sentence the premier actually used. Proposing life sentences for 14-16 year olds is evil. Meanwhile the federal government is banning kids the same age from social media. Too young to post online but not to serve life in prison.
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This ceasefire seems to lack the ceasing of the firing
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
How many times has Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire? Here are the numbers
Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
This ceasefire seems to lack the ceasing of the firing
Under no circumstances are you to allow my enemies to speak at my funeral
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Under no circumstances are you to allow my enemies to speak at my funeral
People were very hostile towards Halloween in Australia when I was growing up, but walking home near midnight and seeing the streets filled with young people having fun is so heartening, especially in a city like Sydney that can be so hostile to most expressions of public life
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
People were very hostile towards Halloween in Australia when I was growing up, but walking home near midnight and seeing the streets filled with young people having fun is so heartening, especially in a city like Sydney that can be so hostile to most expressions of public life
Went to a Halloween screening of the thing... what a fuckin movie. Hadn't seen it in years and never at the cinema
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Went to a Halloween screening of the thing... what a fuckin movie. Hadn't seen it in years and never at the cinema
What do we think about 'Berghain'?? On paper it is a shocking intersection of my interests but I'm not sure I love the track
October 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
What do we think about 'Berghain'?? On paper it is a shocking intersection of my interests but I'm not sure I love the track
Annie Clark's music really hasn't dipped in quality over the past 20 years, every St Vincent album has absolute bangers
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Annie Clark's music really hasn't dipped in quality over the past 20 years, every St Vincent album has absolute bangers
Been thinking about my linguistics degree and while I always loved the discipline, on reflection I think the stuff I found politically engaging (discourse analysis) didn't align with what I enjoyed intellectually (cognitive linguistics, e.g. first language acquisition, cognitive semantics).
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Been thinking about my linguistics degree and while I always loved the discipline, on reflection I think the stuff I found politically engaging (discourse analysis) didn't align with what I enjoyed intellectually (cognitive linguistics, e.g. first language acquisition, cognitive semantics).
When I was a linguistics undergrad and honours student Barb was an academic mentor to me, as I know she was to many, the first person to get me excited about scholarly research. What a cool thing from Lauren and everyone involved. Can't wait to read these papers.
Just published:
Australian Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 45(3)
Special Issue: In Memory of Barbara F. Kelly
www.tandfonline.com/toc/cajl20/4...
13 articles that speak to the contributions and legacy of Barbara F. Kelly. All articles OA or currently unpaywalled.
Australian Journal of Linguistics, Vol. 45(3)
Special Issue: In Memory of Barbara F. Kelly
www.tandfonline.com/toc/cajl20/4...
13 articles that speak to the contributions and legacy of Barbara F. Kelly. All articles OA or currently unpaywalled.
Australian Journal of Linguistics
Special Issue: In Memory of Barbara F. Kelly. Volume 45, Issue 3 of Australian Journal of Linguistics
www.tandfonline.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:04 AM
When I was a linguistics undergrad and honours student Barb was an academic mentor to me, as I know she was to many, the first person to get me excited about scholarly research. What a cool thing from Lauren and everyone involved. Can't wait to read these papers.
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As Israel continues its bombardment and cuts off aid, the joy of the ceasefire has quickly given way to anxiety and fear. Rasha Abou Jalal reports from Gaza.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/as-israel-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/as-israel-...
As Israel violates ceasefire, displaced Gazans fear to return home
Rasha Abou Jalal reports from Gaza
www.deepcutnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
As Israel continues its bombardment and cuts off aid, the joy of the ceasefire has quickly given way to anxiety and fear. Rasha Abou Jalal reports from Gaza.
www.deepcutnews.com/p/as-israel-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/as-israel-...
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The police shot at antifascist protestors today, with reports that one person is currently having surgery after being shot
October 19, 2025 at 5:19 AM
The police shot at antifascist protestors today, with reports that one person is currently having surgery after being shot
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I've seen some egregious misrepresentation in my time, but how many mules would have to kick you in the head to draw the imputation cited from Saleh's post?
October 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I've seen some egregious misrepresentation in my time, but how many mules would have to kick you in the head to draw the imputation cited from Saleh's post?
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Gosh gee whiz who would’ve guessed www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
NSW police wrongly categorise ‘significant’ number of incidents as antisemitic
Anti-Palestinian graffiti and verbal abuse of pro-Palestine protestors incorrectly recorded as antisemitism in figures government cited to defend restrictions on protests
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Gosh gee whiz who would’ve guessed www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Very nice weather we're having
October 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Very nice weather we're having
feeling cute / looking sad on the teams call
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 AM
feeling cute / looking sad on the teams call
Dealing with AI slop in the workplace sucks in part because it puts you in the position of basically having to ask someone to their face if they're lying: "this is unreadable nonsense, did you actually write it?"
October 2, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Dealing with AI slop in the workplace sucks in part because it puts you in the position of basically having to ask someone to their face if they're lying: "this is unreadable nonsense, did you actually write it?"