Hannah Thompson

Richard Seymour · Baseline Communism: David Graeber’s Innovations In his critique of economics, as in his philippic against ‘bullshit jobs’, Graeber stresses the political decisions...

My latest for the LRB is on the insights of David Graeber's 'baseline communism', and 'dialling to the left'. As @aycacu.bsky.social puts it, Graeber was an anthropologist of human possibilities.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Generation Rent: How Housing Costs Are Exporting Ireland's Future Podcast Episode · The David McWilliams Podcast · 31/07/2025 · 33m

The left really need to get onto understanding housing. Here’s a great conv about impacts on young podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

Yes in 50s according to the museum site.

It’s not

Anti-Voice group spreading "whale death" lies - The Klaxon The group that ran the "No" campaign against the Indigenous Voice in now at the heart of an anti-offshore wind disinformation network.

Success: Six months ago The Klaxon kicked off its Dark Money investigative series, into how fossil fuels and vested interests are using sham “grassroots” fronts to attack renewables.

The Senate has now launched an inquiry into exactly that…(ICYMI:)
theklaxon.com.au/anti-voice-g...

Interesting. Did not know half of courses closed. Wonder if all are non clinical courses? Rebates greater for clinical so has higher demand & more private courses around. It’s all a bit odd. My placement involved working part time in ext setting for year for free. Not sure that cost uni much.

Happy to be corrected. Most of the conv was good discussion about changes in ed sector. Psych mentioned near end

Is it still true there is a shortage of psychologists? Has this become a truism, helps undermine & introduce cheaper less trained services & online help? Most psychs seem to have vacancies & clinics not taking less grads. Private services are out of financial reach, but this is a different problem.

Think it has to be more than vibes. Actual action around getting back to basic stuff eg giving people agency to earn a living that actually covers the cost of stuff and housing.

Can We Cope With This Level of Immigration? Podcast Episode · The David McWilliams Podcast · 15/07/2025 · 33m

Economists sensibly & respectfully discussing reality of immigration and impacts on housing, infrastructure and wider economy. It can be done podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/t...

And seeing the people I follow. That’s a weird thing about the algorithm. Maybe I should try more lists

I’m more interested in dialogue, even if it’s different opinion to my own

Great job, good education, no home: is Australia’s bloated property market destroying the middle class? A fresh cycle of interest rate cuts have propelled house prices in capital cities to peak levels – locking new buyers out of the market

This is a great piece just laying out simply how cripplingly oppressive housing in Australia has become, thanks to successive governments tuning policy to turn homes into profit-making schemes

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Problem is here is not great either.

BBC seeks urgent savings with overseas outsourcing drive Exclusive: Plan could lead to job losses at broadcaster’s hubs, the Guardian understands

SCOOP: Another BBC row? Execs examining significant outsourcing drive that could affect 1000s of jobs.

Plan includes offshoring jobs currently done in UK. BBC could work with US tech giants as partners.

Could include outsourcing of recommendation algorithms:

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

Does the US have Dutch disease? The exorbitant burden of exporting dollars makes it hard for America to govern at home

Brendan Greeley explains that the eagerness of the world to buy US assets creates a kind of "Dutch disease" for US manufacturers and the US economy.

www.ft.com/content/95a7...

You have to sell it to the right too. It’s interesting listening to some of the brighter Reform people, they’re also acknowledging it, but their solutions suck or are non existent

"In 2023, Richard Denniss shocked the National Press Club when he pointed out that the federal government collected more in HECS-HELP student loan repayments ($4.9 bn) than it did from the petroleum resource rent tax ($2.2 bn)." – Graeme Turner in Crikey.

australiainstitute.org.au/post/in-2023...

My grandmother used to work at the local state hospital in the 1980s when Reagan closed them all. I remember the pain and frustration in her voice when she told me how they had to just turn disabled patients out on the street. The Republican Party has a long history of pointless cruelty.

It’s 18,000 affordable rentals a year. It’s similar to Australia’s plan. It’s not a fix

It’s similar to Australia’s policy. It’s complicated, private renting. Way too small for the problem - 180,000 homes and too slow. How many additional renters are added to population each year?

And thank you for liking my comment. Have been avoiding Bluesky recently

Have a good day

Does this also mean huge amounts of super leaving Australia is weakening our dollar?

I hope your kid goes well. But being all or nothing, defending the extremes & having no empathy for women impacted is how it’s ended up here.

It’s interesting. Have this amazing client currently, high intelligent, knowledgeable, resourceful, creative etc Meanwhile their bully has gone so far backwards they can no longer do minor things independently.

Lattouf's unlawful sacking exposed the power of lobbying on Australian media Antoinette Lattouf's unlawful sacking has exposed how lobby groups pressure the media.

An ABC version discussing the actual problem and judges words Justice Darryl Rangiah found external pressure from "pro-Israel lobbyists" had played a role in the ABC's decision www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Antoinette Lattouf: Court finds journalist unfairly fired over Gaza post The judge found the ABC did not give Antoinette Lattouf a chance to defend herself before she was fired.

Interesting that BBC has not reported this story correctly and has left out an important part, instead calling it ‘public influence’ Same priblem? www.bbc.com/news/article...

#1003GIR

Don’t really understand why ALP hasn’t publicly given greater safety to ABC prioritising truth, no matter how uncomfortable we find it, over balance

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia) Why these US-legislated cryptocurrencies have central banks concerned | Alan Kohler | ABC NEWS

Alan Kohler tries to make sense of stablecoins,the Genius Act and do we care... apparently we should - it could be the start of a war between the US and all other Central Banks! Yaaa just what we need, instability on another front youtu.be/zZJtY-9xYCU?... #auspol