Yes, that one. British by birth, Australian by choice. Saying things; around the place. On the land of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. He/him.https://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrs4xbtkx22bThis is a broader left-messaging fail (transphobe activists are reactionary right for all meaningful purposes) - if we get a partial win the default left/liberal position is to catastrophise re the bits we lost and scold anyone who celebrates the partial win because some people are still suffering [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs4xbtkx22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrs4roiog22bIt's a cute idea, but (as I've noted on this platform and elsewhere many a time) "being taught X in school", "remembering that you were even taught X at all", and "remembering how to do X" are wildly different things [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs4roiog22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrs42nrbdc2bGood question, shitty answer (I think the problem here is that far too many of the people who recognise the truth that the American-led world order was better than anything previously experienced in world history or that we're likely to see again in our lifetimes don't yet recognise that it's gone) [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs42nrbdc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrs2ifdoxk2tJesus fucking Christ NYT29 Jul 2026 13:41 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrs2ifdoxk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrrypsozfk2tGenuinely fascinating how this one (US energy company's incompetent local partner kills thousands of developing world people) has been almost forgotten outside PH, when Bhopal only a couple of years previously is still regularly on the talking points list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Do%C3%B1a_Paz29 Jul 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrypsozfk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrrwauqtxs2bShit Man Theory strikes again! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrwauqtxs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrrtwqsnu225"is it that shonky landlord guy who everyone hates?" / "yes" [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrtwqsnu225https://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrrroqgo6225Things here: 1) there is absolutely a niche market for non-pervert dweebs who want these things, and it's likely enough in itself to support a small industry BUT 2) this will never happen because every non-pervert dweeb who might otherwise buy them is also aware that they are the pervert glasses [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 11:03 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrroqgo6225https://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrrpi2g2kc25Not at all surprising, but quite funny given the extent to which the delusional and the grifty have been banging on about them for years [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrpi2g2kc25https://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrqzvzxqmk25Yes! I agree with Malcom Turnbull/David Cameron-type socially liberal centre-rightists on more issues than I do with anti-capitalist DSA types, but since mainstream conservatives have cheerfully welcomed resurgent fascism, then I'm grudgingly accepting bad economic policy as the price of fighting it [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 03:58 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqzvzxqmk25https://bsky.app/profile/johnb78.bsky.social/post/3mrqvcdgzn22nIt's why UK and AU Labo(u)r's decision to let the university sector wither is so utterly, bafflingly self-sabotaging, it ought to be way ahead of almost everything as far as bailouts go [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:t5xfy4acqlmdlooiicnitasm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrqvcdgzn22n