Paul Kidd
@pauldokidd.bsky.social
Hoping for a future for myself, my family, and everyone else. Love sci-fi, whales, ice cream, and talking about important things. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Of course they compromised. They’re meant to. They can write whatever laws they want once we vote them into a majority. The main thing is the law they voted for is not perfect but is better than the current one.
November 27, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Of course they compromised. They’re meant to. They can write whatever laws they want once we vote them into a majority. The main thing is the law they voted for is not perfect but is better than the current one.
Yes, if the car is at home through the day that definitely makes sense.
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Yes, if the car is at home through the day that definitely makes sense.
Yes, you absolutely can run an EV from a power point (we did it for three months), but a fast charger does pay for itself with 8c/kWh overnight electricity.
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Yes, you absolutely can run an EV from a power point (we did it for three months), but a fast charger does pay for itself with 8c/kWh overnight electricity.
Yes, I know. I don’t know the cost difference, but the energy cost (electricity vs petrol) is somewhere between 2x cheaper and 5x cheaper depending on how you are able to charge, and the servicing and maintenance cost is typically less than half. Rego and insurance are about the same.
November 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Yes, I know. I don’t know the cost difference, but the energy cost (electricity vs petrol) is somewhere between 2x cheaper and 5x cheaper depending on how you are able to charge, and the servicing and maintenance cost is typically less than half. Rego and insurance are about the same.
Easily the cheapest
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Easily the cheapest
Some of us have been fighting it and being ridiculed for being extremist.
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Some of us have been fighting it and being ridiculed for being extremist.
1987 was my last Labor 1 vote, if you don’t count a council election with exactly two candidates.
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 AM
1987 was my last Labor 1 vote, if you don’t count a council election with exactly two candidates.
Green 1, Labor 3rd last, LNP 2nd last, One Nation last. It’s the best we’ve got.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Green 1, Labor 3rd last, LNP 2nd last, One Nation last. It’s the best we’ve got.
The ones who understand what’s happening went to the Greens a long time ago. That’s why they hated Max Chandler-Mather so much - he started his career in the ALP but was smart enough to work out pretty quickly what was happening.
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
The ones who understand what’s happening went to the Greens a long time ago. That’s why they hated Max Chandler-Mather so much - he started his career in the ALP but was smart enough to work out pretty quickly what was happening.
Literally every single thing that Labor voters are disappointed that they haven’t done is foundational Greens policy, and yet they continue to swallow the propaganda are somehow crazy rather than their natural party.
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Literally every single thing that Labor voters are disappointed that they haven’t done is foundational Greens policy, and yet they continue to swallow the propaganda are somehow crazy rather than their natural party.
Australians have been doing preferential voting long enough to recognise one of those edge cases which requires tactical voting.
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Australians have been doing preferential voting long enough to recognise one of those edge cases which requires tactical voting.
Something tells me the Qld LNP government will forget about its push for optional preferential voting.
October 31, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Something tells me the Qld LNP government will forget about its push for optional preferential voting.
Everything you’re describing is things their parents or corporations did. Not one of them is the fault of the kids. Tired old hatred of young people.
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Everything you’re describing is things their parents or corporations did. Not one of them is the fault of the kids. Tired old hatred of young people.
The ALP beating the Coalition senate vote was quite striking to me, but I’m one of the few nerds who wants to know the senate vote on election night.
October 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The ALP beating the Coalition senate vote was quite striking to me, but I’m one of the few nerds who wants to know the senate vote on election night.
Does MI5 do some of the things the CIA does? Or is it purely domestic?
September 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Does MI5 do some of the things the CIA does? Or is it purely domestic?
The Newman government set us back ten years in transport, this one looks like doing the same.
September 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Newman government set us back ten years in transport, this one looks like doing the same.
I’ll be so unhappy getting an amazing metro or light rail to health care I can afford while I’m missing out on a 20km/h car that might kill me.
September 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I’ll be so unhappy getting an amazing metro or light rail to health care I can afford while I’m missing out on a 20km/h car that might kill me.
I don’t think so. I felt very pessimistic about the family in Texas whose unvaccinated child died of measles and they were still anti-vax. Cults don’t respond to evidence.
August 25, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I don’t think so. I felt very pessimistic about the family in Texas whose unvaccinated child died of measles and they were still anti-vax. Cults don’t respond to evidence.
I was in the Brisbane crowd and there is no way on god’s green earth it was 10,000 people. There were that many in the square and the crowds stretched for hundreds of metres down the adjacent streets on top of that.
August 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I was in the Brisbane crowd and there is no way on god’s green earth it was 10,000 people. There were that many in the square and the crowds stretched for hundreds of metres down the adjacent streets on top of that.
So sad that they showed such promise with an innovative small EV and then just give us the same old thing as everyone else but years late.
August 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
So sad that they showed such promise with an innovative small EV and then just give us the same old thing as everyone else but years late.