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Jonathan Benjamin

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Archaeologist | Scientific Diver | Dual Citizen | Professor | ARC Future Fellow

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Nov 15

Stone artefacts on the seabed at a submerged freshwater spring confirm a drowned cultural landscape in Murujuga, Western Australia www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Jul 20

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Their old people sang of a place lost beneath the waves. Now it's found

For years, researchers have been trying to find ancient artefacts sitting on the ocean floor. Now they have brought in Indigenous rangers to help.

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Jul 19

Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia

Open access article published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology

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Evaluating the Deep Time Archaeological Potential of the Submerged Rottnest (Wadjemup) Shelf, Southwestern Australia - Journal of Maritime Archaeology

Since the peak of the last glacial maximum, approximately 2.12 million square kilometres of Australia’s continental land mass was inundated by post-glacial sea-level rise. Much of this area would have...

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · May 8

Brutal flight delay on @qantas-official.bsky.social #QF1 approaching 30 hours in Singapore. On an A380 sitting on the tarmac for a second night in a row. Broken air con. It is absolutely roasting. Don’t fly Qantas A380s. They’re old and they can’t get the parts they need to fix them. #Qantas #A380

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Apr 22

Buy anything but a Tesla.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Apr 22

Breaking: Tesla’s net income sank 71% in the first quarter, hurt by competitive pressure and a reputational hit from Elon Musk’s polarizing role in the Trump administration

Tesla Profit Sinks, Hurt by Political Backlash

The auto maker’s net income fell 71% in the first quarter.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 5

To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

—With love,
Your American allies.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · Apr 6

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL.
#HandsOff

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Democrats @democrats.org · Apr 5

Massive #HandsOff rallies across the country 🔥🔥🔥

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Apr 5

West Coast numbers are coming in, and estimates have now surpassed 5 million. People are still pouring into the streets—nearly 2% of the American population is rising up. America, we are so proud of you. You did it.

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Mar 27

🤿 AAUS in Seattle this week 👌 #ScientificDiving

Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Mar 22

Yeah, good call 😬 ✈️

PBS News @pbsnews.org · Mar 22

The British government on Saturday ordered an investigation into the country’s “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day and raised concerns about the U.K.’s ability to withstand disasters or attacks on critical infrastructure.

UK government orders probe after Heathrow shutdown sparks concerns over energy resilience

The British government on Saturday ordered an investigation into the country's “energy resilience” after an electrical substation fire shut Heathrow Airport for almost a day and raised concerns about…

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Mar 21

Flew into California last night and will continue to support the people and economy of progressive Blue states. I won’t travel to Red States who support the current madness. You can pick and choose which America you visit. You’re safe in California.

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Nature @nature.com · Mar 19

Nature research paper: Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Global sea-level rise in the early Holocene revealed from North Sea peats - Nature

An early Holocene sea-level curve based on data from the North Sea reveals two phases of accelerated sea-level rise owing to meltwater from the North American and Antarctic ice sheets.

www.nature.com

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Mar 19

Kill Tesla. End Musk.

Claude Taylor @realclaudetaylor.bsky.social · Mar 19

Tesla is hanging by a thread. With collapse in resale market they are toast.

Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Mar 19

This is not the way

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Mar 19

Israeli warplanes on Tuesday bombarded cities up and down the Gaza Strip, after nearly 60 days of a ceasefire. The result was one of the deadliest single-day tolls of the entire war. nyti.ms/4hIDkiA

A man holding the remains of a child in his arms. Photo by Saher Alghorra for The New York Times.

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Nature @nature.com · Mar 17

From owl surveys to peer review, Israel's researchers are maintaining regional and international ties despite boycotts and the risk of war resuming

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

‘Science is happening’: Israeli and Palestinian scientists continue collaborations amid conflict

From owl surveys to peer review, Israel's researchers are maintaining regional and international ties despite boycotts and the risk of war resuming.

www.nature.com

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Nature @nature.com · Mar 18

We urge all leaders, for the good of their nations’ health, not to ignore or contradict advice that is supported by a consensus of evidence from research.

https://go.nature.com/43Rfr5a

Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them

Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harm’s way.

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Mar 18

More violence is not the answer. realignforpalestine.org

Realign for Palestine — End the violence. Start the future.

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Mar 11

Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students 🚨 Fully Funded Opportunity: The LPDP scholarship covers your studies in Maritime Archaeology at Flinders University 🇦🇺 🇮🇩

www.linkedin.com/posts/wendy-...

Wendy van Duivenvoorde on LinkedIn: targeted_page_file_1740453858.pdf

🚨 Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students! 🚨 Dreaming of a career in Maritime Archaeology? 🌊⚓ Dive into the Master of Maritime Archaeology at Flinders…

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Mar 8

Musk is such an idiot.

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Jonathan Benjamin @jonbenj.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks very much to everyone at La Trobe University for such a warm welcome.

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Malcolm Nance, Leading Resister @malcolmnance.bsky.social · Mar 4

Straight up. Trump is a traitor & He is Putins Bitch. That’s it. That’s the tweet.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Mar 5

Archaeologists beat the geological processes at Puteoli, however, where underwater survey uncovered an entire Nabataean temple! #ProjectGallery

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Title, authors and abstract of the article.

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Flinders Uni Maritime Archaeology Program @flindersmap.bsky.social · Mar 3

We have so much more to learn about the maritime archaeology of Australasia - incredible find in New Zealand www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/03/o...

Ocean Waka: ‘Most important discovery in New Zealand archaeology’

What began as a a Rēkohu (Chatham Island) father and son's routine search has led to one of Aotearoa's most significant discoveries - possibly even in Polynesian archaeology

www.teaonews.co.nz

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