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@liamvhogan@aus.social See also: right wing forks of fediverse clients
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Ben Harris-Roxas
@ben_hr@old.mermaid.town
hometown 4.6.8+hometown-1.3.0Health researcher and educator. Trying to make sure people don't fall through the health cracks.
Banner: Bert Flugelman's Six figure group (1964), an expressive bronze sculpture on permanent display at Goldstein Hall, UNSW.
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One day, all this will be yours *gestures at box*
Have a great day everyone. Remember that other people’s opinions of you are just fan theories.
Everyone agrees computers were a mistake but why do we continue to let Jacquard looms off the hook?
For today’s icebreaker we’ll be sorting ourselves into budget winners and budget losers.
With every day I’m more convinced we’re living in Eddington. Even though the film was set six years ago, it’s happening now (and probably for the foreseeable future).
I have no idea what the actual controversy is but I’m glad that everyone is finally turning on guitarists and the causes of guitars.
Hear me out… romanoid hubots
Looks like the fabric they use on Sydney bus seats.
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The list of films on Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/ben_hr/list/solarpunk-films-an-attempt-at-a-comprehensive/
Uber For Nursing
This is bleak, even for the Torment Nexus. https://ainowinstitute.org/publications/uber-for-nursing
>Australian universities and colleges have built a sophisticated global recruitment machine – particularly from developing nations – but it’s hard not to conclude they are doing the bare minimum when it comes to the welfare and wellbeing of the students they attract.
An important argument, powerfully put by Erin Longbottom. We have an obligation to do better, sectorally and ... https://benhr.xyz/2026/05/07/australian-universities-and-colleges-have.html
Good morning
The hacker code of conduct will protect us:
“Instructure says the cybercriminals have returned the hacked personal data and offered assurance “that no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of this incident.”" https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/administrative-tech/2026/05/11/instructure-pays-ransom-canvas-hackers
I've received two data breach notifications related to Canvas and I'm not even a direct user. What a time to be alive.
Podcasts are interesting because you develop these parasocial relationships with people who you get fed up with and eventually stop listening to. So more or less the same as social relationships.
Interesting social engineering attack focusing on financial services Obsidian note taking app users via LinkedIn. Super-niche!
“Phantom in the vault: Obsidian abused to deliver PhantomPulse RAT” — Elastic Security Labs https://www.elastic.co/security-labs/phantom-in-the-vault
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@GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social maybe this is the actual use case for blockchain: diverting malicious actors into more stupid activities.
Budget for a broken social contract: https://benhr.xyz/2026/05/13/budget-for-a-broken-social.html
Boosted by @troberts@theblower.au
My Dinner with Andre: 45 years of deep listening: https://benhr.xyz/2026/03/18/my-dinner-with-andre-years.html
Wikipedia has some incredible lists:
List of shortest players in NBA history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shortest_players_in_NBA_history
Hard to walk back the impact of this paper though…
Influential study touting ChatGPT in education retracted over red flags https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/influential-study-touting-chatgpt-in-education-retracted-over-red-flags/
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@HG I once read a description of capitalism as a precarity engine, which resonated with me and might with you?
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@bw Love what you've done here. Reading through, it mimics the process I feel like I went through, slowly, clunkily, in the '90s, when I was trying to make early sites. What a wonderful thing you've done!
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