Ben Eltham
@beneltham
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Writer, journalist, researcher, unionist. Not much here anymore, find me at Bluesky
Regional Vic
Joined November 2009
Me in Crikey today, on Creative Australia
crikey.com.au
Creative Australia will send Khaled Sabsabi to the Venice Biennale after all. The review into the decision reveals cowardice and incompetence.
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RT @tom_d_: Meet Colonel (ret.) Chris Romberg, former British army officer (29 Commando Regiment), military attache at UK embassies in Egyp….
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RT @second_sailing: It's really amazing how older elites don't understand how much screen culture *is* the way the class issue manifests it….
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RT @samstein: Just kinda scratching my head that one of the richest CEOs in the world went to the White House yesterday to deliver the pres….
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RT @MichelleArrow1: If you want to add your voice to the push to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, sign this petition, created by the @AustHistA….
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No big deal, it’s pretty normal to see this sort of thing in the well-known socialist stronghold of …. [checks notes] …. Nebraska.
Republican Mike Flood’s comments being drowned out by chants of “tax the rich” at his town hall
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RT @TaylorLorenz: Access to a free and open web, where kids can get info about sex education, has reduced teen pregnancy rates for decades.….
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Researchers find corresponding decline in STI transmission as high-speed internet access rolls out
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RT @KenRoth: "I lead a top Israeli human rights group. Our country is committing genocide." Yuli Novak, a former Israeli air force officer,….
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My generation was raised wondering how ordinary people could countenance an atrocity. In a grotesque twist, the question has circled back to us
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RT @jonathanbfine: A complete inability to write clearly is rarely an impediment to a long and successful career in academia.
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RT @MichelleArrow1: More about the urgent crisis in the humanities in Australian universities: And please sign and….
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A crisis is unfolding for the humanities and social sciences at universities across the country.
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RT @adam_tooze: More US sectors are experiencing job losses than job gains, this normally betokens a recession.
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RT @AntonJaegermm: Obviously read bits and pieces through the years, but I'm not joking that almost nothing compares to a linear dive into….
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RT @johncoogan: If you’re building a hard tech company in 2025, you should prioritize getting a massive diagonal elevator platform installe….
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RT @fbongiornoanu: Please sign this petition against the Job-ready Graduates scheme - introduced by the Coalition and protected by Labor.
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RT @instanterudite: The #SundayShot is up for your viewing and/or listening pleasure! . Insights from @cheryl_kernot & (an occasionally f….
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RT @maximumwelfare: Vladimir Lenin wrote in 1913 of the 'bizarre, ritualised susceptibility of the Australian public to ranked lists of mus….
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RT @SquigglyRick: A disabled woman, limited English, was cut from welfare for 6 MONTHS due to comedy of errors starting with private, $1.3b….
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The employment department quietly stopped welfare cancellations after a complaint from a disabled woman – but did not intervene in her case, which she won six months later.
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Popping in for a chat with these legends in a little bit.
Going live on YouTube at 9am with @instanterudite, @cheryl_kernot and @beneltham to talk about heinous bullshit.
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RT @instanterudite: This week on the #SundayShot,@DaveMilbo and I are joined by excellent panellists @cheryl_kernot & @beneltham to look ba….
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