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Morrison govt shelled out more than $11,000 a day in taxpayer funds on flights Mathias Cormann spent a month crisscrossing Europe & South America to drum up support for his bid to lead OECD
Flights aboard a RAAF orce special purpose aircraft over the course of 34 days cost a total of $380,000
Flights aboard a RAAF orce special purpose aircraft over the course of 34 days cost a total of $380,000
December 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Morrison govt shelled out more than $11,000 a day in taxpayer funds on flights Mathias Cormann spent a month crisscrossing Europe & South America to drum up support for his bid to lead OECD
Flights aboard a RAAF orce special purpose aircraft over the course of 34 days cost a total of $380,000
Flights aboard a RAAF orce special purpose aircraft over the course of 34 days cost a total of $380,000
Thank you Neal. I'm now a bit angry at the wasted minds but also found the excellent podcast series features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on...
features.apmreports.org
January 2, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Thank you Neal. I'm now a bit angry at the wasted minds but also found the excellent podcast series features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
Nice. I still remember when superconductors broke the liquid nitrogen barrier, so exciting.
It could be however that we live in a universe where no possible combination of matter, energy, geometry and/or consciousness has Tc~ 273K.
It could be however that we live in a universe where no possible combination of matter, energy, geometry and/or consciousness has Tc~ 273K.
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Nice. I still remember when superconductors broke the liquid nitrogen barrier, so exciting.
It could be however that we live in a universe where no possible combination of matter, energy, geometry and/or consciousness has Tc~ 273K.
It could be however that we live in a universe where no possible combination of matter, energy, geometry and/or consciousness has Tc~ 273K.
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Doomscroll 37.5: Vivek Chibber
Vivek and I get in the weeds about strategy and economy.
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December 25, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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