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Alan Baxter ♛

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16 Jul

Hello lockdown, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again.
Because a virus softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain,
Still remains,
Within the sound of silence.

In restless dreams I walk alone,
Melbourne's streets of cobblestone.
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp,
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light,
That split the night,
And touched the sound of silence.

And in the naked light, I saw,
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without being masked,
People marching without being asked,
People claiming rights that don't exist,
Yet they persist, and
Disturb the sound of silence.

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Alan Baxter ♛

@AlanBixter

8 Jul

COVID in NSW, Chaos and Strange Attractors (a stupidly long thread)
Chaos theory is a branch of mathematics focusing on the study of dynamic systems governed by deterministic laws involving feedback loops that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. /2

This sensitivity to initial conditions generates deterministic but apparently random systems. This behaviour is known as deterministic chaos. Chaotic systems are characterised by a set or field of initial conditions that can result in wildly oscillating behaviour. /3

In many cases chaotic behaviour is found only in a subset of these initial conditions as the field includes an attractor, a region of stability to which a large set of initial conditions eventually converge. /4

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Alan Baxter ♛

@AlanBixter

3 Jul

So let's talk about Skeeter's four finger plan: 1st finger - that's nothing; it's more of the same. Let's skip for a minute to 4th finger, because if that isn't possible, then the two in between need to be considered on their own merits, not as a means to an end. /2

4th finger: "A complete return to normal life with quarantine-free travel for all those who are vaccinated, and no lockdowns or border closures remaining." Issue 1 is that about 5% of people can't be effectively vaccinated primarily due to health issues. /3

Issue 2 is that he has no intention of vaccinating people under the age of 16 - That's a little under 25% of the population. Issue 3 is that AZ has an efficacy of about 70% and it has been designated for use in 20% of the population - so another 2% not covered. /4

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Alan Baxter ♛

@AlanBixter

27 Jun

A letter to NSW from VIC. Hi guys. The situation you are in is a challenge, but it isn't one that you can't rise to, master, and move on. Yes, your Premier is a self promoting twit. It kind of doesn't matter, because you, the people of NSW, can stop COVID in its tracks. /2

All you have to do, is stay home. Keep your home well ventilated - it might be a bit chilly, but that's okay. Catch some exercise each day - especially if the sun is shining. Compress shopping to one trip/week if you can, and use QR codes. /3

Make this time at home a special time. If you are being bullied at work, you are free from those bastards now. If you have a long commute, you now have 3 hours/day more time for yourself. Reconnect with your spouse. Cook wonderful meals. Have a nice drink. /4

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Alan Baxter ♛

@AlanBixter

18 Jun

There I was quietly swimming in my lane, and next thing I know, Alan Kohler damn near drowns me as he steams past in my lane, asking biomedical/health questions in a press conference. So I'm going to return the favour: Let's talk about the economy. /2

My thesis is that what seems "Fair is foul, and foul is fair:
Hover through the fog and filthy air." Things seem great on the face of it. Unemployment is said to be low; housing and stocks are going gangbusters; there are more luxury cars on the streets than ever before... /3

On the other hand, they cannot be. Our economy is missing the 1 million foreign tertiary students it used to contain - at one time, our largest export. Those students lived in (mostly) apartments that are now empty, and given our failure in vaccination, will likely stay so. /4

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Alan Baxter ♛

@AlanBixter

16 Jun

So we wake to another new day in out country ruled by the depraved, perverts and credibly accused rapists, and their fellow travellers. The Perverts' Party has long held that anyone accused of depravity or sexual assault in their party should not face an investigation. /2

In the past, this has been achieved (whether by intent or accident) by wiping public records, getting the AFP to sequester documents from the relevant police force, & running defamation suits against news services. But yesterday they hit a new low. Perverts rejoice! /3

Yesterday, a member of the Senate, Larissa Waters, tried to introduce a private member’s bill for an inquiry into rape allegations against a Minister of the Government. The government blocked the introduction of the bill. /4

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