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Sep 15, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
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Ping if you remember one of the best submarines ever, because it could fly.
Mind you, there was also the Reid Flying Submarine RFS-1.
And the Convair Submersible Seaplane, though that was only a design concept. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_S…
And the Soviet Union’s Ushakov LPL Flying Submarine Concept (1934). The flying submarine concept has a fascinating history and I recommend this rabbit-hole for your exploration pleasure.
Of course submarines are just a kind of watery airship and they yearn to return to the skies.

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May 9, 2023
THIS IS THE START OF MY THREAD ON THE FEDERAL BUDGET. #Budget2023

I’ll be looking specifically for things related to the cybers or digital life or adjacent issues.

The documents will be at budget.gov.au from 1930 AEST. To begin, some hints for understanding them...
The one I always hit first is Budget Paper No. 2. This lists and explains all the individual “budget measures”, which are the changes to every line item since the previous Budget or now-usual Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). #Budget2023
Programmers, think of Budget Paper No. 2 as a set of diffs, with copious comments. #Budget2023
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May 9, 2023
One continuing problem with “creating opportunities” framing is that it perpetuates the idea of “success”, whatever that is, as a moral virtue and not being able to take advantage of the “opportunity”, whatever that is, as a moral failing. So it’s YOUR fault not the government’s.
Obviously that is far from the only problem with these three meaningless claims. Not a concrete, measurable fact anywhere in them.
Here’s what I wrote to my federal MP @stemplemanmp on 27 April.

Tl;dr: A policy that doesn’t fix a problem for everyone affected in a timely manner is a policy that consciously chooses to continue the problem. Image
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Feb 21, 2023
Hey Kids, it’s an Essential polling Tuesday, so let’s see what we can see. essentialreport.com.au/reports/21-feb…

As usual the polling was done Wed–Sun and the margin of error on top-line figures is around ±3 percentage points.

Here we go...
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Approval of Dominic Perrottet, NSW Liberal Premier And we compare that with...
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Feb 19, 2023
Mon plan: 0924 AEDT train to Sydney; various planning and administrivia en route; 1145 GP, Hyde Park; 1300 lunch and drinks with a birthday co-conspirator*; errands and shopping; return train.

* Theirs, not mine. I don’t have birthdays any more.
As usual, further alleged plans and other Interesting Things may be found in the Weekly Wrap.
Mobile.
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Feb 4, 2023
Causing discord. I'll explain a bit later.
So, I was just at the bottle shop and a young couple and their toddler were behind me. Greys given the cash to the toddler so she could enjoy paying the cashier. I leaned down, smiled. "Hi, can I have you money?" And she gave it to me.
I handed the cash back to the mother. She explains that the money should go to THAT man not THIS man. I asked again. This time the kid paused, confused, but still gave me the money.

"Yeah," I said, handing back the cash, you need to fix that." All laugh.
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Feb 4, 2023
WE HAVE AN FOKS!
Ping @R_Chirgwin.
Smile for the camera, you little fucker!
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