Scott McWhirter
@scottmcwhirter.bsky.social
Living on Darug lands. Work in Higher Ed, but views are entirely my own fault. Daily fails and passing fancies a specialty.
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‘Melania’ has grossed 14.5m in the US & Canada
In all other territories (the world) it’s grossed $249,108. ‘We Don’t Care’ !!!!
‘Melania’ has grossed 14.5m in the US & Canada
In all other territories (the world) it’s grossed $249,108. ‘We Don’t Care’ !!!!
February 14, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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‘Melania’ has grossed 14.5m in the US & Canada
In all other territories (the world) it’s grossed $249,108. ‘We Don’t Care’ !!!!
‘Melania’ has grossed 14.5m in the US & Canada
In all other territories (the world) it’s grossed $249,108. ‘We Don’t Care’ !!!!
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Of VC-backed products, 78% fail:
42% fail because nobody wants them.
17% because they don't really solve the problem they claim to solve.
19% because they were no different from competing products or couldn't evolve with the market.
And that's just VC-backed companies.
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42% fail because nobody wants them.
17% because they don't really solve the problem they claim to solve.
19% because they were no different from competing products or couldn't evolve with the market.
And that's just VC-backed companies.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Of VC-backed products, 78% fail:
42% fail because nobody wants them.
17% because they don't really solve the problem they claim to solve.
19% because they were no different from competing products or couldn't evolve with the market.
And that's just VC-backed companies.
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42% fail because nobody wants them.
17% because they don't really solve the problem they claim to solve.
19% because they were no different from competing products or couldn't evolve with the market.
And that's just VC-backed companies.
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AEC disclosures show more than $138 million in political funding in 2024–25 had no declared source under the current rules.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 AM
AEC disclosures show more than $138 million in political funding in 2024–25 had no declared source under the current rules.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
When dark money & big donors shape our politics, public trust suffers. Australians deserve govts that are not fundraising from industries that profit when policy is weakened.
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One nation, Nats, Libs and maybe 2 independents - and Greens and Labor. Clive? Going to be a very different race
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 AM
One nation, Nats, Libs and maybe 2 independents - and Greens and Labor. Clive? Going to be a very different race
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Study shows that Elon Musk posted "textbook examples” of white supremacist conspiracy theories on his right-wing X platform on 26 out of 31 days last month alone. An unhealthy obsession. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Study shows that Elon Musk posted "textbook examples” of white supremacist conspiracy theories on his right-wing X platform on 26 out of 31 days last month alone. An unhealthy obsession. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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The Australian government must announce a plan to phase out fossil fuels "way before" COP31, says @kuminaidoo.bsky.social.
"I think they would have no legitimacy to play the key coordinating role in Türkiye...if they don't do that." #auspol
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@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
"I think they would have no legitimacy to play the key coordinating role in Türkiye...if they don't do that." #auspol
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@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The Australian government must announce a plan to phase out fossil fuels "way before" COP31, says @kuminaidoo.bsky.social.
"I think they would have no legitimacy to play the key coordinating role in Türkiye...if they don't do that." #auspol
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@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
"I think they would have no legitimacy to play the key coordinating role in Türkiye...if they don't do that." #auspol
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@fossiltreaty.bsky.social
www.greenleft.org.au/2026-02/even... rally this evening.
Protest: This is not a police state!
NSW Premier Chris Minns, antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and countless others have wrongly blamed the Palestine movement for the antisemitic attack at Bondi.
www.greenleft.org.au
February 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
www.greenleft.org.au/2026-02/even... rally this evening.
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Interesting. There were no issues with the anti Herzog protesters in Melbourne.
The difference?
The brutal and violent NSW Police and a Premier who thinks he’s a right wing dictator.
The difference?
The brutal and violent NSW Police and a Premier who thinks he’s a right wing dictator.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Interesting. There were no issues with the anti Herzog protesters in Melbourne.
The difference?
The brutal and violent NSW Police and a Premier who thinks he’s a right wing dictator.
The difference?
The brutal and violent NSW Police and a Premier who thinks he’s a right wing dictator.
