This needs to be part of the Brisbane Olympics.

the human-techno-capital machine produces fantastic beasts

There will be an Engineers Australia webinar on July 28th about one of my old projects, the Canberra-Eden Railway concept plan — a new take on a very old idea! Talking route selection, economics, freight and more. Tune in at 5:30pm AEST if you’re interested. engineersaustralia.org.au/event/2022/05/…

Frosty morning in the Riverina

Gunzel brains trust question. Does anybody know if the Wentworth, Centennial and Hoare deviations were planned in detail (ie with actual alignment maps) or were these just high-level concepts?

How about modifying the fenders so that the kangaroos bounce off, rather than being ingested and minced throughout the undercarriage? railwaypro.com/wp/victoria-op…

This facility cost $322 million. For half that much, V/Line could have protected the entirety of its 3,400km rail network with two-metre high kangaroo-proof exclusion fencing.

Have always appreciated this little easter egg from Musk’s IAC2017 presentation.

Excuse me?

The problem here is a general misunderstanding of how unremarkable “top 1%” really is. Reasonable chance (~30%) you weren’t even top of your high-school math class.

This is the multipolar world I ordered.