Robert Maxwell
@robmax4.bsky.social
Lapidarist, Glass worker. Loves food and travel. Thinks too much for my own peace mind addicted to novelty
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My understanding is that there are Palestinian artists booked for the festival, so it might be helpful for the AF board to issue a strongly-worded statement supporting ALL artists that are going to appear and that they hope everyone will enjoy the festival.
January 13, 2026 at 10:24 PM
My understanding is that there are Palestinian artists booked for the festival, so it might be helpful for the AF board to issue a strongly-worded statement supporting ALL artists that are going to appear and that they hope everyone will enjoy the festival.
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One would have thought that what underpins the role of the AG would be the laws of the land which would hopefully reflect universal humanistic principles?
Australia's values. Who's laying claim to them?
Attorney General Michelle Rowland says:
“For, while of course we have a separation of church, state & courts, I firmly believe that the principles & values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer,” she said.
I disagree.
Attorney General Michelle Rowland says:
“For, while of course we have a separation of church, state & courts, I firmly believe that the principles & values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer,” she said.
I disagree.
January 12, 2026 at 11:30 PM
One would have thought that what underpins the role of the AG would be the laws of the land which would hopefully reflect universal humanistic principles?
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This should be more obvious to everyone, but we cannot let the people comfortable with the mass slaughter of children further shape our culture, our democracies, our future as a species. It's the path to a depraved fascistic hellhole.
January 12, 2026 at 10:46 PM
This should be more obvious to everyone, but we cannot let the people comfortable with the mass slaughter of children further shape our culture, our democracies, our future as a species. It's the path to a depraved fascistic hellhole.
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Superb.
January 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Superb.
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To be expected
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Breaking: Randa Abdel-Fattah launches defamation proceedings against SA Premier
Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah says her lawyers have launched defamation proceedings against South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas, following his public commentary about her sch...
www.abc.net.au
January 13, 2026 at 11:40 PM
To be expected
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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Pro Israel lobbyists trying to erase Palestinian voices around the world is part of the genocide. If no one hears them, they cease to exist.
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Pro Israel lobbyists trying to erase Palestinian voices around the world is part of the genocide. If no one hears them, they cease to exist.
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I think we could all make a shopping list of things that RC should consider. On the top for me is the role international antisemitism, fed by X, Meta and YouTube and and certain traditional media, contributes to Australian cultural climate. Next would be the role of brigading campaigns.
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I think we could all make a shopping list of things that RC should consider. On the top for me is the role international antisemitism, fed by X, Meta and YouTube and and certain traditional media, contributes to Australian cultural climate. Next would be the role of brigading campaigns.
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Meanwhile the same Zionist lobby is trying to destroy Womadelaide- a Palestinian artist- and demanding the ABC do something ( shooting in public?) Laura Tingle and John Lyon for daring to have withdrawn frim Writers Week. No onevother than Zionists is to work or participate in Australian culture
Good.
Adelaide writers’ festival cancelled after almost all writers pull out over banned Palestinian www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
January 13, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Meanwhile the same Zionist lobby is trying to destroy Womadelaide- a Palestinian artist- and demanding the ABC do something ( shooting in public?) Laura Tingle and John Lyon for daring to have withdrawn frim Writers Week. No onevother than Zionists is to work or participate in Australian culture
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Many years ago, the former premier Don Dunstan touted Adelaide as the 'Athens of the south'. Now South Australia's tourism slogan could be 'Welcome to Moscow on the Torrens,'" Ms Adler wrote.
January 13, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Many years ago, the former premier Don Dunstan touted Adelaide as the 'Athens of the south'. Now South Australia's tourism slogan could be 'Welcome to Moscow on the Torrens,'" Ms Adler wrote.
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The Adelaide Writers' Week imbroglio shows how corporate interests are threatening to push Australian storytellers out of the Australian story, writes Christopher Warren.
