Ben Harris-Roxas @ben_hr@social.coop
Integration and inequalities
Sydney, Australia
Joined Aug 2018
Today I learned this exists
On the absurdity of Section 44 in a multicultural nation: “Federal candidate @timhollo@twitter.com’s months-long investigation turned up seven potential citizenships” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-16/tim-hollo-discovered/10817634?fbclid=IwAR2E5gmIp2IW7Fka0ZZ95MeiiIKYcPYD8V4AmNAphjorwQVrdyU8-ZOQUQo&pfmredir=sm
What are the causes of Indigenous suicides? - @TracyWesterman@twitter.com https://nit.com.au/what-are-the-causes-of-indigenous-suicides/
Hello friends, I hope all’s well in the mativerse.
Nicotine arms race: JUUL and the high-nicotine product market https://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/31/tobaccocontrol-2018-054796.info
Interesting post, ignore the headline. It discusses how interventions to prevent hospitalisations and re-hospitalisations amongst older people may cost more - possibly because they identify unmet need https://www.hsj.co.uk/integration/little-evidence-that-integrated-care-initiatives-deliver/7024298.article
Sluggo is just such a great character https://www.gocomics.com/nancy/2018/11/03
“…a billionaire sought her help in restoring a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting ruined first by his children throwing cornflakes and then by the crew wiping them off carelessly” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-03/art-on-the-superyachts-beware-of-wine-corks-and-unruly-children
“the number of registered Aboriginal Health Workers in the NT fell almost 17 per cent over six years… All of those losses came from the public health sector, rather than private or Aboriginal-controlled health services” https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-05/aboriginal-health-workers-nt-john-paterson/10779320?pfmredir=sm
“European arrival in 1492 lead to 56 million deaths by 1600.”: Earth system impacts of the European arrival and Great Dying in the Americas after 1492 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379118307261!
Washington state USA measles outbreak sparks concerns over anti-vaccination movement https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/feb/02/measles-outbreak-washington-pacific-northwest-anti-vaccination?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
So sad to hear today about both Andrew McGahan and Jeremy Hardy’s deaths.
One of the things people will overlook when remembering Andrew McGahan’s work is the Ship Kings series, a great collection of YA books https://shipkings.wordpress.com
I've been added to a WhatsApp group of anxious kindergarten parents, so I'm opportunistically educating them about fire safety
Friends, are you aware of wolos? https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/why-youre-seeing-these-signs/news-story/50dfd19fbe1d9d24f3537917fa52ced4 It helps to explain why trains are always stuffed on hot days. The reasons they’re also stufffed on cold days and wet days are less clear.
On the quest for a multigenerational city https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/01/aging-in-place-austin-capital-city-village-multigenerational/581281/
Dry January (UK) https://alcoholchange.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/dry-january
febfast (AUS) https://www.febfast.org.au
Dry July (AUS) https://www.dryjuly.com
Dry-gust https://www.mycause.com.au/events/dryaugust
“Sober September” https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/sober-september-taking-month-off-drinking-body-57595077
Go Sober for October (UK) https://www.gosober.org.uk
Ocsober (AUS) https://www.lifeeducation.org.au/support-us/ocsober
New from Joel Rhee, @cphce_unsw@twitter.com and collaborators: Advance care planning for patients with advanced illnesses attending hospital outpatient clinics study https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/1/e023107.full
Good morning! Any Monday you don’t have to work is a good day.
Integration and inequalities
Sydney, Australia
Joined Aug 2018
