Ben Harris-Roxas @ben_hr@social.coop

Place names: Reinstating Indigenous knowledge in the public domain https://www.artshub.com.au/2021/08/26/place-names-reinstating-indigenous-knowledge-in-the-public-domain/

Spending time with friends

An important Guardian Full Story epsiode on how the Tampa affair changed Australia’s treatment of asylum seekers – and unleashed a toxic policy innovation into the world that continues to poison the politics of the US, the UK and Italy to name a few https://castro.fm/episode/nOCvRW

Thanks to @daedalus for certification

Lock down smarter, not harder | Inside Story https://insidestory.org.au/lock-down-smarter-not-harder/

Regime starts on Saturday. Still no way to apply - “Registration for workers leaving or entering a COVID-19 area of concern” https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/registration-workers-leaving-or-entering-covid-19-area-concern Only affects more than a million people, no biggie

“Depression is why I’m writing this. Shame is why I’m writing it under a pseudonym” https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/aug/23/shame-depression-mental-health-asian

Thinking of setting up a Gemini capsule as a lockdown project. I presume this is where people info it dwell - any advice?

‘They call us bewitched’: the DRC performers turning trash into art – photo essay http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/20/they-call-us-bewitched-the-drc-performers-turning-trash-into-art-photo-essay

Anti-vaxxers and Covid conspiracists may seem wackier – but pandemic protest isn’t new http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/21/anti-vaxxers-and-covid-conspiracists-may-seem-wackier-but-pandemic-protest-isnt-new

The episode where I become COVID concerned aerosol school dad: We should install air purifiers with HEPA filters in every classroom. It could help with COVID, bushfire smoke and asthma http://theconversation.com/we-should-install-air-purifiers-with-hepa-filters-in-every-classroom-it-could-help-with-covid-bushfire-smoke-and-asthma-166332

Toot, toot

This is my Everest - “The Case For Inbox Infinity” https://warzel.substack.com/p/the-case-for-inbox-infinity

Astonishing study of 76 𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 Brazilians found that cash transfers reduced suicide risk by 61% over 12 years https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3766234 via 🔒

‘Like hunting for unicorns’: Australians on the search for adequate, affordable mental healthcare http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/apr/19/like-hunting-for-unicorns-australians-on-the-search-for-adequate-affordable-mental-healthcare The need for (and absence of) proportionate universalism in health services is perhaps most obvious in mental health

Brain fog: how trauma, uncertainty and isolation have affected our minds and memory http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/apr/14/brain-fog-how-trauma-uncertainty-and-isolation-have-affected-our-minds-and-memory Interesting, and recognisable.

I suspect the real purpose of automated transport and delivery investment is to drive down wages and disempower labour, even if it ends up costing more in the medium term http://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/apr/12/dominos-pizza-nuro-robotic-pizza-delivery-houston