Brent Hodgson
@brenthodgson.bsky.social
“Strike at the roots, not the branches.”
At the intersection of people, data and politics.
Using data to know them, love them, and work it better.
Trouble. But good trouble.
“Kooyongkoot”, Wurundjeri Land. (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.)
At the intersection of people, data and politics.
Using data to know them, love them, and work it better.
Trouble. But good trouble.
“Kooyongkoot”, Wurundjeri Land. (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia.)
Coalition polling is now so low Leonardo DiCaprio is interested.
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Coalition polling is now so low Leonardo DiCaprio is interested.
🦁 Not a dog. Actually a lion protecting kids trick-or-treating this weekend. 🎃
(I love the little leg pose 😂)
(I love the little leg pose 😂)
November 2, 2025 at 6:52 PM
🦁 Not a dog. Actually a lion protecting kids trick-or-treating this weekend. 🎃
(I love the little leg pose 😂)
(I love the little leg pose 😂)
Beautiful!
I went looking to see if this was part of a bigger piece, and found that it wasn’t but it had friends.
How did you stumble across her?
I went looking to see if this was part of a bigger piece, and found that it wasn’t but it had friends.
How did you stumble across her?
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Beautiful!
I went looking to see if this was part of a bigger piece, and found that it wasn’t but it had friends.
How did you stumble across her?
I went looking to see if this was part of a bigger piece, and found that it wasn’t but it had friends.
How did you stumble across her?
It all got a bit much… too many pats out here, she retreated back under the table to nap at our feet.
It’s hard being pretty 😂
It’s hard being pretty 😂
November 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It all got a bit much… too many pats out here, she retreated back under the table to nap at our feet.
It’s hard being pretty 😂
It’s hard being pretty 😂
Pub dog finds a cozy nook…
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Pub dog finds a cozy nook…
She had a latte art portrait last week!
A little abstract but delicious nonetheless.
Must sleep now. Early morning drive to rural Victoria for a planning day for state campaigns, and Sundae is going to stay over at her Uncle Mark’s.
A little abstract but delicious nonetheless.
Must sleep now. Early morning drive to rural Victoria for a planning day for state campaigns, and Sundae is going to stay over at her Uncle Mark’s.
October 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
She had a latte art portrait last week!
A little abstract but delicious nonetheless.
Must sleep now. Early morning drive to rural Victoria for a planning day for state campaigns, and Sundae is going to stay over at her Uncle Mark’s.
A little abstract but delicious nonetheless.
Must sleep now. Early morning drive to rural Victoria for a planning day for state campaigns, and Sundae is going to stay over at her Uncle Mark’s.
Net approval ratings are probably a better indication of “happiness” with a government.
A dislike of one of the two majors might indicate a preference to the other, but it doesn’t necessarily equate to approval or happiness with that option.
We are seeing very high LNP disapprovals currently.
A dislike of one of the two majors might indicate a preference to the other, but it doesn’t necessarily equate to approval or happiness with that option.
We are seeing very high LNP disapprovals currently.
August 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Net approval ratings are probably a better indication of “happiness” with a government.
A dislike of one of the two majors might indicate a preference to the other, but it doesn’t necessarily equate to approval or happiness with that option.
We are seeing very high LNP disapprovals currently.
A dislike of one of the two majors might indicate a preference to the other, but it doesn’t necessarily equate to approval or happiness with that option.
We are seeing very high LNP disapprovals currently.
More yellow today, as I took Sundae on a Ballarat road trip!
(I think she liked the puddle more than the umbrellas.)
(I think she liked the puddle more than the umbrellas.)
August 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
More yellow today, as I took Sundae on a Ballarat road trip!
(I think she liked the puddle more than the umbrellas.)
(I think she liked the puddle more than the umbrellas.)
A local florist borrowed Sundae for a photo shoot today
August 14, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A local florist borrowed Sundae for a photo shoot today
Idk how they expect babies to read this…
August 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Idk how they expect babies to read this…
Who wore it better?
August 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Who wore it better?
Such judgy eyes!
We fell in love with her puppy pic because of them.
Epic side-eye.
We fell in love with her puppy pic because of them.
Epic side-eye.
August 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Such judgy eyes!
We fell in love with her puppy pic because of them.
Epic side-eye.
We fell in love with her puppy pic because of them.
Epic side-eye.
Just hanging out in the garage while we get some things done.
August 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Just hanging out in the garage while we get some things done.
Don’t pretend she doesn’t hustle for it, Betoota! 😅
August 3, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Don’t pretend she doesn’t hustle for it, Betoota! 😅
TAS parliament now has just as many Independents as Labor Caucus members across both houses.
Liberal: 17 (34%)
Labor: 13 (26%)
Independent: 13 (26%)
Green: 6 (12%)
Shooters: 1 (2%)
Granted several different stripes of INDs, but perhaps a shape of parliaments to come?
Liberal: 17 (34%)
Labor: 13 (26%)
Independent: 13 (26%)
Green: 6 (12%)
Shooters: 1 (2%)
Granted several different stripes of INDs, but perhaps a shape of parliaments to come?
