Those who are opposed to corporations and favor government do not realize that government is simply the largest, most monopolistic corporation of all and it has a monopoly on violence.

Tomorrow, I’ll be unplugged from my social media channels. I’m doing it for Mac Holdsworth. For every Australian child who’s encountered online harm. And for the parents who deserve a safer digital world for their kids.

Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John has broken his silence on sexual misconduct allegations, discussing his polyamorous relationship and making bombshell claims about his ex-partner. news24.com.au/politics/austr…

GDP per person tells a different story:      US Aust Q3 2025 2.1% 0.4% Q4 2025 1.6% 0.9% Q1 2026 2.3% 1.0% Q2 2026 1.9% 0.7% As does productivity growth:      US Aust Q3 2025 2.5% 0.8% Q4 2025 2.5% 1.0% Q1 2026 2.9% 0.3% Q2 2026 2.2% –0.2%

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Has the new SA-NSW been constrained to zero flow - effectively been turned off? If so it may be due to the unexpected dispatch outcomes over the last few days, and I can’t help wondering which generators and retailers lost the most money… @WattClarity might have some answers soon.

Well, that was wild. I'm at the Australian Parliament and just left a meeting with two staffers for the governing party. They told us that the government needed more power to censor things like the upcoming US execution of Nidal Hasan. When I asked why they needed to censor that video, one said it was to prevent copycat killings. Copycat killings by governments? I asked. Er, no, they said. Copycat killings like of a backpacker, several decades ago. So, under that logic, I pointed out, the government should censor things like last year's Bondi massacre, where two Muslims killed 15 people, no? Well, that was news, they said. Didn't they realize their bill would allow the government to censor news? They didn't seem to know, or care. They also admitted that they did not know that the bill would allow the government to create and operate an unlimited number of fake social media accounts to attack its political enemies and spread disinformation. Having presented them with information they had never heard about a bill they had clearly not read, they emphasized to us, strenuously, that they were moving forward with the bill. So there you have it. The government wants the power to arbitrarily censor scenes of violent crime, or violence, for any reason. And it wants the power to use an unlimited number of fake accounts to wage offensive disinformational warfare against the Australian people. Given that the Bondi massacre last year increased public opposition to mass migration, and support for the populist One Nation Party, it seems obvious that the government wants to censor such events in order to protect its political power. It's quite telling how obediently governing party members insist such a law is needed without even knowing what's in it.

Asking the Prime Minister for help buying a house 😭🇦🇺

Australian AI giant Firmus has sensationally pulled out of what would have been one of the ASX's largest initial public offerings in history. news24.com.au/news/firmus-sc…

Currently, batteries can power the US for less than 18 minutes To avoid blackouts, solar and wind need months of storage, costing trillions Fossil fuels don't need storage because they are their own storage Sources: Solar or wind alone needs nearly 3 months of storage (22.4% of the annual energy consumption for solar and 24.9% for wind) frontiersin.org/journals/env… eia.gov/electricity/data/eia…, eia.gov/electricity/monthly/…, ir.eia.gov/ngs/ngs.html, eia.gov/petroleum/supply/wee…, eia.gov/electricity/annual/t…, eia.gov/totalenergy/data/mon…, eia.gov/totalenergy/data/mon…, eia.gov/totalenergy/data/mon…, eia.gov/totalenergy/data/mon…, eia.gov/totalenergy/data/mon…, eia.gov/energyexplained/elec…, docs.nrel.gov/docs/fy23osti/…, doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1…, construction-physics.com/p/e…