Kathy F
@tweetfrankie.bsky.social
Art saves lives 🖼️📚.
ex News producer, Webby Award Winner, strategy and content bee, ancestry junkie; art, design & history lover. Sometime writer and publisher.
piperpress.com.au
ex News producer, Webby Award Winner, strategy and content bee, ancestry junkie; art, design & history lover. Sometime writer and publisher.
piperpress.com.au
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Kathy F
@tweetfrankie.bsky.social
· May 6
Lately, I’ve been busy on something I’d been meaning to do for years: write the book on Pettit & Sevitt. It’s been positive, life-giving & fascinating: immersed in archives, talking with owners & iconic architects…it’s reminded me of the joy of writing again. #auspol
And there you have it. The dinosaurs sealed their own extinction
👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 #auspol
“There are 43 Coalition MPs and 50 female Labor members sitting opposite them. You do the maths.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 #auspol
“There are 43 Coalition MPs and 50 female Labor members sitting opposite them. You do the maths.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Numbers to horrify all Libs: Labor can win a parliamentary vote on female MPs alone
There are 43 Coalition MPs and 50 female Labor members sitting opposite them. You do the maths.
www.smh.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
And there you have it. The dinosaurs sealed their own extinction
👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 #auspol
“There are 43 Coalition MPs and 50 female Labor members sitting opposite them. You do the maths.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼 #auspol
“There are 43 Coalition MPs and 50 female Labor members sitting opposite them. You do the maths.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Extraordinary and utterly damming…
🚨 NEW Steve Bannon Offered Trump’s MAGA as a Shield for Jeffrey Epstein
Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Bannon, who offered to help him “stave off" the #MeToo movement in return for support
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Epstein helped shape Trump’s MAGA movement through a secret alliance with its chief architect, Bannon, who offered to help him “stave off" the #MeToo movement in return for support
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Where is @thebetootaadvocate.bsky.social ‘s take on net zero Susssssan? #auspol
November 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Where is @thebetootaadvocate.bsky.social ‘s take on net zero Susssssan? #auspol
How is Robert Irwin this talented? Some serious genetic chutzpah right there
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/culture/cele...
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/culture/cele...
Shirtless salsas and tributes to Steve: How Robert Irwin became Dancing with the Stars’ hot favourite
The 21-year-old wildlife warrior has leant on his family’s legacy – and his abs – while wooing hearts and minds on the US reality TV competition.
www.smh.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
How is Robert Irwin this talented? Some serious genetic chutzpah right there
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/culture/cele...
#auspol
www.smh.com.au/culture/cele...
High end financial crime
really does have its headquarters in Dover Heights these days doesn’t it? First Carrick, now…🤯 #auspol
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
really does have its headquarters in Dover Heights these days doesn’t it? First Carrick, now…🤯 #auspol
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
The fortune-teller, the Dover Heights mansion and the alleged $70m fraud
The feng shui master dreamed of becoming a billionaire from her luxury eastern suburbs home, police say. Now, detectives investigating Sydney’s Penthouse Syndicate have swooped.
www.smh.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
High end financial crime
really does have its headquarters in Dover Heights these days doesn’t it? First Carrick, now…🤯 #auspol
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
really does have its headquarters in Dover Heights these days doesn’t it? First Carrick, now…🤯 #auspol
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Folks we are releasing an AWESOME #book - a memoir by Greg Weight, member of The Yellow House and beyond. Take a romp down through Sydney’s bohemian art scene. If you don’t know why Tales of Brave Ulysses is on the vid, you’ll need to read the 📚 to find out— Pre order for 🎄 #auspol piperpress.com.au
November 3, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Folks we are releasing an AWESOME #book - a memoir by Greg Weight, member of The Yellow House and beyond. Take a romp down through Sydney’s bohemian art scene. If you don’t know why Tales of Brave Ulysses is on the vid, you’ll need to read the 📚 to find out— Pre order for 🎄 #auspol piperpress.com.au
Reposted by Kathy F
Was just discussing today that one of my favourite unexpected delights about BlueSky is the amount of diverse, open-minded, intelligent, well-read, fascinating Americans on here
After years of enduring red-neck insufferables and deplorables on the bird site, it's reassuring to meet the other half
After years of enduring red-neck insufferables and deplorables on the bird site, it's reassuring to meet the other half
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Was just discussing today that one of my favourite unexpected delights about BlueSky is the amount of diverse, open-minded, intelligent, well-read, fascinating Americans on here
After years of enduring red-neck insufferables and deplorables on the bird site, it's reassuring to meet the other half
After years of enduring red-neck insufferables and deplorables on the bird site, it's reassuring to meet the other half
The AI bubble is coming, no different to the tech crashes before… but more $$$ lost and a US recession not far behind #auspol
Tech companies are pouring money into AI, and they’re not making it back. Matteo Wong and Charlie Warzel on how everything could come crashing down:
Here’s How the AI Crash Happens
The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
bit.ly
November 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The AI bubble is coming, no different to the tech crashes before… but more $$$ lost and a US recession not far behind #auspol
Daughter went to Toronto for a week for work and was so excited. But what she discovered were extremely polite Canadians struggling with an economy in the shit thanks to T-tariffs, A LOT of open drug consumption on the streets and bad food. Disappointed & sad — North America is struggling #auspol
November 1, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Daughter went to Toronto for a week for work and was so excited. But what she discovered were extremely polite Canadians struggling with an economy in the shit thanks to T-tariffs, A LOT of open drug consumption on the streets and bad food. Disappointed & sad — North America is struggling #auspol
Reposted by Kathy F
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
October 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
something under discussed is the fact that white house renovations are currently being spearheaded by someone with famously bad interior design taste
I am so proud of my brother for standing up to the ongoing injustice and bullying levelled by the church, and other institutions who seek to avoid financial and moral accountability for their crimes. It has not been easy for him to go public, a survivor of abuse often suffers in silence. #auspol
ACT steps up on holding institutions liable for abusers. Why not NSW?
