Meanderer
@meandering12.bsky.social
Wandering and wondering. Mostly in Brisbane. Australia and UK current affairs. Cycling - with or without lycra. Weakness for old cars.
“In London cyclists now outnumber cars in the City by 2 to 1. Paris, where they now outnumber motorists across the whole city, is catching up with Europe’s traditional bike capitals, Amsterdam & Copenhagen…In Copenhagen, bikes account for almost half of commuter trips to work/school.” @economist.com
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
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Europe shuts nuclear power plants due to drought. Now imagine putting nuclear power plants on the driest inhabited continent on earth 🙄
This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early. As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.
Good to see some light being shone on this issue ... at last! Angus Gordon is a world-renowned expert on coastal matters. The solutions aren't easy, but inaction threatens our beautiful beaches! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Engineer says 50 years of erosion research being ignored
A co-author of the first NSW Coastal Protection Act says 50 years of research is being undermined by courts allowing people to protect their own properties at select locations.
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Well worth a listen. Better tax exported gas properly very soon as it won’t have a market for very much longer. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/f...
Is the fossil fuel industry facing an “imminent extinction event”?
Podcast Episode · Follow The Money · 29 July · 31min
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Malcolm Turnbull assisting the UK’s recently refreshed debate on electoral reform. The UK should very seriously consider compulsory voting. Along with other changes of course.
Arbitrary executive power. What could possibly go wrong? 😱 #qldpol #auspol
David Marler@qldaah.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie furthering his consolidation of power. It may not be far away now to him becoming premier. Then things are going to get much worse. He's learnt from Joh & he has the rat-cunning to carry it out. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli opened his mouth after the Bondi terrorist attack & now there's more guns in the state than ever. Qld Police received a 21% rise in firearm licence applications in March 2026. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Citizenship rule takes effect amid spike in Qld gun licence applications
New restrictions on who can own guns in Queensland come into effect today, amid a spike in new applications to register weapons.
abc.net.au
Global warming has sped up since around 2015, according to a new analysis from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) STOP SUBSIDISING & BURNING FOSSIL FUELS ‼️ You too, AUS‼️ #ClimateCrisis More #BlackSummers
Crisafulli government backtracking fast after it discriminated against a Queensland lesbian couple over fertility clinic treatment. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Queensland woman forced to ask for exemption to use her own embryos
Several women were told they could no longer proceed with their treatments after the release of the Queensland Health guidance earlier this year.
abc.net.au
'Every day Infantino remains in power is a fresh stain on an institution whose reputation is on the floor' www.theguardian.com/football/202...
There can be no letup. Humiliated Infantino must stand down at Fifa or be removed | Nick Ames
Uefa’s decisive call for a boycott and declaration of no confidence must be the opening salvos in a concerted push to dethrone the game’s global leader
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New: A business that made a six-figure donation to Reform UK received interest-free loans of £67m from unnamed “related companies” in the months before, raising questions about the possible origin of the funds. observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform given six-figure donation by firm that received £6...
Nigel Farage’s party is facing questions about the lack of transparency over £100,000 in funds donated by a management consultancy
observer.co.uk
“Seen as corruption”?!? It’s the complete antithesis of democratic governance. Off the charts corrupt. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump offering early access to online posts in move seen as corruption
Truth Social, where Trump’s account is by far the largest, to offer users early access for up to $100,000 per month
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Your reminder that big tech isn’t about solving real problems. It’s about monetising that which isn’t currently accessible to corporate interests.
Veerender Singh Jubbal@veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 5d ago
Queensland - I am convinced that Expo 88 was bigger than the Commonwealth Games - what say you?
Completely blown away by the response to Screw Nice - thank you. I just hope some people feel less crazy and gaslit by everything they’re seeing x
The Crisafulli government has allocated a 3% pay rise for Queensland teachers in the budget but refuses to release it. It's almost a year into the dispute & it's currently with the Industrial Relations Commission. A prevention plan for violence against teachers is also due. #qldpol
A grumpy Queensland Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek confronted with a 3% teachers' pay rise allocated in the budget but not granted. The dispute between the union & Crisafulli government began last year & is currently with the Industrial Relations Commission. #qldpol
The V1 Veloway in Brisbane is so nearly there for many more than 5.4kms! Just Birdwood Rd and Klumpp Rd bridges needed for maybe 15kms uninterrupted…
Melissa & Chris Bruntlett@modacitylife.com · 7d agoIf there are Seven Wonders of the Cycling World, Beijing's Shangdi–Huilongguan Highway deserves a place on the list. The 5.4 km elevated expressway is designed so riders can cycle its entire length without stopping; cutting their commute to 30 minutes—halving the rush hour travel time by car/metro.
It has always been curious as to why Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has been so obsessed with the Games 2032 rowing being held on the Fitzroy River, Rockhampton. Now we learn Gina Rinehart was behind the lobbying for it. #qldpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Gina Rinehart lobbied for controversial plan to move 2032 Olympic rowing to crocodile-inhabited river
Decision to host event on Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, 600km north of host city Brisbane, prompted significant backlash
theguardian.com
More great news on housing: The supply side is responding nicely to the policy settings put in place that are designed to boost dwelling supply. The number of new dwelling building approvals (trend) is up a tubthumping 39% since the Feb 2024. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS8g...
More great news on housing: This time it is building approvals rising strongly
YouTube video by Stephen Koukoulas
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I remain amazed some would rather gamble everything than impose a 10% tax on death.
Roland Smith@rolandmcs.bsky.social · last wk.Charles Moore inadvertently becomes a Lefty. Morning.
Just adding my recent thread on mandatory voting in Australia, to give some context. It is something the UK should absolutely consider. bsky.app/profile/marg...
Margaret Morgan 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇦🇺@margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 3mo agoMany folk consider Australia’s compulsory voting anathema to ‘freedom’, but I would argue that they are looking at it from the wrong perspective. A thread. 🧵 #auspol 1/9
Many folk consider Australia’s compulsory voting anathema to ‘freedom’, but I would argue that they are looking at it from the wrong perspective. A thread. 🧵 #auspol 1/9
This would be a very good move. I'm a recent convert to mandatory voting and increasingly messianic about it open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
Nick Garland@npjgarland.bsky.social · last wk.1/ Great reporting in The Times on the emerging momentum behind support for compulsory voting, which @ippr.org called for a couple of weeks ago: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The outlook for household spending is flat to down. There are 4 sources of money to support household spending: Income Savings Borrowings Wealth At the moment, the balance of these items is flat to down suggesting a soggy period ahead for household spending growth www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1Z9...
The outlook for household spending is obviously flat to down
YouTube video by Stephen Koukoulas
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A stocktake the Australian economy is favourable. Economic growth is slowing helping to get inflation lower. The RBA is meeting the full employment objective - good. Inflation is too high but is topping out. Biz investment is strong which will add to productivity www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhOf...
Economic stocktake - things are panning out in a good way, mostly
YouTube video by Stephen Koukoulas
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