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Possum

@pollytics.bsky.social

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Political, economic and policy stuff. An unrepentant guitar gear hoarder. You know who I am. A social democrat on the beats - a libertarian between the human, civil and political rights sheets. The stupidity in this country is exhausting. Moreton Bay

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 2h

My older boy is a bit of a snaker, where he'll come up to you with some black snake wriggling around in his mouth going "look what I got!". But every time a bluey comes around the house he's like "nope, that's someone else's bullshit". Makes me wonder what special language the blueys project.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3h

Americans are all going to start dying of bacterial infections soon because some sideshow alley whale head collector of a political dynasty thinks antibiotics turns you trans

Reuters @reuters.com · 3h

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports reut.rs/4mVmDDb

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports

The Trump administration has laid of dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its latest round of layoffs, including "disease detectives," high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3h

IKR! It's some serious <chef kisses fingers> areas! 🤣

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3h

The whole thing was as dumb as dogshit and I can't believe people - including people who should know better - fell for it.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4h

Of course, most of those people were complete wankers and couldn't tell the difference between a dog getting electrocuted and a dog having some annoying vibration on the side of her neck diverting her attention. But that's too many dog owners in a nutshell.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4h

Piker's dog thing reminds me that I got one of mine the most powerful shock collar available. Never used the shock component, but it was the only collar on the market with a big mechanical clicker. I'd correct her in public with it and people got out pitchforks thinking the clicker was huge voltage

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 10h

Lol

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Jason Furman @jasonfurman.bsky.social · 20h

The other day a student asked me about the prevalence of insider trading in prediction markets. I now have an answer.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 22h

If I were JD Vance, I'd be popping around to play some The Strokes. Maybe start with 'Call it Fate, Call it Karma' and move on to 'Threat of Joy'

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 22h

I think we're the insoles of the Wicked Witches shoes.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 22h

Very 'Only in Australia' areas 🤣

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 22h

The Nobel Peace Prize should go to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Delivering peace through superior trolling.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

But did you know there was this person that I never paid attention to even though the rest of the world had?

It's definitely a 'them' problem.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

I agree they shouldn't have approved any of the Adani bullshit, but I also understand why they did - they were mines to nowhere. The big carbon bomb Adani wanted was told to get fucked, they made a mini mine, and it's up shit creek. Like all of the Adani stuff was going to be regardless of size.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

It's funny eh - it's a real thing!

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

Shift forward ten years later - identical question. 70/30 pro reef.

Shift forward last year, 75/25 pro reef.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

They haven't for a long time I can remember back in the Qld mining boom we asked a polling question: "When it comes to the Great Barrier Reef and mining, do you think the balance has shifted towards ming at the reefs expense, or shifted towards preserving the reef at minings expense". 60/40 pro reef

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

Not really. They're doing a little bit more than the bare minimum so as not to scare a pack of horses that no longer exist.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

But what if the marginal cost of eggs was approximately irrelevant to disposable income?

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Ebony Bennett @ebonybennett.bsky.social · 1d

This could have been Australia, but thanks to John Howard, Tony Abbott, Scott Morrison, the Minerals Council and the BCA, we wasted nearly 20 years subsidising gas and coal instead. What a waste.

Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 1d

China ≠ just coal plants and solar exports. The deeper shift: electrifying everything it can. Strategic, because China relies on imported fossil fuels. Coal is still king in the power mix—for now. But the balance is changing year by year.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

I am extremely looking forward to the 8000 words in your provided footnotes! Doing them in font size 4 was <kisses fingers> 🤣

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

But it has no significant political persuasion effect on the relatively small audience who reads it!

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

They don't really ever win here - but they do get their balls tickled in embarrassingly public ways.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

Callide is great - we've saved a few explosions for later! 🤣

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1d

Tempted to start up the 274,355th podcast of "why you're all fucking wrong" 🤣

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