Survivors watched on as the ACT took a historic step on Tuesday in passing a bill to overturn a High Court decision that allowed a church to avoid litigation over the actions of one of its priests.
www.abc.net.au
October 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I am so proud of my brother for standing up to the ongoing injustice and bullying levelled by the church, and other institutions who seek to avoid financial and moral accountability for their crimes. It has not been easy for him to go public, a survivor of abuse often suffers in silence. #auspol
In a country of abundant excess, even of junk food, this seems pretty sad. #america www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
One in eight Americans go hungry as shutdown ravages world’s wealthiest country
The crisis in the United States right now isn’t that government is broken; it’s that so many people have simply stopped expecting it to work.
www.smh.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In a country of abundant excess, even of junk food, this seems pretty sad. #america www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Prince-no-more #Andrew is clueless, lacking in self awareness AND a liar but WHO on earth invites a pedofile to their own daughter’s party? A wolf to a playground of young people! More apparent than ever that pedofiles have some sick understanding between themselves and stick together. 🤮 #auspol
Photo reveals Prince Andrew hosted Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein at Royal Lodge
The pair were photographed at Andrew’s home, Royal Lodge, along with Ghislaine Maxwell during the early stages of a lavish 18th birthday celebration for the prince’s daughter, Beatrice, in 2006.
www.smh.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I’ve spent 4 hours wrestling control of my Dad’s laptop from scammers, deleting malware, multi anti virus apps etc. I spent the 90s building the NineMSN news product, but was HORRIFIED at what is now Bing. Pop ups and defaults SO confusing to an elderly person they don’t know what’s real. #auspol
October 18, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I’ve spent 4 hours wrestling control of my Dad’s laptop from scammers, deleting malware, multi anti virus apps etc. I spent the 90s building the NineMSN news product, but was HORRIFIED at what is now Bing. Pop ups and defaults SO confusing to an elderly person they don’t know what’s real. #auspol
Ooooops. Tech Council of Australia is making up shit saying AI companies won’t invest in Australia unless the government weakens our copyright laws and OpenAI has called them out. YAY #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Open AI breaks ranks with Tech Council of Australia over heated copyright issue
Chief global affairs officer of company behind ChatGPT tells Sydney audience ‘we are going to be in Australia, one way or the other’
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Ooooops. Tech Council of Australia is making up shit saying AI companies won’t invest in Australia unless the government weakens our copyright laws and OpenAI has called them out. YAY #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
One of the more positive stories in the news today, the contribution and success of recent migrants. It’s true, the 90s was another golden age for immigration and we shouldn’t let hate and insularity divide us #auspol www.afr.com/work-and-car...
4 leaders who came to Australia with nothing, and made it to the top
Australia may be imperfect, but for these bosses it was the land of opportunity.
www.afr.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
One of the more positive stories in the news today, the contribution and success of recent migrants. It’s true, the 90s was another golden age for immigration and we shouldn’t let hate and insularity divide us #auspol www.afr.com/work-and-car...
Better late than never. We and they are lucky to have an artist with such grace, all things considered. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Creative Australia awards Khaled Sabsabi $100,000 grant months after dumping from Venice Biennale
Funding is a silver lining in a tumultuous year for the Lebanese-Australian artist from western Sydney
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Better late than never. We and they are lucky to have an artist with such grace, all things considered. #auspol
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Reposted by Kathy F
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
The deafening silence of the male teachers at #Shore is an even more disturbing, despicable outcome. Where are they? Do they not have mothers, wives, sisters or daughters? And no, don’t come at me about public and private schools - this is a wide culture problem. Say Lily James’s name! #auspol
‘Hostile and harmful for women’: Former Shore teacher breaks silence on school culture
Shocked at the way the principal described a killer as an “absolute delight” whose behaviour was out of character, teacher Clare Walker took the school to the Human Rights Commission.
www.smh.com.au
October 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
October 11, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Heartbreaking story. Science tells us a lot but not always the full picture when some science is as-yet undiscovered. How awful for the families wrongly convicted of shaking babies #auspol www.smh.com.au/interactive/...
Diagnosing murder
For decades, the diagnosis of shaken baby syndrome has been putting parents in jail all over the world. But some jurisdictions are beginning to ask: are heartbroken people being put in the dock for cr...
www.smh.com.au
October 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Heartbreaking story. Science tells us a lot but not always the full picture when some science is as-yet undiscovered. How awful for the families wrongly convicted of shaking babies #auspol www.smh.com.au/interactive/...
This story makes me feel sick for these people. I hope our Attorney General does something— casinos and betting agencies should not be able to keep the proceeds of crime, especially theft from innocent people
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Couple lost $250k to gambling companies without placing a single bet
Nick and Aimee Mazza's hard-earned cash was gambled away by a man they thought was investing it. Bookmakers encouraged him to keep betting.
www.abc.net.au
October 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This story makes me feel sick for these people. I hope our Attorney General does something— casinos and betting agencies should not be able to keep the proceeds of crime, especially theft from innocent people
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
#auspol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...