Ian Whitney
@iancwhitney.bsky.social
I do one thing very well and therefore assume all of my opinions are impeccable, no matter the subject.
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Ian Whitney
@iancwhitney.bsky.social
· May 16
Pinning this mainly to remind myself:
Hmm that looks like an American Problem. Sucks to be them, I guess. Hope they sort that out but not my rodeo.
Hmm that looks like an American Problem. Sucks to be them, I guess. Hope they sort that out but not my rodeo.
Fun fact! We don't need to imagine! www.theguardian.com/world/2008/s...
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Fun fact! We don't need to imagine! www.theguardian.com/world/2008/s...
Australian journos fail to be impressed by any minor White House staffer challenge: impossible.
November 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Australian journos fail to be impressed by any minor White House staffer challenge: impossible.
This is very funny, courtesy of @erincook.bsky.social and remember that Michelin (operating income EUR3.4b) wanted $40m from the Aust Govt to do a book for Australia (Saint Peter, Marmelo, Lake House, Essa, Agrarian Kitchen)
www.malaymail.com/news/what-yo...
www.malaymail.com/news/what-yo...
Michelin’s Malaysian meltdown: How the world’s ‘top’ food guide became a local laughing stock — Cynthia Goh Meow Ling
NOVEMBER 14 — You could hear the chuckle across Kuala Lumpur the morning the 2026 Michelin Guide for KL & Penang dropped. Not applause. Not outrage. Just a long, collective...
www.malaymail.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is very funny, courtesy of @erincook.bsky.social and remember that Michelin (operating income EUR3.4b) wanted $40m from the Aust Govt to do a book for Australia (Saint Peter, Marmelo, Lake House, Essa, Agrarian Kitchen)
www.malaymail.com/news/what-yo...
www.malaymail.com/news/what-yo...
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Exclusive: The Home Office secretly funded a boyband to tour schools in Muslim areas and sing songs about 7/7.
By me, for PoliticsHome.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
By me, for PoliticsHome.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Home Office Secretly Funded A Boyband To Sing Songs About 7/7 In Muslim Areas
Exclusive: A secretive Home Office department funded a little-known boyband to travel around Muslim areas of the UK and sing songs with anti-radica...
www.politicshome.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Exclusive: The Home Office secretly funded a boyband to tour schools in Muslim areas and sing songs about 7/7.
By me, for PoliticsHome.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
By me, for PoliticsHome.
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
When I get intensely Protestant (see also, every second I spent in St Peter's), is whenever I see this treat I don't think about the artistic tackiness, but THIS CHURCH HAS TOO MUCH MONEY AND IS UNGODLY
Silent Night, 2020, Hillsong
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
When I get intensely Protestant (see also, every second I spent in St Peter's), is whenever I see this treat I don't think about the artistic tackiness, but THIS CHURCH HAS TOO MUCH MONEY AND IS UNGODLY
Look I feel for Jane, she's trying to convince the Nationals to add more lifeboats to the Titanic so that one day she'll make it across the Atlantic. But this, as of today, is insane wish-casting. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
A new Liberal leader won’t work. The problem is the horse, not the jockey
If the Liberal Party doesn’t reflect the country it wishes to lead, it will become a regional grievance party rather than a national governing force.
www.smh.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Look I feel for Jane, she's trying to convince the Nationals to add more lifeboats to the Titanic so that one day she'll make it across the Atlantic. But this, as of today, is insane wish-casting. www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
See also: "b.b.b.but the 24 hour media cycle!"
It's been 20 years. 15 if you're being charitable.
It's been 20 years. 15 if you're being charitable.
The UK is the perfect example of too many profoundly stupid, lazy people in politics. They have 5 year terms, and the political class complain that they need 6 to do anything. They have 4 years remaining before an election and they're already shitting the bed about leadership
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 AM
See also: "b.b.b.but the 24 hour media cycle!"
It's been 20 years. 15 if you're being charitable.
It's been 20 years. 15 if you're being charitable.
