Swagman

Derbys are a casual outdoors shoe. Please do not wear them with a suit to Mass. These shoes are basically superfluous now, they’re not formal enough to wear to anything serious, and we have better informal options. Just delete them from your wardrobe.

Episode 2 of my Immigration Series: Australian immigration policy is genuinely sui generis. Not even Australians fully appreciate this. A potted history: - The only country to have run assisted passage at scale -- around 3.5 million people whose fares were subsidised, sometimes fully, in a program that began in the 1830s and ran for around 150 years, ending only in 1981. - The first country in the world to have a dedicated Department of Immigration (founded 1945). - Probably the only nation in history to have set an explicit population target after WWII -- 1% growth from migration plus 1% from natural increase. - The first country in the world to offer adult migrants English-language training (in 1948, still running) and (I'm pretty sure) a telephone interpreting service for migrants (from 1973). - In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Australia took 60,000 Indochinese refugees -- proportionally more per population than any other country in the world. - One of the earliest countries in the world to introduce mandatory detention for unlawful non-citizens (1992). - Per capita, it's been the world's largest receiver of international students for decades. - The OECD country with the highest share of overseas-born among countries with more than 10 million people -- around 32%, about 8-9x the world average, and projected to climb into the 40s, a level likely not seen in Australia since the 1880s. I discussed the history of Australia's migration exceptionalism with Mark Cully. Mark has written the first truly general history of Australian immigration (to be published later this year). He has direct experience, having served as the inaugural Chief Economist of Australia's Department of Immigration. We discuss the six most decisive decades in Australian migration history, as well as some bigger picture questions: - has migration actually increased Australians' living standards (Mark believes it probably hasn't)? - the three potential constraints on our ability to accept migrants, and which has tended to be binding in practice - what does history teach us about the rise of One Nation? - and much more. Watch below, or on YouTube, Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Timestamps: (0:00:00) – Introduction. (0:03:21) – Why didn't Australia turn to slavery? (0:10:17) – The decade that made modern Australia (1850s) (0:20:51) – What was White Australia really about? (0:30:23) – The most epic policy experiment in Australian history (the postwar migration program) (1:01:57) – The 1970s: an underrated decade (1:07:02) – The drift into a temporary-migrant economy (1:21:49) – Inside the chief economist's office (1:28:56) – Culture, social cohesion, and integration (2:01:17) – Has migration made Australia richer? (2:06:56) – The main constraint on Australian immigration over the past 200 years (2:16:11) – What makes Australian immigration exceptional?

Deep breathe. This scripture has nothing to do with warfighting. It is ultimately about the preaching the gospel and repentance. 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” 9 He said, “Go and tell this people: “‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ 10 Make the heart of this people calloused; make their ears dull and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”

Western society is currently divided between people who know this is a man and are prepared to say so and those who know this is a man but lie out of obedience to an ideology. There is no third option. Literally nobody on earth thinks "Roxanne Tickle" is actually a woman.

Australia is not a free democracy and it is not a safe place for females. The media lie and refer to some perverted males as she/her. So do the courts. Politicians are responsible for the mess and refuse to act. People who speak out are gaslit and penalised. All for the sake of a lie. Humans can’t change sex but we must remain silent or be punished. Women must accept males in our spaces, sports or services or be punished. Feels very totalitarian….