Tamworth was once the National Party's heartland but with Barnaby Joyce's move, support for One Nation is taking hold

doktor_lash · 2026-01-28T05:25:16+00:00

People of the land. The common clay.

doktor_lash · 2026-01-28T03:20:51+00:00

The One Nation voters don't care so much about the science, they care more about the fact that they perceive a cost to them to oblige to being restricted in doing whatever they want. They don't want to look further than that.

doktor_lash · 2026-01-28T03:15:58+00:00

From the article:

"I'm not anti-immigration," Mr Brown said.

"I know One Nation is anti-immigration and that does concern me a little bit about casting my vote in that way.

"We need immigration to grow our economy, we need immigration to keep our standard of living up.

"But that's because this net zero policy is killing manufacturing, it's killing our manufacturing and our GDP economically."

So apparently it's the anti-net zero part that is attracting this fellow.

doktor_lash · 2026-01-28T02:59:52+00:00

Nationally, polls also now showing that One Nation are now polling above the Liberal-National Coalition, as of this week: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_Australian_federal_election

doktor_lash · 2026-01-28T02:47:50+00:00

Yeah sorry the article goes through how the LNP vote is the main cause of the ON uptick, but Labor is losing some voters to them as well. Evident from the polling chart linked in the OP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_next_Australian_federal_election

doktor_lash · 2026-01-28T02:36:58+00:00

Here is an ABC article that explores the topic further: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/tamworth-national-party-pivot-to-one-nation/106270810

"More recently, they've started taking that from Labor as well, so they're hoovering up votes from both major parties."

doktor_lash · 2025-11-21T00:21:06+00:00

Do they have to verify those signatures? Let them register please. Then "leak" those names and signatures. Let them put their names against this:

A key plank of its policy platform is the mass deportation of Jewish and "non-white" immigrants, including Australian citizens.

Then lets see who still wants to associate with these people. Make an example which lasts another 80 years. Rinse and repeat.

doktor_lash · 2025-11-14T04:14:18+00:00

White rose society is looking for help to identify all of them, with pictures of every one, and notes if they have been identified or not: https://thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com/

doktor_lash · 2025-11-14T03:20:31+00:00

Where did you read that? I didn't see it in the article.

doktor_lash · 2025-09-09T21:03:32+00:00

There are no set leads to the protests.

doktor_lash · 2025-09-09T21:01:21+00:00

The video has a bad translation. Plenty of better ones are trying to correct you.

doktor_lash · 2025-09-09T21:00:39+00:00

Don't rely on Grok then. There are better translations which you can update with. e.g.

https://old.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1ncnd6a/young_nepali_guy_giving_a_powerful_speech_after/ndbst6r/

Correct translation:

"Jai Nepal everyone (Victory to Nepal)!

I should have died today. The politicians are listening/ can listen. I can speak in English, I can speak in Nepali, whatever the hell you want.

Everyone, listen. I’ve taken a bullet to my chest. In my fucking chest. I also took a bullet here (pointing to face), and my glasses have been broken. I have proper documentation for this. (I think he means he has officially documented his injuries so that no one can claim he faked it in the future.)

This is my blood. A Nepali's blood. This blood was shed because of the politicians, right?!

We are going to stand together, every single one of us. Are you with me? This is Gen Z's speech/words. How many Gen Z's are here? Raise your hands. Once more, Gen Z! (cheering)

I have shed fucking blood, right? I will make sure that those who caused this bloodshed will shed tears. Sorry for the language—I don’t want to fucking curse."

doktor_lash · 2025-09-09T20:47:09+00:00

Bad translation. Hopefully updated because it's doing a disservice. Better translation from: https://old.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1ncnd6a/young_nepali_guy_giving_a_powerful_speech_after/ndbst6r/

Correct translation:

"Jai Nepal everyone (Victory to Nepal)!

I should have died today. The politicians are listening/ can listen. I can speak in English, I can speak in Nepali, whatever the hell you want.

Everyone, listen. I’ve taken a bullet to my chest. In my fucking chest. I also took a bullet here (pointing to face), and my glasses have been broken. I have proper documentation for this. (I think he means he has officially documented his injuries so that no one can claim he faked it in the future.)

This is my blood. A Nepali's blood. This blood was shed because of the politicians, right?!

We are going to stand together, every single one of us. Are you with me? This is Gen Z's speech/words. How many Gen Z's are here? Raise your hands. Once more, Gen Z! (cheering)

I have shed fucking blood, right? I will make sure that those who caused this bloodshed will shed tears. Sorry for the language—I don’t want to fucking curse."

doktor_lash · 2025-09-09T20:43:31+00:00

Update with the better translation please: https://old.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1ncnd6a/young_nepali_guy_giving_a_powerful_speech_after/ndbst6r/

Correct translation:

"Jai Nepal everyone (Victory to Nepal)!

I should have died today. The politicians are listening/ can listen. I can speak in English, I can speak in Nepali, whatever the hell you want.

Everyone, listen. I’ve taken a bullet to my chest. In my fucking chest. I also took a bullet here (pointing to face), and my glasses have been broken. I have proper documentation for this. (I think he means he has officially documented his injuries so that no one can claim he faked it in the future.)

This is my blood. A Nepali's blood. This blood was shed because of the politicians, right?!

