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One Nation is the party of instant gratification. This is one more example. And yes, there is a determination on the conservative side of politics to wreck superannuation. I’m not quite sure why. A contributory super system should appeal to their claim that they are all for self-help.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Gemini AI informs me that the current Channel 9 70-Year anniversary ad on TV is, as I thought, AI generated. So, no royalties to any human actors, I assume. Take note. This is not good, the slippery slope.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If only they could bottle placebo or put it in a convenient tablet.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Only fitting that Niagara Falls, part of the main waterway feeding Lake America, should be renamed America Falls.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Canada is planning to rename Lake Superior Lake Trumpsaloser

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I’m shocked he hasn’t denied or challenged it like practically very other sportsperson who has tested positive to something.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Bangladesh test victory: shocking! This is the death of Australian cricket. We should burn the bails and put the ashes in an urn.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Actually, very environmentally responsible.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I'm surprised, given his fame as a novelist. Still, you can't argue with facts.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Not to mention the highly celebrated 3rd place moral victory trophy.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Hey FIFA, I’ll give you a hundred bucks for the corner flag that Spanish player destroyed.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I think that equates to 3 voters opposed.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Can’t see Spain or Argentina scoring 6 goals tomorrow, so morally England has won the World Cup. Nice little addition to their moral victory in the recent Ashes series.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Fair question, just as it has been the many times when Labor is asked if it would rule out forming government with the Greens. I didn't watch the interview, but it sounds like Taylor, typically, didn't give a clear answer, so perhaps that's why she was "incessant".

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My hope was that Alex Jones’s grift empire would collapse, so in that sense he was a beacon not just of hope but of realised hope.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Strait of Hormuz looks beautiful. Does Viking offer any packages?

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The electoral test for Clacton is over how many voters have a sense of irony and humour. The overwhelming success of Boaty McBoatface in a very serious poll to name a scientific ship to the Antarctic is a testament to British irony. The question is whether the people of Clacton are true Brits.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I agree with you, however I took the time to watch first 20 minutes of his Yaxley-Lennon “interview”. It really was a new low even for Stefanovic. He essentially sat there grinning and nodding while Y-L delivered a monologue. If he had any credibility as an interviewer before, zero now.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

You forgot to say we're also cheapskates, although maybe that's in the paywalled article.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

from his 1995 book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark.

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Apparently, he didn’t say that, but I think his real quote is worth reading:

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Robert Challis @robertchallis.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

He’s chummy because he’s found a guy shorter than himself.

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