Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 9hForgive the foreign municipal content, but an interesting data point on different realms of arts funding is that the most creative city of the US has artist grants of only $10k and this seen as a major boost. 100
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Please do not cancel me and a bad series is still enjoyable TV, but the current series of Taskmaster I'm finding meh. 120
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What is this weird coordinated thing about the Future Fund at the moment? These salaries seem reasonable on the assumption that to recruit these roles they need to compete in a very well compensated open market...?theguardian.comMillion-dollar public servants: 11 staff at Australia’s Future Fund paid significantly more than the PMOne executive received a $1.5m package last year, while 10 other staff received remuneration exceeding $1m each 110
Reposted by Ian WhitneyChristopher Owen @oysta.au · 01/10/2026I’ve found a whopper for the Roundabout guitar meme, thanks to social media website Threads, a service by Meta 021
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I don't have a strong view one way or another about Jon Batiste, but the editing of the trailer of the Netflix doc about him building wild drama out of a power cut makes me hoot and holler with genuine laughter. 100
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know this is an ongoing and well known gripe, but Google & Gmail's increasingly tenuous grasp of linear time is getting increasingly wild. 000
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I found Schultz's essay, like most, poorly edited and factually bonkers. But something I think the YIMBY movement misses- and I broadly agree with them!- is that it is a normal human reaction to not want to live next to a brand new 20 floor apartment building. 231
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I'd really much rather the honesty of "I love my neighbourhood and don't want it to change, sorry" than this poorly edited jumble of half positions. 110
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sometimes you have to wonder if the columnists at Ninefax can actually dress themselves. 020
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026That screeching sound you hear is every single arts company CEO in Australia waking up with an aneurysm. 110
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Not sure we're ready for original programming from Uber. 011
Reposted by Ian WhitneyStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I remain really uneasy about this. 4535945
Reposted by Ian Whitneyphil @philjamesson.com · 20/09/2026when i start ruminating on the boxed cereals which destroyed my memory, nothing can help me sleep. not even getting in full military regalia 502326267
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026YouTube has recommended via the mysteries of the algo a young Chinese-American (?) dj doing a mix of Chinese folk & hip hop in a commuity centre filled with elderly Chinese people playing mahjong and it absolutely slaps. 011
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Tried googling an actor in Summer 1936 and the Google AI summary told me they were the killer. 🫠 000
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Went to HOW TO SUCCEED at the Hayes tonight and had a violent, shuddering flashback to this bizarre cultural artifact (jump to 3'00" for a scare) www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt8t...youtube.comNBC Super Bowl Commercial - Brotherhood of ManYouTube video by Charissa Nielsen 110
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Brilliant thread that combines two of my interests- luxury hotels and all the KSA Vision 2030 malarkey. 010
Reposted by Ian WhitneyMark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I've said versions of this before but social media is meant to be fun, WAS fun for some years, and we hit problems when people started to believe it was a viable way of conducting debate. 1615211
Reposted by Ian WhitneyJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/09/2026I do think anyone who wants us to take Elizer Yudkowsky seriously as an authority on AI armageddon should be forced to testify on video that they have read the entirety of his 660,000 word rationalist Harry Potter fan fiction – written aged 30–34 – and still thinks the world needs his take. 32724122
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Buying a new house is so unpleasant, even in a buyer's market. The government should just give me a house. 020
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Indoor toilets were not common in Brisbane until well into the 1960's. 040
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Oh, HBO & Warner Bros are officially FREAKING OUT freaking out now. 000
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Gentlemen is a very silly show but it's remarkable that it does as well as it does with a vintage tea chest performing the lead role. 010
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Put out your Red Rooster, as @oysta.au has gone viral. 040
Reposted by Ian WhitneyJesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 12/09/2026"One more thing Miss Barlow... you were about 14 in 2001, and you grew up in the UK, so why did they dismiss your school at noon on 9/11, when the attacks would have happened around 2 pm your time? I just don't understand how the school knew the attacks would be happening later" 11981601570
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The "complex feelings" here are "basic racism". Hope that saves you a click. 3518
Reposted by Ian WhitneyLauren Dracula 🧛♀️ @beavisetc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026All this 9/11 talk reminds me of the time an official KSA Twitter account threatened to 9/11 Toronto 111029
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Occasionally I jerk awake, bolt upright, and remember that Mel Brooks also created Get Smart. 042
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Such wit! It's like Mr Wilde himself blessed our antipodean failsons! How we chucked at the revels of the Commons! 020
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Cheers for one of Darwin's finest bellowing 'GET ON WITH IT' to Smith fussing about a regulation placed tv camera near the sight screen. If we are going to do this whole Test-in-August-in-Darwin thing let's get on with it indeed. #AUSvBAN 140
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I think it's quite normal not to want the national broadcaster to air someone talking about inserting a stick rectally and rearranging your guts. 110
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It has also decided to put my flights to Canberra on Friday in my calendar based on the Fort Riley time zone 💪 010
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 03/08/2026In the continual degradation of Google and Gmail, it is now confusing days for airport codes, so looking forward to heading to Fort Riley (FRI) on Friday instead of Canberra in my calendar. 031
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Day 4 (5?) of lockdown discourse on this site. I mean, what's the point of it. 100
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 02/08/2026I know 'we'll never be ready in time!' is an unofficial event of every Olympics, but considering they need to host test events in 2031, I would have hoped Brisbane was a bit further along than 'ambitious concept art' stage. 020
Ian Whitney @iancwhitney.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This absolute SUPERMODEL was giving out pawshakes to people entering Coles and reader, I SHOOK. 😍🤩 151
Reposted by Ian WhitneyEric Fell @ericfell.com · 23/07/2026The post-credits scene of EBENEZER reveals the "what day is it" boy to be Oliver Twist, launching Phase 1 of the Dickensverse. 322549596
Reposted by Ian WhitneyLegal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1 651258686