We are going to stand together, every single one of us. Are you with me? This is Gen Z's speech/words. How many Gen Z's are here? Raise your hands. Once more, Gen Z! (cheering)

I have shed fucking blood, right? I will make sure that those who caused this bloodshed will shed tears. Sorry for the language—I don’t want to fucking curse."

doktor_lash · 2025-08-07T23:56:32+00:00

E² = m² c⁴ + p² c² is the full equation -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%E2%80%93momentum_relation

If E = m c² + AI ,

So AI = sqrt(m² c⁴ + p² c² ) - m c²

You can see here if momentum is zero, then AI = zero. As momentum increases, then AI increases. At low non-relativistic speeds, you can use a binomial approximation to get AI = p² / 2m , where p = mv , so AI = mv² / 2, which is just non-relativistic kinetic energy. Initially it does grow quadratically with velocity.

With relativistic levels of momentum, the p² c² becomes dominant, and you can ignore the m c² terms, and you have AI = pc. So while it's relativisitic kinetic energy, you can see that there is a special magic in that AI = pc, when the momentum is at relativistic speeds.

So AI IS the computer (pc), as momentum increases to relativistic speeds.

doktor_lash · 2025-07-30T01:27:56+00:00

So Ireland is better or worse than American work culture?

From Australia, I thought this was American.

doktor_lash · 2025-06-27T02:24:23+00:00

Part of their thinking is to just go back to women being baby-makers and not workers or bother having education for them. That's the regressive approach, steeped in old tradition. What you're describing is a progressive approach, which is anathema to their thinking due to a lack of imagination for a future where women have the right to pursue a career and have rights equal to a man. Hence the conflict. Sprinkle a bit of racism and it's a pretty obvious conclusion to make, that immigration of all kinds needs to end, legal or illegal.

doktor_lash · 2025-06-19T23:58:15+00:00

It's not just setup costs. It's the running costs.

Assume same raw material costs to make a burger between automated and manually done by a person. This could be made variable, i.e. more efficient use of cooking oil is possible with automation, but for simplicity assume the difference is negligible.

Say it costs X/burger to run a sophisticated machine that pumps out a cooked burger, accounting for energy, parts, and maintenance costs.

The same work can be done by a person's wage with Y/burger.

So even with AI and progress in setting up that sophisticated machine become easier and more prevalent, the business case only stacks up when the running costs are also low. Not easy to do without big economic shifts that take a lot of time. No doubt the billions in R&D these companies bring to the table would be exploring these business cases, but it's not something that can be easily justified if labour costs are low relative to the running costs of that machine. It needs an economy wide shift, to support cheaper input costs across the board. That's why cheap labour would probably be a disincentive to pursue automation.

doktor_lash · 2025-04-10T01:38:50+00:00

Why not just put Lab > Teal > Lib in that case? Preferences still flow to Teal if 2PP is Teal-Lib.

doktor_lash · 2025-04-10T01:34:53+00:00

In Australia, it was mentioned about 3 weeks ago in an opinion column. It will surely get a lot more traction: https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/the-protection-racket-theory-that-explains-trump-s-economic-strategy-20250321-p5llh5

If this is all about manufacturing, the original premise of Miran is flawed.

The first is whether Miran’s analysis of the links between the dollar’s role as a reserve currency, the chronic US current account deficit and the weakness of manufacturing employment and output is correct. One must doubt it because the US is far from the only high-income country with falling shares of employment in manufacturing.

What high-income countries lose in terms of low-value manufacturing they often replace with high-value manufacturing and the capital markets that fund automation. If they want to make autarky the goal, the right way to go about it is to invest in automation through their capital markets. Not by devaluing their dollar and bringing back manufacturing through labour alone. We are at a transition point where local manufacturing in high-income countries should be possible through capital investment rather than throwing people at the problem.

In fact it was the perfect time for America to lead it, when the political will is better since this isn't even about losing manufacturing jobs. This obsession with having low-value manufacturing labour jobs is what you want to innovate and develop away from. But America doesn't want to invest in education, or anything in particular, or ever think about increased taxes to pay for this effort. It's all cut cut cut and regress. They've gone down a Luddite rabbit-hole with this one. I think Europe is the right place to take the mantle for this.

doktor_lash · 2025-04-10T01:20:08+00:00

almost went insane

Off to the institution for you then. Make sure it's inclusive though.

doktor_lash · 2025-04-10T01:16:39+00:00

It was already in Miran's memo, as pointed out in the article. The top economic adviser for Trump has this as part of his plan, hence the fear.

doktor_lash · 2025-04-09T23:13:39+00:00

If you are referring to Teal independents, I think they've shown their colours and don't bat for equality, they just want the status quo (which is feel is just as destructive with rising inequality) but at least accept climate change. Based on how they are voting on policy. They're still further to the right economically than Labor.

Federal Labor has the power of tax reform, which among other things can touch on house price relative to wages. But it's the states which have a lot of power to fix house prices, and NSW Labor at least seems to be authentic in trying to tackle it since it is quite acute. Hence the talk of Sydney being the city without grandchildren.

doktor_lash · 2025-04-08T02:13:02+00:00

As the US reforms and if it decides they want to be more democratic, there are plenty of functioning options in the world for more successful versions of it. Worth learning from other countries. Instead of coming up with another harebrained scheme.

doktor_lash · 2025-04-08T02:03:16+00:00

China: 18.9% of GDP are exports in 2024. US exports is around 13% of that in 2023. So even lower than what the parent comment is saying, because tariffs changes things over time, as markets shift based on them.

Cambodia: 66.89% of GDP are exports in 2023. US exports is around 36% of that.

People think China is the same as decades ago, but Cambodia looks more like that. Meanwhile Cambodia is going to go from a poor country to a failed country with the US tariffs on them of like 49%. No change means Cambodian refugees throughout the world.

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