John McWhorter

John McWhorter

@jmcwho.bsky.social

Former Alaskan journo gone handyman and yoga dude in Sydney. Lover of languages, trying to stay engaged and useful.

267 Followers 26 Following 33 Posts Joined Jan 2025
6 months ago

Private Equity can take over a company and, strip out its value enshitify it. This guy's doing it to a whole country.

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6 months ago

Good lord...

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6 months ago

Nice Summit. Give him the peace prize. Just as soon as all the Epstein files are released.

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8 months ago

Wrong John.

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8 months ago
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The special envoy’s plan is the latest push to weaponise antisemitism in Australia, as a relentless campaign pays off | Louise Adler The omissions are as important as the inclusions in Jillian Segal’s plan, which is guilty of overreach

Scathing. One of the things I admire most about the Jews I know is that they take scholarship seriously and are expert and honest debaters. Case in point. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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8 months ago

I was holding out for Brandi...and the Snifters.

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8 months ago

Ask the Shah.

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8 months ago

Wasn't overthrowing Iran's elected government and installing the Shah supposed to make Iran great?

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9 months ago

Australian, Austrian. Edit fail. Bigly. Ffs.

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9 months ago

So...they know how university profs voted?

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9 months ago

So how much T$ coin will Apple have to buy to reduce the tarrifs? What a shakedown.

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9 months ago

Breaking: Doctors confirm President Trump is a deadly cancerous prostate that is attacking the bones of the nation.

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9 months ago
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On this island, the birds are so full of plastic, they crunch It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you sque...

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

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10 months ago
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How'd we ever get to a place where these warnings became necessary? I blame the grievance media.

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10 months ago

ABC's The Piano is a kick. Can't stop crying at the beauty of it. Catch it on iView.

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10 months ago

Australian Labor party scores huge Federal electoral victory. The opposition Liberals pushed a Trump-adjacent platform. Voters soundly rejected those divisive polices.

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10 months ago

Outgoing opposition leader Peter Dutton just called David Littleproud a great "partner in crime." Choice words Peter. Many people felt your policies were criminal.

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10 months ago

Power for AI. In September 2024, Constellation Energy announced plans to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear plant to sell the power to Microsoft, demonstrating the immense power needs of the tech sector as they build data centers to support artificial intelligence.[154]

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10 months ago

Its a triplex...with Mexico.

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11 months ago

Curious: How are returns going over at Jared Kushner's Saudi-backed private equity firm? Still ticketty-boo?

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11 months ago

And how does Australia respond? By cutting back on student visas and blaming them for a housing shortage. The world's brightest students won't be coming here.

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11 months ago

So...did Trump and friends just all take short positions on the stock market? If he has the power to get rich off market manipulation...and he's immune, why wouldn't he take advantage?

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11 months ago

So when will the Five Eyes program become four? Time to kick the US out of the security alliance it organised?

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1 year ago

I reckon if they want to save some money, they need to fire everyone at the White House. Sell the place. Turn it into a Trump Hotel. Complete with the Vladimir Suite. Shee....it.

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1 year ago

Write all the books you want but if people won't read them, then they'll have to experience authoritarianism for themselves. May as well remove warning labels from everything as well.

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1 year ago

To show he's committed to destroying DEI, Trump's latest executive order rescinded the golf handicap. No matter who plays, his score is lower.

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1 year ago

So good. I cried. An amazing look into rock history at a special time.

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1 year ago
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BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN | Full Length Trailer (2025) YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics

youtu.be/EDKC77QS8WM?...

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1 year ago

We're watching a private equity take over of the USGovt. Close it, cut it, chop it up, sell it off. Isnt this what happened when the USSR fell apart?

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