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The Policy Guy retweeted
If you believe free speech is for you but not your political opponents, you're illiberal.
If no contrary evidence could change your beliefs, you're a fundamentalist.
If you believe the state should punish those with contrary views, you're a totalitarian.
If you believe political opponents should be punished with violence or death, you're a terrorist.
The Policy Guy retweeted
Why isn't the media demanding the name of the @Australian_Navy Person of Interest (POI) and where the investigation is currently up to?
The @RichardMarlesMP @CDF_Aust and @Australian_Navy have already stood a sailor down so they have who has admitted to the crime.
Is it because it's a female Lesbian sailor that it's being kept away from the media?
The Policy Guy retweeted
New research shows that 80 million Americans are afraid to express religious doubts. The documentary HEATHENS follows five of them when they stopped pretending, paid the price of truth, and rebuilt free, joyful lives. I found the film moving, even shocking.Catch an upcoming screening in SF, LA or NY. With US mid-terms coming up, it's a good time to examine beliefs and values.heathens.movie
The Policy Guy retweeted
I think its time our over-worked and under consulted public service were given the opportunity to be heard
So, at the risk of interrupting you on an RDO, I'd be interested in knowing, based on your wisdom:
WHICH IS THE MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL PUBLIC SERVICE IN AUSTRALIA?
60%Victoria- on-stockholm
7%NSW
30%ACT the chardonnay bubble
3%SA the mendicant state
30 votes • Final results The Policy Guy retweeted
My dad always said “if you go to the hairdresser, always get the person with the worst hair to do it because one of the others did hers.” 😂😂😂
The Policy Guy retweeted
The Ghost of Governance is independent. If you disagree, I invite you to point to a specific argument or position that you believe demonstrates otherwise.
I’ll tell you what has become normalised in Victoria @JoshFrydenberg
- home invasions
- machete attacks in the streets
- machete attacked in shopping centres
- burglaries
- property damage
- assault
- breaches of bale conditions
- closed police stations
- drug dealing, cultivation and trafficking
The Policy Guy retweeted
Erm…. Australia has no “Hindu Heritage”
We have AUSTRALIAN heritage.
When will we have Australian Heritage Month?
The Policy Guy retweeted
Albo's office seems to be playing the same way as Dan Andrews' Premier's Office.
Then again, Albo takes advice from Andrews...
The Policy Guy retweeted
Public servants should not have broad latitude to work from home. Of all roles, theirs requires the highest demonstrable accountability and visibility of output. When the taxpayer is the sole client, physical presence is the baseline. There is no coherent case for remote work in roles funded entirely by public money.
The Policy Guy retweeted
Disaster deaths have collapsed over 90% since the 1920s even as the global population quadrupled.
Energy abundance, engineering, early warning systems, and rising wealth turned lethal events into manageable ones.
Green climate alarmists run a doomerism death cult as a grift, pushing energy poverty and degrowth that would reverse the exact progress keeping people alive.
The Policy Guy retweeted
I got tired of all the spam calls I was getting so I had @bot find my number listed on sites and file the removals. I made it a free skill so you can do the same. x.ai/bot/fUj6TYhiW_cjtzWvbsF…
@SpaceXSI @elonmusk
The Policy Guy retweeted
Less than half of all federal cabinet Labor ministers went to public schools.
What does that say about their connection to the "children of the poor"?
The Policy Guy retweeted
Sad and undignified
- How are the ASX listed companies you founded doing?
- How many jobs have you created?
- How many payrolls made from your own pocket when times were tough?
Would be nice if people who can't create things themselves were more appreciative of those who do
The Policy Guy retweeted
I just find it hilarious that we ignore that people work a different ages in their lives these days and pretend that some arbitrary age structure is an economic benefit
fresheconomicthinking.com/p/…
The Policy Guy retweeted
The ridiculous arguments by Ambani’s army of Internet shills make no sense
On the one hand, they say Starlink couldn’t possibly compete with the amazing low prices offered by Ambani’s de facto monopoly in India and then, in the same breath, they essentially claim that Starlink would be too strong of a competitor! This is absurd hypocrisy and hyperbole.
The reality is that competition would greatly benefit the average citizen in India by giving them more choices, as it always does. Ambani’s profits will be lower, but he is not going out of business. And, obviously, if Starlink is too expensive in India, no one will buy it, so SpaceX will need to make pricing affordable.
Something feels off with this chorus of “India’s internet is great and super cheap” … the data shows that Indian market is absolutely dominated by mobile. When they say it’s cheap and well connected factually this only applies to mobile usage.
This makes sense because a tower connects thousands of subs instantly after construction and running fiber is a building by building or resident by resident job. This is also why “fixed wireless” has started growing fast. Follow the incentives. It’s the cheapest and shortest route to revenue.
Due to this, India is amongst the highest mobile bandwidth usage populations on the planet. 30-40GB/month. (20-50% above US/UK usage) However, home Fiber lines in India pull closer to 300GB/month. 10x gap
For context, that gap in the US and UK is 20-30x. It’s pretty ubiquitous that if you have access to a lot of more bandwidth you will use it.
Bandwidth abundance does not favor mobile devices.
I’d argue that it’s not very hard to believe that these paltry sub 5% fixed customer penetration numbers would be much higher if a cost effective alternative existed.
Is that alternative existed it wouldn’t be crazy to expect to see the fixed customer numbers jump from 6% to maybe 10%, 15% or 20%. 100M-200M customers.
And if the rest of the world is any precedent that would lead to a dramatic increase in overall bandwidth used.
However, that would mean that mobile bandwidth usage would likely drop or stagnate with in home mobile usage.
The Policy Guy retweeted
The world runs on fossil fuels; renewables are mostly not what you think:
80.5% of all global energy (not just electricity) from fossil fuels
Renewables 14.5%
most from biomass (8.4%)
Solar + wind just 2.9%
Latest global data for 2024, IEA: iea.org/data-and-statistics/…
nitter.gq/BjornLomborg/status/21…
The world runs on fossil fuels; renewables are mostly not what you think:
80.5% of all global energy (not just electricity) from fossil fuels
Renewables 14.5%
most from biomass (8.4%)
Solar + wind just 2.9%
Latest global data for 2024, IEA: iea.org/data-and-statistics/…
The Policy Guy retweeted
I was watching a news report where a politician was trying to get into an ICE facility to check on detainees. It occurred to me that I have never seen one of them outside a VA hospital trying to check on veterans.
The Policy Guy retweeted
More importantly, the kid gloves treatment of new arrivals impacts the perception of immigrants that make a positive impact on our society. Everyone should want a functional law system that is even handed.
The Department of Treasury's FIONA model (Financial Impact of New Arrivals) almost certainly UNDERESTIMATES the net fiscal drag of refugees being resettled in Australia
Why?
Because of the increasing levels of crime being perpetrated by the Sudanese community.
How much did Wednesday's fiasco on the Monash freeway cost in terms of national productivity, police engagement, subsequent court proceedings, etc
Shut down all refugee migration right now.
Above the $8B migration cost, our nation also spends $5 billion in ODA (overseas development assistance) and $2 billion in diplomatic assistance, governance support, etc
We do well above our fair share
