Frank Chalmers
@fffoblomov.bsky.social
Born on Taribelang land. Qld Australia Once a philosopher. Always a writer. My novel CONVICTION (Allen&Unwin) is Out There. Oblomov is more afraid than lazy. My agent is the wonderful Virginia Lloyd in NY. lloydliterary.com
Albanese condemned Morrison rorts and corruption of purpose, promising he’d be better. “It is an open question whether he is in fact worse.” pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
The truth, forced out, is more damaging than coming clean
A new round of royal commissions and public inquiries may expose not only corruption and mismanagement, but the deeper erosion of public trust in politics, parties and institutions.
pearlsandirritations.com
“Australians are not being investigated for hating Jews. They are being investigated for objecting to a genocide.” Andrew Brown on the Royal Commission into #Antisemitism #auspol michaelwest.com.au/royal-commis...
Royal Commission into Antisemitism a "$131 Million Whinge" - Michael West
Royal Commission into Antisemitism will not defeat antisemitism. It is a government buying absolution with $131m of public money
michaelwest.com.au
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
I saw a Trump supporter say, “You don’t have to like Trump but you have to respect him because he’s the president.” Sir, with all disrespect… he raped kids. I don’t have to do shit.
Sarah Hanson-Young tears into ACMA following their Senate evidence, saying they’re an “absolute lapdog” for the gambling industry. “I don’t know what those people do”🔥
Evolved Chimp You can carry it onto a commercial flight as luggage. You set it down in moving water. And immediately, it generates enough electricity to power a dozen homes for five years. Germany just solved off-grid power without pouring a single ounce of concrete.
Fox News definitely knows Trump is killing children in Gaza in other countries. Fox News is 100% for killing children and raping children everywhere never will you ever see one of them stand up for kids. They only stand up for men that's it.
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But you can get arrested for supporting Palestine. Okayyyy 🤔
BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Max Miller, Trump’s latest Iran deal, or his Capital One scandal, or have you not heard about any of them yet?"
Under Netanyahu, the pace of outmigration from Israel accelerates, and it's the best and the brightest who are going. Emigration from Israel continues at a rapid pace, with about 90,000 Israelis leaving the country in 2025, according to Tel Aviv U researchers who analyzed data from the Central
Emigration from Israel remained at a record high in 2025, study finds
About 90,000 Israelis left the country for at least three months in 2025, compared with an annual average of roughly 60,000 before 2023. Researchers warn that rising emigration could eventually threat...
haaretz.com
mondoweiss.net/2026/08/isra...
Israel kills 19 Palestinians in Gaza hours after Trump announces his latest ‘peace plan’
Hours after Donald Trump announced a “historic” agreement for disarming Hamas and Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza, Israel attacked Gaza, killing 19. Palestinians weren’t surprised. “We don’t trust Israe...
mondoweiss.net
The really stupid thing about kids' sports and the trans scare is the one I never hear anyone say: Who the hell cares who wins in kids's sports? It's a freaking game. For kids. Get a life!
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Trump rages after Jeanine Pirro abandons his imaginary Reflecting Pool vandals
“I don’t know what she was thinking," the president argued after the Justice Department admitted that there was no vandalism as it asked a judge to drop charges against an innocent man.
advocate.com
So how did “these leading soccer nations” fall for such a trumpy fool? theconversation.com/fifa-and-inf...
FIFA and Infantino face an uncertain future as leading soccer nations fight for change
Recent FIFA controversies have exposed structural tensions within world soccer, which may result in significant change at the top.
theconversation.com
no ABC nor The Guardian nor The Age allowed to attend.....how very Trumpian of them, snowflakes www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
One Nation reveals Victorian state leader ahead of November election
One Nation reveals its upper house candidates for Victoria, with army veteran and party state president Warren Pickering set to lead the party to the upcoming state election.
abc.net.au
Read Noel Pearson, while what we actually have, where energy and funding is being spent is Albanese’s RC into antisemitism. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The inability to deliver the changes Indigenous Australians need is no longer just a moral failure but a civilisational one | Noel Pearson
After the rejection of the voice, the conversation about structural reform of the federal arrangements governing Aboriginal affairs must resume
theguardian.com
This is it. Will they outnumber us or will we outnumber them? Teach your children well.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... A shocking tecord Sack Segal Support is needed for First Nations not foreign interferers
A record number of First Nations people died in NSW prison custody last year. Advocates fear this year will be worse
Exclusive: Karlene Whitton says her son Matthew Roberts took his own life three months into his jail term. ‘I keep picturing it every night’
theguardian.com
Doctor here-Story time: I received a call today from a sick friend in another state, & I recognized it as a neurological emergency sent him to ER. Likely diagnosis: Giant Cell (Temporal) Arteritis, which can cause blindness. 1 of the authors of original 1990 diagnostic criteria: Anthony Fauci MD🙌🏻🫡
Phang: "The fact that it's taking France and England and other foreign countries to be able to launch investigations, and yet our American DOJ is sitting on it doing absolutely nothing, including not cooperating with those foreign nations, is such a big red flag."
The maddest among us rush to buy weapons Deep North
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