wattsburger.bsky.social
Twitter refugee. Expat wombat and coconut farmer. Recovering media type. Don't blame me for the kakistocracy - I don't get to vote.
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weird that they didn't care much when LA was actually burning to the ground 6 months ago
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And for bonus points, if we did that fewer people would have to drive to the shops. Win win
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Don't start me on short-term rentals. Should be banned
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Yeah, but that's where the market isn't working as well as it should, for lots of reasons. Building luxury homes is more profitable. NIMBYism in planning rules. etc. etc.
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True. But if they're investment properties they get a nice big tax break. Though I suppose in the second case it is providing housing (while pricing younger/poorer folk out of the market)
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The market at work. I know of a plumber who drives a Bentley. If I had kids I'd be suggesting trades as a good future...
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Except quite a lot of them will be second homes
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IDK that it's exclusively Western (though it does sound stupid). Ras al hanout is a similar concept.
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$400b on submarines should get us close, no?
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Given that Woodside et al seem to own both parties, I'm saying that's a good thing
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Also going somewhere without your entire attention sucked-up by a shiny device. There's a whole world outside an iPhone that a lot of people just don't see
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Credit to modern tech - google maps showed a traffic jam in the tiny, quiet one-way street where I live and it was right. One car blocking the road, my taxi stuck behind it.
That's the good side.
On the other hand it's frightening just how much surveillance that entails.
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Never got lost using it (though TBF, I didn't spend much time trying to find houses in new exurban suburbs)
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I have high hopes for AI - I hope it replaces tech bros. That is all
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Starting to think 'nazi tech-bro' is a tautology
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On the bright side, the only people who read Greg Sheridan and take him seriously are the Lib faithful and people with dementia. Not suggesting the two are exclusive
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Pay-for-play presidency. $5m to meet Drumpf (and get what you want). $300k for Rubio etc.
Americans are being royally screwed.
Slow clap
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248 years ago you may have had hope.