Philip Machanick 🇿🇦
@philip-mach.bsky.social
Retired CS academic, human rights, anti-corruption and environmental activist. Pro-science, anti-profiteering.
I write novels (find me at lulu.com) and progressive op-eds as a hobby.
Fan of inexpensive fine wine and South African landscapes and culture.
I write novels (find me at lulu.com) and progressive op-eds as a hobby.
Fan of inexpensive fine wine and South African landscapes and culture.
No such nastiness is warranted.
Social media is misnamed.
Social media is misnamed.
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
No such nastiness is warranted.
Social media is misnamed.
Social media is misnamed.
His ability to what?
November 14, 2025 at 6:12 PM
His ability to what?
Not sure about the tag-team approach of Daily Show. Then this. They should keep doing what they’re doing.
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Not sure about the tag-team approach of Daily Show. Then this. They should keep doing what they’re doing.
Clintons vaguely linked to Epstein. We knew it! Pizzagate pedo trafficking for sure! FBI deep state conspiracy!
Trump deeply linked to Epstein: Trump was working for the FBI. The deep state conspiracy one.
You can’t make this stuff up.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Trump deeply linked to Epstein: Trump was working for the FBI. The deep state conspiracy one.
You can’t make this stuff up.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Pizzagate, QAnon and the ‘Epstein List’: Why the Far Right Is Obsessed with Sex Trafficking
An expert on conspiracy theories explains why MAGA figures are embracing the latest twist in the Jeffrey Epstein saga.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you scramble, you can save it.
Oh, wait.
Oh, wait.
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If you scramble, you can save it.
Oh, wait.
Oh, wait.
The force is with that.
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The force is with that.
Stick of butter. We get ours from cows. Is this tree butter?
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Stick of butter. We get ours from cows. Is this tree butter?
This guy’s a nit. He can’t get on the right side of an issue without getting on the wrong side of another.
November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This guy’s a nit. He can’t get on the right side of an issue without getting on the wrong side of another.
Oystercatcher: a low-energy pursuit.
Have you seen how fast an oyster moves?
Have you seen how fast an oyster moves?
November 13, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Oystercatcher: a low-energy pursuit.
Have you seen how fast an oyster moves?
Have you seen how fast an oyster moves?
Does the dog make the background or does the background make the dog?
Quite the figure-ground contrast. Nicely done.
Quite the figure-ground contrast. Nicely done.
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Does the dog make the background or does the background make the dog?
Quite the figure-ground contrast. Nicely done.
Quite the figure-ground contrast. Nicely done.
He’s right once a day like a stopped clock.
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
He’s right once a day like a stopped clock.
When someone makes unsubstantiated claims that their opposition are pedo sex traffickers: dictionary.apa.org/projection
APA Dictionary of Psychology
A trusted reference in the field of psychology, offering more than 25,000 clear and authoritative entries.
dictionary.apa.org
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Anyone can be an abuser but it takes real wealth to abuse on an industrial scale with no consequences.
November 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Anyone can be an abuser but it takes real wealth to abuse on an industrial scale with no consequences.
I am so with you.
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I am so with you.
Absolutely. I was uncomfortable with Clinton’s behaviour but… of the charts. No comparison.
November 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Absolutely. I was uncomfortable with Clinton’s behaviour but… of the charts. No comparison.
Nice when he points in case it isn’t obvious.
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Nice when he points in case it isn’t obvious.
Should’ve ended when it was recorded not when it was leaked.
Who protects a self-confessed rapist?
Who protects a self-confessed rapist?
November 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Should’ve ended when it was recorded not when it was leaked.
Who protects a self-confessed rapist?
Who protects a self-confessed rapist?
Slightly missed the date: Ghislaine Maxwell was released from serious incarceration.
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Slightly missed the date: Ghislaine Maxwell was released from serious incarceration.
Or snakescrolling?
I found this beauty in my front yard.
I found this beauty in my front yard.
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Or snakescrolling?
I found this beauty in my front yard.
I found this beauty in my front yard.
Bloomscrolling…
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Bloomscrolling…