@theloneamigo.bsky.social
purveyor of staircase wit & one-handed economics
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(Programming note. I am gonna keep posting in the thread but I finally got around to collecting all this in a pdf + some stuff that din't fit, if you want to give me a few bucks in exchange for it here's a way. No obligation.)
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December 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
(Programming note. I am gonna keep posting in the thread but I finally got around to collecting all this in a pdf + some stuff that din't fit, if you want to give me a few bucks in exchange for it here's a way. No obligation.)
opinionista3.gumroad.com/l/skfmmt
opinionista3.gumroad.com/l/skfmmt
i will admit that my first december lunch buddy didn’t have a choice but he’s pretty happy anyway
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
i will admit that my first december lunch buddy didn’t have a choice but he’s pretty happy anyway
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My argument for more public holidays to be gazetted 👇 #auspol
Australia ranks poorly globally for work-life balance.
Australians are craving better work-life balance. Here's a quick and simple solution
Osmond Chiu, Mon, 01 Dec 2025 05:30
www.canberratimes.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My argument for more public holidays to be gazetted 👇 #auspol
if you’re in Canberra in December
and you don’t want to eat a sad desk lunch while the weather is nice
have lunch with me instead
i like making new friends from the internet
calendly.com/nationstates...
and you don’t want to eat a sad desk lunch while the weather is nice
have lunch with me instead
i like making new friends from the internet
calendly.com/nationstates...
TheLoneAmigo
Have lunch with me this December.
calendly.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
if you’re in Canberra in December
and you don’t want to eat a sad desk lunch while the weather is nice
have lunch with me instead
i like making new friends from the internet
calendly.com/nationstates...
and you don’t want to eat a sad desk lunch while the weather is nice
have lunch with me instead
i like making new friends from the internet
calendly.com/nationstates...
not sure if robots are gonna kill us all, but they are definitely going to have some weird and unpleasant effects on human interaction
LLMs make it much more difficult than in the past to distinguish sincere hard effort from automated boilerplate, so that it is harder to tell a sincere boss committed to helping you work better from one who is lazy and couldn't care less about you. There are similar dynamics for other situations.
November 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
not sure if robots are gonna kill us all, but they are definitely going to have some weird and unpleasant effects on human interaction
this feels like i shouldn't be reading it for free
They called them Near Abroad Direct Action Operations, NADA Ops. The "joke" in the CalSec cafeterias, which made its way out later in the hearings was that "What does the operator say when asked if there are civilians in the area? Nada...oops!". Even decades later, Arizona didn't find it funny.
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
this feels like i shouldn't be reading it for free
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five nil fuck off
November 21, 2025 at 2:36 AM
five nil fuck off
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The partner income test perpetuates domestic violence. Victims of domestic violence without their own source of income cannot easily flee a violent partner because the perpetrators' incomes are counted in Centrelink's income tests even after the relationship is terminated.
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The partner income test perpetuates domestic violence. Victims of domestic violence without their own source of income cannot easily flee a violent partner because the perpetrators' incomes are counted in Centrelink's income tests even after the relationship is terminated.
banger piece by Trav.
he’s too kind to the “deliberative democracy” and “citizen’s forum” mobs, though.
i’d have chosen harsher words to describe them than illiberal.
he’s too kind to the “deliberative democracy” and “citizen’s forum” mobs, though.
i’d have chosen harsher words to describe them than illiberal.
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 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
banger piece by Trav.
he’s too kind to the “deliberative democracy” and “citizen’s forum” mobs, though.
i’d have chosen harsher words to describe them than illiberal.
he’s too kind to the “deliberative democracy” and “citizen’s forum” mobs, though.
i’d have chosen harsher words to describe them than illiberal.
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I've long criticised the dehumanising and patriarchal partner income test embedded everywhere in the Australian welfare state. The tax on love really does hurt families, and has a real impact on relationship formation or termination.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I've long criticised the dehumanising and patriarchal partner income test embedded everywhere in the Australian welfare state. The tax on love really does hurt families, and has a real impact on relationship formation or termination.
www.reddit.com/r/Centrelink...
www.reddit.com/r/Centrelink...
100% agreed. a child is not a contaminant to your restaurant / pub / cafe / museum / other public space / event experience. they are just another human being learning to be in the world.
I loathe “child-free.” We use “-free” not neutrally, but to mark the absence of something bad or contaminating: sugar-free, chemical-free, usually in a consumer choice context. Basically frames children as pollutant commodities.
November 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
100% agreed. a child is not a contaminant to your restaurant / pub / cafe / museum / other public space / event experience. they are just another human being learning to be in the world.
absolutely this
My most carceral urbanist take is that getting to drive is a privilege, not a right, and there should be a one strike policy for things like child endangerment. If you manage not to seriously hurt anyone and you want your license back, maybe you can take driver’s ed again in six months.
