David Sligar
@davidsligar.bsky.social
ex Treasury and min adviser, occasional poster on welfare states and egalitarian public finance. Studying psychology for a change of scene.
cracking up at this answer - Hasan is literally an abundance lib
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Collin Rugg on X: "NEW: Streamer Hasan Piker says Communist China is the best example of a country that the United States should learn from and model after. Konstantin Kisin: Is there a country that has done socialism the way that you like? Piker: I would say China is probably the closest https://t.co/EXzeak1QQX" / X
NEW: Streamer Hasan Piker says Communist China is the best example of a country that the United States should learn from and model after. Konstantin Kisin: Is there a country that has done socialism the way that you like? Piker: I would say China is probably the closest https://t.co/EXzeak1QQX
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November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
cracking up at this answer - Hasan is literally an abundance lib
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I agree this is a good feature, but imo the worst feature of means testing is that it under taxes the wealthy. A means test caps out at 100% of the benefit value lost - someone $1 over loses as much as someone $1M over.
Tax them more.
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Tax them more.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I agree this is a good feature, but imo the worst feature of means testing is that it under taxes the wealthy. A means test caps out at 100% of the benefit value lost - someone $1 over loses as much as someone $1M over.
Tax them more.
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Tax them more.
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The Mother of Rock and Roll.
Unless you’re in a cult of felon-fellating, gestapo-glorifying pedo protectors playing with signed ear bandages, diapers and yourself this Saturday night, there is no better USA TL cleanser than 1930s gay, Black, female, hard rockin' electric guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
--Sound UP‼️
--Sound UP‼️
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The Mother of Rock and Roll.
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‘And maybe she’s right. Maybe in a media landscape where institutional authority has collapsed, where nobody trusts anything anyway, where personal brand is the only thing that survives platform collapse and industry implosion, Nuzzi is simply ahead of the curve.’
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The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
‘And maybe she’s right. Maybe in a media landscape where institutional authority has collapsed, where nobody trusts anything anyway, where personal brand is the only thing that survives platform collapse and industry implosion, Nuzzi is simply ahead of the curve.’
www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
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Suppose you wanted to persuade politicians that universities were just a bunch of money-hungry lobbyists, concerned more about profits than educating our young people. What would you do? The Group of 8 (lobby for "sandstone" unis) decided to join "an alliance of industry groups". #universities
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Suppose you wanted to persuade politicians that universities were just a bunch of money-hungry lobbyists, concerned more about profits than educating our young people. What would you do? The Group of 8 (lobby for "sandstone" unis) decided to join "an alliance of industry groups". #universities
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Acoss research found the cost of fully indexing tax thresholds to inflation is $38B by 2031, with half going to the highest 20% by income.
So that's not the solution.
Closing tax shelters is.
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So that's not the solution.
Closing tax shelters is.
www.acoss.org.au/wp-content/u...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Acoss research found the cost of fully indexing tax thresholds to inflation is $38B by 2031, with half going to the highest 20% by income.
So that's not the solution.
Closing tax shelters is.
www.acoss.org.au/wp-content/u...
So that's not the solution.
Closing tax shelters is.
www.acoss.org.au/wp-content/u...
interesting - Marshall Islands introduces universal income funded by dividends from national investment fund
Big news for #UniversalBasicIncome The Marshall Islands has become the first country to implement a genuinely universal basic income payment at a national level. You can read more in this great overview from @scottsantens.com
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The Marshall Islands Just Quietly Implemented the First National Universal Basic Income (UBI)
How the Marshall Islands built the first nationwide universal basic income, funded by a US-capitalized Compact Trust Fund, and what it means for UBI everywhere.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
interesting - Marshall Islands introduces universal income funded by dividends from national investment fund
admittedly I haven't read the book, but discussions seem to lack specifics and fall down a a vague vibey "do betterer"
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Abundance and the Left
Ezra Klein talks with Bhaskar Sunkara about Abundance, Zohran Mamdani’s victory, and why progressives need a state that works at the speed of their ambitions.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
admittedly I haven't read the book, but discussions seem to lack specifics and fall down a a vague vibey "do betterer"
jacobin.com/2025/11/klei...
jacobin.com/2025/11/klei...
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there was a 50k strong petition demanding the qld government enact "arnie's law" to ratchet up jail times. and then it was revealed the car theft was a hoax and the perpetrator was the owner
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Owner charged over allegedly abandoning dog Arnie after claiming he was stolen
Queensland Police had been investigating the alleged theft of a vehicle and Arnie the German shepherd, from Brisbane's bayside.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
there was a 50k strong petition demanding the qld government enact "arnie's law" to ratchet up jail times. and then it was revealed the car theft was a hoax and the perpetrator was the owner
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
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CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
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And many disabled people feel that it's not safe for them to move in with a lover, or to marry as the loss of independent basic income can make them incredibly vulnerable, especially if they lose DSP entirely, and would be required to apply again from scratch in the event of a split.
