Ben Harris‐Roxas

Ben Harris-Roxas

@benhr.bsky.social

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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

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Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 6h

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.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 6h

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

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 16h

You dictated that to ChatGPT and got it to write it, didn’t you JB? @birmo.bsky.social

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 20h

Nice day for it

The Sydney CBD skyline is visible in the distance beyond a suburban area with houses and trees under a clear blue sky.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 1d

I love all these people in your replies. Never skeet.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 1d

Wait until they hear what NSW has spent on the single digital patient record

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 3d

Bring back gutter press and newshound

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 4d

I rewatched Quiz Show two weeks ago. Still a fantastic movie.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 4d

I’m reminded of this. People are flawed, etc., but if you make a movie of your story surely you should expect more scrutiny? observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were spun from lies, deceit and desperation | The Observer

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 4d

'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'

#Iran 🇮🇷

Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens

Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...

www.iranintl.com

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 5d

This animation does an amazing job of explaining why a slightly misplaced wire label led to a shipwide blackout, which in turn led to a the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing. Dymo owners take note!

NTSB Animation - Containership Dali Contact with Francis Scott Key Bridge

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Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 5d

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Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 5d

Entitlement, exceptionalism and moral rot seem to be the institution’s distinctive features.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 8d

I thought you were talking about an “evacuate the pool” scenario

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 8d

I think that’s more of an American thing linked to large U.S. conferences. They have a whole different way of doing things. Ours is not better, but ridiculous, dysfunctional and discriminatory in different ways.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 9d

Australia is set to issue its one millionth refugee visa since 1947 - people who’ve made an incredible contribution to our country and the world

'My dream to come here': Refugees tell their stories as milestone looms

Australia is set to issue its one millionth refugee visa since 1947 in the coming weeks, in a humanitarian program that grew directly out the ashes of World War II.

www.abc.net.au

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 11d

This is the good one

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 11d

A more meta take on Prabowo's Sydney visit. Will dig into defence and Keating next week. Sign up, it's free!
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🇮🇩🇦🇺 Human rights fears cloud Springtime in Sydney

Hello friends!

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Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 12d

The most important people are 😜

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 13d

Reading is falling off a cliff, like an endangered craft. This is clearly more about performance than interiority, but perhaps that’s okay if it leads to someone reading?

How fashion embraced the book nerds- GQ

How fashion embraced the book nerds

From Miu Miu to Valentino to Saint Laurent, fashion houses are falling over themselves to cosy up to literature. Meanwhile, an edgy live reading scene is taking over London nightlife. Is reading fiction really cooler than ever? Or is it all just another performative fad?

www.gq-magazine.co.uk

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 14d

Do you like this, as an M.O.?

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 14d

The aphids are being resistant bastards this year.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 14d

A lot of groups get unfairly blamed for the world’s ills but few have the courage to name the real problem: aphids and scale.

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 14d

50 years since the Dismissal.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. “Monuments to Idealism, Ego, Fallibility and Pisstaking.” Four busts: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, John Kerr and Norman Gunston. Note: “50 years since The Dismissal.”

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 17d

You don’t have to go as far as Saturn MORE LATER

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 17d

This ridiculous post (the answer is clearly his own tariffs) made me learn about “Boxed Beef”, a fascinating turn in intensive beef production that reminds me of what has happened to poultry. Sci-fi authors who thought we’d be eating vat protein got it wrong.

A “truth” by Donald Trump discusses the discrepancy between dropping cattle prices and rising boxed beef prices, implying potential criminality.

Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 19d

I was reading that before Hitler, it was common to refer to authoritarian power-grabbers as “Pharaoh”, I guess because of the shared biblical touchstone. Really makes you wonder where Ramses III would have been on the political compass.