Bony empath

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I'm interested in economics, politics, nature, democracy and literature. On a scale from one to reply guy, I'm definitely not a zero, but I try not to. I will not be offended if you mute me. Toots deleted after two weeks.

The polls have closed! We're getting early numbers from a hospital booth in North Adelaide. There's been a 45% swing toward One Nation, although local sources tell me this might be because a bad bout of gastro swept through the local RSL on Thursday night. While this is based on just 9 votes, here's a graphic where we have projected across the remainder of the state.

Hmm, maybe I won't tune in just yet.

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Reading Thomas Nagel's classic 1974 paper, "What Is It Like to Be a Billionaire?"

Nagel argues that these bizarre, cursed entities *are* able to experience introspection, but choose to pretend otherwise, lest they be haunted to the end of their days by the memories of their innumerable, unspeakable crimes

I'm looking forward to how Labor somehow ends up making this a subsidy on LNG exports for the first five years.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-20/government-explores-new-tax-for-gas-coal-to-buffer-fuel-costs/106475100 #auspol
Labor explores new gas tax to shield from Iran war shock

The prime minister's department has requested options to impose a new tax on gas giants to help shield Australians from the economic shock of the Middle East war.

The ABC has overestimated my interest in Banksy's identity by about 27 minutes and 30 seconds.

I'm glad to see interest rates bumped up to 4.1 %. We should have an interest rate floor of 4% - anything below that is pushing on a rope and just inflating asset prices. It's up to the government to stimulate the economy, not the RBA.

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