Travis Jordan
@grugstan.bsky.social
professional good boy // democracy, cities and tech
// travisjordan.work // these are my own opinions and not those of my employer
he/him // living in Meanjin Brisbane
// travisjordan.work // these are my own opinions and not those of my employer
he/him // living in Meanjin Brisbane
Season 1 was all time TV. That’s some good ass spy nonsense.
November 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Season 1 was all time TV. That’s some good ass spy nonsense.
Just finished 1 and I’m starting 2. I’ve heard great things about season 5.
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Just finished 1 and I’m starting 2. I’ve heard great things about season 5.
This is extremely Uncle Coded.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is extremely Uncle Coded.
Please report your mutual obligations daily citizen to receive your basic rations
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Please report your mutual obligations daily citizen to receive your basic rations
I honestly believe if the election was 7 months later in December 2019 (which would have been unconstitutional but bear with me), Shorten would have comfortably won.
November 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I honestly believe if the election was 7 months later in December 2019 (which would have been unconstitutional but bear with me), Shorten would have comfortably won.
That and I’d add that 2019 was as close to a “climate election” than any since we started calling every election a climate election in 2004. It was peak School Strike.
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
That and I’d add that 2019 was as close to a “climate election” than any since we started calling every election a climate election in 2004. It was peak School Strike.
I can see the case for weekly payments but at best it’s throwing a glass of water at a house fire and at worst it’s moralising about what unemployed people “should” be spending money on.
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I can see the case for weekly payments but at best it’s throwing a glass of water at a house fire and at worst it’s moralising about what unemployed people “should” be spending money on.
I guess it’s healthIER?
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I guess it’s healthIER?
Internal contradictions are for other people, Mark.
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Internal contradictions are for other people, Mark.
I'm assuming its a lot down to not being election season so people are just tuning out political news and respond neutrally to this question.
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I'm assuming its a lot down to not being election season so people are just tuning out political news and respond neutrally to this question.
Unfortunately that link seems to be broken!
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Unfortunately that link seems to be broken!
I believe they have their place and that place isn’t anywhere near Parliament
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I believe they have their place and that place isn’t anywhere near Parliament
I wouldn't be surprised if ACT had a higher proportion overall but we'll never know because no-one discloses it publicly! (except the Greens every few years to academics which is hardly timely)
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I wouldn't be surprised if ACT had a higher proportion overall but we'll never know because no-one discloses it publicly! (except the Greens every few years to academics which is hardly timely)
I suppose if you can get 25 million of them for like a decade maybe!
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I suppose if you can get 25 million of them for like a decade maybe!
That being said, I'm worried that the discourse has polarised some progressives against the slow and arduous journey towards "not all regulations and costs imposed on business are inherently good and progressive"
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
That being said, I'm worried that the discourse has polarised some progressives against the slow and arduous journey towards "not all regulations and costs imposed on business are inherently good and progressive"
I initially had some optimism for it because abundance is a great (and honestly ideologically neutral) counterframe to scarcity/degrowth.
But it's hard to apply the takeaways of American thinkers here because we have strong state capacity. We're fine by a lot of the metrics they're worried about.
But it's hard to apply the takeaways of American thinkers here because we have strong state capacity. We're fine by a lot of the metrics they're worried about.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I initially had some optimism for it because abundance is a great (and honestly ideologically neutral) counterframe to scarcity/degrowth.
But it's hard to apply the takeaways of American thinkers here because we have strong state capacity. We're fine by a lot of the metrics they're worried about.
But it's hard to apply the takeaways of American thinkers here because we have strong state capacity. We're fine by a lot of the metrics they're worried about.
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hello. my name is travis. i am a good boy.
this is my work portfolio. goodbye.
travisjordan.work
November 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
If you're interested in checking out all my other writing or hiring me, check out my website
There's no real reason to believe NSW is somehow an outlier and I think you can safely assume this trend of slow decline relative to population is true of all jurisdictions except for election years.
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
There's no real reason to believe NSW is somehow an outlier and I think you can safely assume this trend of slow decline relative to population is true of all jurisdictions except for election years.
The MAPP Project wound up in 2015 so while I tried to replicate their methodology, the outcome was spotty. Thankfully as @smurray38.bsky.social outlined in 2017, NSW requires parties to disclose membership fees so you can backwards engineer state membership numbers.
Political Party Memberships in NSW Parliamentary Parties: 2014-18
As part of the electoral disclosure regime in NSW, registered political parties are required to disclose funds raised from membership fees and subscriptions. The following sets out the membership n…
boilermakerbill.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The MAPP Project wound up in 2015 so while I tried to replicate their methodology, the outcome was spotty. Thankfully as @smurray38.bsky.social outlined in 2017, NSW requires parties to disclose membership fees so you can backwards engineer state membership numbers.
Lot of that going around I fear
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Lot of that going around I fear
Serving up some Fresh Political Thinking
November 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Serving up some Fresh Political Thinking