The “video” tag is not supported by your browser. 1️⃣ The CPU Analogy No One Has Printed 💻 1995: A Pentium cost <5% of a PC’s bill of materials → dictated 100% of performance and 90% of profit🚗 2025: A 75 kWh EV power-train costs <15% of the sticker price → defines 0–60 mph 🏎, […]
🌍 Global Cuisine Footprint: Where the World Actually Eats
While Michelin stars and celebrity chefs dominate headlines, most people eat where food is plentiful, familiar, and affordable. Restaurant counts provide a tangible measure of a cuisine’s global footprint both at home and abroad. The following table ranks the cuisines with the largest total number of outlets worldwide, based on the most recent census and […]
💥 CJ-1000: The world’s first tri-domain missile, capable of striking land targets, ships, or high-value airborne platforms like tankers and AEW&C aircraft.
The CJ-1000 is a Chinese air-breathing hypersonic cruise missile that collapses the old air-to-air or air-to-ground “one missile–one mission” paradigm into a single weapon system. The “video” tag is not supported by your browser. 🚀 Tri-Domain Technology The CJ-1000 can operate across land, sea, and air domains using advanced seekers, propulsion, datalinks, and modular warheads. […]
⚠️ Sky of Unmanned Terror. Rusty Holdens Reborn as Drones; China’s 3rd-gen J-6 jets reborn as UCAVs
🚗 From Holden to Hunter Imagine dragging an old Holden outta the wreckers. Where the V6 once rattled, the PLA’s shoved in avionics, GPS and a jammer. Bench seat gone, wheel binned, tablet where the AM radio used to be. Same dented tin, now a drone with more brains than a bloke in a cockpit. […]
🌊 The Pacific Middle Power Paradox • Why Australia Can’t Play Sheriff in Its Own Backyard
The “video” tag is not supported by your browser. The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) nations are some of the most aid-dependent countries in the world. The US views them as an afterthought, handing or rather handcuffing the “Pacific lane” to Australia. 🇦🇺 Canberra, a middle power, is expected to underwrite the economic • diplomatic • […]
🌍✈️ How China’s Full-Stack Electrification Will Turbocharge Global Tourism
Tourism accounts for 10.3% of global GDP. The WTTC forecasts that it will grow from $11.7 trillion in 2025 to $16.5 trillion (11.5% of global GDP) in 2035 but this still assumes a world powered by diesel. Tourism remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels: in Bali, petrol is stored roadside in bottles because there is […]
⚠️ The US Is on the Brink of Civil War. The Right sees the Left as “woke virus clowns,” Democrats see Republicans as monsters; the middle ground is collapsing.
The “video” tag is not supported by your browser. 1. 🧮 Headline number 42 % of all sentences from top 200 legislators, governors, and WH surrogates in 2025 contain attack or demonisation language, up from 6 % in 1995. In plain English: nearly half of elite speech today is us-vs-them artillery, a seven-fold rise in […]
Frydenberg barred China from a lowly contract builder; Victoria now wants Beijing inside the balance sheet & prime partner for a rail line that will outlast four generations of Victorians.
The “video” tag is not supported by your browser. In 2021 Josh Frydenberg looked Beijing in the eye and killed a $300m takeover of builder Probuild, declaring “national security says no.” Probuild collapsed shortly after, taking out thousands of jobs & billions in unfinished projects. Four years later Victorian Treasurer, Jaclyn Symes, is one cabinet […]
Why 🇨🇳 China is Letting TikTok Go
TikTok might be sold in the US & some are saying it’ll a loss for China 🇨🇳. In fact, this move tells us more about the next phase of global tech competition than it does about TikTok itself. 📱 TikTok: More Than Just an App TikTok for China 🇨🇳 was a strategic asset: 🚀 6G […]
🇺🇸⚔️🇻🇪 Charlie Kirk May Have Just Saved Venezuela from US Invasion
The “video” tag is not supported by your browser. Charlie Kirk made himself famous for turning up on college campuses to debate liberal arts students, turning jailbait into clickbait. He was also one of MAGA’s loudest youth megaphones. His untimely death on September 10, 2025 has shifted Washington’s priorities. Just days earlier, the U.S. seemed […]
Hear it from Vanuatu to Fiji, from Samoa to Rapa-Nui 🌊Pacifika Voices Have Been Heard at the ICJ. How the ICJ’s Climate Ruling Could Make Australia the Most Exposed Fossil Fuel Nation
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued an advisory opinion declaring that countries have a legal duty to protect the climate. For Pacific islands, this is historic but the implications vary depending on a country’s power, wealth, and emissions. ⚖️ The Ruling in Brief 🌟 🏆 Winners Why They Win 🏝️ Pacific Islands Legal […]
Top 20 Public & Private High Schools in Australia, ranked by NAPLAN Performance 2025
🏆 Top 20 Public High Schools in Australia (2025) # School State Sex Notes 1 Conservatorium High School NSW Co-ed 7.5 : 1 student-teacher, 84 % attendance 2 Hurlstone Agricultural High School NSW Co-ed Selective agri-college, western Sydney 3 Parramatta High School NSW Co-ed Strong Year-7 & 9 NAPLAN band 9-10 % 4 James Ruse […]
