Researcher, FASSA. Work; economics; pol sci; gender; climate & finance; science; birdies. Brisbane & Auckland. "Emeritus" is Latin for "old and deaf".
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I'm leaving X. You'll find me in Bluesky.
Lots of reasons. Most are obvious. But you'll be shocked how much higher engagement is there.
Like most people leaving X, I won't close my X account. With trolls, and well-known difficulties in doing so, why would I bother?
Folks, you're yelling into an airport hanger that was once full of people.
Now it's almost totally empty, apart from a few engineers and a lot of robots that yell back at you to make you think someone's listening.
They're not.
See you in another place. You've heard about it.
The relative number of users on X and Bluesky vastly overstates X's importance.
In theory, I've many more followers on X than Bsky.
But I just posted something on both forums that got a far greater response on Bsky.
I'd say most on X have left, just not closed their accounts.
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Inflation is within-target-zone and falling, yet RBA won't cut rates. Other central banks are cutting quickly, but the RBA's perverse ideological inflexibility is amplifying the pain felt by working people. Our @JimboStanford explains for @TheNewDailyAu: thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2…
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100 Korean truck drivers carried out a hair shaving protest in front of the National Assembly demanding passage of new Safe Rates legislation
#SafeRates4Alll
#SafeRatesSaveLivez
I read the post on SkyNews on their website before this deletion. Remarkably, it gave a much clearer depiction of what the Israeli fans had been doing before the assaults on them than did the @abcnews coverage.
Breaking: @SkyNews just deleted this video by their Amsterdam correspondent @AlicePorterTV posted to Twitter, without public explanation. I saved a copy.
The video explains the truth about the Israeli football hooligans who went on a racist rampage in the city this week. Watch:
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Scathing statement from Bernie Sanders on the election results
“It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them…”
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This is what I wrote in 2021. I was ridiculed and worse.
I am from Nuremberg. I stuck my head out and called for strategic price controls because I had studied the history of inflation and inflation control for years and was worried inflation would bring Trump back.
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If Trump implements even half of the policies he’s promised, the USA will soon be a very unattractive place for the world’s brightest researchers and students. It’s a unique opportunity for countries like Australia to seize the opportunity to turbocharge our research sectors.
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Dep of Jobs & Skills data showed just 1% of employers raised the offered salary when unable to fill a vacancy
@GrogsGamut in @GuardianAus
Telling that some employers will do almost anything except raise the wage to attract workers. #auspol
Read more: theguardian.com/business/gro…
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BREAKING: Our Senior Researcher @lisasheap has a powerful new report out today: "Doing in Tough" on how the living standards crisis is affecting Australians (hitting lower-income and working Australians hardest), who they blame, and what to do about it: futurework.org.au/report/doi… /2
Queensland Trucking Association and TWU (Qld) combine to support extending workers' compensation to gig workers.
ownerdriver.com.au/unions-an…
Love it when @Qantas sends you an "Important update" saying "please check in ahead of your flight via the Qantas App or at qantas.com/checkin" due to "planned [IT] system upgrades", but then you discover that "online check-in is unavailable for this flight".
On 6 November 1932, the German national election saw the Nazis receive 33% of the vote.
85 days later Hitler was appointed Chancellor.
It was to be the last free German election for 17 years (or 58 years if you're unwilling to exclude East Germany from that calculation).
David Peetz retweeted
His family requested privacy & suggested fans "kick a football, enjoy a hearty bowl of pasta, plan your next adventure to somewhere intriguing, or ask a curious question you think needs answering" in his honour.
Rest in peace, George Negus. Truly a great.
abc.net.au/news/2024-10-15/g…
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On Thursday I’m speaking at the Carmichael Centre and Centre for Future Work Symposium on Cost of Living Challenges in Melbourne.
Will be calling for changes to _ve gearing, CGT and more govt investment to give the working class a chance of a secure affordable home.
David Peetz retweeted
Incredible
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that could trap hundreds of thousands of Palestinians without food or water. apnews.com/article/hamas-isr…