August 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
TAS parliament now has just as many Independents as Labor Caucus members across both houses.
Liberal: 17 (34%)
Labor: 13 (26%)
Independent: 13 (26%)
Green: 6 (12%)
Shooters: 1 (2%)
Granted several different stripes of INDs, but perhaps a shape of parliaments to come?
Liberal: 17 (34%)
Labor: 13 (26%)
Independent: 13 (26%)
Green: 6 (12%)
Shooters: 1 (2%)
Granted several different stripes of INDs, but perhaps a shape of parliaments to come?
1943
Coalition: 23 of 75 seats (30.7%)
UAP: 14 of 75 (18.7%)
2025
Coalition: 43 of 150 (30.7%)
Liberal: 28 of 75 (18.7%)
The last time things were this bad, Robert Menzies called his party “unviable” and rebuilt it from the ground up.
Coalition: 23 of 75 seats (30.7%)
UAP: 14 of 75 (18.7%)
2025
Coalition: 43 of 150 (30.7%)
Liberal: 28 of 75 (18.7%)
The last time things were this bad, Robert Menzies called his party “unviable” and rebuilt it from the ground up.
August 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
1943
Coalition: 23 of 75 seats (30.7%)
UAP: 14 of 75 (18.7%)
2025
Coalition: 43 of 150 (30.7%)
Liberal: 28 of 75 (18.7%)
The last time things were this bad, Robert Menzies called his party “unviable” and rebuilt it from the ground up.
Coalition: 23 of 75 seats (30.7%)
UAP: 14 of 75 (18.7%)
2025
Coalition: 43 of 150 (30.7%)
Liberal: 28 of 75 (18.7%)
The last time things were this bad, Robert Menzies called his party “unviable” and rebuilt it from the ground up.
McGilchrist’s theory is much more nuanced than Anderson’s, though I’m also skeptical of McGilchrist.
George EP Box once wrote "All models are wrong, but some are useful".
I think McGilchrist fits this: useful illustratively, but not literally. (ref: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... )
George EP Box once wrote "All models are wrong, but some are useful".
I think McGilchrist fits this: useful illustratively, but not literally. (ref: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... )
July 31, 2025 at 9:39 PM
McGilchrist’s theory is much more nuanced than Anderson’s, though I’m also skeptical of McGilchrist.
George EP Box once wrote "All models are wrong, but some are useful".
I think McGilchrist fits this: useful illustratively, but not literally. (ref: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... )
George EP Box once wrote "All models are wrong, but some are useful".
I think McGilchrist fits this: useful illustratively, but not literally. (ref: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... )
Di Stefano in today’s AFR notes that perhaps it’s not a great idea to call independent voters you wish to win back “pig-ignorant”.
Ironic that the event was held in Bradfield, where former MP Paul Fletcher abruptly ended his re-election campaign after similar remarks.
Ironic that the event was held in Bradfield, where former MP Paul Fletcher abruptly ended his re-election campaign after similar remarks.
July 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Di Stefano in today’s AFR notes that perhaps it’s not a great idea to call independent voters you wish to win back “pig-ignorant”.
Ironic that the event was held in Bradfield, where former MP Paul Fletcher abruptly ended his re-election campaign after similar remarks.
Ironic that the event was held in Bradfield, where former MP Paul Fletcher abruptly ended his re-election campaign after similar remarks.
Incredible, unhinged rant. 🤯
Former deputy PM John Anderson at a Liberal branch meeting.
Feel the disgust and disdain they have for “pig-ignorant”, ‘bird-brained’, ‘irrational’ independent voters.
(Also note the outdated/debunked left/right brain theory.)
Former deputy PM John Anderson at a Liberal branch meeting.
Feel the disgust and disdain they have for “pig-ignorant”, ‘bird-brained’, ‘irrational’ independent voters.
(Also note the outdated/debunked left/right brain theory.)
July 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Incredible, unhinged rant. 🤯
Former deputy PM John Anderson at a Liberal branch meeting.
Feel the disgust and disdain they have for “pig-ignorant”, ‘bird-brained’, ‘irrational’ independent voters.
(Also note the outdated/debunked left/right brain theory.)
Former deputy PM John Anderson at a Liberal branch meeting.
Feel the disgust and disdain they have for “pig-ignorant”, ‘bird-brained’, ‘irrational’ independent voters.
(Also note the outdated/debunked left/right brain theory.)
Rotisserie chicken
July 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Rotisserie chicken
Central to it all, a beautiful advocate for others – preventing the ongoing perpetration of experiences she suffered through, for children and adults she has never known or met.
July 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Central to it all, a beautiful advocate for others – preventing the ongoing perpetration of experiences she suffered through, for children and adults she has never known or met.
Ready to hit Route 66 in an open-top Cadillac
July 26, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Ready to hit Route 66 in an open-top Cadillac
Long dog with three tails continues to defy science
July 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Long dog with three tails continues to defy science
Currently laying on my feet
July 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Currently laying on my feet