Voices of Fadden
@voicesoffadden.bsky.social
Promoting democracy by listening to the people.
https://voices-of-fadden.org
https://voices-of-fadden.org
All of the world's money in one visualization: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-money-and-markets-in-one-visualization-2020/ (as at May 2020)
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
All of the world's money in one visualization: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-money-and-markets-in-one-visualization-2020/ (as at May 2020)
How does preferential voting work? Here's a data visualisation using recent Fadden elections that demonstrates the process. See also Moncrieff and McPherson, the other two Gold Coast electorates. https://voices-of-fadden.org/voting/preferential-voting.php
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How does preferential voting work? Here's a data visualisation using recent Fadden elections that demonstrates the process. See also Moncrieff and McPherson, the other two Gold Coast electorates. https://voices-of-fadden.org/voting/preferential-voting.php
In India, there are 1000 more cars on the roads each day.
December 24, 2025 at 4:00 AM
In India, there are 1000 more cars on the roads each day.
One person dies every minute from road accidents in India. Source: https://data.gov.in/resources/road-accidents-persons-killed-and-injured-1970-2016
December 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
One person dies every minute from road accidents in India. Source: https://data.gov.in/resources/road-accidents-persons-killed-and-injured-1970-2016
Corn requires very little water: only 900 liters to produce 1 kg.
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Corn requires very little water: only 900 liters to produce 1 kg.
The word "dubious" is based on the number 2. It has the same root as "double", "doubt", "dual".
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The word "dubious" is based on the number 2. It has the same root as "double", "doubt", "dual".
Visualize major airlines flight routes http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/PhiloGL/examples/worldFlights/ (3D)
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Visualize major airlines flight routes http://www.senchalabs.org/philogl/PhiloGL/examples/worldFlights/ (3D)
What are our aims at Voices of Fadden? See https://voices-of-fadden.org/
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
What are our aims at Voices of Fadden? See https://voices-of-fadden.org/
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat dies nobly." [Edinborough]
December 23, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat dies nobly." [Edinborough]
"Never send a human to do a machine's job" [Agent Smith, in The Matrix]
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Never send a human to do a machine's job" [Agent Smith, in The Matrix]
"An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction." [Booker T. Washington]
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction." [Booker T. Washington]
"If you think education is expensive -- try ignorance." [D. Bok]
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"If you think education is expensive -- try ignorance." [D. Bok]
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." [Albert Einstein]
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." [Albert Einstein]
Reposted by Voices of Fadden
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
Upcoming Voices of Fadden events: https://voices-of-fadden.org/events/
December 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Upcoming Voices of Fadden events: https://voices-of-fadden.org/events/
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field." [Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, 1885-1962]
December 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes, which can be made, in a very narrow field." [Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, 1885-1962]
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." [Albert Einstein]
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." [Albert Einstein]
"We still educate students based on an agricultural timetable, in an industrial setting, but ... they live in a digital age." [Eugene Hickok, was US Deputy Secretary of Education under G. W. Bush, b. 1951]
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"We still educate students based on an agricultural timetable, in an industrial setting, but ... they live in a digital age." [Eugene Hickok, was US Deputy Secretary of Education under G. W. Bush, b. 1951]
"Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters." [Nathaniel Emmons]
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters." [Nathaniel Emmons]
"Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet is either mad - or an economist." [K. Boulding, English-born US economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher, 1910-1993]
December 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Anyone who believes in indefinite growth in anything physical, on a physically finite planet is either mad - or an economist." [K. Boulding, English-born US economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher, 1910-1993]
Who did Fadden vote for in recent elections, and the Voice referendum? See this data viz. https://voices-of-fadden.org/voting/how-fadden-voted.php See also Moncrieff and McPherson, the other two Gold Coast electorates.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Who did Fadden vote for in recent elections, and the Voice referendum? See this data viz. https://voices-of-fadden.org/voting/how-fadden-voted.php See also Moncrieff and McPherson, the other two Gold Coast electorates.
"No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical." [Niels Bohr, physicist]
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
"No, no, you're not thinking, you're just being logical." [Niels Bohr, physicist]
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." [Mark Twain]
December 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." [Mark Twain]
"Your children need your presence more than your presents." [Jesse Jackson]
December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Your children need your presence more than your presents." [Jesse Jackson]
"To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today." [Barbara Johnson, Harvard professor of literature, 1947-2009]
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"To be in your children's memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today." [Barbara Johnson, Harvard professor of literature, 1947-2009]