Supaluminal
@supaluminal.bsky.social
I'd describe my interests as eclectic if that didn't make me seem like a bit of a tool. But if the shoe fits...
Urbansim, politics, history, cycling, football, and a whole bunch of other unhealthy obsessions.
Build more homes!
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Urbansim, politics, history, cycling, football, and a whole bunch of other unhealthy obsessions.
Build more homes!
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Look what just arrived!
This year’s edition of Pace Layers, the anthology of the @longnow.org Foundation.
I’ve got an essay on the surprising origins of public transit. In great company in this one!
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
This year’s edition of Pace Layers, the anthology of the @longnow.org Foundation.
I’ve got an essay on the surprising origins of public transit. In great company in this one!
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
November 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Look what just arrived!
This year’s edition of Pace Layers, the anthology of the @longnow.org Foundation.
I’ve got an essay on the surprising origins of public transit. In great company in this one!
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
This year’s edition of Pace Layers, the anthology of the @longnow.org Foundation.
I’ve got an essay on the surprising origins of public transit. In great company in this one!
longnow.org/ideas/pace-l...
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The story of the Labour Party: From Foot to Starmer
Most important point here is the tragedy of the 1992 election. If it had been won, we could have demonstrated that a soft-left party can triumph. Because it was lost, a view took hold that centrism was the height of progressive ambition.
Most important point here is the tragedy of the 1992 election. If it had been won, we could have demonstrated that a soft-left party can triumph. Because it was lost, a view took hold that centrism was the height of progressive ambition.
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨Welcome to the third and final part of @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social's epic story of the Labour Party, from Keir Hardie to Keir Starmer. Listen now 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#labour #labourpartyUK #originstory #Starmer #Hardie #Blair
#labour #labourpartyUK #originstory #Starmer #Hardie #Blair
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The story of the Labour Party: From Foot to Starmer
Most important point here is the tragedy of the 1992 election. If it had been won, we could have demonstrated that a soft-left party can triumph. Because it was lost, a view took hold that centrism was the height of progressive ambition.
Most important point here is the tragedy of the 1992 election. If it had been won, we could have demonstrated that a soft-left party can triumph. Because it was lost, a view took hold that centrism was the height of progressive ambition.
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Chooonky tim tams going in on Canada Street.
Project should be done by end of the year!
Lessons here for these sections on how quickly you can actually roll out cycleways
Project should be done by end of the year!
Lessons here for these sections on how quickly you can actually roll out cycleways
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Chooonky tim tams going in on Canada Street.
Project should be done by end of the year!
Lessons here for these sections on how quickly you can actually roll out cycleways
Project should be done by end of the year!
Lessons here for these sections on how quickly you can actually roll out cycleways
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the first of a two-part conversation with historian Chris Clark exploring how German history might help us understand Trump-like leadership, but not through looking at the Nazi period.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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If this sounds like your kind of podcast, share it, tell your friends about it, get the word out! Past Lives is a 100 percent independent production, and we're going to depend on your support to make this work. I'll be sharing the link to our Patreon soon, and be sure to subscribe!
If you lived 100 years ago, who would you have been? What about 1,000 years ago, or 10,000? My new history show, Past Lives, is all about the experiences of regular folks. Watch the trailer now and subscribe to the feed - we launch December 3 with three episodes! www.instagram.com/reel/DRAY51b...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
If this sounds like your kind of podcast, share it, tell your friends about it, get the word out! Past Lives is a 100 percent independent production, and we're going to depend on your support to make this work. I'll be sharing the link to our Patreon soon, and be sure to subscribe!
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Brendan Coates shows how sclerotic land-use systems have made well-located homes artificially scarce, pushing prices and rents to historic highs and hollowing out inner-city opportunities for the young.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Brendan Coates shows how sclerotic land-use systems have made well-located homes artificially scarce, pushing prices and rents to historic highs and hollowing out inner-city opportunities for the young.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I cannot be convinced that residents of car-dominated streets in the UK wouldn't prefer this type of arrangement.
