I spoke at this Queensland Academy of Arts and Sciences evnt on Trade in a Trumpian world last week

Introducing Sian, our final speaker for Handlebars of Happiness: storytelling at Smith’s Alternative this Thur 6:30pm. Sian’s a cycling tragic who has raced competitively, coached numerous junior riders, and teaches people of all ages how to cycle. Free tickets: 🎟️ events.humanitix.com/handlebars-3

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Happy Halloween

📚 BOOK LAUNCH 📚 Come along to the launch 'Struggle, Reform, Boom and Bust', a new economic history of Papua New Guinea, written by a team of ANU and UPNG economists. 🗓️ 3 November ⏰ 5 pm 📍Barton Theatre, JG Crawford Building, ANU Register 👇 crawford.anu.edu.au/event/launch...

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.

Did a new one

What's left of the US cutting itself off from the world in every way it can. It leaves a big hole

This Sat, our slow social ride embraces the Cover Yourself in Canberra safer sexual health campaign run by Meridian. We’re thrilled Meridian is co-hosting the ride, which starts at 10am at the Carillon. events.humanitix.com/cover-yourse...

New Podcast🎙️ Indonesia’s evolving role in the Indo-Pacific and beyond Natalie Sambhi and Yohanes Sulaiman join @davidmandrews.bsky.social to unpack Indonesia’s foreign policy and its ties with major players in the region. Listen now ⤵️ tinyurl.com/y6anvchw

We're thrilled to announce the Australian premier of the short film Fietsgeluk, Bicycle Happiness, at our Handlebars of happiness: stories about cycling storytelling night at Smith's Alternative on Tues 26 Aug. Thanks Fietsersbond for permission. events.humanitix.com/handlebars-o... #Canberra

Celebrate the life and music of #OzzyOsbourne on our rolling wake around the National Triangle 7pm Thursday. Meet at the Street Theatre, Childers St. Give us songs for the playlist as we’ve a big PartyBox speaker for our cargo bike. All 🚲🛹🛼🛴 welcome.

The banner says: "You'd already be there by bike." I like it, and I think many of you do too. We need more cool banners like this and crowdfunding for the project. @tomflood.bsky.social

The acronym BBB for Repub Budget is apt. That's the credit rating (just above junk) US bonds should get if it passes. #uspol

Here’s what happens on our night ride bike parties through the National Triangle in Australia’s capital, #Canberra. Last night we celebrated Kylie Minogue’s birthday. On 7 June, we remember Prince. Roll with us! events.humanitix.com/host/canberr...

More roof that #Canberra is the best city in the world to enjoy life and #food (and wine and beer!! of course) canberradaily.com.au/canberra-rat...

Asian politics is defined by its diversity, ranging from liberal democracies to authoritarian regimes. This edition of ‘EAFQ’ explores the forces shaping political systems across the region, with a focus on democracy’s future amid rising autocratisation. Available 👉 doi.org/10.22459/EAFQ.17.02.2025

This Wed, our bike party honours pop princess Kylie Minogue’s birthday. All welcome. We roll from 7pm from Street Theatre, clockwise around Lake Burley Griffin. events.humanitix.com/kylie-minogu... #Canberra

Happy World Bee Day everyone! The official UN day to highlight the role that an estimated 20,000 #bee species play in our environment, food security and culture! www.worldbeeday.org.au

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Me in The Guardian re the latest round of anti-preferencer nonsense www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

First event for World Bee Day 2025 done! Ahead of the actual day (this coming Tuesday) the Slovenian Embassy in Canberra opened their door to showcase their beautiful AZ hive and do some honey tasting. A really fun, engaged crowd, and the #bees behaved themselves, no stings!

"We need to wait and see how the preferences flow, particularly in some of those smaller booths on the outskirts of the Vatican"

So the new pope understands Sin, ..... Cos & Tan but not metric?

The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con softwarecrisis.dev/l...

Proof this guy is full of SITH.

Only in Camberra:

Well finally, an end to woke effeninate nonsense at the Pentagon! ;) www.cbsnews.com/news/hegseth...

I’ve been positing this every year for sixteen years. Happy Easter.

🎙️New podcast🎙️ Is Australia prepared? Chris Taylor and @miahhe.bsky.social join @rorymedcalf.bsky.social to unpack the 2024 Independent Intelligence Review – from intelligence and policy to tech and uncertainty. Listen ➡️ tinyurl.com/4tfwc6kh

Literature or political commentary? "They were careless people, Tom & Daisy- they smashed up things & creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, & let other people clean up the mess they had made." The Great Gatsby

📢#AUJoin Australian Federal Election 2025 Roundtable 📌Bringing together some of the country’s leading scholars in political science, this event offers a considered and data-driven exploration of the forces that shaped this year’s outcome. 🗓️May 8 🎟️bit.ly/42oIA5r.

Why am I still surprised? They even applied their ridiculous "formula" incorrectly! aei.org/economics/pres…

Yes but what are the rates on Wakanda, Pandorra and Middle Earth untill the US is self sufficient in unobtanium, vibranium and mithril???? www.axios.com/2025/04/02/t...

Nuclear power *might* work if gas costs rise 250%, construction costs fall, IRA subsidies remain in place, and we ignore option of renewables + storage. Next up, the promise of porcine technology in aviation. www.spglobal.com/com...

I'm at #24 ! bloggers.feedspot.co...

See you tonight, I hope Our Energy Future: Is Nuclear Power Viable | The Greens contact-qld.greens.o...

“In 150 characters or less” by @nikitagill.bsky.social

I put up a paid audio post on trade flows this morning, but a number of readers have asked that it be made free. So now it is paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trade-flow...