BREAKING Sydney property sells for exactly the price guide 😐
November 17, 2025 at 6:21 AM
BREAKING Sydney property sells for exactly the price guide 😐
They are literally replacing two office buildings that currently exist in North Sydney...? www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘Really bad planning’: Wendy Whiteley joins the fight against Sydney high-rise apartments
The government wants to fast-track nearly 1000 homes in a “magical” harbourside suburb. Locals say the high-rise blocks will ruin the spot’s character.
www.smh.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
They are literally replacing two office buildings that currently exist in North Sydney...? www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Wake up babe, mods asleep, post Colin Matthews. youtu.be/2hYp78ppM5w?...
Colin Matthews: Fourth Sonata for Orchestra - Sempre Molto Legato e Pianissimo
YouTube video by Tomas Gomez Bustillo
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Wake up babe, mods asleep, post Colin Matthews. youtu.be/2hYp78ppM5w?...
This is insane. And also a valuable reminder for every local government area in Australia which trots out "we need our own MONA!" about every 12-18 months. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Mona has lost $408m but David Walsh is 'completely happy'
Hobart's landmark Museum of Old and New Art has racked up a staggering amount in losses since it opened in 2011, but founder David Walsh is still building.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This is insane. And also a valuable reminder for every local government area in Australia which trots out "we need our own MONA!" about every 12-18 months. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
As Jacob Bernstein is a gay man, his piece on Olivia Nuzzi is clearly to be read as Camp. In this essay I will...
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
As Jacob Bernstein is a gay man, his piece on Olivia Nuzzi is clearly to be read as Camp. In this essay I will...
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
I don't know if there is a #cookingsky but shouldn't a cremeux have a milk or cream in it to form the custard?
November 15, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't know if there is a #cookingsky but shouldn't a cremeux have a milk or cream in it to form the custard?
The NYT wagon circling for Nuzzi and now, by extension, Carl Bernstein's kid is going to be hilarious.
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The NYT wagon circling for Nuzzi and now, by extension, Carl Bernstein's kid is going to be hilarious.
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Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
you can’t be putting this in the paper (gift link but i do not recommend you use it www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...)
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Olivia Nuzzi got sent in to do a profile but it turned out she wanted to fuck the subject so we sent in Jacob Bernstein to profile her and it turns out he also wants to fuck the subject
As you'd expect, the appearance of all those classical musicians in that Rosalia song is making all the classical music consultants have full body and futile orgasms.
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
As you'd expect, the appearance of all those classical musicians in that Rosalia song is making all the classical music consultants have full body and futile orgasms.
I don't think I have that many gay followers so the explosion of 'big cock body positivity' content on the platforms recently may come as a fun Friday surprise.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I don't think I have that many gay followers so the explosion of 'big cock body positivity' content on the platforms recently may come as a fun Friday surprise.
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Babe wake up there's a girthy hung travel-focused fitfluencer with a fat ass in tiny tight shorts doing radical horse cock acceptance body positivity content
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Babe wake up there's a girthy hung travel-focused fitfluencer with a fat ass in tiny tight shorts doing radical horse cock acceptance body positivity content
Fun fact for 0.0001% of this website is that the French version of Bake-Off, Le Meilleur Patissier, does not include any bread or savoury baking like the Anglo versions, because there is no word in French that encompasses both patisserie and baking.
and now you know
and now you know
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Fun fact for 0.0001% of this website is that the French version of Bake-Off, Le Meilleur Patissier, does not include any bread or savoury baking like the Anglo versions, because there is no word in French that encompasses both patisserie and baking.
and now you know
and now you know
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is transvestigation bad? yes
is it funny that it’s now happening to one of the loudest and most violent anti-trans voices outside of legacy media? also yes
is it funny that it’s now happening to one of the loudest and most violent anti-trans voices outside of legacy media? also yes
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
is transvestigation bad? yes
is it funny that it’s now happening to one of the loudest and most violent anti-trans voices outside of legacy media? also yes
is it funny that it’s now happening to one of the loudest and most violent anti-trans voices outside of legacy media? also yes
Remember when this guy was considered one of our foremost public intellectuals?
November 13, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Remember when this guy was considered one of our foremost public intellectuals?
I'd also find it difficult if I'd reached a career apex at the paper of record and then found it wasn't the place I had thought it was.
I don't understand why people have to concoct wild conspiracy theories in order to critique the NYT. I say this as someone who writes for them: there is plenty to critique without making up wild scenarios and insisting they're true!
November 13, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I'd also find it difficult if I'd reached a career apex at the paper of record and then found it wasn't the place I had thought it was.