How is this supposed to work? It's straightforward enough to ship 1000 cars to SF and Austin, but where are the passengers (and, for that matter, safety drivers) supposed to come from? There's no evidence that Tesla is facing excess demand an present.

My submission to the NSW Unis inquiry is here www.parliament.nsw.g...

I gave evidence before a NSW Parliamentary inquiry arguing that state governments should handlegal responsibility for #universities to the feds. I didn' think I made much of an impression, but it was reported very accurate in the Times Higher Education Supplement.

Americans getting shorter, as well as dying younger. Grim

Tanya #Plibersek trashing what little was left of her reputation after her disastrous stint as Environment Minister. I doubt she imagined this future when she joing the #Labor party #auspol

First Nations access to prepaid power, an important issue of which I was unaware #auspol researchers-admin.we...

Corrupt gambling regulator caught taking bribes says he'll stop taking bribes while the guidelines for taking bribes is being drafted #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...

As in this case, RTO mandates are often a backdoor way of cutting jobs. But the workers you lose are often the ones you need most.

A massive policy failure and another environmental disaster. To save #Labor rusted-ons the trouble, repeat after me "the other lot are even worse" #auspol

What are “rusted-on” Labor voters thinking ?

This is the kind of outcome the National Electricity Market, combined with smart meters and retail competition, was supposed to deliver. Instead, the government has had to impose it. Yet another patch on a failed system #auspol

Paywalled, but you don't need to read past the headline and standfirst to get the message

$101 Billion in U.S. Weather Disasters — So Far | LinkedIn

With US now a potential enemy, Europe needs sovereignty in everything digital, including currency

Funding for fee-free TAFE places is good, one of the best things #Albanese #Labor is doing. But to me at least "fee-free TAFE" means "no one pays fees for TAFE", and that is certainly not the case. Hard to get stats, but my guess is about 25% of places are free. #auspol

All incorrect answers! Just create an account in your own name, and let the kids use it. Or if you are going along with the ban, own it and don't blame the government, which has no business interfering in family decisions. theconversation.com/...?

Stingless Bees are at risk

Net zero as defined by #Labor is a dodge, but opposing it is even worse in-between-days.ghos...#Labor#auspol

Green Left republished my Substack post on CCS. My work is in the public domain by default, so please feel free to copy their example. If you can drop me a note, I'd appreciate it.

Looking the numbers, if Ley splits the coalition, the Nationals will probably become the official opposition. That assumes most Queenland LNP go with Nats, as well as some rightwing Libs (Price and Hastie most obviously). #auspol

The Oz had conniptions over Lydia Thorpe's rhetorical reference to burning down Parliament. But it happily describes summertime leadership speculation as "the killing season". Is Geoff Chambers endorsing political assassination? #auspol

I've been meaning to write a post explaining that neural networks\ the basis of machine learning and LLMs) are simply* a highly nonlinear version of linear discriminant analysis a statistical techique from the 1930s. This paper from 1997 does it better than I would have pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov... 1/2

These reforms are mostly cuts, which is consistent with what the term "reform" usually means these days. Similarly "change" means "change for the worse".

Mirror image in #Qldpol, where Crisafulli LNP has already outdone Labor in jobs-for-mates #auspol. Time to break two-party system #auspol

Great story on ABC about the campaigns of bullying and intimidation experienced by farmers hosting renewable energy. Michael McCormack's response? "I'm not going to take any responsibility. I'm sorry. I'm just not". Absolutely shameful. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Rethinking Population Ageing: Beyond the Alarmist Narrative n AI-assisted* restatement of my views

Srsly? This has been written about every new generation since the 19th century. The Young Turks (who turned out very badly) got naming rights, but Young Italy, Young America and others predated them. www.thenewdaily.com....? 1/2

Reposting this, as the same silliness is repeated endlessly #auspol

A great result if it holds up, but will anything teach the BBC that "wins the most seats in a PR assembly" does not mean "wins the election" ?

I couldn't resist this quote on market for GPU-as-a-service "Who’s left? Mostly it’s the dregs. Industrial slop farms. *Impoverished academics*. Wannabe quant hedge funds. Virtual waifu developers. Hobbyists who ... generate grubby videos or do crimes. (emphasis added)

According to this survey fo UK goverment workers, Copilot AI saved workers a median 26 minutes a day. That's about 5 per cent productivity gain for these office workers, maybe 2 per cent. Significant but not transformative www.theregister.com/... 1/3

CCS is a dead horse

Unemployment has been rising steadily since #Labor was elected. If RBA tightens again, will probably regain pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, Jobseeker payment frozen in real terms, apart from a single $20 increase, less than Morrison's.

It may be just an example of the phenomenon where new parents start noticing babies much more thsn they did before, but since I started work on this piece, I've seen lots of articles taking essentially the same line. Under #Albanese, #Labor is a waste of space. johnquiggin.com/2025...#Albanese,#Labor/2

The Ramsay Centre wants a word...

The Oz running a story that was old hat decades ago. But it appeals prejudices of its audience of ignorant, self-satisfied, bigoted old men. To make the most obvious point, can there be any topic more practical and universally relevant than the need to go to the toilet? www.theaustralian.co... 1/2

#Albanese’s #Labor doesn’t hold office; it lurks in it, trying to look busy, telling voters and itself that it’s governing. But there’s nothing there except weird claims from ministers who, in the case of Rowland and Watt, themselves seem like poor AI simulacra.

So, Bureau of Meteorology simultaneously and without warning * Did a radical overhaul of their site * Partially migrated their information * Changed the radar display making it harder to detect severe storms www.thenewdaily.com.... 1/2

Australia’s SolarCloud opens rooftop solar access to renters, flats

I made exactly this point back in 2017 www.theatlantic.com/... 1/2

Labor as the party of resistance

Des « boomers » à la « gen Z », d’où viennent les étiquettes générationnelles ?

End all funding every single private employment services provider. Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country. Get rid of mutual obligations Bring back the CES Raise the fricken rate Ain’t hard.

This story about Russia’s top carmaker going to a four-day week to clear inventory seems entirely inconsistent with standard accounts based on official statistics, showing a growing economy with rising real wages. www.reuters.com/busi... John Quiggin (@jquiggin) substack.com/profile... 1/2

This is the man whose endorsement #Albo plans to cite #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/...#Albo#auspol/2

"the first joint worship including an English monarch and a Catholic pontiff in nearly 500 years." The pedant in me protests. Henry VIII never met the pope. Neither did any of his predecessors with the possible exception of Richard 1*. Travel was hard in those days. www.thenewdaily.com.... 1/2

Here's something I've written in response to the impasse of Labor's environmental protection bill The difficulties the Labor government is facing in seeking passage of its Environmental Protection Reform Bill reflect a deeper emerging problem. Sussan Ley www.abc.net.au/news/... 1/4

I've been meaning to write a comprehensive critique of claims about a second nuclear renaissance, but Steve Thomas has done it for me www.cato.org/regulat... 1/4

The US is becoming a closed economy. www.linkedin.com/pul... 1/2

Australian executives don’t deserve big bonuses. It’s time to end the cult of the CEO | John Quiggin