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"Behind the extensive policy powers to control and suppress protest lies a cancerous-like cowardice, facilitated by a cornered Prime Minister and an Israeli sympathising, authoritarian NSW Premier"
I see no need to excuse the PM - at all. He is complicit
#auspol
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I see no need to excuse the PM - at all. He is complicit
#auspol
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Cowardice dressed up as authority on Sydney’s streets
The violence surrounding protests against the visit of Israel’s president was not an accident of crowd control. It reflects a deeper political failure – where authority suppresses dissent rather than ...
johnmenadue.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:51 AM
"Behind the extensive policy powers to control and suppress protest lies a cancerous-like cowardice, facilitated by a cornered Prime Minister and an Israeli sympathising, authoritarian NSW Premier"
I see no need to excuse the PM - at all. He is complicit
#auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2026/02...
I see no need to excuse the PM - at all. He is complicit
#auspol
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Naarm did understand the assignment. Well done! #ArrestHerzog.
Huge numbers out in Naarm/Melbourne right now for the second time this week to say the war criminal Isaac Herzog isn't welcome in our city! ✊🇵🇸
February 12, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Naarm did understand the assignment. Well done! #ArrestHerzog.
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I, for one, look forward to a renewed focus on the business dealings of Jam Lands Pty Ltd
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
I, for one, look forward to a renewed focus on the business dealings of Jam Lands Pty Ltd
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Editorial: The politicians who take donations from fossil fuel companies should be ashamed. What they are selling is the country’s future and the value they’ve put on it is printing costs and a few billboards in rural Queensland. satpa.pe/jKALCbB
The case for banning fossil fuel donations
In the grand scheme of things, it’s not much money. This is part of what makes it so sad. The country’s politicians have sold out the climate for little more than a rounding error on projects that will continue for decades.
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February 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Editorial: The politicians who take donations from fossil fuel companies should be ashamed. What they are selling is the country’s future and the value they’ve put on it is printing costs and a few billboards in rural Queensland. satpa.pe/jKALCbB
Defund the NSW police. I haven’t really thought deeply about the defund police line of argument before but it is crystal clear they need to be demilitarized completely. All of it. #nswpol #auspol Monday was an embarrassment. Minns attempted characterization of the protest as a riot is pure fiction.
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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> $300 billion for AUKUS, but remote communities are still having to put up with this dangerous mess, as government funding is inadequate to resolve the issue. Probably wouldn't be tolerated if it were happening in Canberra, would it, @albomp.bsky.social?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
Feral camels searching for water descend on remote communities
Large mobs of camels are wreaking havoc in remote Indigenous communities as they desperately search for water.
www.abc.net.au
February 12, 2026 at 4:38 AM
> $300 billion for AUKUS, but remote communities are still having to put up with this dangerous mess, as government funding is inadequate to resolve the issue. Probably wouldn't be tolerated if it were happening in Canberra, would it, @albomp.bsky.social?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
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A reminder: ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of energy in their fuel.
EVs are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain making it 3-4x more efficient.
EVs are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain making it 3-4x more efficient.
February 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
A reminder: ICE vehicles waste a whopping 80% of energy in their fuel.
EVs are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain making it 3-4x more efficient.
EVs are propelled by entirely different mechanisms. Energy enters the vehicle as electricity, which directly powers the drivetrain making it 3-4x more efficient.
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police rushed and sprayed crowds of people who were trying to run away from them but were trapped… by more police. The Muslims were kneeling and praying on their mats and were not on the road. If this is a riot, the police were rioting.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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NSW premier won’t apologise to Muslims after police grab men praying at rally against Isaac Herzog
Chris Minns doubles down on support for NSW police, stating officers would ‘never have disrupted a prayer service … unless it was in the middle of a riot’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 AM
police rushed and sprayed crowds of people who were trying to run away from them but were trapped… by more police. The Muslims were kneeling and praying on their mats and were not on the road. If this is a riot, the police were rioting.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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“many of the officers were literally grinning as they were hitting us”
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Herzog protests. Medics attacked too, lawyers question police violence - Michael West
Monday's police actions against anti-genocide protestors in Sydney represent a significant escalation of unwarranted violence.
michaelwest.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 7:11 AM
“many of the officers were literally grinning as they were hitting us”
michaelwest.com.au/herzog-prote...
michaelwest.com.au/herzog-prote...