September 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
absolutely this
it makes me so so so happy that @itsquinns.bsky.social is willing to do a real critical review of an RPG, based on actual play
the RPG space needs more reviewers like Quinns
so much of everything else is either just read-only reviews or afraid of being critical in any way
the RPG space needs more reviewers like Quinns
so much of everything else is either just read-only reviews or afraid of being critical in any way
New Quinns Quest episode! ▶️💿
You know I had to play a campaign of Triangle Agency. It won Best Writing, Best Rules and Best Game at the Ennies this year. But how does it actually play? Let's find out
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk-g...
You know I had to play a campaign of Triangle Agency. It won Best Writing, Best Rules and Best Game at the Ennies this year. But how does it actually play? Let's find out
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk-g...
September 18, 2025 at 5:58 AM
it makes me so so so happy that @itsquinns.bsky.social is willing to do a real critical review of an RPG, based on actual play
the RPG space needs more reviewers like Quinns
so much of everything else is either just read-only reviews or afraid of being critical in any way
the RPG space needs more reviewers like Quinns
so much of everything else is either just read-only reviews or afraid of being critical in any way
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For decades Aus has cut marginal tax rates, largely on high earners, based on exaggerated claims about work disincentives.
Meanwhile, over the same period, we've set up *genuinely* punitive (at times > 100%) effective marginal tax rates on low-middle income earners.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Meanwhile, over the same period, we've set up *genuinely* punitive (at times > 100%) effective marginal tax rates on low-middle income earners.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
The Australians getting hit with up to 122 per cent tax
Some Australians who are eager to take on more work are being held back by the prospect of giving up most of their additional income – and in some cases, even paying to work.
www.smh.com.au
September 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
For decades Aus has cut marginal tax rates, largely on high earners, based on exaggerated claims about work disincentives.
Meanwhile, over the same period, we've set up *genuinely* punitive (at times > 100%) effective marginal tax rates on low-middle income earners.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Meanwhile, over the same period, we've set up *genuinely* punitive (at times > 100%) effective marginal tax rates on low-middle income earners.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
“Firstly — that’s an *excellent* environmental impact statement. Based on the sort of impacts you’re addressing in this statement — including ecological, cultural, hydrological, and atmospheric impacts — I can see that you’re an *incredibly* insightful international coal mining conglomerate…”
September 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
“Firstly — that’s an *excellent* environmental impact statement. Based on the sort of impacts you’re addressing in this statement — including ecological, cultural, hydrological, and atmospheric impacts — I can see that you’re an *incredibly* insightful international coal mining conglomerate…”
the stern admonitions of the productivity commission have as little to do with growth in total factor productivity as my toddler’s babbling has to do with the price of butter
everyone loves to quote Krugman on productivity growth being almost anything. strangely they never mention his view that productivity is a great mystery, one that is unresponsive to sweeping changes in government policy and ideology, and something that no one knows how to sustainably increase
August 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
the stern admonitions of the productivity commission have as little to do with growth in total factor productivity as my toddler’s babbling has to do with the price of butter
as a millennial who grew up on the pre-social internet, this hit home:
“What began as a celebration of individual uniqueness that avidly encouraged the production of digital evidence is evolving into an elaborate system of verification that will treat any trace as a potentially suspect record.“
“What began as a celebration of individual uniqueness that avidly encouraged the production of digital evidence is evolving into an elaborate system of verification that will treat any trace as a potentially suspect record.“
August 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
as a millennial who grew up on the pre-social internet, this hit home:
“What began as a celebration of individual uniqueness that avidly encouraged the production of digital evidence is evolving into an elaborate system of verification that will treat any trace as a potentially suspect record.“
“What began as a celebration of individual uniqueness that avidly encouraged the production of digital evidence is evolving into an elaborate system of verification that will treat any trace as a potentially suspect record.“
you don’t see this shit in Battletech
Last two minis I made for playing MAC Attack which is almost out of time to back here: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/b...
August 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
you don’t see this shit in Battletech
the ART for MAC ATTACK is SO FUCKING GOOD
it’s a complete ether dream
loved this interview with the artist by Patrick Stuart
open.substack.com/pub/pjamesst...
it’s a complete ether dream
loved this interview with the artist by Patrick Stuart
open.substack.com/pub/pjamesst...
MAC ATTACK 1 - Amanda Lee Franck
An Interview with the artist of MAC ATTACK
open.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
the ART for MAC ATTACK is SO FUCKING GOOD
it’s a complete ether dream
loved this interview with the artist by Patrick Stuart
open.substack.com/pub/pjamesst...
it’s a complete ether dream
loved this interview with the artist by Patrick Stuart
open.substack.com/pub/pjamesst...
as a dad approaching codgerhood I agree (genuinely, I feel like parents are pretty unrepresented in TTRPGs)
There are nowhere near enough game settings where the explicit assumption is that you play grumpy 40 and 50 year old people with bad backs. The "Dads on Mowers" campaign frame from Kids on Bikes is the only one I can bring to mind. There should be one CodgerGame for every game where you play teams.
August 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
as a dad approaching codgerhood I agree (genuinely, I feel like parents are pretty unrepresented in TTRPGs)
let’s be real absolutely robbed, should have been gold
Silver for Product of the Year goes to Mythic Bastionland, Bastionland Press
August 2, 2025 at 7:40 AM
let’s be real absolutely robbed, should have been gold