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
And many disabled people feel that it's not safe for them to move in with a lover, or to marry as the loss of independent basic income can make them incredibly vulnerable, especially if they lose DSP entirely, and would be required to apply again from scratch in the event of a split.
modern Labor just doesn’t have the ticker
A smart govt - or even one with a PM who had a desire to do anything - would be using the LNP rabble to put in place every fucking thing they wanted.
Problem is Albanese doesn’t seem to want anything other than power.
Problem is Albanese doesn’t seem to want anything other than power.
Good column by Sean Kelly on the ALP needing to not waste the idiocy of the Libs
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November 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
modern Labor just doesn’t have the ticker
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New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
On incompetence
Much of our political culture is fundamentally incompetent.
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November 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New Substack: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/on-incompe... Parts of the Labour party and BBC simply don't know what their jobs should be.
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the current government take credit for Whitlam’s higher education support, personally benefited from it, and seem to be determined to obliterate that legacy
this Morrison Government policy was highly criticised within Labor and the centre-left media. All just forgotten and accepted now?
The Albanese govt's failure to overturn the Morrison government's $50,000 arts degrees can only mean one of two things:
- they're happy with LNP higher ed policy, or
- they are far more interested in just holding power than doing anything useful with it. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- they're happy with LNP higher ed policy, or
- they are far more interested in just holding power than doing anything useful with it. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
the current government take credit for Whitlam’s higher education support, personally benefited from it, and seem to be determined to obliterate that legacy
this Morrison Government policy was highly criticised within Labor and the centre-left media. All just forgotten and accepted now?
The Albanese govt's failure to overturn the Morrison government's $50,000 arts degrees can only mean one of two things:
- they're happy with LNP higher ed policy, or
- they are far more interested in just holding power than doing anything useful with it. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- they're happy with LNP higher ed policy, or
- they are far more interested in just holding power than doing anything useful with it. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
David Pocock condemns delay in establishing job ready graduates body to end $50,000 arts degrees
Senator accuses the government of not treating reform with ‘urgency it deserves’ – with no modelling done on the cost of reversing or replacing the JRG scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
this Morrison Government policy was highly criticised within Labor and the centre-left media. All just forgotten and accepted now?
14yo brain: too immature for TikTok, mature enough for adult court and life in prison.
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
14yo brain: too immature for TikTok, mature enough for adult court and life in prison.
chat gpt 5.1 sucks bad.
I asked it to compare to bass pedals, and got this
I asked it to compare to bass pedals, and got this
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
chat gpt 5.1 sucks bad.
I asked it to compare to bass pedals, and got this
I asked it to compare to bass pedals, and got this
favoured categories of worker idpol via differential sentences in the criminal justice system, very cool
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
favoured categories of worker idpol via differential sentences in the criminal justice system, very cool
the 1990s called and wants it’s shitty law and order populism back
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
the 1990s called and wants it’s shitty law and order populism back
this is un-american
Obesity's now on the list of considerations, as well as cancer, & mental health, that may result in denial of an immigrant visa.
"Those who suffer from these medical conditions could become a “public charge,” & drain the nation of its resources, the directive argued."
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"Those who suffer from these medical conditions could become a “public charge,” & drain the nation of its resources, the directive argued."
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State Department to allow denial of immigrant visas to those with health issues, including obesity
US State Department guidance could deny immigrant visas for health conditions like obesity.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
this is un-american
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Noah Smith’s descent from Respect Econ Blogger Cited By Krugman to … all this … strikes me as a clear cautionary tale about the risks of Being Too Online.
And this downward spiral began before Musk’s Twitter takeover, tho I’m sure the Muskification of Twitter has only made it all worse.
And this downward spiral began before Musk’s Twitter takeover, tho I’m sure the Muskification of Twitter has only made it all worse.
I had no idea what this was about, thankfully, so I did a search and I love this travel site completely dunking on Smith for his... inability to follow basic signage. onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Noah Smith’s descent from Respect Econ Blogger Cited By Krugman to … all this … strikes me as a clear cautionary tale about the risks of Being Too Online.
And this downward spiral began before Musk’s Twitter takeover, tho I’m sure the Muskification of Twitter has only made it all worse.
And this downward spiral began before Musk’s Twitter takeover, tho I’m sure the Muskification of Twitter has only made it all worse.
Cool peace deal.
Does this law authorise execution of Palestinian soldiers for killing IDF when lawfully defending against the invasion of their nation? Of the charts decimation of human rights and international law.
Does this law authorise execution of Palestinian soldiers for killing IDF when lawfully defending against the invasion of their nation? Of the charts decimation of human rights and international law.
Ben Gvir passes out sweets to Knesset members after the first reading for the new law to execute Palestinian prisoners is approved.
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cool peace deal.
Does this law authorise execution of Palestinian soldiers for killing IDF when lawfully defending against the invasion of their nation? Of the charts decimation of human rights and international law.
Does this law authorise execution of Palestinian soldiers for killing IDF when lawfully defending against the invasion of their nation? Of the charts decimation of human rights and international law.
NSW’s universal policy instrument: new legislation to ban more protests.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
NSW’s universal policy instrument: new legislation to ban more protests.