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@jonbenj.bsky.social

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

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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.

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

20.07.2025 04:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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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 Australiaโ€™s continental land mass was inundated by post-glacial sea-level rise. Much of this area would have...

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

Open access article published in the Journal of Maritime Archaeology

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

19.07.2025 12:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿคฟ ๐Ÿ‘Œ

19.06.2025 01:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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. Donโ€™t fly Qantas A380s. Theyโ€™re old and they canโ€™t get the parts they need to fix them. #Qantas #A380

08.05.2025 19:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Buy anything but a Tesla.

22.04.2025 21:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media hereโ€”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.

โ€”With love,
Your American allies.

05.04.2025 22:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 84382    ๐Ÿ” 19847    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1924    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1166
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The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL.
#HandsOff

06.04.2025 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55003    ๐Ÿ” 14317    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1705    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1000
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Massive #HandsOff rallies across the country ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ

05.04.2025 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28707    ๐Ÿ” 6522    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 599    ๐Ÿ“Œ 430

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

05.04.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 60806    ๐Ÿ” 11838    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1178    ๐Ÿ“Œ 826
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๐Ÿคฟ AAUS in Seattle this week ๐Ÿ‘Œ #ScientificDiving

27.03.2025 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, good call ๐Ÿ˜ฌ โœˆ๏ธ

22.03.2025 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Flew into California last night and will continue to support the people and economy of progressive Blue states. I wonโ€™t travel to Red States who support the current madness. You can pick and choose which America you visit. Youโ€™re safe in California.

21.03.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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.

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

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

19.03.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 14    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Kill Tesla. End Musk.

19.03.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is not the way

19.03.2025 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Science is happeningโ€™: 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.

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...

17.03.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 67    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Vaccines save lives. Leaders must champion them Attacks on vaccines and the cancellation of research into what causes vaccine hesitancy puts people in harmโ€™s way.

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

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

18.03.2025 17:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 247    ๐Ÿ” 85    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Realign for Palestine โ€” End the violence. Start the future.

More violence is not the answer. realignforpalestine.org

18.03.2025 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wendy van Duivenvoorde on LinkedIn: targeted_page_file_1740453858.pdf ๐Ÿšจ Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students! ๐Ÿšจ Dreaming of a career in Maritime Archaeology? ๐ŸŒŠโš“ Dive into the Master of Maritime Archaeology at Flindersโ€ฆ

Attention Indonesian Postgraduate Students ๐Ÿšจ Fully Funded Opportunity: The LPDP scholarship covers your studies in Maritime Archaeology at Flinders University ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ

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

11.03.2025 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Musk is such an idiot.

08.03.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Thanks very much to everyone at La Trobe University for such a warm welcome.

06.03.2025 20:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Straight up. Trump is a traitor & He is Putins Bitch. Thatโ€™s it. Thatโ€™s the tweet.

04.03.2025 00:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3102    ๐Ÿ” 678    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 147    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
Title, authors and abstract of the article.

Title, authors and abstract of the article.

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

๐Ÿ†“ doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

05.03.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Ocean Waka: โ€˜Most important discovery in New Zealand archaeologyโ€™ What began as a a Rฤ“kohu (Chatham Island) father and son's routine search has led to one of Aotearoa's most significant discoveries - possibly even in Polynesian archaeology

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...

03.03.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜ฆ

03.03.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A Palestinian-Israeli alternative vision for peace - opinion The real choice before us is not between being pro-Israel or pro-Palestine. The choice is between being pro-equality, pro-justice, and pro-dignity โ€“ or pro-war, death, and destruction.

Its time for peace m.jpost.com/opinion/arti...

03.03.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Disgusting. Shameful.

01.03.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I have no words for what is happening today in Washington DC. Disgusting. Shameful. These are the worst people ๐Ÿ˜–

28.02.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If anyone is in Melbourne next week...

28.02.2025 06:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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