Dilletante.
Joined March 2007
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the war on cars, not drugs retweeted
I donāt have strong feelings about shark culls, but itās astounding the way some deaths/injuries immediately demand āsomething must be doneā in the Aus psyche, whilst the biggest scourge of all is just written off as inevitable
nine.com.au/australia-news/nā¦
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Bondi Junction needs a La Paz style gondola down to the beach.
May 19
Weāre at Waverley Council tonight speaking in favour of the Bondi Junction masterplan for 3000 new homes.
Most speakers are in favour.
Someone complains they donāt have enough open space (ignore the park thatās bigger than the suburb)
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RT @sir_relaxacat: Like for real this stuff makes me furious: the *car* didn't lose control, the driver did. And if you're such a bad and/oā¦
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the war on cars, not drugs retweeted
On Golders Green, and what people won't say
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"Stranger Danger" is sublimated fear of cars.
Apr 30
It would be interesting to pair this with a survey about what parents' primary fears are. My primary fear is cars. We encourage our kids to walk pretty far, but they're limited by scary roads.
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Apr 25
I canāt wait to ride my bike in front of them
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the war on cars, not drugs retweeted
Imagine if the government said āweāre doing a cash handout for cost of living, but households without cars get nothing, and households with more than one car get moreā.
People would think it was bizarre. But thatās exactly what this is!
Apr 25
Weāre taking 20% off rego to help Victorians deal with the cost of living.
Like cheaper public transport, this wonāt fix everything, but itās immediate action I can take to make a difference.
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the war on cars, not drugs retweeted
Outside of dangerous and illegal goods housing is probably one of the last bastions of regulated supply. Do immigrants cause bread shortages, car shortages or any other traded good.
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Apr 16
While studying for the citizenship test, I learned about Australia's various immigration waves.
From 1851-1861, we doubled the pop. with annual growth rates of 10-11%. In today's terms that'd be the equivalent of ~3M people.
And that was with 1850s tech and infrastructure. 1/
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the war on cars, not drugs retweeted
Apr 10
Architecture is cool but the average Tokyo street has 5 of the ugliest buildings you've ever seen in your life, no street trees, about 100 power lines hanging 5 feet over your head, and it still embarrasses 99.9% of American streets as a place you actually want to spend time.
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Apr 4
the tomb was empty after three days because even jesus understood that sitting on prime real estate without building anything on it is a moral failure. he rose and LEFT. the man had better land use instincts than every surface parking lot owner in america
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the war on cars, not drugs retweeted
Mar 29
Wonderful development!
Hereās what the Glebe Society had to say about it when it was approved:
Mar 29
75 new social housing apartments in Glebe, Sydney
A cross laminated timber (CLT) structure, robust brick cladding, stunning recessed brick balconies, fully-electric and 6 star green star rating.
Would *love* to see more housing like this!
By JPW Architects
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Mar 25
four drinks in and iām explaining land value tax to someone at the bar who asked me what i do for work. they asked if iām in finance. i said no iām in pain. the bartender cut me off from both the beer and the tax policy. fair
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Mar 18
This is shaping up as the most consistent finding in housing studies: Building lots of luxury housing can reduce rents at the top of the marketābut the people it helps most are renters struggling to afford even the least desirable units
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If people preferred houses to apartments thereād be no need to ban apartments so widely.
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Fun fact - influencers will take videos of this place to show how cool it is and the urban planners wonāt ever let you build anything like this ever again
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29 Mar 2025
This attitude towards adding some affordable housing (and height) to the Balmain leagues development in Rozelle is pretty grim.
Between 2016-21, that is during the last housing boom, the suburb built minus 24 new homes.
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Hi @AirbnbHelp ā my account has been under review for 3 weeks with no communication or resolution. Can you help escalate this?
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Name, quote tweet & share a band who could have been bigger:
The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower
How can a hardcore band be my favourite band when I don't even like hardcore? Talk about transcend the genre
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plā¦
14 Jan 2024
Name, quote tweet & share a band who could have been bigger:
XTC
Hugely underrated and influential act
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTC
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