Bollards & one-way systems stop through traffic. Play signs tell drivers kids are in the street. Paving, build-outs & planting slow cars. People add benches, hang out, share drinks. The street becomes an extension of home - a social space, not a shortcut. This is what neighbourhoods should feel like
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I cannot be convinced that residents of car-dominated streets in the UK wouldn't prefer this type of arrangement.
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Responding to our 'More homes, better cities' Grattan report, Professor Nicole Gurran wrote that our plan to boost housing supply needed a 'reality check' in part because 'building completions fall when prices stagnate'. Here's why that argument misses the mark. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Responding to our 'More homes, better cities' Grattan report, Professor Nicole Gurran wrote that our plan to boost housing supply needed a 'reality check' in part because 'building completions fall when prices stagnate'. Here's why that argument misses the mark. 🧵
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PLANNERS: Economists shouldn’t comment on housing markets, they don’t understand the nuances and it’s outside their area of expertise
ALSO PLANNERS: Hold my beer while I reason from a price change
ALSO PLANNERS: Hold my beer while I reason from a price change
Responding to our 'More homes, better cities' Grattan report, Professor Nicole Gurran wrote that our plan to boost housing supply needed a 'reality check' in part because 'building completions fall when prices stagnate'. Here's why that argument misses the mark. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
PLANNERS: Economists shouldn’t comment on housing markets, they don’t understand the nuances and it’s outside their area of expertise
ALSO PLANNERS: Hold my beer while I reason from a price change
ALSO PLANNERS: Hold my beer while I reason from a price change
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This situation is insane, wtf?!
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This situation is insane, wtf?!
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Filtering in the housing market is real. Build lots of 'luxury' apartments and the older apartments mysteriously start getting cheaper.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Filtering in the housing market is real. Build lots of 'luxury' apartments and the older apartments mysteriously start getting cheaper.
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Apropos of nothing in particular, Australians being so insular and not understanding the benefits of change as a progressive stance really gives me the shits. And this is not just a YIMBY thing, we are a backwater in a multitude of ways.
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular, Australians being so insular and not understanding the benefits of change as a progressive stance really gives me the shits. And this is not just a YIMBY thing, we are a backwater in a multitude of ways.
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I wrote about state-level ADU reform and the differences between @strongtowns.org and YIMBYism. www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
On The Tension Between YIMBYism and Strong Towns — Max Dubler
Special thanks to those who gave their thoughtful feedback on this piece. The past couple of months have seen quite a bit of Discourse about the differences between Strong Towns and YIMB...
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November 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I wrote about state-level ADU reform and the differences between @strongtowns.org and YIMBYism. www.maxdubler.com/blog/2025/11...
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Protected cycle tracks with floating bus stops keep people of all ages safe on bikes whilst also allowing buses to move freely without being delayed by slower cyclists.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Protected cycle tracks with floating bus stops keep people of all ages safe on bikes whilst also allowing buses to move freely without being delayed by slower cyclists.
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BYD has a market cap of US$120bn. It makes twice as many EVs per year as Tesla (4.2m in 2024 vs 1.8m) and is growing at 25%/year vs Tesla's 4% decline in 2024. Even in the best case where Tesla turns around and remains a major EV player, its current $1.3trn valuation is *still* out by a factor of 10
This. Tesla is a mid-sized car company with a valuation build on hype and lies, an ageing range of models, facing tough competition from multiple places and with a CEO a large proportion of potential customers actively hate.
"with 1 trillion dollars, Elon Musk could-"
He doesn't have one trillion dollars. He's not going to have one trillion dollars. The company promising to give him one trillion dollars isn't worth one trillion dollars. It's not going to be worth one trillion dollars.
He doesn't have one trillion dollars. He's not going to have one trillion dollars. The company promising to give him one trillion dollars isn't worth one trillion dollars. It's not going to be worth one trillion dollars.