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No more protesting thanks, that's it wrap it up it's not cohesive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It appears you no longer have the right to protest | First Dog on the Moon
Police charged at people who could not flee due to being kettled. As always police say that is not what happened
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:17 AM
No more protesting thanks, that's it wrap it up it's not cohesive. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Helen Haines ask AG if change is needed at the NACC, noting “the public has heard more about the Commissioner’s conflicts of interest than findings of corruption”💥
Rowland sees no need to panic, saying the NACC is “working as intended”
Working for who exactly? 🙄 #auspol
Rowland sees no need to panic, saying the NACC is “working as intended”
Working for who exactly? 🙄 #auspol
February 11, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Helen Haines ask AG if change is needed at the NACC, noting “the public has heard more about the Commissioner’s conflicts of interest than findings of corruption”💥
Rowland sees no need to panic, saying the NACC is “working as intended”
Working for who exactly? 🙄 #auspol
Rowland sees no need to panic, saying the NACC is “working as intended”
Working for who exactly? 🙄 #auspol
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This 100%
I reckon there was a fair bit of the ‘If you’d just behaved and did what I wanted you to do I wouldn’t have had to hit you’ domestic violence perpetrator vibe about Minns and the NSW Police Commissioner’s response to cop brutality at the protest
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
This 100%
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QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year.
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
Axed literary magazine Meanjin finds a new home after its axing
Melbourne University Press closed the much-loved literary magazine last year, saying it was losing too much money.
www.smh.com.au
February 11, 2026 at 2:40 AM
QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year.
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
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Can anyone point to the legislation that states once a person puts a police uniform on they are exempt from breaking the law?
And why do police need military style automatic rifles in a country with some of the strictest gun laws in the world?
Or vehicles like BearCats?
#NoPoliceMilitarisation
And why do police need military style automatic rifles in a country with some of the strictest gun laws in the world?
Or vehicles like BearCats?
#NoPoliceMilitarisation
February 11, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Can anyone point to the legislation that states once a person puts a police uniform on they are exempt from breaking the law?
And why do police need military style automatic rifles in a country with some of the strictest gun laws in the world?
Or vehicles like BearCats?
#NoPoliceMilitarisation
And why do police need military style automatic rifles in a country with some of the strictest gun laws in the world?
Or vehicles like BearCats?
#NoPoliceMilitarisation
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If the NSW government has any interest in maintaining faith with its own public, it will ask the DPP to investigate police actions on Monday night without NSW Police involvement, with a view to prosecuting the cops who committed assaults. Or it can carry on blaming the victims; Minns' choice.
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
If the NSW government has any interest in maintaining faith with its own public, it will ask the DPP to investigate police actions on Monday night without NSW Police involvement, with a view to prosecuting the cops who committed assaults. Or it can carry on blaming the victims; Minns' choice.
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Not sure Albanese and Labor are going to be able to overcome this.
Greeting the head of state of a Govt which is actively committing a genocide on the Palestinian people.
Can’t believe it 😞😞 #auspol
Greeting the head of state of a Govt which is actively committing a genocide on the Palestinian people.
Can’t believe it 😞😞 #auspol
February 11, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Not sure Albanese and Labor are going to be able to overcome this.
Greeting the head of state of a Govt which is actively committing a genocide on the Palestinian people.
Can’t believe it 😞😞 #auspol
Greeting the head of state of a Govt which is actively committing a genocide on the Palestinian people.
Can’t believe it 😞😞 #auspol
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"The Police chose violence". Veteran journo and sports broadcaster Peter Lalor was at the Sydney Herzog protest, got pepper sprayed. His account
#auspol
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#auspol
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Peter Lalor, pepper-sprayed, debunks the Herzog propaganda - Michael West
Sports journalist Peter Lalor was pepper-sprayed by NSW Police at the Herzog protest in Sydney. He debunks the propaganda.
michaelwest.com.au
February 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
"The Police chose violence". Veteran journo and sports broadcaster Peter Lalor was at the Sydney Herzog protest, got pepper sprayed. His account
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/peter-lalor-...
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/peter-lalor-...