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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 33m

Like trump and his sycophants. One of the differences between intelligence and rat-cunning.

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JoobileeJoolz @joobileejoolz.bsky.social · 1h

It wasn't 'his' brexit because the tories did it and he would say they 'did it wrong' and if they had done it his way, it would be amazing. That will never be a gotcha for him. It's the oiliness, nothing sticks.

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 4h

Does anyone ever challenge Nije on how brexit is working? Or is that-
A. Too hard
B. Irrelevant
C. Against the rules
D. Of no interest to media?
E. Brex what?

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 8h

When is the round table on the tooth fairy?

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 4h

Is this Johnson boy sane? He has a vacant look. And vacant answers. Or does that make him ideal for his job? To the rest of the world, the US is lower, daily.

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 12h

So cool that whenever someone asks the president, “did you eat the Lindbergh baby” he’s like, “no but I’d be allowed to, I have the right to, I might do it later”

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 6h

Wait in dread for such a deal between ALP/LNP. It isn’t where I thought we would be. I thought the ALP had a deal already with voters.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 17h

Portland has elevated protesting to an art form.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21h

#WarRavagedPortland

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 11h

Too late. Failure to grasp that suggests you are part of the problem, not the solution.
theconversation.com/australias-a...

Australia’s anti-corruption commissioner has a trust problem. He needs to change course to fix it

Paul Brereton’s ongoing conflict of interest woes threaten public trust in the National Anti-Corruption Commission. He urgently needs to change tack.

theconversation.com

Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 22h

Always interesting to see how non-Murdoch media handle it. Confidence building? Not much of that left anyway.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

News Corp Australia chair says social media platforms are ‘true monsters’ and ‘torment our children’

Michael Miller also says media must unite against second ‘big steal’ by tech companies seeking changes to copyright law to access content for free

www.theguardian.com

Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

Does everyone know that what we’ll discover about terrible things happening now will be so much worse, and even humiliating, than what is happening now?
No?

Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

Waiting for Putin to stop the war is as psycho as expecting Trump to be rational or honest. It’s the media way. Hilarious AND spectacularly stupid. So it goes.

Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

Must be a German word for self-inflicted wounds.

Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve always felt sorry for the cannon fodder Russia repeatedly sends to its wars. Now I can feel sorry for the useful idiots of the US. But maybe for the US I won’t.

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

Such stupid views. But to be fair when you’re that far up your owner’s arse it’s hard to see light, much less what’s really going on.
Poor dears. Beyond saving.

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Leta McCollough Seletzky @letaseletzky.com · 1d

It’s a sad (and chilling) day when legacy media cannot be trusted to follow even the most basic tenets of journalism.

But when one of the world’s most influential and ubiquitous news sources uses a photo from the 1992 LA uprisings to characterize events in 2025 Portland, we’re at that point

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

Can you rank/rate which requests get delayed? Is there a pattern as to which or who Albanese fears most?

Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

You think there’ll be polling places? Even real elections? I’m on the other side of the world but looking at you from here, it looks unlikely.

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 1d

Great to see our research being used in Parliament!

Australia Institute research shows that the proposed changes to Freedom of Information laws would make a repeat of the Robodebt coverup more likely, not less.

@davidshoebridge.bsky.social #auspol

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

That’s apart from the ones who love it whatever. And apart from the ones who think they’re in a movie.

Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

I guess the stupidity of many ICE thugs complicates explaining to them what they’re doing illegally. Or just stupidly. Stupidity being its own best defence.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah yeah ta over there in the mud for the unsolicited, I know Councils are local government blah blah but who drives this ignorant anti-fluoride crap?
Catch up, dearie.

Frank Chalmers @fffoblomov.bsky.social · 1d

On top of discouraging investment in Qld, Christafulli hopes to reduce our population too. Who’s gonna leave their kids’ teeth here?
theconversation.com/some-towns-a...

Some towns are cutting fluoride from water supplies. Here’s what this means for locals’ teeth

Adding fluoride to drinking water is a safe and effective way to prevent cavities. But some councils are removing it from their water supplies.

theconversation.com

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · 14d

"Can you imagine how it feels being Prince Andrew? You got banished for Epstein stuff, and then your brother, who's now the king, is having a state dinner with the other, the third guy from your Epstein group chat." - Mark Agee

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