SEE?! THIS MEANS I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!!
— everyone online, always, about everything that ever happens

I for one am delighted now not to be feeling pure horror and instead return simply to my normal baseline of abject disgust

Solid, yes, thanks. Tho 2026 Australia is in many ways more like the 1970s US I grew up in, for good and bad, than 2026 US is now. Appreciate the note

Thanks for the note, and damn straight. Depends on the country—Mexican temp residence takes only months, for example—but Australia is a long road for sure. Worth writing about.

Pitfalls, yep, will start trying to list, thanks. Btw I'm neither rich nor famous—I wish :)

Thanks, and I hope your brother loves it down here

Writing a book on what it's really like to emigrate from the US.
(I moved to Australia in 2018.)

What aspect would you be most interested in and want me to include?

bugs bunny is holding a cup in front of a refrigerator and says `` i 'm out ... '' . Alt: bugs bunny says `` i 'm out ... '' .

What’s your interest level in a book on what it’s really like to emigrate from 🇺🇸 (as I did 7 years ago after 15 years of travel and looking into the options)?

Hi Matt, 🇺🇸 => 🇦🇺 expat here, watch every ep. Know how much work goes in. Massive respect. My Qs:

— Is there one historical case where outside decapitation => democracy? Think not

— Estimates of Iranian missile stockpiles and ability to sustain

— Any historic 🇦🇺 involvement (w UK/US 1953 etc)

Thx!

I asked an AI what it thinks of current AI expenditures:

"Claude, how long can the AI bubble last, realistically?"

I've edited for clarity. These were the main points, his words.

The full reply included sources, a timeline, and a projection that the big players will survive. Try it yourself.

Claude AI is an idiot

I asked Claude.ai for its Super Bowl thoughts. The answer is spectacularly, repeatedly stupid.

Sure, AI is totally worth $7 trillion by 2030 and enormous environmental cost. Sure.

25th the 47th

Comparison of Aussie PM handing out humanitarian awards with the US state-sanctioned murder of an unarmed protester

Incredible to see two such potentially similar countries, the two countries where I have citizenship, diverge so profoundly.

One day in Australia. One day in the US.

New on my Substack.

open.substack.com/pub/5minutes...

When Trump won in 2024, I put the over/under on the shooting of innocent civilian protesters at July 4, 2025. (I was in a darkly ironic mood obv.)

Clearly I was alarmist. It took a little longer than that.

The Illegal Overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom Government | NEA

Anyone who thinks for one second 🇺🇸 wouldn't take Greenland needs to learn about Hawaii

www.nea.org/nea-today/al...

bugs bunny is holding a cup in front of a refrigerator and says `` i 'm out ... '' . Alt: bugs bunny says `` i 'm out ... '' .

What’s your interest level in a book on what it’s really like to emigrate from 🇺🇸 (as I did 7 years ago after 15 years of travel and looking into the options)?

Last week's news, but new on my Substack, don't judge me: How immigrants were *absolutely essential* to the moon landing, the development of the atom, etc

5minutesinaustralia.substack.com/p/stephen-mi...

#immigration #racism #science #history #NASA #tech #technology

Thanks for your reposts etc — very kind

I don't want to sound like Madonna after 6 mos in 🇬🇧, but after 15 years of visiting + 7 years living here, I feel much more 🇦🇺 than even I'd have thought. Was in 🇺🇸 for much of 2024 and so much now feels foreign. As it now does to many Americans as well, sadly

Satire can often be viewed as a reductio ad absurdum proof, dramatised. ("If X is true, then Y and Z etc must logically follow, and Z is obviously absurd, so X is false.")

Humankind seems to learn best unfortunately by acting out its reductio ad absurdum proofs over decades

Also Australia: Scott Boland already has just as many fours as Head's first innings opening partner did
#ashes

Australia has gun violence. You're still 62 times more likely to get shot to death in the US For any young person in the US who wants to imagine that life can be different:

I've started a Substack of short essays on what it's actually like to leave 🇺🇸 and live elsewhere (in my case 🇦🇺). What would you most want to know?

5minutesinaustralia.substack.com/p/australia-...

Australia has gun violence. You're still 62 times more likely to get shot to death in the US For any young person in the US who wants to imagine that life can be different:

As a dual 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 citizen, my reaction to this week's violence

(Yes, I've started a Substack. 63 pc of Gen Z in 🇺🇸 is considering emigrating ffs. I'll write about what it's really like.)

open.substack.com/pub/5minutes...

OMG Charlotte Walker turned 21 on election day. When we spoke at the local booth here, she was far enough down the Labor ticket that she honestly thought she had zero chance of winning. But as votes add up, she's currently on track to become the youngest senator in Aussie history

Wow 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺 🤞🤞🤞

Well. Happy to be permanently down under now. Sad all the time about the US but who with half a brain heart and soul is not... watched Canada with joy as well. Hope you're good!

Btw I might seek your advice on a publishing thing later this year. Will email or DM as it shapes

Glad you're here!

Yesterday was kinda wonderful here. And sad, bc Americans should have it just as good

The guy who lost tried to run a US-style campaign, a consciously Trumpian hodgepodge of criticism, character attacks, and culture war crap without offering specific solutions

He lost in an historic landslide

#AntonyGreenStandingOvation

repost if you agree #auspol

Antony Green, legend

I wish all Australia had some way to give Antony Green a group standing ovation at the end of tonight. Regardless of our political stripe, the man's whole career has been devoted to 🇦🇺 democracy

#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it

#auspol

LIVE: ABC NEWS Election Night Live with full results and analysis YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=er5h...

Antony Green, legend

I wish all Australia had some way to give Antony Green a group standing ovation at the end of tonight. Regardless of our political stripe, the man's whole career has been devoted to 🇦🇺 democracy

#AntonyGreenStandingOvation or similar really should trend on all media. This legend deserves it

#auspol