In Dunstan’s Adelaide, the city’s elites are pushing writers out of the Australian story
By abandoning the hands-off restraint that 1970s Premier Dunstan brought to Adelaide and that Gough Whitlam made national through the Australia Council, the Writers' Week imbroglio threatens to push Australian storytellers out of the Australian story.
www.crikey.com.au
January 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
The Adelaide Writers' Week imbroglio shows how corporate interests are threatening to push Australian storytellers out of the Australian story, writes Christopher Warren.
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“Justice and international law is going to suffer.”
Javier Bardem tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social we all have an “ethical obligation” to speak out on the genocide in Gaza and why supporting the film 'All That's Left of You' was so important to him.
zeteo.com/p/javier-bar...
Javier Bardem tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social we all have an “ethical obligation” to speak out on the genocide in Gaza and why supporting the film 'All That's Left of You' was so important to him.
zeteo.com/p/javier-bar...
January 8, 2026 at 9:43 PM
“Justice and international law is going to suffer.”
Javier Bardem tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social we all have an “ethical obligation” to speak out on the genocide in Gaza and why supporting the film 'All That's Left of You' was so important to him.
zeteo.com/p/javier-bar...
Javier Bardem tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social we all have an “ethical obligation” to speak out on the genocide in Gaza and why supporting the film 'All That's Left of You' was so important to him.
zeteo.com/p/javier-bar...
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"Imperialism Is Inevitable? Well So Is Resistance to It"
Trump has dropped the mask on his brazen imperialism. It's as unapologetic as the neocons' after Kabul and Baghdad. But do you remember what happened next, asks @attackerman.bsky.social for Zeteo?
#mustread
Trump has dropped the mask on his brazen imperialism. It's as unapologetic as the neocons' after Kabul and Baghdad. But do you remember what happened next, asks @attackerman.bsky.social for Zeteo?
#mustread
Imperialism Is Inevitable? Well So Is Resistance to It
With Venezuela seized by the US, Trump and MAGA drops the mask on their brazen imperialism. It's as unapologetic as the neocons after Kabul and Baghdad fell. But do you remember what happened next?
zeteo.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"Imperialism Is Inevitable? Well So Is Resistance to It"
Trump has dropped the mask on his brazen imperialism. It's as unapologetic as the neocons' after Kabul and Baghdad. But do you remember what happened next, asks @attackerman.bsky.social for Zeteo?
#mustread
Trump has dropped the mask on his brazen imperialism. It's as unapologetic as the neocons' after Kabul and Baghdad. But do you remember what happened next, asks @attackerman.bsky.social for Zeteo?
#mustread
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Deploying Gestapo thought police because a extremist rabbi that took pics with IDF soldiers and financed the genocide was killed. Good job Australia, selling your soul a small bit every day
December 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Deploying Gestapo thought police because a extremist rabbi that took pics with IDF soldiers and financed the genocide was killed. Good job Australia, selling your soul a small bit every day
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The Adelaide Writers event should be taken away from Adelaide permanently - in a humiliating, public ceremony - and given to Melbourne, in exchange for the F1. Or Canberra, in exchange for SummerNats. Fair trade.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Louise Adler unloads over reputationally 'trashed' Adelaide Writers' Week
The former Adelaide Writers' Week director takes aim at lobby groups and the SA premier during an intense appearance on 7.30 in which she says the event's reputation has been "trashed".
www.abc.net.au
January 13, 2026 at 8:39 PM
The Adelaide Writers event should be taken away from Adelaide permanently - in a humiliating, public ceremony - and given to Melbourne, in exchange for the F1. Or Canberra, in exchange for SummerNats. Fair trade.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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In America now there's no fine.
January 13, 2026 at 4:11 PM
In America now there's no fine.
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Israel has forced the world to confront Israel's criminal origin and behaviour. Israel is causing hatred of Israel. Israel is causing hatred of Zionism. Israel is causing distrust of Jews. Zionists conflate opposition to Israel as "Anti-Semitism" and "Jew Hatred". That tactic is failing.
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Israel has forced the world to confront Israel's criminal origin and behaviour. Israel is causing hatred of Israel. Israel is causing hatred of Zionism. Israel is causing distrust of Jews. Zionists conflate opposition to Israel as "Anti-Semitism" and "Jew Hatred". That tactic is failing.