John Quiggin
@johnquiggin
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It's really a 100+ year break for men's fashion, as is evident if you look at a picture from the 1830s, like this of Andrew Jackson. And this a radical change from Washington and Jefferson only 30-40 years previously
A successul run, early in my marathon training program #johnqpersonal
Here is his elaborate outdoor setting, perched on a platform extended from an upper-story window)
I was asked a while back about the latest device that will supposedly be used in a PRC invasion of Taiwan, a three stage landing bridge (pictured) It reminds me irresistibly of the late Heath Robinson (UK equivalent of Rube Goldberg)
A new cycling + running route for Nancy and me in Ray Road Mareeba. Beautiful country and enjoyable despite heat and humidity (Dew point 23, Temp 26, Feels Like 29). Gradually getiing distance back up, to 13km this time. #personal #johnqpersonal
Five problems Australia's U16 social media ban won’t help johnquigginblog.subs...
AI is taking over the world, and our data is being used to micro-target us with advertising. Look at this scarily accurate set of job openings LinkedIn has found for me.
I tried Google Lens for the first time today. It failed to identify what a text search finally revealed was a tomato knife. And all the links were to shops selling (non-tomato) .knives. Ensh*ttification got to Lens before I did.
Typical idiot comment from rural NIMBY. "I will vote Green when there is a wind farm on Bondi beach and a solar farm in Centennial park" Here's Bondi pavilion, covered in solar panels Obviously, you'd put a wind farm offshore for technical reasons
I read at 10x (1300 wpm vs 130) according to this test, so I never listen to audio swiftread.com/reading-spee...
It certainly looks as if the 30-year inflation adjusted bond rate for US Treasuries is responding to changes in the Federal Funds Rate, the shortest term there is. This makes no sense to me #econtwitter mediacdn.aus.social/media_attach...
Two Lessons in Teheran Donya-e-Eqtesad Publication has released “Economics in Two Lessons” authored by John Quiggin and translated by Haniyeh Sadat Jafariyeh. www.tehrantimes.com/news/491892/...
Alleged discovery of guns and grenades in #Gaza hospital has strong "mobile $Iraqi weapons lab" vibes to me. If Hamas were going to use a hospital as cover for a terrorist base, I'd have thought there would be something more substantial than half a dozen rifles