Michelle Frantenauk
@michellefrantenauk.bsky.social
Anti-populist, anti-fascist, political news junkie …throw in some cats, italian food, TV, graphic design…even though it feels like the left is being pecked to death by ducks, I believe humans are fundamentally kind, and I won’t give up on progress. Melb 🇦🇺
Pinned
Found my copy of ‘Let’s Talk Strine by Afferbeck Lauder’ (Alastair Ardoch Morrison, illustrated by Al Terego) almost 60 years on…. Still a cracker😂
Air Fridge
Bare jet
Bim Bye
Ebb Tide
Chair Congeal
Cheque Render
Inner Narkup Luddaze
Jareedna piper wairtsed
😅😅😅
Hint say them out loud…
Air Fridge
Bare jet
Bim Bye
Ebb Tide
Chair Congeal
Cheque Render
Inner Narkup Luddaze
Jareedna piper wairtsed
😅😅😅
Hint say them out loud…
I like to sleep like this too these days 😴 Maisy still cracking me up in her old age😂
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I like to sleep like this too these days 😴 Maisy still cracking me up in her old age😂
Just signed this… how about cutting offshore processing instead, almost $800m for 100 detainees. Now more than ever public science & research needs more funding not less.
Our national science agency is under attack with more than 800 research & science support roles already gone & more than 300 more jobs to be cut.
These cuts now surpass those delivered by the Abbott Government.
Can you join me and take action?
www.proudtobepublic.org.au/csiro
These cuts now surpass those delivered by the Abbott Government.
Can you join me and take action?
www.proudtobepublic.org.au/csiro
CSIRO — Proud to be public
www.proudtobepublic.org.au
November 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Just signed this… how about cutting offshore processing instead, almost $800m for 100 detainees. Now more than ever public science & research needs more funding not less.
Wait what? Where is season 2 “I, Jack Wright”? I mean why bother filming a suspense murder drama leave it on a cliffhanger and not have a second season planned. The amount of rubbish TV around and this show with its brilliant cast is axed. Boggle my mind.
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Wait what? Where is season 2 “I, Jack Wright”? I mean why bother filming a suspense murder drama leave it on a cliffhanger and not have a second season planned. The amount of rubbish TV around and this show with its brilliant cast is axed. Boggle my mind.
Ooh “I, Jack Wright” is good eh
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Ooh “I, Jack Wright” is good eh
Is it possible to be put in a no show zone on this app…🤔
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Is it possible to be put in a no show zone on this app…🤔
Sure ok, I love you too
November 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Sure ok, I love you too
I wonder if Londoners/Parisians have the same hay fever spike during London Plane Tree pollen bomb season as we do in Melbourne. This year has been particularly bad, had four attacks where the barbed pollen gets stuck in my throat and causes me to cough until my throat closes over. Horrible stuff.
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I wonder if Londoners/Parisians have the same hay fever spike during London Plane Tree pollen bomb season as we do in Melbourne. This year has been particularly bad, had four attacks where the barbed pollen gets stuck in my throat and causes me to cough until my throat closes over. Horrible stuff.
Reposted by Michelle Frantenauk
As a hedge fund owner, Scott Bessent avoided over $900K in Medicare taxes by exploiting a major loophole.
As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office.
The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office.
The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
As a hedge fund owner, Scott Bessent avoided over $900K in Medicare taxes by exploiting a major loophole.
As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office.
The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
As Treasury Secretary, he now oversees the IRS — which has backed away from closing the loophole since Trump took office.
The foxes are guarding the henhouse.
Well I guess I better get up and feed ya…
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Well I guess I better get up and feed ya…
Still waiting for a 🏴☠️
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Still waiting for a 🏴☠️
Reposted by Michelle Frantenauk
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
November 13, 2025 at 7:28 PM
As @rbreich.bsky.social notes billionaires and their families own X, Paramount, CBS, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, the Washington Post, Amazon, MGM, Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and New York Post, and could soon own Warner Bros and CNN
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
And they are all Trump supporters
"Liberal media" indeed
I fully want to go see The Pixies in Melbourne again but they have such a long list of hits, would love to hear my faves…
Have totally re-fallen in love with Where Is My Mind? After watching recently watching The Leftovers.
Songs on repeat this week: Velouria/Alex Eiffel/Stormy Weather
Have totally re-fallen in love with Where Is My Mind? After watching recently watching The Leftovers.
Songs on repeat this week: Velouria/Alex Eiffel/Stormy Weather
November 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I fully want to go see The Pixies in Melbourne again but they have such a long list of hits, would love to hear my faves…
Have totally re-fallen in love with Where Is My Mind? After watching recently watching The Leftovers.
Songs on repeat this week: Velouria/Alex Eiffel/Stormy Weather
Have totally re-fallen in love with Where Is My Mind? After watching recently watching The Leftovers.
Songs on repeat this week: Velouria/Alex Eiffel/Stormy Weather
So buy up massive amounts of land, strip it of natural resources and energy supply, cut billions of people out of jobs, make the owners trillionaires and then crash it, all so pervs can make realistic fake videos, loving this timeline 🫤
ALLOWAY: “.. the danger is that a collateral crunch becomes a credit crunch and the entire AI-finance-economy flywheel comes to a screeching halt.”
