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
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
How can a Russian attack on NATO be plausible if it still has not defeated Ukraine alone?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Europe doesn't find talk of Russian aggression as funny as Putin does
Something has now been unleashed in Europe which is going to be hard to put back in the bottle.
www.abc.net.au
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
How can a Russian attack on NATO be plausible if it still has not defeated Ukraine alone?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Here in Queensland, we have pre-schoolers in charge.
Whatever is going on in your state, territory & across the nation; don't follow us. Work through the issues & debate sensibly; particularly everything impacting women & children.
Qld will return in 2028. #qldpol
Whatever is going on in your state, territory & across the nation; don't follow us. Work through the issues & debate sensibly; particularly everything impacting women & children.
Qld will return in 2028. #qldpol
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Here in Queensland, we have pre-schoolers in charge.
Whatever is going on in your state, territory & across the nation; don't follow us. Work through the issues & debate sensibly; particularly everything impacting women & children.
Qld will return in 2028. #qldpol
Whatever is going on in your state, territory & across the nation; don't follow us. Work through the issues & debate sensibly; particularly everything impacting women & children.
Qld will return in 2028. #qldpol
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Tony Fitzgerald's report was tabled to the Queensland Parliament 1989. The CCC remains his standing army in 2025.
We Queenslanders expect the recommendations here concerning the former Townsville mayor to be considered carefully & debated sensibly. #qldpol www.ccc.qld.gov.au/news/investi...
We Queenslanders expect the recommendations here concerning the former Townsville mayor to be considered carefully & debated sensibly. #qldpol www.ccc.qld.gov.au/news/investi...
CCC report on Investigation Murray tabled in State Parliament
The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) has today tabled its report of Investigation Murray: An investigation into allegations of corrupt conduct by the former Mayor of Townsville, Mr Troy Thompson....
www.ccc.qld.gov.au
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Tony Fitzgerald's report was tabled to the Queensland Parliament 1989. The CCC remains his standing army in 2025.
We Queenslanders expect the recommendations here concerning the former Townsville mayor to be considered carefully & debated sensibly. #qldpol www.ccc.qld.gov.au/news/investi...
We Queenslanders expect the recommendations here concerning the former Townsville mayor to be considered carefully & debated sensibly. #qldpol www.ccc.qld.gov.au/news/investi...
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I fail to understand why people still seem shocked by the grotesque things Donald says.
Shouldn’t everyone understand by now he is INCAPABLE of feeling emotions like empathy, or compassion. INCAPABLE
Shouldn’t everyone understand by now he is INCAPABLE of feeling emotions like empathy, or compassion. INCAPABLE
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I fail to understand why people still seem shocked by the grotesque things Donald says.
Shouldn’t everyone understand by now he is INCAPABLE of feeling emotions like empathy, or compassion. INCAPABLE
Shouldn’t everyone understand by now he is INCAPABLE of feeling emotions like empathy, or compassion. INCAPABLE
Media views of Joyce’s, um, defection are patronising, hovering vaguely between boring and ridiculous. Does he have no friend to tell him to quit?
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Media views of Joyce’s, um, defection are patronising, hovering vaguely between boring and ridiculous. Does he have no friend to tell him to quit?
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
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I agree with @grogsgamut.bsky.social that these figures are horrific.But i think his diagnosis is wrong.
Its a problem for judicial system only if innocent people are being convicted. There is no evidence of that here.
Rather this is either (a) a policing problem or (b) socio-economic problem. 🧵
Its a problem for judicial system only if innocent people are being convicted. There is no evidence of that here.
Rather this is either (a) a policing problem or (b) socio-economic problem. 🧵
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive
live.thepoint.com.au
live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I agree with @grogsgamut.bsky.social that these figures are horrific.But i think his diagnosis is wrong.
Its a problem for judicial system only if innocent people are being convicted. There is no evidence of that here.
Rather this is either (a) a policing problem or (b) socio-economic problem. 🧵
Its a problem for judicial system only if innocent people are being convicted. There is no evidence of that here.
Rather this is either (a) a policing problem or (b) socio-economic problem. 🧵
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How is it that we already know so much about the guy who shot 2 national guardsmen this afternoon but we know pretty much nothing about the two guys who tried to assassinate the president months ago?
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
How is it that we already know so much about the guy who shot 2 national guardsmen this afternoon but we know pretty much nothing about the two guys who tried to assassinate the president months ago?
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Ukrainian forces have cleared 11.5 km² of Russian positions near Pokrovsk, forcing Russians to deploy operational reserves in the Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad areas due to heavy losses, according to Commander in Chief Syrskyi.
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ukrainian forces have cleared 11.5 km² of Russian positions near Pokrovsk, forcing Russians to deploy operational reserves in the Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad areas due to heavy losses, according to Commander in Chief Syrskyi.
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Putin: “The American delegation will be in Moscow next week.”
Have they ever left?
Have they ever left?
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Putin: “The American delegation will be in Moscow next week.”
Have they ever left?
Have they ever left?
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An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging. satpa.pe/rYec68B
How an Australian coal lobbyist honed fossil fuel messaging
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging.
satpa.pe
November 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
An Australian lobbyist now leading the world’s key coal body addressed the National Press Club this week, demonstrating a sophisticated pivot in global fossil fuel messaging. satpa.pe/rYec68B
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I’d be happy with GITMO. 💁🏽♀️
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I’d be happy with GITMO. 💁🏽♀️
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The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The Federal Government has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read the full story on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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This sets out the clear, bullet-point agreed plan that, if funded by Australian governments, would stop most ongoing family violence & make women & children way safer. Governments choose not to, while spending $60m on PNG men's rugby, $96m on crap BOMsite, millions on dicky consultants, etc.
Australia knows how to end gender-based violence. What we lack is the political will to make the fiscal decisions that match the crisis, writes Katherine Berney.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/austr...
womensagenda.com.au/latest/austr...
Australia knows how to end violence against women. What we lack is the will to pay for it.
Australia knows how to end gender-based violence. What we lack is the political will to make the fiscal decisions that match the crisis.
womensagenda.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This sets out the clear, bullet-point agreed plan that, if funded by Australian governments, would stop most ongoing family violence & make women & children way safer. Governments choose not to, while spending $60m on PNG men's rugby, $96m on crap BOMsite, millions on dicky consultants, etc.
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I'm really enjoying the Festival of Pococks Making Sense.
How ludicrous for Labor to cut $5 billion in public services during a cost of living crisis. Every six months the government pays around $5b in Fuel Tax Credits to mining corporations to burn fossil fuels. If Labor is going to cut spending, cut handouts to fossil fuel barons.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm really enjoying the Festival of Pococks Making Sense.
Has wrecking the White House faded away like all Trump transgressions? Sure, he fills each day with vileness but why doesn’t it mount up, not just vanish?
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Has wrecking the White House faded away like all Trump transgressions? Sure, he fills each day with vileness but why doesn’t it mount up, not just vanish?
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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
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I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"