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
BYD has a market cap of US$120bn. It makes twice as many EVs per year as Tesla (4.2m in 2024 vs 1.8m) and is growing at 25%/year vs Tesla's 4% decline in 2024. Even in the best case where Tesla turns around and remains a major EV player, its current $1.3trn valuation is *still* out by a factor of 10
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Target bans, not just burdens.
How a common bias may be the biggest roadblock for effective microeconomic reform.
✍️ Matthew Maltman
inflectionpoints.work/articles/bes...
How a common bias may be the biggest roadblock for effective microeconomic reform.
✍️ Matthew Maltman
inflectionpoints.work/articles/bes...
Best practice for supply-side reformers | Inflection Points
To maximise the impact of supply-side policy, reform should focus on bans over burdens, and markets over individual firms.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Target bans, not just burdens.
How a common bias may be the biggest roadblock for effective microeconomic reform.
✍️ Matthew Maltman
inflectionpoints.work/articles/bes...
How a common bias may be the biggest roadblock for effective microeconomic reform.
✍️ Matthew Maltman
inflectionpoints.work/articles/bes...
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🚨Issue 03 | Inflection Points | OUT NOW🚨
- Flavio Menezes
- Brendan Coates
- Matthew Maltman
- Travis Jordan
- Flavio Menezes
- Brendan Coates
- Matthew Maltman
- Travis Jordan
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
🚨Issue 03 | Inflection Points | OUT NOW🚨
- Flavio Menezes
- Brendan Coates
- Matthew Maltman
- Travis Jordan
- Flavio Menezes
- Brendan Coates
- Matthew Maltman
- Travis Jordan
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I’m honoured to be featured alongside some of Australia’s biggest names in wonkdom in the summer issue of Inflection Points.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’m honoured to be featured alongside some of Australia’s biggest names in wonkdom in the summer issue of Inflection Points.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
My paper is the culmination of 4 years work on declining civic participation — and why other researchers into the phenomenon have a blind spot for political parties.
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This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This is really important.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
The main thing that makes it hard to achieve integrated nature and green in cities isn’t density of buildings or density of people — it's density of cars. And the more well-designed and integrated density of people & buildings you achieve, the fewer cars you need or want.
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This is quite brilliantly written. A far better piece of journalism than anything you will find in the NYT
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is quite brilliantly written. A far better piece of journalism than anything you will find in the NYT
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Apparently it is ableist to refer to car brain as a cognitive disability.
Well I think it is a disability. A societal one we are conditioned into. The externalities of driving blight society to the extent it is dysfunctional.
We are conditioned to ignore those externalities. ..
Well I think it is a disability. A societal one we are conditioned into. The externalities of driving blight society to the extent it is dysfunctional.
We are conditioned to ignore those externalities. ..
November 8, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Apparently it is ableist to refer to car brain as a cognitive disability.
Well I think it is a disability. A societal one we are conditioned into. The externalities of driving blight society to the extent it is dysfunctional.
We are conditioned to ignore those externalities. ..
Well I think it is a disability. A societal one we are conditioned into. The externalities of driving blight society to the extent it is dysfunctional.
We are conditioned to ignore those externalities. ..
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New Zealand, with over 5 million people has more than 4.5 million cars. Germany might have the reputation as a nation of car lovers (and manufacturers of course), but has nothing on the abject car dependency of ‘clean green’ New Zealand.
Germany, a nation of car lovers, has around 85 million inhabitants.
These people own ~50 million cars, of which 1.5 million are 🔋.
They also own 90 million bicycles, of which 15 million are e-bikes.
We are, in fact, a hidden cycling nation. So well hidden that we can’t even see it ourselves.
These people own ~50 million cars, of which 1.5 million are 🔋.
They also own 90 million bicycles, of which 15 million are e-bikes.
We are, in fact, a hidden cycling nation. So well hidden that we can’t even see it ourselves.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New Zealand, with over 5 million people has more than 4.5 million cars. Germany might have the reputation as a nation of car lovers (and manufacturers of course), but has nothing on the abject car dependency of ‘clean green’ New Zealand.