@tracyalloway.bsky.social @weisenthal.bsky.social
@bloomberg.com
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@tracyalloway.bsky.social @weisenthal.bsky.social
@bloomberg.com
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November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
So buy up massive amounts of land, strip it of natural resources and energy supply, cut billions of people out of jobs, make the owners trillionaires and then crash it, all so pervs can make realistic fake videos, loving this timeline 🫤
Right so looking like NBN is not going so well after all, Carlton, Fitzroy and Collingwood impacted. Hopefully this isn’t the update that was supposed to make things better, cause it’s in pretty bad shape…. Hotspotting also problematic with 5G down to one bar. Happy Days 😳😵💫
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Right so looking like NBN is not going so well after all, Carlton, Fitzroy and Collingwood impacted. Hopefully this isn’t the update that was supposed to make things better, cause it’s in pretty bad shape…. Hotspotting also problematic with 5G down to one bar. Happy Days 😳😵💫
So 5G pretty much cactus and nbn been patchy for the last few weeks, is this state wide or just Collingwood….
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
So 5G pretty much cactus and nbn been patchy for the last few weeks, is this state wide or just Collingwood….
Reposted by Michelle Frantenauk
"It is tricky to determine whether Andrew Hastie’s Fundamentalist Christianity or his global networking with Trumpist forces should worry Australians more"
If Andrew Hastie becomes Liberal leader, says @lucyham.bsky.social, it will be for "the Christian Nationalist and ethnostate faction". #auspol
If Andrew Hastie becomes Liberal leader, says @lucyham.bsky.social, it will be for "the Christian Nationalist and ethnostate faction". #auspol
Murdoch’s culture warriors are interlinked with the Atlas Network & national conservatism more and less officially. Rita Panahi is pushing Atlas partner affiliate Jacinta N Price with natcon-ish Andrew Hastie as a ticket. This is part of Murdochista’s job. #Auspol open.substack.com/pub/lucyham2...
Andrew Hastie: soldier for an extreme version of governing by Christ
Andrew Hastie is a more extreme Fundamentalist Christian than Scott Morrison. Australians cannot let his attempts to lead the nation go unchallenged. His place on the ARC Board is a warning.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"It is tricky to determine whether Andrew Hastie’s Fundamentalist Christianity or his global networking with Trumpist forces should worry Australians more"
If Andrew Hastie becomes Liberal leader, says @lucyham.bsky.social, it will be for "the Christian Nationalist and ethnostate faction". #auspol
If Andrew Hastie becomes Liberal leader, says @lucyham.bsky.social, it will be for "the Christian Nationalist and ethnostate faction". #auspol
Gotta say if this last year is the opposite of wokeism… I don’t rate it. Time to wrap up this experiment in regressive politics and move forward again, smarter, fairer, better.
November 7, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Gotta say if this last year is the opposite of wokeism… I don’t rate it. Time to wrap up this experiment in regressive politics and move forward again, smarter, fairer, better.
Reposted by Michelle Frantenauk
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
Just letting you know I’m about to get 500 followers, not too shabby for this lil fat cat. Hoping I’ll find my inner circle who are happy to vent about the rise of fascism and demise of decency/kindness/fairness & reset Australia as a land of ideas and social equality and harmony.
I’m listening.
I’m listening.
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Just letting you know I’m about to get 500 followers, not too shabby for this lil fat cat. Hoping I’ll find my inner circle who are happy to vent about the rise of fascism and demise of decency/kindness/fairness & reset Australia as a land of ideas and social equality and harmony.
I’m listening.
I’m listening.
Multicultural Melbourne on show again today… Day of the Dead festivities at Fed Square, just gorgeous
November 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Multicultural Melbourne on show again today… Day of the Dead festivities at Fed Square, just gorgeous
Me and my paper 😻
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Me and my paper 😻
Damn it, 56 years old and just saw a recording of me talking and noticed that when I speak I open my eyes so wide it looks like my eyeballs are going to pop out…. Why has nobody ever told me 😩😩😳 off to how to talk school for me I think. 😂😵💫
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Damn it, 56 years old and just saw a recording of me talking and noticed that when I speak I open my eyes so wide it looks like my eyeballs are going to pop out…. Why has nobody ever told me 😩😩😳 off to how to talk school for me I think. 😂😵💫
Twitchy senses going off here…. Looking like Advance Australia and its US style attacks on freedom, education, history, environment and progress plus dehumanising immigrants has its grubby mitts all over this. Way to send us backward and broke.
'Others' there includes both centre-left and far-right components (and others too, but mostly those). Attempted split:
October 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Twitchy senses going off here…. Looking like Advance Australia and its US style attacks on freedom, education, history, environment and progress plus dehumanising immigrants has its grubby mitts all over this. Way to send us backward and broke.
One good thing about our wild storm yesterday is it will have washed away a lot of the plane tree pollen. IYKYK
October 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
One good thing about our wild storm yesterday is it will have washed away a lot of the plane tree pollen. IYKYK
Just told my husband that Apple donated money for trump to build his stupid Versailles… “really🤯 that’s insane!”
This was after we were talking about that HBO max is our new favourite streaming service, he had just finished The Leftovers... I said I’m too scared to look up the owners…😳😩
This was after we were talking about that HBO max is our new favourite streaming service, he had just finished The Leftovers... I said I’m too scared to look up the owners…😳😩
Leftovers.br
October 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Just told my husband that Apple donated money for trump to build his stupid Versailles… “really🤯 that’s insane!”
This was after we were talking about that HBO max is our new favourite streaming service, he had just finished The Leftovers... I said I’m too scared to look up the owners…😳😩
This was after we were talking about that HBO max is our new favourite streaming service, he had just finished The Leftovers... I said I’m too scared to look up the owners…😳😩